Psionic Games

A continuing competition held by the Zhodani government for excellence in psionic achievement. They were first established in -6731 Imperial, the point at which the Zhodani dating system begins.

The Psionic Games are held on Zhdant ( Gavel / Zhdant 2719) once every olympiad, for a period of nearly four weeks. The participants (mostly Intendants) are selected by the various ruling councils, and preliminary competitions are held to reduce the numbers to manageable size. Intendants who do well in the Games are elevated to noble status (about 1 in 7 are elevated in this way).

The Zhodani system provides psionic training to all nobles and to the Intendant class. This means that the Psionic Games are a popular device for the masses to see the powers of their rulers in action. Competition is staged in nearly all fields of psionics, including telekinetic weight-lifting, distance and accuracy teleportation, and many other events.

(SUPP-11, 1107; ALIENS-4, 1111)

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