Interstellar Alliance Factbook
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I figured that telepaths had not been allowed, or really wanted, inside the Rangers for a number of reasons.
o Human telepaths were part of the PsiCorps, which causes loyalty issues.
o Centauri telepaths are owned by the Houses and act like slaves, again, loyalty issues.
o The other race telepaths have pretty much the same thing going for them, loyalty and organizational issues.
o Plus, and keep this in mind, the Vorlons were their and they have a lot of influence on telepaths.
Out of all the races only Minbari telepaths do not have the same problems as the other races do. Minbari telepaths are always Religious Caste. Religious Caste can be Rangers without problem, plus its very rare for a Minbari to turn traitor - though it does happen. Still, there are not that many Minbari telepaths and they have a lot of functions they preform for the good of the state.
Once the ISA exists for a long time and people have loyalty more to it then their own people, I figure that the recruiting of telepaths can happen without problem.
Also, do remember, that by 1 million years hence all of humanity is telepath. 1 million years is far less than the few billions taken by the Vorlons, this means a lot of changes and stuff happens over brief periods of time.
o Human telepaths were part of the PsiCorps, which causes loyalty issues.
o Centauri telepaths are owned by the Houses and act like slaves, again, loyalty issues.
o The other race telepaths have pretty much the same thing going for them, loyalty and organizational issues.
o Plus, and keep this in mind, the Vorlons were their and they have a lot of influence on telepaths.
Out of all the races only Minbari telepaths do not have the same problems as the other races do. Minbari telepaths are always Religious Caste. Religious Caste can be Rangers without problem, plus its very rare for a Minbari to turn traitor - though it does happen. Still, there are not that many Minbari telepaths and they have a lot of functions they preform for the good of the state.
Once the ISA exists for a long time and people have loyalty more to it then their own people, I figure that the recruiting of telepaths can happen without problem.
Also, do remember, that by 1 million years hence all of humanity is telepath. 1 million years is far less than the few billions taken by the Vorlons, this means a lot of changes and stuff happens over brief periods of time.
lastbesthope
Mongoose
Mage Ash said:
Not all of them, there was that human kid that opted to go with Delenn and off to Minbar, rather than into the Psi Corps. Also, Ivanova was never part of the Corps, yes she should have been, but that kid seemed to get away with it.
LBH
Rikki Tikki Traveller
Cosmic Mongoose
Also the Telepath War which ended the reign of PsiCorp would have changed things for the Human Telepaths. If Human Teeps were allowed in Earthforce (seen in Crusade) then Human Telepaths in the Rangers should also have been possible.
I still think it was a timing issue in Season 5 and that very quickly Telepaths would have been incorporated into the Rangers, or at least Garibaldi's Secret Service.
I still think it was a timing issue in Season 5 and that very quickly Telepaths would have been incorporated into the Rangers, or at least Garibaldi's Secret Service.
If I remember the timeline correctly, the Telepath War comes to a head two years (2264) after the events of Season 5 when Syria Planum gets nuked. it's after this that the telepaths get more freedom in what they can do (e.g. joining Earthforce). Crusade is set in 2267, so the additional freedoms have come in to effect.
lastbesthope said:
Yeah, both those not a member of the corps were considered 'rogues' and could never go in to human space. Rangers need to be able to go anywhere and having a restriction on one of the largest space empires does not make a ranger that good of a ranger.
Nobody knew Ivanova was a telepath.
Rikki Tikki Traveller
Cosmic Mongoose
I guess it is important to know at what time you want to use Telepathic Rangers. If you are running something during the 5-year-arc, then Telepathic Rangers are probably out, but if you are Post Vorlon/Shadow, then Telepathic Rangers are probably around but RARE. Remember, Telepaths are RARE, so even if you completely open up the Rangers to any Telepath, there still will not be very many of them, just like there are not a lot of Telepaths in the regular population.
lastbesthope
Mongoose
Mage Ash said:
Well I'm sure the Minbari could sort out diplomatic immunity for that kid if they wanted. As for the Rangers, being where they're not allowed to be is part of the job description.
LBH
lastbesthope said:
Your entirely right, but rangers are not supposed to draw attention to themselves. A Human Ranger with telepathic abilities is like a beacon that draws the PsiCorps in, when it existed. This is not want they do, they go to an area and then disappear without anyone being the wiser. Having telepathic powers in an age when telepaths are controlled by various powerful organizations - which means few are free to do what they wish - is not the best thing for a secreitive organization to use.
lastbesthope
Mongoose
But the mundane Rangers are taught concealment techniques, it is a reasonable assumption to assume that teep Rangers are taught5 telepathic concealment techniques.
LBH
LBH
Well most telepaths in the B5 universe have various jobs already lined up for themselves. Likely none just never saw need or want to join the rangers themselves. And Garabaldi's talk of telepaths likely was more in line with a full on telepath group/force for covert operations, not simply one off ranger with telepathic abilities.
