Doctor Manyac

Melee RV 10

Coordination RV 6

Brawn RV 6

Fortitude RV 10

Intellect RV 40

Awareness RV 10

Willpower RV 30

Lifestyle RV 30

Repute RV -20

Health: Fortune:

32 80

Origin:

Though an otherwise normal human, Doctor Manyac has discovered a radical chemical process by which he can generate a cold, green flame. Using it to commit crimes, albeit indirectly, Doctor Manyac can be considered something of a high tech villain.

Known Powers:

(none)

Limitations / Enhancements:

(none)

Equipment:

Asbestos Suit: though he doesn't personally commit crimes with it, Doctor Manyac often wears an asbestos suit when performing further experiments with his green flame. It provides him rank value 50 resistance to the effects of flame, green or otherwise.

Firearm: supplementing the destructive power his green flame provides for, Doctor Manyac wields a conventional pistol with him while 'on the job'. He can fire this weapon to inflict rank value 6 Piercing damage in a single blast, raised +1 RS in a semi-automatic burst.

Green Flame: the product of a chemical concoction or reaction of his own devising, Doctor Manyac's green flame can inflict rank value 40 Energy damage, in the form of intense cold. Like regular flames, it can be held at bay with ordinary asbestos.

Green Flame Robots: a later addition to his arsenal, Doctor Manyac created numerous robots based on Professor Zog's technology. Though nowhere near as potent as Electro, these mechanoids could wield his green flame at will, and are described in their own entry.

Quirks:

Dulled Sense / Vision: over the course of his criminal career, Doctor Manyac has been seen wearing both a monocle and conventional spectacles. As such, it is assumed that he suffers a -2 RS penalty when attempting vision-based Awareness ACT rolls.

Skills:

Chemistry 2 possessing radical and revolutionary knowledge of chemistry beyond the pale, Doctor Manyac was able to craft his green flame, among other things. His Intellect in chemical matters should be considered +2 RS higher than is listed above.

Engineering: though nowhere near the master of technology that Professor Zog is, Doctor Manyac was clever enough to keep up with the man while forcing him to build green flame robots against his will. He should receive a +1 RS when building things.

Contacts:

Originally, Doctor Manyac could call upon his criminal minions for assistance when he required it - he was their ticket to the big time, after all! After that, Manyac made use of the Nazi known as Herr Gaufman, and possibly other fascists as well, to aid in his work.

Costume:

Doctor Manyac does not wear a flashy, skin-tight costume while committing his crimes. No, he mostly wears conventional business attire when perpetrating his schemes. He originally went with brown as his color of choice, but eventually changed it to green, to match his flames!

Personality:

Convinced of his own superiority, Doctor Manyac will gleefully commit any number of heinous crimes, either directly or through his minions, to get what he wants. Murder and mayhem are perfectly acceptable means to an end for the Doctor, because his desires trump all others!

Not particularly patriotic, in that he sees such frivolity beneath him, Manyac is will work with anyone who can help him further his goals. Whether ordinary street thugs or even Nazi infiltrators, all such imbeciles may associate with Manyac if they make it worth his while.

Real Name: unrevealed
Occupation: chemist, criminal mastermind
Legal Status: citizen of the United States, legally dead
Marital Status: unrevealed
Alias(es), if any: none
Group Affiliation: none

Height: 5' 10"
Hair: dark gray, balding
Eyes: brown
Weight: 200 lbs.
Other Distinguishing Characteristics: the evil Doctor utilize a pair of glasses or a monocle, indicating that one of his eyes has worse vision than the other. He also wears a long, thin moustache beneath his rather large, pointy nose, and possesses a thick, bushy unibrow.

Story:

The origins of the criminal mastermind known to the world as Doctor Manyac are unknown. He appears to be a chemist of amazing capability, however, for it is this talent which has allowed him to devise his greatest creation: his green flame!

This strange phenomenon, the result of an anomalous chemical reaction of the Doctor's own concoction, is a fiery green energy which emits cold instead of heat. Though dangerous to the touch, it can readily be held back by asbestos, as can ordinary fire.

Thus, Manyac hit on the idea of dipping a man protected by an asbestos suit within his compound, allowing him to wield his green flame offensively! Instead of sharing this notion with the military, however, Doctor Manyac decided it was time to cash in.

Recruiting a band of miscreants, Doctor Manyac had them wield his green flame against the city of New York, threatening to level the joint if his demands were not met. With the authorities unable to stop him, Manyac was on the verge of striking it rich!

Betrayed by one of his gang, Maizie, Manyac's schemes were revealed to the Human Torch upon his return to the City, and the bizarre android decided to put an end to them! As the Torch did battle with his green flames, however, Manyac spotted Maizie near the scrum.

Having his unsuited operatives grab her, Doctor Manyac made a break for it, only to be crisped by the Human Torch once he'd dealt with Manyac icy thugs. Left alive, however, Manyac was turned into the authorities, and promptly thrown in jail.

This was not the end of Doctor Manyac's schemes, however. Freed soon after by Herr Gaufman, a Nazi fifth columnist operating in America, Doctor Manyac agreed to help the fascists build a weapon of mass destruction using his green flame - Project: Blockbuster!

In order to create this mammoth robotic battle suit, however, Doctor Manyac would require scientific aid. As such, Gaufman had his cronies abduct Professor Zog, the creator of Electro, whose expertise allowed Manyac to complete Blockbuster - and one other project.

Replacing his minions in asbestos suits, Manyac used Zog's coerced expertise to build numerous robots wreathed in green flame. However, these were only an interstitial step in his ultimate goal: robots who could generate mundane and green flames!

When various heroes eventually came sniffing around about Zog's disappearance, Doctor Manyac had his green flame robots abduct the Torch to master his flames. This ultimately attracted those heroes into Gaufman's secret Nazi base in New York City, however!

They made quick work of the smaller green flame robots, but then Manyac fired up his ultimate creation, Project: Blockbuster, to deal with these meddling heroes! This immense battle suit, wreathed in green flame, almost defeated the lot of them, too.

Momentarily putting their mutual animosity aside, Namor and the Torch teamed up to obliterate Project: Blockbuster, destroying the mechanism in a spectacular shower of burning metal. Trapped inside, it appeared that Manyac and his Nazi backer died, as well.

However, no bodies were ever found, so Manyac's ultimate fate remains to be seen.

the Green Flames

Melee RV 10

Coordination RV 6

Brawn RV 6

Fortitude RV 10

Intellect RV 6

Awareness RV 4

Willpower RV 6

Lifestyle RV 10

Repute RV -10

Health: Fortune:

32 16

The Green Flames, the minions of Doctor Manyac, were originally just henchmen wearing asbestos suits dipped in the chemicals which generate his green flame. Their dipped suits possessed an Aura of cold that functioned at rank value 50, and could be used to fly at rank value 2.

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