Kratos
Force Sensing
The Unflinching Will of the Present.
Sensing of Preeminence and Coercion
Force Sensing
Essence: instant, doubt-free mobilization of bodily and social force, serving the securing of position, resources, and results.
Power relations are assessed immediately and acted upon without delay. Physical space, hierarchy, and whatever can be gained are handled through decisive assertion of will rather than negotiation. Body and will stay poised to answer from any side, quick and sure, and when something is at stake everything is thrown in at once.
Manifests as commanding, kinetic, and uninhibited behavior.
Sensing sure command of the body and of physical space
Antagonism relations ordered by strength and by control over others
Perceiving action unrestrained by rules, second thoughts, or shame
Extraversion direct, immediate pressing of one's will outward
Cognitive Level: force-resistance mapping, spatial-proprioceptive precision, hierarchy detection, vulnerability assessment
Social Level: informal power center, direct enforcement, competitive resource acquisition
Psychological Level: self-certainty, possessiveness, fearlessness, uninhibited sexuality
Biological Level: mobilized musculature, high pain tolerance, fast and accurate motor response
Suppressed: passivity, chronic deference.
Healthy: decisive assertion, calm command.
Strained: irritable control-seeking, status anxiety.
Extreme manifestations: sadism, vindictiveness, despotism, greed, dehumanization.
Dimensions
- 4DReads the whole field of force, who holds what and how far each will give, and takes ground and holds it through a long campaign.LSISLESEEESI
- 3DGauges resistance at once and brings exactly the pressure the case calls for, short of yielding and short of overrunning.SEIESELSESLI
- 2DTakes contests one at a time and decides in each whether to push or give way.EIEIEIILILIE
- 1DMeets force with one fixed answer, avoidance or a sudden hard stand, triggered from outside.ILELIIEIIIEE
Takes command for the pleasure of it.
Power and physical contest are relished, decisions are quick and final, and the initiative and terms of contact are set by oneself.
LSI: keeps people to the established order through firm control.
Meets resistance with refusal and pressure.
Opposition comes first and no ground is given, and weak points are found and pressed until the other yields.
ESI: resists wrongdoing without yielding, while steering clear of real danger.
Keeps the contest going.
Rivals are sought out and pressed repeatedly, and a struggle, once begun, continues well beyond victory.
LSI: keeps pressing violations of order until they stop.