MNEMONIC TRANSFER POD

These highly specialized nanites allow the subject’s memories, ideologies, and behavior (“identity”) to be transferred to another host.  This technology was originally developed to transfer one’s consciousness or soul to a clone, but it has also been used in a more nefarious way.  Complete mnemonic transfer can allow two subjects to trade identities, essentially trading bodies, or it can be used to allow more than one identity to occupy the same body.

During mnemonic transfer, the subject or subjects are typically restrained due to seizure-like muscle spasms induced by the mnemonic transfer.  Nanites are injected directly into the brain, usually through the eye socket in humans and mammals, but can vary by species.  The nanites spread throughout the brain and begin recording the chemical and electrical markers which make up a subject’s identity.

Performing a mnemonic transfer requires a medical professional with Medicine and Life Science skills equal to the procedure being performed and a medical lab.

Any who is unwilling to undergo mnemonic transfer is entitled to a INT save (DC 25), to fight off the nanites and prevent the mnemonic transfer.  It cannot be attempted again for 24 hours due to the elevated chemical levels and electrical activity which prevent the nanites from properly recording the subject’s identity.

If the mnemonic transfer is interrupted the subject or subjects become insane (permanent confusion condition).  The insanity can be repaired by restarting the mnemonic transfer and allowing it to complete, or using it  to reverse the partial identity transfer which has already occurred.  A tier 3 healing chamber will remove insanity and restore a subject original identity.

CLONE

When a subject’s identity is transferred to a clone, the nanites in the subjects old body perform the mnemonic transfer by recording their identity and transmitting the recordings directly to a colony of paired nanites in the clone’s mind.  The transmissions are transmitted over an encrypted frequency. It takes 1 hour per character level of the subject to transfer an identity to a clone.   When the process completes the original subject’s body dies.

Unlike other forms of mnemonic transfer, if a mnemonic transfer is interrupted while the subject’s identity is being transferred to a clone the subject does not go insane.  The subject retains all their memories and the clone never activates. The mnemonic transfer does not include the price of the clone.

TRADE

Mnemonic transfer between two subjects and exchanging identities is more complicated than transferring an identity to a clone. Due to the complexity of identities and brain mapping, the subjects must belong to the same species or race.  During mnemonic transfer, nanites in both subjects simultaneously record their subject’s identity, transfer their identity to the other subject and substitutes the new identity over the existing identity erasing it in the process.  It takes 1 hour per character level of both subject’s combined to complete an identity trade.

COEXISTENCE

Only the most deranged or desperate individuals would use mnemonic transfer to coexist identities with another subject.  The process for coexistence is identical to trading identities except the nanites “make room” in the second subjects mind to receive the first subject’s identity.  An unwilling subject is still entitled to a saving throw and interrupting the mnemonic transfer still has potentially fatal results.

When two identities share the same host body the identity with the largest ego runs the show.  The ego of each identity is determined by adding together each identities character level plus INT, WIS, and CHA modifiers (ego = character level + INT modifier + Wisdom modifier + Charisma modifier).  The identity with the higher ego is known as the superior ego, while the identity of the lower ego is known as the inferior ego.  The inferior ego may attempt to wrestle control of the host by making an opposed ego check.  (Ego check is a d20 + ego score vs opponent’s d20 + ego score).  In some rare cases the superior ego allows the inferior ego to run day to day operations of the host, but may also force an opposed ego check to take control of a situation.  The host only has access to the class ability’s available to the identity with the controlling ego.

REMOVE COEXISTANCE

Splitting coexistent identities is the most difficult processes faced by anyone performing a mnemonic transfer.  It is the only type of mnemonic transfer which requires a Medicine skill check by the medical professional performing the operation. 

Splitting the personalities requires a Medicine skill check (DC = superior ego’s character level + the inferior ego’s character level). if the check is successful, one of the identities can be moved to a clone, uploaded and converted to a computer AI, or erased. 

UPLOAD TO AI

The final use for mnemonic transfer is uploading a subject’s identity to a computer and converting it into an AI.  This is an irreversible process. Once an identity has been converted to an AI it is impossible to map the identity back to a biological format.  It takes 1 hour per character level of both subjects combined to complete an identity trade.  Any AI created though mnemonic transfer follows any existing rules already in play for a singularity.  Subject’s may continue to gain character levels through experience, but otherwise gain the construct (technology) type.  The AI can remain in a properly tiered computer, travel the Cortex, or be uploaded to a drone or robot.

A subject’s identity cannot be uploaded to a computer for storage without being converted to an AI.  The storage capacity required to store an identity in its biological format is simply too large.