Changes: Tech Jacket (Zack Thompson)

A High School kid named Zack Thompson finds 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 and knowing his crashed spaceship is going to blow up and kill them both, the alien fits him with the Tech Jacket saving his life^[1]. 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 Kresh (the alien) and stole the Tech Jacket ^[2]. After helping the Geldarians fight the Kresh, the Geldarians felt grateful towards him. ^[3].

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.

Character Powers and Equipment

Powers and AbilitiesEdit

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. The Tech Jacket provides Zach with various abilities, such as:
- Blast Power^[2]
- Flight^[2]
- Invulnerability^[2]
- Superhuman Agility
- Superhuman Stamina
- Superhuman Speed
- Superhuman Strength:Zach possesses strength far beyond Human Levels while the Tech Jacket is active. Since Gelederians are much weaker than Humans, Zach's Tech Jacket is much stronger than most. ^[2]
- Host Maintenance: When activated the jacket removes and destroys all germs, bacteria, and dirt from the user's body, removing the need to bathe.^[2].

Abilities

Hand-to-Hand Combat

Weaknesses

Item Dependency: * Removal of jacket is not permitted under executive decree 574-3.^[2]

ParaphernaliaEdit

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. But one found its way to Zack Thompson, a human high school student.

Appearances, Images, and Quotes Edit

Curated Character Gallery: Tech Jacket (Zack Thompson)

3 Quotations by or about Tech Jacket (Zack Thompson)

ReferencesEdit

↑ Tech Jacket #1 (November 2002)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 Tech Jacket #2 (December 2002)
↑ Tech Jacket #3 (January 2003)

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[1] Tech Jacket #1 (November 2002)

[Tech_Jacket_#2_December_2002-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 Tech Jacket #2 (December 2002)

[3] Tech Jacket #3 (January 2003)

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-* {{Power Item|Power Suit}}: After a Geledrian died, his old Tech Jacket had bonded to Zach, becoming the new host of the Tech Jacket.
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 ** {{Superhuman Stamina}}
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+** {{Superhuman Strength}}:Zach possesses strength far beyond Human Levels while the Tech Jacket is active. Since Gelederians are much weaker than Humans, Zach's Tech Jacket is much stronger than most. <ref name="Tech Jacket #2 December 2002"/>
 ** {{Self-Sustenance|Host Maintenance}}: When activated the jacket removes and destroys all germs, bacteria, and dirt from the user's body, removing the need to bathe.<ref name="Tech Jacket #2 December 2002"/>.