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Real Name: Robert “Robbie” Baldwin
Occupation: Student, part-time lab assistant, part-time adventurer
Legal Status: Minor citizen of the U.S. with no criminal record
Identity: Secret
Place of Birth: Springdale, (state unrevealed)
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Justin (father), Madeline (mother)
Base of Operations: Springdale
Past Group Affiliations: None
Known Powers:
Speedball Effect: Robbie was accidentally exposed to energy from another dimension. If he now strikes any object, or is himself struck, with enough force to cause Poor damage, the “speedball effect” activates. This Power allows Robbie to leap Remarkable distances (6 areas) without difficulty, and rebound off walls, floors, or characters without injury. When Speedball is under the effects of his powers, he is covered in a blue-and-gold costume, and each rebound produces a brilliant shower of multi-colored bubbles of Light, of Poor intensity. If Speedball continues to bounce around in an enclosed area, however, those lights serve to confuse opponents. Intuition FEATs based on sight are reduced -1CS to -3CS depending upon the circumstances.
Talents:
Robbie has been working at mastering his powers. He has taught himself Tumbling and Martial Arts E. He also gains a +1 CS when making a Charging attack.
Contacts:
Speedball has auditioned for a place in the Avengers, and could presumably call on them for help should he need it. Presumably, Robbie could call upon Dr. Benson at Hammond Research in Springdale for high-energy physics assistance.
Role-Playing Notes:
Even with months of practice, Robbie has a difficult time controlling his Speedball powers. He pretty much just bounces around a room to bump into his opponents enough times until they are subdued. He is worried that professional heroes would think him a “doofus” for his unconventional style, and is self-conscious about how ridiculous he looks at times. As his powers develop, so should his self-confidence and courage.
History:
Robbie Baldwin, a junior at Springdale High, was working one weekend as a lab assistant at the Hammond Research Lab to earn some spending money when Doctor Benson and two colleagues began the final stages of their attempts to tap an extra-dimensional energy source. The researchers did not construct adequate safeguards and the energies began to overload Hammond Labs’ primitive (by Marvel-Earth standards) equipment. Part of the energies fed back into the generator, shorting out the entire system.
Unfortunately, Robbie had snuck into the lab where the experiment was taking place, curious as to what all the hush-hush preparations had been for. The bizarre energies flooded over him in the darkness, soaking into his body. He tried to wash them off, only to find that his clothing had become a skin-tight blue-and-gold costume, his hair had grown wild tufts, and his voice had become hollow and resonant.
Panicking, Robbie sought to escape to the roof of the lab building where he encountered four masked gunmen, who Robbie fought to a standstill. The criminals escaped, only to perish when their van overturned and exploded.
Since then, Robbie has sought to keep his power under cover from his parents, a conservative lawyer and a free-spirit art teacher, until he can perfect and control his Speedball effect.