Editing Psyker (section)

===Imperium===
The [[Imperium of Man]] regards most psykers as extremely dangerous, because these are people with scary powers, and the influence of the Warp tends not to let them stay sane for very long, but hey, wizards are real, cool{{BLAM|HERESY! '''BLAM'''}}. There is also the threat of [[Chaos]] possessing them and summoning daemons...or having the daemons just eat them. Thus, the [[Inquisition]] hunts them down so they can either be sacrificed to feed the [[Empra]] or sanctioned and made to serve the Imperium (under an inquisitor's watchful eye). 

Such psykers appear as a unit in the Dawn of War games and like to scream incomprehensible one-liners so mind-numbingly loud that they may very well actually make your head explode. [[Space Marines]] make their psykers into [[Librarian]]s: in addition to psychic support on the battlefield, they compile records in the Librarium, assist in battlefield communications, and test their brothers for Chaotic contamination. [[Imperial Guard]] Sanctioned Psykers combine psychic powers with Standard Issue Balls of Steel that every Imperial Guard member is issued upon conscription along with a lasgun. In addition, they have a nasty reputation for being BLAMMED by Commissars. 

"Rogue Psykers" is the official designation for any psyker who hasn't been collared by the Imperium yet and are often hated by more puritan worlds, in extreme cases routinely being hunted down and killed. On most worlds being sanctioned (assuming you survive and don't mind the side effects) gives an air of authority and orthodoxy to an otherwise hated thing; people still hate you, but instead of treating you like a particularly verbose bit of dung, now you're hated the way tax collectors are hated. Many in the Imperium outside of the rabble view sanctioned psykers in an ethereal light, considering them sages or wizards (as in wise men/Gandalf), perhaps because their powers grant them a very different perspective and insight into pretty much anything. 

Astropaths are beyond such venom, partly because they are less prone to possession and mostly because they are a planet's only way of communicating with the greater Imperium. Also being soul-bound to the Emperor himself probably makes them seem like prophets or oracles in some way to the average citizen.  People still feel uneasy around them, but even [[Black Templars]] have to cope with them and make nice faces. However, the [[God-Emperor of Mankind|Emperor]] <s>was</s> is a psyker, so the next time some idiot tells you that Psykers are heresy, use this little fact on their fa--{{BLAM}} {{BLAM|BLASPHEMY!}}. Well, actually not, since for an average citizen of the Imperium the Emperor is God, so His wielding godly powers in the [[Great_Crusade|glory days]] before His ascension is actually the core tenet of the Imperial Cult and proof of his divinity. Not so for mere mortal psykers, who are rightly considered unholy and corruptible as opposed to a literal god who obviously can do things like that easy peasy, which he did demonstrate that he could. Oh, you mortally wounded me through my favored [[Primarch|lab rat]]? Let me just erase your collective avatar out of existence in one shot.

Humanity, being the stars of the show, have arguably the greatest psychic potential overall (because of course they do, which is really damn bad in this setting), but with barely any control over it (fire and lightning yay!), possibly evolving (which could take countless centuries or even millennia to take place, even if they can survive it) into a fully psychic race which the Emperor himself has said may very well equal or even possibly surpass even the Eldar at their peak, although with the loss of the Webway project even the Emperor admits that this path is pretty much now closed to humanity. Most likely he meant a gradual ascension instead of the Oh Shit happening now as the energies of the Webway logically would nourish psychic potential slowly whereas otherwise human potential is spastic and often results in daemonic possession or outright invasion. No wonder his ideal humans are emotionless and autistic (no, seriously, the Custodes are arguably genuinely autistic) as that is safest for a psychic species, especially to not go the way of the Eldar. Becoming a psychic race doesn't suddenly make you god-tier, it just makes you psychic; the Eldar are a full-blown psychic race and they aren't exactly doing brilliantly. To be fair, they’re not even trying to capitalize on their psychic potential most of the time, especially the ways psychic power could easily connect to the aspects of Khaine their warriors emulate. On the other-hand, that’s probably exactly why they don’t do that.

*Like all of his interactions with others, anything that the Emperor says should be treated as a possible falsehood (he's a bit of a compulsive liar and manipulator, but even when he’s honest, his power actively causes people to hear things in ways that make sense to them, even if what they hear isn’t close to what he said). His whole speech to Ra about humanity's possible psychic might may well have been just what the Emperor wanted Ra to hear in order to prepare him to make his sacrifice at the end of the book.  But we do know that the lore has loooong held the Emperor’s belief humanity will become like him.  AKA “New Man”.  Even Rogue Trader had the Inquisition’s true purpose be to guide humanity’s ascension into a fully psychic species.

On the bright side, the Psychic Awakening has shown that faith serves as a great focus for controlling psychic might and affecting the Warp in a positive way through that focus of belief and spiritual strength.  Bet the Eldar are foaming at the mouth that man’s much mocked fanaticism actually acts as anti-Chaos space magic.

Ironically, humanity’s strong connection to Chaos as the species that caused the gods to awaken might be the cause of our destined rise as a powerfully psychic species.  Which is, uh, not a good sign if true.

Humanity has managed to produce some of the strongest Psykers in the history of the Galaxy but most didn't come into being through natural means:

*[[The Emperor]] is obviously the first that springs to mind as he is unquestionably the strongest mortal psyker that has yet been seen, unless you count the [[Old Ones]] (Emps could be an Old One masquerading as a human, but is probably way beyond an Old One seeing as he beat the shit out of one of the most powerful C'tan by a whole lot). The question is however: is he even human? There are many theories surrounding the Emperor's origins and his exact nature. Was he born or is he a construct from the Dark Age of Technology that believes itself to be human? Is he the Warp-manifested core of humanity's past, present, and future manifested in Man's time of greatest need and tumultuous Warp?  If we take the whole Shaman origin as fact, then his psychic might is due to the large number of psychic beings merging their minds into one, which is certainly not the norm (strangely something similar happened to [[Ephrael Stern]]). Even if we assume he's a single entity that [[Perpetual|happens to be immortal]], there is the whole deal with the Chaos gods which may or may not have boosted his already considerable power (and yes, it is stated that he needed a ship to get there, but didn't need one to get back). The Emperor is clear proof that, whatever he might be, the most powerful psyker in existence has indisputably allied itself with humanity.
*[[Magnus]] is a Primarch and should in no way be considered entirely human. He, like all his kind, are artificial beings created through Warp shenanigans and advanced bio-engineering. There is nothing natural about him or his psychic might. Above and beyond even high-grade transhumans, a Primarch is a literal demigod perfected through soul and gene engineering. This translates to Psychic ability as well.
*[[Malcador]] is the only truly natural (depending upon what happens with his backstory once it is finally revealed) human standout amongst the big names. He may play second fiddle to the likes of the abominations that are the Emperor{{BLAM}} {{BLAM|BLASPHEMY!}} and Magnus, but he is still the strongest "human" psyker on the list. Natural humans are never going to be able to compete with the gods of the Warp, but a race of potential Malcadors doesn't sound too shabby, does it?  But only if we have his skill and control...  so we're fucked.

Human psykers (with occasional exceptions, like Space Marine Librarians) tend to be one-trick ponies; if they are telepathic, then that is what they can do - it is very unlikely that they will have any skill in something like telekinesis, pyromancy, or divination. If this was an RPG, then they would be the guys who put all their experience into learning one or two skills until they have maxed them out, but end up having nothing left to spend on anything else. Yes, they can create a very powerful fireball, but that's all they can do. If anyone is capable of "omnimancy" then they are usually so powerful they can brute force powers from all disciplines, or are engaging in rituals and sorceries - which is technically cheating, and stupidly dangerous to even masters of the art.  That said, human psyker squads form a sort of network of power through which they can do stuff far beyond what any one of them is capable of.  So, a species-wide version of this would be pretty lit (or the easiest conquest Chaos has ever had).  On the bright side, the Empyric Engineers will probably be allowed back into the Imperium and prove incredibly useful.  There is also biomancy to consider.  Imagine the Imperium being able to use biomancy to uplift the human body beyond biological limitations?  But, their fanatical obsession with the divine human form preventing them from doing anything evil with it. Uh. By Imperial standards.

====Squats/Kin====
The [[Squat]]s that grow very old are called "living ancestors". They are extremely rare, and develop psychic powers by communing with the spirits of their predecessors. And you could put them in an egg-shaped terminator armor, then onto a trike, with a bolt-firing cavalry lan-{{BLAM}} {{BLAM|Squats are ''heresy''!}}<span style='color:maroon;font-size:110%'>''' *FFSSSHHHHHOOOOOOOOOMMMMMM!* Oi! What did ye just call us?</span> {{BLAM|Uh... Nothing! Nothing at all!}}

Due to their ancestors' genetic modifications to protect themselves and their toys from being [[Chaos|daemon chow]], most Squats have souls nearly as dim as the Tau, and  thus, little to no Psyker potential. However, as the Votann's data banks can only be accessed by Psykers, they created specialized cloneskeins that allow the Kin born from them to tap into the Immaterium in a more controlled and safer manner. These psykers are known as the [[Grimnyr]] and act as the Votann's eyes and mouths. They also have a thing for cosplaying wizards.

====Ogryns====
The [[Ogryn]] were initially thought by the Imperium to be too stupid to develop psychic powers, but were proved wrong sometime after the Great Rift by Cassia, who demonstrated psychic powers in battle by saving a Commissar. She ended up being recruited by Inquisitor Falx, and displayed other unique effects that were considered impossible to do by Ogryn: namely, being able to read and write on a basic level. Falx also believes (with a fair amount of supporting evidence) that other Ogryn are beginning to pop up with similar abilities, likely a result of the Rift itself.  Fortunately for the Ogryn, their legendary devotion to the Emperor and love for their fellow, normal humans will probably be a major benefit to them in this situation. In several ways.