Origin

Babbage is a combat mech series I-45ENG who comes from the A.I planet of Robatica.

Creation

Babbage is a character first introduced in the DC Comics series titled The Legion Vol 1 #25, December 2003.

Character Evolution

Reboot, Earth-247

Babbage was a combat-class unit sent to join the new Legion Academy from the newly founded planet of Robotica, after the long war between machine intelligence and organic life. Many of his peers resented his presence, blaming the machine life for all the hardships of the war.

Cosmic Boy, however, personally greeted Babbage and spoke with him shortly about history and the like (Babbage's chosen codename was a reference to a progenitor of computer science). Rokk thought that what Babbage was trying to accomplish with his enrollment was commendable, and offered the young machine good tidings.

Babbage served well during the few instances the Legion Cadets were called into action.

Powers and Abilities

Being a sentient machine Babbage and as such does not need to eat, breath, or sleep. He is also a combat ready mechanoid however he has yet to demonstrate many of his capabilities.

Equipment

As a cadet in the Legion Academy Babbage along with the other students is given a Legion Flight Ring. The main power of the ring is to give its wearer the ability to fly at high attitudes and high speeds. It also houses a powerful microcomputer which has communications capabilities, a signal device, as well as a navigational system.