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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Davies" data-source="post: 8133767" data-attributes="member: 30538">Megawatt<img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/My-First-Gallery/i-BVF9r5t/0/b98899c8/M/Electro-M.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />By all accounts, in 2005 Steve Jovanovich was a fairly typical teenager, growing up in Newark as the only child of a single mother. (All attempts to determine the identity of his father have failed.) He got along with his friends, worked in a part-time job, and did fairly well in school, showing some promise in the sciences. And then, while attending a science exhibition devoted to the work of Nikola Tesla, the accident happened. A machine overloaded and discharged several million volts of electricity into Steve and several other onlookers. Stunningly, Steve was only left in a coma for a few days, and no one else was seriously injured. When he awoke, Steve found himself bursting with energy. He could absorb, generate and direct electrical energy, even (somehow) using it to augment his own strength and endurance. Naturally, he swore to use these powers for the betterment of humanity, and embarked on a career of crimefighting as Megawatt, the Electric Excitement. His mother, whom he immediately told his secret identity, was a bit startled by the sudden change in her son's behavior -- he'd never been so impulsive before -- but believed that he was doing good.Unfortunately, the editor-in-chief of The Star Ledger disagreed, and engaged in quite a bit of slanted, unfair criticism of the young hero. Megawatt claimed not to care about this, but his mother realized that he was actually hurt by the insults. She decided to do something about that, and contacted a reporter for the paper whom she knew, offering him an exclusive interview with Megawatt's mother, in the belief that this would counteract the editor's attacks. She was given a guarantee that her anonymity would be respected.  It wasn't.It only took two days after the interview blowing Steve's secret identity was published for a criminal who'd narrowly escaped him in the past to break into the Jovanovich apartment in an attempt to kidnap Megawatt's mother, accidentally killing her. Megawatt caught him and turned him over to the police, but then he went after the person he actually blamed for the death, breaking into the paper's newsroom and grabbing hold of the editor-in-chief. To this day, it's not clear whether he deliberately electrocuted the man, or whether this was the first documented manifestation of his tendency to lose control of his powers. The results were the same, regardless.Megawatt was finished as a hero, and he was in no mood to answer to the authorities for what he claimed had been an accident. He went on the run, hunted by former allies and enemies alike. His anger over what had happened congealed into spite and contempt for the world, and he became the menace that The Star Ledger had portrayed him as being, as well as a feared criminal mastermind. He has been captured, but never held for long, and never actually tried for the crime which began his reign of terror.While originally independent, a confrontation with Hadron that turned into a conversation led to Megawatt becoming a lieutenant in the old man's organization, albeit one who still usually acts on his own. Conscious of Hadron's advancing age, he fully intends to take over the group when the Radioactive Raider finally kicks the bucket, and to turn it into a much more active criminal organization. He's still loyal enough to Hadron that he doesn't want to speed that day up, though a good part of that is his belief that he doesn't actually have to. And before you ask, no, the editor of The Star Ledger wasn't connected to Billie Zane. He was just an naughty word.Megawatt -- PL 12Abilities:STR 9/0 | STA 12/3 | AGL 3 | DEX 2 | FGT 7 | INT 2 | AWE 0 | PRE 2Powers:Arc Riding: Leaping 12 (4 miles) - 12 points Electrical Absorption: Immunity 10 (electrical effects); Reaction Energizing Healing 10, Limited to Self, Source (Electricity) - 50 pointsElectrical Control: Array (36 points) <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Ball Lightning: Ranged Burst Area Damage 12 - 36 points</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Electrical Aura: Reaction Damage 9 - 1 point</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Lightning Flash: Ranged Burst Area Cumulative Affliction 12 (Resisted by Fortitude; Visually Impaired, Visually Disabled, Visually Unaware), Limited to One Sense - 1 point</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Mega-Taser: Ranged Cumulative Affliction 12 (Resisted by Fortitude; Dazed, Stunned, Incapacitated) - 1 point</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Power Drain: Burst Area Nullify Technology 12, Broad - 1 point</li> </ul>Power Boost: Linked Enhanced Strength 9, Fades; Lnked Enhanced Stamina 9, Fades - 18 pointsAdvantages:Defensive Attack, Extraordinary Effort, Fast Grab, Fearless, Improved Initiative, Startle.Skills:Deception 5 (+7), Expertise: Criminal 8 (+10), Expertise: Science 6 (+8), Expertise: Streetwise 6 (+8), Intimidation 8 (+10), Perception 7 (+7), Ranged Combat: Electrical Control 8 (+10), Stealth 6 (+9).Offense:Initiative +7Unarmed +7 (Close Damage 9/0 and Reaction Damage 9)Ball Lightning -- (Ranged Burst Area Damage 12)Lightning Flash -- (Ranged Burst Area Fortitude 12)Mega-Taser +10 (Ranged Fortitude 12)Defense:Dodge 10, Parry 9, Fortitude 14/5, Toughness 12/3, Will 8Totals:Abilities 38 + Powers 99 + Advantages 6 + Skills 27 + Defense 19 = 199 pointsComplications:Power--Motivation. Power Loss (all, when surrounded by conductive or insulating materials.) Uncontrolled Power.</blockquote>

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