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“	Did you really expect me to believe you'd ever give me power? That I'd ever have an ounce of control as long as you were alive? You taught me by example, dad: The only way to get power is to seize it.	„
	~ Paxton Powers

Paxton Powers is a minor antagonist in Batman Beyond. Just like his father, Paxton was a corrupt industrialist bussinessman. His crimes included mass pollution, theft and various unscrupulous bussiness practices, as well as the attempted murder of his own father in order to usurp him as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Wayne-Powers. Thses actions also made Paxton into one of Batman (Terry McGinnis)'s rogues. He was voiced by Cary Elwes, and later Parker Stevenson.

Biography

Derek Powers did not get along well with his son, for whom Derek displayed a cold attitude towards. Among other things, Derek never went fishing with his son. However, Powers did teach his son how to run a bussiness using objectionable means and tactics. Eventually, during his son's adult years, Derek Powers anticipated that Paxton would betray him and sent Paxton to South America (the fictional country of Verdeza) to handle company affairs in isolation. It was there that Paxton began running the division of Wayne-Powers at the cost of damaging the environment through mass pollution. He had also developed a taste for pre-Colombian art and had arranged the thefts of several atiques, thus amassing a large collection of stollen treasures. Among these items was the fabled Crown of Tikal that had been stolen from a museum in Mexico City.

Ascention

Do to his radiation powers becoming more unstable to control, Derek Powers called Paxton back to Gotham City in order to make him acting Chairman of the Board of Trustees. This decision had surprised Paxton, especially when he learned about his father's condition. But, Derek only wanted for Paxton to act out his new possition in the company in title only as Derek would be supervising Paxton's actions from the shadows. Beleaving that his father would never allow him to gain any true power over the company, Paxton immediately began plotting to remove Derek all together. Paxton had some of his men stage a mock protest during a televized board meeting, wherein Derek revealed himself as Blight to the public. As Blight went into hiding, Paxton schemed with Batman to use a device to weaken Blight and bring him in to cure him. However, in truth Paxton planed to kill his father in order to become the new CEO in the aftermath. Batman and Paxton tracked down Blight's hideout, an abandoned nuclear submarine. Batman refused to kill Blight, since he only ever wanted Blight to be sent to jail for his crimes, which caused Paxton to turn on Batman and attempted to kill him as well. A fight ensued in which Blight was able to break free and began emmiting higher blasts of radiation which caused the submarine to break-down and fall into the harbour. With Blight having been labelled missing, Paxton finally took over his father's possition at Wayne-Powers. As he was settling in his new office, Paxton was told by Batman that he would be eventually brought to justice. Before leaving, Batman left Paxton with an ominous warning: because his father's body was never found chances were that Blight would someday return to exact his revenge.

Armory

Among several other unsavory tactics, Paxton fired the head behind Wayne-Powers light weapons manufacturing division, Jim Tate, since he wanted to shut down the weapons manufacturing division, not out of principal against violence, but rather to save money. Unfortunately, as a result of Paxton's actions, Jim Tate, who was struggling financially, went on to become the thief known as Armory, who stole technology from Wayne-Powers in order to construct weapons for terrorist and extremist groups.

Sneak Peek

Paxton was at one time caught by tabloid jurnalist Ian Peek partying at a swimming pool instead of working, thus furthering Paxton's lowsy image.

Batman Beyond #8 (comic book)

Paxton's investments were in trouble because of a vigilante known as Vendetta. Vendetta sabotaged a shipment that carried cases of a binary power cell battery which contained two inert gases that when combined create an energy source but the casting around the battery is flimsy and the gases will be harmful to the consumers if broken. Bruce told Paxton he was allowing potentially dangerous batteries to be sol to Peace Ex Machina Inc which would lead to liability issues for Wayne Powers. Paxton pretended to agree with this, however he still wanted to continue the commissions to transport the batteries. Paxton later discovers that Ms. Winston is Vendetta and that Ms. Winston wanted to destroy him to honor Derek Powers. Winston attacked Paxton as Vendetta after Paxton had his bodyguard Dominic shoot her for interfering. Terry escapes with Paxton as Vendetta breaks a battery and the inert gases combine with flammable gases in the warehouses which causes a huge explosion. Paxton's insurance provider was unable to step in to repair the damages, however Ms. Winston revealed to Paxton that she was responsible for the transfer of ownership order for his insurance provider to make Paxton pay for the damages out of his own pocket and there will be some changes now that she is back.

King's Ransom

As the new chairman of Wayne-Powers, Paxton issued several policies that prohibitted negotiations with terrorists and kidnappers.

Paxton hired the Royal Flush Gang to steal art from him, including the Jaguar of the Dezer but that robbery was broken up by Batman. King kidnapped Paxton and held him for ransom which failed and Bruce Wayne decided to incriminate Paxton by taking advantage of the situation. Paxton bargained with his captors to kill Wayne, however Batman defeated the group and turned Paxton over to Commissioner Barbara Gordon. Paxton was then convicted and forced to resign which led to Bruce Wayne taking back control of the company and Powers Technology.

One time, Derek Powers was able to arrange for Paxton to be released from prison and got Paxton a penthouse in the Gentrified Industrial Area. Batman confronted Paxton since he figured Paxton was the one responsible for financially sabotaging Wayne Enterprises and that Paxton was employing Glen Godfrey who orchestrated the termination of the renewed union contract for Wayne-Powers' employees. Batman followed Paxton to a warehouse and Paxton informed Batman that his benefactor wanted to meet him there. Bruce deduced it was a set up and told Terry to get himself and Paxton out of there. The warehouse exploded, however Batman was able to escape with Paxton and he was placed in protective custody while Blight was being dealt with.

Trivia

Paxton never got along with his father.
Bruce Wayne, Terry McGinnis and everyone hate Paxton.
With Paxton in jail, all of the Powers family lost control of Wayne-Powers's corporate assets and shareholders along with everything they owned.

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 {{Quote|Did you really expect me to believe you'd ever give me power? That I'd ever have an ounce of control as long as you were alive? You taught me by example, dad: The only way to get power is to seize it.|Paxton Powers}}
-'''Paxton Powers''' is a minor antagonist in ''Batman Beyond''. Just like [[Derek Powers|his father]], he's corrputed, evil, a polluter, and a criminal. Paxton and his father don't get along. He is voiced by Cary Elwes, and later Parker Stevenson.
+'''Paxton Powers''' is a minor antagonist in ''Batman Beyond''. Just like [[Derek Powers|his father]], Paxton was a corrupt industrialist bussinessman. His crimes included mass pollution, theft and various unscrupulous bussiness practices, as well as the attempted murder of his own father in order to usurp him as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Wayne-Powers. Thses actions also made Paxton into one of Batman (Terry McGinnis)'s rogues.
+He was voiced by Cary Elwes, and later Parker Stevenson.
 ==Biography ==
-Derek Powers anticipated that Paxton would betray him and sent Paxton South America to handle company affairs in isolation. Paxton then developed a taste for pre-Colombian art and arranged for the fabled Crow of Tikal to be taken.
+Derek Powers did not get along well with his son, for whom Derek displayed a cold attitude towards. Among other things, Derek never went fishing with his son. However, Powers did teach his son how to run a bussiness using objectionable means and tactics. Eventually, during his son's adult years, Derek Powers anticipated that Paxton would betray him and sent Paxton to South America (the fictional country of Verdeza) to handle company affairs in isolation. It was there that Paxton began running the division of Wayne-Powers at the cost of damaging the environment through mass pollution. He had also developed a taste for pre-Colombian art and had arranged the thefts of several atiques, thus amassing a large collection of stollen treasures. Among these items was the fabled Crown of Tikal that had been stolen from a museum in Mexico City.
+===Ascention===
+Do to his radiation powers becoming more unstable to control, Derek Powers called Paxton back to Gotham City in order to make him acting Chairman of the Board of Trustees. This decision had surprised Paxton, especially when he learned about his father's condition. But, Derek only wanted for Paxton to act out his new possition in the company in title only as Derek would be supervising Paxton's actions from the shadows. Beleaving that his father would never allow him to gain any true power over the company, Paxton immediately began plotting to remove Derek all together. Paxton had some of his men stage a mock protest during a televized board meeting, wherein Derek revealed himself as Blight to the public. As Blight went into hiding, Paxton schemed with Batman to use a device to weaken Blight and bring him in to cure him. However, in truth Paxton planed to kill his father in order to become the new CEO in the aftermath. Batman and Paxton tracked down Blight's hideout, an abandoned nuclear submarine. Batman refused to kill Blight, since he only ever wanted Blight to be sent to jail for his crimes, which caused Paxton to turn on Batman and attempted to kill him as well. A fight ensued in which Blight was able to break free and began emmiting higher blasts of radiation which caused the submarine to break-down and fall into the harbour. With Blight having been labelled missing, Paxton finally took over his father's possition at Wayne-Powers. As he was settling in his new office, Paxton was told by Batman that he would be eventually brought to justice. Before leaving, Batman left Paxton with an ominous warning: because his father's body was never found chances were that Blight would someday return to exact his revenge.
-Derek Powers later called Paxton back to Gotham City to make him acting Chairman of the Board of Trustees which surprised Paxton, especially when he learned about his father's condition. After Paxton secretly made his father's secret public, he schemed with Batman to use a device to weaken Blight and bring him in to cure him. However, in truth Paxton wanted to kill his father and end up becoming the new CEO in the aftermath.
+===Armory  ===
-Paxton issued several policies related to terrorism and ransom as well as firing Jim Tate since he wanted to shut down the weapons manufacturing division to save money. Paxton even was caught by Ian Peek one time for partying instead of working.
+Among several other unsavory tactics, Paxton fired the head behind Wayne-Powers light weapons manufacturing division, Jim Tate, since he wanted to shut down the weapons manufacturing division, not out of principal against violence, but rather to save money. Unfortunately, as a result of Paxton's actions, Jim Tate, who was struggling financially, went on to become the thief known as Armory, who stole technology from Wayne-Powers in order to construct weapons for terrorist and extremist groups.
+===Sneak Peek===
+Paxton was at one time caught by tabloid jurnalist Ian Peek partying at a swimming pool instead of working, thus furthering Paxton's lowsy image.
+===Batman Beyond #8 (comic book)===
 Paxton's investments were in trouble because of a vigilante known as Vendetta. Vendetta sabotaged a shipment that carried cases of a binary power cell battery which contained two inert gases that when combined create an energy source but the casting around the battery is flimsy and the gases will be harmful to the consumers if broken. Bruce told Paxton he was allowing potentially dangerous batteries to be sol to Peace Ex Machina Inc which would lead to liability issues for Wayne Powers. Paxton pretended to agree with this, however he still wanted to continue the commissions to transport the batteries. Paxton later discovers that Ms. Winston is Vendetta and that Ms. Winston wanted to destroy him to honor Derek Powers. Winston attacked Paxton as Vendetta after Paxton had his bodyguard Dominic shoot her for interfering. Terry escapes with Paxton as Vendetta breaks a battery and the inert gases combine with flammable gases in the warehouses which causes a huge explosion.  Paxton's insurance provider was unable to step in to repair the damages, however Ms. Winston revealed to Paxton that she was responsible for the transfer of ownership order for his insurance provider to make Paxton pay for the damages out of his own pocket and there will be some changes now that she is back.
+===King's Ransom===
+As the new chairman of Wayne-Powers, Paxton issued several policies that prohibitted negotiations with terrorists and kidnappers.
 Paxton hired the Royal Flush Gang to steal art from him, including the Jaguar of the Dezer but that robbery was broken up by Batman. King kidnapped Paxton and held him for ransom which failed and Bruce Wayne decided to incriminate Paxton by taking advantage of the situation. Paxton bargained with his captors to kill Wayne, however Batman defeated the group and turned Paxton over to Commissioner Barbara Gordon. Paxton was then convicted and forced to resign which led to Bruce Wayne taking back control of the company and Powers Technology.

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