Information Analysis

The Terminator can utilize his search mode (Otherwise known as the Termovision) to scan a situation's possible results along with an opponent's attributes.

Background

Information Analysis, or Scanning is the ability to obtain information about a character or object by analyzing them. A baseline analysis can only assign basic data on the target, such as its height, weight, and other body proportions. Some other ones can analyze one's strength level, speed, durability, or intelligence, while more powerful analyzes can provide detailed information about the target's abilities and even personal history. This can even extend to one detecting weaknesses and resistances from an enemy. This ability often overlaps with Power Mimicry, allowing one character to copy another after analyzing it.

Applications

• Machine Based Information Analysis: This is information analysis through the use of machine or technology, these are more limited in what they detect in most fictions as they're made for detecting energy signatures and going based off file histories to find out information about a person. This can also at times mix together with Radar Sensing.

• Magic Based Information Analysis: This is information analysis done through magical abilities, a popular example is the "Scan" ability from the Kingdom Hearts which allows Sora to Lock-On to an opponent and find out how much health they have. Magic based information analysis is normally more informative as it's not limited to the amount of data within a given system but rather is only limited to what the magic shows.

• Intelligence Based Information Analysis: This is information analysis done through one's intelligence. Essentially the character is so intelligent that just from seeing a person, they're able to learn much about them. This varies depending on how intelligent the user is.

• Natural Information Analysis: Similar to magic based information analysis, natural information analysis is a character being able to naturally analyze anything. Characters like these vary depending on how their natural analysis works, though it isn't magical or ever noted to be.