Powers and Abilities
Gideon is a mutant who has the ability to temporarily endow himself with superhuman abilities by replicating the superhuman energy signatures and genetic templates of superhuman beings. Apparently, he can duplicate even the superhuman capabilities of robots. He has the ability to mimic any nearby skill, talent, or power possessed by a person or mechanical being (such as an android or a battle suit) and then to reapply or redirect that ability back to the attacker. Gideon presumably psionically scans the genetic makeup of superhuman beings in order to duplicate their superhuman abilities within himself.
Gideon was an External, meaning his aging process is greatly retarded and that he can apparently regenerate injured or missing cells from even near-fatal injuries. He was granted with limited immortality, only ended by an extremely mortal wound such as decapitation, by the Legacy Virus (two Externals died by this method) or, in the case of his death, by a draining of the life energies.
Gideon is an extraordinary business strategist.
He wears body armor, and has access to androids, advanced vehicles, and other advanced technology developed by Ophrah Industries.
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