Psionics and Alchemy: Any help appreciated!

[johndallman]

Originally Posted by kdarc

Psionic powers begin to manifest around puberty, and anyone showing such talent can be "claimed" by the government and sent to a psion-academy, or by one of the organizations licensed to recruit and train psions. These organizations vary in nature, some being classic academies, some being tied to religion, others paramilitary, etc.

Governments at this TL don't tend to have centralised administration. Could you live with:

"anyone showing such talent is normally claimed by one of the organisations with the right to recruit and train psions. These tend to be either religious orders, or sponsored by local rulers, whose organisations may be military, or academies in a classical form."

And at this point, you can use GURPS Locations: Worminghall as a outline for such an organisation, though it will need a bit of work.