Julgolax Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 As a multi-functional part of the Imperium, the Adeptus Astra Telepathica locates, recruits, develops, and trains human psychics to fulfill a myriad of roles abroad. My question is this though, are psychics too few or too restricted to be a cohesive force in their own right? I think it would be a really awesome Apocalypse Formation or even, in an abstract fashion, a possible standalone army like the Tempestus Scions to have a psychic strikeforce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElectricPaladin Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 That would be nifty. I'm picturing a bunch of psychics riding in something like an open-topped baneblade - no big gun, but a couple of emplaced heavy bolters or something - tooling around blasting things their mind! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarl of Wulfen Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 I doubt the imperium would let that many non-astartes pysker loose in a combat role. Most psykers are physically frail. Getting too many psykers together makes their presence in the warp attract bigger baddies. In the Shira calpurnia novels there is a passage about them resonating off each other and really wonky stuff happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewChristlieb Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 More witches... bigger fires... I've got the marshmallows. :D Seriously though I don't think it would work. That many Psykers operating at the same time can only end poorly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Red Thirst Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 locates, recruits, develops, and trains human psychics Haha good euphemism there. Psykers arn't exactly rare, however they are dangerous. Majority of which will be fed to The Emperor or hooked up to the Astronomican. Personally I dont believe the High Lords would allow it, you have to remember that Psykers are viewed as the scum of the galaxy as they have been 'tainted' by the warp. To huddle a big group of them in one place wouldn't be a very good idea im afraid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Father Ferrum Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 The issue isn't psykers in combat -- the Imperial Guard do it all the time with the Primaris Psyker and Psyker Battle Squads -- the problem is you wanting to use the Telepathicus. Astrotelepaths are the only means the Imperium has of timely interstellar communications. They're a precious resource, especially since in some cases you need an entire choir -- not just one Astrotelepath -- to send a message. They're kept isolated in towers all their own for more than just protecting others from. . . possible warp issues. . . after all. They need to be protected, not risked on the battlefield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Furyou Miko Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Uh, DEF? Militarum battle psylers as detached from the AAT. The AAT aren't just astropaths, they're the whole imperial Parker arm. Even the GK have to get their recruits from them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conn Eremon Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 The Scholastica Psykana is what I assume Deus Ex Ferrum is referring to as being where such psykers should come from. They are the branch that takes them off the Black Ships, trains them, determines their value, and sends them off to wherever they are fated to be. But they are a branch under the Adeptus Astartes Telepathicus, the umbrella organization that envelops all of psychic humanity, itself a branch of Adeptus Terra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quozzo Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 The inquisition has a psyker. That is their name, rules and confusing. Thay have one attack, the more psykers (the model not the generic psyker *sigh*) the greater the boom. If the attack perils then they all die. I suppose they could pass as a AAT force, just dont ask if they can use a land speeder storm. ↓ Sorry for the eye sore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElectricPaladin Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 The inquisition has a psyker. That is their name, rules and confusing. Thay have one attack, the more psykers (the model not the generic psyker *sigh*) the greater the boom. If the attack perils then they all die. I suppose they could pass as a AAT force, just dont ask if they can use a land speeder storm. ↓ Sorry for the eye sore. That's a good point. Now I'm thinking that my idea could just be a counts-as baneblade... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenderleech Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 Not to drag up a half month dead conversation, but the inquisition does not have that psyker power anymore. it was lost in the 7th edition shuffle. henchmen psykers get 1 roll, per squad, on divination, telepathy, telekinesis, pyromancy or sanctic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElectricPaladin Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 Not to drag up a half month dead conversation, but the inquisition does not have that psyker power anymore. it was lost in the 7th edition shuffle. henchmen psykers get 1 roll, per squad, on divination, telepathy, telekinesis, pyromancy or sanctic. Really? I can't find the FAQ that does that - can you point me in the right direction? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElectricPaladin Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 I got my question answered over on BoLS. Psykers with actual mastery levels are way awesomer. Wooo! Now I've got to convert up a sweet psyker for my Inquisitor's warband. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talos402000 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 The Adeptus Astra Telepathica does indeed have their own militant arm, the Templars Psykanis. Only two varieties have been mentioned, the Augur squad and the Disruptor squad. Note that they have only been mentioned in official orders of battle and have not (to my best knowledge) had rules printed for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Furyou Miko Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Then there's the AAT's other chamber militant, the Sisters of Silence, although nobody's heard from them in a while... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conn Eremon Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 If they even still exist. Might be we have not heard of them because they are no longer a thing, for whatever reason. The era directly following the Heresy was full of sweeping reforms, upheavals and mass refinement. Could be the Sisters as an individual group were undone in the process, possibly becoming something else, or multiple somethings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redmapa Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 afaik Sisters of Silence are the ones in charge of Black Ships and capturing psykers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Furyou Miko Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 That is part of their duties, yes, although in some 40k sources the Adepta Sororitas have taken over guarding the Black Ships for some reason... not really sure why the AAT would want the Ecclesiarchy to have that kind of power over them, but thems the breaks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkangilos Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 That is part of their duties, yes, although in some 40k sources the Adepta Sororitas have taken over guarding the Black Ships for some reason... not really sure why the AAT would want the Ecclesiarchy to have that kind of power over them, but thems the breaks. They probably want them guarding the ships because they are more able to fight off the corrupting influence of the warp than most other people, and are far more common than the SoS. Aren't the Sisters of Silence nulls, and so incredibly rare? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Furyou Miko Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Yes, but Battle Sisters are pretty rare too - estimates put them at between fifty thousand (Original numbers) to two million (unsourced) Battle Sisters in the whole galaxy. Anyway, the SoS' main job was guarding the Black Ships, of which there aren't very many either. The fact that the job has been farmed out to the Ecclesiarchy doesn't speak well for the state of the AAT's blank army, especially when you have Eisenhorn claiming his Distaff of about forty blankers to be one of the most powerful anti-daemon weapons in the galaxy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkangilos Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Yes, but Battle Sisters are pretty rare too - estimates put them at between fifty thousand (Original numbers) to two million (unsourced) Battle Sisters in the whole galaxy. Anyway, the SoS' main job was guarding the Black Ships, of which there aren't very many either. The fact that the job has been farmed out to the Ecclesiarchy doesn't speak well for the state of the AAT's blank army, especially when you have Eisenhorn claiming his Distaff of about forty blankers to be one of the most powerful anti-daemon weapons in the galaxy. Maybe they both work together? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cactus Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Maybe an author got their sisters confused. Is the source by C.S. Goto? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Furyou Miko Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 No, James Swallow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkangilos Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 No, James Swallow. Go figure. He's horrible with fluff, too. To emphasize my feelings, I'd take Matt Ward over him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareddm Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 Sorry to bring this back up but I found this older quote from Laurie Goulding over on The First Expedition in regards to the Sisters of Silence post-heresy. "We do not presently know what happened to them. Certainly, it seems that they no longer existed by the time the Ecclesiarchy rose to power (late M32-ish). They definitely do not exist by M41 - sorry! :)" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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