Post by Talkback on Oct 3, 2008 0:10:21 GMT -5
Full Name: Chase Stein
Code Name: Talkback
Former Aliases: none
Identity: Secret
Age: 17
Height: 5'9
Weight: 170 lbs
Hair: Blond
Eyes: Blue
Sex: Male
Citizenship: U.S.A. with no criminal record
Place of Birth: Las Angeles, California
Education: High School Drop Out
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Victor and Janet Stein (parents)
Occupation: Adventurer
Area of Operation: Las Angeles, California
Group Affiliation: The Runaways
Known Powers: None
Abilities:
It is possible that Chase has some intuitive knowledge, but, for the most part, he is of average intelligence, and possibly less because he never applied himself. The only thing that goes against this trend is driving and machinery, which he understands on an instinctual level and actually learns how to operate new machines very quickly, possibly due to his genetics.
Previous and Future:Chase has a pair of gauntlets called the Fistigons, which are believed to be the most powerful gauntlets on Earth. So far, he has been able to use them to create an manipulate fire, though it has only been shown to manipulate the fire it has created itself.
PreviouslyHe had a pair of goggles that could see through anything he wanted them to, including clothes or walls, which is what separated them from x-ray goggles, as those would indiscriminately show an x-ray scan.
Chase is often the pilot of the Leapfrog, a craft that leaps through the air instead of flying and is capable of submerging for periods of time. It also has many weapons, such as laser cannons and is a very good source of Encyclopedic information.
Chase was an athlete in high school and has the strength, speed and endurance of a typical adolescent male who engages in regular exercise.
History:
Chase Stein is the son of mad scientists Victor and Janet Stein. The two supposedly made a fortune from inventing a tool that removes stickers from CDs, but were actually members of the secret group of super villains called The Pride. Chase's father was very abusive of him, in fact, it was so bad that Chase actually came up with stories about what he had done wrong to cause his father to be so physical with him, in time, he actually began to believe those stories and does not value himself as a "good person." Chase often comes across as being a dumb, obnoxious jock, but he is surprisingly street smart. Before learning that his parents were members of The Pride, Chase wanted to be an announcer for ESPN, but after his experiences with the Runaways he decides that he wants to join the FBI to help other troubled teens like themselves (with the added perk of carrying a gun all the time.)
He receives his codename "Talkback" from Gertrude's sarcastic remark for his habit of talking back. The only Runaway with a driver's license, Chase transports the team in his unmarked white van (very inconspicuous, commonplace, and difficult to track. Furthermore, it has a stolen license plate.) He uses equipment taken from his parents' secret underground lab: Fistigons and X-ray goggles that he found right before the makeshift team battled just three of their parents in Victor Stein's work shop. Chase was the one who originally found the Runaways' first hideout, a "missing mansion" which was swallowed up during an earthquake in the 1920s or 1930s that he nicknamed "The Hostel." Before they had begun using it as a base, Chase had used it just to get away from his parents.
When the Runaways sneak into the under-sea lair of The Pride in an effort to stop their parents from presenting an offering to the Gibborim, the teens are attacked by the hideout's security system: a giant stone golem. During the ensuing battle, Chase saves Gertrude Yorkes and her pet dinosaur Old Lace from the creature by luring it into a water channel. Although the plan works, the golem knocks him underwater and he nearly drowns. He comes back to life when he is given CPR by Gertrude. He shows his gratitude by kissing her, and calls her "the hottest chick [he's] ever seen." As he is too weak to continue on to face The Pride, Chase offers the Fistigons and goggles to Alex Wilder, who later betrays them all. Chase saves the team from certain death by hot-wiring the transport ship his parents designed, the Leapfrog, and getting them out of the Gibborim's lair before it explodes.
When the Runaways are split up by Social Services, Chase tells the authorities that he is going to go and live with an Aunt in Anaheim, but instead gives them a false address and runs away again. Later, when the rest of the Runaways leave their foster homes to meet each other, Chase turns up by surprise and leads the teens off to release Gert's raptor from an Avengers storage complex. After successfully rescuing Old Lace, the kids decide to stay together rather than return to their foster homes and move off to their new lives in the Leapfrog.
With the Fistigons now gone, Chase helps the team by piloting the Leapfrog, which serves as their getaway vehicle. As opposed to most vessels, which are designated "she," Chase has specifically designated the Leapfrog a male vessel, as the team had "more than enough estrogen". Chase uses the Leapfrog's lasers, which he has only just discovered, to attack Excelsior. Chase now knows how to fix The Leapfrog after it was shot down by a blast from Darkhawk's amulet. He has also recently discovered that the "Frog" can talk, and it calls him "Master," to Chase's delight.
The Runaways have a shocking encounter with Gert's older self, who travels from 20 years in the future to tell the Runaways about Victor Mancha, a boy who will grow up to be a deadly super-villain. Suffering from internal injuries sustained in a battle with "Victorious," the older Gert confesses her love for Chase before dying in his arms. Visibly shaken, Chase vows to "tear [Victor's] damn heart out."
However, the present-day Victor is an innocent young man, and a battle with Ultron leaves him an orphan. He joins the Runaways despite Chase's clear animosity towards him. Chase is also concerned that Gert may be infatuated with Victor, who is more her intellectual equal. Though Gert assured him that she only loves him, Chase remained leery of Victor's place among them long after his teammates accepted him. It wasn't until Victor begged Chase to knock him out while under the influence of the New Pride that Chase finally accepted him as a teammate and brother.
More recently, it has been hinted that Chase himself has a dark-side. In the "East Coast/West Coast" arc, Chase tells the Pusher Man that he once beat a gang member to death when the other teen tried to steal Chase's van. He did not confirm whether it was fact, though he says that his relationship with Gert is what keeps him "good.”
(History taken from en.marveldatabase.com/Chase_Stein_%28Earth-616%29 with some revisions)
Code Name: Talkback
Former Aliases: none
Identity: Secret
Age: 17
Height: 5'9
Weight: 170 lbs
Hair: Blond
Eyes: Blue
Sex: Male
Citizenship: U.S.A. with no criminal record
Place of Birth: Las Angeles, California
Education: High School Drop Out
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Victor and Janet Stein (parents)
Occupation: Adventurer
Area of Operation: Las Angeles, California
Group Affiliation: The Runaways
Known Powers: None
Abilities:
It is possible that Chase has some intuitive knowledge, but, for the most part, he is of average intelligence, and possibly less because he never applied himself. The only thing that goes against this trend is driving and machinery, which he understands on an instinctual level and actually learns how to operate new machines very quickly, possibly due to his genetics.
Previous and Future:Chase has a pair of gauntlets called the Fistigons, which are believed to be the most powerful gauntlets on Earth. So far, he has been able to use them to create an manipulate fire, though it has only been shown to manipulate the fire it has created itself.
PreviouslyHe had a pair of goggles that could see through anything he wanted them to, including clothes or walls, which is what separated them from x-ray goggles, as those would indiscriminately show an x-ray scan.
Chase is often the pilot of the Leapfrog, a craft that leaps through the air instead of flying and is capable of submerging for periods of time. It also has many weapons, such as laser cannons and is a very good source of Encyclopedic information.
Chase was an athlete in high school and has the strength, speed and endurance of a typical adolescent male who engages in regular exercise.
History:
Chase Stein is the son of mad scientists Victor and Janet Stein. The two supposedly made a fortune from inventing a tool that removes stickers from CDs, but were actually members of the secret group of super villains called The Pride. Chase's father was very abusive of him, in fact, it was so bad that Chase actually came up with stories about what he had done wrong to cause his father to be so physical with him, in time, he actually began to believe those stories and does not value himself as a "good person." Chase often comes across as being a dumb, obnoxious jock, but he is surprisingly street smart. Before learning that his parents were members of The Pride, Chase wanted to be an announcer for ESPN, but after his experiences with the Runaways he decides that he wants to join the FBI to help other troubled teens like themselves (with the added perk of carrying a gun all the time.)
He receives his codename "Talkback" from Gertrude's sarcastic remark for his habit of talking back. The only Runaway with a driver's license, Chase transports the team in his unmarked white van (very inconspicuous, commonplace, and difficult to track. Furthermore, it has a stolen license plate.) He uses equipment taken from his parents' secret underground lab: Fistigons and X-ray goggles that he found right before the makeshift team battled just three of their parents in Victor Stein's work shop. Chase was the one who originally found the Runaways' first hideout, a "missing mansion" which was swallowed up during an earthquake in the 1920s or 1930s that he nicknamed "The Hostel." Before they had begun using it as a base, Chase had used it just to get away from his parents.
When the Runaways sneak into the under-sea lair of The Pride in an effort to stop their parents from presenting an offering to the Gibborim, the teens are attacked by the hideout's security system: a giant stone golem. During the ensuing battle, Chase saves Gertrude Yorkes and her pet dinosaur Old Lace from the creature by luring it into a water channel. Although the plan works, the golem knocks him underwater and he nearly drowns. He comes back to life when he is given CPR by Gertrude. He shows his gratitude by kissing her, and calls her "the hottest chick [he's] ever seen." As he is too weak to continue on to face The Pride, Chase offers the Fistigons and goggles to Alex Wilder, who later betrays them all. Chase saves the team from certain death by hot-wiring the transport ship his parents designed, the Leapfrog, and getting them out of the Gibborim's lair before it explodes.
When the Runaways are split up by Social Services, Chase tells the authorities that he is going to go and live with an Aunt in Anaheim, but instead gives them a false address and runs away again. Later, when the rest of the Runaways leave their foster homes to meet each other, Chase turns up by surprise and leads the teens off to release Gert's raptor from an Avengers storage complex. After successfully rescuing Old Lace, the kids decide to stay together rather than return to their foster homes and move off to their new lives in the Leapfrog.
With the Fistigons now gone, Chase helps the team by piloting the Leapfrog, which serves as their getaway vehicle. As opposed to most vessels, which are designated "she," Chase has specifically designated the Leapfrog a male vessel, as the team had "more than enough estrogen". Chase uses the Leapfrog's lasers, which he has only just discovered, to attack Excelsior. Chase now knows how to fix The Leapfrog after it was shot down by a blast from Darkhawk's amulet. He has also recently discovered that the "Frog" can talk, and it calls him "Master," to Chase's delight.
The Runaways have a shocking encounter with Gert's older self, who travels from 20 years in the future to tell the Runaways about Victor Mancha, a boy who will grow up to be a deadly super-villain. Suffering from internal injuries sustained in a battle with "Victorious," the older Gert confesses her love for Chase before dying in his arms. Visibly shaken, Chase vows to "tear [Victor's] damn heart out."
However, the present-day Victor is an innocent young man, and a battle with Ultron leaves him an orphan. He joins the Runaways despite Chase's clear animosity towards him. Chase is also concerned that Gert may be infatuated with Victor, who is more her intellectual equal. Though Gert assured him that she only loves him, Chase remained leery of Victor's place among them long after his teammates accepted him. It wasn't until Victor begged Chase to knock him out while under the influence of the New Pride that Chase finally accepted him as a teammate and brother.
More recently, it has been hinted that Chase himself has a dark-side. In the "East Coast/West Coast" arc, Chase tells the Pusher Man that he once beat a gang member to death when the other teen tried to steal Chase's van. He did not confirm whether it was fact, though he says that his relationship with Gert is what keeps him "good.”
(History taken from en.marveldatabase.com/Chase_Stein_%28Earth-616%29 with some revisions)