| Height: 5' 10" |
Hair: Brown |
| Weight: 190 lbs |
Eyes: Brown |
| Average height and athletic build, late 20's/early 30's looks, usually wears a green mechanic's jumper when not "suited up", wears a dark metallic fighting uniform and carries several weapons otherwise. Usually in a vehicle or in his base working on vehicles. |
Michael Goodspeed is an obsessive genius when it comes to vehicles. He's also something of a risk taker, always pushing the envelope. Finally his father instilled a deep steaded patriotism into him. Other than that he's basically kind of undefined, and if pressed in conversation on any subject not directly related to his specific interests he comes off as being pretty uninteresting, quickly growing bored and often times doing some pretty childish things to relieve his boredom, like building catapults out his silverware, dismantling clocks, watches, whatever he can get his hands on, and similar activities generally unacceptible in polite society.
His primary motivation for fighting super crime is to "push the envelope" of his gear. He's constantly analyzing, benchmarking, and rating his gear, and after a super battle is more concerned with the power differential variance when he high-shifted while firing off a burst from the blaster array and laying down a slick than he is in the specific events that led him to that course of action. Secondarily, he has a basic simple patriotism that motiviates him to prevent crime that is a danger to his beloved U. S. of A. This means that he is often unconcerned about petty crime, and is most interested in opposing criminals that are enemies of the state to some extent or disruptive to American interests. |
| "I got no time for criminals that can't hang and heroes that can't catch em." |
Mr. Goodspeed is a normal guy with a genius for vehicular design and general engineering; he's also pretty decent at making custom weapons. He himself has some basic self defense training and broad mechanical and electronic skills. He made himself a simple combat suit and some weapons for when he's out of his vehicles, but his hyper-advanced vehicles are what allows him to compete with actual powered superheroes.
He switches his vehicles up from time to time, but natural selection has led to certain designs being fairly perennial.
His most recognizable vehicle is his flying base, a large anti-grav propelled pyramid that serves as his home and lab. Equipped with a simple "Catapult" style Teleport unit that allows him (and those he designates) to teleport to and from the base. The unit can handle an impressive amount of mass, allowing all but the largest of Goodspeed's vehicles to be teleported along with him. The teleporter takes a little time to warm up, and does not negate velocity, so it's of very limited combat use, but it allows Mr. Goodspeed to get where he needs to be. The flying base is also sea and space worthy, though it lacks the ability to acheive escape velocity on its own (however it could be towed by another vehicle like Goodspeed's Spaceship).
Goodspeed also has a serviceable Space Ship with warp jump capabilities and comprehensive sensor arrays, though he rarely uses it. It does come in handy from time to time, however. It is usually docked underneath the flying base in a concealable housing.
Perhaps his most remarkable vehicle is his Tri-form Mecha which can reconfigure into a hoverjet, a tank, and a giant humanoid form. Powerful and flexible, this vehicle is able to combat most supervillains as well as wreak significant havoc on buildings. However, due to the potential for collatteral damage and the impracticalities inherent to such a large and heavy vehicle, Mr. Goodspeed prefers more manueverable vehicles for most activities.
Goodspeed's two most commonly used vehicles are his Power Armor chasis and his Supercar. The Supercar has an array of spy-movie style tricks, on board blasters, a phenomenal handling profile, retractable armor, and an onboard crime-fighting computer. Plus it just looks cool, with extra points for style built right in. It's trunk space is specifically designed to house the Power Armor suit, allowing Goodspeed some flexibility in choosing between the two without having to return to his flying base to change. This is Goodspeed's primary mode of transportation.
The Power Armor is a very capable fully enclosed exoskeleton with variable setting gauntlet blasters, a chest mounted energy screen projector, boot jets, sensors, comprehensive life support, and on board sensors. This is Goodspeed's primary choice for fighting crime (though he'll break out the mecha for exceptionally dangerous and capable opponents). |
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