A new Hero, backstory
Dr. John Darius is researcher for a secret Alacorp project. It seems Alacorp is hell-bent on taking over the U.S. How? They’ve already infiltrated and planted moles into every level of gov’t, fed and state. They coordinate a few terrorist attacks, the Prez. declares martial law and they take over. They even have a plan for shock-troops. Bionic shock troops.
Nonotechnology is advanced far beyond what most people would imagine. Although ludicrisly expensive, the technology exists through genetic engineering, to inject a swarm of nanites into a person. These nanites have limited AI and form a symbiotic bond with the human. They grant faster reflexes, heightened senses, regenerative healing, and a host of other powers.
One day, as Dr. Darius labors at his research into adrenaline boosting, an explosioin rocks the compound. Alarms blast and armed men come streaming into to buildings. Dr. Malhavoc rushes over to Darius and tells him the research can’t be lost. He must preserve it. Darius looks at him quizzically, then struggles as Malhavoc injects a large syringe full of something into him. Darius gets hit and knocked to the ground (he’s a scrwny nerd) and Malhavoc sends an email to his Alacorp bosses that he project is safe within Darius. [The nanites carry a kind of DNA, documentation and copies of their programs, functions, and features.]
Darius rises and is gunned down.
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Several days later, as locals are sifting through the debris for anything worth salvaging, Darius gasps for breath and rises, spectre-like, Pheonix-like, from the smoldering ashes. His head is booming in pain and he is gagging from hunger. He rushes to the village cafe and asks for anything to eat. They start to bring it to him and the local Drug-lord/crime-boss, tells him to leave. Dirty, half-naked gringos aren’t welcome in his town. Darius objects, tells him he hasn’t eaten in days and the Bandito fires at Darius. Everyone is amazed as the bullts plop out of Darius’s torso and the holes heal up. Then Darius, in a blind rage, attacks the bandits and kills them. In the process he saves several innocent bystanders.
