Jaime Reyes

**Secondary:**
The Hub
Premiere Building Floor 25 & 26
6838 Goode Boulevard
Jump City, CA

## Background

### 2001 - 2016: Jaime Reyes

Jaime Reyes was born to Alberto & Bianca Reyes in New Mexico city of Roswell. A couple of years later, they welcome their second child, a daughter named Milagro or Mila for short. His father ran the local garage, his mother was a paramedic & his little sister was a brat. By all accounts, Jaime grew up a normal child but don't many superheroes? Anyways, he spent most of his days with his best friends Brenda Del Vecchio & Paco Testas. Both Brenda & Paco would testify that Jaime was a good friend, the kind of person who could let them be themselves & who could always make things better.

On their last day of ninth grade, Jaime was hanging out with Brenda & Paco by the river in his home town the day before school began. They began arguing about which superhero was their favorite (Jaime stated Batman because he had no power & Brenda said she liked Fire). As the friends continued arguing & laughing, they noticed an unknown object that looked to be on alien origin on the lake shore. Brenda & Paco recognized it as a piece of Reach technology from their time on the Reach's ship as their captives. Both of them refused to touch it but Jaime wanted to get a closer look. Before he could even debate touching it, the scarab then attached itself to Jaime, forcing him to become its host body.

Not knowing what to do, Brenda told him she knew some people that could help. The two drove a little over an hour before they reached Metahuman Youth Center in Taos. Brenda was well acquainted with the center & introduced Jaime to her friend & counselor Eddie Dorado. When they explained their issue, he called in his father who just so happened to be consulting with Kord Industries CEO Ted Kord at the time. Kord confirmed that the scarab was of Reach origin & that Jaime needed to be careful with it. The scarab was also partially sentient as it communicated with Jaime in his head. Kord suggested Jaime should use the scarab's power for good while letting him occasionally run tests on the object at his company. Jaime begrudgingly agreed, with Ted promising to see the boy again soon.

## Romantic Relationships

* Brenda Del Vecchio: Dated (2016)
* Traci Thurston: Girlfriend (*Unknown*)

## Personality

Blue Beetle possesses a relaxed, mellow attitude when it comes to simple missions. He dislikes the Scarab's artificial intelligence & is constantly at odds with it. He reacted favorably when Conner called it an "inner demon." He disagrees with its suggestions on most occasions, as it finds lethal courses of action preferable to capture and restraint. After being released from Reach control, Jaime's relationship with the scarab improved & they now work in tandem

## Powers & Abilities

* **Scarab of Khaji Da:** A Reach infiltrator scarab designated Khaji Da that was bonded to Jaime. He discovered the scarab half-buried by a lake. When he went to get a closer look at it, the scarab attached itself to Jaime's spine & forced him to become its host body. Due to the help of Blue Beetle, the scarab can't overwrite Jaime's personality with the Reach's programming. Although the Scarab gives Jaime great power, it also wrestles for control of him occasionally. With the Scarab, Jaime can produce a suit of armor around his body capable of great feats.
	+ ***Armor*:** The Scarab can create a distinctive suit of armor in response to Jaime's thoughts, or when it deems use of the armor necessary. Once the Scarab dispels the armor, it retracts back into Jaime's body. He can manifest parts of the armor, like the energy blaster, without needing to manifest the whole suit.
		- ***Energy Pulse***: Jaime is able to create an outward surge of energy damaging anyone in a close vicinity.
		- ***Energy Shield***: He is able to create an energy shield capable of surviving great trauma. Its energy shields can block a Sinestro Corps ring's blasts. The bubble shields those inside from outside attacks but also prevents them from leaving.
		- ***Enhanced Strength***
		- ***Environmental Protection*:** The armor allows Jaime to survive in a variety of hazardous environments. It can survive extreme temperature and pressure. It can survive the heat & impact of atmospheric re-entry without seeming damage.
		- ***Technomorphy***: Jaime can manipulate the armor to take many shapes, usually in the form of weaponry. He can produce a cannon anywhere on the body capable of greatly harming or incinerating opponents, manufacture a set of wings & jet propulsion which he can use to fly, and is able to produce melee weapons such as swords and maces out of his arms for use in close combat.
		- ***Translation*:** The armor can translate Mother Box communication into a form comprehensible to Jaime.
	+ ***Artificial Intelligence*:** Normally, the Reach's command sentience parameters give a Scarab sentience & serve to make it obedient to the Reach. When the Scarab's infiltrator mode was triggered, the Scarab was able to develop its sentience without being in service to the Reach. As a result, the Scarab has its own mind, with full access to its own programming.
		- ***Symbiotic Synaptic Interface*:** The Scarab's nervous system is bonded to Jaime's, letting the two share their thoughts and emotions. The Scarab communicates with Jaime as a voice in his mind that no one else can hear.
		- ***Scarab Mind Link*:** The Scarab can mentally communicate with Scarabs that have not integrated with a host. It can also interface with Scarabs which have created full infiltrators, although this requires Jaime to breach the infiltrator's armor.
	+ ***Concealment*:** The Scarab is capable of concealing itself from all technology (except Skeets). It can shut off cameras & microphones in its vicinity.
	+ ***Network Connection*:** The Scarab can establish a connection to communication systems, enabling Jaime to speak to the person on the other end.
	+ ***Scarab Sight*:** The Scarab can scan the people Jaime encounters, informing him of any major physical conditions (i.e. injury, pregnancy). It can identify people related to those it's already encountered via genetic analysis. It is continually aware of the electricity in the surrounding environment. It can perceive magic, see how a magical effect can be dispelled, and see through magical concealment.
	+ ***Tracking*:** The Scarab can track anything which produces energy, be it biological, technological or mystical. It can track anyone Jaime met since it bonded with him, from at least seventy miles distant

### Weaknesses

* **Alien Sentience**: The Scarab's sentience is distinctly alien; while it won't hurt /nature/, it has shown no such reluctance when it comes to humans, being willing to injure or kill them. Fortunately, Jaime has so far prevented it from killing anyone.
* **Reach Tech**: The Scarab's armor can be breached by the weapons of other Scarabs. However, the Scarab is able to breach other Scarabs' armor.
* **Magic**: While the Scarab is aware of magic, it doesn't understand it. It's able to perceive, absorb & disrupt magical energies but that's it. As a result, creatures of magic are often a significant challenge. The Scarab can't analyze certain mystical creatures, therefore deeming it unable to develop countermeasures for them.
* **Dispelling The Armor**: Dispelling the armor originally caused Jaime intense pain.

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** Unknown
* **Strength:** Unknown
* **Speed:** Unknown
* **Occult:** Unknown
* **Weapons:** Unknown
* **Range:** Unknown
* **Strategy:** Unknown
* **Combat:** Unknown
* **TOTAL:** Unknown

## Trivia

* He wants to be a dentist.
* He remained best friends with Brenda after they briefly dated.
* Upon becoming his town's hero, he earned the respect of Blue Beetle, Guy Gardner, Peacemaker & Captain Atom.
* He is good friends with Tye Longshadow & Eduardo Dorado Jr. He met them both at the Metahuman Youth Center through Brenda.
* He was also good friends with Lorena Marquez prior to her death.
* Jaime wants to become a dentist.
* He frequently worked alongside Acrata.

## Notes

* *Earth-44 Explanation: Ted Kord is alive & the current Blue Beetle. For Jaime Reyes to still exist in this world but as his own character, he was given the name Blue Scarab.*