Fingernail File

Fingernail File (minor) by Stone Gargoyle

The character can absorb computer information by touching the equipment it is stored on, whether it be a computer or disc,and imprint it onto her fingernails. Each fingernail can hold one megabyte of information for the character's ME number of hours, plus one hour per level. The character can transfer the information to a new computer or disc at any time prior to the duration of the power. The character can view and control the information being transferred.

Range: Touch (nail must be in contact with the source of the data).

Duration: ME number of hours, plus one hour per level, or until the fingernail is broken.

Attacks: Uses 2 melee attacks/actions to move the data, whether absorbing the data or transferring it to a new computer or disc.

Capacity: At shortest length, each fingernail (or toenail) will hold no more than one megabyte of information, so there would be a maximum capacity of 10 MB for a standard human. Growing the nail over an inch long would increase storage of a given nail by 1 MB for each inch grown.

Limitations: If striking with the bare hands or feet during combat, there is a 10% chance of breaking a nail one inch long, plus 5% for each additional inch of length, and losing data each time a strike is made with a limb on which data has been transferred. Nail polish will interfere with the data,erasing it, so nails cannot be coated.