[u][b]Legacy:[/b][/u] The Mighty Atom

[u][b]WW II Predecessor:[/b][/u] Himself... sort of

[u][b]Name:[/b][/u] Adam

[u][b]Alias:[/b][/u] Mighty Atom (most people shorten it to Atom, though)

[u][b]Relationship to Predecessor:[/b][/u] Technically, he's still the first of his kind.

[u][b]Age:[/b][/u] 72 (he was first "born" in 1945)

[u][b]Powers/Skills/Equipment:[/b][/u] His weapons and capabilities are astounding, but aren't necessarily flashy either. He has thrusters in his feet that allow him basic flight. His body is made up mostly of steel, but has recently been reworked to include a much more advanced titanium alloy, needless to say he's very durable. His original design included a hydraulic muscle system that gave him Olympic level athletic strength and running speed. That has since been upgraded, and his strength is now considered of superhuman level, currently set to allow him to lift or move up to ten tons of weight. Both of his hands can open up to reveal a set of weapons called the Atomic Blasters. They fire blasts of energy powered by Atom's own atomic core. When brought together, his Atomic Blasters combine to form the more powerful Atomic Cannon. The blasters fire quick rounds in rapid succession, while the cannon specializes in firing slower, more powerful charged shots. Atom's last known weapon is the Hyper Cannon, located in his torso and fires extremely powerful atomic blasts directly from Atom's own core.

[u][b]Weaknesses:[/b][/u] As powerful as Adam is, he does have his drawbacks. Most glaringly, is that his core only outputs so much energy before it needs to shut down and be recharged. This means that potential enemies need only to drag a battle out for a long time in order to weaken and eventually shut him down. Despite being his most powerful weapon, the Hyper Cannon is, itself, a weakness of sorts. Because it fires directly from Adam's core, it can drain his energy reserves more than any of his other functions and leave him in a vulnerable overheated state after being fired. The sheer power of the Hyper Cannon is also something of a double edged sword, as it can cause unintentional harm or damage to allies or environments if it's not managed properly and so Adam is almost always under orders to never use it unless instructed otherwise.

[u][b]Appearance:[/b][/u]
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[u][b]Predecessor's History:[/b][/u] Adam himself was first conceptualized during the Second World War. It was intended to serve as a mechanical soldier that could eventually be mass produced like tanks or planes. However, the necessary energy needed to power such a soldier - atomic energy - was still largely experimental at the time and the project proved too expensive to move forward with. A single prototype was constructed before the cancellation, however, and that one prototype model is what the nation eventually called The Mighty Atom, named for the atomic energy used to power him. The man who originally designed Atom was Doctor Jonathon Miles, one of many scientists assigned to what would later be known as the Manhattan Project. Miles had something of a personal stake in Atom's creation, particularly because his son Trevor - a soldier for the allied forces - had recently been killed in action and Doctor Miles decided to use his image and personality as the main inspiration for Atom's design. He even considered programming Trevor's memories into the machine but decided against it, feeling that he may have taken things a bit too far already. Still, Atom himself ended up having Trevor's face and Trevor's loyal and obedient personality. Jonathon instead decided to name the robot Adam, in reference to his code name. Miles was ordered to shut Adam down however, so that the Manhattan Project team could focus all their attention and resources on a new weapon that promised to end the war in Japan forever, using the very same energy source intended for Adam. In August of the same year Adam was shut down, the Atomic Bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki leading to the end of the war. Now, 72 years later, the Fourth Reich is on the rise. Someone from the US government rediscovered Adam, and it was decided that he would be reactivated after being given some updates on his design. And so, in the year 2017, Adam was reawakened.

[u][b]BRIEF Bio:[/b][/u] After his reawakening, Adam barely recognized the world in its modern state. He didn't really see any of it in 1945 either, but Doctor Miles did show him pictures and books detailing what the world was like. The world that Adam actually saw with his own eyes, however, was vastly different. Cars and planes looked alien in design and moved much faster. Signs had images that could not only move but also speak and play music. It didn't take long for updated info on the world to be uploaded to his memory banks so he wasn't clueless for very long, thankfully. Adam soon learned that the person who discovered and reactivated him was the young Doctor Lisa Miles, Jonathon's great-great-granddaughter.