Mecha Medic

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Name: Tyrese Lafontaine
Background: Medical
Power Source: Powered Suit
Archetype: Transporter
Personality: Fast Talker
Description: Fit African-American man, clean-shaven, very short hair, usually grinning, tired eyes.

Tyrese Lafontaine is living the dream.

Like many, he loved superhero comics and mecha anime from an early age. Unlike most, those fandoms shaped his character and his career path. He attended engineering school, specializing in high-precision interfaces for large machines, and started working as an EMT.

When Hermes Medical Technologies began developing a powered armor suit for first responders, he followed the project obsessively. Between the official updates and patent filings, he discovered some oversights in their apparent design. He assembled a package of notes and recommendations and submitted it to Hermes. They responded with a job offer.

Tyrese proved not only to be a brilliant engineer, but an ideal pilot for the prototype armor and the Hermes-3 Rapid Response Platform hover ambulance. The test runs have been very encouraging.

Principles

Gearhead

You always know the general state of repair or function of an item of technology, whether it’s a simple toaster or an alien orbital defense system.

Action: Overcome a technological challenge with Max. Hero points for all.

Minor Twist: What mechanical device just shorted out?

Major Twist: What machine just went terribly off the rails?

Speed

You’re fast, and you don’t like to waste time. You like to be on your way as quickly as possible.

Action: When you successfully Overcome, you may end up anywhere in the current environment. Hero points for all.

Minor Twist: What physical drawbacks do you suffer from going too fast?

Major Twist: What critical detail did you speed by earlier that is now coming back to haunt you?

Powers

Hermes-3 Rapid Response Platform (Signature Vehicle): d10
Power Suit: d8
Speed: d8
Vitality: d6
Gadgets: d6

Qualities

Medicine: d10
Technology: d10
Finesse: d8
Banter: d6
The Very First Responder: d8

Abilities

Green (d6 / 30–23)

AutoDoc: (Diagnostic Subroutine) Inherent, Remove a penalty from self when shifting status due to HP
Do No Some Harm: (Mobile Assist) Boost another hero with Speed; Attack with Min
Right of Way: (Displacement Assault) Attack with Hermes-3; either Hinder target with Min or move them somewhere else in the scene

Yellow (d8 / 22–12)

Life Support Hacks: (Onboard Upgrade) Boost self (persistent, exclusive) with Power Suit with Min + Mid
Prescription-Strength Missile Swarm: (Explosive Attack) Attack three different targets (Min, Mid, and Max) with Hermes-3; if you roll doubles, take a minor twist or take irreducible damage equal to that die
Reconfigure Armor Plates: (Hit and Run) Attack with Power Suit; Defend against all attacks against you with Min unitl your next turn

Red (d10 / 11–1)

Lights and Sirens: (Quick Exit) Attack using Hermes-3 with Max; Hinder each nearby opponent with Mid; you and up to two allies may end up anywhere in the scene
Prognosis Critical: (Critical Eye) Select a target; Boost with Medicine with Max + Mid + Min; that bonus must be used against that target before the end of your next turn, or it is wasted

Out

Hinder a minion or lieutenant by rolling your single Technology die, and increase that penalty by -1.