Consciousness Transferal

Consciousness Transferal
As a humanoid Cylon, Caprica Six/Number Six (Battlestar Galactica) has her mind transferred into a new body upon death
Power/Ability to:	Transfer one's mind into a new body after death

The power to transfer one's consciousness into another body. Sub-power of Telepathy. Not to be confused with Mind Exchange.

Also Called

• Consciousness Projection
• Mind Transferal

Capabilities

The user can transfer their mind and memories into a new body while retaining all of their powers and skills, which grants them a variation Immortality. Depending on the user, they may have lifeless, empty bodies for their minds to possess, possessing a comatose/brain-dead person or just possessing someone else.

Applications

• Immortal Cloning if possessing a clone body of the user.
• Possession

Variations

• Chronoskimming - Transfer the consciousness through the Space-Time.

Associations

• Mind Exchange
• Possessive Teleportation
• Telepathy

Limitations

• May be either irreversible or only temporal.
• Indomitable Will and Psychic Shield can prevent the user from possessing them.
• May have a limited range of transfer.
• Divided Mind may complicate things.
• Original body may be destroyed upon transfer.

Known Users

• Arnim Zola (Marvel)
• Ultron (Marvel)
• Humanoid Cylons (Battlestar Galactica)
• Puck (Captain Earth)
• Charles Xavier (Marvel)
• Neosaurus (Marvel)
• Rei Ayanami (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
• Nathaniel Essex/Mister Sinister (Marvel); via Hive Mind of Sinister Species
• Darth Sidious (Star Wars)
• Lord Vitiate (Star Wars)
• Yamanaka Clan (Naruto)
  • Ino Yamanaka (Naruto)
  • Inoichi Yamanaka (Naruto)
  • Fū Yamanaka (Naruto)
• Kaguya Otsutsuki (Naruto)
• Orochimaru (Naruto)
• Rao Vantika (Star trek)
• Vulcans (Star trek)
  • Spock (Star trek)
• Prue Halliwell (Charmed); season 9
• Some telepaths (Dungeons & Dragons)
• Carmilla (Vampire Hunter D)
• Otto Octavius/Doctor Octopus (Marvel) became "Peter Parker"/Superior Spider-Man
• Alistaire Smythe/Spider Slayer (Marvel)
• Alex Wesker (Resident Evil: Revelation 2) as Nadia Korda (Bad Ending)
• Travelers (The Vampire Diaries)
  • Markos
  • Julian
  • Katherine Pierce
• Witches (The Vampire Diaries & The Originals)
  • Esther
  • Finn
  • Kol

Gallery

Charles Xavier (Marvel) survived his death by Jean Grey/Phoenix by transferring his consciousness into a brain-dead man.

Ino Yamanaka (Naruto) transfer her mind into Sakura body.

Ultron (Marvel) can transfer his consciousness to another body should his previous one be destroyed.