NEW POWER
                        ADAPTATION Mental LC: 10
     Adaptation is the ability to alter one's own genetic code and
physical structure to gain abilities and properties observed in other
beings and structures.  For example, when encountering a race with
Acute Hearing, the adaptor would be able to alter his own structure to
gain acute hearing but only up to the level of the person he is using
as his example or the number of character points he has available to
spend, whichever is less.  For instance, with 2 levels of Adaptation,
the adaptor has 12 character points available.  But if he meets an
individual who has only 2 levels of acute hearing (4 character points
worth) and that person is his only example of acute hearing, then 2
levels is all he can give himself even though he has more character
points available.

     Adaptation can be used to gain racial advantages, super
advantages, super powers, psionic powers, and Magical Aptitude (but not
skills unless the skill is part of a racial advantage).

     Some powers may require a physical manifestation in order to be
used.  For example, an adaptor can observe a bird and give himself the
power of flight, but his arms would transform into wings when he gave
himself the power.

     Each level of power gives the adaptor 6 character points to put
into abilities.  The skill level determines the number of abilities the
adaptor can have "on file."  For example, with 10 levels of power and a
15 skill, the adaptor has a total of 60 character points available and
can have a "catalog" of 15 abilities.  He encounters an An Phar (see
GURPS Aliens) and realizes it has acute hearing (+2 Acute Hearing as a
racial advantage and another +1 as a personal advantage).  He puts the
acute hearing into his "files."  Then he encounters the super hero,
Flamin' Jane (see GURPS Supers).  He sees her ability to neutralize
fire and adds it to his "files."  He can add the power and the
Increased Area enhancement to his files, as these are part of her
genetic code, but he would have to learn the skill on his own.  He now
has used 2 of his "file slots" and can still add 13 more slots (until
he increases his skill level).  It will require 28 character points to
use the neutralize fire power and 6 character points to use the acute
hearing so he can manifest both of them at the same time.  The reason a
member of the An Phar race has acute hearing is because of the shape of
it's ears, so the adaptor's ears would alter to the shape of an An
Phar's ears when he manifested the acute hearing.

     All that is neccesary to put an ability on file is to observe it.
It is possible to file an ability that is worth more character points
than the adaptor currently has available.  Example: the adaptor files
the Insubstantiality advantage.  He cannot use it until he has enough
power levels in Adaptation to have the 80 required character points
available.  Example: the adaptor sees someone who has 20 levels of
Teleportation.  The adaptor has only 10 levels of power which gives him
60 available character points.  He can only use 12 levels of
Teleportation for now, until he increases his power level in
Adaptation.  Also, he must learn the required teleportation skills by
the normal means.

     It is possible to "rewrite a file."  If all the adaptor's files
are filled, he could "erase" an ability he filed and replace it with a
new ability.  But the ability he erased could not be regained unless he
observes someone who has it again and he is still restricted to their
level in the ability or his own available character points, whichever
is less.

POSSIBLE LIMITATION: Must assume the form of the being the ability was
observed in to use the ability (-20%)  This is more than the
restriction listed above.  With this limitation, he would not only have
to take the shape of the An Phar's ears to gain it's acute hearing, he
would have to take the entire appearance of the An Phar.  Also, he
would have to take the appearance of Flamin' Jane to give himself her
Neutralize Fire ability.  Obviously, he could not use the acute hearing
and the Neutralize Fire abilities at the same time as they require two
different shapes.  In order to assume the An Phar or Flamin' Jane form,
the adaptor has to buy the Morph advantage or some similar ability.
This disadvantage does not automatically confer shapeshifting ability.
The Adaptation power itself does allow partial changes in shape, such
as manifesting bird-like wings to use flight observed from a bird or An
Phar-like ears to gain acute hearing.  But Adaptation does not allow
shapeshifting on the level that this disadvantage requires.

POSSIBLE ENHANCEMENT: Number of "files" not limited by skill level
(+100%).  With this enhancement, the adaptor has a potentially
unlimited catalog of files.  A skill roll is only required to
successfully "learn" an ability when the adaptor witnesses it.  After
that, a skill roll is required each time the adaptor activates the
ability.  The number of character points active at one time are still
limited by power level.