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Fighting: |
Ex |
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Ex |
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Strength: |
Un |
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Endurance: |
Mn |
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Ty |
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Ty |
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Ty |
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Health: |
215 |
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Karma: |
18 |
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Popularity: |
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Real Name: Unrevealed
Occupation: Soldier
Legal Status: Citizen of the planet Dakkam
Identity: Unknown on Earth
Place of Birth: The planet Dakkam
Marital Status: Unrevealed
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Mobile, formerly the planet Dakkam
Past Group Affiliations: Member of the Elite of Dakkam, former ally of Graviton
Known Powers:
None
Equipment:
Body Armor: Quantum’s super-hard skin provides him with protection against all forms of damage. Resolve mental attacks normally.
Flight: Quantum can fly at Shift-Y air speed (100 areas per turn) in atmosphere and CL3000 (near-light) in the vacuum of space.
Flame Sheath: When flying, Quantum can create an aura of Incredible Intensity flames around his body.
Hyper-Teleportation: Quantum has the power to occupy multiple positions in space at nearly the same In effect, he can teleport with great rapidity back and forth among many different locations, remaining in one spot for a mere fraction of a second. Due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, a human observer sees Quantum appear in many different positions simultaneously, and may mistakenly assumed that Quantum has created duplicates of himself. Though he possesses this ability at Monstrous rank, Quantum can teleport himself only a maximum of six inches away from his previous position.
Invulnerability: Quantum possesses CL1000 resistance to heat and gravitational forces.
Life Support: With this power at Shift Z rank, Quantum can survive in hostile environments indefinitely without requiring food, water, or air.
Limitation:
Because he relies upon light from the closest star, dense smoke or darkness negates Quantum’s Hyper-Teleportation power and renders him unconscious for 1-10 turns if he fails a Red Endurance FEAT
Talents:
None
Contacts:
Aquarian, Graviton
Role-Playing Notes:
Quantum is a brave soldier, totally loyal to the ruling Elite of Dakkam, the Fatherworld. Though he wields great powers, he uses force only on those who interfere with his quest to find the missing members of his platoon. His unyielding determination to find his comrades has brought him into conflict with several super heroes, causing him to be labeled a villain, when in fact, he is fueled by none of the motives associated with most super criminals.
History:
Little is known about the early history of the enigmatic alien called Quantum. The origin of his super powers is closely tied to that of an other Dakkamite named Wundarr, who later became known as the pacifist super being called Aquarian. Wundarr was launched into space as an infant by his father, who mistakenly believed the planetwide destruction of Dakkam was imminent. Spending the interstellar voyage in suspended animation, Wundarr and his vessel were eventually caught by the gravitational pull of Earth. The young Dakkamite was bombarded by cosmic rays from the Earth’s sun, which granted him certain superhuman powers.
Scientists on the planet Dakkam noticed the superhuman powers of Aquarian. After presenting their observations to the ruling Elite of Dakkam, the scientists were ordered to undertake an experiment to deter mine the viability of endowing Dakkamite soldiers with similar powers. Toward this end, a platoon of militiamen, including Quantum, were elected to serve as test subjects.
Known as the Elect, each of the soldiers was placed inside an incubator capsule and launched into or bit around the Earth’s sun. Sensors monitored their bodies, waiting for signs of cellular enhancement.
When Quantum was awakened, he discovered that his strength had increased a hundredfold, and he was virtually impervious to injury. He now had the power to quantumize his spatial coordinates, allowing him to materialize his body in different locations within his probability field for mere fractions of a second each.
Quantum also discovered that his fellow platoon members had gone, apparently having hatched before him. He searched for his comrades tirelessly, finally flying through the sun itself. Upon emerging, he noticed a gravity beacon from Earth and answered its call, hoping it was set by the missing Elect.
Unfortunately, the beacon was sent by the criminal Graviton, who enlisted Quantum, along with the female alien named Halflife and the electromagnetic entity called Zzzax, in his war against the West Coast Avengers. Quantum went along with Graviton’s plot in exchange for a promise of help in locating the Elect.
Quantum, Halflife, and Zzzax helped Graviton defeat the West Coast Avengers, who were made prisoner at Graviton’s headquarters, a mass of rock suspended in the atmosphere. The Avenger Tigra escaped and convinced Halflife and Quantum that each was out to kill the other. The two aliens fought, and when Graviton interfered in the struggle, the resulting clash of great forces propelled Quantum off the levitating mass of rock. As Quantum fell to Earth, the Avengers escaped.
Because of his superhuman powers, Quantum survived the tremendous fall. He abandoned his alliance with Graviton, and has maintained a low profile while searching for his comrades, the missing Elect.
Recently, Quantum’s quest brought him to an encounter with Quasar and Aquarian. After discovering that Aquarian was a Dakkamite, Quantum hoped that Aquarian might be one of the Elect. Quantum told Aquarian of the Elect and how he came to Earth. Aquarian assured Quantum that he was Dakkamite, but not one of the Elect. Quantum suddenly came to the conclusion that Aquarian was the original Dakkamite to transform, the one the scientists observed. Calling Aquarian a traitor to the Fatherworld, Quantum attacked.
Before the pacifist came to harm, Quasar interfered and defeated Quantum by altering the probability field surrounding the alien. Quantum was stuck between two discrete quantum levels, freezing him with three intangible images.
Out of compassion, Aquarian asked Quantum to join his group of followers, but the infuriated soldier refused and flew away. Until Quasar uses his powers to reverse the effects upon Quantum, the alien will apparently remain as three intangible images.