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  Guide page: "The Corps is Mother, The Corps is Father"
Psi Corps field operatives must be able to maintain a mental block against a telepathic probe for at least one hour to ensure that they're safe against attack by untrained rogues.
The Corps' inability to detect multiple personalities is consistent with Talia's hidden personality ("Divided Loyalties.") Talia was in close contact, even linked briefly, with a group of telepaths ("A Race Through Dark Places") who failed to detect her alternate personality.
Bester's childhood was recounted differently in comic "The Psi Corps and You." The official Corps propaganda about Bester is that he entered its ranks at age 10.
www.midwinter.com /lurk/guide/101.html   (1503 words)

  
  Science Fair Projects - Psi Corps
In the fictional universe of Babylon 5, the Psi Corps was an agency of the Earth Alliance responsible for telepathic individuals.
Telepaths, once discovered, are given a choice of joining the Corps, being sent to an internment camp or being forcibly drugged as long as they lived to suppress their telepathic abilities.
Teeptown, the Psi Corps headquarters, has hospitals, offices and a kind of boarding school where young "teeps" and "teeks" may avoid the persecution they would face among their "mundane" peers.
www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Psi_Corps   (793 words)

  
 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal
Like all Psi Corps members, Winters' telepathic ability was numbered according to ability; Winters was classified as a P5, the level of most commercial telepaths.
Winters developed a strong loyalty to Psi Corps (in contrast to a possible grandparent, a rogue telepath named Jenny Winters, mentioned in the book Dark Genesis, by J. Gregory Keyes, as being captured by Psi Corps in 2189), and accepted an internship in the commercial telepath division.
The Psi Corps intended to use this hidden personality as a spy until a password was sent via telepathic link directly into Talia's mind.
www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Talia_Winters   (1239 words)

  
 The History of the Psi Corps
According to the Psi Corps rules, all telepaths are forbidden from engaging in unauthorized scans.
Those heading the Corps view their lower members as cattle; using their members for covert operations, forcing male and female psis to marry against their will, and if completely unwilling, the females are raped or artifically inseminated as part of a breeding program to produce more powerful telepaths.
Apparently, not all high officials in the Corps were aware of this project since the uncovering of the mole on Babylon 5 in the year 2259 led to her debriefing, dissection, and the termination of the program.
www.glorianon.com /walterk/history.html   (2446 words)

  
 Voltayre's ENCYCLOPEDIA XENOBIOLOGICA: Psi Corps
According to Psi Corps propaganda, the impetus for her policy centered around the heroic act of William Karges, head of her personal security staff, and a secret telepath.
President Robinson also chartered Psi Corps (a conglomeration of the various telepathic regulatory agencies at the time) to help telepaths live in society, and not simply "keep the normals safe." Psi Corps' role was to locate, control, and license telepaths for work in commercial, legal (with very stiff regulations), and military sectors.
A Psi Cop is given the authority to enforce all Alliance laws governing telepaths and is charged with recovering rogue telepaths.
www.frostjedi.com /vex/html/psi_corps.htm   (1612 words)

  
 ISN News: The Zocalo Today
A Psi Corps research facility is secretly built at Syria Planum to study the alien artefacts discovered in 2148.
Psi Corps intern Natasha Alexander researching the origins of telepaths, discovers from available geneological data that sixty percent of telepaths had ancestors that were members of "ancient astronaut/ angel cults".
The Corps Is Mother,The Corps Is Father and Dark Genesis:The Birth Of The Psi Corps.
www.isnnews.net /zocalo/b5history-22nd.shtml   (2442 words)

  
 TV ACRES: Police & Law Enforcement Agents > Sci-Fi > Psi Corps (Babylon 5)
Created in 2161, the Psi Corps' mission was to train persons with latent telepathic powers and use them to read the minds of those who were a threat to the stability of Earth or to act as go betweens in business negotiations to discern nefarious schemes.
Those choosing not to comply with the Psi Corps were imprisoned or administered psychic-suppression drugs that smothered their telepathic abilities.
Former Psi Corps member Lyta Alexander (Patricia Tallman) was telepathically enhanced by the Vorlons to the point where her telepathy jumped to the psychokinetic range.
www.tvacres.com /police_sci_fi_psi.htm   (445 words)

  
 Dark Genesis: The Birth Of The Psi Corps
Ambitious senator Lee Crawford spearheads the effort, overseeing the creation of the Psi Corps - an elite unit charged with tagging and monitoring all telepaths "for their own protection." But the real agenda behind the crackdown is one of government control.
When the Psi Corps is mentioned, the boy mindflashes an image of Psi Cops, and Monkey realizes the boy has been in their hands already - they have been set up.
After some time, the "voice" of a Psi Cop comes in softly, trying to be her friend, trying to get her to renounce everything Grandpa Monkey had taught her.
www.visi.com /~wildfoto/reviews/psicorps1.html   (8995 words)

  
 Babylon 5: Dark Genesis Chronology   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Lee Crawford appointed head of the new Psi Corps by President Elizabeth Robinson.
Fiona is captured and sent to an interment camp, where she is isolated in a dark tube and questioned about the resistance.
Jenny and her diary are picked up by Psi Corps.
ln.to /darkgenesis   (1246 words)

  
 The Psi Corps And You
All Psi Corps telepaths are required to minimize the possibility of bare-skin physical contact with mundanes, and thus are required to wear gloves.
Telepaths who do not want to be part of Psi Corps can opt for the sleepers, a drug which suppresses telepathic abilities, thus allowing the telepath to live a mundane life.
The Psi Corps has an extremely active propaganda arm, and they take care to inculcate their own members with strong loyalty to the Corps.
www.black-knight.org /bester/psicorps.html   (2550 words)

  
 News | TimesDaily.com | TimesDaily | Florence, AL   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Telepaths, once discovered, are given a choice of joining the Corps, being sent to an internment camp, or being forcibly drugged for the rest of their lives to suppress their telepathic abilities.
The Psi Corps headquarters has hospitals, offices and a boarding school where young "teeps" and "teeks" avoid the persecution they would face among the "mundane" population.
Psi Cop field agents are usually chosen from teeps with a rating of P-10 or higher.
www.timesdaily.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Psi_Corps   (747 words)

  
 Babylon 5 Psi-Corps PCC
Telepaths are heavily encouraged to enter Psi Corps, and normals are given incentives to turn telepaths in.
After seral years of education, the telepath is to choose an internship to determine if a certain section of Psi Corps is what he wishes to join.
Each Psi Cop is checked out on all the fastest military hardware, allowing them to operate on their own if needed.
www.kitsune.addr.com /SF-Conversions/Rifts-B5-OCC/Psi-Corps_PCC.htm   (2464 words)

  
 The Corps Is Mother, The Corps Is Father
The severity of Psi Corps HQ is the bare stage upon which the formal masques of training are played out.
The discipline that Psi Corps exacts is an exercise in mask-creating, and the probe-jousting is preparation against being unmasked.
The parental motto of Psi Corps (which turns out to be quite literal for Bester's history) implies guidance/direction, yet the difficulties of "blips" also imply that the Psi Corps effort may be somewhat misdirected.
home.att.net /~reschliman/B5/514_CMCF.htm   (528 words)

  
 PSI@Everything2.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The PSI was founded (with this name) in 1895 following almost thirty years of activity whose start was marked by the coming to Italy of the revolutionary anarchist Bakunin in 1864.
In the postwar years, the PSI (not always known by this acronym) is at first a close ally of the communist party and advocates close ties between Italy and the Soviet Union.
At present, Psi does not support Groupchat, Conferencing, and File Transfers are all not supported, as the main focus of psi is stability.
everything2.com /index.pl?node=psi   (759 words)

  
 Babylon 5 Encyclopedia: Data Display
Was transferred from Babylon 5 to Earth by the Psi Corps after an encounter with Ambassador Kosh.
Escaped in 2259 from Psi Corps control on a shuttle bound for Mars, where she joined the revolutionary movement until leaving for Vorlon space.
Later rejoined Psi Corps with Bester's help as a "deep cover" agent, wearing the emblem but allowed to work on her own.
www.oinc.net /B5/Enc/display.php?alexander-lyta   (225 words)

  
 Comic: "The Psi Corps and You!"
The Corps was founded on the basis of a single, heroic act by her great-grandfather, William Karges.
Psi Corps claims to have had representatives in the military, flying Starfuries, during the Earth-Minbari War.
Psi Corps' claim that one of its members was in Sinclair's squadron seems unlikely, given that in "Eyes," Mr.
www.midwinter.com /lurk/comic/011.html   (1192 words)

  
 Babylon 5 Press Release
The contest centers on the character of Alfred Bester, the dreaded Psi Cop who cannot fail to strike fear into the heart of anyone on Babylon 5.
Psi Corps starter decks will also contain 50 fixed commons and 10 randomly inserted uncommon and rare cards, and will retail for $9.99.
With the Psi Corps Expansion Set all of the aspects of the Psi Corps, and their impact upon the people of Babylon 5 are reflected.
www.zocalo.nildram.co.uk /PR990708a.html   (510 words)

  
 Babylon 5 Novels
But the origins of Psi Corps were never adequately explained in the TV series.
In these three volumes, the birth of Psi Corps is explained, as is the rise of Bester.
Bester’s background is unknown to all but a few Psi Corps leaders, since Bester was given a new name to hide the ties to his past.
www.futurefiction.com /babylon_5_novels.htm   (953 words)

  
 Babylon 5 Telepaths and Their Terrible Mother (April 1999)
Characters often speak of "the Corps does this" or "the Corps says that." The Corps is a set of parents to all telepaths, even the rogues, as the hidden personality of Talia says when it is discovered in "Divided Loyalties." She says, "the Corps is mother, the Corps is father.
After she is free of the suffocating influence of the Corps and the subduing influence of Kosh and the other Vorlons, she wants to gain a normal life among the normals, but, of course, she cannot.
The Psi Corps is wrong with its belief that its telepaths are the result of evolution, and that they are the wave of the future.
pfft.net /stacy/essay/babylon5.html   (3487 words)

  
 Episode Thirteen - The Corps is Mother, The Corps is Father   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The scene is set as we see Bester on his way to a meeting in the Psi Corps HQ.
The Psi Cop mandate is to bring rogue telepaths back alive and intact so that they can helped 'back on track'.
I always assumed the Psi Corps HQ to be an ominous dark place where telepaths were trained to be real bastards.
www.sadgeezer.com /babylon5/five-13.htm   (2024 words)

  
 Cards which are Psi Corps Cards
The Psi Corps faction may sponsor Alisa Beldon as if she were a Human Psi Corps character.
The cost for Reprogrammer to promote a Psi Corps character is reduced by an amount equal to the number of Psi Cops in your Inner Circle.
As an action, you may discard this enhancement and The Corps is Mother (from play) to search your deck, place one Agenda from it that you could sponsor into play, take one Psi Cop and one Psi Corps Group into your hand, and no player may target you with an event as his next action.
web.purplefrog.com /~northrup/b5ccg/Are_Psi_Corps_Cards_Full.html   (2011 words)

  
 Babylon 5: The PSI Corps (Babylon 5)
The PSI corps are a shady organisation within the Babylon 5 universe, generally acting with hostile intent to the good intentions of many characters.
As with all of the Babylon 5 books, The PSI Corps features original screen shots and frames from the hit series.
Written by nominated author Gareth Hanrahan (OGL Horror, OGL Wild West), The Psi Corps is destined to grace any Babylon 5 player's collection and is sure to be an extremely popular addition to this best selling range.
www.usingenglish.com /amazon/us/1904854338.html   (214 words)

  
 Babylon 5 - The Psi Corps trilogy | Figura4's reviews
Babylon 5 - The Psi Corps trilogy
Titolo originale: Babylon 5 - The Psi Corps trilogy
Alfred Bester rappresenta per molto versi l’incarnazione di questa ideologia: telepate P12 (il livello più elevato), allevato fina dalla nascita dallo Psi-Corps e ad esso totalmente dedito (“The Corps is Mother, the Corps is Father”), Bester scala rapidamente la gerarchia del Corps, arrivandone ai vertici, ed iniziando così la sua personale guerra contro i “mundanes”.
www.figura4.com /libri/babylon_5_psi_corps_trilogy   (893 words)

  
 CBC Super Store: Books: Babylon 5: The PSI Corps (Babylon 5)
The PSI corps are a shady organisation within the Babylon 5 universe, generally acting with hostile intent to the good intentions of many characters.
Written by nominated author Gareth Hanrahan (OGL Horror, OGL Wild West), The Psi Corps is destined to grace any Babylon 5 player's collection and is sure to be an extremely popular addition to this best selling range.
It is a great companion book to the other (Mongoose publishing) books which include a wealth of information suitable for either the role-player--or for someone wishing to learn about the history of Babylon 5 and the worlds and associations connected with it.
www.comicbookconventions.com /amazonstore/shop.php?c=AllBooks&n=4402&i=1904854338&x=Babylon_5_The_PSI_Corps_Babylon_5   (240 words)

  
 Deadly Relations: Bester Ascendant Review   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Deadly Relations: Bester Ascendant by J. Gregory Keyes is the second novel in the Psi Corps trilogy from Del Rey.
He is a powerful Psi Cop and the leader of the Black Omega Squadron with an inner circle of loyal followers...
The Shadow conspiracy involving the Psi Corps hinted at several times in the series is explored, with particular tie-ins to the novel The Shadow Within.
worldsofjms.com /b5/reviews/psicorps2.htm   (523 words)

  
 Guide page: "Soul Mates"   (Site not responding. Last check: )
On the other side of the equation, if Stoner is still Corps then his offer to her is also on the behest of Psi-Corps.
Psi Corps seems to be big on assigning companions.
In addition to Stoner, Talia was assigned a support officer, Abby, during her first year at the Psi Corps center when she was a girl ("A Spider in the Web.")
www.scifi.com /babylon5/lurk/guide/029.html   (1969 words)

  
 PSI: News
Project Panther is a collaborative effort between the U.S. Peace Corps and PSI with financial support from USAID.
Each volunteer, in turn, recruits a community leader and two out-of-school youth volunteers to form a team that spends the next 12 months working in their communities, educating peers about HIV/AIDS and promoting abstinence, fidelity, partner reduction and consistent and correct condom use for those who are sexually active.
Some of the peer educators PSI has worked with have continued similar activities in collaboration with local organizations and health services.
www.psi.org /news/0305e.html   (463 words)

  
 Babylon 5 CCG - Psi Corps Expansion
Rotate this enhancement and target a teep you control with Psi of 7 or higher.The target applies 4 additional support/opposition when he uses Psi to support or oppose a conflict, but he also takes 2 extra damage when attacked using Psi.
Rotate a teep with Psi of 5 or higher and target a character who is the target of a conflict.
For each 4 points of Psi that this teep has, you may transfer 1 aftermath or enhancement from the discarded character to this teep.
www.plansofmice.co.uk /ccg/babylon5/b5_psicorps.htm   (6315 words)

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