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Action
From Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum
An Action is one of nine processes used by Interrogators and Inquisitors to gain information from a prisoner. Each action is progressively more severe than the last. The technology used by the Inquisition allows, if required, the most agonizing pain to be inflicted without actual physical damage being done. The "questioning" is carried out in well-equipped Inquisition bases - while in the field, the portable torture devices known as excruciators are implemented. The Actions proceed as follows:
Stage | Description |
1st | Verbal interrogation of a suspect. No physical harm done. |
2nd | Threatening of further Actions. No physical harm. |
3rd | Light physical torture, followed by verbal interrogation. |
4th | Light physical torture and psychological manipulation. |
5th | Psychic interrogation with possible light torture and verbal interrogation. |
6th | Sensory and/or physical deprivation. |
7th | Intensive psychic interrogation. |
8th | Use of psycho-chemical drugs. |
9th | Unrelenting torture. Tremendous amounts of pain, both physical and mental. Verbal interrogation follows only if suspect survives long enough. |
Sources
- Malleus (Novel) by Dan Abnett, [Needs Citation]
- The Inquisition by Nick Kyme, Lindsey Priestley, and George Stirling, pg. 47