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Matt Trakker Spectrum Redux

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This is MASK agent Matt Trakker codename Hunter. Matt is the leader and co-founder of MASK.

 The PNA (Peaceful Nations Alliance) a peacekeeping unit of the United Nations contracted the Trakker brothers; Billionaire Matt Trakker, his younger brother Andy, a teenage science prodigy and mechanical genius and older brother Joseph a career military man to found a peace keeping task force alongside decorated United States Air Force Major Miles Mayhem.

 The task force was code named M.A.S.K. (Mobile Armored Strike Kommand) and was developed so that it could deploy anywhere in the world at any time rapidly and operate covertly among most any civilian locale.

 Matt supplied much of the financial backing for the group while Andy designed and developed the MASK vehicles and power helmets with other technicians and scientists. Joseph was picked to train and lead the hand picked team of MASK agents while Miles Mayhem acted as a military advisor and tactician.

 Matt’s idealism and optimism often clashed with the rigid military ideals and pessimistic views of Mayhem over tactics and how the team should be run. Mayhem firmly believed that the power of the technology was being wasted on peace keeping missions and that it could be put to better use.

 Despite this friction Matt developed a grudging respect and eventually a friendship with Mayhem. Matt was impressed with Mile’s vast military knowledge and innovative ideas concerning the development of the weapons.

 Unknown to the Trakker's and the PNA, Mayhem plotted from the beginning of his alliance with the Trakker’s to steal the MASK technology and found his own mercenary terrorist organization code-named VENOM.

 During the last day of desert trials of the completed MASK team Matt Trakker was attached to the team that day as a civilian observer as his elder brother Joseph lead them. When hidden gun batteries and missile launchers sprung from the sands and began firing upon them the MASK team attempted to retaliate but they were killed when their weapons systems failed due to Mayhem’s sabotage. All the agents and their vehicles were destroyed in the onslaught.

 Joseph Trakker was riddled by machine gun fire saving his brother Matt and died. When the smoke cleared and the gun batteries ran out of ammo Matt was the only survivor of the massacre. Using his knowledge of windsurfing Matt managed to make a makeshift sail powered skiff on wheels from vehicle wreckage and sailed it back to home base.

 By the time Matt made it to base it was nightfall and he was horrified to find the test facility was engulfed in flames. Risking the fire Matt was able to rescue a badly injured Andy from the crumbling facility. Andy revealed Mile's betrayal of the group and how Mayhem had stolen half of the plans Andy had developed. Andy then revealed that he had managed to save the other half of his plans and gave them to Matt before dying in his older brother's arms.

 Matt Trakker vowed to bring Miles Mayhem to justice and dedicated his life to rebuilding the MASK team and makes it a formidable force for good as well as to bring Miles Mayhem to justice and destroy VENOM.  

 After returning home Matt spent weeks hand-picking a new team of trusted friends and experts in various fields to make up his new M.A.S.K. team. With his new team’s help and the backing of the PNA they remade the original vehicles and helmets developed by Andy. MASK also constructed a secret base inside a hollowed out mountain located in the mining town of Boulder Hill, Nevada and disguised it’s entrance as a fully functional gas station that can convert into an armored bunker.

 Outgoing and charming Matt keeps up his public persona of being a wealthy playboy philanthropist who engages in extreme sports like sky diving and car racing professionally and for charity. When not running MASK or the running of his family’s business Matt spends much of his spare time with his adopted son Scott and Scott’s robot T-Bob who often accompanies him on his many trips around the world.

 Matt has proven to be an excellent leader, expert fighter pilot and a brilliant tactician in his own right making him the bane of VENOM’s existence.

 
Matt Trakker pilots Thunderhawk, a red Chevrolet Camaro G3, which can transform into a gull-winged fighter jet with amazing maneuverability and speed.

 Thunderhawk’s doors raise and lock into open position as well as extend wings from their bottoms making them form wings. Each wing has a rapid fire laser cannon that is attached to each wing tip. Each cannon can fire a single pulse or rapid fire cannon blasts capable of burning through a one inch plate of steel.

 Thunderhawk’s rear bumper rises to reveal twin compact ramjet engines that enable it to gain liftoff and become airborne in relatively short distances when the gull wing doors are extended. Thunderhawk has miniature stabilizer/lift off air jets located near the front tires that lift the nose of the vehicle into the air for rapid ascents from the ground or stabilization and steering in the air.

 When in land vehicle mode Thunderhawk’s ramjet thrusters act as a powerful turbo boost and can enable Thunderhawk to overtake most any land based vehicle.

 In both jet modes Thunderhawk’s rear spoiler raises to become a stabilizer.

 Thunderhawk also has two small bomb bays that each carries a rocket propelled stun bomb that can also be modified to carry different payloads such as explosive, incendiary or gas. Each bomb is magnetized so it can be programmed to latch onto an enemy vehicle and explode or keep firing its rocket to momentarily destabilize the enemy’s flight path or ability to control the vehicle on land.

 
When piloting Thunderhawk Matt often wears Spectrum mask which is one of the most versatile and powerful masks developed for the team. Spectrum can fire a sonic force wave that can deafen people temporarily, disorient them and can cause them unbearable pain. Spectrum mask can also disrupt radio transmissions on any frequency.

 Spectrum can envelope Matt in a glowing low yield anti-gravity field that allows him a limited ability to glide and it can act like a parachute when he's in free fall. The glider function can be employed while Spectrum uses its sonic based and visual functions though this can drain the mask's energy rapidly and damage it if it's used in this way for too long.

 Spectrum allows Matt Trakker to see in different visual spectrums and can project different spectrums of light which makes it an invaluable tool for tracking enemies, and finding clues on missions.

 Forever striving to be ready for whatever the team may encounter Matt wears the most masks of any member of the team. Many of these masks were developed for special missions or based on the original MASK team’s technology before it was sabotaged.

 Matt is also the pilot and/or co-pilot for Rhino, Volcano, Goliath, Goliath 2, Hornet, Coast Patrol, Jungle Rescue and Skybolt.

 
Matt Trakker, M.A.S.K. and above mentioned characters are all copyright Hasbro

 Camaro copyright Chevrolet General Motors

I was never totally happy with the original one seen here wondermanrules.deviantart.com/… so I rewrote the bio to be more detailed and redid the art and put him in a much better pose. And gave him a better unmasked shot.  :)

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FactionParadox's avatar

A well-thought-out backstory for the classic series. the only question I have is about Matt's code name being 'Hunter'. I thought the team just referred to Matt as "Spectrum", named after his mask. I could see each agent's name just being a reminder of each's unique MASK. In the cartoon they used first names but for personal security and safety a code name for each member seems like a good policy. To have a code name that is separate from the power of each respective MASK could be confusing, I would imagine. The one thing I found interesting was how Matt Trakker's MASK was always a spectrum MASK. His one he wore in Thunderhawk was destroyed in one episode and he also lost the Thunderhawk while saving the world, right?!? They then at the episode' end, the team reveal a brand new and improved Thunderhawk vehicle AND Matt got a new Spectrum MASK but it looked vastly different. It was basically the same Spectrum MASK he wore when riding in RHINO with Bruce Sato but in a different color scheme. Some of the episodes were actually well-written, in my opinion.