Hiss Charged — control

For the Collectible of the same name, see Hiss Charged (Collectible).

Hiss Charged Agents are a type of Hiss-corrupted personnel and are one of the enemy types in Control. They are first encountered in the Maintenance Sector during Directorial Override after meeting with Simon Arish at the NSC, and frequently show up during Hiss encounters thereafter.

Overview

The Hiss Charged are Bureau personnel who have been corrupted by the Hiss and undergone physical deformation, appearing bald, emaciated, and with heavily elongated limbs, wearing ragged remains of their former attire. They move by hovering in a manner where they seem to be pulled from the torso, with the rest of their body trailing behind and/or below them.

Combat

Hiss Charged will scream when they first enter an encounter but remain relatively silent afterwards, so it's important to check your surroundings and make note of where they are when you hear the scream. They exhibit no signs of self preservation or defensive capabilities, making them easily susceptible to Launch attacks and any Service Weapon form. Their linear progression towards Jesse often bundles them together, resulting in their death explosion creating a chain reaction among the others.

Research summary

Main article: Hiss Charged (Collectible)

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The Hiss Charged Agents are examples of extreme physical deformation resulting from Hiss corruption.

Hiss Charged display an unthinking fixation on any non-corrupted individuals in the area. Once within a specific proximity, they erupt into a burst of focused Hiss resonance, so dense that it acts as a physical force. The Hiss Charged is depleted of the Hiss corruption after this eruption. The host is left lifeless.

This behavior may be an adaptive response to the HRAs. The Hiss Charged are designed to blow the devices off potential hosts, exposing them to the resonance. Is the Hiss capable of customizing a corrupted host's altered ability to this degree? Why is the physiology of the Hiss Charged so dramatically different from the host's original form? Lots of questions, no answers.

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— Excerpt from Hiss Research by Emily Pope