Talk:The Assignment

Now this is curious... according to this, a Tau grade individual has no ability to recognize psychic prowess. Ironically, so does the Tau race. So it begs the question- did we name the Tau due to this comparison, did they choose it? Or is this just a hilarious coincidence? --Lygris 20:41, 19 September 2008 (CEST)

One would assume someone at GW thought it would be funny to name them this, as it is a fairly random name in itself. Otherwise it may well be random luck, but that seems too unlikely. I doubt the Tau, if they named themselves, knew of the Imperial psychic connotations.--Jonru 20:45, 19 September 2008 (CEST)

Hmmmm. If I recall correctly, the first encounter with the Tau was supposedly by Rogue Trader fleets who encountered them. They were scheduled to be wiped out, saved by a Warp storm that randomly showed up. Perhaps they overheard the term and the name was... adapted by them? Curious. --Lygris 20:54, 19 September 2008 (CEST)

Alpha Plus

Regarding this particular passage: "Alpha-Plus psykers can, however, be of great benefit to the Imperium if detected early. A collection of the greatest Imperial servants are reported to have been Alpha-Plus; including Gideon Ravenor, and Brother-Captain Stern."

I know for certain that Ravenor is not Alpha Plus (he is Delta), but I cannot find any source of Stern being an Alpha Plus. It seems unlikely that such an uncontrollable individual as an Alpha Plus would be able to advance to such a high rank as a Grey Knight. Can anyone verify the source or should I remove the passage? --Cherubael 06:59, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

I'd say remove it, (1) Alpha Plus psykers as a plot device were meant to be similar to weapons of mass destruction, (2) it has already been established in the article that individuals above Beta are usually unbalanced (3) it would be unlikely for Stern to be an Alpha plus psyker if he has so many problems with the daemon M'Kachen. --Dark Angel 2020 18:24, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

No source = removal. --Inquisitor S., Großmeister des Ordo Lexicanum 22:32, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Now someone has added Tigurius as an Alpha Plus level psyker...? --Dark Angel 2020 16:12, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

Clean up a little?

Although it's fairly straightfforward, there is a little confusion on this page. Is an Eta-level of higher strength or lower than an Iota? maybe if it was cut up into vertically descending groups with the description on the bottom? --Goldblade 15:53, 11 September 2010 (UTC)