<strong>Character Name</strong>: War Machine<br/><strong>Real Name</strong>: James Rhodes<br/><strong>Sexual Orientation</strong>: Heterosexual<br/><strong>Height</strong>: 6’ 1” (6’ 6” in armor)<br/><strong>Weight</strong>: 240 lbs (470 lbs in armor)<br/><strong>Affiliation</strong>: Avengers<br/><br/><strong>Appearance (with armor)</strong>:<br/>(http://i945.photobucket.com/albums/ad297/Jubei_NFRP/Characters/WarMachine_zps4c21aca6.png)<br/><br/><strong>Appearance (without armor</strong>:<br/>(http://static4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110219054807/marvelcentral/images/thumb/2/2a/James-Rhodes-iron-man-11234539-1485-2061.jpg/500px-James-Rhodes-iron-man-11234539-1485-2061.jpg)<br/><br/><strong>Powers/Abilities</strong>:<br/>•<em>Superhuman Strength</em>– He is capable of lifting between 85-100 tons when wearing his armor.<br/>•<em>Superhuman Speed</em>– Even when not traveling for extended distances, the armor enables the wearer to move and react at high speeds.<br/>•<em>Superhuman Durability</em>– His armor is very durable, capable of withstanding tremendous amounts of punishment. It can withstand high caliber bullets with ease. He can also withstand rockets, torpedoes, and such although he does take damage.<br/>•<em>Flight</em>– The armor can fly and travel at supersonic speeds.<br/>•<em>Power Cells</em>– The armor is powered by a combination of solar converters, electrical batteries and an on-board generator that uses beta particle absorption as a fuel source.<br/>•<em>Energy Conversion Power Recharge</em>– The armor is also able to convert nearby energy sources such as heat or kinetic energy into electricity or even drain electrical energy directly into the batteries for recharge.<br/>•<em>Self-Contained Life Support &amp; Environmental Protection Systems</em>– The armor can be completely sealed for operations in vacuums or underwater, providing its own life support and is shielded against radiation.<br/>•<em>Repulsor Rays</em>– The armor can fire particle beams from either or both the palm gauntlets which can repel physical and energetic attacks, traveling as a single stream or as a wide-field dispersal.<br/>•<em>Unibeam</em>– A powerful searchlight capable of projecting beams in virtually every light spectrum.<br/>•<em>Gatling Gun</em>– A powerful high-caliber automatic machine gun added to the right shoulder which fires several bullets simultaneously.<br/>•<em>Rocket Launcher</em>– An automatic missile launcher added to the left shoulder which fires a variety of missiles.<br/>•<em>Miniature Heat-seeking Missiles</em>– A smaller version of the heat-seeking missile designed to hit any target emitting a heat signature.<br/>•<em>Invisibility</em>– The armor has the ability to become invisible by bending light around itself in a chameleon effect, but is unable to use its weapon systems when in this state.<br/><br/><strong>Abilities</strong>:<br/>•<em>Skilled Engineer</em>– Rhodes served several tours in Southeast Asia studying while in the service to become an aviation engineer.<br/>•<em>Skilled Aviator</em>– He is a skilled helicopter pilot and is capable of maneuvering most if not all Stark-designed armors.<br/>•<em>Skilled Combatant</em>– Rhodes’ military training made him a very skilled hand-to-hand fighter.<br/>•<em>Skilled Marksman</em>– Aside from his armor’s weaponry Rhodes is a highly skilled marksman.<br/>•<em>Skilled Survivalist</em>– With intense military training he can survive explosions and blasts, as well as survive in the wilderness if stranded.<br/>•<em>Skilled Tactician</em>– With intense military training he is able to devise strategies that work against the enemy’s strengths and exploit weaknesses and loopholes.<br/><br/><strong>Weaknesses</strong>:<br/>•<em>Human Strength</em>– Without the armor James Rhodes possesses the normal human strength of a man his age, height and build who engages in moderate regular exercise.<br/><br/><strong>History</strong>:<br/>James Rhodes was a pilot in the United States Marines stationed in Afghanistan during an U.S. military involvement in Asia. Blasted out of the sky by enemy rockets, Rhodes managed to land in one piece and was attempting to get his craft airworthy when inventory Tony Stark, clad in his Iron Man armor, happened to be passing by. Stark had just completed his original armor, had avenged his fellow prisoner Professor Yinsen, and was trying to make his way to the American defense perimeter. Attacked by enemies, Iron Man proved to Rhodes they were on the same side, and Rhodes allowed him to drain the helicopter's batteries to recharge his armor. The two then trekked through the jungle together, finally discovering a hidden enemy rocket base. Stealing an enemy helicopter, they destroyed the base, and flew to the nearest American encampment. Before leaving Afghanistan for the United States, Stark offered Rhodes a job as a pilot as soon as his military stint was over. Rhodes initially declined, but after a succession of other jobs, Rhodes finally accepted Stark's offer and became his personal pilot and chief aviation engineer. While working at Stark International, Rhodes aided Iron Man in his battles against such foes as the Roxxon Oil Company, Justin Hammer, the Dreadnoughts, and Obadiah Stane.<br/><br/>When devastating personal problems caused Tony Stark to abuse alcohol and become incapable of using the Iron Man armor responsibly, Rhodes put it on in order to defend Stark International from the criminal Magma. He offered to return it but Stark insisted Rhodes take on the responsibility of being Iron Man for a while to enable Stark to enjoy himself. Reluctantly Rhodes agreed, and after Stark employee Morley Erwin helped him figure out how to operate the armor, found himself in battle with such foes as Thunderball, Firebrand, Krang, Flying Tiger, the Radioactive Man, the Mandarin, the Zodiac, and Vibro. Although he was unable to help Stark from being swindled out of proprietorship of Stark International by Obadiah Stane, he did prevent Stane from taking custody of all of Stark's Iron Man armors. With Morley Erwin and his sister Clytemnestra, Rhodes embarked upon a brief career as a mercenary in order to obtain funds with which they could begin a new business venture. By the time they succeeded in raising sufficient capital, Tony Stark had recovered from his several months-long alcohol binge, and offered to join them. The four moved out to Silicon Valley, California, where they founded Circuits Maximus, a small electronics design firm. Stark still was not interested in resuming his Iron Man role and gave his blessing to Rhodes to continue. Rhodes was initiated into the established ranks of superhuman champions when he became one of those who participated in the first Secret Wars. Soon afterwards, he was invited to join the newly-founded West Coast Avengers by chairman Hawkeye, who believed him to be the original Iron Man. After proving his worth to the group, Rhodes revealed to them he was Iron Man's replacement.<br/><br/>Soon after first donning the armor, Rhodes began to get severe headaches because the cybernetics in the helmet had never been properly re-calibrated for his brain patterns. Working in close proximity with Stark again, Rhodes began to fantasize that Stark secretly disapproved of him keeping the armor and wanted it back. This led to increasingly hostile and irrational behavior on Rhodes' part. As work therapy, Stark began to construct a new set of armor based on his original armor's design. When Rhodes finally began to endanger the lives of innocents by his behavior, Stark donned the unsophisticated new armor and managed to stop Rhodes' rampage. Ashamed of his behavior, Rhodes went off to look for a cure for his headaches when adjusting the helmet to his brain patterns did not end them. Stark went to the West Coast Avengers to tender Rhodes' resignation, and was invited by Hawkeye to use the laboratory facilities to create a new state-of-the-art set of armor. Rhodes returned to Circuits Maximus after the Indian mystic Shaman helped him cure his headaches, and briefly joined forces with Stark battling Obadiah Stane's latest machinations against them. Rhodes was injured in an explosion Stane engineered that destroyed Circuits Maximus and killed Morley Erwin. Consequently, he could not assist Stark in his final assault on Stane, an assault that ended in Stane's death.<br/><br/>Rhodes joined Stark in his new business venture, but even after his bones mended, he was reluctant to put the Iron Man armor on again. Stark had resumed his responsibilities as Iron Man using the new state-of the-art armor, and Rhodes not only felt a second armored Avenger would be superfluous, he also felt contrite about his irrational period.<br/><br/>Several years later, Tony Stark "died," and Rhodes was named CEO of Stark Enterprises. It was at this time that Stark Enterprises created the War Machine armor and Rhodes briefly took the place of Iron Man (even replacing him in the Avengers West Coast). However, when he discovered that Stark was not dead, Rhodes became furious and resigned, severing his friendship with Stark. The two would occasionally team up to battle the evil that was trying to take over, but the friendship of old was no longer the same. Around this time Jim became romantically involved with Rae LaCoste.<br/><br/>War Machine went on his own for some time. Jim traveled to the small African nation of Imaya in an attempt to free peace activist Vincent Cetewayo. Cable and Deathlok (Michael Collins) also traveled to the war-torn country, and Nick Fury quickly sent a S.H.I.E.L.D. team to hope the situation would stabilize. In the resulting revolution the country's dictator was overthrown, but Cetewayo had been murdered by a mysterious Advisor, who warned Jim that he is present in every conflict. Jim continued to adventure and worked for Cetewayo's company Worldwatch, which investigates human rights abuses. One of the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents present, Sheva Joseph, left to work with Rhodes. Jim continued to adventure, but could not find someone capable of repairing the armor. Returning to Stark, the two had a confrontation about each others recent actions. This was interrupted by the Mandarin. After Mandarin was defeated, the armor was fixed.<br/>