Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6745473-20130311194200/@comment-34954086-20130312074711

Wow. You understood that Zod? I'll work back from your form to the original post.

There's two ways to view molecular phase shifting.
 * 1) All or nothing. He either phases through everything or nothing. The meaty body of jaime is indistinct from the Scarab and thus cannot be even touched without becoming solid to physical objects. Become physical and it's a case of densities. Two things can't occupy the same space, both would recieve significant damage although the less dense Impulse would end up worse for wear. This is akin to KF's nosebleeds when attempting the feat.
 * 2) Specific frequencies for different materials. Would require either a ridiculous level of knowledge about every kind and combination of molecules, or a way to instinctively know the correct frequency. This method allow to have the molecular phase for the Scarab Matter, but that frequency contradicting with that for human. If the phasing can be applied to other beings (without it also being applied to the Scarab...), it could remove the jaime from the Scarab.

But, it's all fairly moot, Beetle's can change the density of materials with a touch to stop the phasing capabilities.