The ability to possess or inhabit electronics and machinery. Combination of Technology Manipulation and Possession. Variation of Technological Assimilation.
Also Called
- Cybernetic Possession
- Cyber-Spatial Existence
- Machine Overshadowing
- Mind Uploading
Capabilities
User can transcend the physical form and exist within technology (such as computers and robots). If one should possess this ability, they may be able to switch robotic avatars at will or be immortal so long as there is a technological host to control.
Applications
- Immortal existence within a cybernetic host body.
- Possess a multitude of machinery.
- Gain all abilities that a computer would have.
- Utilize technology to influence the outside world.
- Change mechanical avatars.
Techniques
- Cybernetic Corruption: The user can infect various mechanizations.
- Technology Manipulation: The user can control a host machine's functions to the fullest extent.
- Techno-Organic Corrosion: The user can reach out through nanotech and infect, convert or possess biotic/non-biotic lifeforms.
- Object Manipulation: The user can manipulate objects associated with technology under their domain.
- Possession: The user can possess any and all machinery of their choosing.
Associations
- Attachment
- Bionic Physiology
- Cyber Mind
- Data Manipulation
- Electronic Communication
- May gain Transcendent Machine Physiology.
Limitations
- Can’t control purely mechanical objects which possess no electronic or ferrous components.
- Left powerless away from modern society.
- Maybe the user can only transfer his/her mind leaving his/her body behind.
Known Users
Anime/Manga
- Organoids (Zoids)
- Rotom (Pokemon)
- Tieria Erde (Mobile Suit Gundam 00)
- Regene Regetta (Mobile Suit Gundam 00)
- Acidalia (Aldnoah.Zero)
- Motoko Kusanagi (Ghost in the Shell)
Comics
- Brainiac (DC Comics)
- Ultron (Marvel Comics)
- Madison Jeffries/Box (Marvel Comics)
- Arkea (Marvel Comics)
- Utroms (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
Cartoons
- Galvanic Mechamorphs (Ben 10 Series)
- Upgrade
- Malware
- Ship
- Nosedeenians (Ben 10/Ben 10: Omniverse)
- Buzzshock
- Alpha (Ben 10/Generator Rex: Heroes United)
- Bootleg (Ben 10: Reboot)
- Viral (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003 TV series)
- Virus (Winx Club)
- XANA (Code Lyoko)
- Experiment 223 "Glitch" (Lilo & Stitch)
- Bender (Futurama); as a Robot Ghost
- .GIFfany (Gravity Falls)
- Virus (The Amazing World of Gumball)
- Hexxus (Ferngully: The Last Rainforest)
Television
- Danny Doyle (Twisted Tales)
Video Games
- Emperor Calus (Destiny)
- Rotom (Pokemon)
Known Objects
- Data Disk (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power); limited to First Ones Tech
Gallery
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Acidalia (Aldnoah.Zero) can possess other machines via Soldier Javelin.
Galvanic Mechamorphs (Ben 10)
Upgrade (Ben 10) merges with a bulldozer.
Malware (Ben 10 Series)
Bootleg (Ben 10: Reboot)
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Brainiac (DC Comics)
Emperor Calus (Destiny) somehow managed to level his mortal form and transfer his consciousness to robotic bodies.
Experiment 223 "Glitch" (Lilo & Stitch)
Rotom (Pokemon) is able to inhabit and take on the form of various electrical appliances, including a washing machine.
Utroms (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
Kraang (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 TV series), can possess mechanical objects with physical contact and concentration
Viral (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003 TV series)