Superman (real life)

The Superman is a real life superhero that has been in operation around the world since 2011. He first appeared in New York City and is still primarily based there. He is known for his spectacular abilities that seem to defy the laws of physics. What he has revealed about himself is that despite his human appearance, he is actually an extraterrestrial from a planet named Kryp'Ton.

Origin
The Superman has provided information about his home planet of Kryp'Ton in interviews. Kryp'Ton orbited the red dwarf star LHS 2520 (known as "Rao" to the people of Kryp'Ton) in the constellation Corvus 27.1 light-years from Earth. The planetary mass closest to Rao, Kryp'Ton was a modest-sized planet, roughly the mass and volume of Earth. Over the eons, plant and animal life evolved on Kryp'Ton, and a race of humanoids virtually indistinguishable from humans became the dominant life form. It is only at the cellular and molecular levels that the real differences between the people of Earth and these "Kryptonian" humanoids could be determined.

Although the details remain unknown, at some point Kryp'Ton was destroyed and apparently Superman is its sole survivor.

Several sources have claimed that The Superman first arrived on Earth during his childhood, possibly when he was an infant. However this remains unconfirmed. The fact that The Superman speaks with a General American accent does however lead credence to this claim, however it is possible that his use of the accent is out of imitation.

The Superman's first appearance
The Superman first appeared in New York City in June of 2011. A reporter from the New York Post was assignment to interview President Barack Obama. The reporter, Lois Lane, was aboard a helicopter on the roof of the News Corp. Building in midtown Manhattan. While aboard, a freak accident occurred that sent the helicopter in a tailspin, finally crashing on the edge of the News Corp. Building and about to fall. It is at this point that The Superman first appeared, rescuing Lane and saving the helicopter from certain doom. The Superman had a busy first night where he stopped crime all over the city and performed spectacular rescues, most notably preventing Air Force One from crashing after it was struck by lightning.

Recent incident
Within New York City, the effect of The Superman's actions against the criminal element has caused a major down turn in crime. Threatened by The Superman, the New York crime syndicates have formed a single cartel named Intergang. The NYPD has responded to this by forming the Special Crimes Unit.

The amazing abilities
What is astonishing about The Superman is his "superhuman" and even some claim paranormal abilities. The Superman has demonstrated feats of superhuman strength, speed and sensory abilities. He has shown that he has the ability to project heat from his eyes, to freeze object with his breathe and most notably the ability to defy gravity and fly. He is also apparently invulnerable to physical harm.

Very recently Nobel prize winning scientist Dr. Emil Hamilton, who is a close associate of The Superman has revealed extensive scientific details about The Superman's powers.

According to Dr. Hamilton, the basic cellular anatomy of Kryptonians is similar to that of humans. However, having evolved under the intense radiation of a red dwarf sun, Kryptonians developed a unique cellular structure and composition that enabled them to absorb radiation from their sun to produce a bio-electric field composed of a unique type of energy that further nourished the Kryptonian body. Although they derived most of their nourishment from the consumption of animal and vegetable matter, solar energy supplemented their diets. They were, in effect, organic solar batteries.

Being exposed to the powerful radiation of the yellow G2 dwarf star that is the Sun, The Superman's solar radiation absorption functions are augmented enough to enhance the strength and properties of the bio-electric field to a degree that The Superman is endowed with incredible physical abilities.

Powers in detail
Because of the presence of the enhanced bio-electric field, The Superman's body has more than simple adhesion and cohesion holding his tissues together. The field augments the integrity of the molecular and atomic binding processes of his body's entire cellular structure to a degree that he is invulnerable to large amounts of damage. His cellular bio-electric field has a set tolerance for how much stress occurs before it reacts energetically in opposition to the external force. The tolerance for how much stress occurs before The Superman's tissues counteract it varies according to tissue type. His bones allow virtually no compressional or tensional strain and his fleshy tissues remain supple under soft pressure, but under stress react to restrict any further deformation in shape. Since the strength of The Superman's cellular forcefields greatly exceeds the cohesive force of any substance, no ordinary object can puncture his skin.

The Superman can withstand a 1-megaton nuclear explosion without ill effect, and has been able to tolerate the molten conditions in the Earth's core with only discomfort. A 40-Megaton nuclear explosion knocked him unconscious for over an hour. He could not, however, survive the conditions inside a star, but can safely approach to within several miles of Earth's Sun, probably due to a feedback loop of solar energy powering his bio-electric field. The Superman can easily survive conditions in deep space, but Dr. Hamilton has said that he does need to breathe, eat, sleep, and excrete.

As a consequence of The Superman's cells being permeated by the enhanced bio-electric field and their binding forces being augmented, they are reinforced in such a way that they are not only protected from external harm, but internal forces as well and therefore operate at levels of efficiency that would destroy the cells of any 'normal' organism. That leads to an enhancing effect to all of The Superman's bodily systems...muscular, metabolic, nervous, and so forth.

The enhanced structure of his sensory organs combined with the increased capacity of the nervous system provides for greatly enhanced senses. His range of hearing extends from the subsonic through to the point where signal modulation in broadcast communications can be sensed and demodulated into "sounds" if he concentrates. He can distinctly hear soft sounds anywhere on Earth if he is listening for them. He has perfect pitch. The Superman has revealed to several people, that he has on occasion, sat and perceived every sound on Earth as a symphony of a living planet.

His visual reception range covers the entirety of the electromagnetic spectrum. The difference between The Superman's vision and that of a human's is that The Superman has the capability to see a much wider band of the electromagnetic spectrum, while humans only sense a very narrow band of the spectrum we call visible light. The Superman can change the spectrum he perceives at any given time, by changing the chemical receptors in the rods and cones of his retinas. He can adjust his photovoltaic detection as an act of will to sense longer wavelengths down to the infrared, and higher energy light, up to X-ray and gamma radiation.

His enhanced metabolic rate, muscular speed, and nervous system grant him incredible speed and rapid perceptions; allowing him to see individual bullets fired from high-speed automatic weaponry in flight and outrace them easily. Dr. Hamilton claims that he can read a complete encyclopedia set in seconds, wash a sink full of dishes in the blink of an eye, or run from New York City to Paris in a matter of minutes. The Superman can move faster than the human eye can perceive if necessary, but this requires extra effort. His reflexes are quick enough to allow him to dodge incoming automatic laser fire. Moving at extreme speeds for extended periods of time rapidly drains his solar reserves and consequently diminish the power of the bio-electric field. According to Dr. Hamilton, in a full drained state, his reflexes are only sufficient enough to dodge semi-automatic projectile weapons and read the encyclopedia set in under 10 minutes.

Due to the highly charged nature of The Superman's metabolism, his immune system deals with most normal poisons and diseases quickly and with no ill effect. With the exception of kryptonite emissions, radiation and similar harmful energies are similarly neutralized.

The enhanced bio-electric field has anti-gravity properties. Because of that, when The Superman applies physical force on an object, through sheer exertion of his musculature he partially nullifies any outside gravitational influences on that object and exerts the force of his own personal gravitational field on the object in a manner that endows him with an affectation of superhuman strength. When The Superman lifts or pushes an object of enormous weight, he is in actuality moving the object by physically manipulating a projected gravity field on or around it. He can lift 100,000 tons with serious effort. The conjectured upper limit of his physical strength has been determined to be approximately 250,000 tons with great effort, and causing strain damage to himself equivalent to an average adult human male lifting 500 pounds. Continual exertion will deplete his solar energy, and greatly exceeding his normal lift will drain him more rapidly. At the level of complete solar depletion, The Superman can lift/exert no more than 100 tons of weight or force.

The gravitational properties of the enhanced bio-electric field also gives The Superman the ability to levitate and fly as a result of having absolute control over his body's gravity field to the point of being able to negate any outside gravitational influence over him and manipulate his personal gravitational field to essentially fall forward in a direction and speed of his own choosing. Through sheer force of will, he is capable of Mach speeds in excess of Mach 10 in atmosphere. He can fly to the Moon in minutes, but faster than that outside of atmospheric interference. His control of his flight is perfect and he can perform aerobatic feats such as hovering, flying backwards and even lifting great weights while flying.

The Superman can even generate a gravity lens on the surface of his eyes, allowing him to magnify an image a virtually countless number of times to the point of being able to see through a solid object by seeing through the atomic structure of the object and focus past it, as a camera focuses beyond the dust on a lens. Certain dense materials, notably lead, obstruct this ability.

Further, the combination of augmented metabolic functions and excess bio-electric solar energy paths that course along The Superman's entire cellular structure enables him to voluntarily control certain aspects of his bio-electromagnetic processes to the point of being able to project raw energy from his body. Most prominently, he can project focused beams of high-temperature electromagnetic energy from the surface of his eyes. He emits light along various frequencies in high energy bursts that flash-melts materials in seconds, weaken structural integrity over a smaller area, such as melting the barrel of a gun but leaving the handle untouched. The Superman can control his heat vision and direct it wherever he wants to. He directs it with his eyes. The Superman can emit the radiation visibly or invisibly at lower settings. His energy has a high visibility profile if emitted at higher levels.

The Superman can also 'breathe' out from his lungs a type of energy that will slow down the molecular motion of an object and the moisture immediately around it at such an incredible rate to create ice blocks, as well as freeze objects and opponents.

Dr. Hamilton has revealed that The Superman can hold his breath for a maximum of twelve hours, and requires only two hours of sleep a night to function at peak mental efficiency, as well needing to dream at least half an hour a night, or experience the psychological effects of sleep deprivation as would any other person who missed a night of sleep. When his solar energy is depleted, his resistance to physical punishment drops to approximately one-quarter the normal amount. Withstanding large amounts of damage continuously over time will rapidly deplete his solar reserves.

The source of his powers
Dr. Hamilton's research has made great discoveries about the source of Superman's amazing powers. The Superman requires solar energy to function at peak capacity, or his powers fade to greatly reduced levels, some disappearing entirely if his solar reserves are empty. Superman cannot absorb energy from the lower frequency orange O-class stars and cannot process the higher-frequency White K or blue F classes. Blue B and yellow G type stars are ideal.

The Superman's body stores and processes solar energy at a rapid rate and for a variety of effects, which are explained in his other powers. His storage capacity is sufficient to let him function at full capacity for up to 14 days depending on his physical condition and state of rest. While under a star of the right class (G-type dwarfs in the blue-white through yellow spectrum are ideal) and within a planetary atmosphere, he replenishes energy at a constant rate.

His weaknesses
The radiation signature of the red sun of the Kryp'Ton system (and similar red dwarf stars) instantly causes The Superman's intracellular structures to lose their stored energy, reducing him to normal Kryptonian levels.

Further, there exists a substance from The Superman's home planet called kryptonite that has the capability to harm and even kill The Superman with the unique radiation that it gives off. The science behind how kryptonite effects The Superman has been released to the public the various anonymous sources.

In the most minute amounts, the radiation waveforms and high-energy particles emitted by kryptonite can react catastrophically with the very cellular functions that grant him his powers. The briefest contact can inhibit the enhanced force of the bio-electric field, stripping The Superman of his incredible powers, and further begin a fatal poisoning that totally shuts down cellular activity in the affected areas.

As kryptonite radiation makes its way through the bloodstream, a Kryptonian becomes instantly weak and ill in its unshielded presence, and prolonged exposure will render him or her unconscious (after 30 minutes to an hour depending on the size of the sample, and the current state of his solar reserves), and will eventually (after two to four hours) reach all parts of his body and bring death, usually as the body's immune system attempts to expel the deadly toxin. However, the rate of recovery once removed from the emissions is as rapid as the rate of damage, and the Kryptonian will be back to normal in under an hour after exposure in optimal conditions. Kryptonite emissions can be blocked by lead and other super-dense materials.