The Force is a mystical energy field that binds all life - from an ant to the universe and all galaxies - together. It's always there, wether you can sense it or not. And the way you sense it, and the measure of how well you can use it, depends on the number of midi-chlorians in the body that the Force can use to communicate with an individual. According to Qui-Gon Jinn, "Without the midi-chlorians, life would not exist."

I think that each world works differently, down to the smallest level. Certain powers just wouldn't translate. If you need to draw energy from some source for your powers, that would be a problem. (ex. The people on Lore from various Artix Entertainment games live on a planet with a core made out of mana, which gives them their magic.) But since The Force comes from the midi-chlorians in your bloodstream, it all depends on whether the DORKS simply overwrites your appearance, or your body, down to the smallest level. In a continum, I believe that a Force-user would not be able to sense anything, simply because there are no midi-chlorians present within the organisms in that continum. Of course, I do not know whether The Force allows you to sense life, or midi-chlorians. So someone from the Lands of Rising Evil would be without magic, but I do believe that someone who is Force-Sensitive would be the same, but externally, the powers would work differently.

It's never mentioned in the Original Series nor in other stories I've read that there's an Animorphs-style "instinct transfer," but I'm the newest person here.

According to the wiki, obviously, the DORKS changes the actual body rather than projecting an image, but you already mentioned that point.

My personal preference is for Force abilities to not be allowed outside of Star Wars stories. Imagine if you had Mass Effect biotics running around a Redwall fic; it would be ridiculous, overpowered, and completely non-canon, all of which (other than some ridiculousness) the PPC is against.

Logic would also state that if you can give midichlorians to any form to maintain being a Jedi/Sith, then there's nothing stopping other Agents from giving themselves similar powers for no reason; that would be getting into Mary Sue territory.

Besides, lacking the Force provides an interesting challenge to the Agents in question, and they'd still be expert melee weapon users due to lightsaber training.

The operation of the disguise generator is very much in the 'unless you hadn't noticed' vein. Selene, for instance, is always a vampire, whatever her disguise. Dafydd always has exceptionally good vision (due to being an elf). But a Pokemon agent doesn't keep their powers when disguised as a human.

If you want an answer, I'd say it depends on how skilled the person setting the disguise is. The default disguises overwrite you completely, down to DNA and microbiome level, so you lose the Force, the ability to regenerate, immunities, even any diseases you might have. When you take the disguise off, it reverts you to the exact state you were in.

But most agents don't like being completely not themselves. It probably has a big, Animorphs-flavoured downside: either it recreates your brain and leaves you half-thinking like your disguise, or it doesn't and you end up with instincts that don't match your body. So they practice, and fiddle with the advanced settings, and customise their disguise settings.

Some agents simply change their appearance, keeping their bodies the same - Selene and Dafydd probably do this. Some will change specific parts of themselves, keeping some attributes as normal and losing/gaining others. It depends on the agent.

Other disguise-related thoughts:

-It's clear that the generator stores your old bodyplan in a format that maps 1:1 to your new one. When something changes - an arrow gets stuck in you, for instance - that change is carried over when you change back. When something changes to the point that it would be incompatible with life - such as your entire DNA structure changing in a regeneration - it becomes impossible for you to change back.

-I imagine the mapping goes the other way, too: if you're missing a hand and put on a disguise, the disguise will also lack that hand. You don't have the nerves and muscles to move it any more. But Dafydd doesn't intend to put on a disguise ever again, so this is just my thought, not canon.

-I bet people use disguises for way more than just missions. ^~ In a <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/14UrOpK7pBImoK0cdvBkBrVK9KVJRj6Og2THWBjmYhQ/pub">canon-friendly AU fic, I coined the terms 'wrought' and 'mardy', meaning 'attracted to a specific person whether they’re currently your preferred sex or not' and 'someone who’s attracted to their partner, but only when they’re both in disguise' respectively. Given that disguise generators let you change sex on a whim... yeah, there's a reason they're not supposed to work in HQ, no-one would get anything done.

-Come to think of it, there are probably some agents running around in mild disguise all the time. You know how some people are severely uncomfortable with their bodies? This is a technology that can just change that. And let's not even start on the possibilities for advanced mental tweaking...

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