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Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <h2>Culture of The Corps</h2> <p data-rte-fromparser="true"><img data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22image%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BImage%3APsi%20Corps%20badge.jpg%7Cthumb%7Cleft%7CPsi%20Corps%20Badge%5D%5D%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Psi_Corps_badge.jpg%22%2C%22params%22%3A%7B%22alt%22%3A%22Psi%20Corps%20badge%22%2C%22thumbnail%22%3Atrue%2C%22align%22%3A%22left%22%2C%22caption%22%3A%22Psi%20Corps%20Badge%22%2C%22captionParsed%22%3A%22Psi%20Corps%20Badge%22%7D%7D" data-rte-instance="25-13397408015def72c54f662" alt="" src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/babylon5/images/a/a9/Psi_Corps_badge.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/180?cb=20080817231903" width="180" height="112" class="image thumb alignLeft withCaption" data-image-name="Psi Corps badge.jpg" data-image-key="Psi_Corps_badge.jpg" type="image" /> <!-- RTE::{"spaces":0,"type":"LINE_BREAK"} -->Psi Corps culture naturally grew out what had already been established by the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Metasensory%20Regulation%20Authority%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Metasensory%20Regulation%20Authority%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BMetasensory%20Regulation%20Authority%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="25-13397408015def72c54f662" href="/wiki/Metasensory_Regulation_Authority" title="Metasensory Regulation Authority">Metasensory Regulation Authority</a>, some of which came straight from <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22The%20Kith%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22The%20Kith%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BThe%20Kith%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="25-13397408015def72c54f662" href="/wiki/The_Kith" title="The Kith">The Kith</a>. The phrase perhaps most synonymous with the Corps, "<i>The Corps is Mother, The Corps is Father</i>" came from MRA agent <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Desa%20Alexander%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Desa%20Alexander%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BDesa%20Alexander%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="25-13397408015def72c54f662" href="/wiki/Desa_Alexander" title="Desa Alexander">Desa Alexander</a>, who along with her fellow Kith made a definite impression on Corps culture. She was frequent to remind her charges while training and tracking down blips that "<i>The kith is mother. The kith is father</i>." Another tradition that began with Alexander and one followed by many was the passing of family names within the Corps along the female line, rather than the male. Referred to as "Mitochondrial descent", the reason behind it was because the marker for the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22telepath%20gene%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22telepath%20gene%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Btelepath%20gene%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="25-13397408015def72c54f662" href="/wiki/Telepath_gene" title="Telepath gene">telepath gene</a> was encoded within a teep's mitochondrial DNA. As such, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Lyta%20Alexander%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Lyta%20Alexander%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BLyta%20Alexander%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="25-13397408015def72c54f662" href="/wiki/Lyta_Alexander" title="Lyta Alexander">Lyta Alexander</a> could trace her linage back six generations to Desa herself, while <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Talia%20Winters%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Talia%20Winters%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BTalia%20Winters%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="25-13397408015def72c54f662" href="/wiki/Talia_Winters" title="Talia Winters">Talia Winters</a> inherited her name from former blip and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22resistance%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Telepath%20Resistance%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BTelepath%20Resistance%7Cresistance%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="25-13397408015def72c54f662" href="/wiki/Telepath_Resistance" title="Telepath Resistance">resistance</a> member <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Jenny%20Winters%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Jenny%20Winters%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BJenny%20Winters%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="25-13397408015def72c54f662" href="/wiki/Jenny_Winters" title="Jenny Winters">Jenny Winters</a>.<span data-rte-instance="25-13397408015def72c54f662" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%20name%3D%5C%22DGtBotPC%5C%22%20%5C%2F%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-DGtBotPC_0-0" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-DGtBotPC_0-0 class=reference"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%2225-13397408015def72c54f662%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255B%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ49e1f184b084ac0-nowiki-00000001-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E1%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%2225-13397408015def72c54f662%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255D%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ49e1f184b084ac0-nowiki-00000002-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22%23cite_note-DGtBotPC-0%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B%23cite_note-DGtBotPC-0%7C%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2222%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E1%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2223%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="25-13397408015def72c54f662" href="#cite_note-DGtBotPC-0"><span data-rte-instance="25-13397408015def72c54f662" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>1<span data-rte-instance="25-13397408015def72c54f662" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> The practice was not totally pervasive however, and by the 2250s it had become something only really associated with the older families of the Corps.<span data-rte-instance="25-13397408015def72c54f662" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%20name%3D%5C%22DRBA%5C%22%20%5C%2F%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-DRBA_1-0" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-DRBA_1-0 class=reference"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%2225-13397408015def72c54f662%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255B%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ49e1f184b084ac0-nowiki-00000004-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E2%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%2225-13397408015def72c54f662%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255D%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ49e1f184b084ac0-nowiki-00000005-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22%23cite_note-DRBA-1%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B%23cite_note-DRBA-1%7C%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2228%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E2%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2229%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="25-13397408015def72c54f662" href="#cite_note-DRBA-1"><span data-rte-instance="25-13397408015def72c54f662" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>2<span data-rte-instance="25-13397408015def72c54f662" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Children raised by the Corps were quickly and thoroughly indoctrinated. Raised mostly in <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Teeptown%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Teeptown%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BTeeptown%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="25-13397408015def72c54f662" href="/wiki/Teeptown" title="Teeptown">Teeptown</a>, they were kept in small groups or cadres where they were instilled with a sense of belonging and loyalty to a larger body, discouraging individual thinking and other solitary activities. Latents, children who had tested positive as teeps but had yet to manifest their psi abilities were kept in a separate dorm (sometimes called "the basement"), often shunned and rarely mixing with the others, however, once their talents manifested they would quickly be integrated into a proper cadre. Young teeps were taught that they were rare, special, and better than mundanes, and that two teeps should <i>never</i> be seen fighting in front of a normal.<span data-rte-instance="25-13397408015def72c54f662" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%20name%3D%5C%22DRBA%5C%22%20%5C%2F%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-DRBA_1-1" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-DRBA_1-1 class=reference"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%2225-13397408015def72c54f662%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255B%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ49e1f184b084ac0-nowiki-00000007-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E2%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%2225-13397408015def72c54f662%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255D%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ49e1f184b084ac0-nowiki-00000008-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22%23cite_note-DRBA-1%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B%23cite_note-DRBA-1%7C%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2234%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E2%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2235%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="25-13397408015def72c54f662" href="#cite_note-DRBA-1"><span data-rte-instance="25-13397408015def72c54f662" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>2<span data-rte-instance="25-13397408015def72c54f662" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">It is the position of the Psi Corps that telepathic humans who do not learn how to control their abilities are mostly unstable or become insane, therefore they need guidance. In addition to that, unregistered telepaths can do severe damage to society by using their abilities for criminal reasons. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Under Earth Alliance law, all human telepaths have to be registered with the Psi Corps. After that, they have three choices: Join the Psi Corps, lifetime imprisonment, or take drugs called <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22sleepers%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22sleepers%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bsleepers%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="25-13397408015def72c54f662" href="/wiki/Sleepers" title="Sleepers">sleepers</a> to suppress their abilities. Most choose to work for Psi Corps, because one common side effect of the sleepers is severe depression, sometimes so severe that it often ends in the patient's suicide.<span data-rte-instance="25-13397408015def72c54f662" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%3E%5B%5BEyes%5D%5D%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-2 class=reference"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%2225-13397408015def72c54f662%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255B%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ49e1f184b084ac0-nowiki-0000000A-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E3%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%2225-13397408015def72c54f662%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255D%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ49e1f184b084ac0-nowiki-0000000B-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22%23cite_note-2%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B%23cite_note-2%7C%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2240%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E3%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2241%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="25-13397408015def72c54f662" href="#cite_note-2"><span data-rte-instance="25-13397408015def72c54f662" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>3<span data-rte-instance="25-13397408015def72c54f662" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> Unstable telepaths - such as schizophrenic ones - are locked away for "<i>the good of everyone</i>".<span data-rte-instance="25-13397408015def72c54f662" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%20name%3D%5C%22motherfather%5C%22%3E%5B%5BThe%20Corps%20is%20Mother%2C%20the%20Corps%20is%20Father%5D%5D%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-motherfather_3-0" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-motherfather_3-0 class=reference"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%2225-13397408015def72c54f662%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255B%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ49e1f184b084ac0-nowiki-0000000D-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E4%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%2225-13397408015def72c54f662%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255D%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ49e1f184b084ac0-nowiki-0000000E-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22%23cite_note-motherfather-3%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B%23cite_note-motherfather-3%7C%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2246%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E4%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2247%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="25-13397408015def72c54f662" href="#cite_note-motherfather-3"><span data-rte-instance="25-13397408015def72c54f662" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>4<span data-rte-instance="25-13397408015def72c54f662" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Always an insular organization, Psi Corps would always try to deal with incidents (or "family matters") concerning telepaths internally and tried to avoid interference by mundanes. Believing that as long as normals were kept convinced "<i>nothing goes wrong behind these walls</i>", they would be left alone.<span data-rte-instance="25-13397408015def72c54f662" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%20name%3D%5C%22motherfather%5C%22%20%5C%2F%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-motherfather_3-1" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-motherfather_3-1 class=reference"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%2225-13397408015def72c54f662%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255B%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ49e1f184b084ac0-nowiki-00000010-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E4%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%2225-13397408015def72c54f662%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255D%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ49e1f184b084ac0-nowiki-00000011-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22%23cite_note-motherfather-3%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B%23cite_note-motherfather-3%7C%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2252%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E4%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2253%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="25-13397408015def72c54f662" href="#cite_note-motherfather-3"><span data-rte-instance="25-13397408015def72c54f662" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>4<span data-rte-instance="25-13397408015def72c54f662" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> </p> <div class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="25-13397408015def72c54f662" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7BExerpt%20box%7CI%20pledge%20my%20body%2C%20heart%2C%20soul%20and%20mind%20to%20the%20service%20of%20the%20Earth%20Alliance%2C%20and%20the%20people%20who%20dwell%20on%20her%20myriad%20spheres.%5CnI%20promise%20to%20keep%20the%20laws%2C%20to%20keep%20the%20faith%2C%20to%20keep%20my%20eyes%20on%20the%20truth.%5CnI%20pledge%20to%20serve%20my%20comrades%2C%20my%20cadre%2C%20and%20The%20Corps.%5CnThe%20Corps%20teaches%2C%20guides%2C%20and%20provides.%20The%20Corps%20is%20mother%2C%20the%20Corps%20is%20father.%5CnWe%20are%20the%20children%20of%20The%20Corps.%5Cn%3A%3A%27%27%27%5Cu2013%20The%20Psi%20Corps%20pledge.%27%27%27%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%221%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Exerpt%20box%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22spacesafter%22%3A%22%22%7D" contenteditable="false" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">​ <div style="background:#222; border:1px solid #222; border-left:5px solid #0f3e90; color:white; margin:0.2em 3em; padding:0.2em 0.7em; font-style:italic;" class="poem"> <p data-rte-fromparser="true">I pledge my body, heart, soul and mind to the service of the Earth Alliance, and the people who dwell on her myriad spheres.<br /> <!-- RTE::{"spaces":0,"type":"LINE_BREAK"} -->I promise to keep the laws, to keep the faith, to keep my eyes on the truth.<br /> <!-- RTE::{"spaces":0,"type":"LINE_BREAK"} -->I pledge to serve my comrades, my cadre, and The Corps.<br /> <!-- RTE::{"spaces":0,"type":"LINE_BREAK"} -->The Corps teaches, guides, and provides. The Corps is mother, the Corps is father.<br /> <!-- RTE::{"spaces":0,"type":"LINE_BREAK"} -->We are the children of The Corps.<br /> </p> <dl><dd><dl><dd><b>– The Psi Corps pledge.</b> </dd></dl> </dd></dl> </div>​</div> <h3 data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Propaganda</h3> <p data-rte-fromparser="true">To strengthen the dedication of telepaths to the Corps, there are a variety of slogans that shall remind the Telepaths, that Psi Corps is their family: - </p> <ul data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"><li><i>"The Corps is mother, the Corps is father."</i> </li></ul> <dl><dd><ul><li><i>"The Psi Corps is your friend. Trust the Corps."</i><img data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22image%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BFile%3ATrust%20the%20Corps.jpg%7Cthumb%7C186px%7CPsi%20Corps%20propaganda%20during%20an%20%5B%5BISN%5D%5D%20%5B%5BAnd%20Now%20for%20a%20Word%7Ctransmission%5D%5D%20of%20%5B%5B36%20Hours%7C%27%2736%20Hours%27%27%5D%5D.%5D%5D%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Trust_the_Corps.jpg%22%2C%22params%22%3A%7B%22alt%22%3A%22Trust%20the%20Corps%22%2C%22thumbnail%22%3Atrue%2C%22caption%22%3A%22Psi%20Corps%20propaganda%20during%20an%20%5B%5BISN%5D%5D%20%5B%5BAnd%20Now%20for%20a%20Word%7Ctransmission%5D%5D%20of%20%5B%5B36%20Hours%7C%27%2736%20Hours%27%27%5D%5D.%22%2C%22width%22%3A186%2C%22captionParsed%22%3A%22Psi%20Corps%20propaganda%20during%20an%20%3Ca%20_rte_dataidx%3D%5C%220017%5C%22%20href%3D%5C%22%5C%2Fwiki%5C%2FISN%5C%22%20title%3D%5C%22ISN%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22mw-redirect%5C%22%3EISN%3C%5C%2Fa%3E%20%3Ca%20_rte_dataidx%3D%5C%220018%5C%22%20href%3D%5C%22%5C%2Fwiki%5C%2FAnd_Now_for_a_Word%5C%22%20title%3D%5C%22And%20Now%20for%20a%20Word%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22mw-redirect%5C%22%3Etransmission%3C%5C%2Fa%3E%20of%20%3Ca%20_rte_dataidx%3D%5C%220019%5C%22%20href%3D%5C%22%5C%2Fwiki%5C%2F36_Hours%5C%22%20title%3D%5C%2236%20Hours%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22mw-redirect%5C%22%3E%3Ci%3E36%20Hours%3C%5C%2Fi%3E%3C%5C%2Fa%3E.%22%7D%7D" data-rte-instance="25-13397408015def72c54f662" alt="" src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/babylon5/images/7/7d/Trust_the_Corps.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/186?cb=20110730230951" width="186" height="106" class="image thumb withCaption" data-image-name="Trust the Corps.jpg" data-image-key="Trust_the_Corps.jpg" type="image" /> </li><li><i>"We Are Everywhere For Your Convenience."</i> </li><li><i>"Protect the Family."</i> </li><li><i>"Obey."</i> </li><li><i>"Trust the Corps."</i> </li><li><i>"Maternis, Paternis"</i> </li><li><i>"United in thought, revered in memory."</i> </li></ul> </dd></dl> <br /><strong data-rte-washtml="1" class="error" data-rte-attribs=" class=error">Cite error: <code data-rte-washtml="1"><ref></code> tags exist, but no <code data-rte-washtml="1"><references/></code> tag was found</strong><p /> <!-- Saved in parser cache with key babylon5:rte-parser-cache:2052 --> Loading editor Below are some commonly used wiki markup codes. 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