Are psykers in the Imperium allowed to breed?
There's supposedly some genetic basis to being a psyker, so one would think that would be strictly regulated.
>>46550646
Sure.
If you accept the fact your kid will eventually be dragged off on the Black Ships to go through the same horrendously traumatic experience you went through.
>>46550646
It is genetic. Psychic activity is the future humanity was destined to follow. Unfortunately, the stigma against them and the difficulty of properly raising one to not tear holes in the warp has stunted our growth as a species. Thus, the witch hunters and paranoia across the Imperium do their damnedest to ensure we stagnate as a species. And they're doing a pretty good job of it too. The Emperor stalled us from making that leap in his time because we were not yet ready for that stage in development. Had he a few thousand more years we would have a webway much like that of the Eldar, regular and stable psychic troops among the guard, and a proper plan in motion to suppress chaos. Instead, we have zealots shooting humans that are in fact closer to their god figure than they.
They'd have to make a specific schola for psyker babies just in case they get powers
>>46550646
Don't they need to feed pyskers to the Emperor's astrochair to keep shit running? I imagine they WANT pyskers to breed, or else they'd run out of Emprah chow very fast.
>>46550646
>allowed to breed
Absolutely. Sanctioned psykers would even be strongly encouraged to breed, since the entire point of the grimdark is to usher-in a humanity formed entirely of high-test psykers.
>>46554482
>the entire point of the grimdark is to usher-in a humanity formed entirely of high-test psykers
That seems to have been the goal of the Emperor and/or in a general sense the destiny of humanity if it survives long enough, but I'm not sure if the Imperium know about it or push for it as a point of policy. They're just focused on survival and it's going to happen anyway, so they might not care for accelerating it (or indeed may be interested in slowing it down, handling psykers is a tough job).
>>46557882
Well, if everyone is a psyker the bad ones get sorted out pretty fast by not beinig able to control themselves.
Also, while we're at it, if the psyker is the destiny ofof mankind, what the fuck is a null?
>>46552747
nice meme
>>46560278
truth is the dankest meem
>>46551011
>>46552747
Makes me wonder if a psyker ever has a kid, and they just don't have psychic powers; but the Black Ships come and take them anyway.
>>46552842
Humanity controls the majority of the galaxy. You can't count the population with trillions, trillions to small a measure.
There is no shortage of weak psykers to burn in the Astronomicon.
>>46560317
On the mtterof the astronomicon, what EXACTLY happens to the psykers that are burned there?
>>46560317
>>46560332
I have no idea why /tg/ misunderstands the Astronomicon so much.
Powerful psykers are put into the Astronomicon choir to power it.
The weak worthless psykers are fed to the Emperor to sustain his dying soul.
>>46560305
They are tested before they go on the ships plus if the psyker is already in Imperial service it kind of voids the need in most cases, whichever organization the psyker works for would probably be happy to do testing/training themselves.
>>46560332
Swept up, possibly put into small bags, I could imagine ashes from the Astronomicon having occult significance.
>>46560345
In what way are they fed to the emperor?
The same way some shamans unify their souls?
The same way Eldar souls are fed into the infinity circuit?
>>46560367
Hooked up to the astronomicon to act as fuel for the Emperor, their life force is leeched away and after a variable amount of time they die.
>>46550646
I've always been a little confused on how psykers are given sanction.
What determines whether or not you're fed to the Emperor?
Power? Restraint?
>>46560468
Power and restraint, if you are 'second line' you become an astropath as the soul binding makes remakes mental architecture making you more difficult to possess.
First rate psykers those of will/potential get shopped to wherever from the guard to the inqusition and some space marine chapters.
I suspect powers make a difference, no point sending a pyrokinetic off to become an astropath.
>>46560519
>mfw the emperor gets fed leftovers
>>46560269
>Also, while we're at it, if the psyker is the destiny ofof mankind, what the fuck is a null?
C'tan fuckery.
>>46560550
I away yes, in a way, no.
The leftovers still have months/years of training/meditation to go through in order to become among the ''chosen'.
Once you are selected then, you are seen as being beyond rank, even the master of the Astronomicon must respect your and your coming sacrifice.
Those that fail/have too little psychic potential become tutors to the next generation.
Granted, this is old fluff.
>>46560367
From both the first and latest core books:
>Nor will just any human suffice for this purpose, for the soul-donor must be a very special person in their own right, someone with psychic powers. The Inquisition scours the Imperium in a tireless search for emergent psykers, individuals too vulnerable to be left alone. Some of these men and women will be recruited into the Adeptus Terra (especially the Adeptus Astronomica and Adeptus Astra Telepathica) but many more will serve their Emperor in a more gruesome way. Given up to the weird machinery that surrounds the Master of Mankind, their souls will be gradually leeched from their bodies to feed the Emperor’s spirit. Hundreds must die in this way every day if the Emperor, the Imperium and humanity are to survive.
>Not just any human will suffice for the Emperor’s table, for the donor must have psychic powers. Therefore, the Imperium is scoured by the vast flotillas of the Black Ships in a tireless search for emergent psykers. During their long, crowded journey back to Terra, some of the psykers will be found to have the strength of mind to be recruited into the Adeptus Astra Telepathica or become trained by the Adeptus Astronomica, but many more will serve their Emperor in a more gruesome way. They are given wholly to the weird machinery that surrounds the Master of Mankind and their souls are siphoned, slowly and agonisingly, to feed his mighty spirit. Many hundreds, even thousands, must die in this way every day for the Emperor, the Imperium, and all of Humanity to survive.
>>46560566
Once at least anyway.
>>46561892
>Once at least anyway.
And shall be again like the Necron rulership over the galaxy.
Each time people (you) claimed that something from the oldcron was retconned, it pops up again in Newcron lore. One would think you'll learn but noooo.
>>46554482
>>46557882
As with most things in the Imperium, there's a faction of the Inquisition trying to prepare for an accellerate humanity's development into a psychic race, a faction trying to prevent it and suppress humans' psychic potential, and various other factions with completely different ideas of what's going on.
>>46550646
Some aren't allowed anything but. Navigator Houses hide the bad results.
>>46561931
Like Necrons being controlled and ruled by C'tan Shards then?
>>46561964
Seems about right. The Inquisition really needs some reworking.
>>46561996
No, like everything the Deceiver did in the old fluff. Or the fact that the Eldar were a child race of the Old Ones.
Things other than the stuff that were outright retconned. Like FTL interia engines, the reacon behind the War in Heaven, and the C'tan ability to control the Necrons (ANTI-C'TAN PROTOCOLS).
>>46562000
I dunno, I think it makes sense this way.
It's important to remember that the Imperium is over a MILLION inhabited planets, with long journeys and poor communication lines between them. It's hugely diverse, and barely a unified state. The answer to damn near any question about the Imperium is "it depends."
How is homosexuality viewed in the Imperium? Depends on the planet.
How are psykers treated? Depends on the Inquisition faction that picks them up.
What are Imperial Guard rations like? Depends on the regiment and circumstance.
How do people dress in the Imperium? In every style that has ever been worn on Earth, plus literally billions more.
>>46562043
>How do people dress in the Imperium? In every style that has ever been worn on Earth, plus literally billions more.
There is a High Lord with a very large skull hat.
>>46561964
>In the grim future of mankind there are only factionalised military governmental institutions with no fucking idea what's going on.
Okay, that can't get grim darker.
