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SkyMind Neural Manipulation

Neural Manipulators is a sub-mod for SkyMind Network, adding a new implant that allows SkyMind-connected pawns to be controlled via a SkyMind Core, with 8 different possible states for more fine controls over pawns that possess it. They won't like it, but you might!

It has compatibility for Mechanical Humanlikes: Android Tiers, by adding a Digital Commander core assistant if the mod is installed.

• English (Primary)
  
• Russian (Community - courtesy of LeonusDH on GitHub)

Want to translate this mod to your own language? Go to the GitHub (linked below) and submit a pull request. We make no guarantees that languages besides English will have mistakes corrected in a timely manner nor guarantee the accuracy of translations.

• The Neural Manipulator implant.
  
• The ability to control pawns implanted with the hediff if connected to the SkyMind network with a Core active, via a new Command.
  
• Eight new commands and matching mechanics to exert influence and control over subject pawns.
  
• Even more abuses of sapient rights!

• Rampage: Any pawn can be induced into a furious rage, attacking all non-rampaging pawns while gaining significant combat advantages. There is a slight chance of short confusion mental breaks when exiting this state.
  
• Stasis: Any pawn can be instantly incapacitated. This has a small chance to cause a short-term coma-like state when initiated. This protocol reallocates unused energy toward health recovery.
  
• Terror: Slaves swiftly gain suppression and cannot join slave rebellions, but suffer an extra mood penalty from stress. There is a slight chance of heart attacks occurring while active.
  
• Numbness: Any pawn can be made happier and be immune to pain, but suffer consciousness penalties.
  
• Harvest: Any pawn can have their minds harvested for skill and hacking points, killing them and generating an equal amount of both based on their skills. This protocol can not be cancelled. This leaves the body blank.
  
• Cultivation: Non-prisoners with this chip may lose all global learning ability, but idly generate a tiny amount of skill points.
  
• Conversion: Any pawn will lose resistance (prisoners), will (if resistance is 0), and ideological certainty (if will is 0) over time at the cost of draining hacking points (the speed and cost of which depends on the pawn's conversion resistance). Unwavering pawns are immune to this protocol. This protocol will not automatically recruit or convert pawns if resistance/will/confidence hits 0 - a pawn must finish the job. Mood is severely decreased while this protocol is active.
  
• Replacement: Any pawn may have their consciousness completely wiped and replaced with a new, random consciousness. This protocol disconnects the subject from the network and makes them comatose during the extended process. This process is non-interruptible and non-cancellable. The chip will burn out when the process begins.

• You can not initiate protocols without an SkyMind Core and being connected to the network.
  
• Should the pawn become disconnected from the network, they will keep their current protocol as the implant does not have a safety fallback. Cultivation, Harvest, and Conversion protocols do nothing if not connected.
  
• Switching protocols (except to None) can only be done once every half hour.
  
• Only one protocol may be active at a time.
  
• Pawns find having this implant very unnerving, and it does increase hunger rate due to high power consumption.
  
• The implant counts as a SkyMind Transceiver, and is mutually exclusive with it and receivers.

• None so far.

• Discord[discord.gg]
  
• GitHub (link removed, use Google)