TESS-One

TESS-One (Total Elimination of the Super Soldiers) is a fictional robot who first appeared in Captain America comics.

Fictional character biography

Near the end of 1945 the United States government started to foresee the destructive potential of super heroes like Captain America and the Invaders. They grew concerned that after World War II they would not be able to control these powerful new beings. Deep in a secret lab and un-named government branch developed TESS-One, a sort of primitive version of the "Sentinel" programs. Through the course of one of Captain America adventures in the early 1980s, he uncovered the TESS program and made an uneasy alliance with Wolverine to defeat it. The robot was defeated when Captain America and Wolverine cut off her head.

Tess-One later reappeared when the android Super-Adaptoid repaired it and used it and several other robots to attack the Avengers headquarters. This team of robots was known collectively as Heavy Metal. The robots and the Adaptoid were all defeated.

During the Acts of Vengeance storyline, TESS-One was sent by Doctor Doom against Spider-Man. However, Spider-Man, who had been temporarily endowed by cosmic powers, destroyed the robot with a blast of energy.

Powers and abilities

TESS-One was a large, autonomous robot that could fire powerful energy blasts and could reason fairly well for technology developed in the 1940s Marvel Universe. TESS One also used machine-guns, but quickly ran out of ammunition. During its' first appearance it stormed a lab and upgraded its chassis with a coating of adamantium, making it much harder to defeat.

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