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Roland S. Vlocke Player: @firestrike2 Class Focus: Not assessed. Power Level: Not assessed. Research & Development: Not assessed. Personal Data Real Name: Roland Stephen Vlocke Known Aliases: Roland, Rolly-Polly, Dimensional Diver Species: Human Ethnicity: Caucasian Age: 45 Height: 5'10 Weight: 150lbs Eye Color: Light blue Hair Color: Blonde Biographical Data Nationality: American Occupation: CEO of Vlocke Aerospace Industries and ULC Administrator. Serpent Institute Head (Formerly) Place of Birth: Vibora Bay Base of Operations: Vibora Bay Marital Status: Not married. Known Relatives: Data restricted. Known Powers Stealth by sinking into a pocket dimension with the aid of a mechanical suit, energy blasts. Known Abilities Immense wealth, knowledge of aeronautical engineering and economics. Equipment Dimensional Diving Suit, private jets,

Overview

Roland Vlocke is the CEO of Vlocke Aerospace Industries and an administrator of the United Liberators Coalition, and an enemy-turned-ally of the Liberators. Ever since 2014, Vlocke has been responsible for funding the Liberators, and eventually merged many of his assets with them when he became an administrator of the newly-created ULC. He has since dedicated his full support, and now personally oversees the day-to-day operations of the organization at the Phoenix Complex on Gull Island. A mysterious man who prefers to keep out of the public eye, he and the company he maintains appears to be another straightforward aircraft manufacturer upon initial inspection, but there are rumors that Vlocke and his company are involved in matters that run much deeper than simple aircraft factories. A man of immense wealth, Vlocke is used to getting things when he wants them and the way he wants them, and tends to use his expansive resources to ensure his plans succeed. In early 2016, it was revealed that he was a member of the Serpent Institute and in mid-2016 he became one of the founders of the United Liberators Coalition.

History

Dimensional Diving Suit

In 1991, Roland Vlocke was well on his way to becoming the CEO of Vlocke Aerospace Industries. His father Stephen Vlocke was terminally ill, and had already groomed his son to be the heir of his corporate empire. During this time Roland did everything he could to follow in his father's footsteps, learning how to fly various types of aircraft, learning how to build them, and more importantly, learning how to compete against other manufacturers that threatened his company's rightful place in the aerospace industry. His father's illness had left the company reeling from a major blow due to his absence, costing it valuable contracts that went to Boeing and Lockheed-Martin instead. Despite the immense responsibility and pressure to boost his company back up, Roland found interest in being a superhero.

In the aftermath of Dr. Destroyer's Attack on Detroit, the news of fame and glory for superheroes spread across the United States, and the world. Vlocke decided that the time was ripe to begin using his vast technical knowledge to develop a suit that would enable his non-powered human form to be capable of achieving what no one else had done before: almost-unbeatable stealth by phasing out of the dimension itself. Vlocke had created the Dimensional Diver Suit, a set of power armor that could create dimensional rifts, or subspace pockets that he could sink into and hide. Vlocke used the suit to do both good and evil. He would practice his combat skills and fine-tune the suit's systems by targeting petty crooks and assisting the police, or in more extreme cases occasionally helping PRIMUS deal with the superpowered villain of the week. More unsavory instances of use included sneaking into rival corporations' headquarters to conduct corporate espionage, and dealing devastating blows to his rivals.

However one day, the heist went awry. His stealth was compromised and the suit failed to open a dimensional rift, leaving him vulnerable to weapons fire. Gunfire and attacks from security personnel damaged the powered armor badly, and short-circuited its electrical systems, almost fatally injuring Vlocke in the process. Managing to bypass several systems and engage the dimensional generators at the last minute, Vlocke barely escaped with his life, and afterwards swore never to use the suit again. On the public front, Vlocke gave up his ambition of manufacturing aircraft for large airlines and government entities, instead focusing his company on producing products for private individuals and superhero organizations. By 2001, hundreds of different super groups across the world were using his vehicles.

Meeting the Liberators

In 2013, Vlocke was approached by Tony Griffins for his assistance in funding the Liberators. Vlocke agreed, on the condition that Griffins would submit monthly reports of the activities his organization became involved in, and kept track of resources used. The Liberators from that point on received approximately 50% of its funding from Vlocke, and the other fifty percent from PRIMUS and other groups and sponsors. Resources and donations were sparse and tight at times, but Vlocke's financial backing ensured that the organization kept afloat. During this phase Vlocke was largely disinterested in the Liberators and considered the amount of money he contributed monthly to be pocket change, but his attitude shifted drastically when he noticed that the Liberators acquired a technologically-advanced gunship captured from Okita Technologies, that threatened to rival his own aircraft and upset the balance of power.

Conflict

Vlocke approached Griffins and demanded that he hand over the aircraft (by this point dubbed the Phoenix) immediately. Griffins, suspicious of Vlocke's intentions, needing the plane for his own use, and reminding Vlocke that he was only a sponsor, not a superior, refused. This resulted in funding being cut to the Liberators, and Vlocke attempting to take the plane for himself by force with the use of a private military. Griffins responded by threatening to attack Vlocke in retaliation for what he percieved to be a threat against his team, and both parties had started to gear up to fight each other when PRIMUS suddenly intervened and was able to mediate the conflict. Griffins was allowed to keep the Phoenix in his posession, having been declared its rightful owner, but its advanced antimatter reactor and weaponry would be confiscated and removed, to be stored at a secure government holding facility to prevent reverse-engineering or use by dangerous parties. The Phoenix, no longer of any interest to Vlocke, was reduced to capabilities no greater than other contemporary aircraft belonging to other supergroups. A month later, Vlocke and Griffins repaired their relationship, and funding was restored.

The valuable technology confiscated from the Phoenix was later stolen by a mysterious faction that broke into the secure storage vault. Vlocke denied any knowledge of who the culprits were, and offered to assist the federal government in finding them.