Real name: Shakil Ishmerai Suah
Occupation: Adventurer, Engineer, Peace, ecology and socialist activist.
Group Affiliation: none
Height: 55"
Weight: 177 lbs.
Eyes: Dark Brown
Hair: Black
Story:
Shakil Suah grew up in an old European citys suburbs. Although coming from a blue-collar family, living near the philosophers and scientists birthplace of the Age of Enlightenment gave him access to a cheap, yet valuable education. He was particularly fascinated by Descartes work, and shared his conviction that the human mind can freely control the body.
Youngest child of an 8-children family, Shakil was introverted, having a few friends, and science books to keep him company. At school he was among the best students, but excelled in mathematics and sciences, which led him later to an engineer career.
Life in a working-class neighborhood is hard for an under weighted science geek. Therefore, in order to avoid being bullied, when he turned 18, he decided to take martial art lessons.
He was among the most constant and disciplined student and enjoyed hand-to-hand fighting a lot and stayed in the class several years. Around the same time, taking advantage of the Internet boom, he found a job for a local software company, but continued studying fundamental sciences and mathematics as a hobby.
Shakil later enrolled into a special self-taught free fight group a kind of fight-club - where he learned not only to fight, but also the importance of the exercise of power over power itself How he learned this lesson will remain a secret.
It became quickly apparent that he was far stronger and more resistant than most people his weight being able to fight adversaries twice his weight to a standstill, or even win. His degree of strength and resistance werent superhuman though; he was often injured and unable to beat some of his stronger friends.
Not quite satisfied with his physical condition, and feeling that he was too weak for his fight-club, he started a drastic training program during his vacations, including running for several hours a day, weight lifting, and combat-training adding 10% to his weights and running time every weeks. He was surprised that his progression stayed linear no matter what
He never seemed to reach an upper limit to his training
By the end of his training, he was able to lift a car with little difficulty. Now convinced he could push his body as far as he could if needed, he considered starting a crime fighter career, but wasnt sure if he could make a difference, or if he was needed at all.
After his vacations, a job opportunity led him to Paragon City where he could use his skills as an engineer for Crey Industries.
The corruption within Crey Industries, and the general danger surrounding Paragon City was the trigger: He remembered what he learned in his friendly fight-club, and decided to take action: He would need a new identity both to incarnate the things he believes in and to protect his loved ones and friends via a secret identity.
Shakil made his first costumed appearance in Atlas Park. Finding this part of the city full of street thugs named The Hellions terrorizing the helpless people living there, he started to clean the street methodically, patrolling every night.
His modus operandi lead him to repeatedly appear whenever he is less expected and save an apparently hopeless situation. This habit earned him the name X-Machina on the local press.
To avoid suspicions, he decided to use cosmetic changes rather than a mask to hide his true identity. He also decided to keep working for Crey, being in the perfect position to learn about Creys plans. He also chose to indirectly fight Crey, in his civil identity by becoming an activist against whatever evil Crey Industries creates or supports: war, pollution and social dumping. His employer didnt put any pressure on him about it so far. Meaning either they dont care, or they have a special plan to take care of this. Only future will tell
@Asymptot :
- Asymptot : 50 Invul/SS Tanker
- Extremum : 25 SS/Nrg Brute
- Many alts
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Hi,
I have been working on a RP toon recently - X-Machina - on Infinity, an Invul/SS tanker I see as the "Icon" on my imaginary RP world.
Deus Ex Machina : Refers to an unexpected, artificial, or improbable character, device, or event introduced suddenly in a work of fiction or drama to resolve a situation or untangle a plot.
X : Twenty-fourth letter of the Latin alphabet. Its name in English is ex. In a general sense, X represents a generic placeholder variable, whose value is unknown or secret but within a set defined by context.
I haven't written his Origin story yet, but here is how I explain his Invulnerability, Superstrength, flight, and Energy mastery so far (even though he is only level 3 so far) :
Powers :
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X-Machina's body is physically similar to any normal human's body. Nevertheless, his DNA molecules are surrounded by a strong electromagnetic field - A bioelectric DNA. It has been theorized that every human being shares this feature (although no proof has been provided yet), but in X-Machina's case, the bioelectric field is so strong that it resonates with the DNA molecule - altering it and making it tougher. Therefore, X-Machina is naturally resistant to all form of physical attack, whether it is kinetic, elemental, toxic, or energy based. Whatever isn't deflected by the bioelectric DNA defense field meets the resistance of a strengthened cell.
X-Machina seems to possess a (more or less) conscious degree of control over his bioelectric field. By concentrating enough, he can vary its resonance frequency and intensity to be more resistant to a specific type of attack. Modifying the resonance frequency seems to strengthen his cell's physical structure, while modifying the intensity strengthens his bioelectric field. Modifying both seems to strengthen his lifeforce somehow for a short period of time. He seems to have mastered the resistance to kinetic attacks better than the others, allowing him to be temporary invulnerable to it for short periods of time.
His field is so powerful that it can lower or negate inertia - defying the action/reaction principle and making him an unyielding object.
Some recovered council secret files about X-Machina - gathering information from numerous battles in which he single handedly fought dozens of trained Council agents - refers to him as an invincible foe.
An extended and intensive use of his powers can result in a dramatic reduction of its efficiency. For example, in a battle against the villain Marauder, X-Machina strained his powers to become practically unstoppable, and as a result used all his energy and powers for some time. The rate at which his cells refill their bioelectric aura is variable and the mechanics is not well knows.
In addition to nigh invulnerability, his reinforced cell structure grants him vast superhuman strength, even without any help from his electromagnetic field. He uses the fields, though, as a form of tactile telekinesis, to prevent huge objects (like battleships or buildings) to collapse under their own weight when he has to lift them.
Most of the time, X-Machina restrains his use of Super strength to a non-lethal level, and avoids destroying his surrounding environment in battle. Nevertheless, he has shown that he is able to use his strength to maximum level - enhanced by an overload of his bioelectric aura - for a short period of time, if needed.
He has learned to use his ability to negate inertia in order to flight. This is now his main transportation mode.
After years of experience, he is now able to stock vast quantities of bioelectric energy and use it either to boost his own endurance, or to release it in the form of powerful kinetic, but non-lethal blasts.
His control over his surrounding aura seems to have granted him the ability to see the bioelectric
aura of other living being, enhancing his perception with a sixth sense.
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What do you guys think so far?
@Asymptot :
- Asymptot : 50 Invul/SS Tanker
- Extremum : 25 SS/Nrg Brute
- Many alts
http://heroesunited.free.fr