Post by Tobey on Oct 30, 2006 12:38:24 GMT -5
Name: Sven Ahlström
Age: 53
Birthday: September 9, 1953
Gender: Male
Place of origin: New York, New York (parents were from Germany)
Lab: The Pit
Age at time of capture: Erm, he started working at the lab when he was 34.
Age at time of escape: He's still working at The Pit, and not really planning to leave any time soon. However, he may make a cameo appearance in the upcoming media plot . . .
Relationship status: Is looking for someone just about exactly like Christina, but twenty years older. It should be mentioned that he has been married before, but it didn't exactly work out.
Type of "experimentation" performed: He has a small computer chip implanted under the skin of his scalp. It amplifies his mental abilities in such a way that he can take control of the thought-controlled powers of most experiments. This power has limits, of course. He does not actually gain the powers himself; if he tries to control a shapeshifter, for instance, all he could do is make /them/ shapeshift; he could not shapeshift himself, unless the shapeshifter also had the ability to shapeshift other people. He cannot control any powers that the one who possesses the powers cannot control. Echo, for instance, would have total immunity to Sven's microchip-induced power; unless she was in the form of someone with controllable powers, in which case Sven could commandeer those powers at will, as normal. It should also be noted that his power only works on 'supernatural' abilities (ie, psychic, or pseudo-psychic abilities); experiments who only have extra limbs, or strange but still wholly physiological abilities, are immune. Adrian's voice-changing ability, and Joo-Ki's ability to glow would thus be safe from Sven (at least, if I have interpreted both of those abilities correctly, they would). Finally, Sven's power only works out to a range of about a hundred feet.
Physical description: Sven is a tall man, who looks a few years younger than he really is. He has a very commanding air to all his features, especially his coppery grey eyes. His white-grey hair matches his mustache and beard; his hair is cut to about two inches, and his facial hair to about a half an inch, just a little longer than stubble, but still looking good.
Personality: Sven is a control freak. He needs to always have the upper hand in any situation, and he works hard not to put himself in any sort of situation where he'll have a disadvantage. As such, he's a careful planner, not making a move until he's looked at everything that could possibly go wrong. He believes that normal human beings are 'too weak' and thinks that he can improve on their sorry condition through genetic engineering. The only reason he has not genetically improved himself is because he knows that the methods are still far from perfect. So he found a way to reap the benefits without the risk; his microchip. He believes that when the public finds out about experimentation, hostilities will erupt between normal people and the 'freaks.' Always prepared for the worst-case scenario, Sven trains his experiments like military troops, should there ever be a full-scale war. Of course, he's not 'good guy' enough that he would fight for experiments' rights. Oh no. He hopes to take full advantage of such a war when it comes, and use it to secure a powerful leadership position for himself.
History: Sven was interested in neurological enhancement ever since he found out it was theoretically possible in his college genetics class. An ambitious scientist, he was soon discovered by The Pit at age 34 and immediately hired. He worked on so-called "psuedo-psychics"; experiments who had thought-controlled powers that didn't fit into the realm of normal psychics; as well as a few more conventional psychic-powered experiments. Three experiments in particular (Stephan, Cathy, and Kyle) were his favorites.
Sven was one of the few scientists who stayed with The Pit after the fire. He helped with some of the work as it was being rebuilt, and, now that the reconstruction is finished, he's already managed to recapture a good number of his experiments, including Kyle, Cathy, and Stephan.
Age: 53
Birthday: September 9, 1953
Gender: Male
Place of origin: New York, New York (parents were from Germany)
Lab: The Pit
Age at time of capture: Erm, he started working at the lab when he was 34.
Age at time of escape: He's still working at The Pit, and not really planning to leave any time soon. However, he may make a cameo appearance in the upcoming media plot . . .
Relationship status: Is looking for someone just about exactly like Christina, but twenty years older. It should be mentioned that he has been married before, but it didn't exactly work out.
Type of "experimentation" performed: He has a small computer chip implanted under the skin of his scalp. It amplifies his mental abilities in such a way that he can take control of the thought-controlled powers of most experiments. This power has limits, of course. He does not actually gain the powers himself; if he tries to control a shapeshifter, for instance, all he could do is make /them/ shapeshift; he could not shapeshift himself, unless the shapeshifter also had the ability to shapeshift other people. He cannot control any powers that the one who possesses the powers cannot control. Echo, for instance, would have total immunity to Sven's microchip-induced power; unless she was in the form of someone with controllable powers, in which case Sven could commandeer those powers at will, as normal. It should also be noted that his power only works on 'supernatural' abilities (ie, psychic, or pseudo-psychic abilities); experiments who only have extra limbs, or strange but still wholly physiological abilities, are immune. Adrian's voice-changing ability, and Joo-Ki's ability to glow would thus be safe from Sven (at least, if I have interpreted both of those abilities correctly, they would). Finally, Sven's power only works out to a range of about a hundred feet.
Physical description: Sven is a tall man, who looks a few years younger than he really is. He has a very commanding air to all his features, especially his coppery grey eyes. His white-grey hair matches his mustache and beard; his hair is cut to about two inches, and his facial hair to about a half an inch, just a little longer than stubble, but still looking good.
Personality: Sven is a control freak. He needs to always have the upper hand in any situation, and he works hard not to put himself in any sort of situation where he'll have a disadvantage. As such, he's a careful planner, not making a move until he's looked at everything that could possibly go wrong. He believes that normal human beings are 'too weak' and thinks that he can improve on their sorry condition through genetic engineering. The only reason he has not genetically improved himself is because he knows that the methods are still far from perfect. So he found a way to reap the benefits without the risk; his microchip. He believes that when the public finds out about experimentation, hostilities will erupt between normal people and the 'freaks.' Always prepared for the worst-case scenario, Sven trains his experiments like military troops, should there ever be a full-scale war. Of course, he's not 'good guy' enough that he would fight for experiments' rights. Oh no. He hopes to take full advantage of such a war when it comes, and use it to secure a powerful leadership position for himself.
History: Sven was interested in neurological enhancement ever since he found out it was theoretically possible in his college genetics class. An ambitious scientist, he was soon discovered by The Pit at age 34 and immediately hired. He worked on so-called "psuedo-psychics"; experiments who had thought-controlled powers that didn't fit into the realm of normal psychics; as well as a few more conventional psychic-powered experiments. Three experiments in particular (Stephan, Cathy, and Kyle) were his favorites.
Sven was one of the few scientists who stayed with The Pit after the fire. He helped with some of the work as it was being rebuilt, and, now that the reconstruction is finished, he's already managed to recapture a good number of his experiments, including Kyle, Cathy, and Stephan.