LIVE WIRE

QUOTE:

"Grife, let's just zap the thing."

HEIGHT:

5' 8"

WEIGHT:

170 lbs.

EYE COLOR:

Blue

HAIR COLOR:

Auburn

ETHNICITY:

Winathian

BIRTHDATE:

Jul 12, 2991

AGE:

16

GENDER:

Male

APPEARANCE:

Garth has bright red hair and wears a blue costume with lightning bolts coming over his shoulders and across his chest with white boots and gloves. He also wears a yellow belt with the Legion emblem on it.

MODEL:

Calum Worthy

THEME SONG:

Only the Good Die Young - Billy Joel

WAIVER:

Almost anything is possible, with the exception of maiming him, or killing him. I'll be the one to maim him, thank you very much!

EDUCATION:

GRD 12 - G.E.D.

CHARACTER CONCEPT:

Hot headed founder of the Legion of Super-Heroes

ORIENTATION:

Straight

DEMEANOR:

Gallant

NATURE:

Competitor

PERSONALITY:

Garth is very outspoken and cheerful. He used to be more of a hot-head, but his friends in the Legion have calmed him down a little bit. Garth is very loyal to his friends, and can be very dangerous when he feels he's been betrayed. He is also fiercely protective of Saturn Girl, sometimes forgetting that she's more than capable of taking care of herself.

GOALS:

To be a hero worthy of Superman.

CLASSIFICATION:

HUMAN - Class H: Homosapien Sapien

POWER SOURCE:

Mutation due to run in with Lightning Beasts

POWER RANK:

12

SKILL LEVEL:

Superior talent with extensive training

APTITUDE:

Operate current technology: computers, electronics

WEALTH:

Salaried employment, middle class

ADVANTAGES:

ATTRACTIVE: Live Wire has a habit of turning heads where ever he goes, regardless of how he appears, he's just damn attractive.

CONFIDENCE: Live Wire possess an untouchable air of superiority that makes others instinctively realize he's not worried. He doesn't come off cocky, though he can at times. He just has a comforting presence that makes people know that he is the type of person who will get what they want when they want, by their own hands or use of powers if needed.

HEROIC: There is just something very imposing or impressive about Live Wire that makes him surpass the ordinary; whether, it is showing extreme courage or bravery, or saving someone's life.

POWERS:

DETECTION: Live Wire can detect and identify energy and related phenomena. He can only detect actual energy, not potential energy (he couldn't detect a bomb until it explodes, for example). Likewise, while he can detect the energies consciously emitted by super-humans, he cannot detect the meta-humans themselves.

ELECTRICAL MANIPULATION: Live Wire can control all forms of electricity, whether natural or artificial. He can control the intensity and direction of electron streams and alter the conductivity of materials. He can shape electron streams into any desired form. This permits him to develop lightning constructs designed to perform certain tasks (shields, cages, barriers, etc.)

ELECTRICAL GENERATION: Live Wire can create electrical streams that can do damage. He can project the electricity through any conductive medium, such as air, water, or metal. Electricity comes in various forms:

Static electricity causes magnetic attraction between objects and can disrupt electronic communications.

Lightning as sheer, raw, destructive power and by far the most popular form of this power.

AC/DC allows him to either energize or overload normal electrical devices and batteries.

ENERGY SPONGE: Live Wire can absorb any form of energy, whether natural or artificial, though even he has his limits.

SKILLS & ABILITIES:

ACROBATICS: Gymnastic movement. Live Wire can tumble, swing from ropes, walk across thin beams, and leap through windows.

ASSESSMENT: Live Wire can tell the difficulty of many tasks and judge the abilities of others.

ATHLETICS: Playing a sport(s), including, but not limited to, baseball, basketball, cricket, football, jai alai, lacrosse, rugby, soccer, softball, tennis, various track and field events, and volleyball. He also have knowledge of injuries and first aid.

COMBAT STYLE (MARTIAL ARTS): Live Wire is trained in basic martial arts.

COMPUTERS (USAGE): Live Wire is fairly efficient when using a computer.

GAMING: Playing games, including, but not limited to, board, card, computer, dice, strategy, and tabletop games. This skill also covers gambling.

INTIMIDATION: Terrifying someone into doing or saying what he wants. Because, who wants a lightning strike from point blank range?

LEADERSHIP: Keeping a team together and focused on goals. While not the Legion's leader, Live Wire makes a great second to pick up the slack if something should happen.

PILOTING: Working knowledge of most 31st century aircraft.

SEDUCTION: The art of using ones sensuality and sexuality to manipulate another. It worked on Saturn Girl.

STREETWISE: The art of living and surviving on the mean streets. Live Wire knows how to handle himself on the streets and when dealing with low lifes and undesirables. He knows who to or not to approach, how to identify gang signs, etc.

DISADVANTAGES:

MORAL CODE: No matter what, Live Wire lives by Superman's code. He will not kill or more importantly, allow someone else to kill or be killed by there actions or lack there of regardless of the situation or mitigating circumstances. Likewise, and to a lesser degree, they will not permit others to be harmed and try to minimize property damage where possible. Saving lives takes precedence over all, even over catching the bad guys. Needless to say there are times when this code causes problems.

MORTAL: When it comes down to the nitty gritty, Live Wire is mortal. Regardless of any armor he might wear, weapons he might carry or even performance enhancing drugs he might take, Garth is only flesh and blood. His body is as susceptible to pain, injury and disease as that of the next person. Regardless of how often he trains or how intensely he trains, or how much he tries to push his physical limits, he is mortal and subject to the physical limits of being mortal. He can be permanently hurt or die.

UNIFORM:

Garth's costume is blue with lightning bolts coming down his shoulders onto his chest. He wears white boots and gloves, and a yellow belt with the Legion emblem on it.

EQUIPMENT:

FLIGHT RING: Standard Legion Issue. The Legion of Super-Heroes' flight ring was originally designed by the Invisible Kid, he noted the unique anit-gravity properties of Coluan waste materials which he fashioned into the first of the Legion Flight Rings. Since their creation, ring has been refined so as to grant the wearer the following abilities:

• ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - offers protection agains environments that are hostile toward or unable to support sentient life. It protects up to a temperature of around five thousand degrees (a star) or as low as near Absolute Zero (space). It also allows it's wearer to breathe in an airless environment (vacuum, under water) and can filter harmful or alien substances.

• FLIGHT: The primary aspect of the ring is it's ability to grant it's wearer the ability of wingless flight, based upon the natural or enhanced speed of the ring-wearer. The ring creates a personalized anti-gravity field around the wearer which allows self-propulsion through open space (hence, they are able to function in the vacuum of outer space). As a result, faster Legionnaires will be able to fly faster, and those who already are capable of natural flight will find an enhancement to their speed.
• HYPER-SPACE COMMUNICATOR: allowing Legionnaires to communicate across interstellar distances.
• SUB-SPACE TRANSMITTER BEACON: allowing for Legion tracking equipment to track the Ring anywhere in known space.
• UNIVERSAL TRANSLATOR: allow two way communication between the Legionnaires and other races, translating the Legion's Interlac into the other race's native tongue and vice-versa. However, languages that do not share the same language 'tree' as Interlac are not able to be translated.

The Rings themselves seem to be self-sustaining, the half-life of the dense Valorum having not yet been determined.

OMNICOM: Standard Legion Issue. The Omnicom is a communication and information-display device originally developed and supplied by Brande Industries. All current Legionnaire Standard Issue Omnicoms are made by Brande Industries. With 5,000 viewing channels, a full audio-visual interface for recording, lockable file storage, environmental scans for safety and life signs, simple genetic scans, the sprocking Encyclopedia Galactica! Plus it's automation tools great for filing paperwork.

RESOURCES:

LoSH MEMBERSHIP: Being a member of the LSH definitely has its benefits. For the duration of a Legionnaires active membership, they are provided a handsome stipend equal to that of an average executive. In addition, they're provided with a private apartment, quarters at the Legion HQ, a food allowance and other reasonable expenses. Full medical care is provided, full access to training facilities and equipment, transportation, all of this compliments of their benefactor, industrialist RJ Brande.

LoSH STIPEND: Every member of the LoSH is, for financial reasons and purposes of benefit distribution, considered to be an employee of Brande Industries and draws a very comfortable salary on which to live on.

TRANSPORTATION:

Legion crusiers

Transmatter gates

CONTACTS:

LoSH: (Legion of Super Heroes) Lead by Cosmic Boy, and backed by the legendary R. J. Brande, the Legion of Super Heroes represents all that a hero is or could hope to be, they are the premier team of Super heroes of the 31st century. The Legion was formed when three teenagers saved the life of legendary financier R. J. Brande. Their members include Cosmic Boy, Kid Quantum, Live Wire, Saturn Girl and many others. The LoSH have saved the universe more times then Vogons have fingers and Vogons have a lot of fingers.

SCIENCE POLICE: (S.P.s) The Science Police are the interstellar policing-force of the United Planets in the 31st century. Several Legionnaires have been SP cadets before joining the Legion including Leviathan and Saturn Girl.

RELATIVES:

Gossamer: (Ranzz, Ayla): A native of Winath, she gained the ability to nullify gravity.

LIGHTNING LORD: (Ranzz, Mekt) The leader of the LSVs, Lightning Lord is a founding member to join the LSVs, he is the older brother of Live Wire and Light Lass. He was imbued with power of electricity at the same time Garth was.

ENEMIES:

LSV: (Legion of Super Villains) Lead by Lightning Lord, and backed by the criminal master-mind Tarik the 'Mute', the is comprised of some of the most dangerous villains throughout the known worlds including Blaze, Cosmic King, Echo, Nemesis Kid, Saturn Queen and more, they are not to be taken lightly and considered to be among the U.P.s and the S.P.s most wanted.

LIGHTNING LORD: (Ranzz, Mekt) The leader of the LSVs, Lightning Lord is a founding member to join the LSVs, he is the older brother of Live Wire and Light Lass. He was imbued with power of electricity at the same time his younger siblings were.