Matt Barnes was born with an eidetic memory, a natural mathematical ability, and a hunger to understand the world around him; everything unknown was a puzzle to be solved. His astronomical IQ and talent at spatial reasoning made him a "visualizer" - geometry, trigonometry, and calculus were intuitive and he perceived the world around him the way few others could.
Matt rocketed through university, earning several advanced degrees in the time it took most to earn just one. Combining outside-the-box engineering with multi-dimensional mathematics that would have impressed Einstein, he built HYDRA, a machine that opened up the solar system for exploration without the need for conventional space travel.
But Matt soon discovered that merging his hyperspatial mathematics with the complex engineering required to create such a sophisticated machine was a trivial challenge compared to the resistance he and his friends would face as they challenged the status quo for access to space.
