Post by mrworldwide on Apr 17, 2015 19:30:06 GMT
Name: Sal S. DiPomodoro
Alias(es): Mr. Worldwide, Android #305
Race: Android
Gender: Male
Age: 137
Appearance:
Height: 5'7"
The android body he now inhabits appears identical to how he looked in his thirties.
History:
Sal DiPommodoro certainly didn't lack for ambition. Throughout his adolescence he wanted to live like the celebrities and the well-to-do he saw on television; with fancy cars and boats, hosting big parties and being chauffeured around in limos. There are a variety of ways to earn great wealth. Acting, fighting, investment, and business ownership come to mind. When it came time to pick a direction for his life he elected to enter the world of business.
He had great acumen and business sense and quickly found himself holding his own slice of the global shipping industry, the same company where he started work; Worldwide Distribution Lines. By the time he was 50 he had transformed a small company and chump change capital into a sizeable fortune through various alliances, mergers, and the outright hostile takeover of rival companies. His proclivity for travel to all different parts of the world and the name of his company soon earned him the nickname "Mr. Worldwide."
All good things must come to an end however, and old age crept up on Sal. Desperate not to give up the life he'd made for himself, he about researching ways to prolong it. His sixties came and went as he heavily researched the matter. The solution he arrived at was cybernetics; no aging factors to worry about, durable metal endoskeleton to prevent all but the most grievous bodily harm, endless energy reserves, and a certain flexibility that comes with hardware modularity. Now with a tangible goal Sal set about leveraging his personal funds, as well as whatever he could siphon off from company profits to assemble a team of cyberneticists. Their objective, to build him a new body. Such endeavors cost a great deal of time and money though. On top of digging into company coffers, Sal disappeared from a great many social events and abandoned his influence in company meetings as he devoted more of his life to preparing for immortality.
Over a decade and 304 failed builds later, what seemed to be working body was close to completion. Unfortunately a large stream of anti-trust suits was levied against WDL, finally on trial for its brutal business tactics. Shortly before the estimated completion of #305, Sal received word that the board was cutting off the steady stream of funds Sal had diverted for the lab and that his team had been given 24 hours before being evicted from the warehouse turned laboratory they were working out of. Panic-stricken, Sal rushed to the lab to enquire about their progress.
The team was able to complete work on the body and engage the transfer of Sal's consciousness and memories within the allotted time. However Sal's body ceased functioning immediately afterwards. The police officers on scene to enforce the eviction noted Sal's passing and immediately ushered the team away, cordoning off the area and summoning an ambulance crew. Sal's body was delivered to the hospital merely as a formality. The doctors pronounced him dead upon arrival. Cause of death; Myocardial Infarction brought on by Coronary Artery Spasm. The life of Sal S. DiPomodoro ends, aged 87. Never having married and his parents long since dead, his funeral is attended only by a few co-workers.
Whether through clerical error or deliberate sabotage, the cybernetics team never recovered the Sal and he was shuffled around from place to place after removal from the rented warehouse along with the rest of the kit left there. Eventually coming to rest in an aged warehouse, Sal remained de-activated for the greater part of 30 years after his clinical death until the warehouse collapsed on him. The increased mass crushing his body engaged the emergency activation protocols in his CPU and he was awoken from his slumber.
Starting Planet: Earth
Techniques:
Offensive:
-Eye Laser
Support:
-Flight
-Android Barrier
Special:
-N/A
Items:
-500 Zeni
-One Use Pod