David Palmer II

"if you can't understand the science, then get the fuck out of my office and pick up a damn mop"

- David Palmer speaking to a newly employed Douglas Garrick.

David Carter Palmer II (Born July 4th, 2025) is Kantorian/Human hybrid, scientist at Star Labs and superhero, commonly known in the world of heroics as The Atom.

Early Years
Born when Ray Palmer finally decided to enlarge the six inch tall Katarthans back to the original size after several failed attempts, grateful for their freedom The King finally let the superhero scientist wed his daughter, Princess Laethwen. Their union produced a son, named after Ray's deceased father. The Katarthans finally decided to leave Earth to return to their homeworld, despite being in love with Ray, Laethwen feared what would happen if she were live on Earth and so left him, he understood and agreed to help her people get off world.

Not trusting her world's opinion on hybrids, she entrusted Ray with their child and promised to keep in contact but that ultimately never happened due to reasons unknown, prompting Ray to consider chasing her off into space to find her and would have if not for his responsibility over David.

Despite David's unique hybrid appearance, he was naturally smarter than most kids growing up and that furthered the distance he made between himself and his peers, often preferring the solitude of his room over interactions with his father.

Growing Up
His metagene activated and when his family finally discovered it he had already began working on a suit for himself, despite the great gift Ray never saw much excitement from the boy but supported and trained him as best he could.

Despite the potential of his powers, David instead focused entirely on his academics and got himself into college, again his father was proud and supported him but wished in some way that he could have given him more of a childhood.

Since he has left college he has been working in Star Labs, using his father's technology in attempts to study the meta gene and find ways to control it, however given his father's old age and desire to find his long lost wife, Ray Palmer vanished and left a note for David insisting he would be back with his mom one day and told him to enjoy his life.

The Atom
Seeing a void left when Ryan Choi finally hung up the mantle of The Atom, he decided to try and enjoy himself by attempting to be The Atom rather than David Palmer for a change.