Having been born one year before the Leonid Meteor crashed to Earth, Hein grew up during some of the most tumultuous years of the crisis and became focused on finding a way to end the Phantom threat. Focused, intelligent and cunning, the loss of his wife and child drove him even more in his pursuit to destroy the Phantoms and the Zeus Cannon became the instrument of his will to see this through. Some would say his focused determination has blinded him from seeing what his actions are causing.