What are the Powers of the MPD?

[Black Hand Smith]

Ok so for the longest time we have assumed that the Mysterious MPD is how we control the Aether and how we control the Zombies. However what if I told you there was another possibility we have never actually assumed possible but could be possible?

3 people have used the MPD in our storyline

The first was Samantha Maxis

 

 

The Original Richtoen

And Dr. maxis harnessed the powers indirectly but he did use it at one point

 

Now. What exactly does the MPD do? 

For Samantha it gave her control of the Undead. However for Richtofen it did not seem to have the same effect. Richtofen;s control was limited however he was able to revive people,as well as get in contact with more people than samantha ever did. Maxis on the other hand is never shown to actually control the Zombies. He only states that the entire world will be destroyed.

So here is my theory

The MPD is a Wish Granting Machine that Helps fulfill the Users deepest desire.

 

Take samantha for example. Due to her father's last wish of killing all of the group 935 scientists for what they have done, Samantha was given control of the Zombies in order to fulfill her wish of killing everyone involved.

Richtofen desired to control the entire world but not the undead. He wanted to be god of a civilization. Because of this he was not given control of the undead but rather the ability to control pawns in his fight against maxis. He could revive a group of people as many times as he needed in order to accomplish his goal. If he had control of the undead then he could easily have stopped the undead from attacking the people doing his dirty work

Maxis wanted nothing more than to save his daughter so for this the Entire world was destroyed and rebuilt so the origins 4 could find their way to each other and begin the quest to undo every terrible event that occurred.

So i think the MPD has no definite powers but rather the power takes the form of the user's deepest desire and enables the user to do what he wants to do. It won't magically do it by itself but rather it will give the user the means and tools he or she needs. Or course wishes aren't free and require you to sacrifice living things. The same way people used to sacrifice animals to have a good harvest or sacrificing people to keep a volcano from erupting 

Just a quick theory before I start work