Austin Silver

Inspector **Austin Silver** is a detective in the Siren City Police Department and a supporter of the Shadow vigilante.

## Personality

Austin is a focused, serious, determined man. He has a great deal of conviction as a minister of law enforcement, but he understands the flaws of the legal system and supports Barry's vigilantism. He tends to avoid his personal issues and instead concentrate on the task at hand.

## Abilities

* **Peak Human Condition:** Austin is athletic, as he passed the physical fitness qualifier to become a police officer. He can press his own bodyweight, maintain sound cardiovascular fitness and run a mile in six minutes, whereas a police officer is expected to be able to run two miles in 25 minutes.
* **Expert Martial Artist:** As a police officer, Austin was trained in self-defense, including wrist locks, striking techniques, submission fighting techniques, throws and takedowns, ASP baton and Kubotan training, knife and stick fighting skills, defense tactics, lateral vascular neck restraints, arrest and control procedure, ground defense and control, and power handcuffing. As such, he is a skilled boxer. He also taught pressure points to Barry.
* **Expert Marksman:** Austin is a qualified expert in firearms. His sidearm of choice is a .44-caliber Smith & Wesson 29 and his backup weapon is a .357 Colt Python, and he can also use a shotgun and a rifle. He is a textbook shooter, as he fired two rounds into a criminal's chest during the robbery of the First National Bank of Siren City, with the latter only surviving due to his advanced ballistic armor.
* **Gifted Intelligence:** Austin is a smart man with a degree in psychology. He is a great driver and even a bit of a gearhead as he understands the workings of an internal combustion engine.
	+ **Expert Investigator:** Austin is a highly trained detective, having solved many cases for the police department. He deduced that Barry was the one responsible for his counterpart appearing on the same day he returned.
	+ **Expert Networker:** Austin has amassed a web of contacts in the criminal underworld.
	+ **Multilingualism:** Austin speaks his native English in addition to fluent Spanish and French, as well as some Italian.

## Equipment

### Weaponry and Gadgets

* **Smith & Wesson 29:** Austin’s sidearm is a .44 Magnum. The handgun is powerful enough to stop a car at 100 yards if he puts a round through the engine block or blow a man's head clean off. He fired upon the robbers outside of First National, to no success. The weapon was briefly commandeered by Thomas Wyatt, but Austin retrieved it after it was dropped during the latter's fight against Barry.
* **Colt Python:** Austin’s backup weapon is a .357. He armed himself with the weapon after Thomas took his sidearm, but he put it away once he retrieved it.
* **Benelli M2 Super 90:** Austin brought a shotgun to the situation at First National. He attempted to shoot Barry-Prime, but he missed due to the latter’s superhuman speed. He retained the weapon when he was dragged down to Hell, where the Devil briefly commandeered it.

### Vehicles

* **1979 Chevrolet Monte Carlo:** Austin drives a black muscle car with 160 horsepower, a top speed of 119 miles per hour, and can accelerate from 0-60 in 11 seconds.

## Relationships

* Siren City Police Department
	+ Nick Russell
* Lilah Springs
* Kidlat Ballesteros
* Thomas Wyatt
* Barry Wyatt/Rapidity
* Devil
* Naberius

## Trivia

* Austin's sidearm was influenced by by Clint Eastwood in *Dirty Harry*, Roger Moore in *Live and Let Die*, Robert De Niro in *Taxi Driver*, and Chuck Norris in *Good Guys Wear Black* and *Lone Wolf McQuade*.

## Music

 Bush
 Eminem
 Green Day
 Machine Gun KellyEster Dean
 Metallica
 My Chemical Romance
 Nirvana
 Red Hot Chili Peppers
 Three Days Grace