Kevin's mother is positive that he is the result of an alien abduction. Even before he was born, red skinned and golden eyed, she maintained she had been impregnated by an alien. The fact that she came from a rural area in Louisiana, in a particular county where UFO sighting were common, and just as commonly ignored, meant no one believed her. Kevin's metahuman abilities made him tabloid fodder in his home town and so his mother and he moved away. At some point enough of her story had been made that the Metropolitan ExtraTerrestrial Enclave stepped in and attempted to determine if his characteristics were indeed those of any known alien race. Their findings were mixed, but one of the researchers knew Prof. Prescott and of his school and suggested that he attend. METE offered to cover their moving expenses and his tuition and his mother jumped at the chance.
Kevin does not register as a mutant and his DNA is barely recognizable as human.
Kevin can't wait to grow up and be a "real hero". He considers his activities as training and kiddy stuff until he is 18 and can live on his own without his mother or anyone else watching over him. Feeling like an outcast and circuis freak most of his life, Kevin loves his new home and school, he desperately craves acceptance and approval.
"Did ya see that, Starchild? I smaked him but good."
Kevin can alter his body's density between two extremes, insubstantial and superdense. Its easier for him to increase his density than it is to decrease it, as yet no one knows why. When desolid he can walk on air and make use of his Intangible Touch, which causes damage to his target as well as himself. He has also proven capable of altering the density of those he can touch, either causing them to be light as a feather, enabling him to lift seemingly vast amounts, or making them too heavy to move.
If Core is too powerful for your campaign, get rid of his Light as a Feather and Too Heavy To Move powers. If he's not tough enough, raise his DI to 8 levels and adjust his Intangibility to Costs End Only to Activate.
A short, skinny kid with crimson skin and golden hair and eyes. He generally has to have one of the instructors put makeup on his face and hands to let him go out of the compound. His costume is a black body suit with a golden star design on his side. His boots, bracers, and belt are gold.