R-2653

 Relic #:  R-2653

 Safety Class:  Γ

 Usage class:  Tool(?)

 Physical Description : R-2635 is a dark metallic open faced helmet with a black padded interior. There are no visible controls, save for a vertical slider on the right hand side. When the slider is in the downmost position, a black visor covers the eyes of the user. Inscribed on the nape of the neck is "IV". Technical documentation obtained with R-2653 indicates that at one time 4 instances of R-2653 existed. However all but this one are believed to have been destroyed before R-2563 came into the Hunter's possession.

 Anomalous Properties:  Note that the majority of the information provided below comes from the technical documentation provided with R-2653. Due to ethical concerns, only enough testing was done to verify that the documentation is a reliable source.

R-2563 allows it's user to access the mind of any sentient creature within 3m of it as if it were a physical space. Once inside a number of functions can be done. The most notable of come under the heading of memory manipulation. This includes the access, changing, deletion, and insertion of memories. Memories implanted using R-2563 may or may not be accessible to the subject.

If R-2563 is used on a sapient being, the operator may encounter a manifestation of the subject's conscious mind. If this manifestation is physically subdued, a skilled operator may be able to take control of the subject so long as they remain within R-2563's effective range. No such force is needed to control a sentient but non-sapient being.

An operator of R-2563 can take any item that they can physically carry into the mind of a subject. When this is done the object loses its physical form and becomes a mental construct in the subject's mind, having analogous  to it's physical counterpart. It is unknown if this process can be reversed.

 Special Safety Notes : The medical condition of both the subject and the operator must be closely monitored at all times when using R-2563. Death of either the operator's avatar or of the subject will leave the operator in a permanent vegetative state. The result of an operator's death while in the mind of another is unknown.

Due to severe safety and ethical concerns, use of R-2563 is strictly forbidden. R-2563 is to be stored in the Guild Master's personal vault.

 History:  At the request of the donor, all mentions of their identity have been scrubbed from the record.

R-2563 was developed and used by the secret police of the former government of [REDACTED]. Follow their successful coup d'état the current government of [REDACTED] gave R-2653 to The Priory with the following note.

"We, the people of [REDACTED], give you this gift to learn what you can from it. The other three were destroyed, lest we become the monsters we sought to overthrow."