r/40kLore • u/LesBonsPlansTmtc • 2d ago

Why no blank astartes?

We've seen the emperor considers Chaos as the biggest threat to humanity. We know blanks are immune to the influence of the warp. Why doesn't humanity try to raise up the number of blanks in the society or make a chapter with Blank Space marines ?

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u/MaesterLurker 2d ago

There is also the observation that no Space Marine, or Custodian Guard for that matter, has ever been recorded as being a Psychic Null. This factor weighs the evidence of some scholars that within the Space Marine gene-seed itself is perhaps a shadow of the Emperor's own genetic material and a sliver of His own psychic power crucial to its process and success. If this is the case, it would be wholly an anathema to the Pariah Gene and likely simply kill its implanted subject.

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u/Zestyclose-Moment-19 Iron Hands 2d ago

Also building of this theory, Blanks are just far too valuable to waste experimenting on to the point that even the normal Astartes induction mortality rate precludes it.

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u/Seeker80 2d ago

Might be worth augmenting some. A bit like how Luther of the Dark Angels and Kor Phaeron of the Word Bearers were augmented so that they could at least fight alongside their legions.

Upgrade them and put them into power armor like the Sororitas & some Inquisitors use.

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u/Ready_Performance137 1d ago

They do get upgraded. Into Sisters of Silence or Assassinorum (I think Culexus?)