History Fanfic / IntelligenceFactor

** Zygarde, Giratina, Palkia, Dialga, and Kyurem are also entirelly unique beings created by Arceus.

''Intelligence Factor: A Survey of Pokérin's Sapient Species'' is a ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' and ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' crossover by Creator/GMBlackjack, mostly. The Hariyama, Medicham, and Mienshao chapters and most of the E comments are by Creator/{{Masterweaver}}. It is written as a scientific journal by Dr. Julian Bashir recounting his travels around the world of Pokérin to study the intelligence of Pokémon. It can be found on [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/30823067/chapters/76090625 Archive of Our Own]] and [[https://offprint.net/prose/D27Ee2UaP Offprint]] and is complete.

* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: Chapter 68, The State of Pokérinian Civilization, summarises Pokérin's first steps to joining the Federation, and what various supporting characters got up to after the crew finished their survey.

* AllMythsAreTrue: [[spoiler:According to Giratina all of the legendary Pokémon are real and even myths with no basis in reality can become real thanks to [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve Infinity Energy]].]]

* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: [[spoiler:It turns out that Infinity Energy improves itself by mimicking everything around it. There were no sapient Pokémon until Pokérinians evolved and Infinity Energy could "borrow" it from them. In turn, the way Pokérinians think things such as ghosts "should" be causes Infinity Energy to make those conceptions into reality.]]

''Intelligence Factor: A Survey of Pokérin's Sapient Species'' is a ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' and ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' crossover by Creator/GMBlackjack, mostly. The Hariyama, Medicham, and Mienshao chapters are by Creator/{{Masterweaver}}. It is written as a scientific journal by Dr. Julian Bashir recounting his travels around the world of Pokérin to study the intelligence of Pokémon. It can be found on [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/30823067/chapters/76090625 Archive of Our Own]] and [[https://offprint.net/prose/D27Ee2UaP Offprint]] and is complete.

''Intelligence Factor: A Survey of Pokérin's Sapient Species'' is a ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' and ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' crossover by Creator/GMBlackjack, mostly. The Hariyama and Medicham chapters are by Creator/{{Masterweaver}}. It is written as a scientific journal by Dr. Julian Bashir recounting his travels around the world of Pokérin to study the intelligence of Pokémon. It can be found on [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/30823067/chapters/76090625 Archive of Our Own]] and [[https://offprint.net/prose/D27Ee2UaP Offprint]] and is complete.

''Intelligence Factor: A Survey of Pokérin's Sapient Species'' is a ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' and ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' crossover by Creator/GMBlackjack, with at least the Hariyama chapter by Creator/{{Masterweaver}}. It is written as a scientific journal by Dr. Julian Bashir recounting his travels around the world of Pokérin to study the intelligence of Pokémon. It can be found on [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/30823067/chapters/76090625 Archive of Our Own]] and [[https://offprint.net/prose/D27Ee2UaP Offprint]] and is complete.

** Siren, Cynthia's Roserade, a member of a species acknowledged to ''not'' be sapient, manages to achieve this for herself for the sake of spiting the researchers.

** Siren the Roserade, a species acknowledged to ''not'' be sapient, manages to achieve this for herself for the sake of spiting the researchers.

''Intelligence Factor: A Survey of Pokérin's Sapient Species'' is a ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' and ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' crossover by Creator/GMBlackjack. It is written as a scientific journal by Dr. Julian Bashir recounting his travels around the world of Pokérin to study the intelligence of Pokémon. It can be found on [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/30823067/chapters/76090625 Archive of Our Own]] and [[https://offprint.net/prose/D27Ee2UaP Offprint]] and is complete.

''Intelligence Factor: A Survey of Pokérin's Sapient Species'' is a ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' and ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' crossover by [=GMBlackjack=], author of ''Fanfic/SongsOfTheSpheres''. It is written as a scientific journal by Dr. Julian Bashir recounting his travels around the world of Pokérin to study the intelligence of Pokémon. It can be found on [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/30823067/chapters/76090625 Archive of Our Own]] and [[https://offprint.net/prose/D27Ee2UaP Offprint]] and is complete.

* EmotionsVsStoicism: [=Porygon2=] are entirely emotionless and focus on tasks like a computer would, yet they still have desires to do things. Meanwhile, Porygon-Z has chaotic emotions that seem to change every few seconds, and its behaviours don't follow logic — or at least, not the Vulcans' definition of logic.

* UpliftedAnimal: Some Pokémon have this occur to them naturally, were they only become sapient after evolution. One such example is a Vespiquen the team encouters early in Sinnoh, who a while after encountering them develops her own language, barters her honey for amenities to her hive, and even develops a taste for mathematics.

* AllMythsAreTrue: According to Giratina all of the legendary Pokémon are real and even myths with no basis in reality can become real thanks to [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve Infinity Energy]].
-->'''Giratina''': "Yes, all these creatures you hear only about in legend are real. Well, most. There are some absurd stories you come up with. But, inevitably, those that gain enough traction will lead to beings of their own..."

* ArbitrarySkepticism: Downplayed. In the beginning, when Julian was beginning his research, he had no idea there are far more fantastical elements and thus was more skeptical of what had already been studied.

* SingleSpecimenSpecies: Unusually for a ''Pokémon'' fanfic, this is averted with most legendaries — it's explicitly stated that there are multiple Latis, Darkrais, Cresselias, and Tapus. It's played straight with Regigigas, though; only one has ever existed, because it was created by Zygarde for the sole purpose of shaping the world. Diancie is also a one-of-a-kind mutation.

''Intelligence Factor: A Survey of Pokérin's Sapient Species'' is a ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' and ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' crossover by [=GMBlackjack=], author of ''Fanfic/SongsOfTheSpheres''. It is written as a scientific journal by Dr. Julian Bashir recounting his travels around the world of Pokérin to study the intelligence of Pokémon. It can be found on [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/30823067/chapters/76090625 Archive of Our Own]] and [[https://offprint.net/prose/D27Ee2UaP/intelligence-factor-a-survey-of-pokerin-s-sapient-species Offprint]] and is complete.

** Malamar has a tendency to be megalomaniacs or at least desire chaos. Julian wonders if the non-megalomaniacal ones never leave their cities... or if they purge ones who have different ideals.

** Musharna spends most of their lives sleeping, and their society exists within a giant, interconnected dream.

* DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu: [[The general reaction from the Star Trek characters to the uber Legendaries. Julian has no idea how on earth he's going to report on this at all, especially after meeting these higher beings that exist far beyond the understanding of humans or even science.]]

** Malamar have a tendency to be megalomaniacs, or at least desire chaos. Julian wonders if the non-megalomaniacal ones never leave their cities... or if they purge ones who have different ideals.

** Musharna spend most of their lives sleeping, and their society exists within a giant, interconnected dream.