Killswitch
Troy Raines
Now would be a good time to start running.Killswitch is one of the most dangerous mercenaries in the world. A super soldier who's every bit as a calculating as he is dangerous, and will kill anyone or anything if the money is right.
Physical Description
Special abilities
Killswitch has his abilities enhanced to superhuman levels, able to perform feats of strength, speed, agility, and reflexes beyond the finest athlete.
Enhanced Physiology: His biggest power. Simply put, Killswitch has full control over how his body works, meaning that he can control his senses, reactions, perception, and chemistry to suit him when needed. These allow him feats such as:
- Slow down his heartbeat to a small pulse when making a precision shot from a distance.
- Eliminate all distractions from his sight and mind to put all attention on killing his target, making him even more lethal and calculating.
- Increase the effectiveness of one of his attributes by decreasing the effectiveness of others, such as making himself stronger while slowing himself.
- Manually trigger his adrenaline rush to further his offensive power.
- Slow his perception of time to react to something he can't normally react to, such as taking down a speedster trying to blitz him.
- Increase his brain function to come up with solutions and calculations faster than he normally does.
- Turn off his pain receptors to ignore it and continue fighting as normal.
- Temporarily erase his own memories to avoid giving information, and allowing him to turn into a sleeper agent of his own accord.
- Mimic vocals of others by adjusting his vocal chords, which can be done to such an accuracy as to fool recognition software.
- Convert all pain, anger, and negative emotions into a "berserker state" that greatly amplifies his prowess, but at the cost of losing the intelligent edge and only works for a period of time while draining him. This one is usually a last resort when all other methods fail.
Apparel & Accessories
His costume is a suit of flexible armor that completely conceals him, and has red contrasting dark blue, along with a cloak that adds even more mystery. In fact, he looks almost like death itself when he wants to, and rarely is Killswitch ever seen without the mask. Fittingly, it also comes with a vocal enhancer meant to mechanically deepen his voice so as to add intimidation factors.
Specialized Equipment
Star Sword: A katana made of an alien metal able to cut through anything. It's said that it "ignores" the toughness of what it's cutting, meaning it can injure extremely durable enemies as easily as it'd injure an unaugmented target.
Firearms: Killswitch owns many firearms and uses what's most appropriate for the mission.
Armor: Killswitch is clad head-to-toe in armor that can ignore bullets and withstand explosions.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Troy Raines is considered one of the most dangerous mercenaries on the planet, and it's a reputation that he certainly lives up to. Better known by his alias Killswitch, he's an expert fighter, gunsman, leader, tactician, and all-around killer, who by his own admission doesn't fight for a greater good or a just cause -- but money.
In his early years, Troy enlisted in the US military and became one of their best recruits in a short time. For that reason, he became part of an experimental super soldier program called Project Epsilon. There were some accidents and fatalities, but Troy was considered the best even among those who survived the process. As such, he was made into the leader of the covert unit, where he struck a bond with his brothers in arms while they took part in dangerous, often politically-sensitive missions for the greater good. Troy didn't even know what the reasons were, just that it was for a good cause, and that fact leading up to his turning point is what made him turn into the villain he is now.
On one such mission, his squadmates were captured, while he barely escaped. Instead of rescuing them as he wanted, he was given the order to execute all of his former squadmates so that their secrets couldn't be leaked to the world. He did. Much to his dismay, he still carried out the act because it was his duty. When it was over, Troy quit, told them to find a new weapon, and decided it would be best to put his abilities to more profitable use.
Troy Raines donned a mask and a suit of advanced armor and became the faceless and deadly mercenary Killswitch. Regardless of the target, Killswitch carries out the task and brings in the results, and the money always comes in on time. Not only does he work well alone, but his leadership and tactical skill makes him ideal for leading other villains in the fray. He runs his own school for mercenaries, The Alcatraz Academy for the Lethally Gifted, turning others into the perfect weapons and netting himself a nice profit.
Species
Children
Gender
Male
Height
6'2" / 188cm
Character Prototype
Inspired by Deathstroke and Taskmaster.
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