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A '''Soul Web''' is the network of gestalt-intelligence [[Nanobot|nanotech]]-based entities which reside in the bodies of [[Horadrim]] and [[Boogie|human-Horadrim Hybrids]] and give them most of their special powers. Also sometimes referred to as a '''Life Web'''.
A Soul Web allows a Horadrim to shapeshift their own body, extruding temporary pseudopods or tentacles with sensors such as temporary eyes, or olfactory organs or even taste buds, to explore the environment around them. In its most extreme form, it allows a chitonouschitinous, insect-like Horadrim to appear almost indistinguishable from a [[Human|human being]], by shifting their entire body so much that they take on human appearance. Individual cells are pulled apart by the nanobots, rearranged, and put back together in the new shape. While this woudlwould technically allow a Horadrim to take upon almost any human appearance they like, in practice most of them settle upon one human appearance and identity.
Like other Human-Horadrim hybrids, the Emperor has a Soul Web. This makes Soul Webs in general an object of veneration amongst adherents of the [[Cult of the Emperor]], and many of the more fanatical amongst them would gladly kill to obtain one if they didn't hold other Horadrim and hybrids in similar religious awe as angel-like figures. Unbeknownst to them, Emperor [[Vin Dane]] is dead,. and hisHis former Soul Web was stolen and is now worn by the impostor Emperor, [[Scyr]]. After being crippled by a [[K'Nes]]-developed software virus supplied to the [[Earth Federation|Federation]] by [[Heth]], hasScyr's beenSoul stolenWeb andcan isno nowlonger worn bymaintain the impostor Emperorcoherence, [[Scyr]]. but Duereverts toa degredationliquid causedmass byof thepure viralnanobot weapon,soup. Scyr's SoulThe WebEmperor isrelies malfunctioningon andthe mustpower periodicallyof bethe separated[[The from his host bodyOrb|Orb]] to repairpreserve andthe regenerate itself as a liquid massillusion of purenormal nanobot soupfunction. ▼
▲Like other Human-Horadrim hybrids, the Emperor has a Soul Web. This makes Soul Webs in general an object of veneration amongst adherents of the [[Cult of the Emperor]], and many of the more fanatical amongst them would gladly kill to obtain one if they didn't hold other Horadrim and hybrids in similar religious awe as angel-like figures. Unbeknownst to them, Emperor [[Vin Dane]] is dead, and his former Soul Web, crippled by a [[K'Nes]]-developed software virus supplied to the [[Earth Federation|Federation]] by [[Heth]], has been stolen and is now worn by the impostor Emperor, [[Scyr]]. Due to degredation caused by the viral weapon, Scyr's Soul Web is malfunctioning and must periodically be separated from his host body to repair and regenerate itself as a liquid mass of pure nanobot soup.
==Behind the Scenes==
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