William Burnside(1459)

The United State's Government Next choice to become Captain America

## History

### Origins

Little is known about Burnside's background. According to his military dossier, he was raised in Sayreville, Oklahoma, and his Parents deaths during the Y2K Attacks spurred him to enlist in the United States Navy. However, like Steve Rogers, the young man who eventually became Captain America, he was rejected as being physically unfit for service. Desperate to make a lasting difference in the war on terror, the young man strived for the next three years pushing his body to the limits until he could enlist, He did so at the age of 20 and quickly out preformed many other recruits. Eventually He volunteered for an experimental procedure. Like many before them, the Navy was attempting to create their own analogue of Captain America. However, rather than trying to recreate the super-soldier serum, they opted to use the AVX patch, a super-drug which was loosely based off of the "Power Man Process" that Luke Cage underwent. In theory, the initial procedure would enhance the subject's strength and endurance to peak-human levels. The subject would then be implanted with a spinal chip which would dispense regular doses of the drug, without which the procedure's effect would eventually subside. The test subject underwent the entire process. However, it appeared to be an abject failure, with no visible increase in the subject's physical abilities. Outraged at the results, the project's commanding officer, Admiral James Westbrook shot the test subject in cold blood. The near-death experience set the drug's effects into motion and the subject not only survived the shooting, but found himself endowed with the desired abilities. Westbrook stated that he had shot the subject because he knew this would be the result, but the subject was skeptical of this claim. With the experiment a success, the Navy deployed their new super-soldier on numerous missions throughout the world, including in Afghanistan, Syria, and Iraq.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

* **'AVX' patch:** He possesses various superhuman physical attributes after undergoing an experiment designed to increases his body's cellular regeneration process.
	+ **Superhuman Strength:** After undergoing the original experiment, his strength was increased to superhuman levels sufficient to lift approximately 2 tons.
	+ **Superhuman Stamina:** His muscles generate less fatigue toxins than the muscles of ordinary humans, granting him superhuman stamina. He can exert himself at peak capacity for about 24 hours before fatigue begins to affect him.
	+ **Superhuman Durability:** His skin is as hard as titanium steel and his muscle and bone tissues are considerably denser than the tissues of an ordinary human, granting him much greater resistance to physical injury than an ordinary human. He can withstand conventional handgun fire at a range of 4 feet and cannot be cut by any blade forged of conventional material, although in the event of required surgery his skin can be lacerated by an overpowered medical laser. He can withstand up to one-ton impacts or blasts of 150 pounds of TNT without serious injury, and is highly resistant to extreme temperatures and electrical shocks. His current level of durability enables him to withstand gunfire at point-blank range, and can withstand being lit on fire without suffering any serious or permanent injuries.
	+ **Accelerated Healing Factor:** Despite his near invulnerability, it is possible for him to be hurt. If injured, he is capable of recovering from mild injuries in 1/3rd the time it would take an ordinary human.

### Physical Strength

Enhanced 2-ton strength due to his AVX patch.

### Weaknesses

**Mental Issues:** even before being augmented with the AVX patch, Burnside was already suffering through mental issues. These issues were worsened after exposure to AVX.

## Paraphernalia

### Equipment

**Cap Shield:** His shield was similar in design and function to Captain America's.

**Cap Uniform:** He initially wore a uniform that appeared to be identical to Captain America's, but later adopted one that was a dark grayish color.

### Weapons

Anti-Cap demonstrated proficiency with, and at times carried, a variety of firearms, knives, and explosives.