grew up in the slums of New York City. Even as a child, Ron realized that sometimes people had to do amoral, even illegal things just to survive. When he befriended Victor, they remained friends well into their teenage years. As Ron grew older, his upbringing steered him towards a life of crime. When a laboratory accident forced Victor's father Silas to turn him into a cyborg, Ron began investigating the accident. He learned that Silas Stone's employers at S.T.A.R. Labs had begun farming out Stone's cybernetic technology to military contracts. One evening, Ron decided to voice his anger by planting a bomb at S.T.A.R. Labs. Although Victor Stone suffered PTSD from his conversion, he still could not allow Ron to continue with his plan. The two fought one another and Evers fell from the roof of S.T.A.R. Labs, seemingly to his death. Victor hurled the bomb into the air where it exploded harmlessly. Technicians from S.T.A.R. Labs found Ron's body and were able to save his life. Under the guidance of robotics engineers Elias Orr and a scientist named Deshaun, they succeeded in transforming Evers into a cyborg just like Vic Stone. Unlike Vic, however, Ron was now the property of S.T.A.R. Labs and became the very thing he sought to destroy - an instrument for the US military. Orr put Ron's abilities to use in the field, and he served with a military unit in the Middle East. He later returned to the United States, but was determined to avenge himself against those who created him. Unable to strike back against Orr, Evers began conducting hit and run raids against various S.T.A.R. Labs buildings in search of Deshaun. This path of destruction brought him into conflict with two teams of Titans and a second battle with his former friend Vic Stone. By the end of this conflict, Vic forcibly removed Ron's cybernetic implants, rendering him powerless. Following this event, Evers seemingly had a moment of clarity and turned towards spirituality. He became a minister of a radical Harlem-based religious organization known as the First Church of Anti-Technocracy. Denouncing all forms of technological advancement, Evers petitioned his followers to excise all modern technology from their lifestyles. At this time, he had another encounter with Cyborg and confessed that their last battle against one another saved not only his life, but his soul. He pleaded with Vic to give up