Sunday, February 23, 2020

Character analysis:War machine


Background


Name: James “Rhodey” Rhodes, The War Machine

Age: 40’s-ish?

Height: 6’1” (6’6” In Armor)

Weight: 240lbs (470lbs In Armor)

Born in Philadelphia to a poor family, James Rhodes always wanted to make something of himself, claiming to have never been “the brightest child” James would discover he was adept at using and manipulating machinery, joining the army as soon as he could he would become an officer and pilot where he would fight the good fight in any way he could. On one mission his helicopter had been shot down and while attempting to repair it he would meet Tony Stark, Tony would be running low on power and requested Rhodes assistance to charge his suit back up and escape enemy territory. After an adventure and a half Tony offered James a job as his personal pilot, once his tour of service had concluded he took the job and over time became Starks closest friend and confidant.

Later down the line, when Tony was struggling with alcoholism and with few other options, Rhodes done Starks current Iron Man armor to protect his now helpless friend. After some initial struggles Rhodes was able to take to piloting the suit and for a time took over for Tony as Iron Man while Tony battled his demons.

Long story short while Tony would eventually return to his role as Iron Man, he gifted Rhodes with his own suit of armor, christening him as “War Machine” Rhodes would become an individual hero in his own right.

He’s also died and been turned into a cyborg, but he got better both times.

Skills:

Rhodes was a member of the US Armed Forces as an Aircraft Pilot and studied aviation engineering where he excelled. He was trained in small arms and unarmed combat and as a result uses a more physical and direct style of combat then his friend Tony.

James has been a member of a lot of organizations and super hero teams including SHIELD, The Avengers, the West Coast Avengers , Secret Defenders, Iron Legion, and dozens of military branches among many others and has gained a large amount of experience both working on his own and in groups.

James is also a skilled businessman having had to take over for Tony on several occasions.

Suits

Ironman model 11/JRXL-1000/Iron Man armor 2.0/iron patriot

Built by Iron Man for James use, the more simply called War Machine suit is a specialized version of the typical standard Iron Man suits. While Tony makes use of more energy based weapons and focuses more on tactics and maneuverability, the War Machine Suit is designed to make use of pure, raw, fire power. While outfitted with Repulsor rays and the Unibeam seen on other Iron suits, James uses them sparingly, more likely to use the large armory houses within.

Just about any conventional weapon you can think of is stored within his suit. From Machine Guns, Gatling Guns, Laser blasts, EMP generation, plasma blades, flamethrowers, tasers, sleeping gas, particle beams, sonic generators, a self destruct, energy drain abilities and just about every type of missile you can possibly think of.

The suit is created out a combination of Titanium and Wakandan Vibranium making it incredibly durable and features several on board computers and scanning devices’ that can be used to scan areas and opponents to deduce important information or weak points. As well as life support

Some later suits like the ironman 2.0 and iron patriot also house a stealth system to turn invisible and become intangible.


Weapons

Guns/gatling guns/missiles,ect

Repulsors


Unibeam

Lasers

Tasers

Saw blades/buzz saws

Fire /blow torch


Equipment/Abilities

Flight

Communicator

scanners/targeting

Holograms projection

Energy drain

Scanner invisibility

Cameleon mode(2.0/patriot)

Ghost mode(2.0/patriot)

EMP

Sleeping gas

Life support

Self destruct

Feats

Strength

Speed

Endurance

Scaling

(The War Machine suit was built by Tony Stark and is upgraded and maintained by him, as Tony is not the type to outfit his friends with lackluster tools, it’s very safe to say that when it comes to pure stats such as strength, speed, and durability, anything Tony has been shown to be able to do outside his more outlandish or alien suits, James should realistically be able to replicate.

Skill/experience

- With no prior experience on how to use Iron Man’s suit, he dons it for the first time and defeats the super villain Magma. https://readcomiconline.to/Comic/Iron-Man-1968/Issue-170?id=19386#3

- During his first solo tenure as Iron Man he fought off Magma, Termite, Thunderball, Radioactive Man, Firebrand, and the Mandarin without any training. https://readcomiconline.to/Comic/Iron-Man-1968/Issue-192?id=19417#13

Weaknesses

Put simply, James has been through a LOT and he suffers from some seriously severe PTSD after many years of fighting both in and out of the suit, this is an addition to his frankly massive guilt complex and feelings of not being “worthy” of the armor he uses. Luckily these don’t show up in battle often but they can be a huge problem for him when they do.
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