Michael Spalding

Unity Act Database of the Evolved and Non-Evolved

File #04 May 2018 18:30

Summary

Name Michael Spalding Aliases Status Unregistered Evolved Ability Reactive Adaptation Gender Male Birthdate September 8, 1974 Age Late 30s Height 6' Build Athletic Eyes Brown Hair Brown Residence Classified Employment FRONTLINE Unit-01 Parents Joshua Spalding (father) Emily Spalding (mother) Siblings Cameron Spalding (brother; deceased) Marital Status Single Children None First Scene Last Scene Profile Michael Spalding is an officer in New York City's FRONTLINE Unit-01, led by Vincent Lazzaro.

portrayed by Christian Bale

Background

Psych Profile

Evolved Ability

Michael's body reactively and rapidly develops resistances to physical trauma he is exposed to after initial exposure. His first known manifestation o fthis ability was surviving a hail of automatic gunfire after being struck in the shoulder by a round in Kabul. The ability functions by toughening Michael's physical resistance to outside stress or duress. If his flesh is punctured, his body will adapt to become tougher over repeated exposures. The first shot of a gun will injure him normally, a second subsequent shot will harm him as if he were wearing a bulletproof vest, while third and later shots will harmlessly deflect off of him.

This damage is not by source but by nature, most kinetic damage is resolved the same, provided that it is dermal trauma. If one of Michael's bones are broken, his bones will become more resiliant to breakage the more stress they are put under. This also goes for deep tissue damage, nerve damage and other cellular breakdowns.

Prolonged exposure to any effect that breaks down his physical form — even from fire, electricity or other sources, will eventually be met with a limited duration immunity.

Michael's reactive adaptation also covers environmental hazards. If his body temperature drops too low for too long, his physiology will adapt to generate more heat, or less heat as needed during the initial phases of hypothermia or sunstroke, which he will swiftly recover from.

If placed underwater, Michael's lungs would adapt to the aquatic environment after beginning to suffocate, and he would retain this adaptation until attempting to breathe air again, at which point he would begin to suffocate again and his body would adapt once more.

The duration of Michael's adaptation is brief. After fifteen minutes of non-exposure, Michael's adapted resistances fade away and his process must be started all over again. Likewise, without a supernatural way to heal injuries, the initial damage dealt to Michael is not recovered from, making his ability useful but not able to make him truly invulnerable, espescially in situations where an opponent is allowed to surprise him.

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