Psyker Hierarchy
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Nevertheless, here is the scale:
Nevertheless, here is the scale:
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'''Alpha-Plus'''
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'''Alpha-Plus'''
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*Alpha-plus does not represent the top point of the scale, but in fact are completely beyond the scale entirely, these individuals operate on a completely different wavelength from normal people and are owners of completely alien mindsets. In terms of power they are akin to weapons-of-mass-destruction ''(depending on their particular discipline; for instance a Alpha-Plus Pyromancer is entirely different from a Telepath)'' However, in theory there is nothing that a trained Alpha-Plus psyker cannot accomplish through force of will; from snapping a Titan in half to summoning a legion of Greater Daemons.
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*Alpha-plus does not represent the top point of the scale, but in fact are completely beyond the scale entirely, these individuals operate on a completely different wavelength from normal people and are owners of completely alien mindsets. In terms of power they are akin to weapons-of-mass-destruction ''(depending on their particular discipline; for instance a Alpha-Plus Pyromancer is entirely different from a Telepath)'' However, in theory there is nothing that a trained Alpha-Plus psyker cannot accomplish through force of will; from snapping a Titan in half to summoning a legion of Greater Daemons.
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*There is the tacit assumption that this category contains the [[Emperor]] but even he admitted there were limits on his power, specifically that one could not be both All-Seeing and All-Powerful at the same time.
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*There is the tacit assumption that this category contains the [[Emperor]]
and his "notably-psychic" [[Primarchs]] ''(unlike Corax & Sanguinius who may or may not have been psychic at all)''
but even he admitted there were limits on his power, specifically that one could not be both All-Seeing and All-Powerful at the same time.
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*'''Alpha // Beta'''
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The other canon Alpha-Plus psykers who still have their mental faculties happen to be Grey Knights (Epimetheus & Hyperion)
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*Exceedingly rare and dangerous. The Imperium believes that human beings have not sufficiently evolved enough to contain Beta and Alpha levels of psionic talent without going completely bat-shit mental. That said, there are exceptional cases (such as the aforementioned Captain Stern)
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'''Alpha // Beta'''
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'''Gamma // Delta'''
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*Exceedingly rare and dangerous. The Imperium believes that human beings have not sufficiently evolved enough to contain Beta and Alpha levels of psionic talent without going completely bat-shit mental. That said, there are exceptional cases (such as the aforementioned Captain Stern)
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*Approximately every 1 per 1,000,000,000 human births you get a Delta / Gamma level psyker who represent the "useful" upper limit of psychic potential without being too dangerous to let live, though it's up to the [[Inquisition]] to be the judge of that.
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'''Gamma // Delta'''
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'''Epsilon // Zeta'''
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*Approximately every 1 per 1,000,000,000 human births you get a Delta / Gamma level psyker who represent the "useful" upper limit of psychic potential without being too dangerous to let live, though it's up to the [[Inquisition]] to be the judge of that.
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*These represent your ranks of relatively "powerful" psyker.
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'''Epsilon // Zeta'''
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'''Eta // Theta // Iota'''
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*These represent your ranks of relatively "powerful" psyker.
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*Iota represents the first "true" psykers, and are able to manifest and control psychic abilities with a modicum of training. These are the people that find their way into the various Imperial institutions.
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'''Eta // Theta // Iota'''
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'''Kappa // Lambda // Mu // Nu // Xi // Omicron'''
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*Iota represents the first "true" psykers, and are able to manifest and control psychic abilities with a modicum of training. These are the people that find their way into the various Imperial institutions.
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*You get a broad range of people who can manifest psychic talents either unconsciously or so subtly as to be beneath the notice of everyone but the Inquisition, such as performing minor "magic" tricks or divinations. Most of the time they are quite useless but still represent a danger since they can be possessed.
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'''Kappa // Lambda // Mu // Nu // Xi // Omicron'''
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*Despite the Inquisition being too busy to sort out everyone at this level, the Imperial public is conditioned well enough to spot and ostracise these witches if the truth ever came to light. (read Gaunts Ghosts)
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*You get a broad range of people who can manifest psychic talents either unconsciously or so subtly as to be beneath the notice of everyone but the Inquisition, such as performing minor "magic" tricks or divinations. Most of the time they are quite useless but still represent a danger since they can be possessed.
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'''Pi // Rho'''
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*Despite the Inquisition being too busy to sort out everyone at this level, the Imperial public is conditioned well enough to spot and ostracise these witches if the truth ever came to light. (read Gaunts Ghosts)
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*Basic Humans, neither psy-active or psy-inert. A generally safe place to be.
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'''Pi // Rho'''
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'''Sigma // Tau'''
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*Basic Humans, neither psy-active or psy-inert. A generally safe place to be.
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*When you start descending below the scale of humans you start going psy-inert. At the earliest point, when psychic effects start manifesting subtle phenomena that everyone describes as "something feeling wrong" these people can't even tell anything is happening.
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'''Sigma // Tau'''
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'''Upsilon // Phi // Chi // Psi'''
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*When you start descending below the scale of humans you start going psy-inert. At the earliest point, when psychic effects start manifesting subtle phenomena that everyone describes as "something feeling wrong" these people can't even tell anything is happening.
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*Subjects with varying degrees of immunity to psyker powers, not true blanks, but quite possibly enough to reduce an incoming power from absolutely lethal to something survivable or are much more difficult to mind-read than normal.
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'''Upsilon // Phi // Chi // Psi'''
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'''Omega'''
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*Subjects with varying degrees of immunity to psyker powers, not true blanks, but quite possibly enough to reduce an incoming power from absolutely lethal to something survivable or are much more difficult to mind-read than normal.
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*Usually referred to as Untouchables, Pariahs, or Blanks. Not only are they immune to psychic powers, but they can also inhibit the powers of psykers around them and/or neutralise effects on an area around themselves. The fluff is a bit inconsistent on the ''exact'' limit of this ability, but that's fine, as in [[Dark Heresy Second Edition|Dark Heresy]] Untouchables represent a broad range of effects and can be different from person-to-person, much like high level psykers can have different powers and disciplines.
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'''Omega'''
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*True Untouchables have such a psy-negative effect that even normal people can sense it, and manifests in an irrational loathing for that person, though in some cases it can be passed off by either a good personality (Elisabeth Bequin) or an odd character trait (Gunner Jurgen). For psykers, however, Omega level persons are physically and mentally painful to be near.
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*Usually referred to as Untouchables, Pariahs, or Blanks. Not only are they immune to psychic powers, but they can also inhibit the powers of psykers around them and/or neutralise effects on an area around themselves. The fluff is a bit inconsistent on the ''exact'' limit of this ability, but that's fine, as in [[Dark Heresy Second Edition|Dark Heresy]] Untouchables represent a broad range of effects and can be different from person-to-person, much like high level psykers can have different powers and disciplines.
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*True Untouchables have such a psy-negative effect that even normal people can sense it, and manifests in an irrational loathing for that person, though in some cases it can be passed off by either a good personality (Elisabeth Bequin) or an odd character trait (Gunner Jurgen). For psykers, however, Omega level persons are physically and mentally painful to be near.
==Comparing Psykers==
==Comparing Psykers==