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{{ImperiumPortal}}A '''mindlock ''' is a technique used by [[psyker|sanctioned psykersSanctioned Psykers]] of the [[Imperium]]. Per orders of the commanding officials, a mindlock can be place upon a person to secure important secrets that person knows. A mindlock is similar to encrypting data, and can be unlocked later by those who had mindlock him or her in the first place.

To date== Overview ==Per orders of the commanding officials, a mindlock can be placed upon a person to secure important secrets that person knows. A mindlock is similar to encrypting data, there has been only one known individual and can be unlocked later by those who has been had mindlocked, [[Noches Sturm]]¹, former [[Lord General]] and ex-commanding officer [[Royal Volpone]] [[Imperial Guard]] regiments (aka the "Blue Bloods"). While under the effects of him or her in the mindlock, Sturm possessed no former knowledge of his old life, nor his personalityfirst place.

Mindlocks can be broken given time To date, there has been only one known individual who has been mindlocked, [[Noches Sturm]]{{Fn|1}}, former [[Lord General]] and ex-commanding officer of the [[psykerRoyal Volpone]] intervention[[Imperial Guard Regiment]]s (aka the "Blue Bloods"). While under the effects of the mindlock, Sturm possessed no former knowledge of his old life, howevernor his personality.¹

Mindlocks can be broken given time and [[psyker]] intervention, however.{{Fn|1}} The [[Imperium]] may not be the only race who makes use of the [[psyker]] techniques of mindlocking, or at least combining aspects of it. The [[Eldar]] made use of a form of mind control over a prominent [[Inquisitor]]. The purpose of this was to secure the '''[[Corona Nox''']], a powerful artifact entrusted to traitor [[Space Traitor Marine]] [[Zso Sahaal]] almost 10,000 years before current eventsthe Eldar's intervention.^{{Fn|2}}

The term "mindlock" is also used to refer to the tendency of [[servitor]]s' brains to freeze up in combat situations without active direction from a [[techpriest]] or [[techmarine]].^{{Fn|3 ==Trivia==Mindlocks seem to be a psychic based reference to cryptology, a means of communicating orders that was extensively used during World War II. Cryptology is still used today for electric data encryption in almost all fields, and is the basis of much of today's electronic security. }}

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