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== 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, and can be unlocked later by those who had mindlocked him or her in the first place.{{CME}}
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 [[Royal Volpone]] [[Imperial Guard Regiment]]s (aka the "Blue Bloods"). While under the effects of the mindlock, Sturm possessed no former knowledge of his old life, nor his personality.
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 Marine]] [[Zso Sahaal]] almost 10,000 years before the Eldar's intervention.{{Fn|2}}
==Other Usageusage==
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}}
==See also==
*[[Imperial_bionics#Volitor_Implant|Volitor Implant (Imperial bionic implant)]]
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