Supernatural Organisation Data Files: The International Psychic Council

Supernatural Organisation Data Files: The International Psychic Council

Summary: The International Psychic Council (IPC) is an international organisation uniting and protecting all psychics worldwide. They are responsible for ensuring that knowledge of psychic powers does not become overly widespread, and also for hunting down any rogue psychics – those using their abilities to gain advantage in society through means that would, were psychic abilities widely understood, be illegal. The IPC is also, of course, responsible for the creation and maintenance of this and related supernatural files.

            The IPC has over fifty thousand members worldwide, of which ten thousand actively perform duties for the council. Many of those who do not provide some form of support or assistance to the Council that protects them. Although originally primarily concerned with the activities of psychics worldwide, the IPC has become the primary defence of humanity against all other supernatural threats as well.  The protection of humanity is a duty we have taken up because, unfortunately, only we are able.

Structure: The IPC is led by councillors voted in by members. Each region of the world (usually several countries) contains roughly the same number of IPC members. Within each region, the candidates for councillorship are voted in via an approval/disapproval system – each member may ‘approve’ or ‘disapprove’ of a candidate, and those with the highest total approvals become councillors.

            While councillors handle the overall direction and works of the IPC, the majority of day to day operations are handled by members appointed to particular positions. This is necessary to retain the correct expertise in covert operations, facility running, and so on. The hierarchy of facilities and support services (such as relocation, living space, etc.) is structured similar to services run by most governments, whereas combat operations are more akin to military style (with, it must be noted, significantly less formality).

            Active operations teams are structured depending on the abilities of those involved, however, they generally possess a leader and a scanner to direct and detect respectively. Of all IPC members actively working for the IPC, the vast majority serve in teams dedicated to tracking or eliminating supernatural threats.

History: The IPC was founded in nineteen-seventy-three by a small group of powerful psychics, who had many links to the ‘psychic underground’ as it was then referred to. Their aim was to prevent growing governmental interest in psychic powers from escalating into a feared ‘psychic conflict’. This goal was surprisingly easy to achieve – a few key alterations of memories and the tiny amount of knowledge held by several key global players was gone.

            Following this success, the IPC settled into what it expected its role to be: managing psychics worldwide to prevent abuse of psychic abilities, whether by the psychics themselves or those taking advantage of them. Due to the interlinked nature of the ‘psychic underground’ and a large number of strong ESP members, this was achieved by nineteen-seventy-five. Numerous rogue – and often dangerous – psychics were eliminated to protect the rest of humanity, though some agreed to no longer abuse their powers and are instead being monitored.

            After this, the IPC became somewhat listless. All goals had been achieved. By this point, the IPC had become well aware of the supernatural horrors of the world – ghouls, vampires, werewolves, necromancers, and more. The councillors of the time knew they could save countless lives by stepping in and eliminating these monsters. After a vote that was closer than most like to admit, the IPC decided to protect humanity.

            Between that time and the present day the IPC has focused on improving techniques for identifying and eliminating many supernatural threats, as well as coming to accords of peace with certain groups (rare exceptions). We have also made allies – Meander Corporation, primarily to eliminate their great folly (the blackwings); and the Holy Orders, to whom we have proved ourselves worthy successors.