FxChiP
01-04-2006, 06:48 PM
Now, bear in mind that though I've practiced for a while, I'm still rather new to doing psionics. Also, this is based on what I've heard from the website and what the Id has explained to me.
A Switcher could be like another kind of partial. Partials are known to have a base, a bootstrap of their mental faculties. As in, as the Id explained to me, "the operating system is there, but the programs haven't been made yet."
Digressing a little bit (you'll see where I'm going in a second), a computer's network card (NIC) has a hardcoded unique ID called a MAC address (which in theory is completely different than every other NIC in the world). "Ordinary" psions are the same way; each has a distinct signature, ingrained, and it is pretty difficult to change it, much like it is to actually change the MAC address of the NIC card. (Though there are ways to do it, and I'm assuming that works both ways).
So even an ordinary partial would have this signature hardwired into their minds, since they have the base they need, they just need to expand upon it.
But an unordinary partial (i.e. Switcher) would still have the base they need, except for the hardwired signature. This actually works out well, because anything that isn't hardwired into the mind can be created and changed easily. The signature would be regenerated and regenerated and regenerated unconsciously each time the Switcher wanted to get on the astral plane or somesuch, because the signature is required for that "communication". When the Switcher gets a conscious hold of it, they can then use it to spoof other signatures they see on the astral plane, making it appear as if there are two of the same person. Or they can screw up their signature to be so out there, it can't even be detected. Or they can remove their signature entirely, and have nothing going out or coming in. "Switching off."
It's kind of hard to explain... if you want clarification or examples, reply, and I'll try to help.
A Switcher could be like another kind of partial. Partials are known to have a base, a bootstrap of their mental faculties. As in, as the Id explained to me, "the operating system is there, but the programs haven't been made yet."
Digressing a little bit (you'll see where I'm going in a second), a computer's network card (NIC) has a hardcoded unique ID called a MAC address (which in theory is completely different than every other NIC in the world). "Ordinary" psions are the same way; each has a distinct signature, ingrained, and it is pretty difficult to change it, much like it is to actually change the MAC address of the NIC card. (Though there are ways to do it, and I'm assuming that works both ways).
So even an ordinary partial would have this signature hardwired into their minds, since they have the base they need, they just need to expand upon it.
But an unordinary partial (i.e. Switcher) would still have the base they need, except for the hardwired signature. This actually works out well, because anything that isn't hardwired into the mind can be created and changed easily. The signature would be regenerated and regenerated and regenerated unconsciously each time the Switcher wanted to get on the astral plane or somesuch, because the signature is required for that "communication". When the Switcher gets a conscious hold of it, they can then use it to spoof other signatures they see on the astral plane, making it appear as if there are two of the same person. Or they can screw up their signature to be so out there, it can't even be detected. Or they can remove their signature entirely, and have nothing going out or coming in. "Switching off."
It's kind of hard to explain... if you want clarification or examples, reply, and I'll try to help.