Code-Name: MimicName: Calvin Montgomery RankinEthnicity: Caucasian Sex: MaleAge: 53Appearance:Hair: BlondEyes: Naturally blue, red when using Cyclops' blastsSkin: TannedWeight: 225 lbs, around 850 lbs when in metal form.Height: 6'2Date Of Birth: May 20, 1976Place Of Birth: Passaic, New Jersey.Powers: Calvin Rankin has the ability to copy the powers, abilities and/or attributes, of anyone around him. When Calvin copies the abilities or powers of others he doesn't copy a person's flaws (Ex. When Cyclops was young he received a bump on the head which allowed him to not control his powers. However Calvin can control Cyclops' optic blasts). Mimic is only able to copy five abilities at a time, and has to spend at least two hours with the person he is mimicking for the process to be successful. Mimic's current five powers are as follows:
1) Cyclops Optic Blasts
2) Colossus's Metal Form
3) Wolverine's Healing and Claws
4) Aaron Blaine's Sound Manipulation
5) Susan Storm's Invisibility, sans shields
Power Limitations:
Mimic can only copy five powers at once, and the copy is not instantaneous - he can
not rapidly change through copying between abilities on a battlefield, an extended amount of time must be
spent with the person he intends to mimic. The powers that he does copy only come to him about half the
strength of the original user. He also has discovered that some abilities don't work well with each other
or work at all for Mimic.
Mimic won't copy teleporters because he doesn't gain a sense of locations and he could end up teleporting
into a wall or worse. Also he tend to avoid powers that change his physical form because sometimes these
can be hard to shed. When powers don't work well together he is unable to use them together. For instance
he would be unable to use Jean's psychic abilities while in Collosus' metal form because this is a limitation of
Collossus' powers already. Also with Aaron's hearing powers he has discovered that it cause havoc with his
inner ear canal when in metal form as well. But on the flip side he can make his claws metal in his metal form.
So all the powers interact differently with one another.
Hobbies and Interests: Mimic is very into fighting, drinking and having a general good time. He is very
strict and not afraid to use a good back hand to get what he wants. He loves getting into bar fights. His
main interest is Sage. He loves her more then anything. And he would kill for her in a heart beat.
Background:
Calvin Rankin was raised by his father Ronald Rankin, who was experimenting with genetics. When
Calvin's powers appeared his father panicked and snuck away with Calvin to live in a cave. Afraid
humans would hate his son for being a mutant. His father was right. As villagers came and caused a
collapse of the cave killing his father. It was believed that Calvin died in the collapse too.
Leaving the area Calvin claimed his father's inheritance and spent all of the money to go to college.
While at college he met Beast and Iceman and accidentally copied their powers. Realizing they were the
X-Men he followed them back to the mansion. He asked to join the X-Men and at first was welcomed
with open arms. But wanting to copy Xavier's powerful telepathic abilities and not ever getting the chance he kidnapped Xavier. The X-Men stopped him and Xavier erased Mimic's memories of the X-Men and of his powers. For a long time Calvin didn't even know he had powers until he was on vacation in Canada and ended up near the Hulk. The radiation from the Hulk was like poison to Mimic and caused his memories to return as his powers fought to save his life in a survival moment. Feeling a deep hatred for Xavier he sought out Magneto and joined the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. Working closely with the Brotherhood he was extremely willing to fight the X-Men. At that point possessing the original five X-Men's powers he was a tough opponent to defeat. After Magneto's death Mimic became embittered with theactivities of the newer Brotherhood. He hated Riot and didn't like the way Seraph acted. Both were too willing to take mutant and human life. It wasn't what the
Brotherhood had been about. These new younger men had no idea what Magneto had stood for. In an effort
to teach them the right way he challenged the new Brotherhood to a fight. Mimic fought hard and defeated
multiple Brotherhood members before the combined might of Death and Riot got him down on the ropes.
Mimic was saved by Sage. This surprised him and he began to carry a flame for her. It wasn't long
before he fell in love with her. She helped him find his way, wanting to help mutant kind. He married
her and joined the new incarnation of Excalibur. As an active member of Excalibur he trained hard and
quickly rose through the ranks. He made his peace finally with Xavier. Realizing why the man had done
what he had done. He didn't like it, but he understood it. He spent the next few years working his way up
Excalibur's ranks and becoming a respected member of the team.
When Kurt asked him and Sage to come to the mansion he quickly accepted. He looked forward to the
chance to help shape the future of the X-Men. He helped teach and lead the X-Men for multiple years until
SHIELD took over and informed him that he and his wife were no longer welcome at the mansion, that their
connections to less the positive groups made them liabilities. Mimic and Sage both joined SHIELD after this
almost out of spite to prove themselves.
They rose through the ranks and eventually over time the two were given high level clearance and important
missions of very sensitive natures. Mimic became the handler for the X-Men's Black Ops team. He loved his
job and his wife. After many years, when Black Widow passed, Sage took the mantle as Director of SHIELD.
To nobody's surprise, Mimic was given liaison and control for SHIELD at the new X-Men facility in Seattle. He
now works there as Sage's eyes and ears on the place and provides them missions when necessary.
Personality: Mimic is a fun loving guy, but he is short tempered and can be easily angered. He demands
respect and will return it when it is deserved. He loves to learn more about fighting and studying
mutant skills. He is fascinated by how powers work. He also works hard to keep up his skills in the espionage
game, taking on private little missions for Sage to try and get himself out in the world still.
Special Notes: Being a former Brotherhood member he has many ties to the underground and less then
legal side of the world. He will most likely at time use these connections to benefit us as a team. He knows
many less then reputable people, who know him in kind and he isn't ashamed or afraid to admit these
connections.