Preston Stormer

### Abilities

Multifunctional Ice Weapon, Multi-Tool Ice Shield, Baton, Scout Drones, Plasma Gun, Power Sword, Dual Fold-Out Blades

### Powers

* Combat skills
* Military skills

## Media info

### Films

* Hero Factory: The Movie
* Hero Factory 2
* Hero Factory 3

### Games

* Hero Factory: Rise of the Underminer
* Hero Factory 2 The Game
* Hero Factory 3 The Game

### Actor

John Schneider

**Preston Stormer** (also known simply as **Stormer**) is one of the main supporting characters of the Hero Factory franchise. He is the leader of the Alpha 1 Team, and has completed more Missions than any other Hero. He is a fairly new model of Hero, but behaves in a way typical of “Classic Heroes.”

## Biography

### **Early years**

Preston Stormer was created in the Assembly Tower many years ago when Hero Factory was first founded and built. Preston’s first Team included the first Alpha 1 Team leader, Thresher and Stormer’s fellow Rookie Heroes: Von Ness, Dunkan Bulk, and Jimi Stringer.

During a Mission in New Stellac City the old Alpha 1 Team ecountered a Drone attacking New Stellac City; Thresher was injured by the robot and Von Ness fled in a Drop Ship. Stormer leapt onto the Drop Ship and attempted to order Von Ness down, but the Rookie shook him off the cockpit and began to fly off. Stormer then performed “the coolest move in Hero Factory history” by jumping off the Drop Ship and onto the robot, and then crosscircuit the Drone, causing it to shortwire and explode.

Stormer tracked Von Ness through the Galaxy, Stormer attempted to scramble his Hero tracking signal, but did not find the rogue Rookie.

### Career

Stormer went on to a successful career as a Hero, and eventually became the leader of the Alpha 1 Team, though Stormer was less than overjoyed when he realized he’d be replacing his own idol (Thresher). At one point, Stormer requested the construction of a unique weapon, fitted with an array of tools he knew would be useful during Missions.

At one point, Stormer traveled to the mining planet Tallos 5 and encountered a mining bot who would later become the Villain Fire Lord.

Stormer led the Alpha 1 Team on a Mission to Almaak V to investigate the disappearance of neighboring planet Almaak IV. There was no obvious natural explanation, and the population of Almaak V were descending into panic, whilst the government blamed a weapon supposedly developed in the Prima Giedi star system. However, Stringer recognized that the missing planet’s moon remained in place, suggesting the planet was hidden and not moved. The hero used his skill with sonic manipulation to disable the holographic cloaking system, and the entire incident was revealed as a plot by Almaak V government figures who sought to spark a war with the Prima Giedi planets.

In 2009, Stormer and the Alpha 1 Team fought against the Villain Cornelius Zo, who commanded an army of giant Tiger Ants. The ants were destroying the City, but Bulk devised a counter-attack using a tank known as the “Crusher”, the appearance of which caused the ants to flee. The same year, the team also apprehended a notorious space pirate.

In the TV show “Dancing with the Heroes”, the judges ruled that Stormer had “two left feet.” Stormer became enraged and began firing energy pulses.

Two months ago in 2010, Stormer led the Alpha 1 Team to chase down fuel smugglers in the Faradai Belt. The Mission was successful thanks to Natalie Breez.

### ***In The Original Series***

* Rise of the Rookies
* Ordeal of Fire
* Savage Planet
* Breakout
* Brain Attack
* Invasion From Below

In Trials of Furno

Recently, the Alpha 1 Team was called for a Mission with the duty of guarding a shipment of C-4000 explosives that was being hijacked by XPlode and Rotor. When XPlode abandoned his sidekick in battle, Stormer called William Furno, who was in the Hero Craft, to arrest Rotor. Rotor attempted to subdue the Rookie with his Biohazard Gas Shooter, but Stormer pushed Furno out of the path of the blast. At the Assembly Tower, Stormer advised Furno to replay the Mission in the Training Spheres, to improve his skills.

Stormer later decided to take Alpha 1 Teams's newest Rookies - William Furno, Mark Surge, and Natalie Breez on a training Mission. However, before arriving on the training location, Stormer received a transmission informing him of an attack on the Explosives Plant on Lemus 2. Despite feeling that three Rookies wouldn't be able to handle it, he piloted the Hero Craft to complete Alpha 1 Team's newest Mission. At Stormer’s suggestion, they decided to fool the Villains with Furno's Hero Pod.

Despite the plan’s success, Stormer was taken down by the combined forces of XPlode and Rotor fire power. Furno ordered that their commander (Preston Stormer) be put out of harm’s way, so that the he could take care of the two Villains themselve. Stormer, once revived, noticed a captured Rotor and complimented Furno. Furno revealed that XPlode had gotten escaped. Stormer that they should be prepared for more similar attacks.

In Hero Factory FM

Preston and the Alpha 1 Team accepted a radio interview with Hero Factory FM where Mak Megahertz talked to them about their battle with Cornelius Zo and gave him a brief recounting of the event, before being called off to another Mission.

In Stuck on a Problem!

Stormer and Furno were dispatched to an alien swamp world to stop the rampage of a giant insect. Furno downed the insect with sticky mud, splattering Stormer but completing the Mission successfully.

When Hero Factory 's lego world was released

Stormer was approached by The LEGO Groupto examine his newly released action figure. He commented, “A little small, isn’t it?”.

In Core Crisis

The week following Rotor’s capture, Corroder attacked the construction site Penitentiary 1331. Stormer was stuck at the Hero Factory until his Hero Core was fully recharged again, though he remained in radio contact with the Alpha 1 Team Heroes fighting Corroder on Penitentiary 1331 - Dunkan Bulk, Jimi Stringer, and Mark Surge. He sent Furno as back-up, complimenting him on his bluff tactics. Stormer later expressed his thoughts on the attacks of XPlode, Rotor, and Corroder, suspecting that the Heroes were being played.

In The Enemy Within

Later, Preston Stormer, Natalie Breez, Mark Surge and William Furno were sent on a Mission to Mekron City. Stormer spoke with Chief Drax, but the Chief acted strange and threatened the Hero with a Plasma Gun. Stormer easily disarmed and placed Hero Cuffs on Chief Drax. Chief Drax sent out Floater Enforcer Drones. Stormer destroyed most of them, and soon Meltdown crashed through the sky roof. The criminal used microscopic Nanobots to hijack Stormer’s systems, causing him to try and destroy the Hero Factory. He threw Bulk off of a Training Sphere, nearly killing him, stole a jetpack, and escaped into the Makuhero City. Furno went after him, and engaged in a fight with Stormer City's skycrapers.With the little of sanity left in Stormer resisted the urge to kill Furno, and the Hero passed out. The antidote to the Nanobots was given to Stormer, and he recovered. After this incident, Stormer reasoned that someone wanted him dead.

Stormer lost a foot race to Natalie Breez on Sarazon 8. When Mak Megahertz brought this up on Hero Factory FM whilst interviewing Breez, Stormer sent angry audio-mail consisting of inaudible yelling. Breez deciphered this as “Basically, I’m dead.” Mak then called Stormer a “big lugnut” and “teddy bear”, reassuring Breez that she was fine. Stormer sent mail to the show, telling Mak that he was going to rip his arms off as soon as he got out of the Refitting Chamber. Stormer caught up with the DJ and forcefully disassembled him, though Mak Megahertz was later reassembled.

Preston Stormer also served as a judge on the Hero Factory TV show So You Think You Can Be a Hero?.

In Von Nebula

Preston Stormer, Jimi Stringer, and Dunkan Bulk were sent to New Stellac City on a Mission to investigate a mysterious meteorite that fell from the sky and crashed in the City. Stormer was persuaded by Quadal to try out his new armor on this Mission. Upon arriving in New Stellac City, Stormer realized it was a trap, just as two more meteorites hurtled into the square. These contained Thunder and Corroder inside it, who emerged and attacked the Alpha 1 Team. Thunder revealed his Nebula Gas Cannon and shot Stormer, causing the Alpha 1 Team to lose communication with Zib and Quadal. Stormer survived due to armor that Quadal gave Stormer for this Mission. The Rookie Team was later sent as backup, but more meteorites, containing XPlode and Meltdown, arrived at roughly the same time. Stormer and his team saved the Rookies from the henchbots’ attack, and the factions began to fight. As they battled, Von Ness, having transformed into an ebony behemoth, appeared in the sky and revealed his new name: “Von Nebula.” He created a black hole that sucked all of the Heroes’ weapons, including Stormer’s Multifunctional Ice Weapon. Determined to bring Von Nebula to justice, Stormer leapt into the black hole, Furno following.

Inside the black hole, Stormer and Furno used Anti-Gravity Thruster Rings to keep from being drawn into the vortex’s heart. Von Nebula then reappeared and demanded the rings, but the heroes would not reveal which one of them had them. Von Nebula attacked Stormer, but Furno used the rings to reverse the gravity of the black hole. Stormer seized his chance and grabbed the Von Nebula’s Black Hole Orb Staff, sucking his former teammate into it. Stormer and Furno barely escaped as the black hole exploded behind them.

After Von Nebula’s henchbots had all been arrested, Stormer made an official announcement to the public: William Furno, Mark Surge and Natalie Breez had been promoted to the status of an official Hero. Later, Furno and Stormer discussed the security of the cell they had placed the Black Hole Orb Staff in.

The Alpha Team was recently sent on a mission to defend Tanker Station 22 from the Fire Lord’s minions. Stormer ordered Furno to take the high ground, while him and the others kept the civilians safe. They soon came into conflict with Drilldozer and discovered their weapons were incapable of damaging the henchbot’s armor. Fire Lord recognized Stormer, yet Stormer did not. Though the Alpha 1 Team managed to get the workers to safety, the Heroes suffered a terrible defeat, and attempted to retreat. The Fire Villains surrounded them, though Surge managed to draw them away while the other Heroes left.

When they returned to the Hero Factory, Stormer tried to convince Mr. Makuro to give them the Upgrade in order to better combat their new threat. Unwilling at first, Makuro eventually relented due to Stormer’s commitment, and the three Heroes were all rebuilt. Immediately after being rebuilt, Stormer, Breez, and Furno were sent to Virtual Training in order to adapt to their new bodies. Despite how they handled their session, they insisted they were set and returned to Tanker Station 22. They attempted to go on a stealth Mission, though Furno blew their cover after his weapon set off. Stormer engaged the Fire Lord in a duel, and was told about how he was once a mining bot who was altered by scientists to absorb fuel cells.

As the Fire Lord prepared to drop Stormer off a ledge, a Hero Pod containing Julius Nex and Nathan Evo arrived, giving the Heroes an upper hand in battle. After they successfully apprehended Drilldozer and Nitroblast, Fire Lord went to the largest fuel deposit, and Stormer led the attack on him. As the Fire Lord was about to win, Jetbug was kicked out of the ship he was piloting, which rammed into Fire Lord and severed his absorption hand. Stormer managed to defeat and arrest Fire Lord. The Heroes discovered Surge had been responsible for defeating the criminal. Back at the Hero Factory, as they watched Surge receive his Upgrade, the Fire Lord was escorted in. Stormer told Furno and Breez that the Fire Lord would be cleansed of his addiction to fuel. Stormer was later at the ceremony to commemorate Surge’s bravery.

Stormer, along with other members of the Alpha 1 Team, received a distress call from Aldous Witch on the jungle planet of Quatros. A report from Rookie Hero Rocka, however, indicated that the planet had become unstable and that all wildlife would attack everything in sight. In an effort to adapt to the environment, the Alpha 1 Team was given an 3.0 Upgrade, receiving new animal armor. Stormer gained the power of a rhinoceros.

Arriving on Quatros, the Heroes discovered that Professor Aldous Witch had been turned into a tyrant known as Witch Doctor after being exposed to the Quaza from a mysterious skull. During this time, Stormer allowed Heroes Rocka and Furno to teach them to lead the Alpha 1 Team. He split them up into two groups: he and Bulk would be led by Rocka while Furno commanded Stringer and Nex. Rocka, Stormer, and Bulk went through a teleporter that shrunk them. However, Nex was eventually able to revert them to their original sizes. Then Stormer personally fought Aldous Witch until Rocka enter the battle. However, in the end Stormer swiped the Witch Doctor’s Skull Staff, causing Aldous Witch's energy to fade. They then transported Aldous Witch back to the Hero Factory where he got contained in the Villain Storage Facility.

Stormer and the Alpha 1 Team were stationed at the Hero Factory Breakout began when Heroes William Furno and Rocka were escorting a recently arrested criminal called Voltix to the Villain Storage Facility. Voltix however, used his power on Von Nebula's Black Hole Orb Staff which caused the chain reaction which deactivated all the Villain’s cells laser bars allowing all Villains at the Hero Factory to escape. Then Stormer led the Alpha 1 Team into the fray. He started fighting Jawblade but when Rookie Hero Nathan Evo tried to follow the villains into the black hole in which they were escaping, Stormer abandoned his fight to stop Evo from entering the black hole.

Stormer was assigned to recapture the Villain Speeda Demon. Stormer was outfitted with, Scout Drones, a Power Sword and Hero Cuffs as well as a Ultra Mach Speed Cycle. Stormer then went to the planet Kollix IV where he chased Speeda Demon. He used his Scout Dronerones to fire at Speeda Demon but they were destroyed. However, it gave Stormer enough time to get in front of him. Speeda Demon however, shot a blast of energy which buried Stormer under chunks of ice. Stormer however recovered quickly and cuffed Speeda Demon making him crash into a mountain. He returned to the Hero Factory and learned that the mysterious Black Phantom was inside. Stormer then had Daniella Capricorn give a false report so that Black Phantom would be diverted away from the command room. Stormer, Surge, Furno, Stringer, Evo and Rocka entered the upgrading room where Black Phantom unleashed an army of Arachnix Drones all over the room. However after some quick thinking by Evo, Black Phantom was defeated.

During the Brain Attack, Stormer with help from Furno led Bulk, Rocka, Evo and Breez into battle. Stormer mostly fought off the millions of brains on the streets of Makuhero City. Stormer’s most heroic move in the fight was when Stormer froze three Frost Beasts at once. When the Dragon Bolt reached the Hero Factory, Stormer and the Alpha 1 Team and defeated Surge’s army of of Blank Heroes while Rocka defeated a Brain Mutated Dragon Bolt.

When Antropolis City was invaded by Jumpers, Stormer led most of Alpha 1 Team there to help out. Stormer later headed into the City in his newly-built Freeze Machine, along with Furno and Rocka in their new Battle Machines. There, he helped Bulk and Surge, and fought Jaw Beasts, ultimately getting dragged underground by one. Stormer was eventually found in the Queen Beast's nest, along with Furno and Surge, when the rest of the Heroes showed up. After Bulk let Stormer out of Evo's Spider Machine's Canister, Stormer threw it at the Queen Beast, pinning her against the falling nest, and largely destroying the rest nest in the process. Stormer then escaped with the rest of the Heroes. Stormer returned to Hero Factory in his Drop Ship with the last cacoon of the species that attacked Antropolis City.

## Personality

Stormer is a no-nonsense sort of Hero, and is very loyal. He dislikes theatricality, but is courageous and level-headed in battle. He is currently in turmoil over the death of a Rookie teammate on-mission, despite evidence that he was in no way to blame for the incident, and cannot shake the idea that he could have done something to help. Since then, he has been especially hard on new Team members. Some can take it, but others have to be transferred to other squads.

He is also highly competitive, and set his sights on leading Alpha Team in the knowledge that he would be good at the job. He likes his position of command, but admits that he can sometimes be set in his ways.

Stormer is also very quick to anger, as seen many times on Hero Factory FM.