Data-slate
From Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum
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This article is about the technological devices; for the supplementary books released by Games Workshop, see Dataslates (Background Books). |
Data-slates are devices that are commonplace in the Imperium, and serve as the primary means of storing and reading printed text and other media such as video or audio recordings. They are so cheap and easy to make that many contain a single media recording, such as text or an image, and can only play that single file. Others can re-record new information, and transmit and receive data from other devices.[1] Files can be encrypted to prevent unauthorised access.[4]
Data-slates can incorporate a variety of technologies, such as a hololithic display allowing for three-dimensional data projection,[2] a privacy field in order to hold private conversations,[5] or a compass capable of recording and storing precise location data.[3]
Sources
- 1: Dark Heresy Core Rulebook, pg. 150
- 2: Necropolis (Novel) — The Founding (Omnibus), Chapter Fifteen
- 3: Straight Silver (Novel) — The Saint (Omnibus), Chapter Fifteen
- 4: Sabbat Martyr (Novel) — The Saint (Omnibus), Chapter Eight
- 5: Flesh and Steel (Novel), Chapter 15
