him, yes I said him. As a character who would build vehicles for other villains. He was made way back in the 80's. I had him have gadgets like fixer. He pretty much supped up lasers.
During the creation in City of Villains. I obviously made a major change making him a her. I added a missing arm that she replaced with a cybernetic arm. In the 90's I had seen an episode of Batman where he had a Mechanic help him. That sparked my imagination making Mechanic from the hard streets of Detroit. One of the things I was able to add from City of Heroes to Champions was her power vest. This is where she pretty much stores her gadgets. Whats funny is fixer pretty much took my idea with all the satellite, claw and pincher's. I had that idea way back in the 80's.
A QUICK ORIGIN OF Mechanic
Adriana M Rizzo was born in Chicago. Died during child birth. Her father taught her everything about vehicles. To her this wasn't enough. She was sent to MIT at the age of 16 and was one of the brightest students there. This all changed when she found out her father was missing. Days later he was found dead. Full of rage and no place to turn to a friend of her fathers showed up and told her his secret. He was part of the Sicilian Mafia. The Yakuza wanted to take over Chicago and Adriana father was in the way. Using her knowledge she produced a handful of Pulse Guns and supped up several trucks. They stormed the Yakuza's hideout. Adriana personally shot there leader. Adriana took the street name Mechanic and in a very short time took over being Boss of Detroit.
Mechanic's Powers
Mechanic has a number of gadgets that she can use if she is confronted. Most come from her Power Vest. These range from EMP grenades to miniature robots. The Power Vest can also generate a localized magnetic field and absorb energy to protect her from bullets and energy weapons. It also can help her with routine jobs with its 2 appendages that can come out of her vest back. She also carries a Pulse Uzi that does far more damage then her other Pulse Weapons.
Her arm and leg have been replaced with cybernetic parts. Its unknown how this happened but she has been able to flip a truck over with the one arm. So its guesstimated that she can lift about 10 tons.