Permission/Stats
Real name: Jonathan "Johnny" Gallo
Age: 21 (birthday in camp)
Height: 5’11”
Weight: 162 lbs.
Eyes: Silver (no, seriously)
Hair: Silvery-white
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, NY, USA (Earth-616)
Group Affiliations: Excelsior; previously the Slingers
Medical Information: Ricochet is a mutant, a genetic offshoot of humanity known as Homo sapiens superior. That’ll show up on a DNA scan, but short of that and the superpowers, he appears physically human. His metabolism is sped up, so any injuries will heal slightly faster than the baseline human norm.
Physical Traits: Hair/eye color is a little strange, but not enough to get much notice in camp. Ricochet’s civilian clothes tend towards a sort of "grunge chic," but he'll typically be found in his costume-stretchy, spandex-ish fabric with a leather jacket over it, and 8 throwing discs (his primary offensive weapons) attached to the jacket’s outer sleeves. (I’m gonna presume he has a few more than just those 8 on him, but still a limited supply-and more about his discs will be said under Abilities.)
What’s OK to mention: Ricochet has been taken post M-Day, so it’s okay to bring up Decimation (if you know what either of those mean), but he's pre-Stamford Disaster, SHRA, the Civil War, and World War Hulk (if you know what any of those mean.
Secret Identity: Camp recently unmasked Ricochet, and as a positive result of that event he's considerably less touchy about being seen out of costume. However, he remains extremely protective of his secret ID and, with a few notable exceptions, won't reveal his real name to people whether he's out of costume or not. Instead, he's put forth "Rico" as his name when in civilian clothes, and he doesn't care if people connect Rico the Friendly Neighborhood Video Rental Store Guy with Ricochet the superhero, so long as his real name remains on the down low.
In short, he'll answer to Rico or Ricochet both in and out of costume as far as most people are concerned, but only certain people know who Johnny Gallo is.
Notes for psychics: Ricochet’s actually pretty angsty under all the wisecracks, but you'd have to dig through quite a bit of inane, trivial banter to get to it. His constant joking is a defense mechanism for dealing with some hefty guilt and self-confidence issues.
Ricochet also has the precognitive ability to instinctively detect impending danger, a la Spider-Man’s spider-sense-just without the spider part. This manifests a vague feeling of unease, increasing in intensity relative to the severity of the threat. It should also alert him to psychic probes, but there's no canonical word on whether it can cause "mental feedback" that interferes with mind-control and psychic scans the way Spider-Sense sometimes does.
Abilities: Ricochet’s mutant powers give him superhuman speed, agility, reflexes, and coordination, plus a vertical leap of at least 25 feet. All that coupled with the precognitive danger sense allows Ricochet to perform complex acrobatic maneuvers with ease, bouncing off of obstacles at high speeds-hence his codename. Additionally, his enhanced reflexes and coordination allow him to throw his discs with great force and accuracy-and an aspect of his precog ability allows him to intuitively calculate the paths the discs will take, even as they ricochet off of multiple targets. He can throw one disc so that it will strike several enemies via a series of carom shots, and then maneuver himself to intercept and catch that same disc in mid-flight, to save or throw again.
The discs themselves come in several varieties. The majority are made from hard rubber and work as non-lethal projectiles, effective against lightly- or un-armored opponents. At least two can function as a bolo, with a cable strung between each disc to entangle a target. Other versions include an EMP disc for taking out electronic equipment/opponents, and something called a “blackout disc” which seems to be Ricochet’s trump card-I’m not sure what it does, exactly, but he’s pretty convinced that it’s hefty enough to break up a fight just as a threat.
Recent canon has shown Ricochet to be a skilled fighter with respectable superhero experience, capable of taking down highly-trained and experienced opponents. He’s at his best when someone else is there to give him some direction-if given an objective he’ll get the job done, but he has difficulty identifying the important objectives by himself.
Hugging/kissing/other non-violent physical contact: Ricochet would probably be pretty surprised by any of those, but he’d only have a strongly negative reaction to unsolicited, overtly romantic displays.
Can I shapeshift/bodyswap/spit at/step on/etc?: Ask first, please.
Fighting: Ricochet won’t fight without a good reason, and will walk away if that’s what it takes to keep things from needlessly escalating… But cross him, and he won’t waste much time in opening up a can of whoop-ass on you. He’s unlikely to spar for the fun of it-he’d have to really trust his opponent, think of them as a teammate, before he’d be willing to go even that far. It’s usually hard to get the drop on him thanks to the danger sense, but he can be surprised if attacked quickly enough-a la the Leapfrog’s lasers-but still, ask first if you wanna start something.
Maim/Murder/Death: Ask first, but you can pretty much assume that I’ll want any of these things to count if they happen, and so I’ll be pretty discerning when it comes to picking and choosing. Basic rule is No to all three, unless you can convince me it’s worth it. Lesser injuries are bound to happen at some point as he is a fighter, but since his superpower basically is Dodge-Fu, it takes a while to land a hit on him anyway.
Cooking: No canon evidence as far as I know relating to Ricochet’s culinary skills, but I think we can assume that he can probably fend for himself in a kitchen.