GATEWAY (Real Name Unknown)
Created By: Chris Claremont & Marc Silvestri
First Appearance: The Uncanny X-Men #229 (May 1988)
Group Affiliations: None
Role: Mysterious Character, Teleporter
PL 5 (175)
STRENGTH 0 STAMINA 2 AGILITY 1
FIGHTING 0 DEXTERITY 1
INTELLIGENCE 2 AWARENESS 4 PRESENCE 0
Skills:
Deception 4 (+4)
Expertise (Aborigine Shaman) 10 (+12)
Expertise (Survival) 4 (+8)
Insight 2 (+6)
Perception 4 (+8)
Stealth 4 (+5)
Advantages:
Eidetic Memory, Equipment (Bullroarer)
Powers:
"Mutant Powers: Teleportation"
Teleport 16 (Feats: Changed Velocity & Direction) (Extras: Easy, Accurate, Extended, Portal +2) (114) -- [117]
- AE: "Observation" Remote Sensing 12 (Vision & Hearing) (36)
- AE: "Time Sight" Senses 4 (Postcognition) (Extras: Affects Others) (8)
- AE: Movement 9 (Time Travel 3, Space Travel 3, Dimensional Travel 3) (Extras: Portal +2) (36)
Offense:
Unarmed +0 (+0 Damage, DC 15)
Initiative +1
Defenses:
Dodge +8 (DC 18), Parry +6 (DC 16), Toughness +2, Fortitude +4, Will +7
Complications:
Relationship (The St. Croix Family)- Gateway took a somewhat teacherly role towards Monet & the twins.
Relationship (Bishop & Shard)- The two futuristic X.S.E. members are Gateway's future descendants.
Responsibility (Mostly Mute)- For some reason, Gateway does not often speak to others. He has only spoken verbally to people twice in all the comics in which he's appeared.
Quirk (Bullroarer)- Gateway uses a Bullroarer when transporting others. It's link to his powers is generally unknown- he may or may not be able to Teleport without it.
Total: Abilities: 20 / Skills: 28--14 / Advantages: 2 / Powers: 120 / Defenses: 19 (175)
-Gateway is one of the more mysterious characters in comics, particularly since only a few writers have ever bothered with him. He debuted around the darkest point of Claremont's first X-Men run, when things were REALLY gritty, the team was different and living in Australia, and The Reavers were hunting them. Initially being ordered around by the bad guys, Gateway was released from his bonds and started voluntarily helping the X-Men out, though he never spoke. When the X-Men came back home a few years (our time) later, Gateway didn't go with them- his next appearance was post-Claremont, as he brought Penance to Generation-X's door, and would occasionally pop up for some vague stuff (his only spoken word is "Penance" when he arrives with the girl/s).
-He appeared in Claremont's X-Treme X-Men, which revealed him to be an ancestor of Bishop & Shard. He was thought-dead after meeting The Marauders (though this was basically described after the fact), but of course even MINOR characters can't stay dead, as he showed up alive after a short while, teaching Manifold, who is ALSO an Aborigine with teleportation powers. Then Gateway got his neck snapped during some big "Weapon X" thing. Comics are weird.
-Gateway doesn't do much (or ANY) fighting, but is a high-end Teleporter who can basically go anywhere, making him extremely expensive regardless of his lack of combat power.