Scott Ryder (Sentinel)

Scott Ryder, known as Specimen #73 and given the Operational Designation of Sentinel, one of several metahumans secretly created by the United States government as part of the Federal Office of the Abnormal's top secret program, Project Scion. Scott was the most powerful metahuman to be developed from the program, developing into an Alpha Level Threat.

## Biography

### Fabricated Backstory

Scott Ryder's telepathically implanted memories involve him growing up on a farm in Georgia, as the only child of Nathaniel and Catherine Ryder. He learned the value of hard work and self dependence, but was also instilled with a patriotic spirit and a desire to help his fellow man. Born on the 4th of July, his parents would often tell him that the fireworks in the sky were people celebrating his birthday, until he was around the age of six.

According to Scott's false memories, his powers first manifested when he slipped and fell from the upper floor of his family barn while moving hay. Rather than crashing into the ground, he instinctually halted himself a few inches above the floor, as he utilized his power of flight for the first time at the age of elven.

For the next few months, he kept his new abilities secret, only displaying the tiniest glimmer of them as he used his enhanced physicality to send his little league team to victory. Eventually, though, he finally came out about his new powers to his parents, who encouraged him to sign on with the American Superhero Association.

### Early Life

Specimen #73 was part of Generation 2 of Project Scion, and was injected with a high level ichor dose while in-utero. Specimen #73 was born a month and a half premature, when its heat vision first manifested, causing them to slice open its mother and come spilling out into the floor of Blacklight Station's medical wing. Thanks to its superhuman resilience , the infant #73 was unharmed by its fall. As the mother bled to death, Specimen #73 was telepathically soothed and stabilized, and placed in an incubator.

#73 was shortly thereafter given the Civilian Designation Scott Ryder, with the telepath who had stabilized him being assigned as his Monitor.

### Education

When he was twelve, Scott was enrolled in Brighton Academy's junior training program. His supreme abilities saw him excel in his classes, and his easy charm and friendly manner enabled him to make many friends among his classmates. In the midst of his "studies", however, Scott routinely had his Control Protocols activated, and was deployed on covert missions around the world on behalf of the FOA. During the Detroit Incident of 2025, Scott initially moved to attempt to aid the Homelanders in their battle against Rampage, only to have his Control Protocols activated while he was en-route, forcing him to refrain from acting. A similar event occurred during the Hellrise Event of 2028, though on that occasion, the Directors of the FOA had him poised and ready to intercept Diablo, in the event that the other metas deployed against him failed. Fortunately, this was not necessary.

Scott graduated from Brighton on May 17th, 2028. He was afterwards assigned to the Homelanders, and has served as a member for over a year.

## Physical Appearance

Scott is a Caucasian youth of about twenty years. He is tall, standing at 6'4'' in height, with wide shoulders and a broad chest, thick, strong legs, and powerful arms. His overall physique is leonine and powerful, though it maintains a notable degree of grace. His hair is a dark brown, usually worn short and a little tousled. His face is well made and exceedingly handsome, with full lips, a strong jaw, and dimples when he smiles. Most notable of his features are his eyes, which are a vivid cobalt blue.

## Powers

* Durability: Sentinel is one of the most resilient metahumans on the face of the earth. As a child, he went utterly undamaged during all training sessions with fellow Project Scion Specimens at Blacklight Station. It was not until joining the Homelanders and sparring with his teammates, Tempest and Luster (from a lightning augmented punch and plasma blast, respectively), that he first evidenced any sort of physical discomfort. Analysts are convinced he is at least as durable as Rampage, and may be able to match the resilience of Captain Invincible.
* Energy Projection
* Flight: At present, Sentinel is the second fastest flying metahuman on the face of the planet, only surpassed by Luster, his teammate. His maximum flight speed is around Mach 30. Unlike most other fliers, he is able to maintain nearly full maneuverability at his top speed.
* Regeneration:
* Speed: Sentinel is able to move at a pace that would make him a powerful speedster, were he bereft of other powers. His top running speed clocks in at around Mach 15. He is possessed of the typical speedster aura, which enables him to negate the environmental damage his passage might cause, instantly accelerate to his maximum speed, and move people and objects along with him without causing them harm, if desired.
* Strength: Sentinel is one of the most physically strong beings on the planet, capable of effortlessly lifting buildings or ripping through any manmade material with ease. Tests conducted by his handlers within the Arctic Circle have shown him capable of generating earthquakes, cracking open mountains, and lifting glaciers without trouble. Project Scion staff have projected that his strength is likely comparable to that of Rampage, and may potentially exceed it, though without a direct comparison it is impossible to know for sure.
* Senses: Scott is possessed of titanically potent senses, which enable him to detect phenomena at the atomic level as well as stimuli from up to nearly 2000 miles/~3200 kilometers away, when he is focusing on such a distant area. Elsewise, his passive perceptions are usually limited to around ten miles of himself, though Scott has trained himself to shut out most extraneous stimuli from outside his immediate periphery.
	+ Hearing: Scott is able to hear the sounds of cellular activity, and can hear sounds hundreds of miles away. His hearing is somewhat bound by the laws of physics, however, as despite being able to hear sounds at a distance where they should have long since faded, he still has to rely on the meager speed of sound to carry noises to him.
	+ Smell: Scott can smell scents from hundreds of miles away, as well as perform chemical analysis on a molecular level. He is able to pick out people's hormones and recognize individuals by their scents, tracking their signatures days after their trails should have gone cold.
	+ Taste: Scott is able to taste substances down the molecular level, allowing him to perform detailed chemical analysis on any food he consumes. He is able to taste chemical signatures on the air as well, much like a snake, though he prefers to use his sense of olfaction for distant analysis.
	+ Touch: Scott's sense of touch is incredibly refined, allowing him to analyze textures in extreme detail, observe subtle changes in temperature, detect energy currents impacting his skin, or detect changes in air pressure caused by moving objects.
	+ Vision: Scott is capable of seeing across hundreds of miles and making out details with great acuity, as well as able to use his eyes as microscopes, and can observe events down to even the atomic level. He is able to perceive energies from across the electromagnetic spectrum, including infra-red and ultraviolet, can perceive radio waves and other energy signatures, and see through solid objects, though doing so requires him to focus.

* Tactile Telekinesis
* Freeze Breath

## Stats

**Durability:** Class 5

**Flight:** Class 5

**Regeneration:** Class ?

**Senses:** Class 5

**Speed:** Class 5

**Strength:** Class 5