A Tinker specializing in the manipulation of shards, this power allows for personal Shard editing and Data gain from nearby Shards.
Data gathering takes active combat with a Shard bearer to copy data, this will allow your shard to gain these powers or off shoots. You can cannibalize different data to strengthen or weaken different powers, making changes with the Raw Data and Energy. You gain both a passive Raw Data acclimation, which accelerates depending on how much data you have in your shard. (You can edit more and more, much larger changes and ability addition, faster depending on how much data you have copied from other shards) and a passive Energy gain which will increase your shards life span if left unused. This shard can be overtaxed until it breaks in terms of raw energy, though you will be warned beforehand. (Will be negated with Negentropy) If giving direct access to unused shards (I.E. The Garden of Eden) you will be able to freely manipulate these shards with a touch, and with significant energy use you can discover how to make shards and make powers from/for them. (This analysis will take direct contact for 72 hours, unboosted) The creation of new shards and powers will cost incredible amounts of Raw Data and Energy, enough that each use will cause a serious risk of immediate shard death. (Drawback will be negated with Negentropy.) The Raw Data needed is about a year of moderate generation (20 fully copied shards worth of generations for a full year with no additional use) for Shard creation but Raw Data needed for power is variable.