The Doctor? Tony knows a few folks that went kind of crazy with power once they got their Ph.D.s, insisted on their own mothers referring to them as "Doctor Pompousass" but he's never met anyone that went solely by the title. Okay, no real people. There have been a few called "super villains" that go by things like "The Leader" but Tony's found most of those just to be internet tough guys - they've got their little blog where they can bad mouth Iron Man and their history teacher and are about as dangerous as any other teenager with a keyboard.
"What kind of doctorate is that exactly?" Tony asks with a raised eyebrow. "Witness Protection?" Okay, so the guy might be one of those few people that actually walked that fine line between crazy and genius - well, let's not jump ahead. He has shown to have one trick up his sleeve. Anyone can figure out the most efficient way to create enough boost in a space launch while also keeping everything from the dreaded death spin if they do nothing else. For all Tony knows, this guy has spent his entire life on a similar project but couldn't do basic graph theory.
All the same, Tony makes sure to get a mental note on that name: TARDIS. He'll have to catch the out when he gets back to the office. Maybe they have some projects worth looking into. He said they were a small start up, right? Tony's gotten some of his best talent by buying these small, off the grid teams and pulling them into Stark Industries. He doesn't feel any guilt over it; he gets the talent, they get the resources to actually put their skills to use. It really is an everybody wins type of scenario, at least from the perspective of the guy whose company continues to lead in the industry.
Now Tony's head is in business setting and he's actually thinking like a CEO and not a tinkerer. Tony may not be the star he'd been back home, but he's recognizable and his company more so (kind hard to miss the tower - don't think the impressively egotistical design is any accident). He steps out of the office and happens to run into some suit who pretends he's never heard of Tony but claims to be in the industry and, without prompting, managed to solve the energy verses stabilization problem he's had his space-tech team working on for the last few months. That's an awful lot of coincidence.
Tony sticks his hands into his pockets, stride getting a little more cocky. "Okay, ruby slippers, you have my attention," he admits, staring at the strange with a mix of curiosity and the over confidence of someone who has everything figured out. "But first, you promised me a burger, and since I'm no longer powered by Stark Tech I'm going to need some food."
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"What kind of doctorate is that exactly?" Tony asks with a raised eyebrow. "Witness Protection?" Okay, so the guy might be one of those few people that actually walked that fine line between crazy and genius - well, let's not jump ahead. He has shown to have one trick up his sleeve. Anyone can figure out the most efficient way to create enough boost in a space launch while also keeping everything from the dreaded death spin if they do nothing else. For all Tony knows, this guy has spent his entire life on a similar project but couldn't do basic graph theory.
All the same, Tony makes sure to get a mental note on that name: TARDIS. He'll have to catch the out when he gets back to the office. Maybe they have some projects worth looking into. He said they were a small start up, right? Tony's gotten some of his best talent by buying these small, off the grid teams and pulling them into Stark Industries. He doesn't feel any guilt over it; he gets the talent, they get the resources to actually put their skills to use. It really is an everybody wins type of scenario, at least from the perspective of the guy whose company continues to lead in the industry.
Now Tony's head is in business setting and he's actually thinking like a CEO and not a tinkerer. Tony may not be the star he'd been back home, but he's recognizable and his company more so (kind hard to miss the tower - don't think the impressively egotistical design is any accident). He steps out of the office and happens to run into some suit who pretends he's never heard of Tony but claims to be in the industry and, without prompting, managed to solve the energy verses stabilization problem he's had his space-tech team working on for the last few months. That's an awful lot of coincidence.
Tony sticks his hands into his pockets, stride getting a little more cocky. "Okay, ruby slippers, you have my attention," he admits, staring at the strange with a mix of curiosity and the over confidence of someone who has everything figured out. "But first, you promised me a burger, and since I'm no longer powered by Stark Tech I'm going to need some food."