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'''{{PAGENAME}}s''', '''comm-beads'''{{Fn|1}} or comm'''vox-beads''', {{Fn|3}} are short-range communication devices used by the [[Imperium]] that .{{Fn|1}} {{PAGENAME}}s are worn in the user's ear{{Fn|1}} and, if produced to a high craftsmanship, are nearly undetectable by casual inspection. {{Fn|2}} Their range is can be good out to about one kilometre, {{Fn|1}} five,{{Fn|3}} or ten kilometres,{{Fn|4}} but such things as bad weather, dense terrain and intervening rock or [[plasteel]] can greatly reduce this range.{{Fn|1}} {{PAGENAME}} signals can be picked up and boosted through the use of [[vox-caster]]s.{{Fn|4}}
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Dark Heresy Core Rulebook]], pg. 151
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Only War Core Rulebook]], pg. 202
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Rebel Winter (Novel)]] — [[Shield of the Emperor (Anthology)]], Chapter One – ''Day 681 – Korris Trenchworks – 08:59hrs, -25°C''
*{{Endn|4}}: [[His Last Command (Novel)]] — [[The Lost (Omnibus)]], Chapter Twenty-Two – ''18.01 hrs, 198.776.M41 – Fifth Compartment – Sparshad Mons, Ancreon Sextus’'
[[Category:Equipment (Imperium)]]