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Necromundan Pit Slave Armed with a Rock Drill.

Pit Slaves is a term used to describe the vast numbers of Imperial citizens of Hive Worlds who find themselves indentured to the Guilds who control all of the raw materials and manufacturing industries of the Hives. This can be because they are unable to pay off debts which they owe a certain Guild, because they have committed some crime against them, or most commonly because they have been sold to the Guilders by one of the Hive's gangs or the Guid's Watchmen themselves.

Appearance

The Guilders will almost invariably "modify" their newly aquired slaves to make them better suited for whatever task they will be put to. Limbs are removed without a second thought to be replaced by Rock Drills and Buzz Saws for those headed down the mines. Hands and feet will be replaced by Claws and Hooks for those who will be Pack Slaves. Most unfortunate of all are the Pit Fighters, destined to fight to the death in the Guilds' collisseums, they can end up looking more metal than flesh.

Universally, the technology which the Guilders chose to use on their Pit Slaves is not of very high quality. It has little in common with the high-end Bionics available to servants of the Imperium and the wealthy nobles living in the Spire. Pit Slaves therefore resemble nightmarish agglomerations, with wires, pistons, and even exhaust vents sticking out in all directions.

As Hired Guns

Quite often, the strongest, most determined (and usually the genuine criminals who deserved to be condemned in the first place) will find a way to escape their fate, by stealth, in the chaos of an industrial accident, or by killing their keepers with their new "enhancements". Escaped Pit Slaves are outlaws and officially wanted by the Guilds' Enforcers, but few will work very hard to recover them.

Those that escape inevitably end up making their way to the Outlaw Trading Posts in the Badzones. There they can make money by pit fighting with other escaped slaves for a handful of credits, or if they are extremely lucky, attract the attention of one of the gangs, who may decide to hire them for protection or some specific job.

Notable Pit Slaves

  • Bull Gorg — A Pit Fighter who led a slave rebellion.
  • Aaa - A feral pit fighter from the beast world of Borea who tempted and corrupted Pontius Glaw with Chaos.

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