Real Name: James Thorne Hero/Villain Name: War Machine Gender: Male Age: 24 Appearance:
Costume:
In Active State: Eyes, Repulsor ports and ARC Reactor glow red.
Abilities: Enhanced Strength: Mechanically enhanced strength able to lift cars, trucks and even small aircraft. Enhanced Durability: Highly resilient to physical damage, i.e. guns, explosions and general impacts. Flight: While not as fast as Iron Man, he can use his repulsors to propel himself through the air and even hover in place. Repulsors: Can also be used to attack using high-energy bursts and project an energy shield in up to two different directions. Heavy Rotary Laser Cannon: Mounted on his left shoulder, this weapon is the laser equivalent of a 30mm GAU-8. It possesses a high rate of fire and each laser round is enough to inflict extreme amounts of damage, enough to destroy state-of-the-art battle tanks and sustained fire can eventually breach shields and armour like those on the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier. Missile Pod: Fairly self explanatory, 6 HE guided missiles in a 2x3 launcher on his right shoulder. Dual Arm Guns: Again, self explanatory. Arm mounted laser machine guns. High damage, enough to take out any normal military vehicle like helicopters.
Weaknesses: -Fairly slow, vulnerable to faster opponents -Extremely high voltages of electricity can cause power fluctuations, stunning and disabling him for short periods of time.
Bio: Prior to the Civil War, James was born and raised in a small town called Ipswich in England. whilst he was still studying, he discovered that He was prodigy in electrical and mechanical engineering. Younger than the rest of his peers, He moved to Massachusetts, America to study at MIT with a full scholarship, leaving just 3 years later with a Doctorate in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering and a Master's Degree in computer programming. He was quickly picked up by Stark Industries shortly before the Civil War began and has worked as a leading engineer and technician ever since.
A particular project he was involved with research and development on the Iron Man suit and its derivative War Machine. While not a lead role in the project, he provided assistance to the one and only Tony Stark himself, and has worked extensively with him to improve his suits. Having worked closely with both Stark and his predecessor James Rhodes, he took the mantle of War Machine after receiving word of the 'Planet Eater' but Rhodes was reluctant to don the armour again, so Thorne took his place after his and Tony Stark's recommendation.