Terrence "Trey" Braydon was a decent kid growing up. He loved his mom and his older sister. He tried his best in school and got a scholarship to the city college; but things just didn't work out. He was 14 when he got into the gang scene. He was smart, athletic, and a "good" guy, he treated his friends well. It was easy for a VIPER recruiter to impress him with the money and the prestige and the comraderie of VIPER. He bought into it for a while. His time with VIPER wasn't bad. He enjoyed hanging with the other agents, the nest leader treated his men well. It wasn't until Trey balked at the assassination of a local politician and his family that his days in VIPER were anything but good. Feeling uneasy with the idea of gunning down a man's family; Trey went to his nest leader. He figured he might get reassigned to guard duty or something, but apparently it was the last sign his leader needed that Trey wasn't "VIPER Material" after all. Trey was assured he'd be placed on the auxilery guard for that mission and went back to his barracks. WIthout a care in the world he went to sleep. He awoke later, strapped to a table with the piercingly cold eyes of Dr. Moreau gazing at him. "Apparently, you didn't work out" The Dr. said with a trace of a grin on his thin lips. Trey tried to scream, but he had been gagged. He became aware of a numbness throughout his body. He frantically looked around for anything that would tell him this was a horrible nightmare or terrifying prank. "I have used a mutated series of glands from bioelectric producing animals, such as eels. The cells have more or less been accepted by your body and your health hasn't significantly suffered. I am planning to study your body's ability to absorb the electrical current. Perhaps these will allow me to create a superbeing capable of controlling and emiting powerful electrical current. You however, will simply be overloaded and fried. Its too bad you didn't work out. Without another word Dr Moreau flipped the switch. Trey was in agony. He couldn't even scream. For 45 seconds the pain was overwhelming. Then it began to quickly ebb. The modified cells were protecting him. The powerlevel increased and he felt pain again. Soon this too subsided. For the next eleven minutes he alternated between pain and relief. He was dimly aware of the hum of the equipment and the occasional crackle of energy. Dr. Moreau was impressed; the cells were absorbing and overcoming the charge. He had already surpassed the current of a lightning strike. His equipment was actually being pushed to the limit. Perhaps this subject would survive. How would he explain that? At the highest level, the young man's body seemed to be readily copping with the output until suddenly a bright light flashed and the equipment was destroyed. The table and its contents had become no more than a pile of ash. Moreau sighed with relief and called for a cleaning crew. Trey didn't die ofcourse. The surge of power apparently subconsciously made his desire of escape possible and he transported out in a backlash of energy. He was shot along powerlines and eventually found himself naked near a nearby hydro electrical plant. The experiment indeed granted him superhuman powers and he quickly put them to use robbing a few stores to clothe and feed himself. He settled into the life of a mid-card supervillain, working for various bosses and organizations (but never VIPER) under the name Conductor. He was caught and jailed a few times but often escaped or was released so he could work with yet another burgeoning criminal mastermind. After a few years he simply stopped getting sprung. He sat in Stronghold for almost two years before he worked up the courage to write his mother. She never replied to his letters, but he wrote her weekly. He aslo spent time with Dr. Price discussing his criminal career. He'd never really thought about why he never tried to do anything else. After a third year in Stronghold he got a visit from his mom and sister. It was a tearful reunion; his mother, dying from cancer, wanted to see him again before she died. They spent all afternoon together in a room provided by Dr. Wildman. After that day, Trey became a model prisoner. He and his mother corresponded up until her death in 2003. Then he wrote to his sister. When John Robertson sought villains who might want a second chance at life; who might be convinced to use their talents for the good of America and not their own selfish desires, Cunductor was the first name on the list. Trey Braydon is gone. William Bettis, aka Gigawatt, is a young man trying to find his way into the world. He still writes his sister. He's visited his mother's grave and he's begun correspondance classes in computer programming. He is unsure if he will remain Gigawatt after his sentence is completed. He's grown tired of the super powered game. But for now, he simply wants to be the man his mother always wanted him to be. Gigawatt is a serious young man now. He had always gone with the flow. He had never really questioned his life, always taking the easy way out. But that's all behind him now. Its not about the easy way. Its not about the money. Its about living the right way. He has quickly become the second in command of Operation: Justice, he trains hard, and he has the trust of his team and leader. "Don't you get it? Can't you see the bigger picture? There is an entire world out there! Stop thinking only of yourself!" Gigawatt is a living electrical generator. He can absorb, and emit electrical current in a variety of ways. While he was once simply a blaster, he has become alot more creative in his use of this powers since he began studying computers and electronics. He has lower end defenses so he tends to keep his distance. He does have a few surprises for anyone who assumes he's toast in a hand to hand situation. Trying hard to reform and become a normal man. At this point in his heroic career, Gigawatt simply wants out of the tights game. As he begins to appreciate the need for superheroes and understand that he can do great acts of good, he will warm up to the idea more. If you want to run him as Conductor simply eliminate the last three slots in his Multipower, drop the pool to 60 pts and eliminate the Operation:Justice Comlink Pendant. Gigawatt, in his costume is a well built African-American with brown eyes that glow electric blue when he uses his powers. He wears a pale blue bodysuit with golden lightning bolts on his chest, arms and legs. His boots and gloves are white. He wears a blue head piece that doesn't cover his face but large opaque golden goggles keep his identity safe. If you want his Conductor costume, it was a black body suit with copper colored lightning bolt on the chest and a full face mask. His boots and guantlets were also copper colored. William Bettis dresses in casual, off the rack clothing.

Dr.Moreau had seen the appearance of Conductor as too great of a coincidence and kept a file on him. He also noticed when Conductor disappeared from Stronghold (thought this isn't common knowledge) and the appearance of Gigawatt.