RAVEN
(FOR GM EYES ONLY)

Name: Mathew Connors
AKA: Raven
Role: Corporate
AGE: 26
Int: 10 REF: 9/12 TECH: 8 COOL: 9
ATTR: 5 LUCK: 5 MA: 5 BOD: 8
EMP: 6/4
Mathew Connors is a very bright, very wealthy, young man.  He is also deeply deeply disturbed.  His father was a South Am vet who became a police officer after the war.  He was killed in a random traffic stop when Mathew was 12.   Mathew idolized his father, and sought his approval at every turn.  His father however was an abusive man, verbally and physically.  He was also somewhat disturbed himself, ranting for hours on end how society has lost all sense of honor, all sense of fairness.  How society had no more heroes.  His mother on the other hand doted on the boy, to the point of spoiling him.  After his father died, Mathew was left desperately in need of a role model.  He found that role model in comic books.  The tales of superheros and their virtuous battles enthralled the young boy, to the point that he became somewhat withdrawn into his own fantasy world. 

At the age of 15 Mathews mother was the victim of a freak accident when she was caught in the explosion of a Trauma Team aerodyne that crashed after engine problems.  The insurance settlement left Mathew ridiculously wealthy.  Unfortunately the money was put into an account until the boy turned 18, in the meantime, with no living relatives the boy was sent into foster care.  Here he was horribly abused, both sexually and physically.  It was at this point that he retreated even further into his fantasy world.  When his social worker discovered what was happening, she immediately pulled Mathew from the home, relocating him to a very nice family in an environment where he could be nurtured.  He was also sent into exhaustive therapy sessions.  He seemed to turn around, come out of himself.  Making straight A's in school and getting a full scholarship to college.  From there he went to work for a design firm, quickly raising in the ranks to director of advertising by the age of 25.  The money from the insurance settlement remained untouched until then, gathering interest.

Mathews life changed last year.  He was waiting in line for a movie with friends, when a couple in front of him began arguing.  Before anyone could do anything, the man began beating his girlfriend, even going so far as to hit her across the face with a metal straw dispenser.  Mathew lost it, jumping on the man and beating him nearly to death before his friends were able to pull him off.  Because he was clearly defending the girl, and there were plenty of witnesses, Mathew got off, but the incident stayed in his mind.  His sanity kind of splintered, and he remembered the comic books, the superheroes who knew so clearly the difference between right and wrong, and fought to uphold all that was good.  And somewhere in Mathews mind, it came together.  He would be the hero the world so desperately needed.

He began withdrawing money, purchasing hardsuit components on the black market with cash and buying a warehouse near the combat zone.  He bought a stolen Mach series AV as well.  Painting the AV black, and finishing his armor, david began patrolling the streets, listening to police radios and watching for any illegal activity.  He honestly believes he is a superhero, and he believes he is not only doing the right thing, but that the police are on his side.  Every time he goes out, he moves a bit further out of touch with reality.  So far his armor has kept him safe, but mostly it has been luck.  Sooner or later, he is going to move against the wrong man and they will kill him.  Last month his dementia reached its peak, when he found a young homeless boy, aged 14 named Barry Sears and kidnapped him.  He brought the boy to his warehouse, where he keeps him locked in a cage.  He has been trying to convince the boy to become his sidekick, and using starvation and superhero cartoons and movies as a brainwashing technique.  The young Barry is now almost as insane as Mathew.

Mathew relies on a cobbled together hardsuit to protect him.  It is built from scratch though the base model and abilities are identical to a standard Bast series Hardsuit.  It is equipped with a grapple launcher, smoke dispensers, and a motion restraint launcher.