The Analyst
Name: The Analyst/Daniel Banks
PL: 13
Hero Points: 7
Ablities:
Str 16, Dex 16, Con 16, Int 20, Wis 18, Cha 16
Dmg Save: 3
Fort Save: 3
Reflex Save: 5 (3 Dex, +2)
Will Save: 5 (4 Wis, +2)
Defense: 21 (Base 8, +3 Dex, +10)
Initiative: 7 (3 Dex, +4 from Improved Init.)
Attack: 3 (6 Melee, 6 Ranged)
Feats: Assessment, Accurate Attack, Blind-Fight, Lightning Reflexes, Evaluate, Dodge, Expertise, Improved Initiative, Photographic Memory, Track, Improved Disarm, Improved Grapple, Improved Pin, Improved Trip, Leadership, Iron Will
Super-Powers: Super-Intelligence (12), Analytical Leap (aka, "Luck") (10)
Skills (ranks only): Acrobatics 1, Computers 1, Demolitions 1, Diplomacy 2, Disable Device 1, Drive 1, Innuendo 2, Jump 1, Knowledge (Tactics) 5, Knowledge (Criminal Psychology) 5, Knowledge (History) 5, Knowledge (Law) 5, Knowledge (Forensics) 5, Language 2 (Spanish, Sign), Listen 2, Medicine 1, Open Lock 1, Profession (PI) 6, Read Lips 1, Repair 1, Search 3, Sense Motive 3, Sleight of Hand 1, Spot 3, Swim 2
Weakness: Code of Behavior... after being exposed to the worst the world has had to show him, Daniel has sworn (and taken to heart) an oath that he will not add to its problems.
1) Never take a life. Ever.
2) Never strike another person unless it is a matter of self-defense... even if someone must be restrained, there are better ways to handle things if you are not in immediate danger (which is why he studies martial arts that focus on subduing your oponent, re: his feats).
3) Never close a case until every avenue of investigation is exhausted.
Description: 175lbs, 6'1", blonde-reddish hair and green eyes. He wears a very out-dated detective's outfit complete with a wide-brimmed hat, trenchcoat, tie, and a small black mask around his eyes. Daniel had a healthy build, but obviously not too bulked up, and was usually in good spirits unless distracted by a puzzling problem.
History: Brought up to the stories of his heroic father, who served the people as a police detective and later as a private investigator that specialized in finding lost loved ones or important items, Daniel Banks knew what he wanted to be his entire life. He idolized child detectives in books, studied the way television investigators asked questions, and was even reading actual case logs from his father's files by the time he was a teenager. His mother, who was brilliant in her own right and had spent much of her life dealing in investments, was worried for him after what had happened to her husband but loathe to stand between her son and his dreams.
When Daniel realized that his interests were causing his mother stress he tried to conceal them, at least in part, but in the end he couldn't deny his driving goals. In college he collected degrees in Criminal Justice, Sociology, and Psychology in the hopes of not just understanding crime, or even criminals, but understanding the causes of crime and the best ways to deal with it. Upon graduation he opened up a private investigation firm that specialized in cases that had been unsolved by the police and the same sorts of stories his father had dealt with. Feeling that he was still not doing enough he early on adopted a crime-fighting identity, The Analyst, that he maintained off and on until his mother's death in a car accident. Feeling that he no longer needed to protect anyone close to him, he revealed his identity to the public, although many didn't even notice.
A firm believer in rehabilitation and community action, he wrote papers for professional trade journals and consulted with police departments as well as prisons. His work, on the streets and off, was the majority of his life and it was reflected in his ever-growing intellect and encyclopedic knowledge of the law and those who break it.
The offer from the city, to take part in a new initiative (or super-team), actually came as a little surprise... but it was a welcome one, and he adapted quickly. Although his time was not long on the team, he did accomplish some great things before a mind-controlled Dannings shot and killed him during the Lunar invasion.
