Gear (Richie Foley)

Richie Foley is Virgil Hawkins' best friend. At the start of the series, he had always been there for him. When Virgil developed his powers from the Big Bang, Richie suggested that he should become a superhero. From there, Static was born.

Richie remained supportive of Static throughout many of his heroic exploits. He would sometimes build things for him as well as other forms of support.

Richie, despite being Virgil's best friend and would always have his back, would often portray himself as immature. He would come off as jealous for his friend always being the hero. However, Static does take his role as a superhero seriously as he had been doing a lot of it, but Richie, due to him being left out of the action, didn't understand a lot of the stress and responsibilities that came with fighting crime.

However, that all changed when he began to develop superhuman intelligence from the gas from the Big Bang. Virgil also took notice of this and at first was alarmed by it but then Richie was able to apply his intelligence to create gadgets that made him even more capable of being a superhero alongside his friend. From there, he came up with the alias Gear and became his best friend's partner.

As Richie was getting involved more and more in crime fighting, he also began to mature as he took on the responisiblities of fighting crimes and really understood the seriousness of the job.

Ultimate Story
Richie made his first appearance in Ultimate Story 3. His world was the first world that Fox and his friends visited in US3. They arrived 24 hours before the Rifter. There, they met Static and Gear and from there, worked alongside them to save their world from the Rifter. However, before they could, they also had to work alongside the Teen Titans. Afterwards, their dimension was warped back to the present. From there, Static and Gear joined Fox and his friends in their journey to put a stop to the Descendants of Darkness.