Wednesday, April 4, 2012

SMNC Character Bio - Captain Spark


According to his official biography, Captain Spark was raised from the age of six inside the pressurized oxygen bubble of an undersea volcano by hyper-intelligent electric mer-eels, after his parents, both scientists, crashed into the floor of the ocean while exploring in their submersible.

Captain Spark was taught to channel the body's natural electric flow and to become a skilled martial artist by Eel-Kazara-Hazee, Praetor and liaison between the eel folk and Sinister 9, the freewill computer brain that ran all of modern civilization for the "gas breathers" on Earth's surface. When Sinister 9 used robotic sharks to invade the eel people's homelands during the sacred funeral games of King-Eel-Abi-Arrot, Captain Spark's mentor was killed and Captain Spark was bequeathed the diplomat's battle armor and weapons so he could avenge his adopted home.

On the surface world, Captain Spark forged a secret identity with which to keep himself hidden, that of Formula One test driver Shock Johnson, who must constantly hold his own driving skills in check lest he promoted to competitive driver where he would undoubtedly come under scrutiny by Sinister 9 and it's robot alien police force. He is also forced to "ride the brakes" on his relationship with Zena Foster, a Minoan snake goddess and lingerie model, in order to focus on his sworn mission.

Shock Johnson by day, Captain Spark by night, our hero harnesses the power of electricity to fight the totalitarian rule imposed by the forces of automation and imparts critical safety know-how regarding downed power lines to elementary school-aged children the world over.

Pro Career
  • Holds the record for the longest consecutive streak of not having to take a bathroom break during a game
  • Won a gold medal with Team IndoChina at the 3043 Battlelympics
  • Oldest player to win the Super MNC freestyle Bullseye kill competition at the All-Star game (57 years, 123 days)
Notable DNA
Doctors Carol and Laszlo Murray, several knife fish from class "Electrophorus".

Personal
  • Can "talk" to things like electrical transformers, car batteries and small electrical appliances
  • Away from the field of combat: is constantly escaping from supposedly inescapable situations or defeating seemingly invincible villains by opening an "ion channel"
  • Is quite possibly just the imagination of Karl Lutz, retired autoworker from Pritchford, Alabama who was reportedly placed on psychiatric leave after showing up dressed as his "alter-ego", Captain Spark, in order to fight crime at the auto plant where he worked for twenty-seven years
Likes:
Under-sea domes, man's free will, insulated footwear

Dislikes:
Humankind's reliance on artificial intelligence, unagi, hot air balloon festivals

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