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During the start of the Cold War (1946), the Soviet Union attempted to form their own form of superhero group by using science and compiling medical data on 'unique' people otherwise known as 'people with special powers and abilities'.  Since most of these people were killed during 'The Great Purge' and World War II, only a handful of these 'unique' people were left. As such, even with the greatest effort of the Soviet leadership, they could not find enough viable citizens to form a team, or for that matter, a team that could perform/use their powers for the good of the state.  One man, however, was found that could to what was needed; a man who was made to wear the latest Dospehi armor - an imprisoned Soviet military Captain by the name of Oskar Ostrovsky.

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In 1944, young Oskar, as an enlisted man, led his troops against Nazi strongholds again and again. This warranted a field promotion for Oskar to Lieutenant, wherein he was placed in charge of an infantry division.  After his promotion, he again excelled, storming into battle with his men. The troop losses were heavy, however Oskar miraculously kept coming out of the battles with only scratches.  Eventually, medics discovered these mere 'scratches' were from bullets and/or shrapnel from grenades and/or anti-personnel mines' that had actually bounced off his skin rather than pierce it.  The man's skin was dense, like metal, but still soft to the tough, looking exactly like skin.

 

He was a 'unique'.

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After word got to Moscow, the Captain was arrested and placed in prison, where he was tested, probed and brutally analyzed for the next year. The KGB consistently interrogated Oskar attempting to find 'more of his kind', but Oskar knew of no one else, not even in his family, that had these abilities. He did, however, mention his grandfather was exposed to a mustard gas attack during World War I in a location noted for where the Germans mixed in a (unknown at that time) mutagenic compound called X-65. He stated his father was born immediately after the war and within 4 years of his father's birth, his grandfather finally succumbed to the effects of the mustard gas. Nonetheless, no one else in his family bore any powers or 'unique' abilities other than Oskar.

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While Oskar was being imprisoned, the engineers and scientists of the Soviet Union were hard at work on new weapons; nuclear bombs, missiles, new jet fighters, and powerful tank-like infantry suits much like that used by their renown Soviet military superhero, Dospehi (see Dospehi I).  The World War II armor designs for the original Dospehi were lost in a convoy accident during the war and for years engineers attempted to replicate if not improve on the suit's abilities.  By 1946, they finally created a prototype Mark II Dospehi armor. Sadly, the person in the armored suit had to wear a special asbestos bodysuit due to the heat the armored suit generated internally.  This armored suit operated at a relatively steady temperature of 110 degrees F in a normal environment's heat, and that was with full blown cooling system operating in (without the cooling systems, the suit's operational temperature would easily reach 180-200 degrees F).  As such, the test pilots for the armored suit would usually emerge with burns (even through the asbestos bodysuits) as well as severe dehydration (even when rigged to a water supply feed).  Sadly, the engineers were about to scrap the whole suit design...until one KGB agent who'd been interrogating Oskar Ostrobsky had an idea.

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Oskar was brought to the test facility for the Mark II Dospehi armor and suited up in the asbestos bodysuit.  An explosive belt with a remote detonation device was place on Oskar in case he might 'be disinclined to serve the state', even though Oskar stated that even though he'd been treated badly, he was still a soldier of the Soviet Union and put duty above all else.  Oskar not only took to the armor like a fish to water, but he was able to operate the armor for up to 10 hours without any negative physical issues.  His mutant ability to absorb pain and heat damage and not sweat due to excessive heat, coupled with the realization he had increased strength and stamina as well as an incredible healing factor made him a perfect candidate for the armor's use.

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After 2 weeks of rigorous testing, the armor's performance was displayed to the Soviet leader, Joseph Stalin, in a secret location. There, Oskar showed off the power and capabilities of the battlesuit. Stalin was impressed and demanded an entire division of the Dospehi suits be made, only to be told the secret behind the armor's capability was one man; a 'unique' man.

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Stalin was so upset, he had the lead engineer shot on sight.  Stalin angrily voiced his displeasure at the engineering team, demanding they apply their knowledge to 'fix' the heat problem to allow 'real' Soviet heroes to wear the suit.  He demanded that Oskar be placed back in the Gulag and left to die for being 'unique'. The Dospehi Mark II armor program died about a year later mostly due to a majority of the engineers an scientists being arrested and/or sent to die in prisons around Russia.

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In 1953, Stalin died and his replacement was Georgy Malenkov.  Although he didn't last long (died the same year), Nikita Khrushchev did come into power. He was the KGB agent that brought Oskar Ostrovsky to the Dospehi Mark II armor program.  As one of his first orders of business, he released the old Dospehi Mark II armor engineers and scientists from prison, created a new engineering lab for them and released Oskar as well.  Although initially emaciated, Oskar was back to full trim within four months; four months which was all the time that was needed for the engineering team (who were highly motivated to work around the clock) upgraded the armor to a Mark III version with more armor plating, more cooling and a stronger exoskeleton, making the armor that of a veritable 'super-tank'.  Oskar once again, duty-bound, tested the armor and proved that he was the best person to withstand and support the heavy mechanical equipment to operate the armor and still absorb the suit's heat (which, with all the new modifications, still stayed at about 100-110 degrees F in operational temps inside the suit).  Khrushchev was given a demonstration of the Mark III armor and Oskar's capabilities once again.  This time, however, Khrushchev believed that the one suit was enough and that is was enough to invoke the necessary 'fear' into the West; he knew the West had nothing like this armored suit, and as such, believed the new Dospehi would be a massive deterrent to prevent...or incite...battles, pending on Dospehi's utilization.

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For the next four decades, Oskar became a Soviet military and political tool as the new Dospehi (II).  He was used in nearly every major conflict, uprising, stand-off and/or deterrence effort throughout the Cold War period.  During this time, Oskar was given 'benefits' of that of a Hero of the Soviet Union, including a wife to marry and a beautiful, large home to raise his children in.  His family did well and were brought up and raised all as die-hard Soviet communists. Eventually, Oskar's oldest son joined the Soviet military as his father had.  As part of his medical procedure, Oskar's son, Anton, was found to have the same powers as his father, but to a greater level. Oskar's other children did not show any powers, even after several tests were done on them.  Nonetheless, Oskar remained Dospehi well into what should have been his retirement years.

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In 1991, the Soviet Union was no more and the Russian Federation was the new Russia. the Dospehi program was dissolved and forgotten (most of the team was already dead from old age or retired), leaving Oskar without a paycheck or a means of income.  As such, after a quick meeting with a certain "Generalssimus", Oskar 'obtained' the Dospehi armor and instead joined the Generalissimus' Red Guard; a militant group of ex-Soviets bent on bringing back the power and glory of the Soviet Union.  Although more feeble with age, he was still stronger and tougher than an average man of 30.  The armor was more uncomfortable and was only able to operate it for a couple hours at most before he tired.  At one point, when the Generalissimus was ready to produce a coup d'état against Russian Federation President Boris Yeltsin, Oskar, in his Dospehi armor, who was supposed to be at the forefront of the fight at Yeltsin's building, was told over the radio to instead 'stand down' and go to an underground location where they were to 'regroup'.  Oskar did just that, only to find out it was a trap designed to imprison Oskar.  He was gassed and knocked unconscious. He was removed from the armor and placed under arrest for 'treason' with the armor stored in a vault in a secret location in Moscow.  His wife and family were also sent to prison, however, Oskar's oldest son, Anton, escaped capture and instead hooked up with the active remnants of the Red Guard that didn't get capture in the failed coupe.

 

Months later, Oskar was freed during a prison break by Dospehi...aka, his son, Anton, who was wearing the armor.  The previously uncaptured Red Guard troops attacked the prison to free its fellow incarcerated Red Guard troops and Oskar, with the Generalissimus leading the charge. Nonetheless to say, they all escaped.  Oskar's wife and other children were also freed and brought with the rest of the Red Guard to their new, hidden secret base far from Russia.

 

For the next few years, they lived in a secretive base in Greenland.  Generalissimus had amassed a veritable army and massive amounts of weapons and equipment to wage war to regain Russia to be the new Soviet Union once again. As such, to do so, the Generalissimus deduced that he needed a foothold in the region; he chose to invade Lithuania and start his war from there.  The Generalissimus wanted Anton to be the next new Dospehi, but Oskar pleaded to be Dospehi one last time; to go down in history as part of the great revolution to bring back the Soviet Union. Generalissimus agreed, but told Anton to be ready to replace his father should the need exist.  As such, Anton had already been working on a new Mark IV armor with all the latest stolen tech from the West and hundreds of new equipment and gadgets gleaned from the stolen/appropriated Soviet military sites that the Generalissimus raided in 1991. Generalissumus ordered Anton to stay behind in Greenland and 'do all he could' to make the Mark IV armor operational sooner than later. Anton, although wanting to be in on the Lithuanian invasion, knew his efforts would be best in doing what the Generalissimus wanted him to do.

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In 2010, the Red Guard, led by Generalissimus, invaded Lithuania.  It didn't take but two days to take-over the nation. For the next several weeks, the Red Guard performed multiple feats of cruelty and evils that even paled to the Nazis of World War II.  Oskar, as Dosphei II, was appalled at the way the Red Guard troops were treating the Lithuanian people and eventually got shot at by a Red Guard Captain for his troubles.  Dospehi was ordered to stand-down, however, he instead stated, 'as long as I am alive in this armor, I will continue to serve the best interests of the Soviet Union, and that includes ensuring equal treatment to our new Lithuanian comrades...not mistreating them as slaves'. Generalissimus did not call for any action against Dospehi, but instead assigned him 'guard' duty to the escape sub they had...should anything go wrong.  Eventually, something went wrong for the Red Guard.

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The Lithuanian resistance (and a few other 'unauthorized' helpers from other nations) created an offense that completely destroyed the Red Guard's forces, taking out over 70% of the Red Guard troops. Several of the super-powered Soviet Guard group were wounded/dead as well, thus causing a retreat.  Generalissimus was able to escape with a handful of troops and Soviet Guard personnel, when the resistance exploded into the submarine pen to stop them.  Generalissimus ordered Dospehi II (Oskar) to stop them 'at all cost', allowing for the Generalissimus, his remaining troops/superheroes and two nuclear torpedoes to get away.

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Oskar died in a valiant battle against the resistance, allowing Generalissimus' sub to escape unhindered.

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Back in Greenland, the dead were lauded as Heroes of the Soviet Union, including Oskar and his brave sacrifice.  Anton immediately offered himself up as the next Dospehi (see Dospehi III).  Back in Lithuania, Oskar's body was given a proper funeral, but in a separate cemetery where the rest of the villainous Red Guard troops were laid to rest.  The Dospehi Mark III armor was damaged beyond repair. It was instead sent to Moscow as an 'olive branch' and was to be placed on display with the original Dospehi Mark I & II armors, all of which had been placed in a dank, wet cellar since 1991 and the fall of the Soviet Union. It seemed no one really wanted to have or see the the old Dospehi armors, even for historical reasons. There, all three armors remained...until someone, someday finally liberated (stole) them from their dank location, with only a note left behind stating 'Taken to where they will be properly honored' signed by "Generalissimus". As it is, Oskar's son didn't have long to wait to take over his father's legacy (see Dospehi III).

 

Thus ends the story of Dospehi II, a 'unique' man who was a Soviet enlisted man, became a war hero, then an officer, then a prisoner, then a test subject, then a prisoner again, then a Soviet superhero, then a father, then a nobody, and then finally an 'evil ex-Soviet terrorist' or a 'hero of the Soviet Union'...all depending on whose point of view you have...

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