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

"I don't believe in quitting."

- Chester P. Runk

Chester Phineas "Chuck" Runk is a scientist and the technology consultant on Metahuman affairs to the CCPD.

Chester gained his abilities after his experiments failed, causing destruction in Central City. He was then placed in the MAC for weeks before finding himself in S.T.A.R. Labs. Chester soon joined The Flash's team and served as its technological support, working alongside and later succeeding Cisco Ramon.

Biography
"What's up, party people?"

- Chester's catchphrase

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 chose him to be his favourite villain.

Becoming a Metahuman
After one of his experiment went wrong, his body was infused with Dark Matter and became a Metahuman. 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.

Invasion of Central City
Returning after visiting his grandmother, Chester was attacked by one of Eva's Reflections. Chester was able to escape back to S.T.A.R. Labs and regroup with Team Flash. He later assisted the team on issuing a half-city blackout to prevent any more Reflections from entering Earth-Prime from the Mirroverse.

Central City Strong
A weeks later, Chester and the other members at S.T.A.R. Labs helped rebuild the city and promoted the slogan "Central City Strong". He was then assigned his first case as a tech consultant to the CCPD after Abra Kadabra's murder. After his defeat, Chester played Fortnite with Cisco, who told him to stop beating him unless he wanted to leave the team.

Stuck in 1998
When Chester arrived back at S.T.A.R. Labs, he was fascinated by the Speed Force and introduced the Isotopic Signal Booster to the team, telling them that he could detect the Forces of Nature as well as which specific ones. Later that night, Chester and Cisco drove the van to Masonville, Chester's home town. As they installed the booster, they were hit with a green energy wave of Temporal Energy and were unable to find their cell phones. They then walked to Masonville and attempted to find phones to dial S.T.A.R. Labs, only to find multiple stores and advertisement that are not from 2020. They then realized that they were sent back to 1998 by the energy wave. They soon investigated the person who sent them back after detecting the identical Isotopic Signal when they were sent back.

Chester and Cisco 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. They then accused him of sending them back in time, only to restart the day with a time loop and sent back to where they started.

With the loop resetting, Chester referenced Game of Thrones and fixed Cisco's mind, which reverted to his seven-year-old self. 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.

"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

Returned to his childhood home, Chester used the pseudonym of John Boyega and kindly asked for the convertor. Chester did not reveal any future information and talked to him about how he loved his son. Quincy was soon convinced by Chester and worked with him to rebuild the sensors of the booster.

Chester then met Cisco back in the auditorium after acquiring the convertor and was attacked by Deon Owens, who was able to control time. Chester attempted to convince Deon to stop, knowing they are not strong enough to fight him, with the latter teleporting away for a different way to restore his own past and future. Chester and Cisco were then sent back to 2020, with them telling the story to their teammates.

First Solo Case
When an imposter started framing Frost for murder, Chester was assigned his independent case as an advisor. Working with Barry and "Nora", Chester was able to give Barry a sample of the ice, later revealing that it had a different structure as that of Frost, proving her innocent. However, "Nora" gave Barry a rush of energy and he accidentally deleted the files as he damaged the computer.

Return of Timeless Wells
Days later, Chester, Cisco 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, Chester and Cico started working on the Particle Harness Collector in order to collect Forces' particles from 10 days prior.

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

Unforgiving Storm Ravages
During the final showdown between the Forces of Nature, Chester finished his Temporal Isotopes Sensors, allowing Barry to find Deon Owens through a wristband. With Barry unable to convince Deon, he returned to S.T.A.R. Labs and Chester and Cisco 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. Chester and Cisco confirmed her sayings and Barry changed his mind on fighting her, now choosing to talk her down.

When the storm started forming a cyclone, Chester and Cisco 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. Chester, Allegra, Cisco and Kamilla then went to CC Jitters, while gathering to share their recent events. Chester told them that he built an Electronic Sock Warmers for Grandma Runk with Allegra telling him that she finished the Chopped marathon. As Kamilla talked to Cisco privately at his ear, Chester and Allegra were embarrassed and looked at each other, then quickly looked away.

Goodbye Cisco
With Cisco announcing his leave to A.R.G.U.S., Chester met him at the Starchives. He was then quickly fascinated by the inventory over the past 6 years. He took the Flash helmet and played with several gadgets as Cisco smiled at him. Cisco informed him that all those gadgets now belong to him after his leave, except a box of t-shirts that Cisco would talk with him.

Cisco later got "whammied" by Rainbow Raider 2.0's powers and the team chose Chester to take care of him in case of danger. Chester and Cisco then stayed in the Starchives as they discussed as to why the Vibe Goggles were stored there. Cisco quickly answered and mistook Chester blocking the entrance as a method to prevent him from seeing a surprise party. Chester was unable to block him and Cisco arrived in the Cortex, playing videos of cats on Barry's HUD.

Barry was then "whammied" as well and returned back to the Cortex breaking dancing with Cisco, Chester entered the room and joined them, later using the Vibrational Filter and fixed their constant joy.

After The Flash and Mecha-Vibe completed their final mission together, Cisco returned to the Cortex for debriefing, only to be stalled by Chester. Cisco slowly realized that there was a surprise party at the loft. Before they left, Cisco gave Chester the key to S.T.A.R. Labs, officially handing over the torch to Chester and reminisced his past events with Team Flash over the past 6 years.

Distant Future
In the distant future, Chester helped Bart Allen on his differentials of mathematics homework multiple times and improved Nora West-Allen's gauntlet efficiency by 2000%.

Powers

 * Black Hole Manifestation: After being 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

 * Genius-level Intellect: Chester has a high-level intellect and was able to understand complex concepts of physics and engineering.
 * 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.

Weaknesses

 * Power-Dampening Technology: Like all Metahumans, 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.
 * Stealth Audio Speakers: Chester installed the speakers in the workshop after Cisco's departure.

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.
 * SEE (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