<div class="floatleft">(http://www3.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/David+Bautista+Guardians+Galaxy+Photo+Call+PMDB19ZKLR3l.jpg)</div><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span class="bbc_u">Basics</span></span><br/><strong>Character name:</strong>Lucas Smith<br/><strong>Alias:</strong>X-18, WAR, 'Mutant Hunter'<br/><strong>Gender:</strong>Male<br/><strong>Orientation:</strong>Heterosexual<br/><strong>Status:</strong>Single, not looking<br/><strong>Age:</strong>42<br/><strong>Height:</strong>6'6"<br/><strong>Weight:</strong>285lbs<br/><strong>Hair color:</strong>Brown<br/><strong>Eye color:</strong>Dark Brown<br/><strong>Hometown/Place of birth:</strong>Detroit<br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span class="bbc_u">More Personal</span></span><br/><strong>Family:</strong><br/>Father - Anthony Lucas - Abandoned Lucas as a child, now deceased.<br/>Mother - Mary Lucas - Died in a fatal drive-by while Lucas was involved in Weapon-X.<br/><br/><strong>Personality:</strong>Lucas is a kind hearted man who cares for others a great deal more than himself. He was willing to suffer through anything whatsoever for his mother, including what was essentially severe physical and psychological torture over a period of several years. He has shown that he is entirely capable of fighting and even killing out of love for his family. However he now wishes to do his best to leave that life behind him. He's taken many years of total pacifism as he's lived as a farmer and found himself the closest he's ever been to happy living this simple life.<br/><br/>He intends to offer himself to Xavier's school as a teacher, although he is deeply concerned that they will refuse to speak with a man who's committed the deeds he has. He has a great deal of faith in Charles Xavier's public image and hopes the man will be everything he seems to be. He is somewhat concerned of the human/mutant conflict on American soil as it reminds him of the war he has experienced, and he does not wish to fight any longer. But if he does become a member of the school he would never hesitate in doing anything that needed to be done to defend the students.<br/><br/><strong>Hobbies:</strong>Marksmanship, Fitness, Meditation, Singing, Reading, Philosophy<br/><br/><strong>History:</strong>Lucas was born into poverty, growing up on the streets of Detroit with a single mother. He mostly got by on the merits of being a particularly large and strong boy. He avoided most conflicts and always did what he could to help his mother. When he was in his early teens he read about the U.S military and it became set in stone in his mind. He would do everything in his power to go to war to support his mother. And so he redoubled his efforts at school and promised his mother he would get her out of this place no matter what it took.<br/><br/>He soon began to excel particularly at the physical aspects of his preparation. By the time he was old enough to head to basic training he was standing at 6'6" and over 260lbs of muscle. His drive and grit drove him through any barriers in his path and even those around him could see a man born for this. He had no fear, would not blink in the face of barked orders and would carry out physical tests until he could no longer move a single muscle. And so just as he was preparing to leave for Haiti in 1994 he was approached by a group who called themselves Weapon X. He knew they were far from soldiers, and immediately felt distrust for them. But they offered him a promotion and an opportunity to help his country. He counter-offered that he would agree to anything should they help his mother.<br/><br/>The men agreed, and much of his paycheck was diverted to his mother while he headed out overnight to their secure facility. What commenced was three months of brutal physical and psychological testing. He was put through hell to make absolutely certain they'd found the right man. And eventually they explained the nature of their operation. The creation of mutants to secure the American Government should a mutant threat on their own soil ever grow out of control. Lucas didn't consider bowing out out of loyalty to his mother, although against his knowledge she was killed in a fatal car accident during this time. The organisation kept this information from him to make certain he would go through with things.<br/><br/>Once they were absolutely sure he would work better than some of their previous experiments on mutants and humans they gave him a dose of a variety of other mutant's DNA. The concoction almost killed him, but fortunately his mutations manifested early enough to save him. Soon he began to heal his cells faster than the drug could destroy them. Once he was in a stable state testing began. He proved to have developed almost perfectly as the blend of other mutants was designed solely for war. His senses, reactions, strength and speed were all enhanced.<br/><br/>Once again he took to training, this time growing used to his new abilities. He quickly discovered his aim was far beyond that of any ordinary human at this point. He could break concrete and bend steel with his bare hands, fight dozens of men at once without tiring. He barely needed to eat, sleep or rest at all. His running pace was twice what it had been before. But none of these were as vital as his ability to absorb kinetic energy. It seemed that conventional weaponry was all but useless in the face of this. In a final stage of his testing he held a hand grenade as it detonated and was unmarked and unharmed.<br/><br/>And so he was sent to war. He was being trained as a mutant hunter and the military began to unleash him anywhere they were at war and there were signs of enemy mutants. He traveled the world as part of a small, secret, black-ops unit. Nobody knew of their existence and in particular Lucas was kept entirely secret. It was only at the outbreak of the Afghanistan war that Lucas was sent to the frontlines. There he proved nothing short of brutally effective, walking through hails of gunfire without pause to consider the danger. After all, there was nothing they could do to him. This went on for many years and even Lucas himself long ago lost track of his kill count. Any men he worked alongside were sworn to silence and he was something of a secret weapon.<br/><br/>One day though, Lucas lost his will to fight. Despite the conditioning and brainwashing he was forced to undergo a single moment broke that spell. He was assaulting a village and as he broke into a house and opened fire he hit a woman. She fell to the ground and he rushed to her side, and in that moment all he could see was his own mother. The sole reason he was forcing himself through all this. And now he had taken that light from someone else's life. In a fit of rage he stormed from the house, marching through gunfire but tossing his own weapon aside. He didn't stop walking until he had no choice, collapsing into a small cave and falling into tears. He had nothing left to do and had as good as given up on life. He got by on scraps for the next few years and wandered the world, AWOL and near enough impossible to find. Eventually he took up a life as a farmer in France, and became content to live out his days like that. No conflict, no brutality. Just the simplicity of living. He picked up an interest in poetry, and discovered one of his few non-violent talents was singing. It wasn't until he saw Charles Xavier on the news that he reconsidered how he was spending his life. Perhaps the school could be a home for him, a place where he could make use of his knowledge and experiences to help others. A small part of him also hopes Charles can help him reconnect with his mother, who he has been trying to contact for years without success.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span class="bbc_u">Mutations and Powers</span></span><br/><strong>Classification:</strong>Alpha<br/><br/><strong>Type of mutant:</strong>Created<br/><br/><strong>Powers:</strong><br/><br/><em>Kinetic Energy Absorption:</em>Lucas can absorb and store and utilise extreme quantities of kinetic energy. This makes him incredibly resilient to mundane weaponry or attacks. He can utilise this energy in a variety of ways.<br/><em><br/>Kinetic Metabolism</em>- Lucas can metabolize absorbed energy to avoid the need to sleep or eat.<br/><em>Enhanced Durability</em>- Lucas can absorb the kinetic energy of anything that hits him from a fist to a speeding car to an explosion. He is functionally immune to all but the most extreme sources of kinetic energy, which may overload him.<br/><em>Enhanced Strength</em>- Lucas can utilise kinetic energy he stores to increase his own strength dozens of times over. If struck with enough force he can become a challenge for even the strongest of mutants, particularly as brutes will tend to only increase his strength.<br/><em>Enhanced Speed</em>- Lucas can utilise stored energy to move far faster than ordinary humans, not on the level of any speedsters but quick enough to cause most foes to have issues reacting.<br/><em>Enhanced Stamina</em>- Lucas can essentially function indefinitely so long as he is given opportunities to absorb kinetic energy.<br/><em>Regenerative Healing</em>- Lucas can utilise stored energy to restore his body. Not on the level of a true healing factor he will still never stayed injured for long so long as he has enough energy.<br/><em>Energy Projection</em>- Lucas can emit blasts of kinetic and heat energy at will. These can manifest as anything from a small shockwave to a large fireball. He is able to detonate himself with the force of a small bomb.<br/><br/><strong>Abilities:</strong><br/><em>Marksman</em>- Lucas has spent many hours on gun ranges utilising the full arsenal of the U.S army. He is an extremely gifted gunman.<br/><em>Hand to hand combatant</em>- Lucas has learnt a wide variety of martial arts based on military efficiency and is lethal in a fist fight.<br/><em>Vehicle Expert</em>- Lucas was taught to control anything from a car to a tank to a boat to a jet as part of his training.<br/><em>Tracker</em>- Lucas is a master of hunting others and picks up on very minor details.<br/><em>Survivalist</em>- Along with his mutant resilience Lucas is capable of sacrificing whatever is necessary to survive.<br/><em>Military Conditioning</em>- Lucas can find remain calm and collected in any battlefield scenario.<br/><em>Telepathic Resistance</em>- Lucas was conditioned to resist telepaths while he was hunting mutants. He is far from immune, but he is a great deal more capable of resisting intrusions than most are. Weaker telepaths will have a nearly impossible time while the stronger ones may struggle more than normal but will get through.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span class="bbc_u">School Information</span></span><br/><strong>Classes Taught:</strong>Powered Self Defense, Tactics and Strategy, Basic Leadership<br/><br/><strong>Staff Relations:</strong>Open to discussion