Shift

Shifts  were a type of conceptual entity first developed by the Celestis shortly after the creation of Mictlan. They eventually passed the technology to various groups in the outside universe, notably including the Enemy. (PROSE: Alien Bodies)

To create a Shift, a sentient lifeform had to be placed in a stable state of flux until it existed only as a series of memetic connections, preserving the meaning of the being without any of its mass. As a result, the resultant Shift could only exist as a series of disembodied ideas, but it could implant itself into any object that could carry information, like a recorded message or a piece of written text. As a result, many factions attempted to use Shifts as a form of sentient propaganda. (PROSE: The Book of the War)

The Enemy turned a Gabrielidean soldier into a Shift and sent it to Qixotl's action of the Relic. (PROSE: Alien Bodies)

An agent sent by a Wartime power to monitor Earth's history was wiped from history by Lolita and turned into a Shift. It tried and failed to manipulate Dave Lawson into preventing Matt Lawson from becoming President of the United States. (PROSE: Head of State)