[flukus]

That's because all of our tech was based off the roswell crash, that's the hand wavy way of explaining the compatibility. That and a telepathic species can afford to be complacent on internal security.

The one I can't forgive is the aliens having telepathy in the first place. So much sci fi has this and it ruins the story for me as much as it would if a wizard showed up.

[nsxwolf]

Why not a telepathy consistent with physics? Electromagnetic radiation emitted into the brain of a recipient and whatnot.

[flukus]

For one, I've never seen the telepathy be interfered with by other electromagnetic radiation or anyone build a faraday cage to limit the communication. Telepathy goes right through the deflector shield in star trek.