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	#*Usually referred to as Untouchables, Pariahs, or [[Blank]]s. Not only are they immune to psychic powers, but they can also inhibit the powers of psykers around them and/or neutralize psychic effects on an area around them. The Imperium often employs Blanks as an Inquisitor's servants, while the [[Sisters of Silence]] are a trained order of Psyker-huntresses that are all Blanks. The Eldar, believe it or not, also produce the occasional Blank, and these become the infamous [[Solitaire]]s of the [[Harlequin]]s. True Blanks have such a psy-negative effect that even normal people can sense it, and it manifests as an irrational loathing for the Blank, though in some cases it can be offset by either a good personality (Alizebeth Bequin) or an odd, but explainable character trait (Gunner Jurgen). For psykers however, Omega-level persons are physically and mentally painful to be near.		#*Usually referred to as Untouchables, Pariahs, or [[Blank]]s. Not only are they immune to psychic powers, but they can also inhibit the powers of psykers around them and/or neutralize psychic effects on an area around them. The Imperium often employs Blanks as an Inquisitor's servants, while the [[Sisters of Silence]] are a trained order of Psyker-huntresses that are all Blanks. The Eldar, believe it or not, also produce the occasional Blank, and these become the infamous [[Solitaire]]s of the [[Harlequin]]s. True Blanks have such a psy-negative effect that even normal people can sense it, and it manifests as an irrational loathing for the Blank, though in some cases it can be offset by either a good personality (Alizebeth Bequin) or an odd, but explainable character trait (Gunner Jurgen). For psykers however, Omega-level persons are physically and mentally painful to be near.
	#*The fluff is a bit inconsistent on the ''exact'' limit of a Blank's ability, but that's fine, because in [[Dark Heresy Second Edition\|Dark Heresy]], Blanks exhibit a broad range of effects which can be different from person to person, much like high-level psykers can have different powers and disciplines. It can also be trained and manipulated, as in the case of the [[Sisters of Silence]]. Others can train themselves to actually benefit from the psychic power they suck from their surroundings (having psykers or even normal living beings in those surroundings really helps), which they use to empower and invigorate themselves.		#*The fluff is a bit inconsistent on the ''exact'' limit of a Blank's ability, but that's fine, because in [[Dark Heresy Second Edition\|Dark Heresy]], Blanks exhibit a broad range of effects which can be different from person to person, much like high-level psykers can have different powers and disciplines. It can also be trained and manipulated, as in the case of the [[Sisters of Silence]]. Others can train themselves to actually benefit from the psychic power they suck from their surroundings (having psykers or even normal living beings in those surroundings really helps), which they use to empower and invigorate themselves.
	#*There have, however, been a few occasions where a Blank's abilities have been overwhelmed or even permanently shutdown. Bequin's blankness was overwhelmed by the warp corrupted psi-sentience of a Chaos Titan and Wystan Frauka's blankness was gradually eroded away over time until he was able to be possessed by a psyker. In Gathering Storm, when Khaine's Gate broke, all the strapped and likely sodomized Blanks that were chained to it and had been screaming for the past few decades either exploded into ludicrous gibs or got outright possessed. Alpha Plus Psykers like the Emperor can probably brute force their way through even the most unnaturally powerful blanks.		#*There have, however, been a few occasions where a Blank's abilities have been overwhelmed or even permanently shutdown. Bequin's blankness was overwhelmed by the warp corrupted psi-sentience of a Chaos Titan and Wystan Frauka's blankness was gradually eroded away over time until he was able to be possessed by a psyker. In Gathering Storm, when Khaine's Gate broke, all the strapped and likely sodomized Blanks that were chained to it and had been screaming for the past few decades either exploded into ludicrous gibs or got outright possessed. Alpha Plus Psykers like the Emperor can probably brute force their way through even the most unnaturally powerful blanks or might understand the function of the Warp so well as to circumvent or undo the Blank effect itself.
	#'''Omega-Minus'''		#'''Omega-Minus'''
	#*Strictly limited to [[Culexus]] Assassins, who are given specialized equipment to maximize the effectiveness of their Blank abilities. Another example was an Omega Minus Embryo kept in a stasis jar that was so potent that it killed a Thousand Son's Sorcerer and an Eldar Harlequin just by being near them.		#*Strictly limited to [[Culexus]] Assassins, who are given specialized equipment to maximize the effectiveness of their Blank abilities. Another example was an Omega Minus Embryo kept in a stasis jar that was so potent that it killed a Thousand Son's Sorcerer and an Eldar Harlequin just by being near them.

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	#*Alpha-Plus psykers '''''do not''''' represent the top of the scale, but are completely beyond the scale. In fact, the scale theoretically continues upwards beyond Alpha-Plus into truly godlike tiers of power, although such individuals have never been encountered, barring maybe the Emperor. Even so, Alpha-Plus 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, as in theory there is nothing that a trained Alpha-Plus psyker cannot accomplish through force of will. There is a tacit assumption that this category contains the [[Emperor]] and his "notably-psychic" [[Primarchs]] (especially [[Magnus the Red]] in his daemon Primarch form), 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. No attempt is made to distinguish power levels among members of this grade, because they're all so absurdly strong there's no point in quantifying it. To put it in context, an emergent Alpha Plus psyker - one not fully in control of his abilities - was able to destroy a starship, freeze time, put it back together and resurrect its crew from the dead before removing himself permanently from the physical universe in an act of unparalleled self-control and incredibly heroic self-sacrifice to defend humanity from his risk of possession (he had an epiphany about the threat he posed and sensed the daemons wanting him and decided that he wouldn't let that happen). To dumb it down for the rest of you idiots, that the same as snapping an [[Emperor_Battle_Titan\|Imperator Class Titan]] in half with a sneeze at HALF A SECTOR AWAY!		#*Alpha-Plus psykers '''''do not''''' represent the top of the scale, but are completely beyond the scale. In fact, the scale theoretically continues upwards beyond Alpha-Plus into truly godlike tiers of power, although such individuals have never been encountered, barring maybe the Emperor. Even so, Alpha-Plus 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, as in theory there is nothing that a trained Alpha-Plus psyker cannot accomplish through force of will. There is a tacit assumption that this category contains the [[Emperor]] and his "notably-psychic" [[Primarchs]] (especially [[Magnus the Red]] in his daemon Primarch form), 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. No attempt is made to distinguish power levels among members of this grade, because they're all so absurdly strong there's no point in quantifying it. To put it in context, an emergent Alpha Plus psyker - one not fully in control of his abilities - was able to destroy a starship, freeze time, put it back together and resurrect its crew from the dead before removing himself permanently from the physical universe in an act of unparalleled self-control and incredibly heroic self-sacrifice to defend humanity from his risk of possession (he had an epiphany about the threat he posed and sensed the daemons wanting him and decided that he wouldn't let that happen). To dumb it down for the rest of you idiots, that the same as snapping an [[Emperor_Battle_Titan\|Imperator Class Titan]] in half with a sneeze at HALF A SECTOR AWAY!
	#'''Alpha / Beta'''		#'''Alpha / Beta'''
	#*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 batshit mental, though exceptions do exist. [[Arvann Stern]] is confirmed to be Beta-level, and he's not even the most powerful psyker in his chapter. Beta seems to largely be the limit of human sanity, though this is probably fixed with heavy amounts of cybernetics and hypno-indoctrination to make the crazies into useful, if mindless, tools. Most psykers of this power level are considered too dangerous to control and are likely to be sacrificed to power the Astronomican, while ''very'' unlucky Alpha psykers may instead find Imperial service in the Ordo Sinister, meaning they'll get turned into screaming batteries for [[Warlord_Battle_Titan#Warlord-Sinister_Pattern_Battle_Psi-Titan\|Psi-Titans]]. The unluckiest Alphas and Betas get to be [[Grey Knights]], and fight daemons until their painful death in battle. The luckiest ones become specialized Astropaths whose predictions of the future are used by the Adeptus Custodes to find threats to Terra.		#*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 batshit mental, though exceptions do exist (non-exceptions can just be lobotomized and...modified, anyway). [[Arvann Stern]] is confirmed to be Beta-level, and he's not even the most powerful psyker in his chapter. Beta seems to largely be the limit of human sanity, though this is probably fixed with heavy amounts of cybernetics and hypno-indoctrination to make the crazies into useful, if mindless, tools. Most psykers of this power level are considered too dangerous to control and are likely to be sacrificed to power the Astronomican, while ''very'' unlucky Alpha psykers may instead find Imperial service in the Ordo Sinister, meaning they'll get turned into screaming batteries for [[Warlord_Battle_Titan#Warlord-Sinister_Pattern_Battle_Psi-Titan\|Psi-Titans]] (to be fair, they're so out of it due to their powers that they likely don't even notice). The unluckiest Alphas and Betas get to be [[Grey Knights]], and fight daemons until their painful death in battle. The luckiest ones become specialized Astropaths whose predictions of the future are used by the Adeptus Custodes to find threats to Terra. In as much as being a psyker at all can be called "lucky".
	#'''Gamma / Delta'''		#'''Gamma / Delta'''
	#*Approximately one out of every billion human births will produce a Delta or Gamma level psyker, who, for the Imperium, 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 ultimate judge of that. Most psykers of this power are either slain or possessed if they are not discovered quickly by the Adeptus Astra Telepathica. The Inquisitor [[Gideon Ravenor]] was believed to be a high Delta-level psyker.		#*Approximately one out of every billion human births will produce a Delta or Gamma level psyker, who, for the Imperium, represent the upper limit of "useful" psychic potential without being too dangerous to let live, though it's up to the [[Inquisition]] to be the ultimate judge of that. Most psykers of this power are either slain or possessed if they are not discovered quickly by the Adeptus Astra Telepathica. The Inquisitor [[Gideon Ravenor]] was believed to be a high Delta-level psyker.
	#'''Epsilon / Zeta'''		#'''Epsilon / Zeta'''
	#*Epsilons and Zetas represent relatively powerful psykers, who are strong enough to be considered threats to security by the Imperium.		#*Epsilons and Zetas represent relatively powerful psykers, who are strong enough to be considered threats to security by the Imperium.
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	#'''Sigma/Tau'''		#'''Sigma/Tau'''
	#*When you start descending below the scale of humans, into the "negative" side of the scale, you start going psy-inert. People at the Sigma/Tau level would be able to perceive and be injured by an incoming fireball but may not be able to discern that it came from an unnatural source. It is believed the entire Tau species rests at this level.		#*When you start descending below the scale of humans, into the "negative" side of the scale, you start going psy-inert. People at the Sigma/Tau level would be able to perceive and be injured by an incoming fireball but may not be able to discern that it came from an unnatural source. It is believed the entire Tau species rests at this level. Ironically, technically negative psykers are still arguably psykers since it's about the form their connection to the Warp takes (a black hole rather than a bright star, pull instead of push).
	#'''Upsilon / Phi / Chi / Psi''' (ironically)		#'''Upsilon / Phi / Chi / Psi''' (ironically)
	#*These are individuals with varying degrees of immunity to psychic powers, though not to the same extent as a true Blank or Pariah.		#*These are individuals with varying degrees of immunity to psychic powers, though not to the same extent as a true Blank or Pariah.
	#'''Omega'''		#'''Omega'''
	#*Usually referred to as Untouchables, Pariahs, or [[Blank]]s. Not only are they immune to psychic powers, but they can also inhibit the powers of psykers around them and/or neutralize psychic effects on an area around them. The Imperium often employs Blanks as an ~~Inqusitor~~'s servants, while the [[Sisters of Silence]] are a trained order of Psyker-huntresses that are all Blanks. The Eldar, believe it or not, also produce the occasional Blank, and these become the infamous [[Solitaire]]s of the [[Harlequin]]s. True Blanks have such a psy-negative effect that even normal people can sense it, and it manifests as an irrational loathing for the Blank, though in some cases it can be offset by either a good personality (Alizebeth Bequin) or an odd, but explainable character trait (Gunner Jurgen). For psykers however, Omega-level persons are physically and mentally painful to be near.		#*Usually referred to as Untouchables, Pariahs, or [[Blank]]s. Not only are they immune to psychic powers, but they can also inhibit the powers of psykers around them and/or neutralize psychic effects on an area around them. The Imperium often employs Blanks as an Inquisitor's servants, while the [[Sisters of Silence]] are a trained order of Psyker-huntresses that are all Blanks. The Eldar, believe it or not, also produce the occasional Blank, and these become the infamous [[Solitaire]]s of the [[Harlequin]]s. True Blanks have such a psy-negative effect that even normal people can sense it, and it manifests as an irrational loathing for the Blank, though in some cases it can be offset by either a good personality (Alizebeth Bequin) or an odd, but explainable character trait (Gunner Jurgen). For psykers however, Omega-level persons are physically and mentally painful to be near.
	#*The fluff is a bit inconsistent on the ''exact'' limit of a Blank's ability, but that's fine, because in [[Dark Heresy Second Edition\|Dark Heresy]], Blanks exhibit a broad range of effects which can be different from person to person, much like high-level psykers can have different powers and disciplines. It can also be trained and manipulated, as in the case of the [[Sisters of Silence]]. Others can train themselves to actually benefit from the psychic power they suck from their surroundings (having psykers or even normal living beings in those surroundings really helps), which they use to empower and invigorate themselves.		#*The fluff is a bit inconsistent on the ''exact'' limit of a Blank's ability, but that's fine, because in [[Dark Heresy Second Edition\|Dark Heresy]], Blanks exhibit a broad range of effects which can be different from person to person, much like high-level psykers can have different powers and disciplines. It can also be trained and manipulated, as in the case of the [[Sisters of Silence]]. Others can train themselves to actually benefit from the psychic power they suck from their surroundings (having psykers or even normal living beings in those surroundings really helps), which they use to empower and invigorate themselves.
	#*There have, however, been a few occasions where a Blank's abilities have been overwhelmed or even permanently shutdown. Bequin's blankness was overwhelmed by the warp corrupted psi-sentience of a Chaos Titan and Wystan Frauka's blankness was gradually eroded away over time until he was able to be possessed by a psyker. In Gathering Storm, when Khaine's Gate broke, all the strapped and likely sodomized Blanks that were chained to it and had been screaming for the past few decades either exploded into ludicrous gibs or got outright possessed. Alpha Plus Psykers like the Emperor can probably brute force their way through even the most unnaturally powerful blanks.		#*There have, however, been a few occasions where a Blank's abilities have been overwhelmed or even permanently shutdown. Bequin's blankness was overwhelmed by the warp corrupted psi-sentience of a Chaos Titan and Wystan Frauka's blankness was gradually eroded away over time until he was able to be possessed by a psyker. In Gathering Storm, when Khaine's Gate broke, all the strapped and likely sodomized Blanks that were chained to it and had been screaming for the past few decades either exploded into ludicrous gibs or got outright possessed. Alpha Plus Psykers like the Emperor can probably brute force their way through even the most unnaturally powerful blanks.

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	===Positive Psychic Levels===		===Positive Psychic Levels===
	#'''Alpha-Plus'''		#'''Alpha-Plus'''
	#*Alpha-Plus psykers '''''do not''''' represent the top of the scale, but are completely beyond the scale. In fact, the scale theoretically continues upwards beyond Alpha-Plus into truly godlike tiers of power, although such individuals have never been encountered, barring maybe the Emperor. Even so, Alpha-Plus 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, as in theory there is nothing that a trained Alpha-Plus psyker cannot accomplish through force of will. There is a tacit assumption that this category contains the [[Emperor]] and his "notably-psychic" [[Primarchs]] (especially [[Magnus the Red]] in his daemon Primarch form), 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. No attempt is made to distinguish power levels among members of this grade, because they're all so absurdly strong there's no point in quantifying it. To put it in context, an emergent Alpha Plus psyker - one not fully in control of ~~their~~ abilities - was able to destroy a starship, freeze time, put it back together and resurrect its crew from the dead before removing himself permanently from the physical universe in an act of unparalleled self-control and incredibly heroic self-sacrifice to defend humanity from ~~that psyker’s~~ risk of possession. To dumb it down for the rest of you idiots, that the same as snapping an [[Emperor_Battle_Titan\|Imperator Class Titan]] in half with a sneeze at HALF A SECTOR AWAY!		#*Alpha-Plus psykers '''''do not''''' represent the top of the scale, but are completely beyond the scale. In fact, the scale theoretically continues upwards beyond Alpha-Plus into truly godlike tiers of power, although such individuals have never been encountered, barring maybe the Emperor. Even so, Alpha-Plus 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, as in theory there is nothing that a trained Alpha-Plus psyker cannot accomplish through force of will. There is a tacit assumption that this category contains the [[Emperor]] and his "notably-psychic" [[Primarchs]] (especially [[Magnus the Red]] in his daemon Primarch form), 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. No attempt is made to distinguish power levels among members of this grade, because they're all so absurdly strong there's no point in quantifying it. To put it in context, an emergent Alpha Plus psyker - one not fully in control of his abilities - was able to destroy a starship, freeze time, put it back together and resurrect its crew from the dead before removing himself permanently from the physical universe in an act of unparalleled self-control and incredibly heroic self-sacrifice to defend humanity from his risk of possession (he had an epiphany about the threat he posed and sensed the daemons wanting him and decided that he wouldn't let that happen). To dumb it down for the rest of you idiots, that the same as snapping an [[Emperor_Battle_Titan\|Imperator Class Titan]] in half with a sneeze at HALF A SECTOR AWAY!
	#'''Alpha / Beta'''		#'''Alpha / Beta'''
	#*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 batshit mental, though exceptions do exist. [[Arvann Stern]] is confirmed to be Beta-level, and he's not even the most powerful psyker in his chapter. Beta seems to largely be the limit of human sanity, though this is probably fixed with heavy amounts of cybernetics and hypno-indoctrination to make the crazies into useful, if mindless, tools. Most psykers of this power level are considered too dangerous to control and are likely to be sacrificed to power the Astronomican, while ''very'' unlucky Alpha psykers may instead find Imperial service in the Ordo Sinister, meaning they'll get turned into screaming batteries for [[Warlord_Battle_Titan#Warlord-Sinister_Pattern_Battle_Psi-Titan\|Psi-Titans]]. The unluckiest Alphas and Betas get to be [[Grey Knights]], and fight daemons until their painful death in battle. The luckiest ones become specialized Astropaths whose predictions of the future are used by the Adeptus Custodes to find threats to Terra.		#*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 batshit mental, though exceptions do exist. [[Arvann Stern]] is confirmed to be Beta-level, and he's not even the most powerful psyker in his chapter. Beta seems to largely be the limit of human sanity, though this is probably fixed with heavy amounts of cybernetics and hypno-indoctrination to make the crazies into useful, if mindless, tools. Most psykers of this power level are considered too dangerous to control and are likely to be sacrificed to power the Astronomican, while ''very'' unlucky Alpha psykers may instead find Imperial service in the Ordo Sinister, meaning they'll get turned into screaming batteries for [[Warlord_Battle_Titan#Warlord-Sinister_Pattern_Battle_Psi-Titan\|Psi-Titans]]. The unluckiest Alphas and Betas get to be [[Grey Knights]], and fight daemons until their painful death in battle. The luckiest ones become specialized Astropaths whose predictions of the future are used by the Adeptus Custodes to find threats to Terra.

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	#'''Alpha-Plus'''		#'''Alpha-Plus'''
	#*Alpha-Plus psykers '''''do not''''' represent the top of the scale, but are completely beyond the scale. In fact, the scale theoretically continues upwards beyond Alpha-Plus into truly godlike tiers of power, although such individuals have never been encountered, barring maybe the Emperor. Even so, Alpha-Plus 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, as in theory there is nothing that a trained Alpha-Plus psyker cannot accomplish through force of will. There is a tacit assumption that this category contains the [[Emperor]] and his "notably-psychic" [[Primarchs]] (especially [[Magnus the Red]] in his daemon Primarch form), 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. No attempt is made to distinguish power levels among members of this grade, because they're all so absurdly strong there's no point in quantifying it. To put it in context, an emergent Alpha Plus psyker - one not fully in control of their abilities - was able to destroy a starship, freeze time, put it back together and resurrect its crew from the dead before removing ~~themselves~~ permanently from the physical universe in an act of unparalleled self-control and incredibly heroic self-sacrifice to defend humanity from that psyker’s risk of possession. To dumb it down for the rest of you idiots, that the same as snapping an [[Emperor_Battle_Titan\|Imperator Class Titan]] in half with a sneeze at HALF A SECTOR AWAY!		#*Alpha-Plus psykers '''''do not''''' represent the top of the scale, but are completely beyond the scale. In fact, the scale theoretically continues upwards beyond Alpha-Plus into truly godlike tiers of power, although such individuals have never been encountered, barring maybe the Emperor. Even so, Alpha-Plus 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, as in theory there is nothing that a trained Alpha-Plus psyker cannot accomplish through force of will. There is a tacit assumption that this category contains the [[Emperor]] and his "notably-psychic" [[Primarchs]] (especially [[Magnus the Red]] in his daemon Primarch form), 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. No attempt is made to distinguish power levels among members of this grade, because they're all so absurdly strong there's no point in quantifying it. To put it in context, an emergent Alpha Plus psyker - one not fully in control of their abilities - was able to destroy a starship, freeze time, put it back together and resurrect its crew from the dead before removing himself permanently from the physical universe in an act of unparalleled self-control and incredibly heroic self-sacrifice to defend humanity from that psyker’s risk of possession. To dumb it down for the rest of you idiots, that the same as snapping an [[Emperor_Battle_Titan\|Imperator Class Titan]] in half with a sneeze at HALF A SECTOR AWAY!
	#'''Alpha / Beta'''		#'''Alpha / Beta'''
	#*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 batshit mental, though exceptions do exist. [[Arvann Stern]] is confirmed to be Beta-level, and he's not even the most powerful psyker in his chapter. Beta seems to largely be the limit of human sanity, though this is probably fixed with heavy amounts of cybernetics and hypno-indoctrination to make the crazies into useful, if mindless, tools. Most psykers of this power level are considered too dangerous to control and are likely to be sacrificed to power the Astronomican, while ''very'' unlucky Alpha psykers may instead find Imperial service in the Ordo Sinister, meaning they'll get turned into screaming batteries for [[Warlord_Battle_Titan#Warlord-Sinister_Pattern_Battle_Psi-Titan\|Psi-Titans]]. The unluckiest Alphas and Betas get to be [[Grey Knights]], and fight daemons until their painful death in battle. The luckiest ones become specialized Astropaths whose predictions of the future are used by the Adeptus Custodes to find threats to Terra.		#*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 batshit mental, though exceptions do exist. [[Arvann Stern]] is confirmed to be Beta-level, and he's not even the most powerful psyker in his chapter. Beta seems to largely be the limit of human sanity, though this is probably fixed with heavy amounts of cybernetics and hypno-indoctrination to make the crazies into useful, if mindless, tools. Most psykers of this power level are considered too dangerous to control and are likely to be sacrificed to power the Astronomican, while ''very'' unlucky Alpha psykers may instead find Imperial service in the Ordo Sinister, meaning they'll get turned into screaming batteries for [[Warlord_Battle_Titan#Warlord-Sinister_Pattern_Battle_Psi-Titan\|Psi-Titans]]. The unluckiest Alphas and Betas get to be [[Grey Knights]], and fight daemons until their painful death in battle. The luckiest ones become specialized Astropaths whose predictions of the future are used by the Adeptus Custodes to find threats to Terra.

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	The Imperium of Man uses a 24-point scale (with gradations named for the letters of the Greek alphabet, for some reason; there are 26 points counting the "top" and "bottom", both of which are used to classify entities beyond the scale's ability to measure) called '''The Assignment''' to determine the comparative psychic power of an individual. Unfortunately, this gets very confusing in the [[fluff]], where Alpha-level psykers seem to be a dime a dozen and show up all over the place, and established characters that are canonically high on the scale are completely overshadowed by [[Kaldor Draigo\|some other character]]. All of this [[Derp\|"logically"]] leads [[neckbeards]] to reach the flawed conclusion that [[Katanas are Underpowered in d20\|their favourite character on the tabletop MUST be Alpha level or greater.]]		The Imperium of Man uses a 24-point scale (with gradations named for the letters of the Greek alphabet, for some reason; there are 26 points counting the "top" and "bottom", both of which are used to classify entities beyond the scale's ability to measure) called '''The Assignment''' to determine the comparative psychic power of an individual. Unfortunately, this gets very confusing in the [[fluff]], where Alpha-level psykers seem to be a dime a dozen and show up all over the place, and established characters that are canonically high on the scale are completely overshadowed by [[Kaldor Draigo\|some other character]]. All of this [[Derp\|"logically"]] leads [[neckbeards]] to reach the flawed conclusion that [[Katanas are Underpowered in d20\|their favourite character on the tabletop MUST be Alpha level or greater.]]

	Furthermore, it is canon that a psyker's place on the scale can change over time as his or her powers either increase with practice or decrease due to atrophy from lack of use. So generally, the fluff is quite useless for determining who is greater than whom; without the evidence of a direct psychic battle between any two to compare how they match up, it is pretty pointless to use this method.		Furthermore, it is canon that a psyker's place on the scale can change over time as his or her powers either increase with practice or decrease due to atrophy from lack of use. So generally, the fluff is quite useless for determining who is greater than whom; without the evidence of a direct psychic battle between any two to compare how they match up, it is pretty pointless to use this method. Without even touching on the differences between powers, skill in using what they have, control over their power, etc.

	Lastly, this is an Imperial system, and likely should be used only to assess humans. While chances are someone in-universe has looked at a wyrdboy and gone "Theta-ish", you shouldn't since it's comparable to using metric tools on imperial fasteners: annoying, inappropriate, and probably a crime according to both the Mechanicus and Administratum. So don't do it.		Lastly, this is an Imperial system, and likely should be used only to assess humans. While chances are someone in-universe has looked at a wyrdboy and gone "Theta-ish", you shouldn't since it's comparable to using metric tools on imperial fasteners: annoying, inappropriate, and probably a crime according to both the Mechanicus and Administratum. So don't do it.

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	*[[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.		*[[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.		*[[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... we're so fucked.		*[[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.		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.

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	===Imperium===		===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.		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).

	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.		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.		*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.