Robbie "Speedball" Baldwin

Robbie Baldwin
Portrayed By	Nash Lennon
Gender	Male
Date of Birth	I'm old enough
Age	21
Zodiac Sign	??
Aliases	Speedball
Place of Birth	Springdale, CT
Current Location	NYC, NY
Occupation	Vigilante, Damage Control, may start teaching
Known Relatives	Madeline Baldwin
Significant Other	None. Alone. Alas.
Identity	Secret
Known Abilities	Kinetic Dimension link, Kinetic Body
First Appearance	??

Bouncing here and there and everywhere, he is the… ME!

History

So… yeah. Springdale, CT. What a wonderful… Boring ASS TOWN. At least, that's how I've always felt. That's where I was born. Mom (Madeline) was a soap star (even working with Mary Jane Watson. Hubba) and dad was a district attorney. Needless to say, we usually had decent things around, but… meh. It was always boring to me. I had my friends but they were even boring.

So I made decent grades in school, but nothing to write home about. Even though the schools did… making sure they KNEW what I was doing… like it was any of their business. Anyway, when High School came around, I wanted to earn a little money for myself, so I didn't have to keep bumming from the rents. Yeah, they both got paid well, but I don't care. There's a difference in money they give and money I make. This way, the money is MINE.

So yeah, I got a job working with Hammond Labs. I was a lab assistant. No, not a lab rat… well, not intentionally. They were trying to better understand energy movement and things of that nature. I never truly understood it. While I was cleaning up a few things in a lab with one prof and his cat, things got a little hairy.

That's when the explosion struck and everything changed. I HAD THE POWAH! Uhm… anyway, yeah. I was caught in the explosion. I don't remember the details, but when I woke up, I was in a strange costume with weird bubbles floating around my body. ROCK! Superhero baby!

So I started trying to learn about my newfound powers and learned that I was nearly impossible to hurt! At least, by anything physical and some certain energies. I decided to dedicate my life… to crime fighting! (Believe me, when I entered the world as Speedball, I could feel my dad's anger a mile away. He hates vigilantes).

The funny thing… that cat? The one that was there in the explosion too? HE got the same powers I did. Niels… the Bouncing Cat. It took me forever to catch him. When I finally did, I adopted him and stuff. He's still around. So, life in Springdale was still kinda boring, but I took what excitement I could.

My mom wanted to go shopping in New York, so I went with her, and that was the biggest break of my life. While we were shopping, a battle was going on overhead with Terrax and some others. I punch the wall and join in after escaping the Mom thing. That was our first meeting. Thrash. Nova. Namorita. Firestar. And… I still can't say it with a straight face. MARVEL BOY.

We worked so well together that we decided to form our own team. The NEW WARRIORS! We were the biggest, best… rockinest… uhm… I'm not so good at this. Anyway, we worked out well. And, I got a job with Damage Control. That kept me in New York more often, but it was still hard to get back and forth from Connecticut when they needed me. I kept having to jump in front of trains. If it weren't for my powers, people would think I'm suicidal or something.

So many things happened. Namorita changed her skin. Mom found out I was Speedball (which was hell. Stupid Force of Nature). DAD found out I was Speedball. (Stupid Asylum creating dark versions of heroes. Stupid Blackball.) And I found out that when my powers are on, I'm not even really human anymore. My body is transformed into pure energy. Thank you, Sphinx for teaching me. Stupid bit…erm… wonderful lady! I even got to bounce against the boobies of the White Queen! No, not really. We just had to fight her and the Hellions.

So we have a lot of fun together, and even save the world a few times. Our numbers change, add new, lose old, but that's the way of teams. That's how it happens. I'm the only one that's always been there. And I'll never totally leave the New Warriors. I'd… I'd like to become an Avenger. But I'll still be a New Warrior, even if.

Now, I'm living in New York, taking a few college classes, and deciding what to do. I… I think I'm going to talk to the Avengers. They refused me before because I was so green. But I've been doing the superhero schtick for like… six years now. Maybe, they can see…

Timeline

September 2010

September 9	Jessica and Robbie discuss their histories.	Pizza and Pasts

August 2010

August 28	Robbie tries to help fight a known villain.	Capturing the Crystal Queen

July 2010

July 21	Robbie tries to get a laugh out of Jessica.	I Love to Laugh
July 22	Robbie goes to his first meeting as an Avenger.	A Plan of Action

June 2010

June 30	Robbie goes to apply for Avengers Membership.	Bouncing Baby Avenger

Powers

Kinetic Dimension

The explosion linked Robbie's body with another dimension made purely of kinetic energy. Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only changed and moved. This is where much of the potential energy of our universe is located. When he was trapped in the universe, he could peer out by grasping balls of energy from within the universe and see different moments in time, where kinetic energy was simply potential waiting to be unlocked. Robbie accesses this link by physical contact (a punch, jumping in front of a bus). Over the years, he has grown to the point that he can blink hard and activate it if he chooses, or he can hold it back when someone punches him so he doesn't change, and blow his identity.

Kinetic Body

When his link is activated, Robbie's body is converted to pure kinetic energy. What this means, in effect, is that he's REALLY hard to hurt. His body grows a bit taller, and MUCH buffer. His costume is also what his mind wants it to be at the time, giving him a potential wardrobe bigger than Wasp's if he wants it. In Kinetic Form, he has immunities listed below in their own section. When he is struck in this form, the energy is absorbed and redirected in a few different ways. If it's more than he can take and not move (standard levels of punch. He can 'not move) for up to 500 pounds) then it is absorbed and saved up. If it is beyond that, 500 is saved and added to a pool of energy. The rest is redirected into movement (explained in Bounce below). Also, in Speedball form, his body is surrounded by multicolored 'bubbles' of energy.

Kinetic Blast

Saved kinetic energy can build indefinitely within his body (up to a maximum of 100 tons in VERY energetic circumstances) and be released. This stored energy only lasts as long as he is in Speedball form. If he converts back to Robbie, he loses all stored energy. The kinetic blasts can be focussed in the form of a punch, a full body bounce, or even just a pure blast of energy from his body. On average, he releases the energy in 1-20 ton bursts (gauged for the target). And he can (unless he's totally filled with 50 tons or more) adjust the level of energy he releases. The only time he has done larger bursts have been when he's been trapped in something and unable to escape (such as Terrax knocking him into a pipe in the ground. He was moving so fast he couldn't angle himself out to focus. When he did come out, he hit Terrax harder than he had been hit before).

Bounce

Speedball's primary movement is Bouncing. When he is moving on purpose, he redirects absorbed energy from impact into a reverse movement to send him bouncing in the direction he wants. He still absorbs some, but there's a lot more than people realizing in a long fall. When bouncing, he can hit speeds of up to 300 mph on his own steam and still control. However, there have been instances where someone hit him hard enough to send him flying harder than he can control. However, with a few minutes time, he can redirect himself and turn himself back at them. (As shown when Gideon knocked him with a ten mile punch. He returned and countered the attack with double the impact). If he lands at 5 mph, his next bounce will be ten. When he lands at ten, the next will be 20. Incremental effects.

Immunities

Physical/Kinetic Damage. (This includes punches, cuts, gunshots, fire, wind, water blasts…) When in Speedball form, he has no need to eat or breathe as well. Despite the heavy immunities, A basic electric shock will affect him just like anyone else, as will magic, or anything that is not kinetic in basis.

Mental

Speedball is immune to telepathy. His mind cannot be read, his memories cannot be altered, his mind cannot be erased. He can still be mind blasted and hurt or knocked unconscious.

Quotes

• "I said it!"

Trivia

• Amazing thing!
• Amazing thing!
• Amazing thing!
• Amazing thing!

Gallery