# Mindshields Mindshields limit activity within certain areas of the brain known for subconcious activity and stress. This region of the brain is commonly associated with 'autopilot' functions, which if manipulated can result in victims being highly easy to control. Mindshields do have side effects however and many find that it takes time to adjust to the effects. The most common side effect is an inability to sense danger. While the calmness it provides helps in many situations, it can sometimes be deterimental to the users (The effects of mindshields on the civillian population are detailed further on in this report). While mindshields provide a sense of peace within the user and protect the brain from being brainwashed, they do not themselves brainwash the user into blindly accepting Nanotrasen ideals. It is for this reason that mindshields have proven to be ineffective against hostile agents who truly believe in their cause and aren't simply victims of a quick mind re-altering scheme. After undergoing training and re-adjusting to live with the restrictions that the mindshield provides, the majority of crewmembers who undergo mindshield therapy eventually have their brains create new pathways which offset the limitations entirely, while still providing protection from brainwashing. Widespread mindshield distribution has previously been authorised in emergency situations, civillian subjects exposed to the effects without training were successfully protected from any mind-altering effects but suffered short-term memory-loss, lower reasoning skills and, in exceptional circumstances, an inability to sense obvious danger. Many of the civillians exposed to these emergency procedures opted to keep the mindshield after the situations were brought under control. Tests have been underway to create a more potent mindshield which actively promote pro-Nanotrasen ideals in subjects and while experiments show promise, the side-effects are currently too great to distribute on a wider scale. Test results have had one successful deconversion of a known syndicate agent, who was subsequently moved into a low-ranking Nanotrasen military division to be monitored. This however was followed by schizophrenia-like symptoms before a violent outburst occurred, resulting in 1 medical officer being killed, another being wounded and a security guard recieving minor injuries which they subsequently recovered from.
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