For Delta and above, the graduation rate is 4%. The graduation rate for Epsilon level and below is generally 13%.
Much harsher training regimens were also created to further test the fortitude of the recruits, making sure that they would be even more resistant to the temptations of the Warp than the standard Primaris Psykers. Librarians from various chapters of Space Marines were also requested for the project and provided much insight and experience to the young psykers of the Program. Several members of the Scholastica Psykana and Adeptus Astra Telepathica were brought in to school the recruited candidates on maintaining their abilities and keeping the Warp at bay. Delta class and above were usually apprehended by Inquisitorial forces before the ARGUS Program could reach them, necessitating bribes, favors, or deals in order to obtain a powerful specimen.
Psykers below Delta level are generally picked up by Acquisition teams that actively looked for potential candidates. Their genetic material were also stored so that clones could be made to replace their losses if times were desperate. Initially, a small number of psyker children would be obtained for study and training. The Program is also a secret, kept hidden from the eyes of the Imperium and the Inquisition for fear of being purged. These psykers commandos would also be attached to Inquisitor retinues in order to accomplish difficult missions. Started up in 840.M41 by a moderate Polypsykana Inquisitor, Corbulus Vern, the ARGUS Program was meant to create a pool of specially trained psykers who were more disciplined, in better control of their abilities, and capable of special missions. 6.4 Operation: RIGHTEOUS FURY (890.M41).
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