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Quicksilver; Second-in-command
Topic Started: Jun 12 2006, 08:20 PM (84 Views)
mercury
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Quicksilver
Name: Pietro Maximoff
Age: 27

Powers:

  • Super-Speed -- He has been timed at speeds of 175 miles per hour, about 3 times faster than the fastest known land animal, the cheetah. He has sufficient resources to allow him to maintain this speed for about four hours, at which point he had to either slow down or stop to rest. Quicksilver has used his powers of acceleration to perform various feats. He has plucked an arrow out of the air from a standing start, after it had already left the bow and traveled about 20 feet. He has dodged machine gun fire, but presumably he was able to see the path of the bullets change as his assailant was attempting to track him with a burst.
    He has created cyclone-like gusts of wind, which are able to knock a man off his feet, by racing around in a ten-foot diameter circle. With a 500-foot approach to gain momentum, Quicksilver can run approximately 300 feet up the side of a surface with a 90-degree inclination (such as a building) before gravity overtakes him. With a 100-foot approach to gain momentum, he can run across a body of water for approximately 1000 feet before beginning to sink.
  • Enhanced Metabolism -- He metabolizes about 95% of the caloric energy he consumes, whereas a normal human only uses about 25%.
  • Enhanced Genetics and Body Structure -- His entire body is highly adapted to the rigors of high-speed running. His cardiovascular and respiratory systems are many times more efficient than those of normal humans. The chemical processes of Quicksilver's musculature are so enhanced that his body does not generate fatigue poisons, the normal by-products of locomotion, which force the body to rest. Rather, his body constantly expels waste products during his accelerated respiration through exhalation. His joints are smoother and lubricated more efficiently than those of a normal human. His tendons have the tensile strength of spring steel. His bones contain unknown materials significantly more durable than calcium to withstand the shock of his feet touching the ground at speeds of over 100 miles per hour. His practical reaction is about 5 times faster than that of a normal human, and the speed at which his brain processes information is heightened to a level commensurate to his bodily speed, enabling him to perceive his surroundings while traveling at high velocities. His lachrymose fluids are more viscous than normal, thus preventing rapid evaporation of his eyeball fluids under the influence of high velocity wind.
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Weaknesses:

  • Slow World -- An unfortunate side-effect of Quicksilver's powers and physiology cause him to perceive the rest of the world as moving at a notably slower rate than himself. As someone used to moving at fast rates even by his own perceptions, the perceived slowness of others is often intolerable for Pietro, and even though he often tries to moderate his own speed, it proved infuriating and challenging (for example, despite tiny bites and small sips, he once embarrassed himself by finishing his meal at a formal dinner before the other diners even began). This disconnect from the rest of society has left Pietro arrogant and anti-social.

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