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Overload

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"I spent years as a Viper Captive now that I'm out its time for a little payback."

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Player: Energon15823

Affiliations

250 px

Super Group

none

Rank

Founder

· Other Affiliations ·

UNITY, Former Viper Scientist

Identity

Real Name

Thomas Payne

Aliases

Overload

Birthdate

March 23th

Birthplace

Detroit, Michigan

Citizenship

American

Residence

Millenium City, Michigan

Headquarters

Basement Lab

Occupation

Scientist, Omicron Specialist

Legal Status

U.S. Citizen

Marital Status

Single

· Known Relatives ·

N/A

Physical Traits

Species

Human

Sub-Type

Scientifically Enhanced Human

Manufacturer

Model

Ethnicity

Caucasian/American

Gender

Male

Apparent Age

25

Height

6'3"

Weight

165 lbs

Body Type

Semi-Athletic

Hair

Dirty Brown

Eyes

Sky Blue

Skin

Tanned

· Distinguishing Features ·

When suit is on Eyes glow from direct exposure to Omicron, height jumps from 6'3" to 7'0" as well as his weight from 165lbs to 285lbs. His build also becomes very Hulk-like.

Powers & Abilities

· Known Powers ·

Super Strength and In-Human Reflexes

· Equipment ·

Omicron Exoskeleton

· Other Abilities ·

Olympian Caliber Boxing Technique

Background

FILE: PRE-INCIDENT

Dr. Thomas Payne is an Alumni of MIT University who studied Molecular Physics and graduated Summa Cum Laude with Honors in 2011. Not only was he the most brilliant mind in the entire school he was also the university's most prominent student athlete, Captain of the schools boxing team and a Qualifier for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Word got out to Viper that MIT just graduated one of the most brilliant Molecular scientists the world has ever seen with this in mind they then created a plot to kidnap him to assist with the progression of their Omicron and Draysha technologies. On the way to London with his teammates Marlen Esparza, Rau'Shee Warren, Joseph Diaz Jr., Queen Underwood, Jose Ramirez, Jamel Herring, Errol Spence Jr., Claressa Shields, Marcus Browne, Michael Hunter, Dominic Breazeale, and Thomas' replacement Terrell Gausha the plane was hijacked by Vipers Air Troopers. Though the plane safely landed in England later that day Viper still accomplished their mission of obtaining Thomas as well as deleting all records of his existence from all the computer systems in the world.

Since his kidnapping Dr. Payne has either been forced to lead or assist with the technologies at multiple Viper Nests such as the various ones in Canada, helping with the development in Pre-Cogs technology ,as well as the Nest located on Monster Island, were he has helped further the progression of the Draysha Venom. During his years in captivity Dr. Payne has been apart of the team of scientists directly involved with the development of Viper's Omicron technology, as well as fellow captive Doctor Park Lee-Wen from North Korea who with the state of the art lab provided by Viper has made all variants of VIPER's energy weapons - Photonic, Plasma, and Pulson, now deal significantly more damage in standard fire modes. He has also worked with the deranged Doctor Phillippe Moreau who is responsible for the Draysha Venom. Though he learned and improved many of his skills his time as a Captive was gruesome and in-humane which lead his to training hard every night to aid him with his plan to escape.

FILE: POST-INCIDENT

Two years have passed as Thomas slaved away in captivity, when on one faithful day UNTIL's Special Operations unit lead by their commander Kyle Eckhardt, happened to performed a raid on the Vipers Nest in Monster's Island where Thomas was currently being held which resulted in the emancipation of Dr. Payne and a handful of other kidnapped scientists from the clutches of the diabolical Viper.
Upon his return to society Dr. Payne pledged that he will do everything in his power to prevent Viper and others like them from doing that to anyone ever again. As a result and with the help of UNITY and its scientist and hours upon end of back breaking work they developed their own version of an Omicron suit with the knowledge he gained from his work with viper. After its completion they all decided that Thomas would be the best fit for piloting the suit due to his naturally reflexes and strength as a boxer and his science know-how. Now dawning the Omicron tech that drove The Ripper insane the immense strength was toned down a great deal so his mind would be able to handle the suit and have complete control. Dr. Thomas Payne now goes by the name OVERLOAD and continues to fight for........JUSTICE!!!

Endless nights were spent to perfect Viper's Omicron technology and after sacrificing some of the suits strength they finally gained a way to give the pilot full control leading to the final product.

Personality

FILE: PAYNE'S PSYCHE

Thomas is an intellectual who prefers to examine foes which he used during his boxing matches to find a weakness in his opponent while fighting them. He is often intrigued by the scientific implications of a problem, so much so that he almost forgets there is a problem in the first place. Thomas is an extremely likable fellow who keeps a pleasant smile on his face. However, he does occasionally lapse into depression over long-standing unsolved problems.Thomas suffered severe trauma inflicted by Viper during his time as their captive, and repressed it in his subconsciousness. Because Payne's mind is incredibly complex, the original trauma associated with the event is sometimes triggered during his exposure to the Omicron Suits injections but thankfully due to his intellect he can suppress it still giving him full control while dawning the Overload suit.

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