I'd like to throw my hat into the ring for the Pilot position.
| NAME(S): |
Hob
| ALIAS(ES): |
Nicknames by team as opposed to actual aliases
Gremlin
Goblin
Hobgoblin
| AGE: |
Krolotean Equivalent of Late Teens, Early Twenties. Approximately 5 Earth years.
| PERSONALITY: |
Obsessive, Neurotic, Eccentric
| POWER(S): |
Due to the Krolotean's alien biology Hob's three pupiled eyes grant him a full 360 degree field of vision as well as microscopic and macroscopic viewing. Furthermore, he can see in a manner similar to infrared allowing him to see through walls if the heat signature on the otherside is strong enough to be viewed through the wall.
Krolotean's are very intelligent and as such possess numerous advanced technologies and are able to quickly comprehend and adapt to foreign technologies. Despite only possessing four digits, including an opposable thumb, Krolotean's are highly dexterous. Combined with their eyesight and intelligence this makes Krolotean's skilled engineers, pilots and even marksmen. Hob is no exception to this building himself a cybernetic arm as well as outfitting his body with several cybernetic augmentations in order to better interface himself with a exo-suit. This exo-suit allows Hob to fit on even ground with most aliens save for those who possess tremendous strength such as Kryptonians, Draximites, and other such beings. This exo-suit is capable of travelling through space for short periods of time, being able to withstand a vacuum. It enables flight in gravity filled environments as well as containing cloaking, holographic camouflage and several weapons including both lethal and non-lethal which Hob often modifies and swaps depending on the situation at hand.
Among Hob's augmentations are intergalactic translators implanted behind his ears and in his throat. These translators help Hob understand languages outside of Krollish, English and Interlac which translating his own spoken Krollish to a language the other speaker would understand. It should be noted that if his translated ever malfunctioned, Hob would be unable to communicate with any language outside of Krollish as his vocal chords are simply unable to make the appropriate sounds for Interlac, let alone English. Krollish is a combination of screams, shrieks and words which sound suspiciously similar to the Earth language of German. Hob's bio-mechanical arm contains a 'Swiss Army Knife' or tools however is primary tool is a welding laser which can be modified for defensive and offensive purposes.
While far from physically intimidating, Hob and other Kroloteans, are quite agile and rather quick. As such they're capable of climbing and adhering to many different surfaces including the hull and walls of most ships. This makes them ideal mechanics since they can literally crawl inside engines to do repair work and often aren't hampered in services spaces like larger lifeforms.
| WEAKNESS(ES): |
Hob's greatest weakness is his lack of size and physical prowess. Without his Exo-Suit, he hardly puts up a fight if physically confronted. While a genius, if Hob is caught unprepared he can simply be tossed aside even by a human child due to his small size. Likewise almost any weapon will do physical harm to Hob as his natural biology doesn't grant him any sort of defenses outside of eyesight and agility. While his small size does make him a harder target at times, he also goes down fairly easy.
| APPEARANCE: |
As a Krolotean, Hob is a small gremlin like creature with large 'bat-like' ears and horn like ridges emerging from the top of his head. He has two eyes, each with a black scalea and a red iris. Each iris has a gold trim around the edge and three black pupils within them. Each eye has three sets of eyelids, one which actually protects the eye when closed, one that allows Hob to use his macrovision and one that allows him to use his microvision. The outmost eyelid actually closes horizontally as opposed to both his micro and macro eyelids or the human eyelid which closes vertically. Hob has a bio-mechanical right arm that contains several different tools while his body is mechanically augmented. Hob has pale green skin. In battle he wears an Exo-Suit which connects and interfaces with his cybernetic augmentations and further enhances his strength and agility. This suit is built to survive in the vacuum of space and primarily uses a repulsor system in order for Hob to be at eye level with the majority of his teammates. Being a Krolotean, Hob is of a small stature only standing 2'-6" if he were to straighten his back, however he generally is hunched over thus making his average height closer to 2'. Although most Kroloteans do not as a general rule wear clothes, Hob wears a small backpack with a single wide leather strap over his upper body and a ragged pair of shorts on his lower torso to appease human modesty.
| BIOGRAPHY: |
A pariah among his people, Hob was born on Krolotea in Sector 2812. Like all Kroloteans, he was placed in and a pod of others his age and expected to grow, work, mate and die with his podmates. However Hob rejected this ideal, far outpacing his podmates in his studies and becoming a loner. Eventually he was considered a security risk and was arrested and sent to trial. Fortunately for Hob, this trial was interrupted by an attack on Krolotea by the hands of the Reach who were looking to aggressively expand their territories. Injured in the attack, Hob was forced to perform an amputation on his arm. Despite this, he managed to survive the attack, hiding out in the underbelly of Krolotea while he healed and built himself a prototype arm from whatever scrap he could manage to find. Locating a black market doctor, Hob was able to convince the doctor to follow Hob's plans for cybernetic augmentations which would make the use of the arm possible as well as ensure Hob could survive off world without a pod for protection. When the operation was complete, Hob stole offworld with a cargo shipment, travelling from planet to planet until he managed to win the Jumper in a rather fortunous game of chance.
Eventually finding himself hard up for money, Hob took a job with the United Planets hoping to simply just taxi a couple of 'Heroes' from planet to planet in order to make himself a few simple credits.
| NOTES: |
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The Jumper (Proposed Team Ship)
-The cockpit of the
Jumper is heavily modified to accommodate Hob's size as the ship is not a Krolotean make.
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Concept Art of a Krolotean from Young Justice
-Despises the Reach due to their attack being the cause of his lost arm.
-Has an addiction to gambling.
-Despite his translator implant, his English doesn't always translate perfectly and is often broken. If he goes into a fit of rage or cursing the translator may not be able to properly vocalize his thoughts and often spit out random words. Likewise if he goes into a rant and is speaking too fast, the translator simply won't work and only native Krollish will be heard.