String Theory

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<label>Location</label> <label>Teams</label> <label>Previous Team(s)</label> <label>Base of Operations</label></group> <group><header>First Appearance</header> <label>Worm Debut</label> <label>Ward Debut</label></group> </infobox> String Theory is a supervillian imprisoned in the Birdcage.

Appearance

String Theory is a short, slouching with a petite build, her dark hair tied back into a braid, and her lips pulled back into a wide expression halfway between a grin and a smile. She wears glasses.<ref name="27.3"/>

Abilities and Powers

String Theory is a Tinker.<ref name="27.3"/>

Her creations were single-use, and her best work was on a timer.<ref name="27.4"/><ref>Wildbow on Spacebattles</ref>

She claimed to be able to work extremely rapidly as a result of having had four years to design new technology in her head while imprisoned. As a result, she was able to complete the G-Driver in under forty-seven minutes.<ref name="27.4" />

Her Driver weapons were capable of significantly injuring and potentially killing Endbringers. As a result the Endbringers coordinated their appearances so they would never face her devices in combat.<ref>Wildbow on Reddit</ref>

G-Driver

The only one of her creations described in the story, the G-Driver was a weapon designed for combating Scion. The name stood for "God-driver", as well as indicating that it was an upgrade of the earlier F-driver.

The G-driver was operated remotely from a laptop during the oil-rig battle. It fired through one of Doormaker's portals, and targeting was further refined from the laptop using coordinates provided by Number Man. The firing time could not be changed, and was set down to the second.

In operation, the G-driver was distinctly underwhelming: it resembled a bug zapper more than a shot from a gun. There was a faint distortion in the air, and Scion rocketed upward, leaving a golden trail that suggested he'd been blown straight out of the atmosphere.<ref name="27.4" />

History

Background

String Theory auctioned off "safeties" to people who would be guaranteed not to be one of her random "targets". Targeted places ranging from gas stations in Indonesia to a filled football stadium in Cardiff.<ref name="27.3">Extinction 27.3</ref> At the time of her incarceration, she was threatening to knock the moon out of orbit, this was not disclosed to the public.<ref name="27.4">Extinction 27.4</ref>

At some point in 2009,<ref name="27.4" /> she was incarcerated in the Birdcage. She became a cellblock leader.<ref name="16.z">Interlude 16.z</ref>

Golden Morning

Released to fight Scion. Participated in the oil-rig battle, where she was the only one to successfully inconvenience him. Died when Scion attacked the rig.<ref name="27.3" /><ref name="27.4" />

Trivia

• Even given the power at her disposal it is unlikely she would've been able to knock the moon out of orbit however blasting the moon in half seems to have been a possibility.<ref name="PRT29">"You know you're having a vision, then?"
  
  "Not usually. It's like dreaming. Sometimes you can figure it out. I use cues. Sometimes I notice colors are off, or there's some big part of the world that's different, like, half the moon is gone. Then I have a moment where I'm like, 'Yeah that isn't right', and 'duh, my power'."
  
  "Half the moon? You work from alternate histories?"
  
  "I think I work from alternate histories to alternate futures, but I dunno. The power testing guys always say different things when I see 'em. Like I said, my power screws around at my expense. There's usually a point of contact or something so it's close. It's never, like, crazy different. Same people, same place, things moving in the same direction." - Department Sixty Four, PRT Quest thread i p29</ref>

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