[h1][i][b]Blue, Beautiful and Bombastic[/b][/i][/h1]
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[b]Player Name:[/b]
rocketrobie2

[b]Primary Character:[/b]
Blue Beetle

[b]Secret Identity:[/b]
Ted Kord

[b]Age:[/b]
33

[b]Usual Base of Operations:[/b]
Kord Industries is based out of Chicago but Kord runs most things remotely and get around.

[b]Day Job:[/b]
Owner and CEO of Kord Industries

[b]Powers:[/b]
Zilch

[b]Weaknesses:[/b]
He’s all too human and not in amazing shape either. Lions and tigers and bears can all take Ted down a peg if he doesn’t have access to any of his tech.

[b]Skills:[/b]
Ted is a novice in MMA and can hold his own well enough against fitter villains. His main ability tough is his mind. Ted hold multiple degrees and is considered an expert in a multitude of subjects, mostly scientific but with some other wildcards like Mesopotamian artwork. He’s built himself an arsenal of gadgets in order to be capable of contending with the powered villains he faces daily.

[b]Appearance:[/b]
Ted’s a decently handsome guy, he’s no Bruce Wayne but he’s not ugly by any means. He’s a little chubby sitting at 181 lbs and standing at 5’6” but has a fair amount of muscle underneath. His costume is pretty tacky looking; primarily consisting of what looks like cheap spandex harkening back to the early days of super heroics. Underneath his goggles and cloth costume is enough tech to make Lex Luthor drool. The micro ceramics and energy dissipation grid helps to keep Ted in the fight where a normal man would fall.

[b]BRIEF Bio:[/b]
 Ted Kord was raised in luxury due to his parents owning the highly successful cooperation know as Kord Industries. Living in such an environment inevitably spoiled Ted and resulted in a child who believed they were a cut above the common rabble but this lifestyle also allowed Ted to put a great focus on his studies and become a child prodigy. This mentality didn’t help Ted make any real friends but the boy suffered a real shock when his parent’s company was bought out by Wayne Enterprises during a low period for the company. Ted’s ‘friends’ all left him and his family was forced to drastically change their lifestyle to fit their new money situation. Luckily Ted’s parents made peace with the situation quickly and managed to keep the family fed, warm and dry. 

Ted wasn’t as easy to adapt.

The now eleven year old boy took the change horribly and blamed his parents for their new accommodations and fiscal situation. This mentality slowly eroded away as Ted grew older and came to realize just how much his parents needed to do just to keep their family living somewhat comfortably and put him through university.

After university, Ted made a name for himself in the business world via starting multiple companies and selling them off for huge pay outs which allowed him to once again live in luxury. Eventually he managed to buy back his parent’s company from Wayne Enterprises after a decent amount of haggling and paying more than the corporation was worth. The first major project headed by the company under Ted’s leadership was the development of the software to be used in the Justice League’s base of operation. The business owner hadn’t followed the career of the heroes very closely but he knew about the superhuman that inhabited his world but seeing them up close sparked something within Ted. 

These heroes put their lives on the line so that people like him could continue their lives without needing to worry about some intergalactic starfish or something destroying the planet. Ted wanted the self fulfillment that came with such an occupation. He thought “I want to be one of those guys” and began using the resources of his company to cobble together gadgets and a suit so that he could become a protector of the planet. 

[b]Supporting Characters:[/b]
Dan Garret: The original Blue Beetle. Ted didn’t initially have a name for his alter ego but after unintentionally saving the retired hero in Ted’s early days, the two bonded and Dan passed on the mantle to an ear Ted. Now the two meet up for lunch every now and then

[b]Secondary Character:[/b]
N/A

[b]Additional Notes:[/b]
N/A