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{{cite}}'''Flects ''' (presumably a slang shorthand for "reflection") are powerful and higly highly addictive drugs that come in the form of small pieces of glass wrapped in red tissue paper. Unlike conventional chemical drugs, flects are actually glass debris tainted by [[Chaos]]. By looking into the flect the viewer is granted a brief glimpse of Chaos. They originate from the world of Spica Maximal in the Mergent Worlds, which were enveloped by a warp storm. Spica Maximal emerged again into the realspace in late 300.M41 or early 400.M41. Flects were discovered by Imperial smugglers who soon started delivering them to subsectors [[Helican Subsector|Helican]], [[Angelus Subsector|Angelus]] and [[Ophidian Subsector|Ophidian]].
When a user looks into one of these shards, the viewer is granted a brief glimpse of Chaos, which can induce anything between a wondrous "high" or a paralyzing horror. One flect was revealed to be carrying the spirit of an immensely powerful [[Daemon Prince]], [[Slyte]], which possessed the unfortunate user.
=== Trade ===
At least one of the Mergent Worlds, Spica Maximal (and possibly others), emerged again into realspace in late 300.[[M41]] or early 400.[[M41]]. Flects were discovered by Imperial smugglers who soon started delivering them to subsectors [[Helican Subsector|Helican]], [[Angelus Subsector|Angelus]] and [[Ophidian Subsector|Ophidian]].
The government of [[Eustis Majoris]], the Helican subsector capital, formed an illicit agreement with these smugglers to retrieve corrupted data engines from Spica Maximal, and allowed them to develop the illicit trade in flects as a profitable sideline.
The flect trade soon attracted the interest of the [[Inquisition]] and Inquisitor Ravenor and his team set out to investigate, eventually discovering a much greater threat to the [[Imperium]] being planned on Eustis Majoris.
==Sources==
*[[The Inquisition (Background Book)]]
*[[Ravenor (Novel Series)]] by [[Dan Abnett]]*[[Ravenor Returned (Novel)]] by [[Dan Abnett]]*[[Ravenor Rogue (Novel)]] by [[Dan Abnett]]
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