Possessive Teleportation

Possessive Teleportation
ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROL
Power/Ability to:	transfer into and take control of another entity.

"Sentient programs. They can move in and out of any software still hardwired to the system. That means that anyone we haven't unplugged...is potentially an Agent. Inside the Matrix...they are everyone...and they are no one."

― Morpheus (The Matrix)

"ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROL."

― Harbinger (Mass Effect 2)

The ability to transfer one's consciousness into another entity's body and take control of it. Combination of Consciousness Transferal, Teleportation and Possession.

Also Called

• Possessive Transferal

Capabilities

User can remotely transfer their consciousness into others' body (usually servants or people they are attuned with), overriding their mind and possibly empowering/reshaping their body it as they see fit, often in their own image. They may do it partially to assume direct control of their troops on the battlefield, or personally communicate through them regarding important matters. They may also do it entirely, to instantly reach a faraway destination while retaining their full power, or shrug off lethal damage and even death via instant reincarnation.

Applications

• Consciousness Transferal
• Possession
• Possessive Enhancement
  • Power Augmentation
• Shapeshifting
• Teleportation

Associations

• Consciousness Transferal
• Meta-Possession
• Possessive Body
• Self-Resurrection

Limitations

• Usually limited to a specific type of entities.
• Users of Indomitable Will/Psychic Shield (highly resistant) and Psychic Immunity (impervious).
• Cannot possess users of Possession Immunity or Control Immunity.

Known Users

• Sovereign (The Darkness)
• Deadman (DC Comics)
• Tak (Desperation)
• Archdemon (Dragon Age: Origins)
• Nathaniel Essex/Mister Sinister (Marvel); via Hive Mind of Sinister Species
• Reapers (Mass Effect series)
  • Sovereign (Mass Effect)
  • Harbinger (Mass Effect 2)
• Agents (The Matrix series)
• Organians (Star Trek)
• Lord Vitiate (Star Wars)

Gallery

Agents (The Matrix) can instantly upload themselves into any human still plugged into the Matrix even after apparent death, making them very hard to escape and virtually immortal.

The Archdemon (Dragon Age: Origins) can transfer itself and be reborn into any of the myriad Darkspawn that serve it, waging never-ending war against all untainted species.

Harbinger (Mass Effect 2) can transfer itself into any Collector it commands in order to take a personal hand in battles against powerful enemies.