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==Overview==
[[Image:House_Van_Saar_trademark.jpg|thumb|right|200px|House Van Saar word mark]]
House Van Saar is well-known for the quality of its technical products. Van Saar technology is no more advanced than that of anyone else, but their manufacturing processes are precise and their finished materials are noted for their high quality. The [[Noble Houses]] of the hive are known to pay top prices for Van Saar-made goods; as a result, the House is probably the wealthiest in Hive Primus.{{Fn|1}} Due to their familiarity with Imperial weaponry, as well as their abilities to improve and use it in combat, Van Saars are often recruited by the [[Imperial Guard]] as "High Utility Conscripts".{{Fn|2}} Their staggering power, however, is built around a dark secret – flaws in their understanding of the corrupted [[STC]] that creates their technology, flaws that bathe them in radiation and slowly kill them from within.{{Fn|4c}}
The Van Saars have a well-earned reputation of being serious minded and sombre people, with a deep-seated emphasis placed on order and hierarchy. Like the other [[gangs]] of the hive cities the Van Saars have a style of clothing which distinguishes them from others. In their case this equates to a close-fitting body suit intended to defend and sustain the wearer in the harsh hive environment. Semi-permeable membranes in the suit reduce the loss of the body’s moisture, whilst numerous spots on the material change colour to inform the wearer of airborne pollutants and reduced levels of oxygen.{{Fn|3}} The Van Saars' gang-dialect is known as ''Techno-lingua'' and ''Tek-Nik-El''.{{Fn|13}}
