A psychoSpike is a device implanted in the back of the skull that allows the user to view, edit and erase a person's memories. They can also be used to turn off the nerve reflexes of the body to paralyze someone, disable language abilities, and hijack dopamine and oxytocin levels.
Features[]
It is possible to guard against the use of psychoSpikes through either conditioning, implanting false memories, or putting a self-destruct protocol in place that deactivates breathing and turns off the heart.
History[]
The psychoSpikes were developed by Virginia au Augustus during the Solar War as a refinement of the technology in Octavia au Lune's Pandemonium Chair. Where Virginia viewed the Pandemonium Chair as a "blunt-force instrument," she saw her psychoSpikes as "scalpels."
In January 754 PCE, she used one on the Duke of Hands to view and then wipe his memories. Following the Day of Red Doves, Lilath au Faran used the psychoSpikes on Virginia herself until the Abomination arrived on Luna.
Trivia[]
- It is unknown if the effects of the psychoSpikes are permanent.
- 24 steps are required to erase someone's memories.