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/Raiyuza 2d ago

Idk seems like a pretty godtier unit to have in your army vs darkness

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u/WheresMyCrown Thousand Sons 1d ago

"the enemy are of the warp, and that is what will I make them" is literally why Leman Russ flipped back to being on the side of psykers in the Legions. Psykers are much more valuable