Lucas Braxton (Riptide)

Lucas Braxton is an American superhero, operating under the alias of Riptide. He is a member of the Miami based superhero team known as the Streetblazers, and is in fact the most potent individual on the team, thanks to his powerful hydrokinetic abilities and tremendous physical prowess.

## Powers

* Durability: Lucas's body is tremendously resilient, which is an adaptation that allows him to survive the crushing depths of the sea. Bullets fired from the most powerful of guns do not cause him the slightest bit of pain. His most impressive feat of resilience occurred when an oil rig he was helping to evacuate exploded when he was inside searching for survivors, before collapsing on top of him and sinking into the sea. Though he suffered numerous lacerations and a few cracked ribs, he was largely unharmed and was able to dig himself out later.
* Hydrokinesis: Perhaps Lucas's most well known power is his ability to control water. He is able to control massive amounts of water at a time, and can command several million gallons at once, allowing him to conjure sizable waves. He has begun to dabble at manipulating water in gaseous or solid form, but has not progressed far in such fields yet.
	+ Cutting Jet: One trick Lucas has mastered is the ability to focus a high pressure beam of water in order to slice through solid objects, and has been able to cut through solid titanium during tests.
	+ Supersonic Swimming: By manipulating the water around him, Lucas is able to propel himself through aquatic environments at speeds that break the sound barrier. His top recorded swimming speed was around Mach 1.2, or around 782 knots.
	+ Water Constructs: Lucas has learned that by manipulating the pressure and surface tension of water, he can shape it into semi solid objects, allowing him to construct simple shapes such as barriers, spouts, condensed masses of water he can wield like a fist, or simply to walk upon the surface of a wave. He has yet to refine this ability to create anything beyond very basic shapes as of yet. He also requires active focus to maintain his constructs, and if he is distracted, they collapse into typical formless liquid.
	+ Water Generation: Lucas is able to produce thousands of gallons of water directly from his body, though as of yet, the effort of doing so tires him quite rapidly.
* Regeneration: Lucas's body heals from injury at an extraordinary rate, allowing him to recover from the majority of wounds within a matter of hours. When a damaged body part is completely immersed in water, this rate increases so that he can heal from most injuries within a timespan measured in minutes.
* Speed: Lucas is possessed of superhuman speed and reflexes. His top sprinting speed was clocked in at 115 miles per hour/185 kph, enabling him to outrun the majority of land vehicles in a sprint. His reflexes are quick enough that he has been able to catch average caliber bullets fired directly at him when he is prepared and focused.
* Strength: Lucas is able to exert tremendous strength upon his surroundings. At his maximum, he has demonstrated himself able to list weights of up to around four hundred tons, allowing him to easily rip through the majority of manmade materials and to pick up or throw most objects he encounters.
	+ Leaping: The strength of Lucas's legs is sufficient to propel him to leap vast distances, enabling him to effortlessly leap hundreds of feet at once.
* Vision: Lucas is possessed of enhanced sight, which allows him to sea in near total darkness, such as that found in the ocean depths, or through extremely obscured environments, such as the silty ocean floor or through smoke. Lucas can even see into the ultraviolet spectrum, though the distance at which his vision functions is only slightly superior to a standard human.
* Water Breathing: Lucas is able to breathe underwater.

## Stats

**Threat Level:** Beta

**Durability**: Class 4

**Regeneration:** Class 2 (standard), Class 3 (when immersed in water)

**Senses**: Class 1 (Sight)

**Speed:** Class 2 (Running), Class 4 (swimming)

**Strength:** Class 4