Sven Petersonn

Registry of the Evolved Database

File #10 Jan 2011 09:08

Summary

Name Sven Petersonn Aliases Status Registered Evolved Ability Electricity Mimicry Gender Male Race/Eth. Caucasian (Scandinavian) Birthdate November 8th, 1988 Age 22 Height 6'3" Build Muscular Eyes Brown Hair Blond Residence Redbird Security Employment Unemployed Parents Eric Petersonn Vilma Petersonn Siblings None Marital Status Single Children None First Seen Shocking Appearance Last Seen Profile Misplaced college student from Sweden, disappeared when he manifested during a trip to the USA. Now he is lost and without his papers, having trouble to find his way back home.

portrayed by Jason Connery

Background

"Tell me about your childhood, Sven."

"I was born in Uppsala, Sweden. Lived there pretty much the entire time. Wasn't the largest city of Sweden, definitely not large as this New York City you got here, but it was a pretty large city by Swedish standards. I went to school, had friends. I spent a lot of time in the outdoors, running around the city and pretty much ignoring everyone. Nearly got into a few accidents as well due to that, somehow, cars don't expect you to suddenly cross the street." He chuckles, "Beyond that, it was a pretty normal childhood for a Swedish boy. Got my first girlfriend when I was fourteen, got good grades at school, and the like. Of course, everything changed at my eighteenth birthday."

"What happened that day?"

"The Bomb went off. While it didn't have as much an impact in Uppsala as it likely did in the States, it wasn't something people ignored. Fear grew, fear for a third world war. That was the primary concern though, and I figured we'd see that happen if it was gonna happen, and we shouldn't worry about it too much, but still, that put some damper on my birthday, let me tell you. So a few months later came the second big event of our times, the reveal of them, the Evolved, people like me, I guess now."

"So how did you react to the reveal of the Evolved?"

"I dunno, disbelief I guess… at first anyway. Dismissed it as a new War of the Worlds. But then I had a classmate show me his ability, and I couldn't just dismiss it anymore. It was pretty weird, he could fly. Made me wonder what he had that he could fly, and I couldn't. Of course, I didn't know I was Evolved myself back then yet. I hadn't manifested, and they didn't have those blood tests yet they made me take when I crossed border patrol. Yeah, I guess I was a little jealous."

"What happened in between when your friend showed you that and coming to the States?"

"Not much, really. Finished with high school and started on my history major in Uppsala's University. I did pretty well, actually, got good grades still. Some'd say I was best off class. My focus was on the Imperial age. So when I finished my undergrad last summer, I signed up for a program to go visit the States, and have us meet some history experts at the U. of Columbia. When arriving at JFK Airport, December 5th 2010, I had to register myself to enter. I didn't really think it was necessary, but they did, and I had been looking forward to this trip, so I took that blood test. Apparently I was Evolved. Didn't exactly expect that one."

"So, what did you feel when you discovered you were Evolved?"

"I kinda shrugged it off, I guess? It didn't feel important to me at the time, I figured I'd deal with it when the time came. I just went on with my trip as a proper tourist and went to my hotel. It was only a few days later that it truly kicked in, and that wasn't because of some blood test."

"What happened that made it truly 'kick in?'"

"In short, I manifested. I turned into a flash of crackling electricity in my hotel room, and shot myself into a socket. Didn't mean to, really. My clothes burned up when that happened, too. Including my fancy new registration card and everything. I didn't know how to leave the electronic grid, just traveled through it. Didn't know how to direct myself either, there were some blocks every now and then that were hard to go through, and I felt different after going through those. So I only went through one for a long time. Didn't know where to go, lost all sense of time… I figure now that I spent over a month in that grid. Kinda sucked, man."

"Then what happened?"

"That's pretty much where we are right now, haven't quite been able to leave yet, though I have this feeling I might need to go through one of those blocks, maybe they'll lead me into a place where there's a proper socket again, maybe I can leave the grid through one of those sockets, who knows?"

Psych Profile

"So, what do you think, doc?"

"In general, you seem to be a pretty laid back person. Focused on the here and now, and putting problems for the future off to deal with in the future. This can occasionally end you up in trouble, but as a whole it shouldn't really be a problem, as long as you keep in mind that some things require long term planning."

"When you are confronted with the results of your lack of planning, you panic. And the same happens when something you didn't expect comes up. One of the reasons I recommend you take a little bit of a carefree approach to life. Other than that, I don't see any major character flaws, just a streak of jealousy and other minor vices at times. The kind everyone has."

"You seem to have the same approach to the Evolved and Registration as you do to the remainder of the things in the world, you'll worry about it when the time comes. Not now. But you don't care a lot. For example. you didn't really feel like registering, but when it was beneficial for you to do so, you registered without thinking about potential long-term effects of that action."

Evolved Ability

Electricity Mimicry

Whenever Sven is within 5 feet of unprotected electronic wiring, like an outlet, the middle rail of a subway track, or similar situations, he can transform into electricity and enter this wiring. If he touches unprotected electronic wiring with a current running through them, this automatically activates. He also doesn't have a great deal of control of this part of his ability, which makes it possible for him to accidentally activate it when he's stressed, or sometimes even for no real reason at all.

Heat Surge
When he transforms, Sven releases a surge of heat, it's only got a small range (no more than one inch), but it's generally enough to turn his clothes into ruined wrecks, and plastics usually don't survive it intact either. This is the only way for his ability to actually affect the physical world.

Self Only
Sven is incapable of taking anything along with him when he transforms, not even any clothing or the like.

Transport
Sven can travel through lines of electronic wiring and other conductive materials while he is in electronic form. He cannot go through any paths that include a section where the resistance is greater than 2 Ohm/meter. He's fastest at 0.5 Ohm/meter and below, where he can move at full speed of light. In between the path of 2 Ohm/meter and 0.5 Ohm/meter he's slowed down in a linear fashion of the resistance offered by the material.

Voltage Converters
Voltage Converters are obstructions in Sven's path. He can get through them, but it requires him to spend some effort as well as about five minutes of time. Seeing how the power grid regularly switches between different voltages, this causes long distance transportation to be not quite as instantaneous as it otherwise would be.

Electricity Feeding
While in Electronic Form, Sven doesn't age, but he keeps requiring sustenance. This sustenance can be satiated by feeding on electricity from true electric power sources.

Exit-sight
Sven can very vaguely see what's outside an exit of the power lines. He can transform back into human form wherever he is, but that doesn't change that in most cases that would mean instant death. His ability to see outside is pretty much limited to whether that area can safely sustain him. It doesn't account for human or animal threats, but it does account for gravity. If he'd try to leave into an area that couldn't sustain him, only a part of him would reform, effectively killing him.

Trapped!
If Sven is put into a closed circuit without being able to return to the main power grid, and without being able to retreat safely out of the circuit somehow, he's effectively trapped, as he can't escape. If that circuit would be effectively molten down, that might very well kill Sven.

If the presence of electricity can be made visible in any part of the circuit, I see no reason why intelligence may not be transmitted instantaneously by electricity.

— Samuel Morse

Appendices

Skills

History

Sven is a history major and grad student, his specialty lies in the era between the discovery of the west indies and the US war of independence. He's pretty knowledgable about this time period, and knows more than average about the remaining periods of Earth's history, having had to take classes that wouldn't limit him to knowledge about one specific subject.

Research

As a grad student and history major, Sven has had to learn how to perform his own research. He knows plenty of ways to find historical sources, and has a pretty decent grasp of linking data from one source to that of another to create a clear picture of how certain events came to pass. Of course, this is limited to the sources that are actually available.

Mathematics

Sometimes, you need to know what numbers mean and how they relate to interpret historical events properly. This is were maths come in. It's not something Sven likes to do, and it's not something he's great at, but he's pretty decent at maths, especially statistics.

Computers

With basic computer programming skills, and a healthy dose of Google Fu, Sven is certainly someone who knows his way around a computer. His home OS is Linux, but he is capable of using Windows and Mac OS as well, in the end, the differences aren't that major. He'd be at a loss to try to program for windows or Mac, however.

Swedish

Simple, Swedish is Sven's native language, and as such, his grasp of the language is fluent.

English

While not quite at a native speaker's level, Sven speaks excellent English. Many historical sources have been written in English, and he's been active online in English as well. It's pretty clear he's not had a lot of chance to actually speak English however, as his accent is quite obvious.

Athletics

Sven has always been physically active. He's not quite been to formal freerunning training, and doesn't know many of the advanced tricks of freerunning, but someone who isn't trained for it would have a hard time following Sven in a city when Sven is dedicated to outrun his pursuer.

Relationships

Men

	Richard Cardinal The guy in charge of Redbird security, he's pretty nice. Let me stay at his company now that I don't have a place to go, and that's just one thing he did for me.
	Joshua "Cameron" Harrison Musician guy, seemed kinda nice. Works at some fight club called 'the Center Stage' by night, and plays music on the streets by day.

Datables

	Elle Bishop Some radioactive girl, apparently got her power from Harmony, who works at Redbird security. She's nice and helpful, so that's a plus.	8
	Harmony Roberts Some former radioactive girl who I met at Redbird security. She's a telepath now, and she's a bit of an interesting person.	9
	Savannah Burton I met her in an elevator, I'm not entirely sure it's her, but she seems to meet the author's profile. Was pretty nice considering the circumstances	8

Women

	Some Bitch Some bitch I met in the same elevator as miss Burton. Would prefer not to meet again, I have the feeling she thinks the same about me.