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Name: Benjamin Burman
Alias: Tanker
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Nationality/Place of Birth: Losantville Indiana
Base of Operations: Ben's Garage, Indianapolis, Indiana
Occupation: Mechanic
Appearance: 

The man inside the suit is far less imposing, being of average build, and below average height. Benjamin usually seems on the ragged side, with dark rings under his eyes and shabby clothes. Some part of him is usually stained with grease or oil. His eyes are dark brown, and he has dirty blond hair.
Personality: Benjamin has something of a split personality, being soft-spoken, contemplative, and perhaps a bit meek outside his armor, while he's bombastic, brash, and impatient inside the Tanker armor. He tries to play the role of hero, and so adopts a persona of one.
Skills: Mechanical skills, mediocre power armor piloting, makes good coffee, and can perform an oil change in fifteen minutes.
Abilities: Stole this kick-awesome power armor deal. Armor has a number of offensive and defensive capabilities in fluctuating states of disrepair, as well as being able to withstand heavy punishment. 
Bio: Benjamin Burman had a fairly standard childhood, raised in a small town in Indiana. With two parents, and a sibling or two, he was brought up quietly. After high-school he shuffled off to a trade school to earn his mechanical skills. While studying he began an internship with a local science facility. Despite the cheerful hiring staff and showy display at the college, Benjamin was shocked to find he was actually hired on as a rent-a-henchman. 

Not one to give up good work, however, Benjamin kept on. The mad scientist in charge seemed relatively harmless, and had not even attracted the attention of local law enforcement, never mind a hero. The scientist, Doctor Hevendell was obsessed with the construction of increasingly elaborate powered armors and battlesuits, which he claimed would assist in bringing down the 'moronocracy' in charge of the US government. Eventually, through sheer dumb luck, the doctor managed to craft a functioning prototype, with which he robbed a bank. Benjamin quickly realized it was time to find more gainful employment, and began devising a way to resign without catching a metal plated fist through the sternum.

The choice was taken from him, however, when Aegis, the Shield of Righteousness, busted down Hevendell's front door. Seeing his chance, Benjamin jumped in the prototype and made a break for it while the hero and villain were still engaged in verbal combat, rather than actual combat. Benjamin was able to make it nearly ten miles out before the suit broke down and left him in the middle of corn country. He managed to hitch a ride back to town, and return in the night with his own vehicle to retrieve the armor. It lay in a storage locker for the rest of Benjamin's education, and eventually moved with him to Indianapolis.

As time passed, though Benjamin was able to set up his own garage and live comfortably, he found he wasn't satisfied with life. His thoughts kept drifting back to his fateful escape, and the exhilaration of it. He began the slow, tedious work of getting his defunct, aging suit of stolen power armor back up and running. Finally, after a couple years of work, he got it back into working shape, and Benjamin set out to stop crime in Indianapolis.
Other: The armor is only half-functioning, and it often has functionalities break down. Benjamin has to perform regular repairs, which may be challenging in the field, making for short heroic excursions.
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