RECOIL (Reward Conditioning Imprint Loop)

Inspired by the control system of the Mindy M2, Reward Conditioning Imprint Loop or RECOIL is a decidedly Lorath means of psychoactive re-enforcement for specially assigned consequences (typically when enemy kills are scored) through two methods.

RECOIL specifically, while a Consortium effort, was discovered by the Matriarchy in the form of documentation after Aiesu Kalopsia abandoned Lor with Miles Gunn to avoid possible incursion, following bomb attack of the fugitive professor's dormitory, triggered by the activation of her computer.

Also included are a number of other technologies developed alongside RECOIL.

The adjustment of the user's neurotransmitter levels, by gradually and contextually inhibiting seratonin, norephinephrine and dopamine re-uptake, meaning these neurotransmitters linger longer in the brain. This is how the system keeps the user interested long-term or encourages acceptance of the system at work.

The system works via a kind of programmable cyberdrug, injected into the user, only stimulating the attached receptors when special electrical conditions are met, provided typically by a device.

Contextually selected effects include…

• Euphoria: a sense of general well being and happiness
• Entactogenic effects: increased empathy or feeling of closeness with others
• Increased sociability and feelings of communication being easy or simple
• Enhanced sensation, perception
• An irrational desire to please others, typically the commanding officer or captain
• A need to act

Physical symptoms include…

• Fast heart-rate
• Sweating
• Enlarged pupils
• Bruxism (grinding teeth)
• Unintentional vocal expressions of pleasure

Rather than making adjustments in chemestry and the behavior of neural circuits, neural networks are subject to indirect excitation using the MICAS neural system. This is usually the main “burst” of pleasure the system issues.

• Sensory: Feelings of tingling, swaying, swimming
• Motor: eye movements, vocal arrest, automatisms, laughter, crying without sadness
• Autonomic: Blushing, pupil dialation, sialorrhea (drooling), tachycardia, sweating
• Emotional: Anxiety, mirth, sensations of unreality, hypomania
• Cognitive: The desire to please others (“fetch-quest”), pleasure seeking behaviour,
• Social: Serious loss of inhibition