Aberrant: 200X - Alex "Sunshine" Andrews

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Name: 'Alexander Andrews'

Real Name: Unknown

Nature: Caregiver

Concept: Living Sun

Date of Birth: Unknown

Sex: Male

Apparent Age: Late teens

Height: 6'1"

Weight: 170lbs

Known Appearance: 'Alexander' is a tall young man with an athletic, symmetrical body. His long blond hair possesses a burnished gold tone, highlighted further by the glow of his aura. Sapphire eyes and even white teeth shine from the flawless light-bronze skin of his face. His body is constantly surrounded by a swirling hazy nimbus of golden light, reminiscent of afternoon sunlight, which only fades when he has taxed himself to exhaustion. When his abilities are in use, lens-flares and motes of golden light spark and shimmer around his body, appearing and disappearing within the aura of light.

Known Powers:

Alex's manifestation somehow permits the young nova to absorb and store solar/stellar radiation, as well as catalyse other forms of electromagnetic and nuclear energies (heat, light, fire, electricity, etc) into sunlight within the individual cells of his body. It's theorised that this catalysation process takes place within an unusual membrane around every cell of his body. Each individual cell is capable of holding at least Restricted! of energy in this fashion, making each one a tiny, individually-weak Sun.

Using this energy, Alex can fly, and generate enormous heat by inducing the stored power to lase through the lenses of his eyes (see attached file Physiological Changes: Alexander Andrews ), as well as releasing the stored energy through other means. Theoretical measurements place the top end of his output at roughly Restricted!, which is about half the surface temperature of our Sun. His cellular cohesion is tremendously enhanced, giving him a massive resistance to physical injury. We further postulate that he can utilise his stored energy in other ways defined by the changes we have seen in his cellular structure, but he has yet to develop further outward manifestations of this.

All of these changes bear a price, however. At 'full-charge', Mr Andrews actually radiates moderate-intensity solar radiation, essentially bleeding off sunlight from each cell. Whilst not extreme, prolonged close (within a few feet) contact with Mr Andrews would be roughly equivalent to the same amount of time spent exposed to a hot summer sun. Tanning, sunburn, and a potential risk of melanoma could result if care is not taken.

There is also a danger to Mr Andrews himself from this energy-bleed. If he does not get sufficient System Warning! Security Penetration detected and traced! Initiating I.C.!

Visible Aberrations: Glow (Warm Sunlight), Anima Banner (Lens-flares)

History: Unknown. There is no data at all on this nova other than the fact he was found near the epicenter of the Victoria Crush, having apparently erupted to survive that ordeal. The problem of identification has been compounded a hundredfold by the fact that his fingerprints, dental records, and even DNA don't match up with any database, most likely due to the complete remapping of his body during Eruption. The remapping has extended to his mind, leaving this nova a blank slate when he was first found.

Sunshine's First Appearance

Going to the Rashoud Facility

During the following months and his education at the Rashoud Clinic, he was given the name 'Alexander Andrews" simply because there was no better suggestion at the time. He liked the alliteration, and it stuck.

(50NP build)

ATTRIBUTES

Physical (Tertiary)

STR: ●●●● (Athletic)

DEX: ●●●●● (Fast)

STA: ●●●●● (Enduring)

Mental (Secondary)

PER: ●●●● (Alert)

INT: ●●●● (Bright)

WIT: ●●●●● (Quick)

Social (Primary)

APP: ●●●●● (Stunning)

MAN: ●●

CHA: ●●●● (Inspiring)

- (4 NP spent)

Abilities:

Brawl:

Might:

Athletics: ●●

Drive:

Firearms:

Legerdemain:

Martial Arts:

Melee:

Pilot:

Stealth:

Endurance: ●●●●

Resistance: ●●●●

Awareness: ●●●

Investigation:

Academics: ●●●

Bureaucracy: ●

Computer: ●●

Engineering: ●

Intrusion:

Linguistics: ●●● [Language Families: Romance family, Russian, Chinese]

Medicine: ●●

Science: ●●

Survival: ●

Arts:

Biz:

Rapport: ●●●

Intimidation:

Style: ●●

Interrogation:

Streetwise:

Subterfuge: ●

Command:

Etiquette: ●●

Perform: ●●

Backgrounds:

Cipher ● (No-one knows who he was pre-Eruption, and his appearance, DNA and even dental records were entirely changed. Since his emergence in 2010, though, much of Sunshine's life is a matter of public record. Only the details of his abilities and physiological changes aren't widely known - in most other ways he is a public figure.)

Node ●●●●●

Attunement ●●●●●

Resources ● (A small trust fund set up by his friends and Project Utopia, which grants Alex a decent allowance)

Reputation: ●●●● (Omigod he's, like, that gorgeous glowing teen guy that erupted during the Crush and had no memory of anything! They say he's really sweet and nice. I wanna adopt him.)

- (4 BP spent)

Merits:

Internal Compass - 1

Sexy - 1

Quantum Recovery - 3 (The constant background count of stellar radiation almost anywhere in the universe means that Alex is rarely without power for long)

Quantum Integrity - 5 (Alex's quantum signature resists outside tampering. He may spend a Willpower point to add 3 successes to any attempt to resist powers that alter the character on a quantum level (Disrupt, Disimmunize, Quantum Leech etc.). The nova must have a Node rating of 2 or more to take this Merit.)

Flaws:

Eufiber Rejection + 2 (The solar energy coursing through Alex's cells is lethal to symbiotic clothing.)

Dependancy: Sunlight (or moonlight) + 3 (Common Substance, 1 Lethal health level every 24 hrs without)

Amnesia + 5 (Tabula Rasa: It's theorised by those doctors that have examined him that Alex's transformation, particularly the changes in his brain structure that changed his synapses from electrical to light energy, had the side effect of wiping clean his memory, personality and any learned skills, making him a true blank slate.)

Quantum: ●●●●● (7 BPs, 3NP's (1 Tainted))

Quantum Pool: 30

Willpower: ●●●●● (4 BP spent)

Taint: ●●●●●●● (+2 Social difficulty with Baselines)

Resonance: Empyrean 2

- Aberrations:

Glow (Emanates Warm Sunlight)

Anima Banner (Lens-flare & solar corona effect),

Energy Emission: Sunlight (Moderate to High intensity: prolonged exposure at close range [less than 18 inches] will (over time) tan, burn and even potentially cause skin cancer in those susceptible.);

Solar Powered: Alex is solar powered, if kept in darkness for too long he begins to bleed energy at the rate of one point per 10 minutes. When his quantum reserves reach zero he lapses into a coma. If he is exposed to low levels of light (flashlight, light bulb in a sewer hall) he will not bleed energy but cannot regain energy until he is once again exposed large amounts of light (well lit room, stadium lights) in these conditions he regains energy at half his normal rate. Only under sunlight can he regain his reserves of energy at the full rate (moonlight also counts, as it is reflected solar energy).

Special Effect

Summer's Mantle - Alex doesn't smell like a normal person, even for a nova. His very presence is a reminder of summer in more ways than the obvious glow and warmth. When happy or content, he gives off a fresh, clean scent similar to sun-warmed flowers, grass and fruit ripening on the tree. When angry or sad, the scent becomes harsh and dry, like a desert wind over heated bare rock.

Mega-Attributes:

- Mega-Strength ● (Lifter)

- Mega-Dexterity ●● (Enhanced Movement)

- Mega-Stamina ●●●● (Adaptation; Hardbody)

- Mega-Perception ● (Electromagnetic Vision)

- Mega-Intelligence ●● (Fast Learner)

- Mega-Wits ●● (Hypercognition)

- Mega-Appearance ●● (Immaculate, Halo Effect)

- Mega-Manipulation

- Mega-Charisma ●● (The Voice)

- (27 NP spent )

Quantum Powers

-Energy Catalyst - New Power: Under Trial ●●●● - Alex's body is incredibly efficient at absorbing and using incoming energy surges. He can divide the absorbed levels of damage between his Quantum Bolt, Armor, Hyperflight, and Strength, up to a limit of 4 ranks in each. [Note: Alex has one 'tagged' power left to assign.]

-*Cellular Integrity - Armor (Extra: Super-heavy) ●● - The fact that Alex's cellular structure is made up of what is effectively millions of tiny suns gives him impressive resistance to most forms of damage, many attacks being dispersed reflexively by a combination of gravitic and nuclear micropulses.

-*Fusion Lance - Quantum Bolt (Extra: Armor piercing) ●●● - Sunshine can emit focused solar energy from his eyes in a beam of coherent electromagnetic radiation across all spectrums hot enough to cut through tank armor like a hot knife through butter. The mixture of energy types that are present make it hard to find a single specialised resistance to this attack, as both external heat and cellular atomic disruption are applied at the point of intersection with solid matter.

-Crown of Flames - Immolate (Extra: Aggravated) ●● - Alex is capable of projecting and intensifying his aura to extremes capable of reducing vitrium to vapor and molecules.

-Radiant Aura - New Power ●● - Alex is a living solar energy emitter, and this power is the evidence of it. With a touch of quantum, he can radiate filtered solar energy over an entire area, bathing it in strong sunlight. At high levels, this can cause immediate burning, blindness and a high risk of melanoma.

-Flight - ●

-*Hypermovement: Flight - ●●

-Quantum Leech - ●

- (29 NP spent: 2 dots Energy Catalyst tainted)

Combat Stats

Base Soak: Bashing 9 / Lethal 4

With Armor: Bashing 15 / Lethal 10

Superheavy: Bashing 17 / Lethal 12 +2 diff to be hit, -3 Initiative, -1 die from all Dex-pools.

Health Levels: 9 (Bruisedx3, Hurt, Injured, Wounded, Maimed, Crippled, Incapacitated)

Initiative: 13 (10)

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XP Log

60 XP starting allowance Oct 2010

30 Oct 2010 - 30 XP on Q-bolt

- 16 XP on Immolate

- 5 XP on Hardbody

- 5 XP on Mega-Dex 2

-4 XP remaining

01 Nov 2010 - 7 XP gained for October

- 11 XP remaining

09 Nov 2010 - 6 XP spent on Hyperflight

- 5XP remaining

01 Dec 2010 - 7 XP gained for November

- 12XP remaining

20 Dec 2010 - 5 XP spent on Halo Effect

- 5 XP spent on Health

- 2XP remaining

01 Jan 2011 - 7 XP gained for December

- 9 XP remaining

14 Jan 2011 - 5 XP spent on Mega App 2

- 2 XP spent on Attunement 2

01 Feb 2011 - 7 XP gained for January

- 9 XP remaining

09 Feb 2011 - 6 XP spent on Radiant Aura

- 3 XP remaining

01 Mar 2011 - 7 XP gained for February

- 10 XP remaining

06 Mar 2011 - 6 XP spent on Quantum Leech

- 4 XP remaining

01 Apr 2011 - 7 XP gained for March

- 11 XP remaining

01 May 2011 - 7 XP gained for April

- 18 XP remaining

11 May 2011 - 6 XP spent on Mega Charisma 1

- 5 XP spent on Hyperflight 2

- 5 XP spent on Radiant Aura 2

- 2 XP remaining

20 May 2011 - 1 XP spent on Engineering 1

- 1 XP spent on Survival 1

01 Jun 2011 - 7 XP awarded for May

- 5 XP spent on Mega Intelligence 2

- 2 XP remaining

01 Jul 2011 - 7 XP awarded for June

- 9 XP remaining

- 6 XP spent on Mega-Strength 1

- 3 XP remaining

01 August - 07 XP awarded for July

- 10 XP remaining

01 September - 3 XP awarded for August

- 13 XP remaining

29 Sep - 5 XP spent on Mega Wits 2

- 5 XP spent on Mega Cha 2

- 3 XP remaining

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Psychological Profile: Alexander Andrews

Initial Results:

Alex Andrews is for the most part a textbook ENFP (Extroverted iNtuitive Feeling Perceiving) personality type, being introspective, values-oriented rather than focused on goals and achievements, innately gifted in inspiring/motivating others due to his own passion for projects he undertakes, as well as being socially adept and extremely expressive. ENFPs are natural advocates, with excellent people skills deriving from their warmth, energy and positivity. Their social impact is born of their genuine liking for others rather than any need to control or impose their will on surrounding personalities.

Experts characterise ENFPs as both "idea" and "people"-people, whose basic perceptions regard everyone and everything as part of a cosmic whole, in addition to being greatly energised around other people. There is a curious and highly intriguing parallel in Mr Andrew's case with regards to his quantum expression, which links him inexorably to the source of all life: sunlight.

Effects of personality type on interpersonal relationships:

Friends, family and loved ones are what life is about to the ENFP, more than other types. Loyal to a fault, they hold up their end of relationships no matter what, which leads to a potential of being victimized by less caring individuals. Though not unhealthily dependant on others for their self-esteem, some suffer short-term difficulty being rejected or alone, especially on a regular basis.

Alex has no family and no past of his own, and immediately after his rebirth imprinted on Ms Jael Carver. Over the last few months, he has shown greater independance of thought and deed, but remains close to those he first met. Given his personable nature and innate confidence, plus a distinct lack of ordinary everyday neuroses, he will likely form friendships quickly with others.

Effects of personality type in a work/educational setting:

Textbook ENFPs are pleasant, easy-going, and usually fun to work with. They come up with great ideas, and are a major asset in brainstorming sessions. They can lend massive impetus to the initial stages of a group-focused project through virtue of their enthusiasm and creativity. Followthrough after the initial launch tends to be a problem, however; they tend to get bored quickly, especially if a newer, more interesting project comes along. They also tend to be procrastinators, both about meeting hard deadlines and about performing any small, uninteresting tasks that they've been assigned.

Reports from the Rashoud Facility's educational psychologist reinforce our initial assessment of his personality type. Highly intelligent and articulate, he may need a certain level of direction or motivation in order to follow-through an assignment to the end, particularly if any tedium is involved. He is aware of this fault and strives to compensate for it, sometimes leading to hastily finished projects as he races to finish before he gets bored. In group assignments, this has proved to be less of a problem. The fun of working with others counterbalances his need to move on to something more interesting.

Core positive personality descriptors: creative, open, confident, energetic, resourceful, assertive, spontaneous, life-loving, adventurous, charismatic, passionate and experimental.

Core negative personality descriptors : disorganized, impulsive, risk taker, attention-seeker, disregards rules, irrational, dangerous temper. (Note: The words highlighted in red text are hypothetically-posed extreme traits that may manifest in high-stress situations)