Strength 6x

Agility 5c

Intellect 5d

Willpower 4x

Hand Size: Edge:

3 (17) 1

Powers:

(none)

Equipment:

Fast-Back: this partial exoskeleton, covering Ferris' legs and feet, allows him to run at exceptionally fast speeds -- 140 miles per hour, to be exact. This translates into an approximate lightning speed intensity of 5. So far, Ferris hasn't mastered any of the known power stunts capable by using this ability, but then, he hasn't had much time to work on it...

Hindrances:

Physically Disabled (Amputee): after Steel Hawk got through with him, Ferris was missing his legs from just above the knees down. As such, he cannot walk, and has an effective Strength rating of zero for any action involving lower body strength.

Of course, he could theoretically build himself new legs, what with his understanding of M.A.X. technology...

Skills:

Construction: Ferris is an engineering student, and as such, he's good at building things. In fact, if he's familiar with what he's trying to build, he can lower the difficulty of the action by one difficulty level, regardless of the type of thing he's building.

Electronics: Ferris knew a lot about electronics (if not as much as Andy did). He could design and build electronic or electromechanical devices at one difficulty level lower than is usual, as he's been working with the stuff alongside his fellow Troubleshooters for years...

Fast Exit: if he needs to, Ferris can make an attack against an opponent, and then move out to firing distance before that opponent can strike back. Unless, of course, that opponent actually has a distance attack with which to get even with Ferris with...

Calling:

Youthful Exuberance: Timothy was full of spit and vinegar, wanting to help the world by building the technology to make it a better place. He started to do so, but used what he'd made in his failed super hero career, instead...

Costume:

Tim's only real 'costume' was the Fast-Back partial exoskeleton he wore as a short-lived hero. It was a sort of metal shell that covered his legs. The rest of his outfit he used to adventure in was normal clothing for his day and age. Really.

Personality:

Though he was a Troubleshooter, Tim wasn't as much into high tech toys as the others; in fact, his personal interest was in making the human body the best it could possibly be. As such, the introduction of M.A.X. technology into his life was a godsend, and he used it to make his dream come true, in the form of that Fast-Back suit. Despite what happened to him, Tim's a survivor, and'll come out of his mutilation just fine.

Real Name: Timothy Ferris
Occupation: student, former adventurer
Legal Status: American citizen with no known criminal record
Marital Status: single
Alias(es), if any: none
Group Affiliation: the Troubleshooters (defunct)

Height: 6'
Hair: light red
Eyes: blue
Weight: 175
Other Distinguishing Characteristics: other than his missing legs, none.

Story:

Like the other four Troubleshooters, Timothy Ferris was an M.I.T. student that was enrolled in Jenny Swensen's advanced engineering classes. Tim and the other four Troubleshooters were the best students in her class, and sort of became friends with her over time (they sort of hung out with her when possible, to learn as much as they could). Especially once her father died.

You see, her father was developing this ultra-advanced heuristics technology in order to help mankind, and Jenny believed the man was killed for it by his employer (for holding out). She needed to break into the facility to find out the truth, and like the others, Tim decided that he had to help Jenny out (after all, the five students felt like they owed her for all her help in school).

The Troubleshooters managed to get Jenny in, and left with the late Doctor Swensen's mobile laboratory and the Mark 2 M.A.X. Armor he'd developed. Though Doctor Swensen's former employer tried on several occasions to get the equipment back, Jenny managed to keep him at bay with the help of the Troubleshooters, who were busy breaking down the M.A.X. tech all the while.

Once they figured out how it ticked, the Troubleshooters started building new applications for it; Tim's was the Fast-Back M.A.X. partial exoskeleton, which allowed him to run at incredible speeds (over 140 miles per hour)! The Troubleshooters used these suits to help Jenny out on several occasions, both before and after she was framed for murder and thrown in jail.

While Jenny was in jail, the Troubleshooters managed to foil the assassination of the British Prime Minister, who was in Boston on a Christmas visit. This angered the would be assassin, Steel Hawk, who managed to figure out who the Troubleshooters were, and decided to get even... a lot. He set traps for all the amateur techies, starting with Timothy Ferris.

Steel Hawk ambushed the man with his machine guns, and when Tim started running away with his Fast-Back on, the man launched a grenade right into his path. Not able to dodge in time, Timothy ran right into the detonating explosive, an act which trashed his legs permanently, and Steel Hawk left the burning youth for dead. However, Tim didn't die.

The authorities managed to get him to the hospital, where they amputated his legs; drastic, to be sure, but they did save his life. It is assumed that Tim eventually recovered from this and got on with his life, but his further adventures have yet to be chronicled; he and the Troubleshooters (and the rest of the New Universe) have since faded into obscurity...