Neural implant

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Neural implants are mostly used by Terrans in order to either enhance the performance of a person, or keeping them in check. The latter is much more common, and mainly used with Ghosts and resocialized Terran infantry.

Contents 1 History 2 Brain Implants 2.1 Operation and Pain 3 Technology 3.1 Functionality

[edit] History

Main articles: Neural Reocialization and Ghost Program.

[edit] Brain Implants

"Neural implant" is a nice way of saying "brain implant", which is basically what military officers are adding to their "meat shields". These technologically advanced implants are referred to as Neural Inhibitors, and are inserted during the resocialization of criminals into joining the "grunt" ranks of the Terran infantry.

[edit] Operation and Pain

The Neural Resocialization is said to be extremely painful, and the insertion of Neural Inhibitors in Ghosts to be "worse". The source of this pain is unknown, as the brain itself has no pain receptors, and it seem somewhat unlikely that a lobotomy would be performed on a concious patient. Still, there might be a need for the patient to remain concious, to measure brain activity, and target the right parts of the brain with the implants. The pain described could be a psychologically induced pain, as the memories and personality of the subject is being ripped apart and modified. It could also be the artificial neural impulses used by the implant itself, or possibly imbalance of hormones.

[edit] Technology

The technology used in these implants are probably related to the Terran nanites, as they share similar functionality. This relation is unconfirmed and speculative.

[edit] Functionality

The implants are very small components that attaches themselves to the neural pathways of the brain, and will modify behaviour, and to some extent also memories. They are hard to place, and the operation can be fatal. They are not impossible to remove, but those operations are equally dangerous, and also have chances of being fatal. In very few cases the implants stop working, and they are mostly unaffected by physical damage to the carrier. Naturally, something that would kill the carrier would probably destroy the implants.

The implants themselves work with the release of weak electrical impulses to interrupt/inhibit the natural workings of the brain. Further information is missing, but it is assumed that they either release hormones themselves, or use neural impulses in the brain to do it with the normal bodily fuctions of a human.