Turn sixty-two, FINALLY. That lazy-ass GM should get his act together, right guys?
To answer somebody's question, Tiruin's character sheet didn't make any reference to the origin explosion, thus the slightly different backstory and powers. As time goes on it's probably going to get harder and harder to justify new heroes coming in, all having the same origin, but I'll cross that bridge when it comes.
Also, AWWWWAs the heroes settled back in to their usual training routine in Aventin, Desmond and Ires got even closer. Meanwhile,
Agent Fortmüller, underwhelmed by his performance in New York, went back to work on the newly-christened "Warlord" suit. [
3] With some work he redesigned the suit to be modular, but ran into some problems afterward with power allocation and had to fix it, delaying his further plans.
Agent Maxwell brought the team together and asked them for a new codename while she trained her power. She eventually settled on "Spectra" and informed the Department of her choice, [
2] but a few days into training she realized her goal of manipulating metal freely just wasn't happening the way she wanted.
Agent Conners took a trip to the labs, trading in her baton for some new equipment. Looking around, her eye fell on a pair of sturdy, but light, gauntlets. Dr. Colt noted her choice with satisfaction.
"That's one of our most reliable pieces of equipment. Some of our field agents reported a loss in dexterity, so we've developed a system to retract the fingers, leaving your own fingers free. You'll also notice it's designed to accept various subsystems in the palm - the most popular ones are tasers, lights, speakers, and gas emitters, but if you let me know we can design something more unique."
Lisa took the gauntlets, without any additional subsystems, to train with. [
4] Some sparring later and she felt ready to defend herself.
Agent Green and
Agent Reon [
5] spent a while practicing tandem maneuvers (-1 to rolls against them if they perform a combat action together) before going on their date. As they returned to the base afterward, they found Waylon Brown and the team waiting for them in the briefing room.
Once the team was assembled, Brown began briefing.
"We've finished our interrogation of Arthur Crane, the captured terrorist. He proved surprisingly resilient to our *ahem* techniques, but in the end told us about the next target of The Six. It's the Benedict building, an office building downtown, and it's scheduled to be blown up in just a few days. That's all we know. You're going to make sure it doesn't happen; protect the building for a couple days in advance, regularly sweep it for explosives, that sort of thing. Any questions? If not, you'll have a day to prepare for the mission."
Dwarmin
Name: DESMOND GREEN / STEEL WALL
Health: HEALTHY
Powers: RAPID HEALING / HUMAN PEAK STRENGTH / HUMAN PEAK SPEED / GENIUS-LEVEL INTELLIGENCE / MASTERFUL KINETIC ABSORPTION
Abilities: MARKSMANSHIP (HANDGUN) / MASTERFUL HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT / TANDEM MANEUVERS (IRES)
Equipment: BODYSUIT / UTILITY BELT / FACE MASK / IN-EAR RADIO RECEIVER / COMBAT BOOTS / FLASHBANG (2) / SMOKE GRENADE (2) / HEAVY PLASTIC SHIELD
Reputation: 5 / NEUTRAL
Caellath
Name: NICHOLAS FORTMÜLLER / FIRE FIGHTER
Health: HEALTHY
Powers: RAPID HEALING / HUMAN PEAK STRENGTH / HUMAN PEAK SPEED / GENIUS-LEVEL INTELLIGENCE / THERMAL ABSORPTION
Abilities: MARKSMANSHIP (RIFLE) / HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT / MASTERFUL ROBOTICS
Equipment: BODYSUIT / UTILITY BELT / FACE MASK / IN-EAR RADIO RECEIVER / COMBAT BOOTS / FLASHBANG (2) / SMOKE GRENADE (2) / SNIPER RIFLE / "WARLORD" BATTLE SUIT
Reputation: 9 / NEUTRAL
SeriousConcentrate
Name: JENNIFER MAXWELL / SPECTRA
Health: HEALTHY
Powers: RAPID HEALING / HUMAN PEAK STRENGTH / HUMAN PEAK SPEED / GENIUS-LEVEL INTELLIGENCE / ADVANCED ELECTROMAGNETIC ABSORPTION
Abilities: MARKSMANSHIP (HANDGUN) / ADVANCED HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT / WEAPON TRAINING (GRAPNEL) / WEAPON TRAINING (GRENADE)
Equipment: BODYSUIT / UTILITY BELT / FACE MASK / IN-EAR RADIO RECEIVER / COMBAT BOOTS / FLASHBANG (2) / SMOKE GRENADE (2) / GRAPNEL
Reputation: 14 / LOCAL HERO
Tiruin
Name: IRES REON / STRAIGHT ARROW
Health: HEALTHY
Powers: RAPID HEALING / HUMAN PEAK STRENGTH / HUMAN PEAK SPEED / GENIUS-LEVEL INTELLIGENCE / INSTANTANEOUS REFLEXES / TRAJECTORY VISION
Abilities: MARKSMANSHIP (BOW) / HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT / WEAPON TRAINING (GRENADE) / DIPLOMACY / FREE RUNNING / TANDEM MANEUVERS (DESMOND)
Equipment: BODYSUIT / UTILITY BELT / FACE MASK / IN-EAR RADIO RECEIVER / COMBAT BOOTS / FLASHBANG (2) / SMOKE GRENADE (2) / COMPOSITE BOW / ARROWS (30)
Reputation: 1 / NEUTRAL
Zako
Name: LISA CONNERS / LIFE FORCE
Health: HEALTHY
Powers: RAPID HEALING / HUMAN PEAK STRENGTH / HUMAN PEAK SPEED / GENIUS-LEVEL INTELLIGENCE / HEALTH DRAINING
Abilities: MARKSMANSHIP (HANDGUN) / ADVANCED HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT / HACKING
Equipment: BODYSUIT / UTILITY BELT / FACE MASK / IN-EAR RADIO RECEIVER / COMBAT BOOTS / FLASHBANG (2) / SMOKE GRENADE (2) / HACKER PDA / GAUNTLETS
Reputation: 2 / NEUTRAL
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