Transmode Virus
The process or method by which a member of the Technarch or Phalanx can "assimilate" other life-forms into the collective. The victim is turned into a techno-organic entity itself. Originally, the virus was used not to assimilate, but to allow a Technarch unit to transform life-forms into constructs that were then drained of energy to feed itself. Due to their battle with Magus and the nature of their powers, Rogue and Colossus were immune to the Transmode Virus. In addition, the Earth-based collective of the Phalanx were unable to assimilate mutants into their number, unless the mutant put up no resistance. However, the purer space-faring Phalanx had no trouble assimilating even Rogue.
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