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Ray Palmer

Biological Information
Status
Alive

General Information

Occupation

Businessman
CEO of Palmer Technologies

Family

Anna (fiancé; deceased)

Alter ego

The Atom

Actor

Brandon Routh

"The dawn of the computer age, developers thought the only way a machine could process information as fast as a human brain was to build a mainframe the size of Texas. But one developer realized that the only way to reduce heat and power consumption was to bring the components closer together, which meant making them smaller. But why stop at computers? What if it could take other things, like, say, all of the military-grade technology in Applied Sciences, and make it smaller, too? So small that it can fit in the palm of my hand. I can help a lot of people that way."

—Ray Palmer to Felicity Smoak^[src]

Ray Palmer is a businessman and the CEO of Palmer Technologies. Ray is also the former fiancé of the late Anna. Using a powerful exosuit, he has begun to act as a vigilante around Starling City, self-named as The Atom.

Biography

Ray Palmer and his fiancée Anna got attacked by Slade Wilson's soldiers. Ray tried to fight them but they broke his leg and killed Anna. After this he promised himself he would never kiss another woman again.

Takeover of Queen Consolidated

In late 2014, Ray visited a Tech Village in Starling City, being greeted by Felicity Smoak. He was curious as to why she worked at a Tech Village, and even mentioned that he knew someone looking to hire someone like her. After she dismissed his proposal, he inquired about a satellite frequency communicator, which she automatically assumed he had no knowledge of. However, he proceeded to show his extensive technological knowledge of them, which prompted Felicity to suggest the forthcoming TX50 model. She also suggested to use a remote administration tool. Following their encounter, Ray used the satellite frequency communicator to hack Queen Consolidated's servers to find raw data on the company's performance. Sometime later, he visited Queen Consolidated to bid for the company. He introduced himself to Oliver Queen and re-greeted Felicity. He proceeded on in to the conference room, apologizing for being late. He mentioned taking his helicopter and parking it on their roof. After a moving speech from Oliver, Ray stood up to give his bid. As a screen came down, he noted how one of the board members had one of his smart watches, which he was especially proud of. Heading back on track, Ray began talking about Queen Consolidated's performance figures shown on the screen, noting that the figures shown on screen (which he'd previously retrieved with the help of the satellite frequency communicator) were not big enough for Wall Street. He noted, however, that the low percentages were not Oliver's fault, but the city's fault on a whole. Ray went on to describe his hopes that when Queen Consolidated metaphorically "rose from the ashes", that it would take the city with it, naming this new version of the city "Star City".^[1]

A few days later, Palmer bought the holding company which owned all Tech Village stores. When Felicity discovered the news, Ray made an attempt to hire Felicity for an office job to which Felicity angrily declines. Ray quickly realized that Felicity wasn't mad at him to which Ray knew something was wrong and told Felicity things will brighten up. At his Star City pledge, Ray announced he would give half of his net-worth to the benefit of Starling City to become Star City. The benefit was soon crashed by Simon Lacroix, however, Ray was left unharmed. Ray was later surprised when Felicity decided to accept his job offer.^[2]

Ray personally hired an executive assistant for Felicity and turn the former CEO office into an office for her. Palmer requested Felicity obtain the data from the Applied Science division from a file server which was destroyed by the previous CEO. Palmer said it was necessary for his plan to rebuild Queen Consolidated as well as the city. After Felicity recovered the data, he was asked by Felicity if she could take time off to visit an old friend who had recently woke from a coma. Ray accepted her request and as she walked off, Ray looked through the blueprints of O.M.A.C..^[3]

Later he acquires the rights to a mine where he thinks he will find a dwarf star alloy, and reacts by calling up schematics for a project he is working on, the A.T.O.M. Exosuit.

He kissed Felicity which left him confused and he quickly left. He later explained to her Anna had been killed and he swore to not be with another woman again. He also told her he wanted to improve technology by shrinking it so that he could help humanity and that there would be no other assaults on the city. He told Felicity he wanted her help, unaware that she was in the same situation with Oliver.

Ray had not been showing up for work, causing Felicity to get worried. Ray was found by Felicity working on his A.T.O.M. Exosuit. Before Ray is able to complete his suit, Felicity locked him out of the network. Ray was told to take a shower, eat, and take at least a five hour nap, to which Ray agreed on. After his shower, Ray shared a kiss with Felicity. The two then had sex after. Ray sneaked out of bed, completed his Exosuit, and gave it a test drive.^[4]

At John Diggle and Lyla Michaels' wedding, Felicity brings Ray and he ends up wedding the two due to the priest not showing up (as Ray has the license to wed). When the Arrow appears to be on a murdering spree, Ray voices his support to apprehend the vigilante. One night while flying, he sees the Arrow standing over murdered bodies in a warehouse and uses his facial recognition to discover that the Arrow is Oliver Queen. After revealing to Felicity the suit's completion and his knowledge on Oliver, Felicity tries telling him that Oliver's being framed, but Ray does not trust her, accusing her of letting her feelings for Oliver cloud her judgement. He tries showing the evidence to Laurel Lance, but Laurel tells him that his testimony and evidence would not stand. Her defense and injury make Ray realize she's the Black Canary and he decides to take matters into his own hands. Oliver shows up at Ray's office and tries to tell him that Felicity's telling the truth and he doesn't know what the city is up against, but he doesn't believe Oliver. He fakes a 911 call to get Oliver and Roy Harper to come to the top of a building where he's waiting for them. He flies in and unleashes electricity at the two. He also shows Oliver that his suit cannot be damaged by his arrows. Roy starts to charge at him, but Ray blasts him with electricity, knocking him out. Oliver fires a trick arrow at Ray, but he flies away before it explodes. When he's not looking, Ray rapidly flies past Oliver, making him fall to the ground and disarming him. Ray then prepares to defeat Oliver, but Oliver notices a weak spot on his suit and throws a small metallic object at it, causing the suit to stop working. Oliver gets up and kicks Ray to the ground. He holds an arrow to him and prepares to excute him. However, Oliver proves Ray wrong by not killing him and tells Ray that he needs to prove himself to Felicity by trusting her. Ray apologizes to Felicity and still wants to work with her. The two kiss. During a meeting with Celia Castle and Quentin Lance, Ray changes his mind and agrees with Laurel that the Arrow's being framed before watching Celia get killed by an Arrow impersonator. ^[5]

Ray saves Felicity from being shot by an arrow, but is shot himself. He is taken to the hospital where he's in critical condition. The doctors remove the arrow, but one doctor says that there's a blood clot in his brain. Ray could die during a surgery to remove the clot or if the clot moves. Ray then asks Felicity to retrieve his nanotech, so that the nanotech can completly destroy the clot. She does so and injects him with the nanotech. Ray starts to die of side effects, but the side effects stop. The doctors then discover in a MRI of Ray's brain that the clot has disappeared. A fully recovered Ray thanks Felicity for saving his life and says he loves her.^[6]

Personality

Ray is an ambitious, intelligent and charismatic businessman. He is highly motivated to achieve more success and is willing to work extremely hard to get what he wants. When setting a goal he seems to be highly persistent in achieving it, as it took him a lot of effort to finally get Felicity to work for him. He seems to be a visionary as well, as he gives expensive things away and seemingly wants to improve the city and make it flourish again.

Behind his positive attitude is a sad side as he had lost his fiancé Anna who was killed in front of him. He mentioned he was not strong enough to save her which seemed to be a motivation to as why he is so keen on helping the city and training to become stronger.

Abilities

Peak of human physical condition: Ray is shown to be in top physical condition. He works out regularly and trains on the salmon ladder.
Genius-level intellect/Great business acumen: Ray is very intelligent, having an IQ of 140 and three PhDs. He has proven by his ability to lead a billion dollar enterprise with success. Ray is also a skilled businessman, being able to lead a billion dollar enterprise with success. He recognizes skilled people and is excellent at recruiting them for his cause.
Charismatic: Using his charm and speech he was able to persuade the board to make him CEO. With a huge amount of effort he was able to get Felicity to work for him.
Expert engineer: Ray has proven to be an expert in engineering as he was able to design his complicated suit.

Equipment

A.T.O.M. Exosuit: Ray wears an exosuit as his heroic alter-ego, The Atom, to hide his identity from his enemies, when he goes out fighting crime. It was designed by Ray himself, however, it is unknown what type of metal materials the armor is made from, but it is strong enough to withstand damage from bullets, arrows and explosions.

Appearances

Arrow

Season 3

Behind the scenes

In the DC comics, The Atom has the ability to shrink to a miniscule size, hence the name.

Gallery

Concept art

Promotional images

References

[The_Calm-1] "The Calm"

[2] "Sara"

[3] "Corto Maltese"

[4] "Nanda Parbat"

[5] "Suicidal Tendencies"

[6] "Public Enemy"

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-Ray had not been showing up for work, causing Felicity to get worried. Ray was found by Felicity working on his A.T.O.M. Exosuit. Before Ray is able to complete his suit, Felicity locked him out of the network. Ray was told to take a shower, eat, and take at least a five hour nap, to which Ray agreed on. After his shower, Ray shared a kiss with Felicity before taking his nap with Felicity. After a short nap, Ray awoke and completed his Exosuit and gave it a test drive.<ref>{{Ep|Nanda Parbat}}</ref>
+Ray had not been showing up for work, causing Felicity to get worried. Ray was found by Felicity working on his A.T.O.M. Exosuit. Before Ray is able to complete his suit, Felicity locked him out of the network. Ray was told to take a shower, eat, and take at least a five hour nap, to which Ray agreed on. After his shower, Ray shared a kiss with Felicity. The two then had sex after. Ray sneaked out of bed, completed his Exosuit, and gave it a test drive.<ref>{{Ep|Nanda Parbat}}</ref>
-At [[John Diggle]] and [[Lyla Michaels]] wedding Felicity brings Ray and he ends up wedding the two due to the priest not showing up (as Ray has the license to wed). When the Arrow appears to be on a murdering spree, Ray voices his support to apprehend the vigilante. One night while flying, he sees the Arrow standing over murdered bodies in a warehouse and uses his facial recognition to discover that the Arrow is Oliver Queen. After revealing to Felicity the suit's completion and his knowledge on Oliver, Felicity tries telling him that Oliver's being framed, but Palmer does not trust her, accusing her of letting her feelings for Oliver cloud her judgement. He tries showing the evidence to [[Laurel Lance]], but Laurel tells him that his testimony and evidence would not stand. Her defense and injury make Ray realize she's the Black Canary and he decides to take matters into his own hands. Oliver shows up at Ray's office and tries to tell him that Felicity's telling the truth and he doesn't know what the city is up against, but he doesn't believe Oliver. He fakes a 911 call to get Oliver and [[Roy Harper]] to come to the top of a building where he's waiting. He flies in and fights the two, managing to get the better of them at first with his technology and even knocking out Roy, however Oliver notices a weak spot on his suit and throws a small metallic object at it, causing the suit to stop working. Oliver proves Ray wrong by not killing him and tells Ray that he needs to prove himself to Felicity by trusting her. Ray apologizes to Felicity and still wants to work with her and the two kiss. During a meeting with [[Celia Castle]] and [[Quentin Lance]] Ray changes his mind and agrees with Laurel that the Arrow's being framed before watching Celia get killed by an [[Maseo Yamashiro|Arrow Impersonator]] .<ref>{{Ep|Suicidal Tendencies}}</ref>
+At [[John Diggle]] and [[Lyla Michaels]]' wedding, Felicity brings Ray and he ends up wedding the two due to the priest not showing up (as Ray has the license to wed). When the Arrow appears to be on a murdering spree, Ray voices his support to apprehend the vigilante. One night while flying, he sees the Arrow standing over murdered bodies in a warehouse and uses his facial recognition to discover that the Arrow is Oliver Queen. After revealing to Felicity the suit's completion and his knowledge on Oliver, Felicity tries telling him that Oliver's being framed, but Ray does not trust her, accusing her of letting her feelings for Oliver cloud her judgement. He tries showing the evidence to [[Laurel Lance]], but Laurel tells him that his testimony and evidence would not stand. Her defense and injury make Ray realize she's the Black Canary and he decides to take matters into his own hands. Oliver shows up at Ray's office and tries to tell him that Felicity's telling the truth and he doesn't know what the city is up against, but he doesn't believe Oliver. He fakes a 911 call to get Oliver and [[Roy Harper]] to come to the top of a building where he's waiting for them. He flies in and unleashes electricity at the two. He also shows Oliver that his suit cannot be damaged by his arrows. Roy starts to charge at him, but Ray blasts him with electricity, knocking him out. Oliver fires a trick arrow at Ray, but he flies away before it explodes. When he's not looking, Ray rapidly flies past Oliver, making him fall to the ground and disarming him. Ray then prepares to defeat Oliver, but Oliver notices a weak spot on his suit and throws a small metallic object at it, causing the suit to stop working. Oliver gets up and kicks Ray to the ground. He holds an arrow to him and prepares to excute him. However, Oliver proves Ray wrong by not killing him and tells Ray that he needs to prove himself to Felicity by trusting her. Ray apologizes to Felicity and still wants to work with her. The two kiss. During a meeting with [[Celia Castle]] and [[Quentin Lance]], Ray changes his mind and agrees with Laurel that the Arrow's being framed before watching Celia get killed by an [[Maseo Yamashiro|Arrow impersonator]]. <ref>{{Ep|Suicidal Tendencies}}</ref>
+Ray saves Felicity from being shot by an arrow, but is shot himself. He is taken to the hospital where he's in critical condition. The doctors remove the arrow, but one doctor says that there's a blood clot in his brain. Ray could die during a surgery to remove the clot or if the clot moves. Ray then asks Felicity to retrieve his nanotech, so that the nanotech can completly destroy the clot. She does so and injects him with the nanotech. Ray starts to die of side effects, but the side effects stop. The doctors then discover in a MRI of Ray's brain that the clot has disappeared. A fully recovered Ray thanks Felicity for saving his life and says he loves her.<ref>{{Ep|Public Enemy}}</ref>
 ==Personality==