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'''Flects''' (presumably a slang shorthand for "reflection") are powerful and highly addictive drugs that come in the form of small pieces of glass wrapped in red tissue paper.
== History ==
=== Origin and Effects ===
Unlike conventional chemical drugs, flects are actually shards of glass, retrieved from the [[Mergent World]]s in what was once the [[Vincies Subsector]], which disappeared into a [[warp storm]] for several centuries. In the words of [[Inquisitor]] [[Gideon Ravenor]], these shards of glass have been "marinading in warp energy for decades," and so are tainted by [[Chaos]].
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.
Flects were also available from street hawkers on [[New Badab]] during the [[Skull Harvest]] in late [[M41]].{{Fn|5}}
==See AlsoRelated Articles==
*[[Narcotics]]
*[[Combat Drugs]]
==Sources==
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*{{Endn|1}}: [[The Inquisition (Background Book)]], {{Cite This}}
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Ravenor (Novel)]] by [[Dan Abnett]], {{Cite This}}
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Ravenor Returned (Novel)]] by '''Dan Abnett''', {{Cite This}}
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Ravenor Rogue (Novel)]] by '''Dan Abnett''', {{Cite This}}
*{{Endn|5}}: ''[[The Skull Harvest (Short Story)]]'' by [[Graham McNeill]]
[[Category:Chaos Artifacts]]
[[Category:Narcotics and Stimulants]]
[[Category:Ravenor (Novel Series)]]
