To the Orlamu, all things touched by the Divine Unconscious are sacred; the visions of Jeff Sendir, the mindwalking power bestowed on mankind, even the capacity to traverse drivespace. But no individuals prove more sacred than those born into life within the Divine Unconscious. These Starborne at approximately 4% of the Orlamu population, hold immense prestige amid the general population as well as the church itself.

The nature of the Starborne provides strong evidence that the properties of drivespace may influence the development of mindwalking abilities. This theory results from the fact that 60% of all Starborne develop some form of psionic power over the course of their lives, 75% of them prior to reaching puberty. The church gathers together all Starborne children for proper instruction in the ways of science and the Divine Unconscious, with the priesthood essentially becoming their surrogate parents. The original families of such children often gain prestige in Orlamu society, and the church still allows them a small role in each child.s upbringing.

Only 15% of Starborne actually develop full-fledged psionic abilities as mindwalkers or diplomat-mindwalkers. Another 40% possess talents of varying degree, able to wield a small number of psionic talents. At least a small population of the Starborne (approx. 5%) can tap into their mind's potential to become aware of psionic phenomenon (per the Psionic Awareness perk) or to influence some other skill (per the Latent Psi perk). The other 40% of children born in drivespace remain devoid of mindwalking ability.

Some psientists have theorized that Starborne not only obtain mindwalking abilities from their birth in drivespace, but that conception within the Divine Unconscious can also help to develop more potent skills as much as 40% of the time. They believe that even a non-Starborne child at least conceived within drivespace has a higher chance for psionic potential than an average child. Many also commonly believe that the color of the starfall and starrise during the birthing trip may affect the outcome of a Starborne's fate.

Contrary to most assumptions, the Orlamist Church does not groom Starborne for leadership positions within their hierarchy. Instead, these sacred individuals serve as the most valuable government advisers, scientific authorities, and interstellar ambassadors throughout the Theocracy. Starborne serving in this capacity wear black robes to mark their position among the church as ones touched by the Divine Unconscious at birth.