I mean maybe just make clone can be craft by machine and can be built by player and robots, and when player click the "Takeover" keybind while selecting a clone with same forces and without a owner, you can own such character.

and maybe a setting to control if you can own a clone using remote view or you have to go there own them in person.

Adding onto the idea of a dedicated clone takeover keybind/button (we already can click on a clone to see/access their inventory, so having a button there instead of just a keybind would be nice), a clone manager window would be nice to see how many clones you have active and where they each are (possibly with a map preview a la pinned space platforms).