Post by Death Metal on Sept 23, 2010 23:40:17 GMT -5
Appearance: Ghost Rider 2099
Height: 6'5" (stealth mode is variable height)
Weight: 650 lbs
Name: Kenshiro "Zero" Cochrane
Alias or Code-name: Zero, The Ghost Rider, Death Metal (current nickname)
Powers/Weapons: Ghost Rider 2099 is a Cybertek 101 robot. The re-enforced carbon-steel silicon composite robotic body gave Ghost Rider superhuman strength, endurance and durability. Both hands were capable of transforming, the right hand into a ceramic graphite composite bladed chainsaw that blasted bursts of energy; and the left hand in to a polymimetic nanomer alloy claw, able to cut on a submolecular level. The robot also possessed a stealth system rendering Ghost Rider invisible to detection by both electronic systems and the naked eye; in addition, it possesses a "solidgram" camouflage system that could allow him to mimic the appearance of any individual (including Zero Cochrane), and create the illusion of his head being engulfed in flames. The robot also had optic lasers, and was capable of self-repairing. At one point in the series it also generates throwing stars, though this ability was only seen once. It is implied that the endoframe also features more weaponry than is show, but that Zero the knowledge to properly put it to use.
Zero is an expert computer hacker and cybersurfer, able to force his way both in and out of almost any system. As a digital psyche, Zero could surf cyberspace, access information, and exist without food, water or other sustenance.
Ghost Rider rode a modified version of Zero Cochrane's original souped-up motorcycle, a Ford Velociraptor 900 with thrusters and anti-gravity propulsion.
Origin: Kenshiro "Zero" Cochrane was a hacker who ran with the Hotwire Martyrs, a street gang based out of the Transverse City sprawl. In mid 2099, the Martyrs hacked into a fiberoptic trunkline and snagged a heavily-encrypted data archive of unknown origin. While they were attempting to decrypt the file, the Martyrs were attacked by a gang known as the Artificial Kidz, who proceede to murder most of the Martyrs and set off in persuit of Zero and the archive. With the poison from the fletchette round he took while fleeing the Kidz rapidly eating away at his nervous system, Zero makes a last-ditch effort to screw them over by transferring the encrypted file to his girlfriend and then jacking directly into cyberspace in an attempt to burn out his headware implants.
Shortly after his white-hot fade into oblivion, Zero awakes to find himself in a surrealistic cyberscape populated by a group of rogue machine intelligences who call their realm The Ghostworks. These AIs belive that the current human society (your typical "Corporations Own Everything" cyberpunk dystopia) is heading for a total collapse. And, being completely dependent on the world's technological infrastructure for survival, they wish to send Zero back to the real world to serve as their agent of change. Appealing to his anarchist sensibilities, the Ghostworks couch the whole deal as a chance for him to get back at The System and all those authority figures who seem bound and determined to make life miserable for "the little guy." Zero, of course, accepts - though whether this was really of his own free will or due to subtle modifications the AIs made to his personality construct is debatable.
The machines hijack an automated factory and construct a heavily modified variant of a Cybertek 101 warbot, laden with advanced nanotech weaponry, self-repair, and camouflage capabilities, and download their copy of Zero's personality into its neuro-net. Before hitting the streets, Zero uses the robot's holographic capabilites to wreath his skull-like head in artificial flame - an homage to his fallen comrades that also serves to make him look very similar to the Ghost Rider of the previous century. Appropriately enough, his first course of action is to seek vengeance against those responsible for their deaths. His quest eventually leads back to the D/Monix corporation (the legal owners of the archive) and his father, Harrison Cochrane.
During the course of his investigation into the missing file, Harrison realized that, as the hackers had used his own access codes to intercept the data transmission, the only suspect could be his son, Kenshiro. Feeling more loyalty to the corporation than to his gutter-trash son, it was a simple matter for Harrison to hire the Artificial Kidz to wipe out the Hotwire Martyrs and retrieve the archive. Upon beating this information out of his father, Ghost Rider prepares to kill the old man, but is distracted when he learns that D/Monix is currently torturing his former girlfriend, Kylie Gregarin, in an attempt to find out where she stashed the copy of the archive he'd sent her before his "death."
While hunting down the component chemicals for the drug he needs to save Kylie's life, Ghost Rider heads to an Alchemax facility in New York City - where he runs afoul of current incarnation of Spider-Man. They battle, but GR makes it away with the chemical in time. With the drug synthesized, he volunteers to go into Kylie's head to bring her out of her coma, which begins a phantasmagorical journey into her psyche that gives insight into both Kylie's past and provides a few glimpses into what Zero was like when he was alive. Of course, he doesn't much care for the version of himself that he sees and, after Kylie wakes up, Ghost Rider tries to convince her that Zero is dead and that she's better off without him. Of course, the way he says it leads her to realize that GR is Zero and, thus, has the exact opposite effect of making her more curious about him.
After discovering that his personality construct has been modified to prevent him from mentioning certain topics of discussion (namely the Ghostworks and things related to them), Ghost Rider dives into cyberspace in an attempt to track the Works down and hammer out some answers. The AIs hide from him and some discuss the possibility that they may have made a mistake when they chose Zero as their agent. Others suggest they wait it out - citing that the Ghost Rider will soon be much too busy to bother them. The prophecy comes true, of course, as he's launched into a series of battles pitting him against a heavily-cybered Jeter (the man who killed him), a thrill-kill club that's been using monsterous-looking constructs to hunt down former special-forces types for sport, and a highly-skilled cybernetic assassin named Coda - who actually manages to blast GR into his constituant components.
A short time later, Ghost Rider revives to discover that the Doom of 2099 has managed to take control of the United States. Having earlier made a deal with the Ghostworks for access to their agent (in exchange for leaving them be), Doom sends his Shield agents out into the city to track the rogue android down. GR is hauled before the President and presented with an offer to become the Federal Marshal for the Transverse City region. Though he initially refuses (not wanting to become part of the System he so despises), Doom triggers a series of override commands and forces Zero to accept the position. Flush with his newfound power, Ghost Rider proceeds to ride roughshod over a number of petty criminals and gangs, as well as the druglord who'd helped him locate the chemicals he'd needed to save Kylie earlier. This betrayal begins a downward slide where all of Zero's former friends and associates begin to turn on him - seeing only another Oppressor rather than the Hero of the Common Man Ghost Rider thought himself to be. At the same time, he finds himself despised by the "real" securi-cops, who see him as a loose cannon giving them a bad name (and, likely, suffer some jealousy for the wide operational latitude he's been given).
It is eventually revealed that the Ghost Rider is actually just a program created from the originals memories, and altered to the purposes of the Ghost Works. The original Kenshiro takes possession of the body, releases his body into cyberspace, and puts an end to Ghost Work's plans for humanity.
Character is from: the Marvel 2099 series, mostly his self named series.
The information in this bio is compiled from Wikipedia, and the Marvel Database.
Height: 6'5" (stealth mode is variable height)
Weight: 650 lbs
Name: Kenshiro "Zero" Cochrane
Alias or Code-name: Zero, The Ghost Rider, Death Metal (current nickname)
Powers/Weapons: Ghost Rider 2099 is a Cybertek 101 robot. The re-enforced carbon-steel silicon composite robotic body gave Ghost Rider superhuman strength, endurance and durability. Both hands were capable of transforming, the right hand into a ceramic graphite composite bladed chainsaw that blasted bursts of energy; and the left hand in to a polymimetic nanomer alloy claw, able to cut on a submolecular level. The robot also possessed a stealth system rendering Ghost Rider invisible to detection by both electronic systems and the naked eye; in addition, it possesses a "solidgram" camouflage system that could allow him to mimic the appearance of any individual (including Zero Cochrane), and create the illusion of his head being engulfed in flames. The robot also had optic lasers, and was capable of self-repairing. At one point in the series it also generates throwing stars, though this ability was only seen once. It is implied that the endoframe also features more weaponry than is show, but that Zero the knowledge to properly put it to use.
Zero is an expert computer hacker and cybersurfer, able to force his way both in and out of almost any system. As a digital psyche, Zero could surf cyberspace, access information, and exist without food, water or other sustenance.
Ghost Rider rode a modified version of Zero Cochrane's original souped-up motorcycle, a Ford Velociraptor 900 with thrusters and anti-gravity propulsion.
Origin: Kenshiro "Zero" Cochrane was a hacker who ran with the Hotwire Martyrs, a street gang based out of the Transverse City sprawl. In mid 2099, the Martyrs hacked into a fiberoptic trunkline and snagged a heavily-encrypted data archive of unknown origin. While they were attempting to decrypt the file, the Martyrs were attacked by a gang known as the Artificial Kidz, who proceede to murder most of the Martyrs and set off in persuit of Zero and the archive. With the poison from the fletchette round he took while fleeing the Kidz rapidly eating away at his nervous system, Zero makes a last-ditch effort to screw them over by transferring the encrypted file to his girlfriend and then jacking directly into cyberspace in an attempt to burn out his headware implants.
Shortly after his white-hot fade into oblivion, Zero awakes to find himself in a surrealistic cyberscape populated by a group of rogue machine intelligences who call their realm The Ghostworks. These AIs belive that the current human society (your typical "Corporations Own Everything" cyberpunk dystopia) is heading for a total collapse. And, being completely dependent on the world's technological infrastructure for survival, they wish to send Zero back to the real world to serve as their agent of change. Appealing to his anarchist sensibilities, the Ghostworks couch the whole deal as a chance for him to get back at The System and all those authority figures who seem bound and determined to make life miserable for "the little guy." Zero, of course, accepts - though whether this was really of his own free will or due to subtle modifications the AIs made to his personality construct is debatable.
The machines hijack an automated factory and construct a heavily modified variant of a Cybertek 101 warbot, laden with advanced nanotech weaponry, self-repair, and camouflage capabilities, and download their copy of Zero's personality into its neuro-net. Before hitting the streets, Zero uses the robot's holographic capabilites to wreath his skull-like head in artificial flame - an homage to his fallen comrades that also serves to make him look very similar to the Ghost Rider of the previous century. Appropriately enough, his first course of action is to seek vengeance against those responsible for their deaths. His quest eventually leads back to the D/Monix corporation (the legal owners of the archive) and his father, Harrison Cochrane.
During the course of his investigation into the missing file, Harrison realized that, as the hackers had used his own access codes to intercept the data transmission, the only suspect could be his son, Kenshiro. Feeling more loyalty to the corporation than to his gutter-trash son, it was a simple matter for Harrison to hire the Artificial Kidz to wipe out the Hotwire Martyrs and retrieve the archive. Upon beating this information out of his father, Ghost Rider prepares to kill the old man, but is distracted when he learns that D/Monix is currently torturing his former girlfriend, Kylie Gregarin, in an attempt to find out where she stashed the copy of the archive he'd sent her before his "death."
While hunting down the component chemicals for the drug he needs to save Kylie's life, Ghost Rider heads to an Alchemax facility in New York City - where he runs afoul of current incarnation of Spider-Man. They battle, but GR makes it away with the chemical in time. With the drug synthesized, he volunteers to go into Kylie's head to bring her out of her coma, which begins a phantasmagorical journey into her psyche that gives insight into both Kylie's past and provides a few glimpses into what Zero was like when he was alive. Of course, he doesn't much care for the version of himself that he sees and, after Kylie wakes up, Ghost Rider tries to convince her that Zero is dead and that she's better off without him. Of course, the way he says it leads her to realize that GR is Zero and, thus, has the exact opposite effect of making her more curious about him.
After discovering that his personality construct has been modified to prevent him from mentioning certain topics of discussion (namely the Ghostworks and things related to them), Ghost Rider dives into cyberspace in an attempt to track the Works down and hammer out some answers. The AIs hide from him and some discuss the possibility that they may have made a mistake when they chose Zero as their agent. Others suggest they wait it out - citing that the Ghost Rider will soon be much too busy to bother them. The prophecy comes true, of course, as he's launched into a series of battles pitting him against a heavily-cybered Jeter (the man who killed him), a thrill-kill club that's been using monsterous-looking constructs to hunt down former special-forces types for sport, and a highly-skilled cybernetic assassin named Coda - who actually manages to blast GR into his constituant components.
A short time later, Ghost Rider revives to discover that the Doom of 2099 has managed to take control of the United States. Having earlier made a deal with the Ghostworks for access to their agent (in exchange for leaving them be), Doom sends his Shield agents out into the city to track the rogue android down. GR is hauled before the President and presented with an offer to become the Federal Marshal for the Transverse City region. Though he initially refuses (not wanting to become part of the System he so despises), Doom triggers a series of override commands and forces Zero to accept the position. Flush with his newfound power, Ghost Rider proceeds to ride roughshod over a number of petty criminals and gangs, as well as the druglord who'd helped him locate the chemicals he'd needed to save Kylie earlier. This betrayal begins a downward slide where all of Zero's former friends and associates begin to turn on him - seeing only another Oppressor rather than the Hero of the Common Man Ghost Rider thought himself to be. At the same time, he finds himself despised by the "real" securi-cops, who see him as a loose cannon giving them a bad name (and, likely, suffer some jealousy for the wide operational latitude he's been given).
It is eventually revealed that the Ghost Rider is actually just a program created from the originals memories, and altered to the purposes of the Ghost Works. The original Kenshiro takes possession of the body, releases his body into cyberspace, and puts an end to Ghost Work's plans for humanity.
Character is from: the Marvel 2099 series, mostly his self named series.
The information in this bio is compiled from Wikipedia, and the Marvel Database.