so what do you think these are supposed to be? future cigarettes? or space weed?
from lexicanum: "It is favored by the Imperial Guard and PDF as a cheap way to relax before, during, and after combat."
sounds like Ganja to me.... thoughts?
so what do you think these are supposed to be? future cigarettes? or space weed?
from lexicanum: "It is favored by the Imperial Guard and PDF as a cheap way to relax before, during, and after combat."
sounds like Ganja to me.... thoughts?
Just space-cigs, you might be reading into it too much. Cigarrettes help people relax, too.
Also, note the "DURING combat" part. Would you let Imperial Guardsmen hotbox in a Baneblade? :P
Last edited by Rev. Tiberius Jackhammer; 08-13-2012 at 06:14 PM.
Space-cigs - in most fluff pieces guardsmen smoking lho never display the characteristic symptoms of smoking non-tobacco leaf.
Also, for a plain ol' human soldier in the grimdark of the 41st millenium, the mild stim effects of nicotine (or whatever nicotine-esque compound is in lho) is probably more useful than getting hella baked.
Mind, regiments like the Savlar Chem-dogs probably lace their cigs. With all manner of crazy stuff.
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ahhh ok, i couldve sworn that i read in a bunch of novels that they describe it as "under the influence" not a term youd use for cigs.
If you read the novel 'Gunheads' (about an IG tank company) one of the tank crews has some wacky-tabacky lho sticks and get busted by their C.O. It's a pretty funny scene. Just chillin by the Russ, playin some cards & smokin a spliff.
Lho sticks contain a different substance and aren't tobbaco (which I believe is referred to as Tabac).
In some of the BL writing Lho is described as mildly sedative and sometime carries a mild official censure (often consumption is ignored).
It is a big universe and I would imagine people ran into all sorts of consumables that we don't have on Terra.
There is probably an Agri-World somewhere in the Imperium dedicated to producing only Lho, to be shipped off to a Factory planet to be assemebled into sticks.