Invisible Man

F       A       S       E       R       I       P       Res     Pop
Gd 10   Ty 6    Ty 6    Ex 20   Rm 30   Gd 10   Gd 10   Rm 30   Fe +2

Health: 42
Karma:  50

Origin:

A brilliant scientist, Doctor Cade has been forever changed by an accidental exposure to chemicals of his own devising. These chemicals, combined with his highly advanced technology, combine to grant him his impressive super-human abilities.

Known Powers:

Invisibility: Doctor Cade can make himself invisible at will, doing so at Remarkable (30) rank. The Doctor is only invisible to standard light waves, however; folks with other supersensory powers can probably detect him just fine.

Invulnerability to Fire and Heat: the chemicals that granted him the power to become invisible have somehow given Doctor Cade complete invulnerability to fire and heat attacks. He has Class 1000 resistance to damage of this type.

Limitations:

While Doctor Cade has the power to become invisible at will, he must regularly recharge his body with some sort of vibrational energy, lest he run out of 'juice'. He can use his power for a total of one hour before recharging it is necessary.

Further, it seems that Doctor Cade experiences some sort of weakness if he has drained his powers completely. His Strength and Endurance drop by -1 CS until he can manage to get back to his Vibro-Saucer.

Equipment:

Vibro-Saucer: Doctor Cade has this energy emitting device at his disposal, which he can use to recharge his invisibility power as is needed. Without it, however, his power to become invisible is totally useless...

Disintegration Machine: this immobile device can be used to disintegrate matter with Incredible (40) ability. Doctor Cade can use this to dispose of waste materials, or as it turns out, people...

Quirks:

Temper: it would seem that Doctor Cade has a bit of a temper, as he has the nasty habit of killing his opponents. If attempting to remain calm in the face of attempts to harm or ridicule him, the Doctor must make a Psyche FEAT roll at -1 CS in order to do so.

Talents:

Chemistry: Doctor Cade is a competent chemist, who was apparently on to something good; his chemicals inadvertently gave him the powers of invisibility, after all. His Reason is considered +1 CS when dealing with chemical matters.

Electronics: Doctor Cade is also a potent electronics engineer, having built disintegration and vibratory devices with only vacuum tube technology to back him up. His Reason is considered +1 CS for the purposes of electronics design and repair.

Contacts:

None. While he is known to the general public as a scientist and an invisible hero, Doctor Cade has no known contacts to speak of. He can possibly rely on those he's helped for assistance, as well as other heroes of his age, but he has no friends to speak of.

Costume:

Whether or not he's 'on the job' as the Invisible Man, Doctor Cade wears a loose long sleeved, red shirt, baggy red pants, a short red cape, a reddish-brown belt, large brown boots, and of course his signature, dark blue fedora.

Personality:

Doctor Cade wanted nothing other than to help the world, by inventing devices and breakthroughs in science that would make people's lives easier. After the incident where he gained his powers, he used them to battle crime, though he has little regard for the lives of his enemies.

Real Name:Doctor Cade (first name unrevealed)
Occupation:inventor, adventurer
Legal Status:American citizen with no known criminal record
Marital Status:single
Alias(es), if any:none
Group Affiliation:none

Height: ?
Hair: brown
Eyes: ?
Weight: ?
Other Distinguishing Characteristics: none

Story:

Doctor Cade is a brilliant scientist. He's a master of electronic and chemical science with a Vision. He ultimately wanted to make the world a better place, doing so by inventing means to make the lives of people easier and more convenient. Unfortunately, this work was never completed.

You see, a consortium of corporate heads were well aware of Cade's work, and they didn't want him to make any progress, as it would put them out of business. These money grubbers sent a 'sneaking assassin' out to put him out of action for good, and the man almost succeeded.

The assassin broke into Doctor Cade's laboratory, and shoved him into a conveniently open blast furnace, though the Doctor knocked lots of his experimental chemicals onto himself on his way in. Instead of being crisped, the Doctor found himself fire proof, and even more, he was invisible!

Stabilizing his invisibility with his Vibro-Saucer, the doctor went after his would-be corporate killers. Smashing his way into their lair, he found his would-be assassin, punched him out, and chucked him out a fourth-floor window. He then descended upon the assassin's masters.

They eventually found out that Doctor Cade was amongst them, at which point one of the consortium members, Mister Sporvan, pulled out a gun. Doctor Cade struggled with Sporvan for the gun, a fight that caused the weapon to go off and kill Sporvan's partner in crime.

At this point, the police conveniently arrived, so Doctor Cade made his exit.

Mister Sporvan then escaped from the police and made for Doctor Cade's lab, where he discovered the Doc's notes about his powers. Figuring out how it worked, he used the Doctor's Vibro-Saucer to render him visible when Cade returned to his lab later.

Beating on the power-depleted man mercilessly, Mister Sporvan almost defeated the good Doctor, until he once again made contact with the Vibro-Saucer, restoring his powers and vigor. Doctor Cade then shoved Sporvan into his disintegrator device, pretty much killing him in the process.

The police, having witnessed this chain of events, simply listed Doctor Cade and Mister Sporvan as missing (since clearly, invisible men don't exist). Now free from the constraints of normal society, Doctor Cade decided to become the Invisible Man, super-secret crime fighter!

As the Invisible Man, Doctor Cade went on to fight many more criminals. One such fiend included Deadpan Louie, a vile grave robber who enjoyed pilfering the resting places of the dead for the jewelry and other valuables interred with their former owners.

Going after Louie, Doctor Cade roughs up his men, forcing the villain to seek him out in his well known laboratory. Overpowering him, Louie's thugs then pitch him in the river, giving Doctor Cade an opportunity to fake his own death. He then lures Deadpan Louie into a trap.

When Louie and his thugs try to rob Doctor Cade's own coffin for its valuable secrets, he springs into action! Dealing with his thugs in short order, Doctor Cade then holds Deadpan Louie at bay until the police arrive, eager to bust the grave robber once and for all.

After this, the good Doctor ran afoul of the murderous Fatty, a thug who had a predilection for young actresses. When his latest prize wound up dead on his ship, he had his goons pitch her over the edge in order to make things appear like a simple suicide.

Of course, the Invisible Man was on the job, and eavesdropped on him and his friends and learned that Fatty was also holding the dead girl's friend as well. Trying to rescue her, Doctor Cade is again overpowered when taking on an entire gang of thugs.

Left to die in a burning garage, the Invisible Man scoffs at his 'fate', being invulnerable to fire. Tracking down Fatty, he wrecks the man's boat, deals with his thugs one at a time, and then blows his ship up - all while saving Mary from her friend's fate in the process.

The rest of Doctor Cade's adventures have yet to be detailed, but it's likely he continued on fighting against evil, occasionally even dealing with it permanently, both before and for the duration of World War II.