Peregrine

Real Name: Bastion McRoberts

## **Base of Operations**

* Several bases, shared with George and Izo, have a rejuvenation chamber.

## **Status**

* Identity: Public (No criminal record; the general public is unaware of Bastion's criminal activities as well as the rest of the Octet and the group's existence)
* Citizenship: American
* Relationship Status: Single
* Occupation:
* Education: Engineering Degree

## **Characteristics**

* Gender: Male
* Race: English
* Birthday: September 9, 1979
* Age: 38 in 2017
* Height: 6'2"
* Weight: 210 lbs
* Build: Between a Muscular Cut and Muscular Buff
* Eyes: Brown
* Hair: Black and Smooth
* Facial Hair: Stubble Sideburns

## **Origin**

	+ Altered Human
		- Superhuman - Maneuver - Cyborg Hybrid
* Place of Birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
* Personality: Bastion McRoberts is very determined and dedicated to his work as a crime boss, sometimes employing illegal and morally dubious tactics like torture, showing him to be brutal and sadistic. When alone or "comfortable", he tends to move in secretive ways rather than directly claim attention. He prefers to quietly build up his power bases, scheme and live in luxury. When dealing with other people, Bastion maintains a serious, intelligent, reserved, cool and sophisticated demaning manner, speaking very plainly about what he wanted and what he believed, coming off as a somewhat arrogant womanizing playboy, but for all his playboy demeanor, he was known to be a generous and kind businessman, often giving donations and performing charity acts through his company. While usually very serious, prim, and even somewhat gloomy, he is extremely persuasive, charismatic and has proven himself a very caring and selfless person, in addition to being incredibly brave in the face of great tragedy. However, Bastion is willing to be a strict and blunt on occasion. Instead of asking for favors, he expresses his expectations and is very clear about his intentions towards those he would confront. He almost never loses his temper, ever, even when in combat with someone, but to be fair, Bastion's extremely arrogant nature led him to believe that no man on earth could match him. That (his arrogance), plus his his narcissism is how he can be very proud and will never beg for his life. As said, he "almost" never loses his temper, almost always having a calm demeanor, he can lash out and yell if he does not have the upper hand, but he also never backs down, not afraid to challenge anyone, no matter how powerful they are, only working with the Octet for his own personal gains. His enemies recognize how dangerous he is even without his powers, being a skilled manipulator, often winning people over with his words rather than his fists, and resorting to violence when necessary. Once he identifies an opponent's weakness, Bastion can quickly formulate a plan to take advantage of it, efficiently utilising each of his allies' unique skills to that purpose. When doing this, he forms a theory about the how and why, and uses that theory to try and capitalize in the battle. Such plans, while often elaborate and unorthodox, are typically highly successful and very low-risk, making Bastion invaluable as a leader. With that, and possible paranoia, he remains alert to any unexplained or unexpected occurrences, coming up with theories for their causes when they arise and exploiting them if they prove true, which they usually do. He is tremendously skilled as a polymath genius in tactics, deception, criminology, science, engineering, hacking, business and exploitative networking. Despite being a polymath genius, however, Bastion is still in many ways considerably intellectually surpassed by some others of the Octet.
* Reasons: Wanting to decipher all of the world's secrets, George, Izo, and Bastion have conducted extensive research and numerous experiments on themselves and the DNA of other individuals to comprehend, attain or reproduce their abilities. Peregrine also wants domination.

## **Powers and Abilities**

* Peregrine has large reserves of strong energy, powerful enough to crack stone.
* Kinetic Energy Absorption
* Enhanced Metabolism
* Superhuman Durability, being highly resilient due to armor implants and other modifiers added to his body. Is also more resilient to physical impacts and collisions, giving him immunity to being stunned, dazed, unbalanced or staggered by great forces.
* Immortality
	+ Is allegedly immortal in the sense that he can no longer die from old age.
* Superhuman Strength
	+ Superhuman Speed, being blazingly fast, able to move with such sudden change in direction to leave his opponent's disoriented.
		- Super-Leaping
* Superhuman Stamina
* Regenerative Accelerated Healing Factor
	+ Is able to be completely healed from non-lethal injuries as severe as broken bones, burns and even paralysis, in a matter of hours or days without any linger effects, therapy, or treatment, unless the injuries are immediately lethal. When sustaining immense amount of damage that not even he can heal, he can enter a coma-like state of suspended animation during which he may recover from any wounds with the assistance of his technology.
* Superhuman Stamina
* Superhuman Smell
* Accelerated Perception
	+ The increase in activity within bodily systems can enhance the his physical performance to a great extent, as well as increasing these systems overall reaction speed, resulting in adrenaline, dopamine, and other endorphins to be produced quicker and the user being able to think, read, scan and comprehend concepts and ideas. Therefore, the user's mental speed and efficiency, as well as physical, is also enhanced.
	+ Electromagnetic Sight, granting him telescopic vision and x-ray vision. By concentrating, is able to perceive the world around himself as patterns of magnetic and electrical energy. He can perceive the natural electromagnetic auras given off by living beings.
* Pyrokinesis
	+ From his hands, he can generate a barrier of heatwaves, which he can then use as a flamethrower to propel powerful fire streams forward.
* Emit Radiation
* Cyberpathy, able to mentally link with and control most any kind of tech and machinery he can reach out to. Works like BlueTooth.
* Force Field of infrared electromagnetic radiation; a mixture of his pyrokinesis and radiation emission.
* He is capable of absorbing energy through contact, generating and projecting powerful bolts of electricity with concussive force, due to his manipulation over the electromagnetic spectrum. He is capable of absorbing bolts of lightning and projecting an electric aura around himself, as well as channeling electric energy through his physical wielding weapons. He also can manipulate, generate and redirect various fields of light. This distinct aura is more active when he is under attack.
* Suppression, able to suppress another's power.
* Energy Transfer, increasing one's energy levels ten-times stronger and making their powers stronger allowing them to reach high level mastery and control instantaneously, even reach a level of power that is usually beyond their limits alone.
* Skilled Combatant
	+ Bastion's powers make him a formidable hand-to-hand combatant, even against superhumanly strong people. Peregrine is a ruthless combatant in both hand-to-hand and with weapons such as swords. As a martial artist, he is able to overwhelm Butterfly in their first battle despite hee eye-enhanced clarity. He often combines his powers alongside his martial skill in battle. He has been trained in several martial arts; most notably Okinawa Goju-ryu Karate and Judo which he specializes in. Bastion is highly proficient in multiple areas of combat, including tracking, trapping, stealth, and diversionary tactics. He has keen instincts in battle, allowing him to quickly react to threats.
* Skilled strategy skills
* Shrewd business mind
* Medical knowledge

## **Weaknesses**

* Rapid Energy Drain when using power
* Deteriorating Vision

## **Equipment**

* Bastion has the resources of both his own corporation and the Octet at his disposal, assuming various tech based weaponry.
* Bastion's highly durable Kevlar-titanium tri-weave protective Shirt is composed of Kevlar and a small percentage of titanium and is not constructed from simple fabric but from Kevlar thread and carbon nanotube fibers with technical carbon fiber tri-weave around his torso. This imparts it with a unique sheen and makes it heavily resistant to tearing; it's entirely bulletproof to small arms fire and have advanced flexible armor plating made from Carbon composites and lightweight metal polymers, as it can withstand a point-blank range blast from a 12-gauge shotgun, and is resistant to various types of attack such as explosions. It is also flame-retardant and insulated with nomex and interwoven with fine wires. The armored shirt is also enforced with a material to dampen shocks and impact. However, despite all the personal protective materials like Kevlar and the realization that being shot while wearing such protection still should be avoided, Bastion still evades gunfire, if able; even with his kinetic energy absorption ability
* Bastion's Trench Coat is also bulletproof and fire resistant.
* Due to his energy being constantly replenished, he has cybernetic implants that helps him gather energy.
* Sword
* Sleeping Canisters
* Shield
* Thermal Bombs

## **Appearance**

* In Combat
	+ An armored vest with a trench coat, pants and a belt
* Daily Basis

## **Notes**

* Bastion has acquired a vast amount of information of the world from his time with organizations such as The Octet, having set up a network of fully supplied hideouts throughout various countries. With the Octet, he does these trips and shares these hideouts with George and Izo.