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== Return To The Modern World ==

Preserved through his inventions and hidden from public knowledge for generations, Thunderbolt eventually resurfaced during the modern era and was horrified by what he perceived as humanity’s technological decline.

To Szilveszter, the modern world had abandoned grand engineering ambition in favor of miniaturization, convenience, and disposable technology. Computers especially offended him. He regarded them as abstract, fragile devices disconnected from the physical majesty of true machinery.

This resentment evolved into hostility.

Thunderbolt began targeting modern industrial and scientific institutions, convinced that humanity had betrayed the future he had envisioned. Several of his schemes involved attempts to forcibly “correct” technological progress by destroying electronic infrastructure and replacing it with gigantic steam-driven systems of his own design.

These activities eventually brought him into conflict with modern heroes, particularly [[Crucible:Booster|Booster]].