Doctor Shock

Gordon Shockley

Gordon Shockley, M.D., Ph.D., grew up in love with science. He loved the exhilaration of delving into the mysteries of the universe and, as he grew older, how super-beings seemed to defy the laws of physics. This fascinated Shockley, who felt there was nothing outside the realm of science, only things science hadn’t gotten around to explaining yet. He made a hobby of studying superhumans and their powers. It was a matter of curiosity, and more than a little jealousy, given what these people were capable of and the fame heaped upon them. When, as an adult, Shockley’s latent mutations emerged, which allowed him to generate and control electrical fields, he thought it was an answer to unspoken prayers.
Then the problems started.
In the world of superpowers, not everyone is a winner and Shockley’s powers were killing him. His body, specifically his nervous system, couldn’t handle the electrical current it was generating and it was shutting down. Desperate, he looked everywhere for answers. He frantically put his own multi-disciplinary genius to use, trying cybernetics and gene therapy, applying his analyses of hundreds of superhuman physiologies to his own dilemma. At some point, his experimentation succeeded without him noticing. He managed to stop the neural deterioration, but his own modifications had already radically changed his brain chemistry and personality, submerging the old Gordon under an intellect shed of inhibition and moral judgment.
Months after Dr. Gordon Shockley disappeared into his research, Doctor Shock made the news for his capture and terminal scientific examination of the growthpowered hero Mr. Big (whose remains were later found by AEGIS). Since then he has quickly become a boogeyman for the powered community, the scalpel in the shadows waiting to divine their secrets in the most gruesome of fashions.

Physical Description

Special abilities

Shock is a self-made cyborg who has tampered with his physiology using nano-tech, cyberimplants, and hardcore bio-engineering. In fact, his body is one of his favorite test beds for his studies and inventions. His listed powers and abilities are only examples of what he could possess, since he might make modifications before any given appearance as it suits the needs of the story. He has yet to master psionic engineering (a holy grail for him) and he doesn’t believe in magic, rationalizing any such supernatural powers and abilities as metahuman manifestations.
Brilliant before his self-experimentation, Shock’s intellect can no longer be considered any more human than the rest of him.

Mental characteristics

Intellectual Characteristics

Doctor Shock is a high-functioning psychopath obsessed with expanding his knowledge of the darker areas of scientific experimentation; in other words, the archetypal mad scientist. He no longer feels emotions as normal people define them.
Shock never loses his temper and he never raises his voice... even so, his reverberating electronic tones are quite menacing. Even more disturbing is his ability to compartmentalize his thinking, which allows him to literally have discussions with himself.

Social

Contacts & Relations

Shock doesn’t work will with anyone whose intellect and scientific acumen he doesn’t respect... and he has little respect for most other science-criminals because of their juvenile approach or self-limiting obsessions. He is, of course, blind to his own obsessions and limitations.
Shock doesn’t have enemies, only test subjects, rivals, and ‘overly-emotional inferiors’ who don’t understand his work. Besides, in order for him to have true enemies, he’d need to feel hatred, anger, or jealousy toward them, and he no longer possess those emotions. If a hero or group of heroes were to interfere with his plans too often, Shock would hold them responsible for their actions and target them in future schemes. Partially to remove the impediment to his work and partly to prove his superiority.