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Message no. 1
From: shadowrn@*********.com (BD)
Subject: Manchurian Candidates (Brainscan spoiler!)
Date: Wed Jun 20 11:15:01 2001
--- Mister Incognito <misterincognito@*******.com> wrote:
> Coupla quick questions about brainwashing in the 2060's.

Whoa there, bud! Some of us are running Brainscan, y'know. We could do
without the spoilers :) Next time, some warnings please, 'kay? 'Kay.



<your absolutely free Brainscan spoiler space>


















> In Brainscan IIRC, the Johnson is brainwashed by Deus to carry out orders
> without remembering them or realising about the lost time. There was also
> another published adventure about a Renraku suit programming people and
> remote controlling them, the name escapes me.
>
> So with all the different advances in the 2060's- new drugs, PABS that
> let you reprogramme the brain/memories, magic like Control Thoughts or
> Mindprobe
> or Illusions or others, using direct matrix feed to the brain, using
> physcotropics like the ICE etc.- you could do a fairly good job of either
> reprogramming people or programming them to do certain acts? Would it be
> possible to go the full whack and put a second dormant personality
> personality into someone to be triggered latter ala Babylon 5? How, if
> you
> could, would you be able to detect this type of thing and undo it? The
> best I could come up with was a Mindprobe and a lot of time with a
shrink.
>
> I'm in an evil mood and feel like screwing with the PC's so their new NPC
> team member is going to come with a few hidden extras. ;)

====-Boondocker

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