| rdfs:comment | - Cadre Prime is a cadre of telepaths within Psi Corps who manifested their abilities either at birth or before the onset of puberty. As they account for less that 5% of all human telepaths, they are considered exceptionally rare and special. They are taught that it will be their responsibility to serve as an example to "laters" of what it means to be Corps. However, they do not necessarily represent the strongest teeps in the Corps; Lyta Alexander, for example, was a member of Cadre Prime and a P5, while Alfred Bester, also raised in Cadre Prime, was a strong P12.
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| abstract | - Cadre Prime is a cadre of telepaths within Psi Corps who manifested their abilities either at birth or before the onset of puberty. As they account for less that 5% of all human telepaths, they are considered exceptionally rare and special. They are taught that it will be their responsibility to serve as an example to "laters" of what it means to be Corps. However, they do not necessarily represent the strongest teeps in the Corps; Lyta Alexander, for example, was a member of Cadre Prime and a P5, while Alfred Bester, also raised in Cadre Prime, was a strong P12. Because they manifested so early, Cadre Prime was perhaps the most indoctrinated of all of Psi Corps, knowing very little of life among mundanes, if at all. Life within Cadre Prime was highly structured and scheduled, with daily lessons broken up by "constructive playtime", during which pre-approved games such as Cops 'n' Blips may be played. Based in Alpha Quad in Teeptown, children in Cadre Prime must first pass through several different houses as they grow up. The first stop for young telepaths is the creche in Teeptown's hospital, where they stay until the age of 3 where they either join the 3-5 Cadre house or, if their abilities remain latent, they are sent to the latent's dorm (also known as "the basement"). As a child ages, they go through the 6-10 then 11-12 houses until they are able to pass their entrance exams for the Minor Academy. All through these years, they are assigned a small group of teachers and caregivers who essentially become the children's de facto parental figures, though in truth this sort of attachment is discouraged, as the children are taught that "The Corps is Mother, the Corps is Father", as opposed to any specific individual within the Corps.
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