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On Necromunda, Corpse-Starch that has been forgotten about for thousands In some places of years gets infested by the spores Imperium it is considered overtly seditious conduct to express disgust in response to the weird taste of the planetcorpse starch. If a worker's mutant fungi, and over time turns into a powdery green scum. The hivers call foreman hears of 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 said individual could find themselves on a [[Wyrdprison ship]]within hours.{{Fn|68}}
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'''Corpse-Starch''' (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|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]] attendants, to acquire dead bodies, which are then sent to the [[Corpse Grinder]]s for processing into the final product.{{Fn|2}}
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}}
The cemetery moon of [[Daedalon]] in the [[Gilead System]] had a large Corpse-Starch production facility.{{Fn|7}}
==Derivatives==
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}}
==Trivia==
*{{Endn|6}}: [[Fanatic Magazine Issue 6]], '''Dead or Alive!''' Rules for Outlaw Gangs in Necromunda
*{{Endn|7}}: [[Wrath & Glory: The Graveyard Shift]]
*{{Endn|8}}: [[Warhammer 40,000: Darktide]]: Character Creation, Crimes: Sedition
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