"They're not full psychers. That's the main thing."
The God Emperor of Mankind looked at the report. "I can see that. How are they performing these feats?"
"Whatever this gene is, it causes them to exhibit one, and usually only one, psychic talent. But, and this is important, these talents are usually not subject to the Warp."
The Emperor looked up at that. "That's impossible."
"That's true, which is why I said 'usually'. Whatever it is that causes these talents, it seems to lock into one form; any other talents are usually either slight variations on a central theme, or are secondary powers of the same nature. The talent is so focused, that any attempt to use it for any other purpose fails. Warp Entities, even as focused on one thing as they are, rely on a certain degree of variability to sustain themselves, which these 'Xavier's Children' don't have. In other words, normally, they're only slightly more vulnerable to the Warp than ordinary humans."
The Emperor paused. "And how was this gene sneaked into the human population so widely?"
"Whoever this Xavier was, he was obviously quite cunning, and very desperate. Over a thirty-year period, he sends children with the gene to as many planets as we can find..."
"Except one." Said the Emperor.
"Yes, except Earth. Anyway, he seems to have focused on places that would accept an unexplained orphan, which actually doesn't narrow things down a lot. Given the children were all below the age of four, and usually much younger then that--"
"It was a matter of mass, not of age." The Emperor volunteered.
"Well, that explains that. Unless you'd care to offer more of what you know about this Xavier?"
"I have the 'why' of what he did, not the full 'what' of what he did." The Emperor said. "That's why you're here."
"Ah. Well, given the children were all so young, and they generally resembled the local population, they tended to be absorbed into whatever society they were found in. Whatever Xavier did to his 'children', it caused them, and their immediate children, to possess but not exhibit the gene. That, mixed with the vagaries of genetics, the facts that not every person possessing the gene exhibits it, most of the powers are low-key, and that the gene only expresses itself in adolescence, and the result was that it took at least two and a half generations, and usually more, before most planets noticed anything was amiss, and even then, they were frequently classified as merely low-level psychers."
The Emperor concluded, "Thus leading to our current problem: What to do about them."
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Luc "Obvious Crossover Method" French
The God Emperor of Mankind looked at the report. "I can see that. How are they performing these feats?"
"Whatever this gene is, it causes them to exhibit one, and usually only one, psychic talent. But, and this is important, these talents are usually not subject to the Warp."
The Emperor looked up at that. "That's impossible."
"That's true, which is why I said 'usually'. Whatever it is that causes these talents, it seems to lock into one form; any other talents are usually either slight variations on a central theme, or are secondary powers of the same nature. The talent is so focused, that any attempt to use it for any other purpose fails. Warp Entities, even as focused on one thing as they are, rely on a certain degree of variability to sustain themselves, which these 'Xavier's Children' don't have. In other words, normally, they're only slightly more vulnerable to the Warp than ordinary humans."
The Emperor paused. "And how was this gene sneaked into the human population so widely?"
"Whoever this Xavier was, he was obviously quite cunning, and very desperate. Over a thirty-year period, he sends children with the gene to as many planets as we can find..."
"Except one." Said the Emperor.
"Yes, except Earth. Anyway, he seems to have focused on places that would accept an unexplained orphan, which actually doesn't narrow things down a lot. Given the children were all below the age of four, and usually much younger then that--"
"It was a matter of mass, not of age." The Emperor volunteered.
"Well, that explains that. Unless you'd care to offer more of what you know about this Xavier?"
"I have the 'why' of what he did, not the full 'what' of what he did." The Emperor said. "That's why you're here."
"Ah. Well, given the children were all so young, and they generally resembled the local population, they tended to be absorbed into whatever society they were found in. Whatever Xavier did to his 'children', it caused them, and their immediate children, to possess but not exhibit the gene. That, mixed with the vagaries of genetics, the facts that not every person possessing the gene exhibits it, most of the powers are low-key, and that the gene only expresses itself in adolescence, and the result was that it took at least two and a half generations, and usually more, before most planets noticed anything was amiss, and even then, they were frequently classified as merely low-level psychers."
The Emperor concluded, "Thus leading to our current problem: What to do about them."
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Thanks
Luc "Obvious Crossover Method" French