Re: Davies' Character Thread: World of Freedom 3.2 -- Enemies: Firewing!
Doctor Destroyer

At the very dawn of the Atlantean Age, most of the metahuman populace of Earth accepted the Observer's "suggestion" that they travel to the Island of Rebirth, or Atlantis. One who did not was a singularly powerful and cruel despot known as the Destroyer, who had carved out an empire for himself and had no interest in giving it up. In many ways, the Destroyer was ahead of his time, possessing cosmic powers akin to those which would one day be wielded by the Ultima. In fact, he had mastered uses for this power that the Ultima still find diffcult, among which could be numbered the empowerment of objects. He had fashioned a suit of armor that afforded him control over the elements, freeing his innate powers to other ends.
Even so, the sheer weight of power that Atlantis could bring to bear against him ensured his defeat. Stripped of his armor and other talismans of power, his empire in ruins, he was bound and imprisoned beneath a great mountain. For the Atlanteans feared what might happen if they killed him and thus unleashed his ghost on the world. For age upon age, he was hidden beneath the mountain, ultimately becoming one with its material. And then, in the year men called 1951, a mortal called Dr. Albert Zerstoiten, twisted by nature and by fate, discovered his prison. Filled with hatred for the world, Zersoiten believed that his science would allow him to claim the Destroyer's power for his own.
He was gravely mistaken.
Flowing out of the mountain and into Zersoiten's body, the Destroyer paused just briefly to let the mad scientist know how badly he'd failed, before he annihilated every trace of personality it contained while leaving its memories intact. And so the Destroyer was freed to walk the Earth once more. But his armor was nowhere to be found, and the power that had been his had been used up preserving his mind. But that mind was a terrible thing, especially when combined with Zerstoiten's scientific knowledge.
So, for two decades, the Destroyer surveyed the changd world. He exploited Zerstoiten's reputation for genius by working as a scientist for many would-be world conquerors, always making a discreet escape when their schemes came tumbling down. Finally, in the 1970s, he was ready. Assuming the title of Doctor Destroyer in a moment of levity, he began his first campaigns as a behind the scenes nemesis to Japan's Kaze Gundan. Learning from these encounters, he built himself a suit of powered armor, which he wore when he embarked upon his assaults on America.
To his amazement, he found himself successfully opposed by various super-heroes, most frequently the Champions. Despite brilliant plans, fantastic weapons, skilled minions, and even uneasy alliances with other masterminds, the Destroyer never succeeded in conquering anything more than a small and insignificant part of the world. He wreaked much havoc in the process, of course, and became known as one of the world's most dangerous supervillains. Cold comfort to one who had been both king and god of his people ...
It's not clear what Dr. Destroyer was doing in Freedom City when the Terminus Invasion began, though it's clear that he'd arrived before the gate opened up. Rumors suggest that he had recently suffered some sort of defeat at the hands of FORCE Ops, and come seeking revenge. In any event, what happened next is well known. Soon after Omega attacked Blackgate Prison and recruited the villains there to serve in his army, the Destroyer, with supreme arrogance, presented himself to the Lord of the Terminus and offered to accept him as a junior partner.
What with one thing and another, it was some time before the horribly burnt corpse discovered on the slopes of Blackstone Island could be identified. The traumatized husband-and-wife team of villains called Panda and Raccoon were the first to claim it as the body of Dr. Destroyer. Immediately, an international team of experts formed and began the difficult task of positively identifying him and determining whether he had survived in some esoteric form. It took nearly a year to determine that the body was indeed that of Dr. Albert Zerstoiten, not a clone or surgically altered duplicate, and that whatever consciousness had last resided in its mind had not escaped or been transferred out of the body prior to its biological demise. The world breathed a sigh of relief ... Dr. Destroyer was no more.
It was not until 2008 that it became clear that such relief was premature, and even then the truth is known to only a handful. It was then that Kreuzritter, dark ruler of the island state of Thule and wearer of a suit of armor affording him vast elemental powers, found himself possessed by the Destroyer's 'ghost' and forced to wage a private war on the hyperborean homeland of the Ultima. On learning of the true nature of their opponent, the Ultima were forced to join together in a mighty union of their cosmic powers that succeeded in dispersing the ghost to nothingness once more.
It was a hollow victory, for many of the Ultima, including a few of their elders, did not survive the battle, and the same cosmic misfortune that allowed the ghost to return from nothingness in the first place might well allow him to return again, and again, and again ...
Doctor Destroyer (1978-1993) -- PL 14
STR 14/0 | STA 6 | AGL 9/3 | DEX 8/2 | FGT 10/4 | INT 12 | AWE 8 | PRE 9
Powers: Cybernetic Controls (Enhanced Agility 6; Enhanced Dexterity 6; Enhanced Fighting 6)*, Force Field Generator (Protection 10, Impervious Toughness 18)*, Formidable Will (Impervious Will 12), Polyglot (Comprehend 4 [languages], Quirk [requires minimum one hour time to 'learn' language]), Rockets (Flight 10)*, Sealed Systems (Immunity 10 [life support])*, Suit Weaponry (Array: Ranged Damage 14, AP: Enhanced Strength 14, AP: Ranged Burst Area Damage 9, AP: Ranged Cumulative Affliction 9 [Resisted by Will; Dazed, Stunned, Incapacitated], AP: Ranged Cumulative Affliction 9 [Resisted by Fortitude; Hindered and Vulnerable, Defenseless and Immobile], Extra Condition, Limited Degree)*, Swiftness (Speed 2)*, Unaging (Immunity 1 [aging]).
* Removable.
Advantages: Assessment, Benefit 5 (Wealth [billionaire]), Connected, Contacts, Eidetic Memory, Improved Initiative, Improvised Tools, Inventor, Ranged Attack 6, Skill Mastery (Technology), Well-Informed.
Skills: Expertise: Politics 10 (+22), Expertise: Science 12 (+24), Insight 12 (+20), Intimidation 12 (+21), Investigation 10 (+22), Persuasion 10 (+19), Technology 12 (+24), Treatment 10 (+22), Vehicles 6 (+14).
Offense: Initiative + 13, Unarmed +10 (Close Damage 14), Destroyer Beam +14 (Ranged Damage 14), Destroyer Blast -- (Ranged Burst Area Damage 9), Neuralizer Beam +14 (Ranged Cumulative Will 9), Paralyzer Beam +14 (Ranged Cumulative Fortitude 9).
Defenses: Dodge 10, Parry 10, Fortitude 16, Toughness 18, Will 12.
Totals: Abilities 88 + Powers 131 + Advantages 20 + Skills 52 + Defenses 15 = 306 points
Complications: Megalomania--Motivation. Secret (true nature).
Doctor Destroyer

At the very dawn of the Atlantean Age, most of the metahuman populace of Earth accepted the Observer's "suggestion" that they travel to the Island of Rebirth, or Atlantis. One who did not was a singularly powerful and cruel despot known as the Destroyer, who had carved out an empire for himself and had no interest in giving it up. In many ways, the Destroyer was ahead of his time, possessing cosmic powers akin to those which would one day be wielded by the Ultima. In fact, he had mastered uses for this power that the Ultima still find diffcult, among which could be numbered the empowerment of objects. He had fashioned a suit of armor that afforded him control over the elements, freeing his innate powers to other ends.
Even so, the sheer weight of power that Atlantis could bring to bear against him ensured his defeat. Stripped of his armor and other talismans of power, his empire in ruins, he was bound and imprisoned beneath a great mountain. For the Atlanteans feared what might happen if they killed him and thus unleashed his ghost on the world. For age upon age, he was hidden beneath the mountain, ultimately becoming one with its material. And then, in the year men called 1951, a mortal called Dr. Albert Zerstoiten, twisted by nature and by fate, discovered his prison. Filled with hatred for the world, Zersoiten believed that his science would allow him to claim the Destroyer's power for his own.
He was gravely mistaken.
Flowing out of the mountain and into Zersoiten's body, the Destroyer paused just briefly to let the mad scientist know how badly he'd failed, before he annihilated every trace of personality it contained while leaving its memories intact. And so the Destroyer was freed to walk the Earth once more. But his armor was nowhere to be found, and the power that had been his had been used up preserving his mind. But that mind was a terrible thing, especially when combined with Zerstoiten's scientific knowledge.
So, for two decades, the Destroyer surveyed the changd world. He exploited Zerstoiten's reputation for genius by working as a scientist for many would-be world conquerors, always making a discreet escape when their schemes came tumbling down. Finally, in the 1970s, he was ready. Assuming the title of Doctor Destroyer in a moment of levity, he began his first campaigns as a behind the scenes nemesis to Japan's Kaze Gundan. Learning from these encounters, he built himself a suit of powered armor, which he wore when he embarked upon his assaults on America.
To his amazement, he found himself successfully opposed by various super-heroes, most frequently the Champions. Despite brilliant plans, fantastic weapons, skilled minions, and even uneasy alliances with other masterminds, the Destroyer never succeeded in conquering anything more than a small and insignificant part of the world. He wreaked much havoc in the process, of course, and became known as one of the world's most dangerous supervillains. Cold comfort to one who had been both king and god of his people ...
It's not clear what Dr. Destroyer was doing in Freedom City when the Terminus Invasion began, though it's clear that he'd arrived before the gate opened up. Rumors suggest that he had recently suffered some sort of defeat at the hands of FORCE Ops, and come seeking revenge. In any event, what happened next is well known. Soon after Omega attacked Blackgate Prison and recruited the villains there to serve in his army, the Destroyer, with supreme arrogance, presented himself to the Lord of the Terminus and offered to accept him as a junior partner.
What with one thing and another, it was some time before the horribly burnt corpse discovered on the slopes of Blackstone Island could be identified. The traumatized husband-and-wife team of villains called Panda and Raccoon were the first to claim it as the body of Dr. Destroyer. Immediately, an international team of experts formed and began the difficult task of positively identifying him and determining whether he had survived in some esoteric form. It took nearly a year to determine that the body was indeed that of Dr. Albert Zerstoiten, not a clone or surgically altered duplicate, and that whatever consciousness had last resided in its mind had not escaped or been transferred out of the body prior to its biological demise. The world breathed a sigh of relief ... Dr. Destroyer was no more.
It was not until 2008 that it became clear that such relief was premature, and even then the truth is known to only a handful. It was then that Kreuzritter, dark ruler of the island state of Thule and wearer of a suit of armor affording him vast elemental powers, found himself possessed by the Destroyer's 'ghost' and forced to wage a private war on the hyperborean homeland of the Ultima. On learning of the true nature of their opponent, the Ultima were forced to join together in a mighty union of their cosmic powers that succeeded in dispersing the ghost to nothingness once more.
It was a hollow victory, for many of the Ultima, including a few of their elders, did not survive the battle, and the same cosmic misfortune that allowed the ghost to return from nothingness in the first place might well allow him to return again, and again, and again ...
Doctor Destroyer (1978-1993) -- PL 14
STR 14/0 | STA 6 | AGL 9/3 | DEX 8/2 | FGT 10/4 | INT 12 | AWE 8 | PRE 9
Powers: Cybernetic Controls (Enhanced Agility 6; Enhanced Dexterity 6; Enhanced Fighting 6)*, Force Field Generator (Protection 10, Impervious Toughness 18)*, Formidable Will (Impervious Will 12), Polyglot (Comprehend 4 [languages], Quirk [requires minimum one hour time to 'learn' language]), Rockets (Flight 10)*, Sealed Systems (Immunity 10 [life support])*, Suit Weaponry (Array: Ranged Damage 14, AP: Enhanced Strength 14, AP: Ranged Burst Area Damage 9, AP: Ranged Cumulative Affliction 9 [Resisted by Will; Dazed, Stunned, Incapacitated], AP: Ranged Cumulative Affliction 9 [Resisted by Fortitude; Hindered and Vulnerable, Defenseless and Immobile], Extra Condition, Limited Degree)*, Swiftness (Speed 2)*, Unaging (Immunity 1 [aging]).
* Removable.
Advantages: Assessment, Benefit 5 (Wealth [billionaire]), Connected, Contacts, Eidetic Memory, Improved Initiative, Improvised Tools, Inventor, Ranged Attack 6, Skill Mastery (Technology), Well-Informed.
Skills: Expertise: Politics 10 (+22), Expertise: Science 12 (+24), Insight 12 (+20), Intimidation 12 (+21), Investigation 10 (+22), Persuasion 10 (+19), Technology 12 (+24), Treatment 10 (+22), Vehicles 6 (+14).
Offense: Initiative + 13, Unarmed +10 (Close Damage 14), Destroyer Beam +14 (Ranged Damage 14), Destroyer Blast -- (Ranged Burst Area Damage 9), Neuralizer Beam +14 (Ranged Cumulative Will 9), Paralyzer Beam +14 (Ranged Cumulative Fortitude 9).
Defenses: Dodge 10, Parry 10, Fortitude 16, Toughness 18, Will 12.
Totals: Abilities 88 + Powers 131 + Advantages 20 + Skills 52 + Defenses 15 = 306 points
Complications: Megalomania--Motivation. Secret (true nature).
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