Vox-Privacy Field

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Vox-Privacy Fields are small disc-shaped Imperial devices^[1], that emit a protective signal field around the user, preventing any unwanted listeners.^[2] They can also be built into tables and activated via a control panel, such as in the Palace of Pleasure bar on Medusa.^[3]

Description

They also inhibit Vox-Thieves and other listening equipment, as the devices soften all noise within them,^[1] and also cut off any background noise from outside the Field.^[3] Some drawbacks, however, are that Privacy Fields offer only shallow protection around the devices, which give off a low throbbing,^[1] and it is possible to lip-read through the Field.^[3] Some users feel the throbbing in their skulls and it also causes their teeth to itch. Another effect of their use, is that any smell around the users becomes deadened, the moment Vox-Privacy Fields are activated.^[1]

The Adeptus Arbites are known to make frequent use of the devices.^[2]

See also

• Privacy Field

Sources

This article includes as a source one the three Black Library novels reissued under the now-defunct Heretic Tomes banner (Farseer, Pawns of Chaos, Space Marine) which, per the Publication Disclaimer, contained material considered outdated or inconsistent with established background lore. The banner has not appeared since 2016, leaving the status of these works uncertain – except for Space Marine whose description now labels it a “curiosity.”

• 1: Volpone Glory (Novel), Chapter 43
• 2: Dark Heresy: Book of Judgement pg. 69
• 3: Farseer (Novel), Chapter Two ^{Heretic Tomes}