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Rex Salazar

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This character is a Future Variant that only exists in Future Fenton's Timeline.

Rex Salazar is a hero in 5 Years Later. He is a human E.V.O. from the planet Earth in the Generator Rex Universe.

A future version of him, in the Future Fenton's Timeline, made cameos in Episode 9: Time Out, and Episode 11: Shattered.

Appearance[]

Rex is a tall Hispanic male with short black hair and brown eyes. He usually wears a red jacket with orange stripes with a blue and white T-shirt underneath. He also has black gloves and goggles on top of his head.

Rex makes a brief cameo during Future Fenton's retelling of his story. He can be seen in the background having longer hair, a coat, and a more advanced version of his Punk Busters build.

During Future Fenton's explanation on how to defeat the Omni-Chimeras, Rex can be seen in a flashback. In it, Rex is sporting a light blue streak of hair, with few black hair strands covering his forehead, a slightly more defined musculature, a few prominent scars , and damaged areas around his body. He is wearing a dull blue tank top, a baggy variation of his regular pants, and has machinery cables and a blood bag connected to his upper body. He still retains his goggles.

Personality[]

Rex is very self-confident and comedic. He used to be impulsive and rebellious, but learned to plan his next moves and listen to others.

He's very empathetic and risked his own life to save others on countless occasions.

Abilities[]

  • Nanites- Rex's system contains millions of nanites that grant him a plethora of abilities.
    • Machine Generation- Rex can use his nanites to create different mechanical body parts that he can use as weapons or vehicles.
    • Enhanced Durability- Rex's body has a very high level of durability, even without his builds. Being able to be smacked into buildings and cars without damage, he is also able to handle the crushing pressures of an underwater trench, survive an elevator that takes him into space in a matter of seconds, and even survive getting struck by lighting.
    • Technopathy- Rex can use his nanites to control machines, allowing him to reprogram or deactivate any machine he comes into contact with.
    • Nanite Manipulation- Rex can cure E.V.O.s by reprogramming their nanites using his own. Rex can also communicate with other nanites via a similar method.
    • Nanite Healing- The nanites in Rex's system allow him to heal faster, for example, by helping his broken bones heal much quicker, or giving Rex enhanced durability.
    • Nanite Immunity- Rex's nanites can destroy pathogens that would be deadly to normal humans. However, there is a limit to what Rex's nanites can handle.
  • Omega Nanite- Also known as Omega-1 Nanite, is a large grey control nanite that controls Rex's active nanites.
    • Omega Build's- The Omega Nanite allows Rex to create blueprints in his mind, from which he can forge his nanites into very powerful builds. After Rex creates the build for the first time it can be accessed easily like his other builds.
    • Self-Replication Program- The Omega Nanite has a self-replication program that generates more active nanites for Rex in case there's a small concentration of them in his system.
    • Enhanced Nanite Healing- Thr Omega Nanite just like every single Nanite in Rex's system can help heal his body, however, the Omega Nanite is more powerful than an average nanite. For example, the Omega Nanite was able to restart Rex's heart when he drowned and commanded his other nanites to circulate his blood in place of his heart.

Weaknesses[]

  • Overloading- Rex can overextend his abilities, causing him to shut down if he uses too much power at once.
  • Emotions- Rex's nanites don't function properly when he's under extreme emotional stress.
  • Nanite Disrupter- Rex can be rendered temporarily powerless by a Nanite Disrupter.
  • Nanite Vulnerability- Rex's nanites can be stolen by powerful E.V.Os like Van Kleiss and Alpha.
  • Excess Nanites- After Rex cures E.V.O.s, their nanites start to collect inside of his system, which allows him to replenish his own supply. If Rex doesn't regularly offload his excess nanites at facilities Providence built for him, he will lose control of his nanites, and his body will begin to generate tumorous metalic sacks and thin wire like tendrils, which causes Rex's immense pain.
    • However, this hasn't been an issue for him for a long time, after he cured every E.V.O. on Earth.

History[]

Pre 5 Years Later[]

The first batch of nanites[]

Rex Salazar was the son of two scientists, and the brother of Caesar Salazar, who worked on the "Nanite Project", that was meant to change the world. One day, Rex had an accident that put his life in danger. In order to save him, his parents injected him with a batch of fully programmed completed nanites. The injection saved his life, and over time, granted him the ability to talk to machines, and eventually, create machines.

The Nanite Event[]

Sometime after, the worst disaster in history took place, the Nanite Event, which released every incomplete nanite into the Earth's atmosphere. Rex lost his memory for the first time during the event, due to the explosion shockwave wiping out his memory. Months later, Rex with no memories of what happened was found by Agent Six, who discovered that he can cure E.V.Os. He was taken by him to the Providence Base and began training there and eventually, became the special agent of Providence.

The Omega Nanite[]

After years of working for Providence, Rex found one of the first clues to his past, Dr. Rylander, one of the scientists who worked on the Nanite Project. Rylander also revealed that Rex has a brother and gave Rex an injection containing an unusual nanite. When he asked Rylander what he just injected him with he responded with "everything".

This nanite injected into Rex was later discovered during the attack at Providence HQ, after Rex's nanites were all siphoned away from him, except for that special nanite. Later, after Rex acquired a new batch of nanites from the Providence Offload facility, the special nanite allowed Rex to create a new build, which was used by him to defeat Van Kleiss. After the fight, Rex stated that he started seeing blueprints in his head, which eventually allowed him to create a new set of powerful builds.

The special Nanite was later revealed to be the "Omega-1 Nanite" by Caesar when he returned after a few years stuck in hyperspace.

Heroes United[]

One day, after Rex was sent six months into the future, a wormhole appeared above New York. Rex and his team went to investigate it shortly after. After Rex flew up to it and tried to punch it Humungosaur jumped out at him. Rex tried to punch him but he caught his fist and punched him back, sending him to the ground. Later, Ben used Diamondhead, Lodestar, and Rath to fight Rex in New York. After Rex and Rath saved the civilians from the falling debris, it was revealed to Rex, and all the people around, that the creature Rex thought was an E.V.O was actually Ben Tennyson. After going back and forth, Ben and Rex learn of Caesar's creation, the Alpha Nanite. Later on, Alpha absorbed Rex's Omega Nanite. Rex fires Ben through Alpha as Cannonbolt with his Slam Cannon. The Alpha then becomes unstable and Caesar recovers the Omega Nanite. Rex compresses Alpha into a heavily compressed sphere. After that Caesar uses his Void Gun send Ben home.

The Worldwide Cure Event[]

After the fight with the Consortium, a group tied to the Nanite Project, Rex came into the possesion of the Meta-Nanites, a group of nanites that when combined, would grant the user control over every fabric of reality, However, as revealed by Caesar, there was no threat of them being misused as he and their parents programmed them to only work for him. With his new abilities, Rex teleported inside the nanite reactor in the Concortium facility and reprogramed every nanite inside of it, after that he flew into space, from where he used these nanites to cure every single E.V.O. on Earth, in a Worldwide Cure Event, effectively ending the threat of E.V.O.s for good. Afterwards, Rex deactivated the Meta-Nanites for good.

5 Years Later[]

Appearances[]

5 Years Later Comic[]

5 Years Later Motion Comic[]

Trivia[]

  • Rex was first teased to be in the comic on March 31, 2018, as an April Fools joke.

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