Battery

<infobox> <title source="name"><default>Battery</default></title>

<image source="Image"></image> <image source="image"></image> <group><header>Basic Information</header> <label>Civilian Name</label> <label>Aliases</label> <label>Gender</label><default>Unknown</default> <label>Death</label> <label>Age</label><default>Unknown</default> <label>Post-timeskip</label> <label>Ward start</label> <label>Relations</label> <label>Family</label></group> <group><header>Professional Status</header> <label>Occupation</label> <label>Classification</label> <label>Unique Features</label> <label>Alignment</label>

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Deceased

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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> Battery is a member of the Brockton Bay Protectorate.

Personality

Battery describes herself to Doctor Mother as serious and willing to work hard. She feels guilty about the deal she made with Cauldron. This guilt carries over to her career as a hero, where she goes above and beyond the call of duty.<ref name="I12½"/> Taylor considered her a role model prior to the story.<ref name="5.3"/>

She was averse to anything 'couply'.<ref>Two members of the elite force would be a couple, no doubt because even a whisper of a relationship between capes in real life would stir fans and supporters into a frothing tizzy.

“You want me to take the TV show?” he guessed.  Battery had a natural aversion to anything ‘couply’.

“Please,” Battery said. - Excerpt from Interlude 12.none</ref>

Relationships

Assault

Battery's teammate and husband.

Legend

Battery worked under Legend during her time in the Wards. She entrusted him with her darkest secrets [citation needed]

Appearance

Battery is first described as standing approximately two inches taller than Taylor and Shadow Stalker.<ref name="5.3"/> Wildbow later said that Battery is 5'3 or 5'4, shorter than Taylor. <ref name="SB1">Wildbow on spacebattles</ref> She wears a skintight<ref name="in-depth"/><ref name="cast">Battery – Member of the Brockton Bay Protectorate team. Wears a skintight costume with circuit-board stylings, can charge herself up, trading each second of charge for several seconds of enhanced speed, strenght, invulnerability and electromagnetic manipulation. - Cast (spoiler-free</ref> white and dark grey costume with circuit-like cobalt blue lines on it,<ref>Her costume was white and dark gray, with cobalt blue lines tracing it like you might see on a circuit board. -Hive 5.3</ref> which glow as she charges her power,<ref name="11.2"/><ref name="in-depth"/><ref name="cast"/> in an electric blue-white color.<ref name="6.5"/>

Prior to joining the Wards, Battery wore a low-budget costume consisting of a black bodysuit and domino mask.<ref name="I12½"/>

When her usual costume is damaged after Shatterbird attacks Brockton Bay, she replaces it with a plain black costume and goggles.<ref name="I13">Interlude 13</ref>

Powers and Abilities

[[Category:{{#switch:|File=Files|Template=Templates|articles}} in need of cleanup]]Battery has the ability to charge up her power and then release it to give herself a large boost to her speed, a smaller boost to her strength and some electromagnetic powers. Each second she spent charging gave her several seconds of power usage.<ref>Her power let her charge up as she stood still and concentrated, with every second spent charging giving her a few seconds of greatly enhanced speed, some extra strength and some electromagnetic powers. -Hive 5.3</ref> She was also almost invincible while charged.<ref name="I12½"/><ref name="in-depth"/><ref name="cast"/> While charged, she was faster and stronger than Assault, although he was faster over a long distance because she needed to stop to recharge.<ref name="I12½"/>

According to interviews and article Taylor had read, it was probably a physiological change, enhancing her biology and then altering it back before the strain becomes too much.<ref name="6.6"/> She needed to be able to concentrate in order to charge,<ref name="I12½"/><ref name="6.5">Tangle 6.5</ref> and she needed to stay still or stick to simple actions while charging. She reached a limit after charging for 7-12 seconds.<ref name="SB2">Wildbow on Spacebattles</ref>

Battery was considered a speedster.<ref name="6.6">Tangle 6.6</ref> When charged up, she could run so fast that she was a blur.<ref name="6.5"/><ref name="11.2"/> Time seemed to slow around her,<ref name="I12½"/> and she was able to dodge streams of containment foam so quickly she was difficult for Taylor to follow with her eyes.<ref name="6.5"/> Her reactions were good enough that she had no fear of accidentally injuring someone with her strength,<ref name="SB2"/> although she did accidentally shatter a chair in the moments after receiving her power.<ref name="11.2"/> Taylor believed that her speed was just a function of her enhanced strength.<ref>Snare 13.6</ref>

When charged, she was strong enough to pick up a table and throw it like a frisbee.<ref name="6.5"/> She could easily shove a sturdy, cushioned chair so hard it went flying and shattered against the wall. She could tear the bumper off a car and use it like a baseball bat. She could run straight through solid walls.<ref name="I12½"/>

She could spend her remaining charge in a burst of electromagnetic energy, letting her move metal objects or pour energy into an item.<ref name="I12½"/> On one occasion, she used this power to deflect a blade fired by Mannequin.<ref>Prey 14.6</ref> Her power wasn't conventionally Manton-limited.<ref>Comment by Wildbow</ref> Armsmaster created his EMP attachment by studying her power,<ref>Bakuda develops time and space warping bombs (the slow grenade, the feature-warping thing she almost put up Grue's nose) by scanning and studying stuff that was affected by Clockblocker and Vista's powers. Armsmaster does much the same, with the time stop halberd (Clockblocker) and EMP pulse (Battery). - Wildbow on Spacebattles</ref> which also functioned as a bug-zapper.<ref name="6.6"/>

History

Background

Battery is the daughter of a detective who was tired of seeing the work put into apprehending villains put into waste by Madcap. She was contacted by Cauldron while she was shopping for tinker-made equipment and agreed to a meeting to discuss buying powers from them. She then worked out a deal for superpowers she couldn't afford in exchange for a doing a total of three favors.<ref name="I12½"/>

During her first encounter with Madcap, her powers failed and she was defeated in one attack. Upon returning to Cauldron, she was told that she couldn't afford them helping her learn how to use her powers. Doctor Mother said that they would like her to join the Wards and graduate to the Protectorate as soon as possible as one of the favors she owed. Battery accepted. <ref name="I12½"/>

With assistance from Legend, Battery was successful in capturing Madcap on her eighth encounter with the supervillain. Madcap convinced them that he would be more valuable as a member of the Protectorate instead of being sent to the Birdcage. In exchange for his service and agreement to having countermeasures put into place, he was allowed two concessions; a new identity and that he would always be on the same team as Battery. Her reluctant agreement began her partnership with Assault.<ref name="I12½"/>

Battery became the subject of media speculation due to her mysterious partnership with Assault.<ref name="5.3">Hive 5.3</ref> At some point, Battery transferred to Brockton Bay. She led the Brockton Bay Wards for a brief period before she graduated to the Protectorate in 2007.<ref name="age"/> Over two years before Plague, Cauldron called in their second favor during a storybook reading Battery had convinced Assault to attend in exchange for the possibility of a date. A client wanted a known cape to deliver their product, which she accomplished with no regrets.<ref name="I12½"/>

Eventually, she and Assault married.<ref name="in-depth">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.
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Battery (Deceased)– Had the ability to pause to let herself charge up energy, expending it to trade each second of time spent charging for several seconds worth of invulnerability, super strength, super speed and electromagnetic repulsion/attraction. Acquired her powers from Cauldron, and was ultimately asked to assist the Slaughterhouse Nine as part of her contract with them. She was going against her orders when she was slain by one of Bonesaw’s spiders. Battery wore a skintight costume with a ‘circuit board’ style pattern on it that glowed as she charged up. - Cast (in depth) </ref>

Story Start

While the ABB were engaged in their insurgency. Battery was paired with Shadow Stalker, helping watch over a mall where Taylor, Danny, Emma, and Alan were shopping.<ref name="5.3">Hive 5.3</ref> She sent Shadow to break up the civilians when they got into an altercation.

She participated in the Battle at the Gallery but was trapped in stolen containment foam by Skitter.<ref name="6.5"/>

Post-Leviathan

She met Skitter when the villain was proclaiming her hold over her territory and handing out supplies but elected not to arrest her.<ref name="11.2">Infestation 11.2</ref>

Slaughterhouse Nine

She visited the hospital while Sierra was trying to warn them about the imminent Shatterbird attack, and confirmed for them that the Nine were indeed in town, giving them a few minutes to prepare. She tried to corner Sierra and ask how she knew the attack was coming, but Sierra escaped in the confusion.<ref>Plague 12.8</ref> At some point, her costume was damaged, forcing her to switch to a simpler version created from generic PRT supplies.<ref name="I13"/>

Her third favor was called in during the Slaughterhouse Nine's visit to Brockton Bay. Cauldron ordered her to ensure Shatterbird and the Siberian left the city alive due to their status as Cauldron Capes with useful abilities.<ref name="I12½"/><ref>Well, to be clear, Cauldron wanted Shatterbird and Siberian to leave the city, not necessarily Jack. - Comment by Wildbow on Monarch 16.13</ref> She decided to betray Cauldron and try and kill one of them instead, but never got the opportunity.<ref name="I14.5"/><ref name="in-depth"/>

She was among the heroes sent to help contain the Nine so that they could be bombed.<ref name="I13"/> She was ordered to lend Tattletale her phone so she could communicate with Director Piggot.<ref>Prey 14.4</ref>

After Bonesaw's agnosia miasma was deployed Battery found herself separated from her group and began tracking three individuals - unknown to her, Skitter, Bonesaw and Jack Slash. Skitter refused to kill her, but one of Bonesaw's spiders poisoned her anyway after they left her. She made a full confession of her life and actions to her mentor Legend while she was painfully dying. Legend was, unknown to her, part of the Cauldron conspiracy and told no one.<ref name="I14.5">Interlude 14.y</ref>

Trivia

• Her name references an electrical battery because of the way she stores and then uses her power.
  • Ethan threatened to call her "Puppy" unless she agreed to let him use the name Assault. She was upset because it subverted her name by connecting it to the crime of Battery.
• Battery is sometimes erroneously given the name "Jamie". This was an alias she used when interacting with Cauldron<ref name="I12½">Interlude 12.5</ref>. Specifically, "Jamie" is "the name her parents had been planning to give her baby sister".

Fanart Gallery

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  Image by YunYunHakusho on Reddit
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  Image by icehippo on DeviantArt
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  Animated Battery by babylonsheep on SpaceBattles.

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