Armoured Soldier Program

==Initial period==
In 1968 the Armoured Soldier program was put together to create
a battle suit. The $5m project was codenamed "Arsenal" and a selection
process took place to find it's pilot.
The two leading candidates were James Tanner and Franklin Lawler.
Of the two candidate, Jim Tanner was selected but Frank was given a command
position to assist Jim from HQ.
==Arsenal==
As the selected candidate, Jim was subjected to an 18 month program of
both steroid and surgical enhancements to prepare his body. He was then
intergrated with the Arsenal Exosuit and made his debut.
He served as a special operative for the military performing various missions through his 20 year service until he was placed in semi-retirement in 1990.
==Bio-Armoured-Super-Soldier (B.A.S.S.)==
At this time the Armoured Soldier Program, now headed up by Major Lawler,
was developing the 2nd exosuit, this time codenamed "Bio-Armoured-Super-Soldier"
They had selected a new 18 year old candidate named, Dillion Rogers, who
underwent a similar set of procedures before being integrated with the
$500m "living metal" suit.
Calling himself BASS for short, he served under the leadership of Arsenal until
in 2000, the Arsenal suit was fully decommissioned and BASS became the
programs only soldier.
==Crescendo==
In 2007, Colonel Lawler was tasked with overseeing the development of the
new Heroes Unite Initiative which delayed the development and funding of
the 3rd exosuit, codenamed: "Crescendo"
After the events of Energize: Hunted, with the Arsenal Suit now destroyed and BASS killed in action, Col Lawler rushed forward with the development of the $1bn protoype "Crescendo"
armour.
During the events of The New Guard, Jim Tanner makes the urgent decision to use the prototype suit to help defend the earth.
Although he now uses the "Crescendo" suit Jim continues to go by his original
codename - "Arsenal".
As of Energize: Black, Jim Tanner has retired from his role of Arsenal, returning to his role as Colonel in the military. Before his retirement, he recruited Titan to take over the Program.
==Titan & Energize==
Before retiring, Jim Tanner made the decision not to expend huge sums of money funding the development of a new Armoured Soldier, and instead recruited the young hero Titan to take his place. Titan herself then recruited the help of Energize (Lucy).
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