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'''Corpse-Starch''' (also known as '''"Soylent Veridian"'''{{Fn|2}}sometimes spelled without the hyphen) is a synthetic food appearing as a grey paste that is created from the recycled dead bodies of the [[Imperium]]'s [[Imperial citizen|Imperium's citizens]]. {{Fn|1}} On [[Necromunda (Hive World)|Necromunda]], the [[Corpse Guild|Mercator Pallidus]] sends Corpse Harvesting Parties, led by their [[Pale Consort]]s and [[Bone Scrivener]] is responsible attendants, to acquire dead bodies, which are then sent to the [[Corpse Grinder]]s for overseeing its creationprocessing into the final product.{{Fn|12}}
Corpse-Starch can be processed into crackers,{{Fn|3}} but is most often depicted as being tinned.{{Fn|4}} It was one of several rations that could be issued by the [[Departmento Munitorium]]{{Fn|5}} to the [[Astra Militarum]] and was also found on some hive worlds other than Necromunda.{{Fn|1}}
On Necromunda, Corpse-Starch that has been forgotten about for thousands of years gets infested by the spores of the planet's mutant fungi, and over time turns into a powdery green scum. The hivers call this substance 'raw Spook' and use it as an ingredient in a frothy liquid narcotic called [[Spook]], which enhances any latent psychic awareness that the imbiber may have and turns them into a [[Wyrd]].{{Fn|6}}
The cemetery moon of [[Daedalon]] in the [[Gilead System]] had a large Corpse-Starch production facility.{{Fn|7}}
==Trivia==
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*The alternative name for corpseCorpse-starch, Soylent VeridianStarch is often confused with [[soylens viridians]], which is a potential reference to the 1973 film ''[[Wikipedia:Soylent Green|Soylent Green]]'' (, where the titular substance being food in said film is made of repurposed human flesh. However, soylens viridians is actually a separate foodstuff that can be made of a wide variety of animal and vegetable matter. In the video game ''[[Necromunda: Hired Gun]]'' though, the soylens viridians is strongly implied to be made from reprocessed by the Mercator Pallidus, meaning Necromunda's version of it at least, is probably just as much [[human corpses).*It ]] meat as their Corpse-Starch is sometimes spelled "corpse starch".{{Fn|3}}
==See also==
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Imperium Maledictum: Core Rulebook]], V: Armoury, pg. 157*{{Endn|2}}: [https://www.gameswarhammer-workshopcommunity.com/en-USgb/articles/fpS2tmXC/Necromundastock-up-on-relatively-fresh-meat-Thein-Booknecromunda-ofwith-Perila-ENcorpse-2019 Gamesharvesting-Workshopparty/ Warhammer Community, Stock Up On (Relatively) Fresh Meat in NecromundaWith a Corpse Harvesting Party], ''(last accessed 20 April 2025)''*{{Endn|3}}: [https://web.archive.org/web/20210803042105/https: /regimental-standard.com/2020/04/08/the-great-egg-hunt/ The Book of PerilRegimental Standard, one of the ScreenshotsThe Great 'Egg' Hunt!], ''(last accessed 26 May 201920 April 2025)''*{{Endn|24}}: [[Necromundahttps://web.archive.org/web/20210725064322/https: Hired Gun]/regimental-standard.com/2021/04/21/introducing-the-guardsman-to-skitarius-phrasebook/ The Regimental Standard, Introducing the Guardsman to Skitarius Phrasebook], ''(last accessed 20 April 2025)''*{{Endn|35}}: [[White Dwarf December 2019]https://web.archive.org/web/20200707094454/https:/regimental-standard.com/2016/06/15/your-new-diet-plan/ The Regimental Standard, Your New Diet Plan], pg. 134 — ''[[Necromunda (gamelast accessed 20 April 2025)''*{{Endn|Necromunda]]6}}: [[Terrain ShowcaseFanatic Magazine Issue 6]]: It, '''s Made of PeopleDead or Alive!''' Rules for Outlaw Gangs in Necromunda*{{Endn|7}}: [[Wrath & Glory: The Graveyard Shift]]
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