PROJECT LAMIA // INTERNAL BRIEF // TORQUE
FILE REF: LAMIA-01-0005
DISTRIBUTION: LEVEL IIII
DATE LOGGED: 05/17/2003
SUBJECT SUMMARY
Designation: Throttle
Blessing: Torque
Legal Identity: Zayd Rami Rahman
Birth Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Age at Identification: Newborn
Current Status: Under Observation
EVENT OVERVIEW
Throttle was brought to COBRIA attention after his family immigrated to the United States from the United Arab Emirates shortly after his birth. Throttle was born with partially-detached left forearm that functions as a throttle, stockpiling energy within his body when revved. Due to the lack of available AMP support in their home country, Throttle’s family opted to seek services from COBRIA in the United States.
CAPABILITY ASSESSMENT
Observed Effect: Throttle has a partially detached left forearm that can be revved like a motorcycle’s throttle. Revving his arm will cause torque to stockpile as energy within the body, which Throttle can then expel through his movements to enhance speed and force relative to the level of torque that has been stockpiled.
Operational Conditions: The torque is generated by briefly rotating Throttle’s left forearm forwards before resetting it back to its default position or releasing it. Torque can be released by consciously channelling it into a targeted limb or physical movement.
Effective Radius: Self-centralized.
Duration Limits: Torque will remain built up inside the body until released through movement and will not diminish otherwise.
Escalation Potential: With enough torque stored, Throttle could potentially strike with exponential force and cause unpredictable levels of damage. There is no established limit to how much torque can be stored inside of Throttle.
Testing Notes:
All information below was collected as a result of the ████████ █████████ █████, ████████████████ and ██████████ ██████████ ███████████████ conducted directly by Officer Homer Hartman, AMO.
- Throttle displays persistently elevated resting creatine kinase (CK) and mild lactic acid elevation (1.3 - 1.5x pediatric baseline) following torque generation, even in absence of overt muscular exertion. Suggests internal muscular micro-engagement during stockpiling phase.
- High-speed imaging confirms that rotational input of the detached forearm does not mechanically account for stored output force. Torque generation appears disproportionate to mechanical input, indicating anomalous internal energy conversation rather than direct conventional kinetic storage.
- Progressive heat accumulation observed in thoracic cavity and upper limb vasculature during sustained stockpiling. Peak internal temperature increases of +1.4°C recorded at high storage levels without external exertion.
- Resting heart rate increases proportionally with stored torque load (baseline 112 bpm to 148 bpm at high accumulation). Heart rate variably decreases significantly, consistent with sympathetic nervous system dominance.
- Elevated norepinephrine and cortisol levels during high storage states. Hormonal profile consistent with acute stress response despite absence of environmental stressors.
- Throttle exhibits progressive motor restlessness as stored torque increases. Low accumulation exhibits mild fidgeting and increased blink rate. Moderate accumulation exhibits pacing, jaw tension and repetitive limb movement. High accumulation exhibits agitation, irritability and involuntary muscle tremors. Extreme accumulation produced a brief dissociative presentation and full-body tremor episode. Threshold testing was halted at this point.
- Throttle demonstrates discomfort behaviours (arching, vocalization) when torque exceeds moderate thresholds. Suggest internal somatic pressure or neuromuscular strain.
- High-speed motion capture confirms exponential amplification of force output relative to stored levels. Force discharge appears to recruit full-body muscular system simultaneously rather than localized limb-only enhancement.
- After major torque discharge, Throttle experiences immediate drop in heart rate below baseline, transient hypotension, elevated CK and myoglobin and short-term muscular fatigue lasting 6-18 hours depending on the load.
- Repeated high-load discharge correlates with microfracturing in long bones and connective tissue strain. Healing response slightly accelerated but not anomalous.
- Torque does not decay over time. 24-hour retention test confirms no passive dissipation. However, prolonged retention (>12 hours at moderate load) correlates with escalating sympathetic activation and sleep disturbance.
- Subject unable to enter REM sleep at high stored levels. EEG shows shows persistent beta-wave dominance, consistent with hyperarousal.
- Escalation trial █████ █████ ███████ halted at internally defined safety threshold due to sustained tachycardia (>160 bpm), fine motor tremors and onset of transient visual tracking lag. Projection modeling suggests risk of rhabdomyolysis or cardiac arrhythmia at extreme unregulated storage.
RISK PROFILE
Civilian Impact Risk: Moderate
Infrastructure Risk: Moderate
Escalation Probability: 35%
Uncontrolled Scenario Projection: If left unrestricted, Throttle has the potential to store up enough torque to potentially level buildings or even entire countries, as his potential for building and expelling energy is exponential.
FEDERAL INTEREST
Strategic Relevance: High
Containment Requirements: When contained, Throttle must have his left arm covered and restrained to prevent any rotation of the forearm. If torque has been stored, have Throttle expel it before containment. If Throttle refuses to do this, the entire body must be restrained and Throttle must remain supervised at all times.
Suppression Feasibility: Manageable.
Resource Allocation Tier: Moderate.
ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS
- Monitoring protocol established 11/19/2005
- Guardian briefing conducted 06/03/2005
- Interagency review complete
- Movement flagged in federal registry
ANALYST REMARKS
I serve as Throttle’s primary AMP and am very familiar with his family and his biology. While Throttle has the potential to deal massive amounts of damage with his torque blessing, it should be acknowledged that his stockpiled torque becomes painful and uncomfortable when reaching high or extreme levels, so it’s unlikely that Throttle will use torque to cause any problems so long as he can continue living freely and comfortably. When Throttle is present in the facility, please inform me (Dr. Hartman) directly.
STATUS FLAG
ACTIVE MONITORING
Ofc. Homer Hartman, AMO
End of Brief.
