Dozer
(Joseph Mendoza profile #2)
Context
For more context about Dozer, you should first read the Jackson Dane character profile, and then the first Dozer character profile (for his “Big Dozer” era).
Background
- Real Name: Sergeant Joseph Mendoza.
- Marital Status: Single.
- Known Relatives: Juvendino (Father), Maria-Luiza (Mother), Art (Brother), Marcy (Sister).
- Group Affiliation: Wetworks, formerly Team 7.
- Base of Operations: Wearing Industries Central HQ, San Fransisco, CA.
- Height: 6’8” (without Growth). Weight: 752 lbs. (without Growth).
- Eyes: Black Hair: Bald
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Powers and Abilities
Dozer is a soldier whose natural strength and bulk makes him particularly fit to use heavy weaponry. He’s so strong that he can hip-fire ordnance that normally requires a vehicle. He even modified regular equipment to fit his rather unique ability.
As usual, his symbiote enhanced his natural abilities. It made him gigantic (big enough for a man to be smaller than his knees) and superhumanly strong and durable.
He grew so big that, at first, he was unable to move by himself. However, Grail taught him meditation techniques to control his symbiote’s size enhancement problem.
And as usual, the prolonged contact with the symbiote has affected its wearer permanently, making him naturally bigger and heavier than he was before.
History
Dozer was a US army soldier, drafted by Dane into his version of Team 7.
Grail had taught Dozer how to control his size through oriental meditation techniques. However, when he experiences emotional stress (like when he saw Pilgrim come back), he loses his control and grows too big to stay up again.
Throughout Wetworks’ saga, Dozer has but a minor role, acting as the group’s dumb brick and heavy firepower support.
Drakken
Drakken, the Vampire Nation’s throne usurper, then made his big gambit. He managed to capture the entire team and made Dozer grow into a 100 m tall pyramid.
This pyramid was an antennae that relayed the combined power of the captured members to ensure Drakken’s power in an area 800 miles around Phoenix. In this area, nothing could move unless Drakken allowed it.
The day was saved by Pilgrim, as Drakken was oblivious of her werewolf heritage. Though freed, Claymore took upon himself to free Dozer of his tremendous pain, and the zone of Drakken’s influence. He killed Dozer and himself in the process.
Description
No longer bound to his 4-stories tall armor, Dozer looks like a very big, broad and strong man.
His head is very small compared to the rest of his body.
He’s bald and constantly wears tiny red sunglasses.
Personality
Dozer is of the fine humour type. Taunting his adversaries, his teammates, even mocking himself.
Quotes
“I’m 600 pounds of pain.”
Game Stats — DC Heroes RPG
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Dozer
| Dex: 05 | Str: 06 | Bod: 06 | Motivation : Responsibility of Power |
| Int: 05 | Wil: 07 | Min: 06 | Occupation : Fire Support |
| Inf: 06 | Aur: 07 | Spi: 06 | Resources {or Wealth} : 04 |
| Init: 018 | HP: 030 |
Powers:
Growth: 01, Density Increase: 01
Bonuses and Limitations:
Density Increase and Growth are Always On (-1) and Already Factored In.
Skills:
Gadgetry (Building/Designing Firearms)*: 05, Martial Artist*: 05, Military Science (Cammo, Demo, DR)*: 05, Weaponry (Heavy Weapons): 09, Weaponry (Other)*: 05
Advantages:
Intensive Training.
Connections:
Wetworks (High).
Drawbacks:
SIH (IO), SPI (Lose control of Symbiote’s Growth).
Equipment:
- SYMBIOTE [/STR/ 11 /BODY/ 12 INT 04 WIL 05 MIN 05, Density Increase: 02 (Always On/Already Factored In), Growth: 06 (Does not add to Strength, -5), Remote Sensing: 07 (Limited to the Orbs’ -see below- LOS), Telepathy: 09 (Only with symbiote hosts – self and others), Insta Change, Strange Appearance, R#2].
- Orbs [BODY 08, Flight: 06, Full Vision: 05, Shrinking (Always On): 05].
- 2x Rotating Machine Gun [BODY 05 AV 06 EV 09, Range: 08, R#2].
Source of Character: Images Comics (Wildstorm Universe).
Helper(s): Sébastien Andrivet (Dane’s write up).