Cyclops (Scott Summers)
262 Points

First Appearance: X-Men #1 (September, 1963)
Age 19; Brown Hair, brown eyes which glow red when his power is active.  

ST 11 [10]; DX 12 [40]; IQ 13 [60]; HT 13 [30]
     Damage 1d-1/1d+1; BL 24 lbs.; HP 11 [0]
     Will 14 [5]; Per 13 [0]; FP 13 [0].
     Basic Speed 6.25; Basic Move 6; Dodge 9; Parry 10 (judo).
6'3"; 195 lbs.; (SM 0).

Social Background
TL: 7.
CF: American [0].
Languages: English (native) [0].

Advantages
Appearance (Attractive) [4]; Fit [5]; Rapid Healing [5]

Optic Blast Power
Power Blast: Crushing Attack 8 (double knockback +20%; increased 1/2d x5 +10%; ricochet +10%; variable +5%; optic blast -10%) [54]; Rapid-Fire Blast: Crushing Attack 2+1 (RoF 3 +50%; Variable +5%, optic blast -10%) [4]*; Narrow-Focused Beam: Cutting Attack 5 (accurate 2 +10%; armor divisor 2 +50%; increased 1/2d x5 +10%;  reduced range x1/5 -20%; variable +5%; optic blast -10%) [11]*
*bought as alternative attacks (x1/5)

Disadvantages
Honesty [-10]; Pacifism (cannot kill) [-15]; Sense of Duty: To X-Men [-5]; Misc: Cyclops' eye beams are always activated, and cannot be controlled without the use of a special ruby crystal visor. If he should lose this visor, his beams will affect everyone in a four hex fan with 6 levels of power [-20].
Quirks: In love with Jean Grey [-1]; And yet he feels he can't commit to her until his optic blasts are under control [-1]; Nickname: "Slim" [-1]; Serious [-1].

Skills
Diplomacy-15 (IQ+2) [12]; Electronics Operation (Cerebro)-13 (IQ+0) [4]; Innate Attack (Gaze)-18 (DX+5) [16]; Judo-15 (DX+3) [16]; Karate-13 (DX+0) [4]; Leadership-15 (IQ+2) [12]; Observation-15 (Per+2) [8]; Piloting (Helicopter)/TL 7-13 (DX+0) [2]; Tactics-15 (IQ+2) [12]; Teaching-13 (IQ+0) [2]
Equipment   
Cyclops must wear special goggles made of red ruby crystal to keep his eye blasts under control. In his civilian identity, these take the form of red sunglasses. As an X-Man, his visor has been specially constructed to focus his beam, allowing him to do even more damage with it.
    
This is Cyclops, circa X-Men #24, not long after his graduation from Professor Xavier's school.
   
HISTORY
     The first X-Man, Scott Summers was the older of two sons born to Major Christopher Summers, a test pilot for the U.S. Air Force, and his wife, Katherine. Major Summers was flying his family home from vacation when a midair accident crippled the Summers' plane. Katherine pushed Scott and his brother Alex to safety with the only available parachute. With Christopher and Katherine presumed dead, the authorities separated the two boys: Alex was adopted immediately, but Scott was injured in the fall and remained comatose in a hospital for a year. On recovering, he was placed in an orphanage. Years later, as a teenager, Scott began to suffer severe headaches and eyestrain. A specialist discovered that lenses made of ruby quartz corrected the problem.
     When Scott was in his mid-teens, his mutant power finally erupted -- bursting forth in an uncontrollable blast of optic force that demolished a crane, causing it to drop its payload toward a terrified crowd. Scott saved the onlookers' lives by obliterating the object with another blast. But the bystanders rallied into an angry mob, believing he had tried to kill them. Scott fled, escaping on a freight train. Shortly after, Professor X enlisted him as the first member of the X-Men, helping him harness his optic blasts. To call Professor X a mentor fails to express fully what he means to Scott. More than a teacher, Xavier is the father he never knew. Rather than merely educate Scott in the use of his superhuman powers, Professor X molded the young mutant into the honorable man he is today through precise instruction and unwavering example.
     

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