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Name: Vito Veltroni
Age: 15 (and three quarters!)
Physical Appearance:
Typically wears a somewhat ragged lab coat, and always wears a gas mask when committing crimes to retain his identity. His hair is dark brown, along with his eyes, providing a sharp contrast to his pale skin. His voice is somewhat whiny, and his weak musculature and compulsiveness make it clear that he is not a physical fighter. He has a New York accent that is more annoying than it should have any right being.
Personality:
Vito is not what most would think of when they think of the title ‘Mad Scientist.’ He isn’t a big fan of the whole theatrical aspect of mad science, doesn’t burst into laughter at the slightest provocation, and he certainly isn’t deranged. He is, however, a very cold person. Vito places most of his value and self-worth on his efficiency and low cost, trying to exemplify his quantity-over-quality outlook on life. He does not value things such as honor, and would gladly do the most depraved and degrading actions if it gave him even the slightest benefit. This lack of values has put him at odds with the more morally-upright classmates of his, but he really doesn’t care too much.
Despite having a lack of honor, it would be incorrect to say that there are no good qualities the Vito has. When it comes to his business, he always keeps to the intention of his buyer rather than the word, and he puts in a great deal of effort to make sure that his clients are happy with the final product. While loyalty is not something he exemplifies more than the average villain, he rarely sells out or betrays allies, if only because they present long-term benefits. Should an ally become a friend, they’ll see that Vito is much more willing to do favors for free and will go to lengths to prevent harm coming to them.
Bio:
Born to an Italian family in the Bronx, Vito never experienced a vast degree of wealth. He was an only child of a single mother, his father having run away to New Mexico and evading child services. Despite this, his life wasn’t a bad one – his mother worked hard to keep their apartment and food on the table, and while he didn’t have many luxuries, Vito’s mother was quick to feed his love for Robotics.
Vito discovered his talent when he successfully created an animatronic bird at the age of 7 (the design that would later inspire the Hummingbird unit). From then on, much of the Veltroni family’s meager income was spent on textbooks, parts, and eventually a computer. Unlike many supervillains, his schoolmates never discriminated him or assaulted him – even when he wore clothes from the thrift store since that was all he could afford.
The years passed on, and Vito eventually went into homeschooling – he took online classes and before he knew it, he had graduated from college with a doctorate in Mechanical Engineering. That year he had a good 13th birthday. A year after graduating college, Vito’s mother was hit by a car, breaking many of her bones and sending her into a coma.
Vito struggled to try and make ends meet legally, mostly selling his recently designed Hummingbird units as drones to whoever was willing to pay. Eventually, he couldn’t keep up with rent and turned towards more lucrative, less legal employment. He began to sell his drones to gangs, eventually creating the Sparrow when they offered him three grand for a more combat-capable robot.
When the Sparrows proved their worth, one of the higher ranking members in a gang Vito worked with informed him of Blackwood High, and the money that he could make if he learned new tricks and better designs. After convincing the hospital his mother was in to relocate her to River City, Vito Veltroni became enrolled in the Blackwood High Mad Scientist program.
Major: Mad Scientist/Information Broker.
Classification: Minion
Powers:
Enhanced Intellect: (Exclusive focus on Robotics and AI, cannot branch out into other fields).
Multitasking: (Extreme Multitasking, capable of performing many actions at one time).
Mundane Skills:
Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering
Math
Mechanics
Doing other people’s homework
Equipment:
Other:
Age: 15 (and three quarters!)
Physical Appearance:
Typically wears a somewhat ragged lab coat, and always wears a gas mask when committing crimes to retain his identity. His hair is dark brown, along with his eyes, providing a sharp contrast to his pale skin. His voice is somewhat whiny, and his weak musculature and compulsiveness make it clear that he is not a physical fighter. He has a New York accent that is more annoying than it should have any right being.
Personality:
Vito is not what most would think of when they think of the title ‘Mad Scientist.’ He isn’t a big fan of the whole theatrical aspect of mad science, doesn’t burst into laughter at the slightest provocation, and he certainly isn’t deranged. He is, however, a very cold person. Vito places most of his value and self-worth on his efficiency and low cost, trying to exemplify his quantity-over-quality outlook on life. He does not value things such as honor, and would gladly do the most depraved and degrading actions if it gave him even the slightest benefit. This lack of values has put him at odds with the more morally-upright classmates of his, but he really doesn’t care too much.
Despite having a lack of honor, it would be incorrect to say that there are no good qualities the Vito has. When it comes to his business, he always keeps to the intention of his buyer rather than the word, and he puts in a great deal of effort to make sure that his clients are happy with the final product. While loyalty is not something he exemplifies more than the average villain, he rarely sells out or betrays allies, if only because they present long-term benefits. Should an ally become a friend, they’ll see that Vito is much more willing to do favors for free and will go to lengths to prevent harm coming to them.
Bio:
Born to an Italian family in the Bronx, Vito never experienced a vast degree of wealth. He was an only child of a single mother, his father having run away to New Mexico and evading child services. Despite this, his life wasn’t a bad one – his mother worked hard to keep their apartment and food on the table, and while he didn’t have many luxuries, Vito’s mother was quick to feed his love for Robotics.
Vito discovered his talent when he successfully created an animatronic bird at the age of 7 (the design that would later inspire the Hummingbird unit). From then on, much of the Veltroni family’s meager income was spent on textbooks, parts, and eventually a computer. Unlike many supervillains, his schoolmates never discriminated him or assaulted him – even when he wore clothes from the thrift store since that was all he could afford.
The years passed on, and Vito eventually went into homeschooling – he took online classes and before he knew it, he had graduated from college with a doctorate in Mechanical Engineering. That year he had a good 13th birthday. A year after graduating college, Vito’s mother was hit by a car, breaking many of her bones and sending her into a coma.
Vito struggled to try and make ends meet legally, mostly selling his recently designed Hummingbird units as drones to whoever was willing to pay. Eventually, he couldn’t keep up with rent and turned towards more lucrative, less legal employment. He began to sell his drones to gangs, eventually creating the Sparrow when they offered him three grand for a more combat-capable robot.
When the Sparrows proved their worth, one of the higher ranking members in a gang Vito worked with informed him of Blackwood High, and the money that he could make if he learned new tricks and better designs. After convincing the hospital his mother was in to relocate her to River City, Vito Veltroni became enrolled in the Blackwood High Mad Scientist program.
Major: Mad Scientist/Information Broker.
Classification: Minion
Powers:
Enhanced Intellect: (Exclusive focus on Robotics and AI, cannot branch out into other fields).
Multitasking: (Extreme Multitasking, capable of performing many actions at one time).
Mundane Skills:
Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering
Math
Mechanics
Doing other people’s homework
Equipment:
Controller Helmet: The wearer is capable of taking direct control of any droid that is connected to the network via specific wavelengths. All of Vito’s droids are connected to his Helmet, allowing him to take control of them and override their AI. Unfortunately, it does not work in areas without a connection, making it useless in places such as caverns and underwater. Can connect and control multiple Droids at a time, which is very difficult to use at maximum capacity without enhanced Multitasking.
Sparrow: The most common type of unit available for purchase from Vito, the Sparrow unit is very similar to the normal human – weak, not especially durable, and prone to dying horribly. What they lack in outstanding abilities, however, they make up for it in numbers and, you know, being a robot. They are solar powered, and could theoretically run forever if not destroyed and given access to the sun. Additionally, while they are weak in mind, they retain similar physical capabilities to the average man and can be easily produced even with sub-par resources. The Sparrow AI is extremely basic and unable to follow complex orders – but hey, at least they are undyingly loyal and will do anything you say! Can be equipped with Firearms and other weaponry. Vito Has three.
Hummingbird: While still sold, the Hummingbird experiences far fewer purchases when compared to the Sparrow. The Hummingbird is a roughly five-inch drone that is capable of flight, supporting up to 10 pounds of weight and recording high-quality video and audio. In addition, it is able to lay “eggs” in the form of even smaller cameras and microphones, capable of recording video and audio, albeit at a significantly reduced quality when compared to the Hummingbird itself. Typically used as both sentries and spy cameras, the Hummingbird is able to collapse into a three-inch sphere for storage and portability. The Hummingbird’s AI is somewhat basic and is most efficient when directly controlled by someone. Vito has three.
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