By drinking this essence, you will become a member of the Strategic Homeland Division, a special unit normally activated by executive order from the President in case all other forms of public protection have failed. The essence will bind your loyalty to the legitimate government of the United States of America, and you will gain a devotion to the spirit of the ideals stipulated in the Declaration of Independence, and those rights enumerated by the constitution and bill of rights. These will be necessary as, should you be activated, you will be responsible for ensuring the continuity of government of the United States of America. Should there be no government, having dissolved or having not existed in the world you end up in, you will be tasked with restoring or establishing a new government along those lines. In instances where executive order 51 does not exist, activation can still occur anyway should the right conditions be met. Also, you get retroactive citizenship.
*You will gain incredible resistance to all forms of mental trauma or manipulation, even up to and including magical, arcane, anomalous or otherwise esoteric means.
*You will gain confidence, and a boost to your judgement and decision making abilities. While you do not gain a boost as to making the correct choice, the choices you to make will be decisive and well reasoned even under stress or time limitations.
*You will gain the ability to quickly adapt to changing situations, as well as gain an astonishing aptitude for improvisation, problem solving, and lateral thinking.
*You will have extensive knowledge of computer programming, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, geology, biology, physics, chemistry, medicine, mathematics, psychology, and systems engineering. These will not atrophy over time,
*You will also gain a comprehensive knowledge of the history of the USA.
*Your physical attributes are now enhanced, putting you at near peak human strength, stamina, speed, flexibility, reaction speed, and senses. These will never degrade no matter how long you play couch potato.
*You will also gain an astonishing sense of spatial awareness extending out as far as your senses can track.
*You will gain an innate immunity to diseases up to and including magical, arcane, anomalous, or otherwise esoteric diseases. You will also gain an extreme resistance to poisons of all kinds, though while even the most powerful won't kill you, they can make you feel like crap for an extended period of time.
*Your Fight/Flight response is adjusted to become more decisive. You will never freeze up, and while you will be able to respond rationally, what responses you do will be enhanced by your fight/flight instincts.
*You will gain a smartwatch which contains an atomic clock, a compass, radio, sensors, computer uplink, radio relay, satellite relay, and advanced computing hardware. Should it be lost or destroyed, it will reappear on your wrist. You can pass it to other people should it be necessary, though should it be stolen or obtained illegally or in bad faith, it will explode violently the moment it is used.
*You also gain contact lenses which you can summon at will with an endless supply of new ones should your old ones be lost or damaged or just not on your person.. The contact lenses act as an additional scanner on top of the watch's own scanning tech. They also contain augmented reality technology which provides a heads up display, high definition video playback, and other plot relevant features. While you can wear glasses over them, they are vision correcting so glasses would be an aesthetic choice. You can also pass them to other people and they will even provide limited functionality. Like the watch though, should it be stolen or obtained illegally or in bad faith, it will explode violently the moment it is used.
*You will also be able to summon and dismiss the Division's full array of weapons, and other hardware such as radios, relays, headsets, computers, body armor, medical supplies, and copies of the ISAC artificial intelligence program.
*When activated, everyone around you will recognize you as a lawful representative of the government of the United States of America even in cases where the USA doesn't actually exist. Don't think about it too hard.
*Should your efforts be insufficient, you can summon additional instances of this essence at a rate of one a day to give to other trustworthy persons.