>Hmmm, I bet she (and all other Dantrovians, one would assume) is a
>whole barrel of fun in the proximity of strong magnetic fields, like
>around Jupiter or near any given star. That must suck.

Space travel is kind of weird, as is visiting a body without a notable magnetosphere (like, say, the Moon). Being isolated from magnetic disturbances (for instance, aboard a starship with its navigational deflectors up) has a curious "there's nothing there" feel, like suddenly realizing it's eerily quiet.

>How much effect do artificial, locally strong magnetic fields have on
>them? Like, say, the containment field of a fusion reactor and the
>like?

Not much - they're too local. They can "drown out" the overall magnetosphere, making it impossible to sense, but they don't give a "false reading" - they're just noise.

It's not a conscious thing most of the time - just an awareness at the back of the mind. If something about it changes, it takes a while for that change to be noticed, and it may not be, consciously. It's kind of a vestigial ability, and not really useful for much of anything.

--G.
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