Tech Jacket (Zack Thompson)

Tech Jacket
Name	Zack Thompson
Current Alias	Tech Jacket
Aliases	Zack Thompson
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Guardians of the Globe
Relatives	Ed Thompson (father)
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Height	5′ (1.52 m)9'
Weight	123 lbs (55.79 kg)
Eyes	Irises: Blue
Hair	Brown
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Earth
Living Status	Alive
Alignment	Good
Reality	Invincible
Place of Birth	United States of America
Personal Information
Identity	Secret
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Police Officer
Education	High School
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Robert Kirkman, E. J. Su
First	Tech Jacket Vol 1 1
First	Tech Jacket Vol 1 1

History

High school student Zack Thompson finds Kelda, a dying alien from a race of incredibly intelligent but physically weak beings called the Geldarians. To make up for this they have invented the Tech Jacket, a vest that every Geldarian is equipped with upon birth. Seeing the human attempting to help him, but unable to warn him away as his crashed spaceship is going to self destruct and kill them both, the alien orders his Tech Jacket to separate from him and bind itself to Zach, saving his life. But now the Tech Jacket can't be removed and gives Zack, "the most powerful weapons in the universe". After saving his father (who is therefore aware of the Tech Jacket) from some thugs, Zach tells him about the crashed spaceship and dying alien, later the Geldarians show up, thinking Zack killed Kelda and stole the Tech Jacket . After helping the Geldarians fight the Kresh, the Geldarians felt grateful towards him. . After learning what transpired on Earth from Kelda's former Tech Jacket, the Geldarians requested Zach's help in defeating the Kresh, with whom they've been fighting a prolonged war, in exchange for proper training in the use of the Tech Jacket. After helping take down the Kresh's major stronghold, the Geldarians released Zach from any further obligations so he could return home, only asking that he use their technology wisely.

Upon returning to Earth he finds his parents home and store empty. He sleeps in the abandoned store but is awoken by the thugs searching for his parents. Zach trounces the thugs and forces them to take him to their boss. After persuading the loan shark to leave his family alone (which the loan shark does as, being a realist, he knows that there is nothing that can beat the tech suit in his arsenal), Zach finds his father who had relocated due to the issue with the loan shark. The last Kresh however return to seek revenge on Zack but Zack once again defeats them only to have his mother return and see the alien bodies littering her lawn.

Attributes

Powers

• Power Suit: As the final act of a dying Geldarian, Zach was bound to a highly advanced alien battle-suit called a Tech Jacket. His suit was later upgraded by the Colossal,making him far more powerful than before. The Tech Jacket provides Zach with various abilities, such as:
  • Energy Projection: Zack's Tech Jacket can shoot powerful beams of energy.
  • Flight
    • Interstellar Travel
  • Invulnerability
  • Superhuman Agility
  • Superhuman Stamina
  • Superhuman Reflexes
  • Superhuman Speed: Zack's Tech Jacket originally made him about 100 times faster.
  • Superhuman Strength: Zach possesses strength far beyond Human Levels while the Tech Jacket is active, originally making him roughly 100 times stronger than the average person. Since Gelederians are much weaker than Humans, Zach's Tech Jacket is much stronger than most, enabling him to perform incredible feats like pushing a battleship to crush another or throwing a starship into the sun.
  • Host Maintenance: Each night, the jacket automatically removes and destroys all germs, bacteria, and dirt from the user's body, removing the need to bathe. As an adult, Zach discovered it was also keeping him clean-shaven; as he received it as an adolescent, he never saw himself grow any facial hair and came to believe that he simply couldn't.
  • Self-Sustenance: The Tech Jacket allows the user to survive in space.
  • Metamorphosis: The Tech Jacket can morph to create additional weapons and defenses.
  • Force Field: Zack can generate defensive energy shields.

Abilities

• Hand-to-Hand Combat: Zach was educated and trained by the Geldarians for some time in combat, working in concert with the Tech Jacket on how to best use its abilities.

Weaknesses

• Item Dependency: Even when undertaken by its creators and with the legal authority to do so, the removal of a tech jacket is an extremely complex and dangerous operation. If an unauthorized removal is attempted, the armor will simply report that removal is not permitted under executive decree 574-3.

Paraphernalia

Equipment

• Tech Jacket: The Tech Jacket is a powered exoskeleton called "the most powerful weapon in the universe", the Tech Jacket was created by the Geldarians to make up for their physical weakness. Due to unexpected circumstances, Zack Thompson became the only alien owner of a Tech Jacket.

Weapons

Tech Jacket

See Also

• 44 appearance(s) of Tech Jacket (Zack Thompson)
• 4 image(s) of Tech Jacket (Zack Thompson)
• 2 quotation(s) by or about Tech Jacket (Zack Thompson)

Links and References

References

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