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The '''Adeptus Astra Telepathica''' is an organization of the [[Adeptus Terra]], responsible for the recruitment and training of [[psyker]]s into the service of the [[Imperium]]. The Adeptus Astra Telepathica trains the majority of Imperial psykers, which become known as [[Sanctioned Psyker]]s.
==OrganizationOverview==The Adeptus Astra Telepathica is divided into a recruitment body (the League of Blackships) and a training body (the Scholastia Psykana). These two are united under the '''Master of the Adeptus Astra Telepathica''' and his advisory council of several hundred senior officials from the two divisions. It is through the righteous persecution of the [[Inquisition]] combined with the careful testing of the '''Coven Masters''' of the Adeptus Astra Telepathica which purges any deviant mutations that are commonly associated with those beings that develop psychic potential.<sup>1-p24</sup> Under Imperial edict, they are allowed their own operatives but they were prohibited from serving as wardens aboard their own vessels. This is because it was far too easy for a malignant psyker to coerce the mind of another telepath. Thus, they used the [[Sisters of Battle]] or [[Inquisitor]]ial [[Storm Troopers]] to serve as custodians aboard the Black Ships where their faith was used to protect them from the predations of the mind-witches they guarded.<sup>4-p3</sup>
Before the end of the [[Horus Heresy]], this division within the Imperium held the '''City of Sight''' as its headquarters where psykers were taken to its mindhalls for testing. Inside these iron clad halls, the psykers took their first steps in the soul binding ritual and further recruitment into the astropathic choirs.<sup>3</sup>
==Organization==
===League of Blackships===
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==Sources==
*<sup>1</sup>:[[Codex Imperialis]] (1993), by Rick Priestley, p. 36*<sup>2</sup>:[[White Dwarf 140 (UK)]] (1991), ''Space Fleet'', by Jervis Johnson, Andy Jones, Simon Forrest and Rick Priestley
*<sup>3</sup>:''[[Tales of Heresy#The voice|The Voice]]'' by [[James Swallow]]
*<sup>4</sup>:[[Faith and Fire (Novel)]] by [[James Swallow]]
