Does the Imperium of man (warhammer 40K) have thermal imaging capabilities?
fluff or codex qoutes appreciated. also, how do space marines see in the dark?
Hell, yes. Thermal imaging is considered painfully unsophisticated in the 40k background. Space marines have multispectrum passive and active nightvision that feeds directly, via safety baffles to prevent sensory overload, to their brains through implants that connect through their helmets to their skulls.
Space marines also possess naturally enhanced vision beyond the normal human spectrum. Space Wolves also possess, through the Canis Helix, a highly enhanced sense of smell that gives them an even more nuanced ability to detect their enemies (when they have their helmet vents open, anyway!).
Of course, this isn’t always reflected in games where “nightfighting” occurs and weapon ranges are limited. This is partly a game balance thing, but also reflects the fact that there are different conditions on the million worlds of the Imperium that even the most sophisticated Mechanicus technologies can struggle to penetrate: psychic clouds, radioactive dust-storms, sorcerous darkness…
Specific references are scattered but can be found in rulebooks and codexes going back twenty years, as far as the original Rogue Trader rulebook. More details are available in recent RPG publications, from Fantasy Flight Games, and in Black Library novels, in particular the Gaunt’s Ghosts novels of Dan Abnett (for night-vision at a normal human level), Graham McNeill and Bill King (for space marines).
Codex in Depth: Space Wolves (Part 1: Introduction and special rules)
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