Kurt Lance

## Background

### 1968 - 1991: Kurt Lance

Kurt's birth was not the best of days for his family. During labor, complications arose & became so dire that only him or his mother would survive the process. His mother made Scott promise to save him so he did. His father never regretted his decision, he just missed his wife. Shortly after Kurt was born, his father decided to leave Gotham as it constantly reminded him on his deceased wife. After jumping from place to place, they settled in Smallville when he was four.

By all accounts, Kurt was a farm boy. Though he left that life behind when he began attending West Point in 1986. After four years there, Kurt went on to join the Special Forces. His career was somewhat sidetracked after he was caught sleeping with a general's wife. He went on to join the Green Berets as an elite soldier & the "go-to guy" for anything.

### 1991 - 2010: Slaphammer

Eventually he caught the eyes of International Operations, who was putting together a black ops team that would eventually become Team 7. The team had been together for less than six when they were exposed to Gen-Factor on a fake mission set up their handler. After discovering his plot, the team disbanded & everyone went their separate ways. After becoming disenchanted with the government, Kurt decided to leave it all behind & go solo.

What exactly Kurt did with that time following their disbandment remains a mystery, as he doesn't speak on it as much. What is known is that he was in Gotham some time during 1994 then he was in San Antonio four years later.

In 2005, he was in Gotham again as he began dating his ex Vesper Fairchild at the time & found out he had a daughter. He was going to ask why she never said anything but realized that he specifically made himself unavailable to everyone. Since then, he's kept up random appearance in Gotham to connect with Caitlin.

His old teammates, Cole & Marc, had also crossed paths with him about a handful of times over the years so Kurt never stayed for long. If he wasn't right in front of their faces, it was like he didn't exist.

### 2010 - Present: Slaphammer

And Kurt remained off the grid for over a decade until his other teammate Michael Cray began looking for him. Having already recruited Marc & another operative to join the sanctioned organization, Mike tried his hand in recruiting Kurt. He immediately refused, sighting their past with Team 7 & government organizations but his former teammate was able to convince him.

Other than when duty calls, Kurt mostly keeps to himself other than his daily calls with his daughters Caitlin & Roxanne. Since he lives on the opposite side of the country, they don't see each other as much but he makes sure to fly himself to Florida or bring them to National City once a month. The three have even fought side by side in the field when his team works with Gen 13.

## Romantic Relationships

* Vesper Fairchild: Girlfriend (1994 - 1995), (2005)
* Gloria Spaulding: Fling (1998)

## Powers & Abilities

* **Metahuman Physiology:** Exposure to the GEN Factor Formula has gifted as well as cursed him with supernatural abilities both mental & physical. These powers have fluctuated in potency over the coarse of his life.
	+ ***Telekinesis*:** His most powerful ability is to create waves of raw telekinetic energy & blast opponents. He has used this power more creatively but savors it for its destruction purposes.
	+ ***Telepathy*:** Kurt can keep in mental contact with his teammates without the use of other technology. He can also hear others thought including when they have mental blocks up.
		- ***Mind Control***: Kurt can force his mind into another human being. Through this he can control their actions, movements & thoughts.
		- ***Memory Erasing***: Somewhat of a byproduct of his control over the human brain, he can erase whole memories permanently from subjects he has even used this ability on his teammates to escape their grasp as a fugitive.
	+ ***Mental Shields***: He can generate mental shields provide protection from telepathy & mind control.
	+ ***Longevity*:** He has a much longer lifespan than the average human.
	+ ***Accelerated Healing*:** Kurt's cells regenerate at a remarkable speed, faster than that of normal humans. If and when Alex takes damage, as long as it does not separate his body parts, he can heal from it.
* **Aviation:** He is a skilled pilot & usually flies the jet for the team.
* **Hand to Hand Combat**
* **Demolitions**
* **Espionage**
* **Firearms**
* **Military Protocol**: Having served as a Green Beret in the US Army Special Forces, his expertise lies in a great number of difficult tasks.

### Weaknesses

* **The Rush**: The side effects of using this power are sometimes terrible. The team referred to it as The Rush due to the effect that the use of it is likened to a drug.
	+ ***Physical Strain***: Using the powers can put a terrible strain on him & trying to keep them under control would often cause blood vessels to rupture.
	+ ***Affect Mind***: Prolonged use would threaten his sanity & outside forces.

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** Unknown
* **Strength:** Unknown
* **Speed:** Unknown
* **Occult:** Unknown
* **Weapons:** Unknown
* **Range:** Unknown
* **Strategy:** Unknown
* **Combat:** Unknown
* **TOTAL:** Unknown

## Trivia

* He rarely uses his powers of mind control & memory erasing because he finds it highly invasive & it brings him great pain.
* He regularly has nightmares from his time in military & International Operations.
* Not much is known about Kurt's whereabouts during the 1990s & 2000s. He always says that "he was on an adventure."
* When Caitlin was reported missing in 2013, Kurt believed that IO was involved somehow. For months, he tracked down every possible lead & used every resource he had. He gave all his findings to his old friend John Lynch, who was now working for the DEO. When Lynch showed his superiors, they were already looking into I,O. After catching a lead on their location, Lynch led a raid on their compound & found Kurt's daughter. When Kurt called him so that he could speak to his daughter, he broke down crying.

## Notes

* On Earth 44, Kurt is the cousin of Dinah Lance instead of her husband.
* Kurt Lance is a member of Team 7 in the *New 52.*
* He is a composite character with Alex Fairchild, an original member of Team 7. It also where the codename Slaphammer & middle name Alexander comes from.
* His birthday is a nod to his first comic appearance, *Teen Titans*Vol 4 #8(June, 2012).
* His address is a nod to Alex Fairchild's first comic appearance, *Gen 13*#4(May, 1994) & one of his creators, J. Scott Campbell.