Thaddeus McIntyre was a member of the British Royal Armed Forces. A lieutenant in the machinists, he was noted for his impeccable upkeep of all hardware under his command. His mutant cyberkinetic powers were discovered during testing for a new missile system. Bright and a natural inventor, he was placed in the secret program "Operation SEIGE engine". The mechanized battle platform was a project that had been criticized for being more of a "flight of fancy" rather than a reliable military solution. Lt. McIntyre and his fellow technicians loved the idea of manned combat robots, but resources were tight and they were considered the "ugly stepchild" to more respectable R&D projects. However, thanks to Thaddeus' gifts, they made breakthrough after breakthrough. The prototype, controlled remotely via a cyber-helmet, was finished three years after Thaddeus had joined the project. The tests went remarkably; even when someone other than Thaddeus was at the helm. When Eurostar unleashed an assault on London, SEIGE was deployed. Initially, he did quite well, but Eurostar had actually been a diversion. A traitorous agent in the RAF, loyal to VIPER had leaked info to the supervillains about a transport of several billion dollars worth of national security information, to a new secure sight. While Eurostar tore up London battling independent supers, three squads of VIPER agents kept the New Knights occupied. The agent then set explosives around the SEIGE control center. The SEIGE Engine was determined by VIPER Europe to be a true security risk and its destruction paramount. Knowing that the entire staff was at the control center this seemed to be a brilliant idea to eliminate it. The VIPER mission was a success. The control center went up in a brilliant fireball and all the scientists, and the details of the project were destroyed. All save for McIntyre. His body died in the explosion, but somehow his consciousness was shunted to the SEIGE unit. Momentarily stunned, he recovered and aided in the battle once more. After a brief investigation on his part confirmed the tragedy, Thaddeus reported to his superiors what had happened. He was ordered to remain with the neophyte heroes who had bravely managed to occupy Eurostar and keep London from being destroyed. He was also under orders not to reveal that he was a human spirit trapped in the robot. He still makes reports to his superiors on a monthly basis. Thaddeus is surprisingly well adjusted considering his body is destroyed and he's stuck in a robot. He's never been one to complain about is lot in life and seems determined not to let this bother him. He has spoken occasionally with Sci-Fi on the feasibility of cloning a body from a deceased individual, but she believes he is an artificial intelligence desiring to be human, and has only given it a little thought. Thaddeus is taken with the genius from the future and he spends as much time in her company as possible. Aside from his lost humanity, Thaddeus is quite happy. He knows he should have died outright, so a quasi life is better than no life. He enjoys being a superhero and battling the forces of evil. "This should build a fire 'neath you!" A walking weapons platform with a dash of wannabe Knight in shining armor thrown in. SEIGE tends to start battles from foreground, being the team tank. It’s actually a bit of inefficient use of his tremendous ranged weapons suite, but he knows that the others aren't nearly as durable as he. When he closes for hand to hand, his weapons of choice are the plasma saber and his fists. He will hop back and use his ranged attacks if the situation calls for a retreat and he needs to cover his comrades. Coming in at almost 1000 pts, SEIGE is a beast. If you'd like to cut him down to size a bit; turn his Left and Right arm weapons systems into one multipower thus robbing him of the multi-attack options you could also get rid of his Blaster Rifle and lower his STR to 50 and DEF to 25-30. If you want him to be even more powerful, increase his STR to 75, and give him more mobility options, Running, Leaping, Megascaled Flight, etc. A thirteen foot tall humanoid robot; gun metal gray with blue armor plating on the chest, midrif, shoulders, forearms, "Guantlets", "Boots" and "Trunks". The head is squared off with a "T" shaped optics. There is no visible ears or mouth. McIntyre was a 6 foot tall, reasonably athletic looking young man in his early twenties. He had red-blonde hair and blue eyes.