Cyclops Hero
Real Name: Scott Summers.
Occupation: College student, adventurer.
Identity: Secret.
Legal Status: Citizen of the United States with no criminal record.
Other Aliases: "Slim".
Place of Birth: Anchorage, Alaska.
Marital Status: Single.
Known Relatives: Christopher (father, deceased), Katherine Anne (mother, deceased), Alexander (alias Havok, brother), Philip (grandfather), Deborah (grandmother), Hank (uncle), Joyce (aunt, deceased), Buffy, Dawn (cousins).
Group Affiliation: X-Men.
Base of Operations: New York City.
First Post-Reboot Appearance: (as Scott Summers) AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1, (as Cyclops) UNCANNY X-MEN #1.
History: Scott Summers was the oldest of two sons of Christopher Summers, an Air Force major and test pilot, and his wife Katherine Anne. When Scott was still a pre-teen, his father flew himself, Scott, Katherine Anne, and Scott's brother Alex back from an island vacation in his vintage private plane. While flying over Nebraska, the plane apparently suffered some engine damage and was going to be destroyed. Scott's memories are unclear as to what happened next, as he woke up a year later in an orphanage in Omaha, Nebraska.
According to the people he spoke to at the orphanage, Scott and Alex had apparently been pushed from the plane with a single parachute between them. Both brothers had suffered injuries, since their overburdened parachute had been damaged during the fall. No sign of his parents' bodies were found among the wreckage of the plane.
Scott had suffered some brain damage during the fall, but this brain damage apparently did not immediately affect him in any way, besides putting him into his coma. The doctors attributed his missing memories to this brain damage. Alex, too, suffered a case of mild amnesia regarding what had happened, despite not having similar brain damage; the doctors theorized that he was subconsciously repressing the traumatic memory.
Scott and Alex remained at the orphanage for some time, until their grandparents, who lived in the Alaskan panhandle, arranged to gain custody over the boys; their uncle, Hank Summers, was in Spain at the time and unable to be contacted. While in his mid-teens, Scott began to develop severe headaches and eyestrain. Scott's grandparents took him to see an eye specialist in Juneau, Alaska. Through trial and error, the optometrist discovered that lenses made of ruby quartz, a kind of glass tinted with a red impurity, seemed to alleviate the boy's vision problems. The doctor suspected that Scott was a mutant and informed his grandparents of this.
Scott and Alex were tossing a football around the yard when Scott's powers first manifested themselves. Alex had thrown the football too far, and Scott fell trying to catch it, causing his glasses to come off. Scott and Alex were surprised to see a ruby beam of energy come from Scott's eyes and punch a hole through the hangar where his grandfather stored his plane; thankfully, the plane was on the runway at the time. Scott closed his eyes, and Alex found his glasses for him.
Philip and Deborah Summers had a long talk with Scott and Alex at that point. Scott agreed to be sent to the recently announced Xavier Institute for Gifted Youngsters, a school which openly advertised itself as a school for mutants. Scott was one of the first class of students to attend. Alex followed a few years later when his powers manifested.
Recently, Scott has graduated from Xavier's. He is currently attending Empire State University in Manhattan, and has joined several other Xavier Institute graduates in forming the first all-mutant hero team, the X-Men.
Age: 19.
Height: 6' 3".
Weight: 175 lbs.
Eyes: Brown (glowing red when his power is active).
Hair: Black.
Uniform: Blue bodysuit with a yellow X on the front and back, yellow boots, yellow gloves, blue cowl, visor (see Paraphernalia, below)
Strength Level: Cyclops possesses the normal human strength of a man his age, height, and build who engages in intensive regular exercise.
Known Superhuman Powers: Cyclops' sole power is his ability to project a beam of concussive force from his eyes, which he calls an "optic blast". This concussive beam is capable of punching through a twelve-inch thick concrete block when narrowed into a thin beam. When set to its widest and least powerful focus, the beam is still able to knock a person over and even possibly break bone.
Cyclops is unable to be harmed by his own optic blast. Even if it was reflected back to him, he would not suffer any damage from it; instead, he would absorb the energy from the beam. The insides of his eyelids also absorb the energy.
Cyclops is also unable to be harmed by his brother Alex's powers. Furthermore, Alex is the only other person who is naturally unable to be harmed by Cyclops' optic blasts. Should Cyclops be hit by Alex's powers, his optic blasts will temporarily increase in power; the reverse is also true. The reason for this sibling immunity is unknown; Professor Xavier theorizes that the boys' genetics are over 90% identical, enabling the two to metabolize each others' energies.
Abilities: Cyclops is a skilled tactician and strategist with a good working knowledge of three-dimensional geometry. He has been known to perform complex geometry in his head, enabling him to bounce his optic blast off numerous surfaces or sink every ball on a billiards table on the break.
Having grown up around airplanes, Scott is a talented pilot; as his father and grandfather were also aircraft pilots, Scott thinks it runs in the family. Scott is also skilled in aircraft repair, having aided his father and later his grandfather with repairs.
Paraphernalia: Because of the brain damage suffered as a child, Cyclops is unable to turn off his optic blasts, necessitating the use of his visor to control his power. This visor is made of a glass-like material, ruby quartz, which is the only material known to harmlessly dissipate the energy given off by his eyes. The visor has controls on the side which enable him to focus his beam into either a widening jet or a pin-point beam akin to a laser, giving his optic blast the same effect as a high-powered hunting rifle.
Wolverine: "Hey, hey. It's me."
Cyclops: "Prove it."
Wolverine: "You're a dick."
– X-Men
400 points
| ST: 11 [10] | HP: 11 [0] | Speed: 6.00 [0] |
| DX: 12 [40] | Will: 11 [0] | Move: 6 [0] |
| IQ: 11 [20] | Per: 11 [0] | |
| HT: 12 [0*] | FP: 12 [0] | SM: 0 |
| Dmg: 1d-1/1d+1 | BL: 24 lbs. | |
| Dodge: 10 | Parry: 11 | DR: 12/4* (uniform) |
Languages: English (Native) (Native Language) [0].
Cultural Familiarities: Western (Native) [0].
Advantages: 3D Spatial Sense [10]; Combat Reflexes [15]; Damage Resistance 50 (Absorption: Into Plasma Blasts, +80%; Limited Defense: Powers of Blood Relations (Rare), -80%; Tough Skin, -40%; Mutant, -10%) [125]; Fit [5]; High Manual Dexterity 2 [10]; High Pain Threshold [10]; Lightning Calculator [2]; Optic Blast 8d (Crushing Attack; Accurate +4, +20%; Always On, Effects are Dangerous (Mitigator: Ruby Quartz Glasses or Visor, -60%), -16%; Cone, 3 yards, +80%; Damage Modifier: Double Knockback, +20%; Increased Range, x10, +30%; Jet, +0%; Ricochet, +10%; Selectivity (applies to Cone and Jet), +10%; Underwater, +20%; Variable, +5%; Mutant, -10%) [108].
Perks: Unusual Training (Tight-Beam) [1].
Disadvantages: Code of Honor (Hero's) [-10]; Debt -5 (College Loans) [-5]; Light Sleeper [-5]; Nightmares (12) [-5]; Pacifism (Cannot Harm Innocents) [-10]; Secret Identity (Serious Embarrassment) [-5]; Shyness (Mild) [-5]; Skinny [-5]; Wealth (Struggling) [-10]; Workaholic [-5].
Quirks: Broad-Minded [-1]; Imaginative [-1]; Likes Classic Airplanes [-1].
Skills: Boxing (A) DX+2 [8] – 14; Driving (Motorcycle) (A) DX+1 [4] – 13; First Aid/TL8 (E) IQ [1] – 11; Hiking (A) HT-1 [1] – 11; Innate Attack (Gaze) (E) DX+4 [12] – 16; Mathematics/TL8 (Applied) (H) IQ-1 [1] – 10*; Mathematics/TL8 (Pure) (H) IQ+3 [16] – 14; Mechanic/TL8 (Light Airplane) (A) IQ [2] – 11; Physics/TL8 (VH) IQ [8] – 11; Piloting/TL8 (Light Airplane) (A) DX+2 [4] – 14†; Running (A) HT [2] – 12; Savoir-Faire (Military) (E) IQ-1 [1] – 10‡; Strategy (Air) (H) IQ-1 [2] – 10; Strategy (Land) (H) IQ+0 [4] – 11; Swimming (E) HT [1] – 12; Tactics (H) IQ+2 [12] – 13; Wrestling (A) DX+2 [8] – 14.
Techniques: Tight-Beam (Innate Attack (Gaze)) (H) def+2 [3] – 16.
Equipment: Cyclops's visor, while allowing him to control his optic blast, also grants Protected Vision. However, because of its styling, it also gives Cyclops Restricted Vision: No Peripheral Vision. The ruby quartz glasses he normally wears in his civilian identity are styled to avoid this problem.
Starting Spending Money: $2,000 (20% Starting Wealth).
* Defaulted from Mathematics/TL8 (Pure).
† Includes +1 from 3D Spatial Sense.
‡ Includes -1 from Shyness.
Role-Playing Notes:
Cyclops is a natural leader, though he suffers from being incredibly shy in dealing with his personal matters. He is quick to think on his feet, coming up with plans and counter-plans at the drop of a hat.
| BOXING | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TL | Weapon | Damage | Reach | Parry | Cost | Weight | ST | Notes |
| – | Boxing Punch | 1d cr | C | 10 | – | – | 11 | |
| DX | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TL | Weapon | Damage | Reach | Parry | Cost | Weight | ST | Notes |
| – | Kick | 1d-1 cr | C, 1 | n/a | – | – | 11 | |
| – | Bite | 1d-2 cr | C | n/a | – | – | 11 | |
| INNATE ATTACK (GAZE) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TL | Weapon | Damage | Acc | Range | RoF | Shots | ST | Bulk | Rcl | Notes |
| – | Optic Blast | 8d cr dbk var | 7 | 100/1,000 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | [1] |
| – | or | 8d cr dbk var (3 yd) | 7 | 100/1,000 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | [1] |
| – | or | 8d cr dbk var | 7 | 40/400 | Jet | – | – | – | 1 | [1] |
Notes:
[1] Always full power when he takes off his visor.