TESS-One
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TESS-One is a fictional robot who first appeared in the comic book Captain America.
[edit] Fictional character biography
TESS stands for "Total Elimination of the Super Soldiers". 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- the prototype for a corps of super-human-hunting robots- a sort of primitive version of the "Sentinel" programs. Through the course of one his adventures in the early 1980's, Captain America uncovered the TESS program and made an uneasy alliance with Wolverine to defeat Tess-One. The robot was defeated when Captain America and Wolverine cut off her head.
Tess-One later reappeared when the android Super-Adaptoid repaired Tess-One and used her and several other robots to attack Avengers headquarters. This team of robots was known collectively as Heavy Metal. The robots and the Adaptoid were both defeated.
[edit] 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 1940's Marvel Universe. TESS One also used machine-guns, but quickly ran out of ammunition. During its' first appearance it stormed a lab and "upgraded" it's chassis with a coating of adamantium, making it much harder to defeat.
