Dan is an escapee from a Drexel Industries Research Facility, though most would know him only as the picture of the missing boy going around the Hypernet with the king-size reward offered.
Personality
Dan, despite the number of people he has killed, has a very soft heart. He can feel the emotions of other people, so to him there is no detachment. He hates seeing other people in pain, except when he's so angry or afraid that he feels like they deserve it. He craves being loved, even though he could never put it into words. He is also very curious, wanting to see the universe and to see all the happy things that are out there. Most of all, once he finds people to care about, he will be terrified of losing them.
Background
Subject Delta Alpha Nu - 2501 has no memory other than being in the control of Drexel Industries. His earliest memories are the painful needles, surgeries, and experiments they put him through. He has no memory of being loved, no memory of toys or games or other children. Instead, his life has always been filled with pain. The researchers tried everything to further unlock his powers and get him to be able to use them to their advantage.
When he was ten, he killed his first person, a prisoner. They made Dan kill him for no other reason than to see if he could. The trauma of that moment almost left the boy catatonic. As he grew older and his powers advanced, they sometimes took him places. He never saw the outside world, except through his remote viewing, but he traveled in a mobile lab. They took him to planets where he had tracked down their targets, and then they forced him to use his remote viewing to see them, then kill them. He resisted, or tried to, but that only led to punishment and in the end, he would always do it.
Finally, he had enough. The mobile lab ship docked at a station, and when they came to make him kill the next target, he fought back. He killed the researchers. He killed the guards. He tore open the docking bay and escaped into the station. There were other people on board, people willing to kill to find him, so he just ran.
SKILLS
ASTROGATION - Novice: One of the few skills that Dan was taught was how to navigate the galactic map. This was mainly used so that, when the researchers tapped into his ability to find people, he could point to where they were. He has no actual ability to plot a course.
POWERS
EMPATHY - Basic: Dan is not a full telepath, but he can sense the emotions of those around him. As long as he can perceive someone, be it in person or through remote viewing, he can sense what they are feeling. Normally he can tune this out, but strong emotions are impossible for him to block. This makes killing incredibly unpleasant for him, as he can feel his victim's fear and pain when they die. Only his own strong emotions can block this out. Focusing his rage allowed him to block out the pain of those researchers and guards he killed when he made his escape.
PSYCHOMETRY - Basic: With only a touch, Dan is able (and usually can't stop himself from) experiencing an object one most emotionally charged moment like a memory. A murder weapon would make him experience killing the victim. On the other hand, a beloved toy would let him experience the most happy moment of the child that used to play with it.
REMOTE VIEWING - Enhanced: When on the same planetary body, Dan only requires a picture of someone and silence to concentrate to see an image of someone, their complete surroundings, and know where they are. When viewing someone like this, he can use his other powers on them or surroundings as well.
SCRYING - Supreme: When the researchers discovered this ability, Dan became their number one subject. Given a picture of someone, and quiet to concentrate, Dan is able to locate that person down to the star system they are in. If he is in that star system, he can point out the planet. Then, once on the planet his remote viewing ability finishes the job of being able to find (and act on) the target.
TELEKINESIS - Enhanced: The ability that Dan was engineered for. Dan has the ability to move objects with his mind. Not just small objects, but larger ones as well, able to apply a massive amount of force or to do something small with fine control. (Not both at the same time.) He can apply a number of tons of force mentally, as long as he can see his target (be it directly or through his remote viewing). More strenuous applications of this power tire him, and he needs sleep and many calories to recharge. This power is only limited by his physical stamina, and if he pushes himself to the breaking point, it's quite possible he could reach Supreme level strength. Doing so would knock him unconscious and he would probably require medical assistance to recover.
ADVANTAGES
CREW Dan has basically been adopted by the crew of the independent ship Artful Venture. They have given him a home, protection, and for the first time in his life, friends and a sense of family.
WEAKNESSES
CLUELESS Dan has spent his entire life in a research lab. Not just that, but he spent his life as the subject of experiments. He was never taught how to read, and he definitely never learned any social skills. He just learned to do what he was told or face the consequences, even though often the experiments were more painful than the punishments. He doesn't even really understand the concept of love, even though he's instinctively been desperate for it.
FRAGILE As powerful as his psychic abilities are, Dan is physically and emotionally still a kid. A mistreated and emotionally neglected kid who has been through more, than the vast majority of teenagers his age could ever dream of. He could quite easily be beat up by a child three years younger than him, and hurtful words cut him far deeper.
HUNTED Drexel Industries want Dan back, and they are willing to go to any expense and extreme to do so. However, they also do not want knowledge of his actual identity and what he can do getting out, and they are willing to kill to keep it a secret. Pity anybody who tries to collect the bounty on him.
