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Imperial bionics

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==Overview==
[[File:Cybernetic man.jpg|thumb|right|300px|[[Human]] diagram with cybernetic enhancements.{{Fn|18c}}{{Fn|19}}]]
The use of [[bionics]] is widespread and ubiquitous throughout the the Imperium,{{Fn|1}}{{fn|17}}{{Fn|18a}} their presence among its populace a fact of life.{{fn|13}} From the prosthetic limbs of [[Imperial Guard Veteran]]s, to the to the [[Juvenat|life-extending sanguinary actuators of ancient savants]], to the multi-jointed [[mechadendrite]]s of the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]]{{fn|17}} and even augmented criminals and [[gang|ganger]]s and [[pit slave]]s,{{fn|23}}{{fn|28a}}{{fn|29}} one would be hard pressed to find a [[civilised world]] without any residents who do not sport some form of bionic implant.{{fn|17}} However, bionics are expensive and mostly limited to valuable servants of the Imperium, such as veteran warriors or skilled [[adept]]s, high-ranking Imperial officials and [[Inquisitor]]s, as well as [[Planetary Governor]]s who possess the required wealth.{{Fn|1}} Within the upper classes of [[Imperial_Culture| Imperial society]], where money is spent freely for the purpose of status and fashion, the scions of [[Noble|nobility]] strut with coiling wire and ribbed augmetic tubing like [[peacock]]s displaying a plumage. Some even among those not of the Mechanicus take such modifications to a mania or an obsession, becoming an [[Augmenticist]].{{fn|17}} The most subtle augmetics are priced at exorbitant costs,{{Fn|18c}} and generally speaking are above what the poor or even moderately-well off could afford.{{fn|3b}}
Anyone with a bionic or cybernetic implant can technically be considered a '''cyborg''', whether they have a single implant or are a heavily augmented [[servitor]] or [[skitarii]]. Most in the Imperium usually reserve the term "cyborg" when referencing a heavily augmented organic being, but not always.{{Fn|15a}}
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