[hider=Hammer Time] [center][img]https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1050998426017476670/1053835474529177640/image.png[/img] [b][url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-obitBdihM][i]🎶"When your duty calls, you all will be standing tall 'cause the end of the day will hold victory! Hold your heads up high! Stand your ground and unify! If you never surrender, you will never fall! "🎶[/i][/url][/b] [/center] [color=#DB001E][b]Name | [/b][/color] Omar Fonseca [color=#DB001E][b]Alias | [/b][/color] Vanguard [color=#DB001E][b]Age | [/b][/color] 43 [color=#DB001E][b]Gender | [/b][/color]Male - He/Him [color=#DB001E][b]Appearance | [/b][/color] Omar is what the kids these days call an "absolute fucking unit." He is exactly six feet tall, with more dark red hair than a lion, and more muscle than most people can manage in their lifetime. There isn't much to mention regarding Omar's appearance, he's just everyone's favorite neighborhood bear in human form. [color=#DB001E][b]Notoriety | [/b][/color] Noble [color=#DB001E][b]Danger Level / Variant Type | [/b][/color]Class 2 / Volatile, Agile [color=#DB001E][b]Abilities | [/b][/color] Vanguard has the power to increase or subtract the kinetic energy of anything he touches, up to 200% or down to 1%. This ability requires him to physically touch whatever he wants to affect, and he often uses it to augment his movement to make himself, or his armor and hammer, move with more power. Vanguard's powers only actively work while he is touching something, meaning while he can move exceptionally fast or slow a speeding car to a fraction of its velocity, he cannot throw and object and make it retain its amplified momentum. Once it leaves his hand, it will lose speed the way an object normally would, though with an added kick from his powers. [color=#DB001E][Gear][/color] [color=#DB001E][b]Attire | [/b][/color] [color=#DB001E][b]Armament / Equipment | [/b][/color] [url=https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1050998581290614814/1053691090517118976/IMG_2585.png?width=393&height=625]Orion-5[/url] | One of, if not the very first official suits of mechanical armor the world has ever seen. Built by Vanguard, the Orion-5 is the fifth iteration of his personal exosuit, and is made to accommodate the use of his variant abilities. Vanguard built the Orion for the purpose of being a tank with legs wherever he goes, and while it isn't armed with weapons, enhanced sensors, or movement features, it soaks up damage like a sponge. It stands at roughly 6 feet and 5 inches tall, and weighs over a ton. [url=https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1050998426017476670/1053497139478667314/iu.png?width=1111&height=625]The Final Judgement[/url] | Weighing roughly 170 pounds, the Final Judgement is a mechanized warhammer built by Vanguard, and is designed to be used with the Orion-5. It isn't very special compared to everything else he makes, but it does have a series of rotating gyroscopes built into it which make it feel near weightless to Vanguard. The grip of the weapon is built with special, minimal-surface area metamaterial plating that rotates underneath to power the balancing system, which are sped up or sped down by the use of Vanguard's power when in the Orion suit. This is managed by two kinetic catalyzers that absorb impacts and converts them into an electrical current. It is likely the most technologically advanced bludgeoning instrument New Haven has ever witnessed. [url=https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1050998426017476670/1053874551961948290/image.png?width=288&height=625]Imperator GT-3[/url] | The Imperator model is built for use by MAD agents. They increase the physical output of an operator's movements, from punches to running, and are equipped with IF and night vision sensors. Every agent authorized to operate an armor model built by Vanguard, is trained by him for its use, and is handed a security key that allows them access to their designated suit. These are adjustable from the inside, and link to a universal radio channel so that all Imperator agents can communicate with each other during deployment. These are lightweight, and built to withstand direct assault from weapons, explosives or anything a Volatile might throw at them. [url=https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1050998426017476670/1053875822211108895/image.png?width=276&height=624]Navigator HS-12[/url] | Navigator suits are designed for MAD agents entering hazardous environments. Due to the unpredictable nature of Variants, the Navigator model is built for modularity. Its armor can be changed to fit any circumstance from extreme temperatures, electrical hazards or corrosive acid to some Distortionist effects. These are meant to protect an operator above all else, and therefore offer nothing for combat. Anti-ballistic armor is available for the Navigator, but the model doesn't increase the effective power of its user. However, the model can potentially be outfitted for low weight if the situation allows for it. [url=https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1050998426017476670/1053881482650845244/image.png]Phantom CO-9[/url] | The Phantom model is specialized for stealth and recon. It is the smallest of the models in Vanguard’s system, and is equipped with agility-enhancing modules as well as a range of sensory-jamming internals. Phantom suits can completely evade virtually any mundane form of detection from IF to radar, and even project an invisibility field. Due to the extreme burden of the cloaking field, the Phantom’s hands and feet are equipped with piezoelectric shock absorbers beneath radar-jamming plating, which provides energy to the suit’s energy core whenever an impact occurs. It currently doesn't offer anything that can hide it from Mentalists that have enhanced sensory powers, so MAD agents operating a Phantom need to be careful. [color=#DB001E][Temperament & Lifestyle][/color] [color=#DB001E][b]Affiliation | [/b][/color]N.O.V.A. [color=#DB001E][b]Occupation/Trade | [/b][/color] Noble Variant, Power Suit Engineer [color=#DB001E][b]Skills / Talents[/b][/color] [list] [*]PhD in mechanical engineering [*]Shreds an electric guitar like he invented it [*]Melee combat expert [*]Great at cooking [/list] [color=#DB001E][b]Family | [/b][/color] [list] [*]Ramón Fonseca - Father [*]Silvia Fonseca - Mother [/list] [color=#DB001E][b]Background | [/b][/color][indent] Omar was born in Columbia, in the year 2037. When he was a child, his family moved to the United States for work reasons. His father was a software engineer who helped develop the AIs that piloted vehicles, and his mother was a doctor. From a young age, Omar was fascinated by technology and aspired to follow in his father's footsteps, he attended college to become an engineer, but he did not become the same engineer as his father. In the early 2060s, the most important technological advances in the country were drones and wearable technology. These were things that Omar hadn't studied in college. His knowledge suited heavy machinery instead. Mr. and Mrs. Fonseca always encouraged their son to push past challenges that came his way, and Omar was never one to give up. Omar, then, turned to a place that always needed all the engineers it could get, the US Army at the age of 24. For the next 5 years, Omar worked in a military base, developing, researching, and manufacturing improvements to the current state of technology. He eventually led a project to design exoskeletons meant to assist troops in deployment. The designs were skeletal, and barely offered any protection compared to the enhanced strength they gave their wearers. Omar argued extensively with others that the suits needed to be made with protection in mind, but the army didn't want tanks on legs. They wanted better performance. When he was spending time on the exosuits soldiers were outfitted with, Omar was experimenting with ideas of his own for suits that didn't just output better strength, but provided solid protection. He filled entire notebooks full of theoretical designs for experimental, mechanized armor that completely encased its user, but from a logistical standpoint, he could never justify the use to his superiors. Less vulnerability for a single soldier wasn't worth the resources that would be needed, even if they could make thousands with their budget. Omar's life was changed during an accident during a test run of an upgraded exosuit. The research team integrated bi-metal springs into joints that could hold 200 pounds of force before being compressed fully. There were concerns that the weight required was too much, but the operator testing its movement seemed to be unbothered. That was, until a spring snapped and sent a 53 pound arm brace, made of solid steel, flying across the room fast enough to go clean through a tank. Omar happened to be directly in its path, and managed to shield his face just in time for the object to simply fall to the floor as if Omar had dropped it. No one was harmed in the end, but when the researches looked at the recording they captured, they noticed that the accidental projectile had its momentum completely arrested when it made contact with Omar's hand. He hadn't noticed at the time, but apparently he caused it to stop moving so fast. An assistant helped him recreate what they saw on a more harmless scale. They grabbed a spare ball bearing, roughly the size of a tennis ball, and rolled it across the floor. Omar placed his hand on the floor so it would just barely brush past the ball, and it stopped dead. They concluded that Omar was a Variant. Given his age, he was likely part of the first generation of Variants. Word of this discovery reached the people in charge of the project, who reported Omar's Variance to their superiors, and Omar was discharged from service. Everyone he worked with wished him good luck in moving on, and after a few months of experimenting with the new powers he discovered, Omar had a plan. In the year 2068, a 2-ton giant emerged in New Haven under the name Vanguard. Immediately after his arrival, he started rounding up villainous superhumans and throwing them at the doorstep of the local authorities. The city was more than surprised to see a Variant in possession of such machinery, and agents of N.O.V.A. quickly found the mechanical titan on the streets. They questioned him extensively, asking where he got the suit, where he came from, even what his name was, which he answered with, "My name is Vanguard." The agents who spoke to him told him that, since he was a "heroic" Variant that seemed to have incredible skill with technology, that the relatively new organization called M.A.D. could benefit greatly from his skill. Vanguard avoided the Glorious Alliance due to the way they operated behind the scenes, but he quickly set to work arming the MADmen with mechanized armor. He even went as far as to get everything under patents to prevent malicious use of his designs. 12 years later, Vanguard is one of the oldest, and in his opinion, most respected Nobles in New Haven, running an entire hangar bay full of what he calls his "Ironclads" for MAD agents to take into battle. [/indent] [/hider]