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Who hasn't heard of HephaesTech? They came out of nowhere one day, becoming a premier name in Super-Tech. Priding themselves on the work they do in the name of the city's safety, they work with heroes to create many of the tools they use to supplement and enhance their powers, in the name of a brighter tomorrow.
But even with this, the work that kicked them onto the scene, and the thing they are still best known for now among the public is something else entirely - the Palladion Project, a series of automated defence drones designed to be able to stand against and take down super-powered threats whenever another hero can't be there to save the day. It sounded crazy to people before...but when the PallaDroid Rampart put a swift end to Terralith's rampage, it couldn't be denied that HephaesTech's crazy dream had become a reality.
There have been no less than 8 more PallaDroids since then, each with unique capabilities derived from advanced technology and inspired by a unique understanding of the mechanics of superpowers.

The seventh such PallaDroid was Kaine Irving - a fledgling technokinetic abducted off the street like those before him to become the next iteration of the city's mechanical defenders.
Thus was the birth of the PallaDroid Tempus.

During his tenure as a slave posing as a robot, Kaine was treated to a lovely cycle of being sent out to fight whatever the other heroes were too busy for, being recalled back to base for maintenance, and being put into stasis until the next crisis happened. Little by little, he worked over the external control mechanisms while he was awake, instituting subtle changes and adding flaws that would combine to ruin the whole system when the moment came.
It took him a year, but when he finally sent the house of cards crashing down and caused a scandal for HephaesTech with his escape, the taste of freedom was all too sweet.

Soon after, he signed up with an support group for empowered youths from 'troubled' backgrounds, and started to pull life back together. A new paint job for the Tempus armour solidified his new identity, and helped conceal his old one. When he found out he didn't have a home to go back to, they provided him a place to stay where he might have had none.

That just left him a couple things to do.
First, find a team that'd take him on and help him with his living situation. He couldn't rely on charity forever.
And second...make a name for himself outside of being a glorified puppet, so that nobody could ever deny that this was the way he should be.

Time for Reversal to hit the scene.

Kaine's a little abrasive most of the time - dismissive, flippant, and possessed of a persistent stubbornness. Once his mind's set, it's hard to change it, and hell to anyone that'd stop him.
He'll wait things out if he has to. Wouldn't be the first time.

In spite of his crude tendencies, however, he's quick to step in and first to step up whenever there's an issue to be faced, both eager and almost desperate to prove he's worth more to everyone as a human being instead of a remote controlled robot.

Damn the consequences. This is his show now.

The Tempus unit was designed for one on one combat with physically powerful opponents, with the capabilities to match. Those days are behind him, but he still has his old tricks.

Embedded into Kaine's body is the Tempus suit - a rapid-deployment armour fitted with a local-area spacial manipulator. The powerful alloys of the armour allow it to soak blows with ease, while mass alteration courtesy of the manipulator increase the force and momentum behind any offensive Kaine mounts dramatically, giving him immense power to bring to bear against anything in his way.
The real trick of the manipulator, though, is its ability to 'latch' onto a target foolish enough to engage. Whoever strikes or is struck by Kaine becomes a beacon for him, and until they get out of the nearby area, he's able to warp into the space right around them to deliver powerful, punishing blows from angles and places he rightfully shouldn't be able to by conventional wisdom. Being able to go from flat onto the ground to right above a villain's head is a scary thing.

Now if only they gave him the ability to reject a lock... he's stuck going to whoever most recently sucker-punched him until he can trade blows again with his ACTUAL target.

fitted with a mass-manipulator device and a short range spacial displacement unit to create a dangerous and

Man, Black, Battered Hands, Baggy Clothing, Memorable Costume

Kaine wears a lot of loose fitting clothing - hoodies, poofy trousers and jogging bottoms, etc - mostly because anything that doesn't fit in that category tends to suffer whenever he needs to use the Tempus in short order, and he'd rather not be stuck between losing time changing and ruining yet another set of clothes whenever trouble kicks up in the area.

The Tempus itself has been repainted in bronze and turqoise hues, the segmented design of the basic frame that was usually layered over before being sent out now exposed to the world. Between the new colouring and the somewhat different profile, it's been enough to throw people off so far.

HephaesTech, despite the questionable to outright horrifying methods it will sometimes employ, is ostensibly an altruistic organisation.
As Kaine demonstrates, however, their track record is far from perfect.

Enter PallaDroid Argus - a powerful telekinetic that only got stronger in the suit, and the reason why the company has such an active and heavily funded Reclamation and Neutralisation division. The official story is that the drone was infected during the fight with Trojan, and is now acting out his agenda now he's been imprisoned.

In truth, he too was cut free of his strings, and decided to have a little more fun with what he was given. Argus is impulsive and egotistical to a fault, but between the might of his telekinetic capabilities and his skill in turning the environment into a weapon against hero and civilian alike, most of his sudden appearances have ended with heroes too busy trying to prevent everyone around them from being killed to pursue and apprehend him.

Physics? What physics?
When you unleash your powers to barrel through an insurmountable barrier, roll +Danger instead of +Freak.

You’ve got a head you don’t need
When you provoke someone with obvious threats and shows of force, roll +Danger instead of +Superior.