FREEDOM RIDER
Cape City Character
Power Level 8 ( 135 PP )
ABILITIES'The Wild One' (1953) wrote:Mildred: Hey, Johnny, what are you rebelling against?
Johnny: What've you got?
Strength 3
Stamina 3
Agility 4
Dexterity 4
Fighting 6
Intellect 2
Awareness 4
Presence 4
SKILLS
Acrobatics 8 (+12), Athletics 9 (+12), Close Combat [Unarmed] 7 (+13), Expertise [Engineer] 4 (+10), Insight 8 (+12), Investigation 6 (+8), Perception 4 (+8), Ranged Combat [Firearms] 4 (+8), Stealth 6 (+10), Survival 2 (+6), Technology 8 (+10), Vehicles 14 (+18), Treatment 4 (+6)
ADVANTAGES
Assessment, Defensive Roll (3), Equipment (6), Improved Defense, Improvised Tools, Inventor, Power Attack, Skill Mastery (Vehicles)
POWERS
• Drive Like The Devil Enhanced Advantage 6 (Agile Feint, Evasion (2), Improved Initiative (1), Move-By Action, Uncanny Dodge; F: Limited [only when operating ground vehicle]) [ 3 PP ]
EQUIPMENT ( 30 EP )
• Armored Costume Protection 2 [ 2 EP ]
• Binoculars [ 1 EP ]
• Commlink [ 1 EP ]
• Handcuffs [ 1 EP ]
• "Freedom," Custom 1952 Harley-Davidson Vehicle [ 25 EP ]
DEFENSE
Dodge (8) Base 4
Parry: (8) Base 2
Fortitude: (8) Base 5
Toughness: (5/8) ——
Will: (8) Base 4
WORKSHEET
Attack: 13 Effect: 3 Total: 16 (Unarmed)
Dodge: 8 Tough: 5/8 Total: 13/16
Parry: 8 Tough: 5/8 Total: 13/16
Fort: 8 Will: 8 Total: 16
ABILITIES [ 60 pp ] +
SKILLS [ 42 pp ] +
ADVANTAGES [ 15 pp ] +
POWERS [ 3 pp ] +
DEFENSES [ 15 pp ] =
135 PP TOTAL
COMPLICATIONS
Motivation (Thrills): Freedom Rider helps others in order to give himself a sense of excitement and fulfillment.
Obsession (Freedom): Freedom Rider is dedicated to the concept of “live free or die” for all.
Real Name: John "Johnny" Stark, Jr.
Occupation: Mechanic
Education: High School Graduate
Date of Birth: February 8, 1931 (Age 38)
Base of Operations: Mobile (Eastern Seaboard, United States)
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 140 lbs.
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Blonde
Race: Human
Identity: Secret
Religion: Roman Catholic (Lapsed)
Relationships: None
Legal Status: Citizen of the United States with no criminal record.
Background:
Johnny Stark was the son of single father, an Cape City auto-mechanic named John Stark, Sr., who served in the European Theater as a motorcycle messenger in Patton's Third Army. For most of the war, young Johnny lived with his maiden aunt, Louisa Stark, and her "special friend" Gladys Freeman. John Stark, Sr. was killed in the Battle of the Bulge and left young Johnny little more than his dog tags and the deed to a shuttered Cape City auto garage that was months behind on the rent. Not too many years latter, Johnny was himself drafted to fight in the Korean War...
The war left Johnny an embittered, withdrawn man. "Combat fatigue" was the name the doctors gave it and they said they had no idea what caused it. Johnny's fellow veterans called it "the thousand yard stare" and the whispered the word "Chosin" was all they needed to explain it. The only time Johnny seemed to come back to life was on the back of a motorcycle or behind the wheel of a hot rod.
During the sweltering summer of 1958, Johnny watched in awe as Sundown and Vesper stomped a crew of mafia goons that tried to firebomb a neighborhood grocer that had refused to pay their protection money. The next night, looking for revenge, Johnny witnessed a pair of mobster snatch the grocer's daughter. Hoping onto his motorcycle, he gave chase and was able to save the girl... He made himself a mask the next day.
Freedom Rider was a rebel, an anarchic wild-man with a daredevil attitude and little respect for authority. But, in his own way, he was deeply devoted to the cause of freedom, liberty, and helping the helpless. He joined Sundown's Liberty Club only after receiving assurances that they would remain independent of the government.
In the summer of 1969, Johnny Stark was found dead by his fiancee Judy Bleeker, inside the locked office of Stark & Son Auto Garage. He was thirty-eight years old.
Freedom
Custom 1952 Harley-Davidson Hydra-Glide
Equipment Rank 5 ( 25 EP )
VEHICLE TRAITS
Size: Medium [ 0 EP ]
Strength: 2 [ 2 EP ]
Speed: 7 [ 7 EP ]
Defense: 10 [ 10 EP ]
Toughness: 8 [ 3 EP ]
Feature: Alarm, Caltrops, Oil Slick [ 3 EP ]