Termination implant

The termination implant was a device attached to the brain stem of Vorta operatives of the Dominion.

When the device was activated (voluntarily) by the owner, it caused near-instant, painful death. Its purpose was to prevent Vorta, and the strategic information they possessed, from falling into enemy hands.

• (though the Founders told the Vorta that death would be painless, this has proven not entirely true)

The implant was triggered by hand, with a gesture that applied pressure with the index finger behind the right earlobe and the thumb under the jaw.