Necessary Evil The Rejects/Specter

Dr. Specter

"If I simply wanted you dead, you'd be dead. But I want you to suffer first." - Dr. Specter, Living Laser #75.

Biography

Dr. James Spenser was born in a suburb of Chicago, Illinois. He earned a doctorate in nuclear physics from MIT. That was also where he had met his wife Joan. They had set up a laboratory in Star City to work on a project to create a new energy source. It was during one of their first live experiments that something went terribly wrong. A few blocks away, the supervillain known as Strongarm had botched a bank robbery. He engaged the Living Laser in battle; a battle which eventually crashed through the walls of the Spenser's lab. During the battle, the Laser was knocked back into the experimental reactor. The additional energy level provided by the Laser's body caused an overload in the reactor. A stray beam of energy from the reactor struck James, who appeared to disintegrate. Laser was able to shut down the reactor before it exploded, but not before Joan Spenser had been exposed to a lethal dose of radiation.

A few days after the experiment, a nurse at the hospital reported a shadowy form in Joan Spenser's room just before she passed away. A week later, authorities that were trying to track down Strongarm found him the victim of an apparent suicide with a note written in his own blood saying "One down. One to go".

Dr. Specter made his first appearance as a villain a few weeks later. During a hostage situation at a goverment building where Living Laser appeared to help, one of the SWAT sharpshooters fired on Living Laser. When subdued, the officer claimed he didn't do it. Some "force" had made him try and kill the hero. At which point Dr. Specter attempted to leap out of the SWAT officer and take control of the Living Laser. He was unsuccessful in his attempt, and was forced to flee the scene.

Over the next couple of years, Dr. Specter attempted kill the Living Laser on several occasions. Because he couldn't manage to take over the Living Laser himself, Dr. Specter started preying on the heroic community at large to see if he could use one of them to finish the job. He would take control of a hero, begin to commit a series of crimes as that hero until he drew the attention of the Laser, at which point he would attempt to kill him. As Dr. Specter started to better understand the powers he recieved, his strategy started to change. After learning he could read people's minds, he was able to learn the secret identity of his arch enemy. Instead of causing random havoc to see if he could lure out his enemy, Dr. Specter started targeting the people Living Laser cared for.

When the Living Laser was killed by the V'Sori, Dr. Specter became furious. He wanted the Laser dead, but he also wanted it to be at his hands after he had been emotionally broken. He now wants revenge on the V'Sori for denying him his vengeance on his long time foe.

Images

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/Ruzgork/DrSpecter.jpg Concept art for Dr. Specter from the upcoming Living Laser cartoon on CWKids

Stats

• Real Name: Dr. James Spenser.
• Race: Human
• Aliases: None
• Identity: Known to legal authorities
• Occupation: Physicist
• Citizenship: U.S.A.
• Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois.
• Known Relatives: Joan (wife, deceased)
• Group Affiliation: Omega: The Rejects
• Education: Doctorate degree in nuclear physics.
• Height: 5'11"
• Weight: 175 lbs. (When corporeal)
• Eyes: Black.
• Hair: None.
• Powers: The majority of Dr. Specter's powers are psychic in nature. He's best known for his ability to possess other people. On several occasions Dr. Specter has used this ability to take control of known heroes and use their powers and abilities to attack his enemies. It is worth while to mention that Dr. Specter's control of a person's mind does not grant him instant access to his host's memories. Dr. Specter does possess the ability to read people's minds, but he has to make an effort to do so and it seems to take a lot out of him when he does so.

Dr. Specter's other well known ability is his ability to become intangible. On several occasions, Dr. Specter has manged to escape from the authorities and members of the heroic community simply by passing through the restraints and cell walls that they believed would hold him. This ability has also made it difficult to actually fight Dr. Specter. A few heroes, including Dr. Specter's arch enemy Living Laser, have been able to physcially harm him while in his intangible state. Dr Specter himself has theorized that his dark energy form is still susceptible to attacks based within certain parts of the energy spectrum.

Dr. Specter also demonstrated the ability to communicate telepathically with others, and a limited ability to fly under his own power. Recently, Dr. Specter seems to have developed the ability to broadcast physcal sensations to groups of people at the same time. Those that he's used this ability upon have described feelings of excrutiating pain, almost as if their bodies were being pulled apart cell by cell.

• Abilities: Dr. Spenser was a fairly well known scientist that was working on creating a new renewable energy source before the accident that gave him his powers.
• Weapons: None.
• Paraphernalia: A computer which contains many of the notes regarding the experiment Dr. Spenser was running when he gained his powers.
• First Appearance: Living Laser #6 (as James Spenser), Living Laser #13 (as Dr. Specter)

Abilities:

• Strength: d4
• Agility: d6
• Vigor: d6
• Smarts: d10
• Spirit: d10

Skills:

• (Agility) Fighting d8 (4)
• (Smarts) Knowledge: Computers d8 + 2 (3)
• (Smarts) Knowledge: Science d8 + 2 (3)
• (Smarts) Repair d6 2 (2)
• (Agility) Shooting d4 (1)
• (Agility) Stealth d6 (2)

Hindrances:

• Alien Form: Humanoid shape of completely black energy. (Major)
• Overconfident (Major) (5pp)
• Heartless (Minor)
• Weakness: Light (Minor)

Edges:

• Arcane Background: Super Powers (10PP)
• Power Points (5pp)
• Scholar (Computers and Science)

Powers:

• Telepathy (2)
• Mind Control (3)
• Intangibility with Phaser Modifier (Still affected by Magic, Psionic, Light abilities)(7)
• Mind Reading (3)
• Stun with Smarts Modifier (3)
• Flight 1 (2)

• Charisma: -4
• Pace: 6
• Parry: 6
• Toughness: 5

Updates:

• XP: 11 as of 01/07/08
• 1) Spirit from d8 -> d10
• 2) Scholar Edge Applied to Knowledge: Computers and Knowledge: Science

Current Status:

• 0 Wounds
• 2 bennies (1 spent for Phasing Spirit Reroll)