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Rolando Texador is Tech-9, a middle aged lithe Hispanic man with artillery manifesting powers.
History
Powers and Abilities
Powers
- Bang Baby Physiology: Texador underwent an anatomical alternation during his war tour in Sadaqah which gave him his mutagenic abilities. Somehow, Tech-9 retains the unique proclivity to manifest conjured high-tech assault batteries out of thin air.[1]
- Equipment & Artillery Creation: Rolando seemingly possesses the ability to summon heavy munitions or protective armor/shielding to his hand at will. Having conjured heavy bombardment ordinance on top of high impact laser gunnery a time or two,[2] as well as manifesting riot shielding to defend against artillery assault from armed forces as well as metahuman attack.[3]
- Superhuman Durability: Tech-9 took a gunshot to his right side via stray bullet and seemed only winded but relatively unharmed all the same.[3]
Abilities
- Peak Human Condition: As a trained soldier, it was imperative that Tech-9 be in the best physical shape humanly possible.[1]
- Peak Human Strength
- Peak Human Speed
- Peak Human Agility
- Peak Human Stamina
- Peak Human Coordination
- Peak Human Reflexes
- Peak Human Durability
- Peak Human Balance
- Military Protocol[1]
- Weaponry
- Hand-to-Hand Combat (Advanced)
- Tactical Analysis[1]
- Multilingualism: Rolando Texador is fluent in some dialects. Such as Spanish & English amongst other certain tongues.[1]
Paraphernalia
Equipment
- Military Uniform
- Duffle Bag
Notes
- Tech-9 (Rolando Texador) was created by Dwayne McDuffie, Ivan Velez, Jr. and Trevor von Eeden, first appearing as part of Milestone Media in Blood Syndicate #1. However, in the rebooted Earth M continuity, his first appearance is in Blood Syndicate: Season One #1 by Geoffrey Thorne and Arianna Turturro.
Related
- 10 Appearances of Rolando Texador (Earth M)
- 12 Images featuring Rolando Texador (Earth M)
- 1 Quotations by or about Rolando Texador (Earth M)
- Character Gallery: Rolando Texador (Earth M)
Footnotes