Crimson Dynamo
Gaia name: Skuld HJG
Character Name: Dmitri Bukharin
Codename: Crimson Dymano [Russian: Красное Динамо, Krasnoye Dinamo]
Alignment: Evil [?]
Powers:
All of Crimson Dynamo's powers are derived from his armor:
Body Armor: Amazing resistances to physical, energy, fire, heat, cold, and radiation.
Superhuman Strength: The Dynamo armor provides superhuman strength and is capable of lifting about 50 tons with ease.
Shoulder Ram Pads: Capable of delivering bows on a ramming charge equal to 80 tons of force.
Helmet: HUD display provides infra-vision, microwave detection, radar, and radio – with the additional ability to jam ordinary radio and radar.
Rocket Flight: Boot jets provide flight up to and including super-sonic speeds. These can also be used as makeshift weapons.
Self-Sustenance: 1 hour air supply
Weapons Systems: The Crimson Dynamo Armor has the following weapons:
-Plasma Bolts: 100+ tons of force, accurate up to 660 meters.
-Repulsor Rays: 50 tons of force, accurate up to 440 meters.
-Electric Bolts: Can generate up to 400,000 volts blasts up to 300 meters
-Magnetic Tractor Beam: Capable of lifting 1 metric ton.
-Freeze Ray: a projected cone of cold that approaches absolute zero. The ray is also capable of creating a "cold field" and imprison their opponents in a cocoon of ice. (Technology retro-engineered from Mr. Freeze's Gun)
Abilities:
Dmitri Bukharin is a highly skilled operative of the KGB, specialized in infiltration and espionage tactics. He is well trained all forms of military hardware and firearms. Also, Dmitri is well trained in detective and observation with a trained eye for detail, he and is fluent in both Russian and English.
Bio:
Dmitri was born in Kuibyshev, Russia (modern day Samara, Russia). He was a KGB operative, who became the fifth Crimson Dynamo when the KGB stripped the previous Crimson Dynamo of his armor and gave it to Dmitri. Dmitri was sent to work with the Soviet Super-soldiers, joining with teammates Darkstar and Vanguard. On the team's first recorded mission, they went to investigate a signal coming from the Blue Area of the Moon, and were shot by Rigellians who mistook them for their enemies, the Knights of Wundagore. When Jack of Hearts and Iron Man arrived to investigate, the Crimson Dynamo thought it was they who had attacked and fought the heroes. When the Super-Soldiers received a transmission from their superiors, they worked alongside Iron Man and S.H.I.E.L.D. to combat the Rigellians. The conflict came to an end when one of the Rigellians' Recorders relieved the fleet commander of his command.
Later, the Super-Soldiers invaded the U.S. to kidnap Dr. Daniel Ironwood on behalf of the KGB, to help Nikolai Kutzov build an anti-matter bomb, and took his daughter Cissy captive as well. They were defeated by Alexi Vazhin, Spider-Man, and Bruce Banner.
Colonel Yuri Brevlov added Ursa Major to the Super-Soldiers' ranks and sent them to the site of a nuclear detonation by the Presence. When Darkstar teleported them to the site, they encountered the Hulk and fought him, though he defeated the whole team. The Super-Soldiers discovered that Dmitri was a KGB agent, and expelled him from the group.
Dmitri was later employed as defense at the Dopploganger's laboratory in Siberia. Wearing a gigantic version of the Crimson Dynamo armor, he fought X-Factor, but was defeated.
When the other Soviet Super-Soldiers quit working for the Russian government, they teamed up with the mutant Gremlin, who was using the Titanium Man's power armor. Dmitri convinced them to aid him on a mission to investigate the crash of Magneto's Asteroid M, although the team no longer trusted him due to his ties with the KGB. The X-Men and Avengers found Magneto first, and when they refused to turn him over, the Super-Soldiers attacked. Although Dmitri's armor was badly damaged by Captain Marvel, the Russians again pursued the American heroes. When the X-Men and Avengers revealed to the Super-Soldiers that the Crimson Dynamo was responsible for the crash in the first place, they turned Dmitri in to the authorities.
Later, the Crimson Dynamo and Titanium Man were informed by the Russian government of how Iron Man had been attacking people in power-armor. Dmitri was committed to serving the government, but the Gremlin refused to co-operate, so the government used him as bait. When Iron Man finally did catch up with them, he destroyed the Titanium Man armor with the Gremlin inside and wrecked the Crimson Dynamo armor.
The Crimson Dynamo's armor was repaired, and he joined the Supreme Soviets, a group of superhumans who were loyal to the Soviet government. Meanwhile, the Soviet Super-Soldiers sought asylum from the Russian government at Avengers' headquarters. The Crimson Dynamo, along with the Supreme Soviets disguised themselves as members of the Avengers, and attacked his former teammates brutally, leaving them for dead. The three heroes' spirits took on a "Great Beast" energy form and attacked Moscow, and the Supreme Soviets tried to stop the creature but were absorbed into it. The dying heroes intended to have revenge by killing their assassins, but Captain America convinced them to let the others live.
Colonel-General Valetin Shatalov ordered the Crimson Dynamo to recover the original Titanium Man from New York City; Bullski was on a mission working with members of the Green Liberation Front, who had turned on him. The G.L.F. discovered the Crimson Dynamo's mission and attacked him, and he reactivated the Titanium Man, who slaughtered the G.L.F. members. The scandal over the massacre allowed Colonel-General Valentin Shatalov to use his rank to obtain the Crimson Dynamo armor from Dmitri Bukharin for his own use. Dmitri became a renegade from the KGB.
By this time, his former teammates were now calling themselves the People's Protectorate. Dmitri told them what happened, and they accepted him into the new team as Airstrike, and the rest of the Supreme Soviets merged with this team as well.
When Tony Stark became the most wanted man in the world, he fled into Russian airspace, where he was shot down by Dmitri. Believing that the real Iron Man would not be shot down so easily, Dmitri presumed him to be an impostor. However, he managed to recognize his friend and lent him the Dynamo armor to reach a nearby Stark facility. He also denied Norman Osborn permission to enter his territory to arrest Pepper Potts, stating that he isn't fooled by the way Osborn deceived America.
Extra:
Since the merging of the two worlds, Dmitri woke up inside the Crimson Dynamo armor, receiving instructions from the Commissar…. And feeling compelled to follow.
Update: Since the 'Commissar Debacle', Bukharin had Mr. Freeze's technology uploaded to fire freeze rays from his gauntlets.
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