Editing Assault (section)

===Background===
According to [[Doctor Mother]], he was a natural trigger.<ref name="12.5 eX">The Doctor typed something onto the keyboard, paused, and then typed something else. "Madcap.  Well, the good news is that he isn't one of ours, so there's no conflict of interest. The bad news is that the PRT rated him as a striker seven." - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/07/26/interlude-12%C2%BD/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 12.5]]</ref>

Ethan operated under the name of "Madcap" as a jailbreak specialist, committing over a hundred felonies in six years, though he never directly murdered anyone. He battled Battery eight times before she finally defeated him, continuously annoying her by calling her "puppy". After he was caught, he joined the Protectorate under the name of "Assault".<ref name="I12½">[[Interlude 12.5]]</ref>

His main requirement for joining the heroes was being on the same team as [[Battery]].<ref name="I12½"/>

As a hero, he continually pestered Battery for a date.<ref name="I12½"/> [[Colin Wallis|Armsmaster]] struggled to deal with his harassment of her.<ref>And then there was the team, handling the internal politics, Assault's harassment of Battery, the Wards and their individual issues. - [[Drone 23.1]]</ref> Eventually, she agreed in exchange for forcing him to help her with community outreach, which she mistakenly assumed he would hate.<ref name="I12½"/>

Eventually, he and [[Battery]] married,<ref name="Cast2">'''Assault''' – A kinetic energy manipulator, capable of controlling energies of movement, acceleration and motion relative to himself and things he touches.  Was once Madcap, a jailbreak specialist, but was captured by Legend and Battery, and joined the Protectorate.  Eventually married Battery. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/cast-spoiler-free/cast/ Cast (in depth)]</ref> though this was unknown to the public; some speculated that he might be her brother.<ref name="5.3">[[Hive 5.3]]</ref>

He was part of a team that battled [[Lung]] without success.<ref>"See, that's what I don't get.  You're a badass, fine.  You tested the waters, took on a whole team of local heroes, and you walked away.  Right?"
"I fought Armsmaster, Dauntless, Miss Militia, Velocity, Challenger, Assault and Battery," he said.  "Yes." - [[Interlude 22.y]]</ref>