Datavore

Datavore is a cognitor-pattern data-engine recorded in the Eisenhorn accounts, used for archival research and cross-referencing. The name denotes a purpose-built information-processing construct rather than a living agent.

Within the Eisenhorn narrative, such data-engines are recorded as tools drawn upon during the course of Inquisitorial inquiries, where rapid cross-referencing of archival, heretical, and xenos-derived material is required to trace a line of investigation. Datavore is recorded in this function, assisting in the assimilation and retrieval of proscribed or otherwise restricted information rather than acting independently in the field.