Chester P. Runk (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)

"I don't believe in quitting."

- Chester P. Runk

Chester Phineas "Chuck" Runk is a scientist and later became a member of Team Flash. He is also the technology consultant on Meta-Human affairs to the CCPD.

Early Life
Chester was born to Quincy P. Runk on July 5, 1991 in Masonville.

In 1998, Chester was starting to build creative technology using trash. It was later revealed to him when he travelled back in time that his father was leaving parts he needed in the trash and teaching him lessons. However, his father died soon and left his own invention blueprints to Chester.

When Chester is 11, he tried to build a hovercraft out of her grandmother's car. However, it failed and he sees it as his worst experience.

During Chester's sixth grade, he built a miniature copy of Millennium Falcon for his school's science fair. Due to rust in the intake valve, the copy did not fly and the teacher refused to let him fix the problem, saying people like him do not get second chances, which later became one of his greatest lessons.

After Chester graduated to high school, he moved to Central City with his grandmother.

At some point, Chester became a believer of Rao and worshipped him.

After the particle accelerator explosion and Grodd's first appearance, Chester decided him to be his favourite villain.

Becoming a Meta-Human
After one of his experiment went wrong, his body was infused with Dark Matter and became a Meta-Human. He was then saved by Team Flash and was placed in the MAC where Barry Allen would visit and talk to him.

Joining Team Flash
In 2020, Chester and Kamilla Hwang stood up as the mission control of Team Flash during Cisco Ramon's travel across the planet. They helped The Flash fight Hartley Rathaway, better known as Pied Piper. After the latter's escape, Barry returned to the facility to calculate the changes caused by the Crisis with the help of Gideon. Chester entered and saw Barry using his speed which made him know his secret identity. Chester then try to help but was refused by Barry due to him not being a member of the team. Chester then went to CC Jitters after Barry hurt his feelings.

Soon after his upgrades to Gideon, it malfunctioned and sent Barry to Grodd's mind. Chester refused to help as he was guilty at himself due to his tinkering sent Barry to Grodd's mind despite it did improved it. Frost then talked to him and told him that mistakes are valuable lessons. Chester then worked with her and allowed Barry to return safely.

After the chaos, Chester found Barry's parents, Henry and Nora's graves which Barry struggled to find. Barry apologized for his anger and invited him on the team. Chester accepted and aided Barry's later fight against Pied Piper soon after the latter's reappearance.

Assisting The Flash
Weeks later, Chester was in charge of mission control due to Cisco Ramon leave of absence to Atlantis. He then woke Barry from the Cryo Pod as Eva McCulloch resurfaces.

Later, Chester assisted the construction of the Artificial Speed Force and was fascinated when all Harrison Wellses' brainwaves take over Barry's mind. He was then present when Nash Wells' sacrifice, who told him and Allegra to look out for each other.

Stuck in 1998
"So you don't care about your work more than your son? You care about your work because of him. I'm just a man trying to do the right thing. Make my son proud."

- Chester and his father

Powers

 * Black Hole Manifestation: After exposed to a Dark Matter-powered black hole, Chester gained powers to open black holes. However, it is unknown whether he is able to control his powers.

Abilities

 * Expert Physicist: Chester was shown to be an expert physicist when reading a book on high level physics.
 * Master Engineer: Chester was proven to be a master engineer when he assisted on the construction of the Artificial Speed Force.
 * Genius-level Intellect: Chester has a high-level intellect and was able to understand complex concepts of physics and engineering.

Weaknesses

 * Power-Dampening Technology: Like all Meta-Humans, Chester is unable to use his powers when in range with Power-Dampening technology.

Current Equipment

 * Mobile Gideon: Chester utilized Gideon when diagnosing Barry while his mind has been taken over by Harrison Wellses.

List of Works

 * Artificial Speed Force: Chester worked on the later stages of the creation of the ASF and was present during its activation. However, it removed Barry's emotions and was eventually destroyed.
 * Particle Magnet: To harness the Multiversal Particles in Nash Wells's body, Chester and Nash worked together and built a metallic vest capable of attracting the particles to the the Fusion Sphere.
 * Isotopic Signal Booster: Working with Cisco Ramon, they installed the boosters in Masonville and monitored the motions of the Forces of Nature.
 * Temporal Isotopes Sensors: Later on, Chester created handheld sensors to locate Deon Owens.
 * Solar Encryption Engine: Chester attempted to finish his father's invention from the latter's blueprints.
 * Transmogrifiers: Chester worked on the devices and attempted to modify it to fit Frost.
 * Particle Harness Collector: Chester, Timeless Wells and Cisco worked together and upgraded the Tachyon Enhancer to collect the particles from the Forces of Nature, erasing them from existence.
 * Electronic Sock Warmers: Chester built a pair of sock warmers for his grandmother after the "Unforgiving Storm".

Trivia

 * Both Cisco Ramon and Chester P. Runk are fans of Star Wars. Additionally, Chester is a fan of Doctor Who, with knowledge of the time machine TARDIS and the species Daleks.
 * The following are movies and television Chester is a fan of:
 * Star Wars
 * Doctor Who
 * Back to the Future
 * Hot Tub Time Machine