Ted Kord

## Background

### 1985 - 2003: Ted Kord

Ted Kord is the son of Thomas Kord, owner and CEO of Kord Industries. According to Thomas, his mother didn't want children & wanted nothing to do with him. However, he was able to convince her to carry their child to term & she would be allowed to live her life with no regrets as he would raise their child himself.

Growing up, Ted was extraordinarily bright. He was good at science, business & everything else he tried. His father used all his resources to nurture Ted's mind & to allow him to become the smartest mind. At the age of fifteen, Ted graduated high school then would receive degrees in various subjects. While in college, he successfully developed drones the size of an insect, the first breakthrough in his nanotechnology studies. His father became quite fascinated with his son's abilities & asked him to join Kord Industries but overall, Ted had no real direction & declined the offer.

He continued aimlessly making inventions, believing this would be how he spent the rest of his life. He began working on a prototype suit, using the Scarab of Kha-Ef-Re, an artifact from ancient Bialya that was gifted to his father by his friend Dan Garett. While working late one night, Kord Industries was broken in by a group of thieves looking to score big with some of the business' technology. Using his prototype for the fist time, Ted was able to defeat the thieves & realized that his prototype worked. After working out some kinks, he met up with the Justice League to ask to join the team. Seeing his suit's abilities, Batman decided to sponsor himself & the rest of the team agreed to allow him to join. Taking on the name of his father's former friend, Ted then became Blue Beetle.

## Romantic Relationships

* Beatriz de Costa: Girlfriend (2009)
* Barbara Gordon: Dated (2011)
* Raquel Ervin: Girlfriend (2013 - 2014); Fiancée (2014)
* Michelle Carter: Girlfriend (2016 - 2020); Fiancée (2020 - )

## Powers & Abilities

* **Acrobatics**: Kord is an accomplished acrobat, who more often than not, utilized this greatly into his hand to hand fighting style.
* **Genius Level Intellect:** Ted Kord possesses genius-level intelligence with an IQ of 192. He has receieved degrees in multiple subjects such as physics, english literature & theoretical mathematics.
	+ ***Business Management*:** He is currently running Kord Industries, which produces hundreds of new technologies.
	+ ***Computer Operation***: When Ted was thirteen, he hacked into the U.S. Defense servers.
	+ ***Gadgetry***: Ted is so skilled that he rivals Batman's inventive mind. He has created many inventions & crime-fighting technologies, like his solar-powered "Bug" vehicle, BB gun & much more.
* **Hand to Hand Combat**: Ted trained to become an Olympic level acrobat with impressive hand-to-hand combat skills. He has studied with several martial arts masters & can outfight just about any group of thugs or criminals with his fighting skills alone. He is proficient in Karate & Aikido.
* **Scarab of Kha-Ef-Re:** An ancient artifact from ancient Bialya. It formerly belonged to Dan Garrett, who was intelligent enough to decode the programming. When Ted found it among his father's things, the scarab was limited to its basic abilities.
	+ ***Armor***
	+ ***Energy Blast:*** *These manifested as lightning bolts which Dan typically shot from his fingers.*
	+ ***Enhanced Strength***
	+ ***Flight***: Dan was able to fly without the use of wings.
* **Beetle Gun:** Ted possesses a device shaped like a handgun, but with a wider barrel. It emits a beam of concentric circles.
* **The Bug:** The Bug is made of a metallic alloy of titanium & steel panels, and is equipped with solar collector panels, which are its main power supply. As protection, the ship has thick reinforced armor & automatic deflector shields, while the fuselage has electric charges & a solar energy converter that shoots thermal bursts. The ship is extremely quiet when in flight, thanks to antigravity units on the port & starboard. Some of the weapons included are laser beams, magnetic/electrical impulse blasts & solar blasts. On board, The Bugs is equipped with a computer, communications center, television, stereo, a closet of spare uniforms & civilian clothes, booster jets, escape hatches, sky wire & minimum bugs.

### Weaknesses

* **Unserious:** Ted is more of a hobbyist hero. He is primarily concerned with pulling pranks & flying everyone around.

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** 7 - Master / Elite
* **Strength:** 4 - Trained / Learned
* **Speed:** 3 - Average / Basic
* **Occult:** 1 - Nonexistent
* **Weapons:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **Range:** 4 - Trained / Learned
* **Strategy:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **Combat:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **TOTAL:** 123 - Threat Level 3 / General Threat

## Trivia

* Michelle affectionately calls him Teddy & sometimes Teddy Bear.
* He is best friends with Michelle Carter. He is also good friends with Guy Gardner.
* His father was killed in 2013 in the assassination attempt on Lex Luthor.

## Notes

* His relationship with Raquel Ervin is a nod to roysovitch's Earth-27.