Falcon |
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Portrayed by Anthony Mackie |
Statistics |
Full Name |
Sam Wilson |
Age |
26 |
Height |
6'2" |
Build |
Tall and athletic |
Eyes |
Brown |
Hair |
Black |
Factions |
JL:A, Stark Industries |
Occupation |
Ex-Air Force |
Alignment |
Hero |
Claim to Fame
Veteran para-rescuer who was involved in experimental equipment testing
Reputation
A trusted soldier and a talented flier.
Biography
When Sam Wilson was a child growing up in Harlem, his father was killed trying to stop a fight. Left to be raised by a struggling single mother, Sam was forced into petty crime to help her make ends meet. He resented that necessity, and when he turned 18, immediately enlisted with the Air Force to earn an honest living. Fortunately, his grades had always been solid and his visual acuity and hand-eye coordination were exceptional, so he excelled in testing and training. After bouncing from field to field a bit, he was eventually deployed to Iraq as a special forces paratrooper. He saw a lot of combat and experienced such loss that he sought a way out of active service. He found it as a test pilot in an experimental program that eventually produced the Exo-7 flight harness.
Now that his tour and the Falcon testing program have ended, Sam is back in New York, volunteering with other veterans and seeking some direction in his life.
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Character Details
Approachable and friendly, but reserved about his personal history.
Piloting |
Sam is certified on and experienced with a variety of military aircraft, especially those designed to transport troops. This includes a few experimental vehicles that he encountered when he was helping test the Exo-7 flight suit. |
Paratrooper |
Sam is a veteran paratrooper who has seen extensive combat and been instrumental in the testing of new equipment. He is an expert with military firearms and hand-to-hand combat techniques, as well as small unit combat tactics. His specialization in reconnaissance and intrusion make him stealthy, highly observant, and confident in the dark. It goes without saying that he is as skilled a skydiver as anyone on the planet. |
Flight |
Though the military gave him his wings, Sam was born to fly. He is an unparalleled master of the Exo-7 winged flight system, which makes him staggeringly fast and nimble in the air. Additionally, he knows techniques to best evade detection and pursuit, survive engagements with combat aircraft, and carry out scouting, search, and reconnaissance missions using his wings. |
Ornithology |
One of the experimental scouting techniques Sam particularly excelled at was creating inferences about his surroundings by observing the behavior of birds. By watching avian flight and behavior patterns, Sam can quickly and indirectly 'scout' in certain ways, such as locating individuals who are fleeing or pursuing him, noticing hidden aircraft or airstrips, or identifying safe areas free from 'predators' (i.e. people). |
Gear |
Sam flies using the Exo-7 Falcon winged flight system, an experimental non-vehicular flight suit deveoped by the military. The suit and wings are made with an advanced alloy designed to be lightweight and flexible but resistant to small-arms fire. The Exo-7 also has an extremely small RADAR silhouette and is easily mistaken for a bird. The suit's goggles can scan in various invisible spectra, compensate for low light conditions, provide a targeting and threat assessment HUD, and include a zoom function. The gauntlets contain grappling lines, jokingly referred to as 'talons' by the designers. |
Air Force |
A respected Air Force veteran, Sam is still connected with the military through his volunteer work with other veterans, and is familiar with a number of advanced technologists who were involved with the Exo-7 and other experimental projects he worked for. |
Security Clearance |
As part of his work with experimental military programs, Sam achieved a top secret security clearance. He knows a number of military secrets and can be looped in on others at the discretion of the person informing him. |
Criminal Ties |
After his father died, Sam was involved in street-level crime to try and help his mother make ends meet. He always resented this necessity, and joined the military specifically to escape it. He was never caught and has no record, but nonetheless, several criminals in Harlem are aware of his past and probably wouldn't hesitate to try to use that knowledge against him. |
Ptsd |
Like many soldiers who have seen friends die in combat, Sam suffers from some post-traumatic stress disorder. This affects his sleep cycles, makes certain topics of conversation very difficult for him, and can occasionally lead to unpredictable emotional behavior when he is under very high levels of stress. |
Relationships
Justice League: Avengers |
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Steve Rogers: Inevitable Wingman
Since he became a regular at Sam's veterans' support group, Steve and Sam have instinctively had each other's backs. They've been allies at SHIELD and drinking buddies on their off hours, and now they're joining the JL:A together. |
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Kara Zor-El
Sam has always been a sucker for the superheroic classics, but he has to admit that with her ebullient personality, Kara's way more fun to have around than her sometimes-too-serious cousin. |
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Clint Barton
Working together on SHIELD operations around the world (and extermination jobs in Bed-Stuy), Clint and Sam have developed a strong working rapport. That translated into Sam's invitation to the JL:A, a life-changer if there's ever been one. |
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Kate Bishop
Kate's youth and ubringing make her the sort of person Sam usually tries to protect from the chaos of a warzone, yet she has earned her place on the front lines. He admires her confidence and skill. |
Stark Industries |
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Tony Stark: Boss
Caught Sam flying around on a bunch of proprietary Stark technologies, and hired him for a hypothetical Stark medical division. |
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Pepper Potts: Boss's Boss
Given the sentence immediately to the left, that Pepper hasn't summarily fired Sam is a testament to her forbearance. |
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Howard Stark: Mister Roboto
Sam helped spring the LMD from the kitschy warehouse where he was being stored. Ever since they basically became coworkers, he's been trying to help Howard adjust to both the 21st century and the whole robot thing. |
SHIELD |
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Melinda May: Professional Contact
Sam has acted as a freelance paramedic for May, and eventually sussed out that she's a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent. Any work she needs him to take on, he'll happily complete. |
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Natasha Romanoff
Natasha may not be sure that she wants in on the JL:A, but Sam still considers her exactly the sort of person he wants at his back in a dangerous situation. |
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Bobbi Morse
Bobbi has made no secret of her irritation with certain people and global superhero initiatives important to Sam, but he's not the sort of guy who has to agree with someone to respect them. |
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Sara Pezzini: Flight Student
Sara's magic armor came with wings, but not a manual. Fortunately, Sam knows a thing or two about wing suits. |
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Simon Williams
Sam knows two things about Simon: he's a good person to have at your back, and teasing him about being a reality TV star will never, ever get old. |
Allies |
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Jericho Trent
Trent helped Sam get his first pair of wings as a civilian. That's a favor that it'll take more than a few patched bullet holes to repay. |
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Lunair Weir
Lunair was the first person Sam helped out of a dangerous situation after leaving the service. He's a little protective of her. |
Character Gallery
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Logs
Hydra Strike
March 8th, 2016: Kate is teaching Kara archery. Steve is relaxing in the area while Falcon checks out his suit. Booster and Ozymandias are flying through the area when HYDRA attacks under the orders of Zola!
(log: 20150309-hydra-strike | tags: booster_gold captain_america falcon hawkeye_ii jla ozymandias supergirl zola | posted: 09 Mar 2015 18:55)
Bamfed Briefing
March 02, 2015: The JL:A prepares for their Russian Mission and is joined by an unexpected guest.
(log: 20150303-bamfed-briefing | tags: bamfs captain_america falcon hawkeye hawkeye_ii hawkgirl jla nocturne ozymandias supergirl wonder_woman | posted: 03 Mar 2015 18:52)
Justice League: Avengers Assembled!
March 01, 2015: JL:A members do some bonding en-route to Russia while flying in javelins.
(log: 20150302-avengers-assembled | tags: falcon hawkeye hawkeye_ii jla ozymandias supergirl | posted: 03 Mar 2015 01:41)
Lockdown: Slaughter Swamp
February 28, 2015: S.H.I.E.L.D. attempts to discern the connection between Fracture and the Winter Soldier with a good ol' fashioned group interrogation; it doesn't go quite as planned.
(log: 20150228-lockdown:shield | tags: captain_america falcon fracture mockingbird paul_manning the_cavalry who_is_james_buchanan_barnes? winter_soldier witchblade | posted: 25 Mar 2015 20:33)
Sins of the Future #3: Deception
February 26th, 2016: Alex Summers heads to the outskirts of Gotham City after he receives a text from a stranger claiming to have information about his long lost brother; Scott. Spearhead and Falcon happen to be in the area on their own business and get drawn into a mysterious encounter, with Alex being the target. (Emits by Rachel)
(log: 20150226-deception | tags: falcon havok marvel-girl sinsofthefuture spearhead x-men | posted: 26 Feb 2015 17:03)
Joint Venture
February 16 2015: Nicholas and Lydia go to Stark Tower to propose a joint venture
(log: 20150216-joint-venture | tags: falcon hardwire pepper_potts taskmaster wolf_cub | posted: 17 Feb 2015 10:04)
The Hall of Just Some People, Nobody Special, Why Do You Ask?
February 9, 2015: Falcon runs into Kara (almost literally) while getting used to the Javelin's controls, and tells her more than he should before he realizes she isn't in the JL:A loop.
(log: 20150209-the-hall-of-just-some-people-nobody-special-wh | tags: falcon jl:a metropolis supergirl | posted: 10 Feb 2015 03:21)
Wings and Weapons
February 7, 2015: Sam uses what medical knowledge he has of metahumans to try to figure out what's going on with Nyx
(log: 20150207-wings-and-weapons | tags: falcon nyx | posted: 08 Feb 2015 01:13)
Posh Digs
February 5, 2015: Two Hawks and a Falcon start moving their stuff into the JL:A crash pad in Metropolis.
(log: 20150205-posh-digs | tags: falcon hawkeye hawkeye_ii jl:a | posted: 06 Feb 2015 05:07)
Kids in a candy store
January 31, 2015: Hawkeye brings Falcon up to the Watchtower. Very, very cool.
(log: 20150131-kids-in-a-candy-store | tags: falcon hawkeye jla metropolis watchtower | posted: 31 Jan 2015 17:53)
An offer of assistance
January 30, 2015: Lunair runs into Sam in the park and they catch up on the drastic changes in each of their lives.
(log: 20150130-an-offer-of-assistance | tags: falcon lunair nyc | posted: 31 Jan 2015 06:17)
A Beer at Chet's
January 30, 2015: Watchin' the game, havin a Bud. True.
(log: 20150130-a-beer-at-chet-s | tags: captain_america falcon | posted: 31 Jan 2015 01:15)
Pizza League Initiative
January 28, 2015: Some SHIELDies and an ally come together to talk about the forming of the Justice League.
(log: 20150128-pizza-league-initiative | tags: black_widow falcon hawkeye jla maria_hill mockingbird shield | posted: 29 Jan 2015 03:36)
Hawaii Five-O'Clock Somewhere
January 15, 2015: So an heiress, a spy, and a pararescueman walk into a bar…
(log: 20150115-hawaii-five-oh-clock-somewhere | tags: black_widow falcon hawkeye_ii | posted: 16 Jan 2015 20:16)
Playing the Space Card
December 18, 2014: Carol Danvers comes by Stark Industries, and runs into Sam and Howard.
(log: 20141219-playing-the-space-card | tags: falcon howard_stark ms_marvel | posted: 19 Dec 2014 07:57)
Greener Pastures
December 1, 2014: Jericho, Sam, Carol, and Mimic discuss leaving Siberia for somewhere nicer. Like a void dimension full of psychotic mutants.
(log: 20141201-greener-pastures | tags: aspect falcon mimic ms_marvel | posted: 02 Dec 2014 06:01)
I hate this country
November 19, 2014: Falcon and Jericho break into an abandoned launch facility for the Soviet cosmonaut program, but end up finding far worse than they expected.
(log: 20141119-i-hate-this-country | tags: aspect falcon russia | posted: 20 Nov 2014 05:44)
Vintage Cyborg, Near Mint
November 13, 2014: The location of an old SRD equipment cache is leaked and an assortment of super-types show up to loot it.
(log: 20141114-vintage-cyborg-near-mint | tags: aethera falcon ghost_of_the_20th_century green_lantern magneto rocket_red_iv shield winter_soldier | posted: 15 Nov 2014 01:30)
A Stark Family Reunion
November 12, 2014: Howard and Tony Stark reunite. It goes about as well as you'd expect.
(log: 20141112-a-stark-family-reunion | tags: falcon howard_stark iron_man | posted: 13 Nov 2014 02:32)
Friends and Neighbors
November 10, 2014: A Friends of Humanity flash mob in Harlem is defused by a few local superheroes.
(log: 20141110-friends-and-neighbors | tags: falcon gwen_stacy luke_cage nyc spider-man | posted: 11 Nov 2014 00:46)
Finding LMDStark
November 10, 2014: Several SHIELD people and several Stark people converge on an old warehouse to investigate some strange readings. They find something completely different.
(log: 20141110-finding-lmdstark | tags: captain_america falcon hawkeye hawkeye_ii howard_stark jarvis lucky partisan pepper_potts shield simmons superman wolverine | posted: 11 Nov 2014 08:20)
Norilisk Extraction
November 5, 2014: A SHIELD extraction team goes to retrieve Jessica Drew from a remote Russian mining town after her cover is compromised.
(log: 20141106-norilisk-extraction | tags: antoine_triplett black_widow falcon hunter shield spider-woman the_cavalry | posted: 06 Nov 2014 08:41)
To Russia With Love
October 30 2014: Having been asked to dig further into the circumstances surrounding the eldest Rasputin's death, Jericho contacts some people who are good with this sort of thing.
(log: 20141030-to-russia-with-love | tags: antoine_triplett aspect falcon hawkeye_ii the_cavalry | posted: 31 Oct 2014 11:30)
War Stories
October 21st, 2014: Sam goes looking for an old friend and runs into Jason Lucky, instead.
(log: 20141021-war-stories | tags: falcon lucky nyc | posted: 31 Oct 2014 00:02)
Back to Business
September 18, 2014: A typical workday at Stark Industries
(log: 20140918-back-to-business | tags: crickt falcon lucky pepper_potts | posted: 19 Sep 2014 18:22)
Vinyl Night
September 16, 2014: Sam and Zinda go for a vinyl DJ set at a bar, but end up spending more time talking about the reappearance of Bucky Barnes.
(log: 20140916-vinyl-night | tags: falcon lady_blackhawk nyc | posted: 17 Sep 2014 14:09)
Rats in Bed-Stuy 1
September 15, 2014: Barton convinces Sam and tricks Amy into accompanying him into an abandoned subway station to clear out a nasty rat infestation, but it turns out there are bigger beasties living below Bed-Stuy.
(log: 20140915-rats-in-bed-stuy-1 | tags: amy falcon hawkeye hulk midnighter nyc redwing-npc | posted: 17 Sep 2014 13:56)
Home Cooking
September 15, 2014 As promised, Sam has May, Jericho, and Steve over for a homemade meal at his mom's place.
(log: 20140915-home-cooking | tags: aspect captain_america darlene_wilson-npc falcon k'nert the_cavalry | posted: 19 Sep 2014 04:06)
By Fire and Ice: Antivirus
September 14, 2014: The technical wing of the joint SHIELD/X-men strike force takes out Hydra's viral storage facility in Greenland.
(log: 20140914-by-fire-and-ice:antivirus | tags: aspect crickt falcon fitz metal shield simmons x-men | posted: 15 Sep 2014 21:20)
By Fire and Ice: Aftermath
September 14 2014: The SHIELD Strike Team reconvenes in the Parking lot of the Tri, having been teleported away by an unknown agency.
(log: 20140914-by-fire-and-ice:aftermath | tags: aspect crickt falcon fitz hawkeye kitty_pryde lunair magik maria_hill metal paul_manning simmons vorpal wolverine | posted: 15 Sep 2014 23:43)
Virus Hunt Gaza Strip: Blue on Blue
August 27 2014: Following up information recovered at the Red Crescent aid tent in Syria, a SHIELD team moves on a Hydra facility in the Gaza, only to find that they're not alone.
(log: 20140827-virus-hunt-west-bank:blue-on-blue | tags: aspect cyclops falcon redwing-npc shield the_cavalry virus-plot wolverine | posted: 28 Aug 2014 11:17)
Virus Hunt Lebanon: Red Crescent
August 27, 2014: Hawkeye, Falcon, Jericho, and Coulson take out a virus stockpile set to infect a refugee settlement on the Lebanese/Syrian border.
(log: 20140827-virus-hunt-lebanon:red-crescent | tags: aspect falcon hawkeye phil_coulson | posted: 28 Aug 2014 03:28)
Getting with the Program 3: The Team Assembles
August 21, 2014: Sam brings in Steve and Tony to hear Jericho and May's pitch. They agree to be a part of the operation in Syria.
(log: 20140823-getting-with-the-program-3 | tags: aspect captain_america falcon iron_man shield the_cavalry | posted: 24 Aug 2014 05:56)
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