Megaton

by **Bonnington** February 10th 2015, 10:08 pm

Megaton
"I'm just a kind of dumb kid with superpowers, but I know the right and wrong ways to use them. I choose the right way.

Basic Biography

Real Name: Desmond Lee Ralston
Renegade/Hero/Villain Name: Megaton
Title: None as of yet
Alignment: Neutral Good
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Race: Caucasian
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Hazel
Height: 6'3
Weight: 220
Blood type: B+

The Looks

Winter Soldier Ref.:

Description:

The Legacy

Personality:
Responsible: Desmond knows when to consider things a responsibility, even in everyday situations, though he was comfortable with living an average life without much serious responsibility. He knew he couldn't do that with his powers though, and knew he had to use them to help people where it's needed. He feels he has the power to help stop criminals, be they normal or superhuman, and considers it a responsibility to do so.

Compassionate: Desmond would not be a hero if he didn't value people's lives. He chose to be a superhero with another major reason; to keep people safe. Desmond is not willing to sacrifice anyone's life to stop any criminal. He will do whatever he feels he can do to keep others from doing harm to normal people or good superhumans. He has figured out the levels of his endurance by putting himself in harm's way for others, much to his great relief.

Inexperienced: Desmond has only recently gained his powers, as such, he doesn't have the control over his powers that most other heroes do, nor does he have experience being a superhero in general. He can make mistakes that cause the criminals to get away, or cause unnecessary property damage, but he tries his best to make sure that no one is harmed because of his mistakes.

Lazy: Desmond is mildly lazy in most things he does. If he doesn't consider what he's doing to be a necessary task, he won't dedicate his full attention or effort into it. He takes a serious and dutiful stance to anything he's new to, but once he gets used to it, he starts being a bit more relaxed and possibly even cavalier in what he's doing. Though he is dedicated enough to keep doing his tasks properly.

History:
Desmond was able to live as just an average kid growing up. His parents were both just normal people, but he was born with a Meta-gene like many other people in the world, but he was different in the fact that his Meta-gene simply was not active. As he was growing up, he initially told people that he did have a Meta-gene, but when asked what his powers were, he admitted he didn't have any. This caused him to be the subject of ridicule in school as he grew up, which prompted his family to move to a couple different places until he simply no longer told anyone that he had a Meta-gene. Desmond grew up absolutely fascinated with the superhero activity that was already common in the world, and only getting more so every day. He always loved watching superheroes in the news as they stopped crimes committed by normal people and triumphed over supervillains. He loved them dearly, but was always envious of them, being able to do all these amazing feats all while saving people and stopping crime, and he always had hope that his Meta-gene would activate when he got older, and he could be like them. Though these hopes were dashed year after year as he grew, and his powers never came. Eventually he grew out of his hero worship, he still enjoyed seeing heroes doing what they do, but resigned himself to a normal life with everyone else.

He had grown up out of his teenage years and was comfortable with an average life. Though he came to a point where he desperately needed a job, and against his better judgment, took a job as night watchman at a nuclear plant. Desmond was told that it would be a fairly easy job is he simply stayed awake through most of the night, which did not assuade his discomfort of being near a nuclear reactor whatsoever. He had no trouble staying awake due to how nervous he was, but everything was all quiet for most of the night. Close to midnight however, he heard a subdued crash elsewhere in the facility, and went to investigate. When he got closer to where the crash happened, he heard some commotion and saw that there was a group of armed, militaristic dressed figures stealing away with nuclear materials and putting them into the back of a truck that was sitting through a hole in the wall. Desmond immediately ducked back to call the authorities, activating an alarm for the facility. This prompted the criminals to activate a device to destroy the facility, and leave before they completed their objective. Desmond tried to get away himself, but ended up tripping and alerting the faux-soldiers. One of them shot Desmond in the leg and was going to drag him out of there, but an explosion blew the soldier back and, killing him. The rest of the soldiers left, and Desmond was left lying on the floor of the facility, the reactor exposed and pouring out radiation, and causing him to pass out soon after.

Desmond expected that he wouldn't wake up at all, that his life was over that night because of a decision made for a paycheck rather than good judgment. It felt like his eyes were open, but he saw only darkness, and felt that he couldn't move. He wondered if this meant that he truly was dying, until he felt the sensation of broken concrete with his fingers, as well as the same feeling on his back. Now he felt very much awake, and coughed at the concrete dust to confirm it. He was baffled as he attempted to push himself up, and with some strain, managed to do so. To his surprise, the concrete he felt on his back was actually a chunk of the building that was pretty much as tall as he was, and was absolutely stunned when he pushed it off himself when he should by no means be strong enough to do so. He also noticed that the wound in his leg wasn't in as much pain anymore. He stumbled around with his clothes in tatters, and saw that the soldier from before was still there. Not wanting to walk around in bloody, ripped pants and a shirt that was practically ribbons now, Desmond pulled the uniform off the dead faux-soldier and managed to fit it on. He last took the mask and then slowly stumbled off into the night. He made it back to his house, feeling far less tired than the long walk should have made him, and sat down on his bed as the sun was rising. He was still amazed that he was even alive, and decided to go get himself examined at the doctor. His energy had barely been exhausted as he waited to see a doctor and his leg barely hurt even with a bullet still in it. The doctors did tests on him after removing the bullet from his leg and found out that Desmond's Meta-gene had finally activated, which he had no reply to, as he was too stunned at the moment to speak.

Desmond went back home and spent the entire day processing the information. The fact he had survived the nuclear plant being destroyed and his new found superpowers. He wracked his brain on what he should do from now on, and suddenly remembered how he was as a kid, and how much he wanted to be like the other superheroes out there, but couldn't do it because of his seemingly defective Meta-gene. He realized now that he got what he had stopped wishing for years ago, and decided that he would be stupid to waste it. So he took that uniform he got from the soldier, and took it to different places to get his own outfit like it. He made sure to keep the mask, and painted it to match his outfit's color scheme. He was stumped on a name for his superhero persona though, as he stared at the leather jacket that was to be part of his uniform, a recognizable "M" shape formed from a solid white band cutting through the rest of the dark blue jacket. Desmond eventually settled on "Megaton", as a term related to the nuclear energy that gave him his powers, and he set out almost every day from then on to practice his powers or stop crime and help the innocent.

The Powers

Superhuman Strength: (STR 8) Desmond has gained incredible strength from his supercharged musculature. He is capable of lifting and holding cars and trucks, smashing solid concrete, and bending and breaking solid metal with ease, though he has not yet figured out the upper limits of his strength. He has to actively control himself to keep from breaking things though, as he is not used to his new strength yet.

Extreme Endurance: (END 8) Desmond's body has been altered to be extremely durable against outside forces. Conventional melee weapons and small arms no longer faze him at all, bullets harmlessly bouncing off him, and knives and blunt weapons bending or breaking on him. His endurance also lets him withstand extreme shifts in altitude and incredible speeds. He is also nearly immune to natural temperature extremes, and is highly resistant to noxious gases of various types. He is also completely immune to forms of radiation made as a result of a nuclear reaction. He doesn't know if he has any weaknesses or what they might be yet, but feels that other superhumans who are strong enough could seriously hurt him.

Flight: Desmond's cellular makeup has been altered fundamentally to allow him to propel himself through the air through a seemingly reactionless drive method. He actually controls how his own gravimetric field reacts to the Earth's, making him capable of flying through the air without any aiding forces. He still struggles to finely control it since he is still learning, sometimes having shaky or even crash landings.

Super Speed: (SPD 7) Desmond is capable of moving at incredibly high speeds due to his supercharged molecular structure, in much the same way that lets him fly through the air. He is capable of moving at speeds upwards of Mach 1 on the ground as well as in the air by changing the way his own gravimetric field reacts to the Earth's.

Heightened Sight and Hearing: (ABL 1) Desmond's sight and hearing have been enhanced by his cellular structure to let him see and hear farther and more clearly than many normal humans. He is also capable of maintaining much more stable perception when moving at high speeds with his heightened senses.

Grid
Intelligence: 2
Occult: 0
Strength: 8
Speed: 7
Durability: 8
Ability: 1
Fighting Skills: 2
Magic: 0
Spells: 0
Flight: 2
Wealth: 1

by **Forceaus** February 10th 2015, 11:44 pm

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