Hard Drive

**Hard Drive** is a feline Mobian criminal with most of his crimes involving technology, using equipment such as his 'Surge Coat' to hack into and/or control electronic devices. His unique methods make him a difficult criminal to pin down, and he has given both the police and Hunters trouble on several occasions.

## Appearance

Hard Drive. Is a feline Mobian with brown colored fur with a blond Mohawk, amber eyes wore a blue colored coat that seemed to be modified with electrical sockets.

While wearing the Surge Coat, an unusual effect of his Surge Coat is that it turns Hard Drive's eyes amber, and gives him a blond mohawk.

## Personality

He is overconfident, crazy and mischievious. Hard Drive likes electronics and stealing anything he can hack or gets his electric hands on. Hard Drive loves hacking computers and thrives for tasty information, frying electronics, and causing power surges for the fun of it. He appears to hold a utter hate towards Yara Quill after she bested him and ratted out the police of his crimes.

## Biography

### Criminal Life

Hard Drive was originally a student at the San Fransokyo Institute of Technology but was also a student at the time and was kicked out when he was discovered by Yara Quill who was also a student of the SFIT, hacking into ATMs for the purpose of identity theft. No one knew however that his attempt was actually a test for his device codenamed: Sugar Coat and from then on he became a freelance criminal and computer hacker.

Hard Drive typically hacks into electronic systems to commit crimes. He often uses his Surge Coat to arc into and out of electrical wires, therefore allowing him to control the system from within; this usually causes a power surge, presumably because of the excess energy traveling through the system.

### Iron Heavens

He went into a series of crimes and robberies, running into the SWAT Kats at times until he was finally caught and eventually taken to the Iron Heavens prison fortress.

Around sometime after Crom Cruach emerged and wrecked havoc across the world, the prison was open for breakout with the help of the Black Vipers to let out the prisoners, including Hard Drive who used his Suger Coat to escape, hacked into the airship *Stormfly* *and*  into his rival, Yara, preventing the huntress from trying to contact authorities, but he underestimated her skills in setting up high level security systems from being hacked and trapped him in a computer. No choice but to follow her demands to answer her questions.

## Equipment

### Sugar Coat

Hard Drive typically hacks into electronic systems to commit crimes. He often uses his Surge Coat to arc into and out of electrical wires, therefore allowing him to control the system from within; this usually causes a power surge, presumably because of the excess energy traveling through the system. An unusual effect of his Surge Coat is that it turns Hard Drive's eyes amber, and gives him a blond mohawk. The coat grants the following powers:

* **Electrical transformation**- can transform into living electricity to travel via wires and hide in electronic devices
* **Electricity generation -**can generate electricity to use offensively
* **Technopathy** - he can use his powers to hack/control any electronic device, including the TurboKat
* **Download cable** - a special vacuum-like cable on the front of the jacket allowed him to download files and information from computers onto a storage device somewhere in/on the jacket

## Relationships

**Yara Quill -** Both Hard Drive and Yarawere oncestudents of the San Fransokyo Institute of Technology but had their own values of pursuing paths of geniuses; were as Yara valued hard work and actual talent, Hard Drive chose the life of crime and money but when she alerted the authorities in his criminal activities, harbored a deep hatred and rivalry for her since then. However, he underestimated her talents and preparations should they run into each other again.

## Background Information

Hard Deive is the recurring villain of *SWAT Kats* appearing in the episode *“Night if the Dark Kat”.*

## Trivia

* in chapter 236, on his first appearance reveals he was a student of the SFIT and had a history with Yara Quill.