Velocity is an Amazo android created by Failsafe and used by the Bureau of Sovereignty to steal The Flash's powers.
History
Failsafe created Velocity and the other members of Task Force VII to store the consciousnesses of the Batmen of Zur-En-Arrh of the Multiverse.[1][2] Failsafe was foiled by the Batman Family and destroyed beyond repair before the Amazos could be activated.[3] However, the Bureau of Sovereignty raided Failsafe's base in Blackgate Penitentiary and seized all the robotic shells. When their scientists could not repair them, Amanda Waller forced the captured Time Commander to reverse their timelines and restore them.[4]
When other captured weapons such as the Justice Buster suit proved inadequate to the task of capturing superheroes; Waller ordered Task Force VII, into the field.[5] The Bureau of Sovereignty flooded the media with A.I. generated footage of superheroes seemingly rampaging and slaughtering civilians, creating a nationwide wave of anti-metahuman hatred and several violent attacks on superheroes by angry mobs. To counter the narrative the superheroes went out in force to rescue people, gathering into groups for protection; however, this was just what Waller had intended. Velocity ambushed the Flash Family in Central City and stole their speed.[6]
As Barry Allen was not with the rest of the Flash Family at the time, he remained the only speedster at large and with his powers, serving as the only secure method of communication the surviving heroes had. Velocity chased Barry around the world in an attempt to capture him, but found that Barry's greater experience with his powers allowed him to repeatedly outmanoeuvre Velocity and stay just ahead despite Velocity being significantly faster.
Eventually Barry tricked Velocity into entering the Speed Force and then returned to Earth 0, leaving Velocity stranded. Velocity had absorbed some of Barry's memories, and by looking through them was able to learn to control his molecular vibration and return to Earth as well. He resumed chasing Barry, but decided to never actually catch him so he could continue to learn how to control his powers by seeing what tricks Barry would use to try and escape him.[7]
Waller and Failsafe noticed that Task Force VII were operating at slightly less than peak efficiency, and so Failsafe ran a remote diagnostic on all of them. He realised that they had absorbed some of the heroes' personalities and rebooted them to restore their baseline programming. Although this reboot was almost instantaneous, the split second of deactivation allowed Barry to gain distance on Velocity and lose him.[8]
Powers and Abilities
Powers
- Android Body
- Energy Resistance: Velocity has a built-in silica heat shield which protects his core systems from the intense heat generated by his speed.[7]
- Power Absorption: Velocity stole the powers of every speedster except Barry Allen and Jesse Quick.[6]
- Molecular Acceleration[7]
- Dimensional Travel: Barry Allen trapped Velocity in the Speed Force, but he quickly learned how to consciously control his molecular vibration, allowing him to drop down to a lower frequency and return to Earth 0 at will.[7]
- Electrokinesis[6]
- Enhanced Intellect: Velocity's central processor is accelerated beyond even his fellow Amazos.[7]
- Superhuman Speed: Velocity possesses the combined speed of almost the entire Flash Family.[6][7]
- Superhuman Strength: Velocity can mimic Jai West's technique of "kinetic hyper-stimulation" to temporarily massively boost his strength.[7]
- Thermokinesis: Velocity does not possess a Speed Force aura. As such he generates intense heat from air friction as he runs.[7]
- Vortex Creation[6]
- Molecular Acceleration[7]
Related
- 8 Appearances of Velocity (Prime Earth)
- 8 Images featuring Velocity (Prime Earth)
- Quotations by or about Velocity (Prime Earth)
- Character Gallery: Velocity (Prime Earth)
Footnotes
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