Psychic awakening, what happpens?

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**OldMate**

Okay, so I'm a regular imperial citizen and I have a sudden and violent (not demonic possession violent, but violent enough that you know, people know about it) psychic awakening what actually happens? Who does the authortities send? What's the response protocal for this and what type of people would be the first sent to respond? This is assuming there is isn't you know a sisters of silence outpost on every street corner ready to nab you and plug you into the golden throne.

**beast_gts**

Depends what planet you're on. Every Governor should have their own response plan - even if it's just send in the PDF / Enforcers and if that doesn't work bomb them. IIRC Schola Progeniums also have plans to deal with rogue psykers.

Lord Helmawr of Necromunda has his own psykers that he uses against rogues.

**OldMate**

Psykers is a good idea, I guess normal troops would maybe work 80% of the time becasue the psycher would not yet be in control of their powers.

**Pyroalchi**

I have no sources to back this up, but I could imagine that a planetary government that is aware of the ressource a psyker could be might be interested to find out why and how this person suddenly became a psyker. The black tithe is - in the end - a form of tithe. If I as planetary governour discover that I have the means to create psykers (it could be something the poor guy ate or some reaction to some strange local mineral) that would be a ressource I could pay instead of really valuable stuff. Maybe I could even geh around raising guard regiments by forcefully converting some thousand penal prisoners into food for the golden thrown.

Out of this line of thought a possible reaction would look like the typical movie scientist squad, quarantining everything for thourough testing

**beast_gts**

Lexicanum wrote:Psykanarium Psi-Hounds are Psyker bounty hunters, that are created and controlled by the Psykanarium breeding program, that was created by Necromunda's Planetary Governor, Lord Helmawr. As a result of inbreeding from the fractured genus of dozens of Psyker bloodlines, the Psykanarium has created numerous horrifying, yet potent psychic weapons. However only the most gifted and stable are kept to be used by Lord Helmawr and his favoured servants - the rest are either destroyed or shipped off-world to serve the Imperium. To ensure the Psi-Hounds remain under control though, they are implanted with psychic enhancing neural-crowns, which keep them docile and are also further controlled by coded auditory and olfactory triggers. These allow the Psi-Hounds' masters to direct the Psykers with a word or set them upon the scent of prey that needs to be destroyed. The Psykanarium also accepts Psykers that are brought to them, who were either captured or willing handed over by family members for a reward. Those Psykers whose powers leave them of little worth to the Imperium, are employed by the Psykanarium as Bounty Hunters as well - after they have been heavily modified to increase their powers and to ensure the Psykers always obey their masters.

**Voss**

OldMate wrote:
Okay, so I'm a regular imperial citizen and I have a sudden and violent (not demonic possession violent, but violent enough that you know, people know about it) psychic awakening what actually happens? Who does the authortities send? What's the response protocal for this and what type of people would be the first sent to respond? This is assuming there is isn't you know a sisters of silence outpost on every street corner ready to nab you and plug you into the golden throne.

It depends.
There's kind of a sliding scale:

If you're lucky, you're on a planet that tests and identifies that, and you're set aside in a facility waiting for the next time a Black Ship comes by.

If you're unlucky, you've got several possibilities:

They burn/stone you in the street.
They ask permission before it comes to that, then burn/stone you in the very nice park/grubby farm nearby. (Very much, 'We've found a witch, may we burn her?)
Someone in authority shoots you in the head.
Someone shoots you nonlethally, you're drugged out of your mind and shoved in an oubliette and wait for the next black ship to come by.
You die horribly in the midst of your awakening so no one has to kill you.

Spend your life terrified someone noticed and one of the above is going to happen. If it doesn't, the accumulated stress and paranoia usually ends at something similar to the last option, and if you're lucky you die before some full-on daemonic incursion.

Alternately:
You're recruited into a cult, where you are:
used as fuel for some ritual or other.
killed by jealous rivals
manage to turn tables and rise in the cult.

The universe is a big place and, whatever happens, you will not be missed.

**ArcaneHorror**

Voss wrote:
OldMate wrote:
Okay, so I'm a regular imperial citizen and I have a sudden and violent (not demonic possession violent, but violent enough that you know, people know about it) psychic awakening what actually happens? Who does the authortities send? What's the response protocal for this and what type of people would be the first sent to respond? This is assuming there is isn't you know a sisters of silence outpost on every street corner ready to nab you and plug you into the golden throne.

It depends.
There's kind of a sliding scale:

If you're lucky, you're on a planet that tests and identifies that, and you're set aside in a facility waiting for the next time a Black Ship comes by.

If you're unlucky, you've got several possibilities:

They burn/stone you in the street.
They ask permission before it comes to that, then burn/stone you in the very nice park/grubby farm nearby. (Very much, 'We've found a witch, may we burn her?)
Someone in authority shoots you in the head.
Someone shoots you nonlethally, you're drugged out of your mind and shoved in an oubliette and wait for the next black ship to come by.
You die horribly in the midst of your awakening so no one has to kill you.

Spend your life terrified someone noticed and one of the above is going to happen. If it doesn't, the accumulated stress and paranoia usually ends at something similar to the last option, and if you're lucky you die before some full-on daemonic incursion.

Alternately:
You're recruited into a cult, where you are:
used as fuel for some ritual or other.
killed by jealous rivals
manage to turn tables and rise in the cult.

The universe is a big place and, whatever happens, you will not be missed.

There's another one. Your head splits open and you become a warp portal through which legions of daemons and possibly Chaos Space Marines pour through and overrun the planet, turning the place into a daemon world.

**OldMate**

ArcaneHorror wrote:
Voss wrote:
OldMate wrote:
Okay, so I'm a regular imperial citizen and I have a sudden and violent (not demonic possession violent, but violent enough that you know, people know about it) psychic awakening what actually happens? Who does the authortities send? What's the response protocal for this and what type of people would be the first sent to respond? This is assuming there is isn't you know a sisters of silence outpost on every street corner ready to nab you and plug you into the golden throne.

It depends.
There's kind of a sliding scale:

If you're lucky, you're on a planet that tests and identifies that, and you're set aside in a facility waiting for the next time a Black Ship comes by.

If you're unlucky, you've got several possibilities:

They burn/stone you in the street.
They ask permission before it comes to that, then burn/stone you in the very nice park/grubby farm nearby. (Very much, 'We've found a witch, may we burn her?)
Someone in authority shoots you in the head.
Someone shoots you nonlethally, you're drugged out of your mind and shoved in an oubliette and wait for the next black ship to come by
You die horribly in the midst of your awakening so no one has to kill you.

Spend your life terrified someone noticed and one of the above is going to happen. If it doesn't, the accumulated stress and paranoia usually ends at something similar to the last option, and if you're lucky you die before some full-on daemonic incursion.

Alternately:
You're recruited into a cult, where you are:
used as fuel for some ritual or other.
killed by jealous rivals
manage to turn tables and rise in the cult.

The universe is a big place and, whatever happens, you will not be missed.

There's another one. Your head splits open and you become a warp portal through which legions of daemons and possibly Chaos Space Marines pour through and overrun the planet, turning the place into a daemon world.

You know how I said not daemonic possession level of violent...
Cheers for the responses guys.