Eduardo Dorado Sr.

## Background

### 1969 - Present: Eduardo Dorado Sr.

Eduardo Dorado was born & raised in Argentina as the only child of his parents. Quickly known to be a smart boy for his age, he aced all his classes & may even taught a few. After skipping many years of school, he moved to the United States & enrolled at the illustrious Ivy University at the age of fifteen. While completing his second doctorate there, he met another student, Laura Ballesteros, who was also from Argentina. Though the same age, she was only in her sophomore year of college. The two began dating, with Laura becoming fascinated with Eduardo's mind & him becoming fascinated with everything about her. After she finished with her bachelor's, she elected to stay with him in the states. The two were married shortly after.

Eduardo got himself a job at S.T.A.R. Labs & received funding to research teleportation, the topic of his thesis papers. He spent all his time in the lab & the little free time he had with his wife. But that wasn't enough for Laura, she grew tired of the states & wanted to return home. Eduardo disagreed but Laura threatened divorce if he would not hear her out. Not willing to lose her, they packed their things & returned to Argentina. Things were tense in their marriage but they led to tense arguments which led to them usually ending up in bed. Eventually, Laura announced was pregnant with their child. Laura gave birth to a beautiful boy but would not survive long enough to see the boy's first day. Doing as Laura wanted, the boy was given the name Eduardo Dorado Jr.

### 2001 - 2014: Eduardo Dorado Sr.

Eduardo left most oft he raising of little Eddie to his father in law Sebastian as he felt himself getting closer & closer to solving the teleportation device. With the help of long time research partner & protege Doctor Adam Strange, they eventually made a break through but Eduardo would need to return to the states to do the testing. It was a difficult decision but Eduardo left & entrusted Sebastian with raising his son.

Back in the states, Eduardo & Adam worked tirelessly before they finally succeeded in the teleportation device. Unfortunately, Strange was seemingly killed during a test run when he went to investigate the device's malfunction. Losing his protege & closest friend led to Dorado closing down the Erdel Initiative & focusing on other endeavors at STAR Labs. Unbeknowst to Dorado & the other scientists, the device had worked & Strange was sent to planet Rann. With the help of Rannian scientist Sardath, Strange returned to Earth a year later. After multiple tests were run & everything seems good, the two got back to work on the teleportation device. Strange brought some Rannian technology with him, whcih allowed more percision in their device than before. After a year, "The Zeta Beam" was finished & fully functioning. Eventually, the technology was given to the Justice League so they could move around as pleased. Because of this, Eduardo & Adam joined the League as part of their support team with ARGUS.

Though he had finally succeeded with his dream, Eduardo did not take a break as him & Adam still had to work to maintain the Zeta-Beam technology. However, things eventually did cool down for him, prompting him to ask his son Eddie to move to Taos to live with him. Eddie was unsure, considering their past relationship but decided to come up for the summer to see how things would go. Eduardo waited at the airport for him but Eddie never came. He asked everyone but the only thing they could confirm was that Eddie was on the plane & that he got off the plane, but nothing after that. Eduardo used his connections with S.T.A.R. Labs, the Justice League & ARGUS to have them investigate his son's disappearance but no one could find anything. Eduardo fell into a depression & stayed holed up in his house, leaving all the work to his partner.

A couple of months after his disappearance, The Team began to connect dots between Eddie's disappearance with other teenagers' disappearances in the last few months. After finding evidence that the kidnappings were done by The Light & The Reach, a rescue mission was launched & the abductees were saved, including Eddie. Seeing his son, Eduardo was not adamant about Eddie moving back in with him, especially with the passing of his grandfather. Eddie said yes, but only if he let his new friends Asami & Tye come too as both of their families had been killed. Eduardo Sr. agreed, having his house grow from one occupant to four.

### 2014 - Present: Eduardo Dorado Sr.

Worried about his son & his friends, Eduardo founded the Metahuman Youth Center, with help from the Justice League, S.T.A.R. Labs & the United Nations, to help teens who have been victims of metahuman kidnapping and/or trafficking.

## Powers & Abilities

* **Genius Level Intellect**
	+ ***Multilingualism*:** He can speak fluent English & Spanish. He also knows Guarani & German.
	+ ***Science*:** Eduardo's area of scientific expertise are chemistry, engineering & physics. He is the lead scientist on the zeta beam technology & still remains the world's foremost expert on it, with Adam Strange as a close second. He also is knowledgeable in other scientific areas, such as biology & medicine.

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** 6 - Expert / Advanced
* **Strength:** 3 - Average / Basic
* **Speed:** 3 - Average / Basic
* **Occult:** 1 - Nonexistent
* **Weapons:** 4 - Trained / Learned
* **Range:** 3 - Average / Basic
* **Strategy:** 4 - Trained / Learned
* **Combat:** 3 - Average / Basic
* **TOTAL:** 62 - Threat Level 2 / Low Threat