Airwave

Melee RV 10

Coordination RV 20

Brawn RV 6

Fortitude RV 10

Intellect RV 10

Awareness RV 20

Willpower RV 20

Lifestyle RV 20

Repute RV 0

Health: Fortune:

46 50

Origin:

As a member of GI Joe, Airwave has access to a vast array of advanced gear with which he wages hiw own, personal efforts against the forces of evil. Other than that, he simply relies upon his Army-issue hand cannons and an uncanny trickiness to get by in a scrap.

Known Powers:

(none)

Limitations / Enhancements:

(none)

Equipment:

Helmet: Airwave's helmet has two functions. It protects against head injuries, providing him rank value 10 defense versus physical attack striking him there, and also has an orange visor that provides him Screened Senses, for his hearing and vision, at a like value.

Knife: paratroopers always carry a blade on the job. Made from m.v. 40 materials, Airwave can either use this tool to cut through items of up to like m.v., given enough time, or to inflict his Brawn value in Slashing damage during melee combat.

Machine Gun: Airwave may discharge a single round from his primary firearm to inflict rank value 6 Piercing damage, a three-round burst of such to inflict rank value 10 Piercing damage, or fire it continously to inflict rank value 20 Piercing damage.

But wait, there's more! Airwave's weapon features an underslung grenade launcher, which can bloop projectiles up to three sectors away from his person. These implements explode to inflict rank value 30 Slashing damage to everyone within their detonation sector.

Parachute: naturally useful when leaping out of an airplane, Airwave obviously needs one of these when doing the whole paratrooper thing. This item allows him to exit a flying vehicle from extreme heights, and easily land on the ground without flattening himself.

Sidearms: holstered on each hip, these weapons are a convenient backup in the event that Airwave's machine gun isn't handy. He can fire a single round from them to inflict rank value 6 Piercing damage, or a short burst of such to inflict rank value 10 Piercing damage.

Quirks:

(none)

Skills:

Electronics 2: while he's a competent soldier and paratrooper, Airwave's true talent lies in the design, construction, operation, maintenance, and repair of electronic devices. Airwave's Intellect trait should be considered +2 RS when dealing with such matters.

Guns: a part of his Army basic training, Airwave can use almost all conventional firearms with proficiency. Whether he's toting standard, semi-automatic, or fully automatic rifles or pistols, Airwave may fire such weapons as though his Coordination was +1 RS in value.

Martial Arts style B: another facet of his Army basic training, this skill describes Airwave's ability to defend himself while unarmed. He may attempt any unarmed strikes, from punching to kicking to elbow smashing, at a +1 RS to his listed Melee trait.

Military / United States: the source of Airwave's many and varied talents, this skill serves as a handy origin for the man. His Army training has given him an inherent understanding of military policies and procedures, on top of additional, floating military contacts.

Contacts:

As part of the Sky Patrol, Airwave can rely upon his teammates - both on the team and in GI Joe proper - for help should things get hairy. As long as the Joes have fought the never ending war against international terrorism, they're not about to start leaving each other high and dry.

Costume:

Airwave's GI Joe Sky Patrol uniform is comprised of a brown jacket beneath a light brown vest and spaulders, brown trousers featuring dark brown padding, dark brown leather boots and belts, light brown leather gloves and hip holsters, and his chrome helmet with an orange visor.

Personality:

If you had one word you could use to describe Cliff, it should be 'spontaneous'. If you had two, you might also add 'stubborn'. The man doesn't know the meaning of the word 'quit', and he enjoys nothing more than brainstorming new, unexpected ideas to solve problems on the fly.

Real Name: Cliff V. Mewett, Grade E-6
Occupation: audible frequency specialist, signal corps adjutant for the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Legal Status: citizen of the United States with no known criminal record
Marital Status: single
Alias(es), if any: none
Group Affiliation: GI Joe, Sky Patrol

Height: 5' 10"
Hair: light brown
Eyes: brown
Weight: 160 lbs.
Other Distinguishing Characteristics: none.

Story:

Airwave is an electronics genius. He doesn't have supernatural talent, so to speak, but he has the ability to push ordinary electronic circuits beyond what you'd normally expect them to be capable of, especially when modifying existing devices that are readily available.

A large part of this ability is a result of his own intransigence. Airwave is incredibly focused on Getting His Way, and can make astounding intuitive leaps to maneuver around obstacles in his path. It's not that he's bossy or stubborn, it's just that Airwave doesn't know how to quit.

This made him relatively successful in his civilian career, although he didn't find himself challenged all that much. This is why he ultimately enlisted in the Army. Airwave needs to be pushed to the limits of his ability, and beyond, if only to not be overwhelmingly bored.

To this end he worked with what he had, becoming an audible frequency specialist in no time flat. He managed to prove he was one of the best there is at what he does in the field, because of his knack for rebuilding broken circuits while under fire - no matter how badly damaged they are.

When report after report detailed how handy Airwave was during missions, what with his go-getter attitude and astounding ability with communications gear, Airwave was given the opportunity to 'audition' for a place on the GI Joe team, one of the most challenging gigs on earth.

How could Airwave say no to that? He accepted this offer, forced himself through the GI Joe entrance exam, and was assigned to the new Sky Patrol shortly thereafter. These GI Joe paratroopers were given the task of countering Cobra Python Patrol espionage and mayhem.

To this end, they were assigned newly refurbished GI Joe (and captured Cobra) vehicles, all of which were retrofitted with a revolutionary, chromium based stealth technology that works to reflect radar signals at oblique angles off of whatever items they are coated with.

That and getting to play with all this experimental hoo-hah really tickled Airwave pink, and he stayed on with the GI Joe team for the duration of it's original incarnation. Only when GI Joe was shut down, late in 1994, did Airwave return to conventional military service.

(Historical Divergence)

Not that GI Joe stayed inert forever. No, Cobra ultimately caused their reactivation, and when called upon, Airwave lent later iterations of the GI Joe team a hand when Cobra became simply too much to deal with, as was the case when they instigated World War III!

2016 Variations

Costume:

Airwave's second GI Joe field uniform is similar to his first, and consists of brown and tan camouflage trousers, a long-sleeved tan shirt beneath a khakis vest, a tan leather belt, khakis gloves and pauldrons, dark brown boots and knee pads, and a chrome helmet with an orange visor.

Extra Goodies:

GI Joe directories featuring a version of Airwave:

1990

2016

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