Newtypes in the EC world are a bit of an anomoly. While some haave sprung up from time to time, nothing has been studied, researched, or documented on the matter. Most people that are Newtypes know nothing about their nature as such, believing that they are simply exceptional in one way or another. While one may have reflexes that make them faster or have an almost clairvoyant 'fore-sight', it varies from person to person.

This being said, the only true hint that one may have that actually lets them know that they are different, is a link that a Newtype can experience from the pressence of another Newtype, and even then they may not know what it is that has taken place. Some Newtypes have a certain, 'spacial awareness' which can allow them to control special mobile units. Newtypes however do NOT have the ability to read peoples thoughts, control the thoughts of others, fire psychic blasts or talk to people with their minds.

• Note on augmented humans.
As a whole, humanity has always strived to better themselves. Most of this is aimed towards higher learning or in physical pursuits. However, there are always those that look to pursue this goal through means of science. There have always been tales of individuals that go beyond the limits of normal people, to this end there have been people that have looked to advance humanity by trying to take them to the 'next level' of human evolution. At the time of the Great War, illegal research was conducted to augment or 'strengthen' human beings. To this end, there were several successes in this area where a test subject would survive the experiments and excel in either mental capacity or physical reflexes.