Post by Loki on Feb 5, 2009 17:21:53 GMT -6
Machine Man
Aaron Stack
Fighting: Excellent
Agility: Excellent
Strength: Remarkable
Endurance: Unearthly
Reason: Remarkable
Intuition: Incredible
Psyche: Remarkable
Health 170
Karma 100
Resources Typical
Popularity 20
Powers
Anti-gravity Generators: hover or fly silently at Feeble speed.
Extendable Limbs: Machine Man can extend his arms and legs out a maximum of three areas and can engage in close combat and handle objects. He can step over structures up to three stories tall and climb surfaces at a speed of five areas/round. Extended at two areas his strength is only Excellent, at three areas it is only Good.
Environmental Independence: He does not need to sleep, eat, drink or breathe. he is invulnerable to poisons and other toxins and can survive in outer space or a vaccuum.
Heating/Cooling systems: He can radiate Remarkable rank heat or cold from his hands at 3 areas range.
Electricity: He can channel Incredible electricity through his system but must make an Endurance FEAT to avoid malfunction for 1-10 rounds.
Pistol hands: He has a pair of modified .357 Magnums in his index fingers which do Good damage at 1 area range.
Helicopter: He can put helicopter wings on his head to fly at Good speed.
Computer Interface: Machine Man can communicate with computers and machinery at Amazing rank.
Rocket Boosters: Ankle rockets give him flight at Excellent speed.
Limitation
Power Source Dependency: If kept in darkness for more than 40 hours he will loose 3 Endurance ranks each hour thereafter. If he's not exposed to light or energy before his Endurance drops to Feeble he will shut down. He will regain lost Endurance by 1 rank per round that he's absorbing solar energy.
Talents
Insurance
Contacts
Peter Spaulding (psychologist), "Gears" Garvin (mechanic). He has encountered a number of costumed heroes. S.H.I.E.L.D.
History
Machine Man has had the entire database of knowledge from Nimrod/Master Mold transfered to him. He reclaimed his own identity but it is unkown what remains.
Machine Man is the product of a top-secret U.S. military project which was funded to perfect a highly sophisticated mobile weapons system, capable of independent action and decision-making: a robot soldier that could think like a man.
A team composed of the most prestigious computer-engineering specialists in the nation designed, built, and began programming the 51 experimental robots under the direction of Dr. Oliver Broadhurst. Dr. Able Stack, a brilliant computer heuristics programming specialist, reasoned that a robot could only think like a man if he was treated like one. Ignoring the personal risk, Dr. Stack took one of the robots, X-51, into his own home, and instructed him as if he were Stack's own son. Stack believed that robot and man could live in harmony, and work together to realize a better world. Stack even went so far as to have an artificial face, made out of low-density foam to simulate flesh, and a realistic wig fabricated for X-51, alias Machine Man.
During Machine Man's "adolescence" with Dr. Stack, the other 50 robots were developing major personality defects, which were due to insufficient programming. The regions of their artificial brains devoted to memory and personality programming were intermingled, as in human brains, and they were developing self-awareness, original thought, emotions, and a conscience. Since they were forced to mature in a matter of weeks they developed unusual psychoses, mostly unlike anything found in humans. Ordinarily, the psychologists would welcome such new avenues of research, but these severe depressions, schizophrenia, delusions of grandeur, and emotional imbalances were being experienced by potentially dangerous robots. Eventually three-quarters of the robots experienced a nervous breakdown and the program was determined to be a failure, causing Dr. Broadhurst to order the robots' destruction. Each of the robots had been equipped with an auto-destruct device that could be triggered remotely. As Dr. Stack was removing the firing mechanism from Machine Man, the destruct signal was sent out, setting off the primer charge, killing Stack instantly.
Vowing to fulfill Dr. Stack's dream, Machine Man adopted a human identity, Aaron Stack, and tried to find his place in the world of human beings. He eventually met psychiatrist Peter Spaulding and mechanic "Gears" Garvin, who would become his friends. He worked for a time as an insurance investigator for the Delmar Insurance Company. His employer and fellow employees were unaware he was a robot.
Machine Man fought to preserve himself in a world that feared the machine, especially against Senator Miles Brickman and the costumed villain Madame Menace. The U.S. government attempted to hunt down X-51, but eventually pardoned him after he stopped a rampage of the monstrous Hulk.
On a later adventure, he met and fell in love with the robot Jocasta but she was destroyed in battle with her creator Ultron. Later still, Machine Man was contacted by the robot Super-Adaptoid in joining his team of robots to fight the heroes known as the Avengers, he then aided the Avengers in their fight against the Adaptoid.
Machine Man later aided the Avengers again, this time against the threat of the alien known as Terminus. At the time, the robot had acquired the head of Jocasta, which had been recovered and lost by agents of the villainous High Evolutionary. In the course of this battle, Machine Man narrowly avoided a confrontation with Madame Menace, who ultimately ended up with the Jocasta head. Machine Man again aided the Avengers West Coast branch, being accepted as one of their member so he could join them in the fight against the villains Doctor Demonicus and the Pacific Overlords. As a provisional member of the Avengers, he joined them on a couple more adventures, and was peripherally involved in the battle between the villain Graviton and the heroes of the Thunderbolts.
After several months, Machine Man was then captured by the international espionage agency S.H.I.E.L.D. who wanted to use his technology to further the creation of the new Deathlok cyborg. At the same time, the villainous Red Skull captured the techno-organic being Douglock and took over the S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Helicarrier transport. Machine Man assisted the heroes of the X-Men in rescuing Douglock and the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents trapped onboard, seemingly at the cost of his own life.
However, the evil mutant team called the Brotherhood recover what was left of Machine Man and captured S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Jack Kubrick who was also searching for the robot. After discovering the remains, Brotherhood member Post shot and seemingly killed Kubrick, but the agent merged with Machine Man`s head and claimed that he was, in fact, X-51 in a new body. As X-51, he discovered his new body contained microscopic nanotech machines called "nanites" that could repair any damage instantly. X-51 also found that his new programming included remnants of mutant-hunting Sentinel programming, and thus felt compelled to attack and destroy any mutants that he came into contact with. He immediately tried to destroy the Brotherhood, then Sebastian Shaw of Shaw Industries and the world-dominating Hellfire Club. When he sought the Avengers for help, he attacked their newest members Justice and Firestar before retreating.
Aaron Stack
Fighting: Excellent
Agility: Excellent
Strength: Remarkable
Endurance: Unearthly
Reason: Remarkable
Intuition: Incredible
Psyche: Remarkable
Health 170
Karma 100
Resources Typical
Popularity 20
Powers
Anti-gravity Generators: hover or fly silently at Feeble speed.
Extendable Limbs: Machine Man can extend his arms and legs out a maximum of three areas and can engage in close combat and handle objects. He can step over structures up to three stories tall and climb surfaces at a speed of five areas/round. Extended at two areas his strength is only Excellent, at three areas it is only Good.
Environmental Independence: He does not need to sleep, eat, drink or breathe. he is invulnerable to poisons and other toxins and can survive in outer space or a vaccuum.
Heating/Cooling systems: He can radiate Remarkable rank heat or cold from his hands at 3 areas range.
Electricity: He can channel Incredible electricity through his system but must make an Endurance FEAT to avoid malfunction for 1-10 rounds.
Pistol hands: He has a pair of modified .357 Magnums in his index fingers which do Good damage at 1 area range.
Helicopter: He can put helicopter wings on his head to fly at Good speed.
Computer Interface: Machine Man can communicate with computers and machinery at Amazing rank.
Rocket Boosters: Ankle rockets give him flight at Excellent speed.
Limitation
Power Source Dependency: If kept in darkness for more than 40 hours he will loose 3 Endurance ranks each hour thereafter. If he's not exposed to light or energy before his Endurance drops to Feeble he will shut down. He will regain lost Endurance by 1 rank per round that he's absorbing solar energy.
Talents
Insurance
Contacts
Peter Spaulding (psychologist), "Gears" Garvin (mechanic). He has encountered a number of costumed heroes. S.H.I.E.L.D.
History
Machine Man has had the entire database of knowledge from Nimrod/Master Mold transfered to him. He reclaimed his own identity but it is unkown what remains.
Machine Man is the product of a top-secret U.S. military project which was funded to perfect a highly sophisticated mobile weapons system, capable of independent action and decision-making: a robot soldier that could think like a man.
A team composed of the most prestigious computer-engineering specialists in the nation designed, built, and began programming the 51 experimental robots under the direction of Dr. Oliver Broadhurst. Dr. Able Stack, a brilliant computer heuristics programming specialist, reasoned that a robot could only think like a man if he was treated like one. Ignoring the personal risk, Dr. Stack took one of the robots, X-51, into his own home, and instructed him as if he were Stack's own son. Stack believed that robot and man could live in harmony, and work together to realize a better world. Stack even went so far as to have an artificial face, made out of low-density foam to simulate flesh, and a realistic wig fabricated for X-51, alias Machine Man.
During Machine Man's "adolescence" with Dr. Stack, the other 50 robots were developing major personality defects, which were due to insufficient programming. The regions of their artificial brains devoted to memory and personality programming were intermingled, as in human brains, and they were developing self-awareness, original thought, emotions, and a conscience. Since they were forced to mature in a matter of weeks they developed unusual psychoses, mostly unlike anything found in humans. Ordinarily, the psychologists would welcome such new avenues of research, but these severe depressions, schizophrenia, delusions of grandeur, and emotional imbalances were being experienced by potentially dangerous robots. Eventually three-quarters of the robots experienced a nervous breakdown and the program was determined to be a failure, causing Dr. Broadhurst to order the robots' destruction. Each of the robots had been equipped with an auto-destruct device that could be triggered remotely. As Dr. Stack was removing the firing mechanism from Machine Man, the destruct signal was sent out, setting off the primer charge, killing Stack instantly.
Vowing to fulfill Dr. Stack's dream, Machine Man adopted a human identity, Aaron Stack, and tried to find his place in the world of human beings. He eventually met psychiatrist Peter Spaulding and mechanic "Gears" Garvin, who would become his friends. He worked for a time as an insurance investigator for the Delmar Insurance Company. His employer and fellow employees were unaware he was a robot.
Machine Man fought to preserve himself in a world that feared the machine, especially against Senator Miles Brickman and the costumed villain Madame Menace. The U.S. government attempted to hunt down X-51, but eventually pardoned him after he stopped a rampage of the monstrous Hulk.
On a later adventure, he met and fell in love with the robot Jocasta but she was destroyed in battle with her creator Ultron. Later still, Machine Man was contacted by the robot Super-Adaptoid in joining his team of robots to fight the heroes known as the Avengers, he then aided the Avengers in their fight against the Adaptoid.
Machine Man later aided the Avengers again, this time against the threat of the alien known as Terminus. At the time, the robot had acquired the head of Jocasta, which had been recovered and lost by agents of the villainous High Evolutionary. In the course of this battle, Machine Man narrowly avoided a confrontation with Madame Menace, who ultimately ended up with the Jocasta head. Machine Man again aided the Avengers West Coast branch, being accepted as one of their member so he could join them in the fight against the villains Doctor Demonicus and the Pacific Overlords. As a provisional member of the Avengers, he joined them on a couple more adventures, and was peripherally involved in the battle between the villain Graviton and the heroes of the Thunderbolts.
After several months, Machine Man was then captured by the international espionage agency S.H.I.E.L.D. who wanted to use his technology to further the creation of the new Deathlok cyborg. At the same time, the villainous Red Skull captured the techno-organic being Douglock and took over the S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Helicarrier transport. Machine Man assisted the heroes of the X-Men in rescuing Douglock and the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents trapped onboard, seemingly at the cost of his own life.
However, the evil mutant team called the Brotherhood recover what was left of Machine Man and captured S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Jack Kubrick who was also searching for the robot. After discovering the remains, Brotherhood member Post shot and seemingly killed Kubrick, but the agent merged with Machine Man`s head and claimed that he was, in fact, X-51 in a new body. As X-51, he discovered his new body contained microscopic nanotech machines called "nanites" that could repair any damage instantly. X-51 also found that his new programming included remnants of mutant-hunting Sentinel programming, and thus felt compelled to attack and destroy any mutants that he came into contact with. He immediately tried to destroy the Brotherhood, then Sebastian Shaw of Shaw Industries and the world-dominating Hellfire Club. When he sought the Avengers for help, he attacked their newest members Justice and Firestar before retreating.