Dr. William Baker

Dr. William Baker is an oceanographer working for the environmental protection unit of Hydro-Lab, the multi-national agency that is slowly cleaning-up and reinvigorating the polluted and radioactive seas of the world.One of the dangers Hydo-Lab personnel encounter are the very active pirates that make a living on the various radioactive frontiers.Baker had found out first-hand about these criminals and in escaping the burning of his research vessel, he discovered a strange object lodged in the Puerto Rican Trench: a massive alien vehicle!Entering the vessel, he quickly turns his scientific prowess towards mastering it's alien science, subsequently using it's wonders to capture the local pirates and bring them to justice. Baker is then given charge of researching the craft and utilizing it's highly advanced scientific marvels to further the cause of Hydro-Lab.A team of the best marine scientists and experts in the world are hired to work under him, these men and women are soon to be nicknamed "The Sub-Mariners"; subsequently and much to his chagrin, Dr. William Baker is unofficially dubbed "Hydro-Man".