Sixty Watt
From Unofficial Handbook of the Virtue Universe
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| Friggin Awesome | |
| Sixty Watt | |
| Player: @SixtyWatt | |
| Origin: | Magic |
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| Archetype: | Blaster |
| Security Level: | 41 |
| Personal Data | |
| Real Name: | Patrick Cassidy |
| Known Aliases: | Sixswa, Translucent |
| Species: | Human |
| Age: | 25 |
| Height: | 6'0" |
| Weight: | 172 lbs. |
| Eye Color: | blue |
| Hair Color: | brown |
| Biographical Data | |
| Nationality: | U.S. citizen |
| Occupation: | Hero |
| Place of Birth: | Delaney, Massachusetts |
| Base of Operations: | Boston, Massachusetts (currenly Paragon) |
| Marital Status: | Single |
| Known Relatives: | James Cassidy (brother), Joseph Cassidy (father), Candice Cassidy (mother) |
| Known Powers | |
| Control over the electron. Electrical blasts, EMP, Magnetics, teleportation. | |
| Known Abilities | |
| Master of Everything. (self proclaimed) | |
| Equipment | |
| n/a | |
| Friggin Awesome. | |
He’s brash. He’s sarcastic. He’s handsome. (?)
Sixty Watt isn’t selflessly helping little old ladies across the street. You won’t find him brooding on some dark rooftop. He’s not an alien, a vampire, or the son of a god. He’s not rich beyond his wildest dreams, and he’s not an angst-filled teenager just struggling to get by. His family wasn't killed, nor is his past shrouded in mystery. He’s a twenty-five year old kid with a completely normal upbringing who obtained super powers.
But he’s damn fun.
Affiliations
Other than a few very short-term girlfriends, Sixty Watt has not had any major affiliations since arriving in Paragon City. Sixty’s smart ass nature doesn’t lend itself well to most super groups. He did found his own super group, “Sixty Watt is FRIGGIN awesome.” This was done for three chief reasons: (1) To tell girls he was leader of his own super group, (2) So other super groups would stop asking him to join, and (3) He is…friggin awesome.
As far as friends go...Patrick Cassidy has several non-super friends in his "real" life, although he tends to keep that seperate from his hero persona. As Sixty Watt, he has a few heroes he generally respects. There's the two he refers to as "America's Favorite Couple," Kat Kisses and Thag Zhug. He has a pseudo-friendship with the robot Templar-02, although her systems often dont process his humor.
Sixty Watt has a strange relationship with the villian known as Vertigo judy. Although seemingly messed-up in the head and capable of vile acts, she's damn hot. He's never sure if he wants to lure her into bed or slap her in a pair of handcuffs. Maybe both?
Personality
Sixty Watt isn’t your grandfather’s boy scout hero. He is very intelligent, but instead of using that intelligence to solve mysteries and the like, he mainly uses it to make jokes. He’s quite the smart ass, which often puts him at odds with his fellow do-gooders. He often comes off as extremely cocky, although it’s unclear how much of that is in jest and how much he actually buys into. He's got a healthy dose of charisma and can be very charming.
Sixty Watt, as a perpetual swinging bachelor, fancies himself quite the ladies man. As a fairly attractive young man with the ability to shoot electrical beams, he intends to use both those traits to his full advantage when it comes to dating. Although it’s suspected that deep down he’s quite the hopeless romantic, the outer shell is clearly just looking to get laid.
The Wattster has a drinking problem. No way around it. Perpetuating the Irish stereotype, he can be found spending much of his free time in Pocket D with a beer in hand.
Although his exterior is a brash, cocky, alcoholic, womanizing smart-ass…there have been glimpse off what lays underneath the surface. Sixty Watt has shown extreme traits of compassion on rare occasion, although he wouldn’t want ANYONE to know. Ever. If asked why he became a hero he’ll likely give an answer that has to do with getting laid or looking good in spandex, but deep down…he wants to help people. Don’t tell anybody.
Powers
Sixty Watt has the ability to manipulate electrons. In most cases this involves him emitting electrical charges from his body, both in a projectile at someone at a distance, or with direct contact (ie, a fist to a stomach). He’s used this ability for everything from fighting bad guys, to starting a dead car battery, and even as a make-shift defibrillator.
He also can admit a wave of Electromagnetic Pulse, shorting out all electrical devices within a mile or so radius. This comes in handy when disrupting communications or knocking the lights out for stealth. He’s become quite quick at taking out cell phones or comm devices before one can radio for help.
Due to the relationship between electricity and magnetism, Sixty Watt has discovered a small amount of control over the magnetic force. He can’t throw cars at will or anything; however, he has been able to move metal objects of moderate size. The can pull or repel a medium sized television to him or away from him with concentration. This might not seem like much, but it comes in real handy when he’s trying not to get shot.
Finally, control over electrons has resulted in him being able to dematerialize his very molecules at one point and rematerialize them at another. He’s become quite adept at teleportation.
Abilities
He is no master of judo or anything, but he can hold his own in a fist fight, thanks to various previous pub brawls. He’s good at charming people to get what he wants. He’s a very skilled poker player. Also, the man can cook a mean steak.
…and unbelievable sexual prowess, of course. Or so he claims.
Weaknesses and Limitations
As a normal human, Sixty Watt is susceptible to all normal types of harm. He can be shot, punched, killed, etc. He has a HUGE weakness to a pretty face, it’s the sure fire way to manipulate him. He is also deathly afraid of heights.
Sixty Watt’s powers have two major weaknesses: water and alcohol. If Sixty Watt is drenched from head to toe, he might as well stay home that day. Any attempt at electrical discharge will just result in him shocking himself. As far as alcohol goes…let’s just say being really drunk results in some “performance issues” for his powers. It’s a sensitive subject.
Equipment
In his belt, he carries several items when he's "on the job." They include, but are not limited to:
- His cell phone. His ring tone is "Tainted Love" by Soft Cell.
- His iPod. During lull periods in hero work and Pocket D, Sixty has been known to belt out a few tunes.
- Sunglasses.
- A spare mask.
- A flask full of whatever type of alcohol suits him that day. This was a gift from Templar-02 one day in Pocket D.
Character History
I’m Shippin’ Off to Boston
Patrick Cassidy was born in the relatively small western Massachusetts town of Delaney in July of 1982. He was the younger of two boys, born to Joseph and Candice Cassidy. His childhood was pretty average, he played little league, went to school dances, had a part-time job. Although a bright kid, Patrick never applied himself to school work, and excelled at being an extremely average student.
Upon his graduation from DHS in 2000, Cassidy rejected his parent’s ideas about college. Instead, against their wishes, he moved east to Boston. At eighteen years old he moved into a dingy two bedroom apartment in a Boston suburb with a high school friend, Michael McMahon. He had a job as a line cook at a fairly upscale Boston restaurant, and spent his free evenings getting drunk in Boston’s many pubs. He even got a steady girlfriend, Stacey Blue. Life was okay for Patrick Cassidy.
A Bloody War on the Boardwalk
On May 23, 2002, everything changed. From his apartment in Boston, Cassidy watched CNN as the Rikti invasion poured into Paragon. Considering the Rikti were targeting various other highly populated cities, there was a fear that Boston would be next. Cassidy, his roommate, and his girlfriend fled Boston and headed west to stay with his parents in Delaney. They stayed there for a week before it became apparent that unlike Paragon and New York, Boston was not a high priority Rikti target.
They returned home, and resumed as normal lives as they could. Images still poured in from the heroes’ battle with the alien invaders in Rhode Island. Finally, Stacey decided she couldn’t just watch anymore. She joined up with the Peace Corp, and volunteered to be stationed in Paragon. She would be provided food and emergency supplies to both the heroes and few remaining citizens of Paragon.
Cassidy begged her not to go, Stacey begged him to come. In the end, they parted ways, literally and figuratively. Stacy was disappointed in Patrick’s lack of compassion and Patrick thought she was being idiotic. Stacey went off to Paragon and was dead four weeks later. To this day his chickening out haunts Cassidy, and is deep down is one of the secret reasons he became a hero.
My Town is Big and My Town is Bright. My Town can Work and My Town Can Fight
It wasn’t any lingering memory of Stacey that brought Cassidy to Paragon in 2007.
It was Faultline.
The Paragon higher ups were banking on the newly revamped Overbrook on being an economic success. One of the businesses that moved in to New Overbrook was Bianco's, another branch of the highly successful restaurant that Cassidy worked for in Boston. Wanting an already experienced and highly trained staff to make the place a success, they offered Patrick a hefty sum to relocate. Although reluctant at first, he finally decided the extra money was worth it.
Bianco’s was a hit, not only with the Paragon citizens but also the hero crowd. It was not uncommon for a several masked superheroes to stop in between patrols. As a result, Cassidy began spending a lot of time around the heroes. He began to notice just how cool they were.
The media was in LOVE with heroes. They were, in all aspects, the new rock stars. Rock stars that saved people! Cassidy began to seriously fall in love with the super hero lifestyle. He even began doodling sketches of himself as Break-Man. He had a cape and everything. Of course, these were just dreams. Until HE came along.
There Was No Blasted Cure
Noht. A strange looking guy, to be sure, but no stranger than any of the other brightly colored spandex wearing people who routinely walked through the door. He sat down, ordered a steak, and when he was finished he requested to speak to the cook personally.
The cook was Cassidy. He made his way out to the table, expecting a compliment and a tip. Instead, Noht told him to sit and begin to launch into a tirade about Cassidy’s wasted potential. He said he could tell instantly about people, it was a gift. He told Patrick his entire life had been a waste of what he was truly capable off. He admitted to a completely clueless Cassidy that this didn’t make much sense now, but it would later. All he asked was that Patrick shook his hand.
So he did. Patrick didn’t know it, but that handshake was all the contact Noht needed to use his power of molecular rearrangement. Noht was giving him a gift. After the handshake, Noht merely stood up, looked Cassidy in the eye and said, “Someday, I will ask for payback. Just remember that.” He then left.
Other than a stomach ache, Cassidy didn’t feel any different and was completely puzzled by the whole affair. He finished his shift and was in the middle of closing the place when The Lost struck!
A mutate brawler and three scrounger choppers burst through the front glass, screaming incoherently. They began rounding up the staff, Patrick included, and dragging them out to the sewers. They screamed for help, but the Lost were quick and powerful, mumbling about the “coming storm.”
They were being dragged through the sewers when one of the workers, a young dishwasher, managed to break free. He was running away when one of the Choppers drew a gun and shot the boy in the back. He fell to the ground and wasn’t moving.
Seeing the young kid mowed down, something snapped inside Patrick Cassidy. He felt a rage bubble up inside him. Suddenly, his body began to crackle with electrical current. There was a bright flash. When the dust settled, all the Lost were…well, gone. Overbrook had lost nearly all of his power.
But Paragon had a new hero.
I’m Part of the War, I’m Gonna Do It Right!
Sixty Watt had the keys to the superhero kingdom. Although he wasn’t sure how or why Noht had given him his newfound electrical powers, he knew exactly what he was going to do with them. Donning the tights, and taking to the streets, Sixty Watt was determined to make a name for himself among the capes of Paragon. Outwardly, he was thinking about the fame. As Sixty Watt, he could see his name on the news, his pictures in magazines, and not to mention the women. He had access to Pocket D, the most exclusive night club in the entire world. (In several worlds, actually.) Inwardly, the memory of his late ex-girlfriend’s sacrifice still haunted him.
Everyone Hates the Hollows
Several months into his hero career, Sixty Watt was approached by a young man who called himself Goggles. Goggles, it seemed, had his own powers…unfortunately, the power to see great distances wasn’t a big help when it came to fighting the bad guys. As a result, the skinny kid with glasses wasn’t much of a crime fighter. He approached Sixty Watt with a wad of cash and asked him a favor…it seems Goggles’ grandparents estate had been one of the buildings that had fallen victim to the Hollowing. Somewhere in that mess were a few very personal items…as well as a priceless painting. If Sixty Watt could journey into The Hollows and get back the personal items, he could keep the extremely expensive picture.
The Wattster had dollar signs in his eyes as he accepted the task. Following Goggle’s directions, he ventured deep into the Hollows. Finding the old estate, he hadn’t counted on it being home to some extremely powerful Trolls. A group of eight Trolls descended on Sixty Watt before he could do much about it, and proceeded to beat him senseless.
When he awoke, he was being herded like cattle somewhere deep under the Hollows. Chained to other human beings, the Trolls were using them as slaves to expand their tunnels. Sixty Watt spent two days under the watchful eye of the Trolls, who apparently were unaware of his powers (nobody claimed they were the brightest). Finally, he had the moment he had been waiting for, and he struck. Taking down the two closest guards, he was able to teleport himself quickly to a nearby entrance. He managed to send up a lightning bolt bright enough to get the attention of Wincott’s Troll Task Force. Although the Trolls rushed on Sixty Watt in great numbers, a large group of heroes responded to the signal and fought them off. After freeing the slaves, Sixty Watt was named an honorary Troll Task Force member. He even managed to get Goggle his belongings back…although he never did find that painting.
Freaks, Females, and Faultline
Although a full time hero, Sixty Watt would still don the civies and work as a cook at Bianca's on occasion out of loyalty. The place has recovered nicely from the Lost attack months before. Sadly, on one particular Thursday afternoon, the Italian restaurant was targeted for the event known as "The Freaklympics." As members of the Freakshow trashed the place, Cassidy did a quick and very Superman-esque change into Sixty Watt. He fought off the freaks, but not before finding out that the other businesses in Overbrook were also targets.
Teleporting quickly, Sixty Watt went from business to business, fighting off Freakshow the whole way. He was quickly joined by another who was trying to stop the rampage, the heroine known as Fusionette. The two clicked instantly, and quickly turned their stomping of Freakshow into a game of their own, one they affectionately called "The Fusionwattlympics."
What happened after the Fusionwattlympics isn't known for sure, but Sixty Watt has made numerous references in the past to giving her the "gold medal." Ahem. Neither Fusionette nor Jim Temblor have chosen to comment.
She'd Do Anything for the Lime Light
Goggles once again sprang his chicken-like little head up. He and Sixty Watt had become something slightly resembling friends, playing poker every other Sunday. He had some inside news he'd found while hacking on the internet: Pamela Madison was going to do a photo shoot in Paragon.
Pamela Madison was the rich, young, very hot heiress to the Madison fortune. Sixty Watt had a few posters of her on his wall. Needless to say, he was excited. The photo shoot was going down on a remote island in the bay of Talos. Sixty and Goggles found themselves a nice spot on a rock a good distance form the island, and with Sixty using actual goggles and Goggles himself using his enhanced sight, they watched the photo shoot unfold.
In one of those wacky superhero moments, the Sky Raiders decided to crash the photo shoot. Bombarding the island with their Sky Skiffs, the sent the crew scattering. Although their was a small security force, the Raiders outnumbered them greatly. It soon became obvious their goal was to kidnap Ms. Madison.
Sixty Watt seized the chance. Teleporting over to the small rock, he made quite the show of fighting off the Sky Raiders. Too much of a show, in fact. He was soon in over his head, and surrounded by a group of angry gun wielding madmen. It seemed grim...when suddenly, the raiders began to burst into flames! Pamela, the scantly clad damsel Sixty Watt has showed up to save was now lighting the raiders on fire with her mind!
Sixty and Pamela shared a "no way!" moment before going to work. Zapping and frying the raiders into nothing, they soon cleared the island out.
Forty Years Later...
At some point in the future, it's unclear when or why, Sixty Watt will become Mender Watt.
Trivia
See also: Bullrope
Sixty is of Irish decent, with a smidge of French Canadian.
He is a big fan of playing cards. He plans to enter into the 2008 World Series of Poker.
While in regular clothes, can usually been seen wearing his trademark Notre Dame baseball cap. It is green with a large shamrock on the front.
Sixty Watt was given his powers by Noht, a process to he still doesn't fully understand. When registering as a hero, he told them he was of Magic origin. Two reasons for this: (1.) It could have been magic for all he knew, (2.) He thought Azuria was hot. Upon finding out she was a little spacey...he thought she was even hotter.
Inspiration for Sixty Watt came from a few sources. Spider-Man and The Flash for their sense of humor. The alcoholism, closed-off emotional nature but really a decent guy way down underneath was drawn from the character Dr. Cox on Scrubs. Most of the physical traits are merely based on his creator.
As much as the creator of Sixty Watt is NOT a fan of the band, the Nickelback song “Rock Star” helped inspire Sixty Watt’s motivation for becoming a super hero.
Sixty Watt was originally meant to be named "Blackout." This had a double meaning - his electrical powers causing a blackout, and him drinking himself into darkness. Of course, that name was taken. Shock. So it became Sixty Watt instead. For this reason, the Dropkick Murphys' song "Gonna Be a Blackout Tonight" is his unofficial theme song.
