Cisco Ramon (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)

"Why does it always feel like for us to win, some of us have to lose?"

- Cisco Ramon to Team Flash

Francisco Baracus "Cisco" Ramon was a former mechanic engineer at S.T.A.R. Labs and a vigilante known as Vibe, later known as Mecha-Vibe. In 2020, Cisco was offered the position of Director of Technology and Science for A.R.G.U.S. and left S.T.A.R. Labs.

Early life
Cisco was born in 1991 in Central City.

Joining S.T.A.R. Labs
At some point prior to 2013, Cisco applied for a job in S.T.A.R. Labs as a mechanical engineer. He was then mentored by "Harrison Wells" and befriended Caitlin Snow. On his first day, Cisco wore a shirt that says "Keep Calm and Han Shot First" and locked himself in the Cryo-Vault. However, according to Caitlin, they considered him a genius.

Vibe
In December 2013, Cisco gained powers of a Viber and became the vigilante Vibe, as well as a partner of The Flash.

Losing his Powers
"I gave up my powers by choice. You know, I'm making this so that I can save the person I love the most. But I wouldn't expect you to understand that, Hartley. The person you love the most is yourself."

- Cisco Ramon to Hartley Rathaway

At some point, Cisco took the Meta-Human Cure and removed his powers. Which he regrets doing it as he thought he could have sensed the Crisis and stopped it before it happens. However, Caitlin convinced him that it is not his fault in 2020.

Crisis Aftermath
After the Crisis, J'onn gave his original multiverse self's memories back. Later, he built a device that can replicate J'onn's abilities.

The Exorcism of Nash Wells
After Caitlin talked to Cisco about his regrets, Cisco decided to travel across Earth-Prime to explore the changes caused by the Crisis. A few weeks later, he returned with more knowledge on villains who exists on Earth-Prime and assisted Barry and Wally in defeating Turtle II. However, he was called by Nash and when he arrived, he realized it was Thawne controlling Nash's body. As Cisco soon found out Thawne cannot use his powers in Nash's body, Cisco started a fight which caused Cecile to use a taser on Thawne.

During Nash's "exorcism", Cisco was present and went into Nash's mind which helped him face his mistakes and "exorcised" Thawne out.

Construction of the ASF
Later, Cisco and Barry Allen built the ASF Machine with guidelines in Nora's journal. However, it failed and Cisco compared the unsuccessful machine to a paperweight.

Leaving to Atlantis
After realising the major key to create a Portal Machine to Mirrorverse locates in Atlantis, Cisco volunteered to travel to Atlantis.

Return
Four weeks later, Cisco returned and activated the machine. Despite the Atlantean technology instalment on the machine, it did not work well and was immediately failed. Later, Barry Allen was shown to have enhanced cognition and was able to finish Cisco's sentences before he started them. Cisco and Barry then worked together and deduced that by collecting Dark Matter photons from Eva's body into the Tachyon Enhancer can successfully activate the machine.

Later, Barry was shown to slowly losing his memories and Cisco started to have doubts over his new powers. When Cisco talked to Barry over this issue, Barry claimed that Kamilla is expandable, Cisco then held the Energy Gun towards Barry and threatened him. Frost and Allegra then entered the Speed Lab and Cisco attempted to destroy the Artificial Speed Force. Barry then leaped forward and blocked the shot. However, Cisco charged the energy with Velocity 0 and slowed Barry down. The latter then threw the Quantum Ball, an invention created by Cisco himself, towards the team. As Cisco and Allegra get hit, Frost used the Velocity X and gained superhuman speed against Barry. As Allegra teleports Barry back to the Speed Lab, Cisco shot Barry once more with Velocity 0. Despite their effort, the Quantum Ball Barry threw before the fight returned and knocked the three of them unconscious.

Invasion of Central City
After waking up, Cisco finds Barry crying over Iris and assisted him to bring her to the med lab. The team was then informed by Joe West that the countless citizens were replaced with Reflections. Cisco then activated shutters on all windows in the facility as well as issuing a city wide blackout including the facility.

Cisco and the team then discussed about methods to defeat Eva. However, Barry refused to reactivate the ASF and left the Cortex. As the team regroups in the lounge and meets the new Harrison Wells, the latter explained his method of surviving his death, with the team confused by his speech.

With the help of Wells and Iris, Cisco and Barry are able to reactivate the original organic Speed Force and allow Barry to regain his speed. As the team prepares for battle, Cisco utilizes his former equipment and upgraded devices to replicate his former powers, returning to the field as Vibe. However, the gadgets were damaged during the battle and Cisco fled to Frost. With them choosing to fight Eva's army hand-to-hand.

After Eva's realization of what she had done, Barry and Iris assisted her on restoring the normalcy of the city and Cisco went to the Bentley Building for Kamilla. Cisco then bid farewell to Ralph after his extreme injury and to Harrison Wells who chose to return to his original time period in 1996, reliving the life he cherished.

Abra Kadabra's Return
A week after the invasion, Cisco and Team Flash participated in the reconstruction and promoted the slogan "Central City Strong". On the next day, Cisco and Chester P. Runk were brought on site due to a murder case. Cisco then picked up a high amount of Temporal Energy and realized a time traveller is involved. Joe West later brought them to the body and found poker cards stabbed into it, revealing the murderer as Abra Kadabra. Cisco then informed Allegra about how Kadabra uses nanotechnology and calls it magic.

When Cisco and Chester discussed the watch order of Star Wars and decided to watch it in machete order, the satellite detected high energy levels and Cisco suited up on the field with The Flash and Frost. As Barry was cuffed by Kadabra's "misdirections", Cisco shot him with a Vibe blast, only to be redirected and was knocked unconscious until Frost arrived and arrested Kadabra. Cisco then talked to Barry about his anger towards A.R.G.U.S. taking away Kadabra and talked to Director Cooper about Kadabra's location. Chip was unable to understand Cisco's sarcasm and refused to answer as to if A.R.G.U.S. uses holograms.

Later, Cisco was present when Barry told Team Flash about how new threats are arriving and Kadabra's death. Cisco then played Fortnite with Chester and was interrupted by Caitlin and Frost, who were separated from her host under unknown circumstances. Cisco then brought them to the cortex to Barry and Iris West-Allen and surprised them.

Nightmares of Central City
Cisco and the team then discussed the reason of the separation and deduced the Mirror Gauntlet of Eva affected their bodies and split it for survival. The team later received an alarm and Cisco assisted Barry on a fight against Psych in the cortex.

Barry was then brought back to S.T.A.R. Labs and treated by Caitlin, only to be interrupted again by Psych's robbery. Cisco was then brought with Frost to the office and utilized the Mental Dampeners. However, they were not strong enough and was destroyed by Psych, allowing him to plant "dreams" in their mind. Cisco then dreamed about his future, 40 years in the future and he stills works in S.T.A.R. Labs while everyone had already moved on. The team then returned to S.T.A.R. Labs, suffering from panic attack symptoms. However, Cisco lied about his "dream" and claimed that it involved Kamilla in danger.

Cisco later assisted Barry to enter Psych's force field and witnessed Barry's collapse in the cortex.

Stuck in 1998
Later, Cisco stayed in the Cortex and watched Barry in comatose. Cisco and Chester then presented the Isotopic Signal Amplifier to the team, soon went to Masonville to set up the device. However, Cisco and Chester were hit with a green wave of energy, with their modern technology except the amplifier disappeared. The duo then went to the town and realized they have been sent back to 1998. They then investigated the person who sent them back after detecting the identical Isotopic Signal when they were sent back.

Cisco and Chester then went to Chester's former high school and interviewed several students. Their scanner then detected the same signal on Parker and quizzed him with movie references. However, he was able to respond to a reference of The Matrix, a film that was not yet released. Cisco then revealed his knowledge on the future, only to restart the day with a time loop and sent back to where they started.

With the loop resetting, Cisco's mind reverted to his seven-year-old self and was fortunately restored by Chester's multiple references on Game of Thrones. They then realized that Chester was shielded by the scanner and that it was damaged. Later, they went to the Techstation and attempted to buy the X-67 Power Convertor. However, it was bought by Chester's father and they returned back the school. They then talked about the convertor and Cisco motivated Chester to ask his father for the device. Cisco later stayed in the school while Chester went to the Runk House for the device.

Chester then met Cisco back in the auditorium after acquiring the convertor and was attacked by Deon Owens, who was able to control time. Cisco then blasted him with a solar weapon, only for it to be erased from existence, leaving them unarmed. Chester then convinced Deon to stop, with the latter teleporting away for a different way to restore his own past and future. Cisco and Chester were then sent back to 2020, with them telling the story to their teammates and naming the Forces of Nature.

Infiltration into CCPD
After attending the trial of Frost, the team discussed their next step on protecting Frost. Despite Frost herself's multiple disapproval, Cisco, Caitlin and Allegra went to the precinct with an Inertial Oximeter and attempted to neutralize the Meta-Human Cure in order to prevent the removal of Frost's powers under court order.

Later, Cisco and Allegra were confronted by the team and was scolded by Frost for not caring her opinion. Additionally, Kristen Kramer was informed about the infiltration and suspected Frost's doings, with Caitlin Snow standing up and claiming she did it and surprised Cisco.

During the final trial, Cisco listened to Frost's speech about freedom and bid farewell to her as she left to life imprisonment.

Return of Timeless Wells
Days later, Cisco, Chester and Barry discussed the methods to prevent the Forces of Nature from being created and stop the Speed Force. Barry then told them that they could go back in time and erase the Forces from existence. However, despite the method working, it would disrupt the timeline and Barry turned to Timeless Wells for assistance. With Wells' power to protect the timeline, Cisco and Chester started working on the Particle Harness Collector in order to collect Forces' particles from 10 days prior. Soon, Cisco chose to agree to Iris and walked out as he disapproved the method. He later returned and told Barry that he would always have his back.

As they worked on the device, the team was approached by Deon Owens. Cisco and Chester then attempted to calm him down by complimenting him, with him pausing time on Cisco, Chester and Wells while talking to Barry. Barry and Wells later returned to the creation of the Forces and activated the collector as Cisco and Chester monitored the percentages. However, Barry was affected by the creation and chose not to kill his "children". Cisco and Chester were surprised by the choice Barry made and agreed to work with him on another method.

While bidding farewell to Wells, Cisco was told that he should follow his choices and talked to Kamilla Hwang about moving away from Central City.

Uncertainty
Despite both agreed to move away from Central City, Cisco had doubts on his leave and Kamilla asked him about his odd behavior. Cisco then told her that he has countless job opportunities across the United States but his dream of him in 30 years later while working as a tech support for future generation of superheroes still scares him. Kamilla later comforted him and agreed to tell the team later on.

Unforgiving Storm Ravages
During the final showdown between the Forces of Nature, Barry was unable to convince Deon, he returned to S.T.A.R. Labs and Cisco and Chester informed him that their brainstormed methods will not be able to contain "Nora". Later, Barry returned once more and asked if "Nora" saying the storms are not her fault is accurate. Cisco and Chester confirmed her sayings and Barry changed his mind on fighting her, now choosing to talk her down.

When the storm started forming a cyclone, Cisco and Chester informed the team that at critical point, it would create a reversed Big Bang, wiping out not just the city. Thankfully, Barry was able to stabilize the cyclone and prevent an apocalyptic event from happening. Cisco, Kamilla, Chester and Allegra then went to CC Jitters, while gathering to share their recent events. As Kamilla talked to Cisco privately at his ear, Chester and Allegra were embarrassed and looked at each other, then quickly looked away.

Powers

 * Powers via Mecha-Vibe Gauntlets: After removing his powers, Cisco built a pair of armored gauntlets which are capable of replicating his former powers.
 * Ergokinesis: The gauntlets are capable of shooting concentrated blue energy blasts.

Former Powers

 * Viber Physiology: After being hit with a Dark Matter wave during the S.T.A.R. Labs Particle Accelerator explosion, Cisco became a Viber.
 * Dimensional Energy Manipulation: Cisco is able to manipulate energy from the Multiverse and open portals to multiple locations.
 * Dimensional Awareness: Known as "Vibing", Cisco can have visions of multiple timelines and predict the upcoming events.
 * Ergokinesis: Cisco is able to blast condensed blue energy blasts out of his hands. After removing his powers, Cisco built a pair of gauntlets that replicates such powers and returned to the field as "Mecha-Vibe".

Abilities
"No, I'm a genius. My guy's on a whole other level. His neurons are firing at super speed. Synaptic connections are off the charts. The quantum computers can't even keep up processing his results."

- Cisco to Allegra


 * Genius-level Intellect: Cisco has high intellect and can easily understand as well as cracking technological and physics problems.
 * Master Engineer: Cisco is able to easily build complex machines.
 * Master Physician: Cisco is able to understand complex physics concepts.
 * Skilled Hand-to-Hand Combatant: Cisco is able to fight several Reflections using hand-to-hand combats.

Current Equipment

 * Mecha-Vibe Suits: As Vibe, Cisco wears a suit that shows his hair. This key is also a weakness for people to identify Cisco as Vibe.
 * Mecha-Vibe Gauntlets: Cisco built a pair of gauntlets that are able to replicate his former powers.
 * Mecha-Vibe Goggles: Formerly designed to control Cisco powers, the goggles were multifunctional devices. After returning as Vibe, Cisco no longer needs the power-controlling feature and wears the goggles as a way to conceal his identity.

Former Equipment

 * Inter-Dimensional Extrapolator: Created by himself, the extrapolator can open portals across different locations. However, due to the laws of physics changing after the Crisis, the extrapolator no longer open Breaches.
 * Energy Guns: While fighting on the field without his powers or devices, Cisco uses energy guns as weapons.
 * Pulse Cannon: A common weapon used by members of Team Flash, Cisco was shown to use the Pulse Cannon easily.
 * Velocity 0: Cisco used the Velocity 0 against an emotionless Barry Allen.

List of Works

 * The Flash Suits: Cisco created a series of protective suits for Barry to operate as The Flash. Each suit is resistant to extreme friction and heat while the later suits are upgraded with cutting edge technology such as a hologram projector installed by Cisco.
 * Cold Gun: As a method to prevent Barry from going rogue, Cisco created a gun that is able to shoot ice blasts at the temperature of absolute zero, which is able to slow down Barry's superhuman speed.
 * Speed Treadmill: Created in the early years for Barry's newfound powers, the treadmill is capable of going faster than average treadmills and keep up with Barry.
 * Particle Accelerator: Alongside countless mechanical engineers in S.T.A.R. Lab, Cisco participated in the creation of the Particle Accelerator. After its explosion in December 2013, Cisco modified the device into a prison, nicknamed the Pipeline.
 * Girder: A dummy created for training, the Girder is made with metal plates.
 * Quantum Splicer: Cisco created the Quantum Splicer to split Firestorm back to their original bodies, Martin Stein and Ronnie Raymond.
 * Vibe Suits, Goggles & Gauntlets: After discovering his powers as a Viber, Cisco created a pair of goggles to help him control his powers. Later on, Cisco created a completed bodysuit as Vibe and a pair of gauntlets to control his ergokinesis. After giving up his powers, Cisco upgraded his series of gadgets and became Mecha-Vibe, using the modified gauntlet to replicate his former powers.
 * Inter-Dimensional Extrapolator: Cisco originally created the extrapolators to teleport anywhere on Earth, however, the Crisis rewrote how physics regarding the Multiverse works, leaving the extrapolators useless.
 * M.A.D. 2.0: Working with Harry Wells, Cisco built the M.A.D. 2.0 against The Thinker.
 * Meta-Human Cure: Cisco created the cure during Cicada's purge, allowing Meta-Humans who are unwilling to have their powers to remove them. Cisco later took the cure as well, attempting to live a normal life.
 * Frost Suit: Cisco created the third protective suit for Frost.
 * Martian Memory Restorer: Asked by Laurel Lance, Cisco built the memory restorer that replicates J'onn J'onzz's ability to restore Pre-Crisis memories onto its Post-Crisis selves.
 * CCPD Shields: Cisco created a series of protective shields for CCPD under unknown circumstances.
 * Camera: Cisco installed a series of advanced lenses on Kamilla's camera, allowing her to take photos in a unique method and also act as a detector for danger.
 * PTD: Cisco created the PTD in order to "exorcise" Eobard Thawne out of Nash Wells' body.
 * Artificial Speed Force: Cisco and Barry used Nora's journal on Eobard Thawne and created the ASF. However, it removed Barry's emotions and was eventually destroyed.
 * Portal Machine: With technology from Atlantis, Cisco built a portal device to the Mirrorverse.
 * Speed Gauge: Cisco created the Speed Gauge to monitor Barry's depleting speed after the death of the Speed Force.
 * Quantum Ball: Cisco developed the Quantum Ball, a device that is supposedly unpredictable.
 * Babel Protocol: Cisco installed the Babel Protocol on S.T.A.R. Labs in case of Barry going rogue.
 * Mental Dampeners: Cisco created a series of dampeners against Grodd's psychic powers. The dampeners were then reused against Psych, only to be damaged due to Psych's connection to the Sage Force.
 * Isotopic Signal Booster: Working with Chester P. Runk, they installed the boosters in Masonville and monitored the motions of the Forces of Nature.
 * Inertial Oximeter: In an attempt to neutralize the Meta-Human Cure storage in CCPD, Cisco gave Allegra an oximeter and successfully completed the sabotage.
 * Particle Harness Collector: Cisco, Timeless Wells and Chester worked together and upgraded the Tachyon Enhancer to collect the particles from the Forces of Nature, erasing them from existence.
 * Super-Capacity Array: In an attempt to trap the Reverse-Flash, Cisco created the array and supposedly trapped Thawne's speed mirage. It was then upgraded to adapt the forcefield to its prisoners' strength.
 * Transmat Orb: Cisco gave a Transmat Orb to Iris in case of being attacked in the Deathzone.
 * Breach Implosion Reactor: At some point, Cisco and Harry Wells created the reactor in order to close Breaches.
 * Sonic Scepter: Cisco and Harry built a sonic scepter under unknown circumstances.
 * Entropy Trap: Cisco created the trap for Team Flash after joining A.R.G.U.S. in order to capture Godspeed.

Trivia

 * Both Cisco and Chester P. Runk are fans of Star Wars.
 * Cisco claims that there are 7,685 jobs that he is qualified for, with 83 among those located in Miami.