Editing Cricket (section)

===Personal Sonar===
Cricket can hear subsonic noises<ref name="Cast2" /> and thus sense higher pitched sounds than normally possible for humans, such as the frequency that indicated [[Shatterbird]] was using her abilities.<ref name="I11Ee1">“You said something was wrong. What did you notice?”<br><br>“Sound. The glass was singing. Still is.” She pointed at one wall. Hookwolf followed the line to a building across the street and a little ways to one side.<br><br>His ears were ringing, but he doubted that was it. It would be something subsonic that Cricket noticed with her power, then. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/06/20/interlude-11e/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 11e]]</ref> It is possible she would be able to hear things like dog whistles as well.

Cricket can generate staccato pulses of subsonic noise to act as a form of radar.<ref name="Cast2" /> This [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_echolocation echolocation] allows her to orient herself in combat; she is one of the few people relatively unaffected by [[Grue]]'s original darkness.<ref name="7.8e2">Then every bug in the area reacted to that sound I couldn’t make out, the one I’d heard when Cricket went after Coil’s soldier. It was loud enough for them to hear through the darkness, but… entirely out of my range of hearing.<br/><br/>I couldn’t say for sure, but I got the impression the ones closer to Cricket had heard it a fraction of a second sooner.<br/><br/>“Grue!” I screamed into the oppressive shadow. “Move!”<br><br>Cricket turned toward him and lunged in one motion, bringing both scythes down in an overhead swing. Grue moved out of the way just in time.<br><br>“She has radar!” I shouted, my voice barely audible to myself. Didn’t matter. Grue could hear me. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/buzz-7-8/ Excerpt] from [[Buzz 7.8]]</ref><ref name="7.8e1"/><ref>I was three paces from Cricket when I felt the sound die off, then resume again for one brief second.  Another radar pulse.<br><br>“Careful!” I shouted, adjusting my momentum and hurrying to back away.  Too slow.  She was already pivoting to swing at me.  The handle of one scythe struck me in the side of my throat, the actual blade hooking around behind my neck to halt my retreat.  Before I could do anything, she pulled me toward her.  I stumbled forward, and she adjusted her grip to swing the other scythe up and into the side of my stomach.<br><br>I doubled over and crumpled to the ground. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/buzz-7-8/ Excerpt] from [[Buzz 7.8]]</ref> Although Grue's darkness dampens sound, her senses include [[Shard]]-assisted sound analysis/hearing.<ref>'''RazorSmile:''' In ... let's see ... Buzz 7.8, Cricket was able to use her echolocation while under Grue's darkness. Grue's darkness suppresses sound. Error or subtle detail?<br><br>'''Wildbowpig:'''  Dampens sound, ergo why Grue can speak through the stuff. Cricket's senses include a passenger assisted sound analysis/hearing.<br><br>Might warrant a lampshade in the midst of that fight, though. - Private conversation with Wildbow, archived on Spacebattles</ref><!--https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/89820641 -->

As an alternate option, Cricket can maintain a pulse of subsonic noises to disorient and induce vertigo in nearby opponents.<ref name="Cast2" /> Even under [[Grue]]'s darkness, Cricket's maintained pulse can put [[Skitter]]'s bugs on the fritz: their coordination suffered and their senses began to go haywire.<ref name="7.8e3" /> When Grue fired his gun at an oblivious Cricket in close range under darkness, this disorientation effect interfered with his ability to aim.<ref name="7.8 eDisorientGunUse">Then she backed off, going for the continuous, sense-warping noise to put my bugs on the fritz once more.<br><br>Grue raised his borrowed gun and his arm bucked with the kick.  Cricket was oblivious as the gun fired off several times in a row, but whatever she was doing with her power was screwing with Grue’s ability to aim.  None of the bullets struck home.  He stopped.  Either he was out of bullets, though it seemed too soon for that, or he wanted to conserve ammunition. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/buzz-7-8/ Excerpt] from [[Buzz 7.8]]</ref> As long as she concentrates, Cricket can even maintain a pulse that cancels out [[Shatterbird]]'s powers.<ref name="I11Ee3" /> However, she cannot use her radar if she maintains a pulse.<ref name="7.8e3">Again, that pulse emanated from her. She maintained it this time, and my bugs began to suffer for it. Their coordination suffered, they began to move slower, and their senses – such as they were in the darkness – began to go haywire.<br><br>After a second or two, I thought maybe I was starting to feel it too. A bit off-balance, nauseous. Grue was hunched over, his hands on his knees, but I wasn’t sure if that was Cricket’s power or the injuries she’d inflicted. From the way Cricket was moving, I gathered that she couldn’t see us. Was it echolocation? Did it not work if she simply blasted the noise continually rather than use it in bursts? - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/buzz-7-8/ Excerpt] from [[Buzz 7.8]]</ref> Firing a gun at an aware Cricket can also break her concentration.<ref name="I11Ee3" />