Ranger wrote on Jun 10
th, 2012 at 5:29pm:
Thunderbolt wrote on Jun 10
th, 2012 at 11:17am:
Also, Shawn West / Thunderbolt is age 21, he is NOT in high-school nor a teenager... his sister is. Shawn already graduated. He'd like to go to college.. but its just too expensive. So he works as a mechanic for a living. Was working as a mechanic and a amateur Motocross racer, when he gained his powers.
Actually Rog, I was thinking Shawn might want to take classes in Mechanical Engineering and Design. Right now he has the skill and knowledge of a garage mechanic.
Definitely cool and more than I'll ever know about my car, but if you want to "Invent" anything to add to your arsenal your character probably will need a stronger science knowledge. I know Dom's been pretty liberal with how you apply Lightning Control, but a background knowledge in Computer Science or Satellitte Communications could go a far way ... maybe.
Really just random thoughts
You are thinking the same way I am on that... Shawn would LOVE to go to school for a mechanical engineering degree with a secondary in electronics and computer technologies!
Hence why I'm wanting TB to pick up a new skill in electronics. Computers would be next. But I know how expensive college would be and I'm pretty sure TB could not afford it. Well... the truth is TB could steal it from criminals.. but he has a moral issue with that. Yes he has done that in the past to some extent but ... he feels its a slippery slope of 'rationalization' that he does not want to start down.
Lightning Control or as dom has changed the name "Electrical Control" allows one to control machines.. it does not state one has to have any real knowledge of how machines work to do this... but I'd really like TB to be able to actually know what he's doing when he controls electrical devices... which covers computers as well.
It is quite the temptation Shawn has to refuse everyday as he could easily shut off a security camera and just empty ATM's all over Empire city and never have to worry about cash ever again. Which is why he does not want to get use to using the criminal money he 'recovers' for his own selfish needs or wants... its a slippery slope of rationalizing that his needs are greater than the law or honesty.
I expect he still has a lot of the money he recovers unsure what to do with it and unwilling to just spend it for fear of corrupting his principles.
Though I do expect random poor or just needy people all over Empire city occasionally find a pack of cash that somehow found its way to them... how 'lucky' for them!
'justice like lightning...'