Originally posted by inimalist
ok, so just going by speed, his best feat is this one, which is great because it is also a combat feat. If need be, I can expand this point, but unlike a lot of the characters who are fast but more brawler or whatever, Starhawk is [b]strictly a speed character, and his MO is to accelerate to FTL then blast at his opponents.anyways, it says he goes instantly to lightspeed than increases it through "geometric compounding". if lightspeed = c, than "geometric compounding would be: c + cx + cx^2 + cx^3... etc. Taken with the "multi-erg" (which is a measure of power, like joules), we probably shouldn't try to figure out a quantifiable value, but it is clear that he very quickly can accelerate to multiple times the speed of light:
(notice, he is invisible to the pathbreakers sensors. These are good sensors. In the issue that immediatly preceded the one this scan is from, Starhawk was moving FTL when the robot attacked him. This means the robot CAN sense things FTL, but Starhawk now is moving so much beyond that)
Here we see his ability to dodge at FTL:
and he is quick enough to punk Mantis in h2h:
So, not just travel speed, but dodging and reflexes are incredibly fast.
I think Quan is going to take me up on the BZ, so if you want I can expand on the other stuff, like his durability, strength, healing, attacks, precog, awareness, intangibility, etc, but, you know, nice to keep some aces up the sleeve, and I'm lazy... so lazy....
but ya, with all his other powers, and his style of FTL combat in normal situations, he is a definate competator when considering who is the most effective speedster. My use of Starhawk in the tournament included him as a FTL medic, which by itself is AWESOME. Considering Starhawk can take blows from Mjolnir....
so ya, save turning this into a "respect the one who knows" thread, let me know what else you want to see.
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Idk.
I'm not quite convinced on this.
-The first scan is great. Accelerating to lightspeed 'instantly' is rare. A lot of characters have to build up speed. And he's clearly able to maneuver himself while flying at said compounding speeds so clearly his processing speeds are enormous. If this is indicative of his 'average' then he's very much a contender.
-Second scan, Ben Grimm dodged the same blast. It can't be FTL.
-Last set doesn't look good. Mantis was able to land a kick on him and dodge one of his blows. Pre-cog is not a good explanation for this, if he's fast enough, pre-cog would be useless. He couldn't dodge a shield bash either.
