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Super Hero Name: Undecided
Costume: black pants, black turtleneck, repulsor flight suit (Essentially this, but all the pieces connect)
Appearance: Tall, rather skinny, blonde hair, blue eyes, pale skin with light freckles.
Age: 17

Interview Qs:
1. What is the source of your intellect?

My intellect was genetic. My maternal grandfather was created in a secret Nazi laboratory to be "der Menschliche Rechner" or "the Human Calculator". After the surrender of the Third Reich, the Assembly of Ciphers (evil organization that conducted most of the Nazi's top secret experimentation) went underground, moving to America which they saw being the next great power of the world. Later, when he tried to bring his daughter into the Assembly, she rebelled, choosing to become the heroine Calculus, and swore to fight against the assembly. Because my intellect was inherited, my parents knew of it from when I was very young. They made sure to supplement my education with high level studies in literature, history, and mathematics in order to prevent me from being stunted by the travesty known as the American public education system.

2. How did you first reveal your genius to your friends or family?

My parents knew of my genius from a young age, so it was them revealing it to me more than me to them. In regards to my friends, however, it was a different story. In school, I was very isolated, as having such a difference in both natural ability and quality of education made it difficult to make friends. I sometimes would try to befriend the other honor roll students, but my and their difference in intellect was analogous to them and the local meth addicts, which made it rather hard to relate to them.

Another reason for my isolation was that I was afraid of what people would think if they found out that I was the result of Nazi genetic experimentation. Because of this, I did my best to hide any differences between myself and others.

3. Why did you decide to use your intellect for the benefit of others?

I was inspired by my mother's example as Calculus. I feel like if she could be raised to be a villain as part of an evil secret society, and yet rose above that to become one of the greatest heroines of the decade, then I have no right to do anything less.

4. What accident or misfire taught you some sense of humility or responsibility?

When I was 15, one of the chemistry professors at a local university offer me a job as his intern, to work on a treatment to "restore motor function to quadriplegics". Little did I know at the time that he was actually a Cipher of the Assembly, and was working on one part of a new super-soldier formula. Finally feeling like I could do something useful with my gifts, I dived into the project without question, not even telling my parents of the details. It wasn't until 9 months later when it was ready for human trials that I realized something was wrong. When I checked the list of subjects I saw that not only were none of them disabled, but they were instead highly fit military members. When I returned home that I night, I began researching (*cough*hacking old emails*cough*) what my professor was actually doing. Purely by accident, I stumbled across one message between the Assembly of Cipher and him, asking about the formula. I immediately went back to the university, intent on destroying any research there. Unfortunately, upon arriving I discovered that most of the samples of the chemicals had been removed, as well as our backup hard disk.

It was too late. The Assembly of Ciphers had finished their super-soldier formula. And it was all my fault.

5. Who helped you realize you need other people?

Surprisingly, it was actually doctor Zimmerman, the doctor from the Assembly of Ciphers who I accidentally helped to create a super-soldier formula. After that incident, I realized that I couldn't do everything on my own, and I needed other people because while I had a great intellect, I could rush into situations and forget to use it, and since I am much smarter than most people, my mistakes tend to be proportionately more disastrous.

6. Why do you care about the team?

While they may not have the same quirks and differences than I do, each of them is unique in their own way and isn't quite the same as everyone else, which helps me relate to them better than I would relate to most people. Additionally, they help keep me in check and make sure I don't make another royal screw-up like last time.

My Shame:
If you haven't noticed from the above, my greatest shame was creating the super-soldier formula for the Assembly of Ciphers.

Playbook: The Brain
Invention: Power armor (repulsor based flight suit. Can use repuslors as weapons.)

Labels:
Danger: 0
Freak: +1
Savior: +1
Superior: +2
Mundane: -1

Moves:
Logical Angle
Always Prepared
Tactical Genius

Reign is a new "hero" who has appeared on the scene. However, his exact powers matched those that were granted in my computer simulations of the Assembly's super-soldier formula, which leads me to believe that he is merely trying to establish his legitimacy to make it easier to work for the Assembly. I began investigating (*cough*stalking*cough*) him over the past few weeks, and managed to obtain a few hairs from a local crime scene. Upon analysis, the keratin in it had mutated very similarly to the fur in rodent trials of the formula, confirming my suspicion.

His observed powers include, enhanced strength, durability, reaction time, fine motor controls, and the ability to fly, implying that he has had additional enhancements beyond my formula.

More observation needed.