player information ● name: Claire ● age: 29 ● contact:slanndalous ● other characters: N/A
character information ● name: Steve Rogers ● canon: Marvel-70105 ● canon point: His death at the hands of Peter Parker, the Hulk ● age: ~40s
● (canon) background: Steve Roger's history takes a dramatic left turn when Dr. Erskine, creator of Project Rebirth's super serum, is assassinated en route to Camp Lehigh, New Jersey. A couple other soldiers are also killed in action by a Hydra agent, including Ben Parker (Peter Parker's uncle).
Reed Richards, head of Project Rebirth, scraps the plan and sends all of its volunteers home. Steve remains behind and asks for another opportunity to prove himself and help the war effort. Richards agrees and briefs him on another scrapped project—Project Iron Man. It is a prototype for a combat suit that runs on the physioneural energy of its pilot.
That means that the pilot has a chest plate surgically implanted, using electrodes connected to the heart to conduct the energy. The energy required to pump the heart and fire neural synapses is used to then power the suit. The advantage of this is no enemy can effectively steal a working Iron Man suit. Once the pilot is taken out or killed, the suit is completely inoperable. The disadvantage is that it takes an enormous amount of power and endurance to pilot the Iron Man effectively. And lastly, the surgery to implant the chest plate mandates that the pilot be conscious during the initial installation. All in all, the US Army nixed the idea because who would be crazy enough to go through open heart surgery conscious and sacrifice his golden years piloting a hulking piece of metal?
Surprise! Steve Rogers is totally ready for this. He is outfitted with the power supply and begins training to control the Iron Man in December 1941. He sees active combat in August 1942 during the Guadalcanal Campaign in the Pacific theater. He continues his tour until the end of the War. He is promoted to the rank of Colonel and is eventually awarded the Medal of Freedom.
A good decade and some change later, he retires; however, he stays on retainer and as a military consultant with the Pentagon. The Iron Man has taken quite a toll on him by this point. At only 40 he's gone completely gray. Richards continues to encourage him to retire completely before the Iron Man takes his life, but lol Steve's not going to do that. He'll be needed again for some crazy mission like always. And that comes in the form of one very pissed off Peter Parker, who has turned into the Hulk from a freak gamma ray accident.
Steve suits up one last time in the Mark II in order to get through to Parker, but it doesn't work. His rage is too deep and Parker crushes Steve inside the suit. His legacy ends there and he is buried in Arlington cemetery shortly after.
MAJOR DIFFERENCES
Steve Rogers remains a normal human with no super serum effects. He is outfitted with a large chest plate that glows red.
Reed Richards has pretty much taken the place of Nick Fury, in position and appearance.
Bruce Banner is Spider-Man.
Peter Parker is the Hulk and has deep-seeded anger from the death of his uncle.
Tony Stark puts in his company's bid to take over the Iron Man project. He also requests to become the next Iron Man.
Bucky Barnes was seventeen when Iron Man saved his life during the Guadalcanal Campaign. He volunteers to take Steve Roger's place as Iron Man, but Tony Stark puts a damper on those plans.
● abilities: He's been through US Army basic training and has heaping gobs of endurance for a shrimp. He is trained in marksmanship as well.
Nothing all that extraordinary for this cat.
● strengths:
Brave — The US Army had to 86 a combat project because the side-effects and consequences of the Iron Man suit were so grizzly they couldn't imagine any man willingly to try. Welp, Steve would. In the face of the dark picture Reed Richards paints for him, Steve doesn't bat an eye. Claustrophobic conditions moving half a ton of metal around? Fine. Painful surgery to guarantee a short lifespan? Great, where does Steve sign up!!
And at the end of his run, knowing full well he is too old to be using the Iron Man suit safely, he stands up to the Hulk's furious barrage around Manhattan because no one else can.
Altruistic — Rejected by admissions and with the cancellation of Project Rebirth, Steve tells Reed Richards that this is his only opportunity to help the cause. While most people would be motivated by fame and power, it is clear by his explanation that he truly wishes to stop Germany at any cost to his own life because the War isn't going to stop without every last person helping. Richards tells him that he wouldn't even last five minutes, but Steve counters, stating, "Maybe not, but I'd be serving my country."
During the rushed open-heart surgery, the doctor even comments that the miracle of this project isn't the suit's engineering or his handiwork, but "how God managed to fit a heart that big into such a small body."
Modest — Throughout his ordeal as a shiny new weapon for the war effort, Steve stays clear of press reporters in order to focus solely on helping with the war effort. Becoming a celebrity isn't going to halt Hitler in his tracks. He also never lets Richards give him too much credit for his victories either, deflecting his comments with more self-deprecating jokes.
● weaknesses:
Stubborn — Just as bravery got him his very own Iron Man, stubbornness ultimately gets him dead. As the only Iron Man pilot, Steve constantly puts the safety and security of the US on his shoulders. Richards repeatedly tells Steve to retire before the Iron Man drains him of all life, but Steve can't let go. He takes Iron Man out in order to stop the Hulk, but to no avail.
Prideful — Because the Iron Man is permanently bonded to him, Steve's identity has become similarly bound by his work with the suit. Without it, he would have been unable to fight for his country.
So while his pride may not need a public stage, it is a war he fights within himself and the few friends he has that worry for his health. The Iron Man is too much a part of his identity to give it up with retirement.
Little regard for himself — From dangerous open-heart surgery and a prototype suit that could put him into cardiac arrest at any moment, Steve is too blinded by duty and his altruism to take care of himself. During the first years piloting the Iron Man, Steve grows nauseated and bone-weary from the process and regularly throws up once out of the suit.
Several of his handlers will encourage him to rest, but he always refuses. That there's always something he can be doing to help the cause is his justification for putting his body through the ringer.
● job skills (optional): He's a military officer with combat training, but he is also a skilled artist ● housing (optional): where evs
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● name: Claire
● age: 29
● contact:
● other characters: N/A
character information
● name: Steve Rogers
● canon: Marvel-70105
● canon point: His death at the hands of Peter Parker, the Hulk
● age: ~40s
● (canon) background: Steve Roger's history takes a dramatic left turn when Dr. Erskine, creator of Project Rebirth's super serum, is assassinated en route to Camp Lehigh, New Jersey. A couple other soldiers are also killed in action by a Hydra agent, including Ben Parker (Peter Parker's uncle).
Reed Richards, head of Project Rebirth, scraps the plan and sends all of its volunteers home. Steve remains behind and asks for another opportunity to prove himself and help the war effort. Richards agrees and briefs him on another scrapped project—Project Iron Man. It is a prototype for a combat suit that runs on the physioneural energy of its pilot.
That means that the pilot has a chest plate surgically implanted, using electrodes connected to the heart to conduct the energy. The energy required to pump the heart and fire neural synapses is used to then power the suit. The advantage of this is no enemy can effectively steal a working Iron Man suit. Once the pilot is taken out or killed, the suit is completely inoperable. The disadvantage is that it takes an enormous amount of power and endurance to pilot the Iron Man effectively. And lastly, the surgery to implant the chest plate mandates that the pilot be conscious during the initial installation. All in all, the US Army nixed the idea because who would be crazy enough to go through open heart surgery conscious and sacrifice his golden years piloting a hulking piece of metal?
Surprise! Steve Rogers is totally ready for this. He is outfitted with the power supply and begins training to control the Iron Man in December 1941. He sees active combat in August 1942 during the Guadalcanal Campaign in the Pacific theater. He continues his tour until the end of the War. He is promoted to the rank of Colonel and is eventually awarded the Medal of Freedom.
A good decade and some change later, he retires; however, he stays on retainer and as a military consultant with the Pentagon. The Iron Man has taken quite a toll on him by this point. At only 40 he's gone completely gray. Richards continues to encourage him to retire completely before the Iron Man takes his life, but lol Steve's not going to do that. He'll be needed again for some crazy mission like always. And that comes in the form of one very pissed off Peter Parker, who has turned into the Hulk from a freak gamma ray accident.
Steve suits up one last time in the Mark II in order to get through to Parker, but it doesn't work. His rage is too deep and Parker crushes Steve inside the suit. His legacy ends there and he is buried in Arlington cemetery shortly after.
MAJOR DIFFERENCES
● abilities: He's been through US Army basic training and has heaping gobs of endurance for a shrimp. He is trained in marksmanship as well.
Nothing all that extraordinary for this cat.
● strengths:
And at the end of his run, knowing full well he is too old to be using the Iron Man suit safely, he stands up to the Hulk's furious barrage around Manhattan because no one else can.
During the rushed open-heart surgery, the doctor even comments that the miracle of this project isn't the suit's engineering or his handiwork, but "how God managed to fit a heart that big into such a small body."
● weaknesses:
So while his pride may not need a public stage, it is a war he fights within himself and the few friends he has that worry for his health. The Iron Man is too much a part of his identity to give it up with retirement.
Several of his handlers will encourage him to rest, but he always refuses. That there's always something he can be doing to help the cause is his justification for putting his body through the ringer.
● job skills (optional): He's a military officer with combat training, but he is also a skilled artist
● housing (optional): where evs
● network username: s.rogers
● network sample: ONE
● prose/action sample: ONE, TWO