Tyler Vance grew up in Boulder City, Nevada and had never seen anything outside that town. He worked in his father’s auto-repair shop as a teenager, but he longed to get out of the desert and see the rest of the world.As soon as he finished school, he enlisted in the Army.They sent him to join the forces in the Middle East, merely sending him from one desert to another.There, he was quickly promoted through the ranks in an armored division. Lieutenant Vance and his platoon saw a lot of action in a short amount of time, but with very few casualties.

When Tyler arrived back in the States, he was awarded for his valor with the Army’s Distinguished Service Cross. After the ceremony, he was offered a chance to further serve his country by participating in the Freedom Five Initiative. While operating outside the official Army chain of command, the position would provide Vance with a unique opportunity; he would operate the Personal Armament Exo-Chassis YS-1300T suit, an automated battle suit capable of wielding the firepower of a full battalion.Vance accepted the offer and became the first mechanized officer in the U.S. Army and also a founding member of the Freedom Five, providing significant strategic planning before most of the Freedom Five’s missions.

In the last few years, Lt. Vance has grown closer to his teammate known as Wraith. Maia Montgomery leads a very different life than her heroic alter ego, yet both Maia and Wraith are people that Tyler gets along with well, respecting her abilities in battle, her shrewd thinking as a business owner, and her ability to handle stress and adversity in any form.

Recently, the US Military was revealed to be capturing and training powerful individuals and hoarding items of great power. Lt.Vance’s duty to his superior officers was running in direct conflict with his duty to his team. It was a bit of a shock when he was promoted to Captain, as his superiors had made it clear that they considered his actions to be more civilian than military, but he had little time to consider these developments. OblivAeon had come to Earth.

Together, the Freedom Five fought alongside all of the heroes of Earth and beyond against a foe that threatened all reality: OblivAeon. Bunker fought in the defense of all, and now, after that climactic battle, still works to defend those who cannot defend themselves.Working with brilliant inventor and fellow hero Tachyon, he developed a new Bunker suit that utilizes one powerful weapon: the Riot Cannon. It is as configurable as the suit itself, making sure that Captain Tyler Vance is the Bunker he needs to be, no matter the threat.