Sterbelicht - One Sacrifice At A Time Against The Galaxy (40K)

"This is Admiral Aspadillia van Herrata to the Unknown Voidcraft; you have entered the territory of the Glimmering Federation and are on course to our ships. This is your last warning. Cease your approach and open communications, or we will be forced to assume hostilities on your end and open fire. I repeat, cease your approach and open communications. You have thirty seconds."

Thirty seconds passed.

"Captain, they are not responding nor ceasing their approach," one of the sensor specialists spoke up, the image of the trio of jagged ships still approaching with all speed ahead, their forms starkly visible thanks to the murderous amounts of radiation they emitted.

"Very well. To the Fleet: This is the Admiral speaking. The Unknown Voidcraft are hereby designated a Menace Alpha and are to be engaged. Form up all strike-wings on my Leo, standard patterns Rho-Terra and Sigma-Triarii. Let none pass."

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"That was the weirdest battle I have ever had the displeasure of being in," Admiral Aspadillia van Herrata said, staring at the drifting hulks of the ineffective attack from the Menace Alpha craft. "What are the projections? How much radiation got through?"

+++We expect a rise of 78% in cancers over the next three months among the crews of the Leo, Mercurial Vengeance, and Jubilant Jubilee.+++ Magos Hu-0-Li incanted, prodding at a sensor station with his mechadendrites in silent contemplation and vague interest.

"...okay. Does anyone know what Menace Alpha tried to accomplish with this suicide attack?"

+++This will likely only be determined once radiation-resistant specialists can comb through their wrecks. But as a first estimation...death?+++

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Though the Celestial Choir of the Glimmering Federation is an old institution now, more than half a millennium old, their powers and versatility have only grown in the time since their inception by Hymnal Bnuy and her compatriots of the First Choir.

Yet, one cannot deny that it is vastly different from how most of (Imperial) Humanity uses or engages with Psykers and Psykana, as grouping our Psykers into five members to a Choir to distribute and even out the dangers and perils of the Warp when backlash happens if an incantation or Melody goes wrong is far different to instructing singular Psykers in a single Discipline which they use for a few decades to a century until they die from age or are taken by a violent end. So, too, is our practice of extending the lives of our Psykers to ensure they have vastly more time to train and become experts, different from how the Imperials do it.

Seeing as those are merely the most surface-level differences between two human institutions, we can readily assume that differences between species are only more pronounced and shocking, with practices we would never consider due to practicality or could never condone due to morality likely to be encountered as we go further into the galaxy.

Those species we encounter that utilize psychic powers likely have their use spark interest and curiosity within our Hymnals, as we can already see an uptick in interest for the divination experiments after merely the insinuation that the Mashan could have it.

Additionally, though that is only a minor part since it has taken on a life of its own due to sheer necessity, some are calling for a more standardized set of rules on how the Federation will interact with already existing Psykana Institutions, as the previously used "We take all new Psykers" could spark conflict and disharmony within new Protectorates.

Thus, the questions stand: How will we interact with foreign Psykana Disciplines, and how will we interact with existing Psykana Institutions that are not our own?



Foreign Psykana Disciplines
(8-Hour Vote)
[] Shun
(You will not utilize any non-Star Child Melodies. All already existing non-Star Child Melodies will be deleted.)
[] Investigate
(This is the Default. You will consider them on their merit and twist them to suit your Song-based Psykana Discipline.)
[] Develop
(You will seek ways to look at and develop non-Song-based Psykana Disciplines. This will split your focus and be dangerous, but it could be rewarding.)

Psykana Institutions Not Our Own:
[] (Write-In)