Synth
From Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum
Synth[1], or also known as Synthetic[11], is a general Imperial term for any food[1] or material that is synthetically created by the Imperium. It has been noted that Synth fabric has a shininess to it, that real fabric lacks.[2a]
Known types of Synth
- Synthbrain, also spelled as Synth-brain - Used as processors by the Adeptus Mechanicus[5]
- Synthetic blood[11]
- Synth-fat[3]
- Synthetic Feathers, also called Synthetic Avian Plumage[7]
- Synthflesh[2c] or Synthetic Skin[10] - Can be applied to wounds with Synthetic Skin Applicators.[10]
- Synthfibre - vat-grown material used in clothing fabric.[13]
- Synth garments - Their prices vary depending on the quality of the synth material used to make them[2e]
- Synthetical ink - Gives off an acrid odor and some Imperials are unable to tolerate the Ink's fumes[6]
- Synthleather[2b] - Cheap synthetic material.[2f] Synthleather is an advanced material and, like Plasteel, Adamantium and Armourplas, far more resilient than archaic materials like steel. In the Imperium, it is used for all sorts of purposes.[12]
- Synthetic materials - used in construction[8b]
- Synth-meat[1]
- Synthmuscle - Ropey strands of vat-grown muscle tissue, thick with slurried nutrients and laced with flakweave, are woven into existing muscle groups, granting increased strength of varying levels.[14] Often implanted in servitors.[15]
- Synth plasma - Created in authorized laboratoriums[2d]
- Synth-plast[4]
- Synthetic staining liquid - Used in Calixian Infantryman's Portable Communications Transcription Devices[8a]
- Synth stem-cultures - Created in authorized laboratoriums[2d]
- Synthwool[2b] - Cheap synthetic material.[2f]
- Synthetic tissue[9]
- Calixian Infantryman's Portable Communications Notation Devices can be created through synthetic means[8a]
See also
Sources
- 1: Avenging Son (Novel), Chapter 13
- 2: Bloodlines (Novel)
- 3: Necromunda: Gangs of the Underhive, pg. 86 - Hired Guns: Hanger-ons and Brutes
- 4: Imperial Armour: Volume 3 - The Taros Campaign, pg. 112
- 5: Live Wire (Short Story)
- 6: Witchbringer (Novel), Chapter 5
- 7: Regimental Standard: Welcome to the Ventrillian Ignobles! - via Wayback Machine (posted on 11/04/2018) (Last on accessed on 19/04/2024)
- 8: Only War: Core Rulebook
- 9: Dark Heresy: Disciples of the Dark Gods, pg. 44
- 10: Deathwatch: Rites of Battle, pg. 144
- 11: Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader, pg. 267
- 12: Rogue Trader: Hostile Acquisitions, pg. 63
- 13: The Siege of Castellax (Novel), Chapter 3
- 14: Only War Core Rulebook, pg. 209
- 15: The Colonel's Monograph (Novella)
