Neural inhibitors^[1][2] are implants that were used by the Confederate Ghost Program to control their ghost agents. They are also known as neuro-adjusters (some of which also suppress or reshape a disloyal ghost's memory and render them susceptible to orders)^[3] or psychic dampeners which weakens their powers^[4] (by extension, this includes making it easier for ghosts to screen out the thoughts of other individuals).^[5] The implants can be fatal^[6] and their method of operation is very similar to neural resocialization,^[3] but "much worse".^[7] Its implantation leaves scarred tissue.^[3]

The location of neural inhibitors can be tracked by some officers, both Confederate^[7] and Dominion.^[8]

The drawback to psychic dampeners is that they can be surgically removed^[3] or in rare cases, malfunction.^[9] Upon the defection of Sarah Kerrigan, psychic dampeners were abandoned by the Confederacy in favor of the more effective memory wipe technique.^[10] However, previously-implanted ghosts (such as Devon Starke) usually did not have their dampeners removed.^[2] Ghosts who retained them that became spectres under Project Shadow Blade had their inhibitors removed in order to avoid detection.^[8]

The Dominion utilizes both the mind wipe technique and neural inhibitors.^[5]

VariantsEdit

By 2503 the Terran Dominion had developed a specialized variant, the psi-inhibitor, to limit protoss psionic abilities.^[11]

Modified neural inhibitor technology continues to be used by the Church of Besainted Pelagius to enforce obedience among its disciples, the technology taken from a ghost sent to terminate the movement.^[12]

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