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[Maximum Spin]

Lexicon assigns the Advisor to #5, Bolt Blue and Brouhaha to #1, and investigates the Exalt project himself.

[Egan_BW]

Bulletproof armor for Atla! Yes that's normally redundant but you never know...
Send The Watch +1 mony.

Pockette: Experiment with powers.
Mistress Extra: Increase base size.

Atla: Attend the Convention! As a soft spoken and serious person whose life has been improved by Evolved powers, she should be able to argue for out cause convincingly. I'm more than half expecting an anti-attack, so: if Atla sees armed gunmen, don't use her power. If she wants to be a hero, she should rely on her suit features instead.
Princess Professional and The Chorist: Clear the bridge jam! A simple problem of coordination; make a plan, set up loudspeakers, and use song to help it along.
Also use Local Assistance in Dusk Beach.

Spoiler: PUNCH! (click to show/hide)

Team Name: PUNCH!
Leader: Mistress Extra
Fame: +4 (+3 1/5) [Finishing Off Dark Humor: +1]
Infamy: +3 (+0 2/5) [Enforcers (Permanent): +1] [Legion's Expansion (Permanent): +2]
Income: Modest (+2)

Base:
Base Size: Large (+3)
Base Description: Gay Morte, a modestly sized but very crowded nightclub.
Base Location: Dusk Beach
Maximum Team Size: 5

Ethos:
Killing: We kill as a last resort.
Civilians: Saving civilians is the number one goal.
Collateral Damage: We pay for any damages we make.

Reputation:
Downtown: +2
Oldtown: -2
Docks: -1
Dusk Beach: +0
Silver Row: +1
Atomic Heights: -1
Montgomery: -1
Warren: -1
Greenbelt: -2
Sandup: -1
Mireton: +0
Hermitage: -1

Team:
Mistress Extra | Nightmare Possession, Dreamwalking | Energetic, Hedonistic, Sadistic, Cat-like grace, Mental Fortitude, Tinnitus, Bloodthirsty, Friends with Princess, Respects Princess, Loves Princess | +4
Princess Professional | Understanding complex organizational structures | Conventional, Punctual, Confidential, Loyal, Forgettable, Bulletproof Armor, Concealed Shotgun, Friends with Extra, Trusts Extra, Loves Extra | +2 +2
The Chorist | Hypnotizing Singing | Religious, Good-Looking, Optimistic, Hazmat, Cathedral invasion expert | +8 +1
Atla | Can turn Gigantic, Heals when shrinks | Happily Swapped, Serious, Resourceful, Stealth-Tech, Bulletproof Armor | +2
Pockette | Portals | Hapless, Happy-Go-Lucky, Amoral, Lackadaisical | 0 -1 | Getting successful as a bounty hunter

Asset: Night Map
Crossover: The Watch

[crazyabe]

Spoiler: Villainy within! keep out! (click to show/hide)

Dread fool pays the Legion to add both a proper Dungeon, and a penthouse to his bunker, before tossing out assignments- Rat King is headed out to deal with politics (and the political implications of sapient animals as hero's and villains) while Dread Fool himself is headed out to participate in this Arena.
Expend (2) Income for (2) units of 'Legion's Expansion' (+2 'base size' +2 'team infamy'?)(Escher is going to be doing overtime to keep this up!)
Dread Fool will attend the 'Pro Evo Arena', even if no-one wants him there.
Rat King will attend the 'Convention of Evolved Rights', it sounds like something it'd be interested in.

Spoiler: Gray Company (click to show/hide)

Team Name: Gray Company
Leader: Johnson Peter William Richards, "Dread Fool"
Fame: 0
Infamy: 0 +2
Neighbourhood reputations: +1 Warren
Income: Modest Broke(+0)
Cross-Overs: None
Identity: Antivillains

Base
Base Size (base size mod): Appropriate Vast(+5)
Base Description: Old Bomb Shelter
Base Location: Warren
Maximum Team Size: 2 [2 + 0] 4 [2 + 2]

Ethos
Killing: [We kill people]
Civilians: [whatever gets us paid is the most important thing]
Collateral Damage: [We don’t care about property damage if it helps get the job done]

LEADER
Name: Johnson Peter William Richards "Dread Fool"
Gender: Male
Appearance: white male, roughly 6 feet tall, could be described as "unnaturally thin"- Wears a particularly ugly jester costume alongside an eerie full face mask.
Alter-ego/backstory: Johnson Peter William Richards had a rather lonely upbringing, mostly because of his name- being called "dicky dicky dicky DICKY!" by all the other kids at school didn't help him make any friends at all, which is rather sad as his name is the only thing his parents left him before they abandoned him at an orphanage and sailed away on their private yacht reportedly worth only marginally less than a small manor in Greenbelt. This loneliness is likely what drove him to the "wrong crowd", which eventually lead to working for petty super villains and minor gang-lords. Recently, he has come to the rather odd conclusion that "Superheros must be paid better then generic minions"- and decided to see if going 'legit' is all its made out to be.
Power: "Killer Clown" - "Uncanny Co-Ordination: Dread Fool can juggle any number of objects, walk on his hands or ride a unicycle along a tightrope, with perfect control over his physical co-ordination."
Traits: Mercenary, Ex-Villainous Henchman, Cheerful, Wealthy
Fame: 0

MEMBERS
Name |   Known Powers | Traits | Fame/Infamy
Rat King | Gestalt Intelligence, Rat Bodies, Ice-Shielding | Unfathomable, Unsettling, Omnipresent, Assessing Dread Fool | 0/0

[Glass]

Spoiler: The Watch (click to show/hide)

Team Name: The Watch
Leader: Frostara
Fame: 11 (30/9 + 2 [Defeated The Crimson Plague] + 3 [Founded Watchtower] + 3 [Founded Watchpoint])
Infamy: 4 (11/9 + 1 + 2 ['Murdered' Odd Squad 'in cold blood'])
Income: Tight
Identity: Big Tent

Base
Base Size (base size mod): Vast (+5)
Base Description: Offshore complex built by Ziggurat
Base Location: Old Town
Maximum Team Size: 9

Neighborhood Reputations
Atomic Heights: +2
Greenbelt: +3
Sandup: +2
Silver Row: +2
Old Town: +1
Warrens: +2
Montgomery: +1
Hermitage: +1
Downtown: +1
[All else neutral]

Ethos
Killing: We kill as a last resort
Civilians: Saving civilians is the number one goal
Collateral Damage: We try to act with precision but don’t can’t pay for damages

Leader
Name: Allison Goldstein/Frostara
Gender: Female
Appearance: An attractive young woman with dirty blonde hair kept in a ponytail and grey eyes. She wears a light-blue form-fitting ice-skating uniform, decorated with a subtle pattern of snowflakes. Somewhat less subtle is that the snowflakes on the back are clustered in such a way as to give the impression of a clock face.
Powers: Creates ice walls, Ice skating, Ice jets, Blood freezing
Reactive ice shielding: Frostara can generate ice when attacked to instantly shield against injury
Traits: Hates Longfire, Modest, Good-looking, Tactical, Indebted to The Watch, Trusts Retry, Cool Under Pressure, Deadly, Organized, Protective of Bantum Boy, Uncomfortable with psychics, Steam burns, Rat bites
Fame: 5

Leader Founder
Name: Caroline Frisk (real name)/Retry (“super” name)/DeterminedDreamer (online username)
Gender: Female
Appearance: A young woman with short, auburn hair and red eyes that lack pupils, instead consisting of a seemingly endless set of concentric rings. While fighting crime, Retry wears a long, dark-green hooded coat over a suit of gold-looking armor, as well as a heart necklace. Presumably, the armor's interior is padded to similar comfort levels as her older clothing. She wields a pair of tonfas.
Alter-ego/backstory: Caroline, like many people with too much curiosity and free time and not enough sense of self-preservation, decided that it would be fun to go explore an abandoned facility to see if she could find anything interesting. For a variety of reasons, this was an enormous mistake, as some facilities are either abandoned for a reason or are less abandoned than they first seem. Now, she’s not exactly talking about any of the specifics of what happened, but it certainly seems that she regrets what she did. Except for the small fact that it doesn’t seem she ever actually did it, and her accounting of what day it is was off by one.
Power: Stable Time Loop: Retry casts herself back into the past, or perhaps she foresees forward... in either case, with concentration and over short periods, from her perspective appears to reset the position of reality from a few seconds to minutes.
Time Freeze: Retry can stop time for everyone, including herself, to give herself more time to think and work out a scene.
+Super-strength, +Super-jumping
Traits: Tries Everything, Thoughtful, Mute, Bulletproof Armor, Fearless, Electrogirdle, Tires Easily, Concerned about Psyla, Friends with Void, Ex-Leader, Crushed ribs, Short-breath
Fame: 10
Infamy: 1

Members
Frostara (Allison Goldstein) | Creates ice walls, Ice skating, Ice jets, Blood freezing, Reactive ice shielding | Hates Longfire, Modest, Good-looking, Tactical, Indebted to The Watch, Trusts Retry, Cool Under Pressure, Deadly, Organized, Protective of Bantum Boy, Uncomfortable with psychics, Steam burns, Rat bites | 5
Retry (Caroline Frisk) | Stable time loop, Time freeze, Super-strength, Super-jumping | Tries Everything, Thoughtful, Mute, Bulletproof Armor, Fearless, Electrogirdle, Tires Easily, Concerned about Psyla, Friends with Void, Ex-Leader, Crushed ribs, Short-breath | 10 Fame, 1 Infamy
Void (David White) | Micro-blackhole centered on self, Supernova blasts from absorbed energy, Apocalypse/City-destruction, Dazzling Sunbeams | Inscrutable, Unsettling, Helpful, Close to going supernova, Control Belt!, Evasive, Friends with Retry | 3 Fame, 1 Infamy | Use his powers for good, figure out E Corp?
Psyla LXI ("Sarah"?) | Insta-reincarnation, Increasing Psychic Power, Mysterious inter-dimensional assistance | Cold, Resourceful, Determined, Tactical, Doubts about Retry's leadership, Respects Frostara, Team Player, Rat bites | 8, 1 Infamy
Muffin Madness | Random (based on eating Chiffon's pastry), Super-strength, Super-jumping | Manic, Open-Minded, Indebted to Chiffon, Electrogirdle, Tires Easily | 0
Karma Kid (Haruto Suzuki) | Mirroring damage inflicted on self onto others | Child, Vindictive, Calm | 0, 2 Infamy
Ascupart (William Grafton) | Reactive muscle-growth | Poetic, Angry, Imposing, On Parole | 0, 3 Infamy
Wiffle () | Floating, Impervious | Ethereal, Calm, | 4
The Mangler II/Angry Mango "Stop." | Powersuit Construction | Vengeful, Destructive, Inventive, Mangler Power Suit 2.0 | 3 Infamy | Mangling

Other Notes
Have control belt designs
1 Crossover: Cursed Legacy
1 Crossover: Rust Riot
2 Crossovers: Watchtower
1 Crossover: Route Horizon
1 Crossover: Animalia
Chiffon (Mari Chang) made a baking company
RIP Sally "Sixpence" Agreste
RIP Johanna Freedman, the Miraculous Mirror Maiden
Electrogirdle: wearer gains powers "Super Strength", "Super Jumping" and trait "Tires easily" while it is worn.
Doctor Hijank rejoined the Odd Squad Rust Riot
Free will is real! As long as you’re not mind-controlled, at least.

Retry and Frostara are resting, because they very need to. (0-8)
Mango makes gloves for Pathfinder. (0-5?) "Stop calling me that!" "No."
Void and Psyla will go to the lab. This reeks of E Corp trying to 'improve' on whatever fuckery they did with Void, and whoever this person is, they're going to need either somebody who understands their problems, or people who can fight them without getting instantly killed. Or both. Start with diplomacy. (4)
Muffin Madness, Ascupart, and Karma Kid will attempt to find and address whoever's howling around Silver Row; since Retry's out of commission, Muffin gets the electrogirdle for the time being. (3)
Finally, Wiffle will attend the legal convention. While it'd be nice to look further into E Corp's deal, this is important. (5)

[VermilionSkies]

Spoiler: Route Horizon (click to show/hide)

Team:
Team Name: Route Horizon
Fame: 8 (6+2)
Income: Broke

Reputation:
Old Town: 1
Warrens: 0
Downtown: 1
Hermitage: 1
Greenbelt: 1
Mireton: 1
Docks: 1

Leader:
Pathfinder | Gliding, Perfected Spacial Awareness, Blast Off, Lone Hero | Blunt, Quick-Thinking, Extreme Sports Afficiando, Self-Sacrificing, Hates lone missions, Respects Reverso, Martial Artist, Believes in Route Horizon, Respects Endless Highway, Friends with Reverso, Respects Longfire, Acting In Endless Highway's Memory, Notable Scar, Bullet-proof Armor, Eagle-eyed, Highly Effective Pneumatic Gauntlets | 6 Fame | 1 Infamy|

Base:
Base Size (base size mod): Appropriate
Base Description: Route Horizon works out of a specialized garage provided by Mayor Bigby.
Base Location: Oldtown
Maximum Team Size: 4 1

Ethos:
Killing: We kill as a last resort.
Civilians: Saving civilians is the number one goal.
Collateral Damage: We don’t care about property damage if it helps get the job done.

Misc:
Unable to recruit.
Crossover: Animalia

"Oh, this feels very nice to use! Thank you for helping me!"

"I believe it should get a proper introduction to the field, don't you?"

Pathfinder registers for the tournament.

[Kashyyk]

Camarada will see whether we can get hold of an adjacent apartment and knock through one of adjoining walls or something. You know, Increase Base size. (#0.1)

Crackler, Nitrox and Película rest (#0.8). They'll check out MooVee for whatever the latest TV series is and binge watch it under a load of blankets. Película will also return the favour and see if Reflux wants to come over for a movie or two. (Not a crossover/hangout, but maybe some RP can be had).

Finally, Mentat will ride Zirconia to the Convention (#5). They only need one seat between them so it should be fine. Hopefully Mentat can cruise the crowd to inform decisions amd make sure no one is planning on causing issues.

Spoiler: Protection Inc. (click to show/hide)

Team Name: Protection Inc.
Leader: Mentat
Fame: 6½ _{[5½ + 1]} | 1½ _{[½ + 1]}
Income: Modest (2)
Identity: Powerhouse - You're much more likely to gain powers, but also much more likely to destroy scenery or face injury in the line of duty
Cross Overs: Odd Squad (??)
Neighbourhood reputations:
Docks +1
Downtown +1
Mireton +1
Montgomery +2
Old Town +1
Sandup +2
Silver Row +2
Warren +2

Members
Name | Known Powers | Traits | Fame
- Mentat | Mindreading, Weaponised Telepathy, Telepathic Infectious Humming Infliction, Distributed Intelligence | Charismatic, Protective, Self-important, Bankrolling Protection Inc, Friends with Camarada,  Respects Bittern, No physical form | 8
- Camarada | Can't be directly attacked, Ignored (unless actively suppressed) | Altruistic, Forgiving, Charming, Conciliatory, Tactical, Fearless, Reckless, Friends with Película, Respects Mentat, Friends with Mentat, Dedicated to Protection Inc, Guilt-Ridden | 3
- Crackler | Electricity Manipulation | Known Killer, Friendly, Comedian, Improviser, Enemy of the Scarlet Plague, Respects Nitrox, injury: Bone-tired, Bullet-proof Armour, Hazmat | 8
- Nitrox | Unstoppable power attack??, Air walking | Heroic, Fabulist, Fear of Drowning, Crush on Camarada, Loyal to Protection Inc., Cathedral Invasion Expert, injury: Bone-tired, Bullet-proof Armour, Hazmat | 7
- Película | Illusionary Projections, Functional Invisibility | Teen runaway, Loves animals, Bankrolling Protection Inc, Hates Crowds, Berserk, Hazmat, Injury: Tired, Friends with Camarada, Friends with Reflux | 5
- Zirconia | Diamond-like Skin | Local Knowledge, Carefree, Manipulative, Finds Crackler Amusing, On Edge, Hazmat | 2 3 | Money
- Alba | Feline Abilities | Cute, Adopted Película, Accepting of Camarada, Mentat Body Host, An actual cat | -

Base
Base Size (base size mod): Large (+3)
Base Description: A roomy apartment
Base Location: Warren
Team Size: [2 + min(6½ vs 3)] = 5

Ethos
Killing: We kill as a last resort
Civilians: Saving civilians is the number one goal
Collateral Damage: We pay for any damages we make

[IronyOwl]

Accept Marigold's sponsorship
Buy Supercar (AWE themed?)

Jack Dandy rests
The Man In Grey represents the Dandy Lads in #5: Convention of Evolved Rights
Haste and (Good But Unapologetic) Lotus Petal will look into the howling at #3: Hounded

Spoiler: The Dandy Lads (click to show/hide)

Team Name: Dandy Lads
Leader: Jack Dandy
Fame: 7 (+3 Avg Fame, +1 Inherent, +1 Unswap Charity, +2 Defeated Crimson Plague)
Income: Comfortable -> Opulent+2 -> Opulent [Broke|Tight|Modest|Comfortable|Opulent]
Reputation:
+1 Silver Row
+2 Old Town
+2 Mireton
+2 Downtown
+1 Montgomery
+1 Atomic Heights
+1 Docks
Cross-Over: Cutting Edge
Cross-over: Marigold
Electrogirdle: wearer gains powers "Super Strength", "Super Jumping" and trait "Tires easily" while it is worn.
Focused: Heroes are more likely to gain new and distinct powers, but team size is capped at four
Supercar: Arrive at the scene as quick as your rivals who are a neighbourhood closer!

Base
Base Size (base size mod): Small [Tiny (+0)|Small(+1)|Appropriate(+2)|Large(+3)|Vast(+5)]
Base Description: Abandoned lab in Atomic Heights
Base Location: Atomic Heights
Maximum Team Size: 3 [2 + (the smaller of Base Size Modifier and Fame)]

Ethos
Killing: We never kill
Civilians: Saving civilians is the number one goal
Collateral Damage: We pay for any damages we make

Name: Jack Dandy
Gender: Male
Appearance: A tall, handsome man with a muscular frame, blonde hair, blue eyes, and a cleft chin.
Alter-ego/backstory: Jack Dandy was born Donald Arthur Whisk, but took up a more pleasing stage name at the age of 13. At 15 he landed a breakout role as the spunky sidekick in a cheap but popular science fiction flick, which taught him that not only could he succeed as an actor, he could inspire people while doing it. As he grew older, he transitioned from heroic supporting roles to the main man himself, but he never lost the humility and enthusiasm that made him so popular with audiences. One day during a difficult shoot, a costar was almost crushed by a collapsing prop before Jack was able to leap to his rescue from some thirty feet away. Jack Dandy has been inspiring and entertaining on a bigger stage ever since.
Powers:
-Hyper-Athletics: Peak gymnastic performance that pushes past the edge of what was previously thought humanly possible.
-Skill Mimicry: Jack can, with focus, perfectly copy a skill he has previously observed
--He can reflexively mimic his opponent's attacks, making him near impossible to beat in hand-to-hand combat.
-Time Echoes: Jack can leave echoes of himself that repeat what he's just done in the same space. These echoes disappear if they touch him.
-Temporal Collapse: Jack can collapse nearby ongoing time-altering effects
Traits: Charismatic, Heroic, Vain, Unsure about The Man In Grey, Indefatigable, Wealthy, Missing Ear, Confident in Lotus Petal, Friends with Lotus Petal, Injuries: Shrapnel, Burns
Fame: 4

Name |   Known Powers | Traits | Fame
The Man in Grey | Disappears involuntarily when his safety is threatened | Mysterious, Altruistic, Quiet, Calm, Distrusts mindcontrollers, Sympathy for Vile Viola, Conspiracy Theorist, Spy, Wary of Lotus Petal, Feeling overlooked, Crush on Haste, Golden Eye | 4
Long grey trenchcoat, grey domino mask, and grey fedora
The Man in Grey gets better at moving around while disappeared and tricking himself into feeling threatened enough to vanish, allowing limited range invisibility and intangibility (he can't really perceive anything in the real world when vanished).

Lotus Petal | Uncanny Knife-Throwing, Gymnastics, Weakness Spotting: Lotus intuitively senses the weakest point | Extrovert, Focused, Returning Knives, Unapologetic, Friends with Jack Dandy | 2/2
Moves with a blur of silks

Name | Known Powers | Traits | Infamy | Fame | Motivation
Haste | Speed aura, Slow Aura | Charming, Cowardly, Greedy, Wary of Lotus Petal, Crossover: Watchtower, Respects The Man In Grey | 1 | 3 | Money
Haste has an improved application of her powers: she gets much better at speeding and slowing different parts of someone, making people run into walls, trip over, accidentally hit themselves with flailing limbs.

[notquitethere]

MISSION REPORTS 12

Spoiler: #0 Personal Missions (click to show/hide)

Various heroes rest and heal up. The Protection Inc. heroes have a film night with Reflux. It helps take her mind off her team's fallout from the tournament and Película enjoys the company. Crackler and Nitrox only stop making wisecracks when their newly dressed wounds threaten to open up through laughing too much.

The Spork makes a super-long-range railgun, the Railscopipe, with his newfound knowledge of powerful magnets. It can shoot bullets or acupuncture needles which, if more than one hit someone, can pass a power-nullification effect through. It's complet to operate so only the Spork can use it to its full effect, but he can use it from an adjacent neighbourhood if he has a local spotter to assist.

Lexicon looks into the Exalt project. A lot of it is just conspiracy theory junk. Protocols of the Elders of Zion meets Lizard People faking the moon landings type stuff. But in his research, he does stumble upon an encrypted data dump that someone had labeled EXALT. Encryption and codes are just another kind of language, and with some effort, he was able to figure out the encryption key and read it clearly. See Exalt Emails below.

Pockette experiments with powers. She's already able to create portals in midair, but up until now she's only managed two at a time. With focus she manages to put a portal in her base, and hold back on creating its pair, and instead create a third and fourth portal that link to one another, then another pair... one the floodgates open, there seems no limit to the number of portals on the go. Eventually she creates a pair for her first portal and returns home. This is going to be useful...

Mistress Extra and Camarada look into a way of increasing their bases even more (see opportunity phase)

Spoiler: Exalt Emails (click to show/hide)

From: Roderick Davies
To: Malcolm Muldoon
Date: 2021-10-10 15:03
Subject: EXALT?

Dear Dr. Muldoon,

I am writing to you with my concerns about the new project codename. You may not be aware but 'Exalt' has long been associated with conspiracy theories. See for yourself: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_EXALT. In the 70s the CIA experimented on young soldiers with a mixture of speed-drips and wolf adrenal glands. It was a disaster. Ever since then, the project has been linked to every conspiracy theory under the sun. Our experiments are already potentially controversial, linking it with globalist lizard people plots to put hormones into the water or whatever these people beieve can only hurt us.

Sincerely,
Roderick Davies

From: Malcolm Muldoon
To: Roderick Davies
Date: 2021-10-10 15:29
Subject: RE: EXALT?

Roddy, don't you see? That's the genius of it!!! When we get leaks (and it's a when, not an if, with the major SHE-factor we're dealing with), the genuine stuff, the stuff that'll get us shut down, will be dismissed as part of the conspiracy fringe. You see?? That's why it's important we stick Exalt on everything.

And try not to worry too much Roddy, I've been with E for decades now. We're on the path to greatness here.

-MM

From: Roderick Davies
To: Malcolm Muldoon
Date: 2022-11-09 06:47
Subject: URGENT! Lab Break In!

Dr Muldoon,

Lab 02 has been breached. It's the work of ECID-0321 (see footage attached). ZO-0808, ZO-0809 both missing. We can only HOPE that they were absorbed by 321. This is the fourth such leak in the Exalt project. I'm especially concerned as it appears local SHE elements have got involved: you can see the two women in the footage. One of them makes a mess with some ice and then they both run away from 321. They almost got sucked in. Don't you think this is getting out of hand?

Regards,
Roderick

p.s. I tried ringing you but as usual no answer. This is why we have the emergency line!

From: Malcolm Muldoon
To: Roderick Davies
Date: 2022-11-10 12:04
Subject: RE: URGENT! Lab Break In!

Roddy, Roddy, Roddy, the leaks are part of the bigger plan!! What do we know about SHE? The beneficial mutations comes through stress. What do these SHE people want to do? Run around hitting each other, causing more stress, more extraordinary mutations. We need to keep drawing more of them to Zircon to keep fighting things... the city itself is our lab. But crucially, we have to snatch them back up before they snuff themselves out.

We have to ride the tiger! Embrace the chaos!!

—MM

From: Roderick Davies
To: Malcolm Muldoon
Date: 2022-11-10 06:12
Subject: RE: URGENT! Lab Break In!

Respectfully, we have lost a lot of important material through these leaks. ECID-0321 alone is worth billions. Trillions possibly. We were on the CUSP of harnessing him. I feel that letting our subjects loose is too chaotic a strategy.

Regards,
Roderick


From: Malcolm Muldoon
To: Roderick Davies
Date: 2022-11-10 15:00
Subject: RE: URGENT! Lab Break In!

Don't worry Roddy, if those caped nutjobs don't bring him in for us, I've got a few other ideas...

-MM

From: Roderick Davies
To: Malcolm Muldoon
Date: 2022-11-20 20:09
Subject: Exalt update: fertilization and new candidate

Dear Dr. Muldoon,

Firstly, there's some good news: we've had a viable X2-factor egg. This might be it, at last! I know relying on human incubators hasn't worked well in the past, so I'm pleased to see progress here. I could show you if you wanted to actually come on site?

Also, I think I've discovered another prime candidate for the next phase of the Exalt project. See the attached video. I think it's the same woman from the incident at Lab 02. She's calling herself "Retry". Well, she doesn't speak, but her friends does. If the claims are true about her abilities, we need to study her. She will be difficult to capture though... especially as ECID-0321 is now with her team as well.

Sincerely,
Roderick

From: Malcolm Muldoon
To: Roderick Davies
Date: 2022-11-20 20:21
Subject: RE: Exalt candidate

Got a plan to bring them both in! Let's see what the boys down in fabrication can cook up for us in a hurry...

Oh and good job on the conception. Knew we'd get there eventually. And you're right RE: human incubators. Have a tendency to run off!! Don't get that with a metal womb. Thankfully!!!

-MM

Spoiler: #1 - Pro Evo Arena (click to show/hide)

Public Static Void
Learn something new every day!

Welcome, HotterThanYou

Board: Matches

Subject: Pro Evo!
Hey babes, Lavateen here. I had front row seats of the big tourny. I stayed out of it myself (woulda smoked them!) but here's the blow-by-blow, play-by-play! Yes I'm going to comment on every fight. This is the definitive report.

Round 1

Pathfinder vs Sheakfrow: Pathfinder used to be Swan Dive but she's got a way better name now she's flying solo. First fight was against some literal clowns from Stoney Island. One of them, the fat one, used to be in Crimson Plague. Why aren't these people in jail? Clowns should be illegal. Anyway, Pathfinder just swooped around and punched them off the platform into the water while they were messing around on unicycles.

Chunky Town vs Spider Knights: Chunky Town is just Lovehandles (he's got a gross outfit and he trains cops which is double gross) and Dangerfield, who allegedly was possessed and was let out of jail. They all say that! Apparently Lovehandles had beef with Lynxxx from the Spider Knights. Rumour was, they both used to do underground fights and Lynxxx jumped on Lovehandles' head or something. Grudge match time! Spider Knights outnumbered them as they just picked up The Woman Lamp (terrible name, terrible gimmick, doesn't she know I'm the only fiery redhead allowed in this town??) but it didn't help. Ectoboy went wacko and screamed that it was "mangling time" and ran head first into one of Dangerfield's traps. Lovehandles just made himself immovable while Dangerfield caught the rest of them in traps. Boring win for Chunky Town.

Pastry Pals vs Cursed Legacy: CL smoked these Chiffon-made fake heroes, but it was closer than it should have been. Spawn of Satan gave these newcomers some nasty burns, Monkeypaw gets blissed out by a rando power and just stands all dopey for half the match. Spyte is almost driven off the edge before her barbs go crazy and bristle all up her arm like a hedgehog.

Dread Fool vs Rust Riot: Dreadfool this new clown (MORE FREAKIN CLOWNS!!) gets clowned on by this new Rust team. Slinger pelts him with stones as he's cartwheeling around, finally Verdigris shoots her Bitrot arm attachment, and the little robot freak attaches to to Dreadfool's face. While he's trying to get it off, Slinger shoots him in the nuts and he topples off the arena into the drink. Clowns: not even once.

Bro Club vs Tar & Feathers: Bolt Blue and Brouhaha from Bro Club turn up to face Chap Stick (absolute babe, why isn't she on a team yet?) and Spit Feathers. They've got this gimmick team Tar & Feathers. They actually manage to tar and feather the Bro Club, and I don't see how they can recover from that when Brouhaha screams at this horrible pitch. Everyone in the audience holds their ears, and Tar & Feathers are buckled over, and the Brouhaha just sonic booms them off the arena. Feathers everywhere!

Dodgy Lads vs Dementators: Dodgy Lads are some, uh, dodgy lads. They came in from Leadville where apparently they fight in the rings there. I missed the fight because I was doing my regular check-in with my followers, but apparently the Lads won. Dementators apparently contained the recently exonerated guy that killed Mentat. Weird when a dead guy openly doesn't press charges!

Donutters vs Beacon Blaze: Donutters are more fake heroes. Beacon Blaze are Reverso and Longfire. They used to be in Route Horizon together.  I didn't even get a chance to see what pastry powers the Donutters had, Reverso just hurled them out of the arena with his long-range gravity control. With a power like that, they're the favorites.

Stunlock & Starling vs Zircon Zoulette: Stunlock and Starling are both big shot Destinos performers. They don't fight crime or anything, just put on dumb shows. Actually they're both solo acts but are fighting together for Brand exposure. I admire the hustle. Almost worked for them, Stunlock was stunning these guys, and Starling was flying rings around them, but the last ZZ smothers them all with skin. Totally gross, I can see why he didn't lead with that one. S&S are taken away for emergency surgery to separate the pair.

Round 2

Dodgy Lads vs Chunky Town: From the Dodgy Lads, Nimbus lights up all the traps, the Daring Dart does a load of unnecessary flips over the spikes and scissor kicks Dangerfield off the arena. Finally, Freight Train smashes straight through the traps straight at Lovehandles. What happens when an unstoppable force hits an immovable object? Apparently half the arena gets destroyed, is what. Nimbus is left standing and the Lads win.

Pathfinder vs Cursed Legacy: Cursed Legacy almost win it. It's an amazing fight, barbs going everywhere, pillars of flame. Pathfinder is dodging and weaving through it all like an angel. Still, everyone thinks Cursed Legacy must win it... but one by one Pathfinder punches this kid and his friends off the arena with these fancy new gauntlets. Rumour is Spawn went apeshit and fired half his team afterwards.

Rust Riot vs Bro Club: Good fight. Bolt Blue is on top form, even despite being still tarred and feathered. He's dodging and weaving, almost has Verdigris off the edge, up until he catches a sling stone to the head and Bitrot grabs his ankle and pulls him off stage before he can even get a storm going. Brouhaha just screeches again, this time smashing windows all along the waterfront. This messes with Rust Riot's suits and he sonic booms the ever living crap out of them. Bro Club win!

Zircon Zoulette vs Beacon Blazes: Longfire teleports in some fireballs for fun, but it's just a distraction while Reverso lobs the lot of these pastry heroes off the arena in seconds. Another wipe out.

Round 3

Pathfinder vs Bro Club: What a match! Pathfinder, soaring in the sky majestically, Brouhaha trying to boom her down but it does nothing with her so far up. She has to land on the arena at least once every two minutes or she'd be disqualified. Bolt Blue is holding onto a pillar, all groggy, but he manages to whip up a wind, and Pathfinder is forced in to land early. So she just glides down and body-checks Brouhaha out of the arena. Bolt Blue runs over to tackle her, when she blasts off from standing, knocking Bolt into the water! How long's she been able to do that?? Unexpected Pathfinder win.

Beacon Blazes vs Dodgy Lads: If I were Reverso, I'd be embarrassed. Zero flair. He just reverses gravity and sends the lads flying in, like, five seconds. Freight Train is charging at the time and literally blasts off to the horizon. Good job he's invulnerable otherwise that man would be toast.

Round 4: The Finale

Beacon Blazes vs Pathfinder: Route Horizon grudge match! Reverso was in Route Horizon in the Endless Highway days, before he bailed on them all, and Longfire was the oldest member but word on the street is he's a massive misogynist and doesn't respect strong women. Match starts and he's all smack talking Pathfinder. Saying she was always the weak link. Reverso seems to disagree but it doesn't stop him turning his power on Pathfinder. She falls upwards into the sky and she keeps going! Into the clouds. Everyone in the crowd is like, is the match over?, but I know my girl isn't out yet. She comes flying down straight at Reverso. He reverses her again, but she's got momentum, right? So it just slows her until she almost reaches him. Then get this right, she's upside down, slowed to a standstill right above Reverso. Longfire is about to flame her when she suddenly blasts air from behind her, propelling her new robo-fist straight into Reverso. Stone cold, knocks him down. Longfire's fire ain't doing diddly to her armour, but no way she can hold out long breathing the poisonous fumes from the fireballs. Through the smoke, she runs and punches him in the gut. You could her the phwooom from across the whole arena. Both Old Route Horizon punched out, she rolls them off the arena and New Route Horizon is supreme!!!

edit: as people have said down thread, Spit Feathers never exited the water. She was found stuck to the bottom of the river, her feathers super-heavy. Something weird is going on, believe me. RIP Spit Feathers. Looks like we won't have another tourney!!!

OUTCOME
Mission: Route Horizon come 1st, Beacon Blaze come 2nd, Dodgy Lads and Bro Club come joint 3rd.
Ectoboy: Cohesion check failed. Gains trait "Cursed" and leaves Spider Knights (again).
Woman Lamp: Gains trait "Overwhelmed"
Lynxxx: Loses trait "Determined to save Ectoboy". Disbands the Spider Knights, deciding leadership is too much.
Spawn of Satan: +1 fame, -1 rep in Downtown (mean to Pastry Pals), gains trait "High Standards". Fires Monkeypaw for gross incompetence.
Monkeypaw: Depression cured, gains trait "Blissed out", +1 fame, Mixed cohesion check, gains trait "Fed-up with heroism"
Spyte: Loses "Forgettable", Gains trait "Bristly". +1 fame, fails cohesion, leaves Cursed Legacy, gains trait "Unhinged".
Verdigris: +2 fame, gains trait "Over-Protective", Gains trait "Creaky". Retires Bitrot for his safety.
Slinger: +2 fame. Gains trait "Mean". Injury "Half-drowned"
Bitrot: Gains +1 fame, +1 infamy, gains trait "Quick-Thinking" and "Tiny"
Pathfinder: Loses "Hates Lone Missions", +3 fame, +1 infamy (breaking up all those teams), loses trait "Respects Longfire"
Dreadfool: +1 infamy (anti-clown animus)
Bolt Blue: Gains trait "Impassive", Loses trait "Blundering", Gains injury "Tarred-and-Feathered". Succeeds cohesion check, gains trait "Team Player"
Brouhaha: Gains opportunity. Gains injury "Tarred-and-Feathered". Gains new power "Sonic Shattering: Brouhaha can incapacitate ear drums and smash windows in a large radius". -1 income from paying for damages. +1 fame.
Spit Feathers: Dies in mysterious circumstances.
Lovehandles: +1 fame. Gains power "Repulsion Force: Can redirect kinetic force used against him when he's using his self-inertia power".
Dangerfield: +1 fame. Gains trait "Overconfident"
Longfire: Gains trait "Tactical", Gains trait "Determined", +1 fame
Reverso: +2 fame, Gains trait "Unrelenting"
One of the pastry heroes gains a genuine power and joins the recruitment pool as Skinslip
(Omitted the excess heroes for brevity)
Mission Reward (for PC teams): Route Horizon 1st place: +3 income, +2 temporary fame "Won the Pro Evo Tournament"; Bro Club: Joint 3rd place: +1 income, +1 temporary fame "Pro Evo Semi-Finalist"

Spoiler: #2 Sandstorm (click to show/hide)

No one attends to the storm, and the sand only grows. Eventually the sandstorm engulfs most of Warren as well. +3 travel time from, to, and through Warren. Teams based in Warren will take reputation damage if this isn't dealt with.

Spoiler: #3 Hounded (click to show/hide)

"This is so exciting!" Muffin Madness says, practically bouncing off the walls. "I get to take the new guys out. How cool is that?"

Karma Kid and Ascupart exchange a glance. The new Watch recruits are walking past the jewelery shops in Silver Row. Most shops were shuttered at this hour, but they can see a light on at the Starlight cafe. Nursing a drink, sitting alone in the window, they see ex-Watch member Brutus.

They meet up with Lotus Petal and Haste. Haste is pointing out all the jewelry shops she robbed back when she was on the wrong side of the law.

A bone-chilling howl ripples through the neighbourhood. It was pure guttural anguish, and distinctly canine. Dozens of drones buzz over the streets and buildings. Riding on a platform carried by the drones are Buzzoff, the dronemaster, and Baron von Woof, with his one huge arm. They're heading towards the source of the howling.

"Follow them!" Muffin Madness shouts.

The heroes chase through alleyways until they reach a small yard surrounded by the backs of shops on all sides, reached only by a narrow driveway. In the center of the yard is a large steam grate.

"Well met, heroes of the hour," Baron von Woof says. "Behold as I rescue the poor beast trapped within."

"I've got a bad feeling about this," Muffin Madness says, not realising tonight's pastry power is a very real danger sense. Baron wrenches off the grate cover with his hand and Buzzoff's drones swarm into the depths within. Baron von Woof bows to the heroes and jumps in.

There's a long moment while the howling starts up again and is abruptly cut off by the sound of screeching metal and a series of explosions.

The members of the Watch and Dandy Lads gather around the hole and peer into the darkness. They each convulse and shiver, one by one, as if someone were dancing on the grave.

"Did you feel that too?" Ascupart asks.

The others have no time to answer, as the ground beneath them starts rumbling. The brickwork around the hole crumbles inwards. Ascupart leaps, but his muscles don't repair, and he sprawls on the ground, groaning in unexpected pain. Muffin Madness, with her strength girdle, throws Karma Kid clear and leaps away. Haste speeds everyone else up and Lotus Petal helps her get away.

Bursting out of the ground is a huge humanoid dog-like creature, about fifty-foot tall. Riding on its head, whooping with abandon is Baron von Woof. Buzzoff and his drones hover around, filming the rampage. This is what became of Harpoodle.

The passage Harpoodle emerges out of collapses in. The beast steps out, towering above the Watch heroes.

"I'll slow it!" Haste says, but she finds herself unable. Lotus Petal tries to focus on a weak-spot on the beast-man, and throws her dagger, but Harpoodle doesn't seem to notice.

In the chaos that followed, Karma Kid realised with horror that he wasn't able to reflect his injuries, and Ascupart was barely able to drag himself into a doorway.

A rain of razor sharp claws slices down. With enhanced speed, Lotus Petal wasn't able to avoid all of them, and her and Haste were cut badly.

Muffin Madness, using a huge burst of enhanced strength threw Karma Kid into the safety of a nearby dumpster and ran back to drag Ascupart clear. The monster above put down a huge clawed foot, crushing half the alleyway, and burying Muffin Madness in bricks.

In the aftermath, as the Legion of Wickedness led their newest, biggest member out, the heroes took stock.

"If I don't have my power, how can I do anything?" Ascupart says.

"She died for me. She died for nothing," Karma Kid says, hollow, as they pick out Muffin Madness's lifeless form from the wreckage.

Lotus Petal and Haste are alive but shaken. "My latest power is gone," Lotus Petal whispers to her ally.

"Mine too," Haste says. "Whatever happened, we're going to sort it out."

OUTCOME
Mission: Legion of Wickedness: Success. The Watch: Overwhelming failure. Dandy Lads: Overwhelming failure.
Harpoodle-Kaiju joins the Legion of Wickedness
Muffin Madness: Dies heroically. Strength girdle is destroyed beyond repair.
Ascupart: Loses power "Reactive Muscle-Growth". Fails cohesion test, gains trait "Lost", leaves The Watch.
Karma Kid: Loses power "Damage Mirroring". Fails cohesion test, gains trait "Cursed", leaves The Watch.
Baron von Woof: Gains trait "Dog-Whisperer"
Buzzoff: Gains trait "Observant"
Haste: Loses power "Slow aura". Gains injury "Clawed".
Lotus Petal: Loses power "Weakness Spotting". Gains injury "Clawed".
Brutus: Gains power "Reactive Muscle-Growth", gains power "Damage Mirroring", gains power "Weakness Spotting", gains power "Slow Aura"

Spoiler: #4 Secret Lab (click to show/hide)

Void and Psyla from The Watch, and all of House Edge (except for the Spork) meet at the edge of a small copse of woods adjacent to an overgrown private airfield. In the middle of the field is a rusting hangar.

In the moonlight, they survey the scene. Void and Psyla are eager to get moving and rescue whomever is in the secret lab inside, but they're stopped by Lord Bombarrel's chuckling.

"Ahaha, a classic trap," he says.

"What makes you think it's a trap?" Psyla asks.

"The mud is all churned up along there," Lord Bombarrel says, his old voice bright with enthusiasm, "Something big and heavy with caterpillar tracks came through," he says. "But if there were scientists coming here for a lab, there's no way they'd be able to drive over the path in this state. If it were me, I'd have rigged the place with seven tons of TNT, take out everyone in a quarter mile around."

"That was surprisingly cogent, old boy," Tin Soldier says.

Tin Soldier, Lord Bombarrel, a backup PB, and Toytown all stay way back at the perimeter while a handful of PBs bravely move in, carrying some of Toytown's toys. Psyla and Void aren't so frightened, and they move in cautiously but unafraid. Void walks some distance from the others, his control belt turned off to protect him from any sudden explosions.

A PB is a first at the hangar and he peers inside. Most of the hangar is taken up by a huge stack of straw bales. On the other side of the hangar from the bales, a whirring generator is powering a small porta-cabin office with tinted windows. A light is on inside, but the blur of the windows occludes anyone within.

In the center of the hangar, also attached to the generator is a large cryogenic chamber. Inside is a void-shaped human. Void, on reaching the hangar, sees this and rushes forward. The inky void that makes up his own body dissipates, he is an ordinary looking man once again.

Psyla shouts out a warning as she feels her psychic connection blocked. The whole hangar rumbles and the straw bales burst aside, revealing a giant robot!

The robot has a tank body with eight roving arms, each equipped like the Watch Bot, with power-nullifying clamps for hands. The center of the robot is one large cannon.

It shoots out its arms at lightning speed, catching three PBs, Psyla and Void! One of the PBs at the back gets away and races back to warn the others. A captured PB sends a brave contingent of tiny toy people up the arm of the robot.

In the center of the hangar, the cryogenic chamber flickers and reassembles itself: a holographic projector briefly visible beneath it. It appears briefly as Bill Cleaver before melding into the form of a genial looking scientist. It's a man in his late fifties, with white hair and a long white coat.

"Zero-Three-Two-One, you were our most promising subject," says a voice from the holograph.

A memory, half locked away, bubbles up within Void. "Doctor Muldoon!" he says, much louder than normal, his words no longer being pulled inside of him.

"Together we can do great things," Doctor Muldoon holograph continues, slowly expanding on his theme. "Humanity cannot afford to have you squander your immense power, fighting thugs on the street. You hold within you limitless energy. Together we could usher in a real utopian society, end privation and want."

There's a ear-wrenching explosion as Lord Bombarrel arrives on the scene, filling the hangar with smoke. A robot arm shoots into the smoke and grabs the Lord who is laughing wildly.

The holograph continues, "We are taking you in, but we need not take your friends too. Tell them you are coming of your own free will and I can let them go."

Void looks at the others, captured by the robot, stuck in this hangar. The E Corporation would keep hunting him forever, putting everyone else in danger like this.

"I'm a liability," Void says. "You should leave here without me."

"You are a liability," Psyla says. She lets the words hang in the air between them. "But you're OUR liability!"

Another Psyla wearing torn denim and sporting a green mohican appears outside the warehouse and draws a line between herself and Void, creating a telekinetic blast that sundering the arms of the robot. The clamps break open as Void drops to the ground, and he sends out a blast of cosmic energy freeing Psyla from her bounds. The punk Psyla disappear back to her own dimension.

Out of the smoke, Tin Soldier clamps himself over the robot's big cannon, absorbing the barrage to come. The robot's sensors are sprayed over by the tiny team of toys that PB had sent up the arm, while more PBs help set explosives about the robot. Psyla cuts the remaining arms and she manages to get clear as the whole hangar explodes. Everyone inside is unscathed due to their abilities (except for some PBs who reluctantly die for the cause yet again).

While Muldoon was monologuing, Lord Bombarrel had created smoke cover so a PB could blast into the portacabin office and take out the power nullification they believed could be in there. It was of course, the very normal woman, Jennifer. PB quickly used the Antievobolauncher on her, cutting off the normality field, and then they got her clear of the building before the explosions started.

"The pay was pretty good and no one else was hiring me," Jennifer tells the assembled heroes afterwards, "But I feel bad about what happened to your old leader Luke. He was tricked by the holograph before back when the E Corp were pretending to be Bill Cleaver. They got me to hang out at all their labs. I'll tell you where they are..."

OUTCOME
Mission: House Edge: Overwhelming Success, The Watch: Mixed success
PB: +2 fame.
Lord Bombarrel: +1 opportunity. Gains trait "Observant".
Toytown: +1 opportunity. Gains trait "Meticulous"
Tin Soldier: Gains cross-over "Jennifer". Gains trait "Impressed with Lord Bombarrel"
Void: +1 Fame. Cohesion check mixed success, gains trait "Self-Doubting"
Psyla: Gains cross-over "Jennifer". Cohesion check mixed success, gains trait "Void is a liability"
Mission Reward: Location of the E Corp secret labs revealed: already known: Mireton, Silver Row (just collapsed), Atomic Heights (previously destroyed by Void); newly discovered: Montgomery "they took Thornrose there"; Downtown "their main HQ just looks like another office block"; Sandup "I only went to the site once as security, and this guy Dr Davies sent me away immediately as he thought I'd mess with the experiments just by being there."

Spoiler: #5 Convention of Evolved Rights (click to show/hide)

Policy makers, politicians and researchers from around the country converge in Old Town for the convention to help shape Evolved law. Several local Evolved attend, and the wariness is high, expecting an attack. Throughout the convention, news of recent and ongoing disasters rolls in from across the city, but the convention itself goes unattacked.

In turn, each of the main attendees gets a chance to speak to the assembly.

Atla gives an impassioned speech on the joy of spontaneous human evolution, though she loses the crowd a bit when she says that even villains like Doppelswap ended up causing more good than harm. Without him, she would never have come to be.

Zirconia gives the most outstanding speech of the conference. She highlights how she had made some mistakes and got in with the wrong crowd, but Mayor Bigby's Clemency program helped her get embedded with a good group, following in the footsteps of the heroic Ponche. The Evolved have amazing gifts, consigning them to not use them, or to be thrown away in jail or executed for small mistakes would be to hold everyone back. As she speaks, all eyes are on her.

Mentat is in the back of people's minds, sometimes letting a stray thought dangle as if it were their own. When Maxine Power gives a speech on the dangers of being too soft on Evolved crime, he throws her pace off with a little annoying ditty in her head.

Mentat tries to ride through the Rat King's assembly but it creates a mental feedback loop, confusing the rodent swarm. The conference has to take an early lunch while the crazed rats are ushered out of the auditorium. Mentat is left with strange echoes of ratness within his own fractured psyche.

Not all the speeches go well. The Man in Grey rants for fifteen minutes about how this is clearly a plot by the government, all part of the Exalt program to enslave Evolved supersoliders in order to create shock troops to control the populace. After his explosive speech he winks out of view, as Mentat tries to downplay things in the audience's minds.

Wiffle's speech isn't much better, if only because its point was unclear. He is incredibly vague, giving a slow presentation that feels like it stretches on to eternity as he makes a very abstract and hard to follow point about the etiology of heroes.

The Advisor cuts in and saves the speech, saying that what his colleague really is driving at is that everyone has the potential to be Evolved, that its nature as spontaneous means that everyone is Evolved in potentia, but the already-Evolved should be given greater power to help shape the destiny of the whole country. That the nation must stop denying the incredibly gifted that walk among them...

He is met by a standing ovation, as hearts and minds begin to be swayed to a pro-Evolved legislative framework...

OUTCOME
Mission: Protection Inc: Overwhelming Success; PUNCH! Mixed Success; Rat King: Failure; The Watch: Failure; Dandy Lads: Failure; Bro Club: Overwhelming Success
Advisor: +1 fame, +1 opportunity.
Mentat: Gains power "Psychic Hub: Mentat may designate someone as a shard to fallback to if his connection to everyone else he's spread out to is lost", "Reactive Ice-shielding: cryokinetic barriers will form around his hosts when they are attacked."
Zirconia: Gains power "Dazzle: Entrance and distract those gazing upon her."; +1 fame.
Rat King: Gain injury "psychic feedback"
Wiffle: Mixed cohesion success, gains trait "Misunderstood"
Atla: Gains trait "Outspoken". PUNCH! -1 rep in Silver Row through... mixed messages about Doppelswap.
The Man In Grey: Gains trait "Loose cannon"
Mission Reward: Protection Inc, PUNCH! Mixed Success and Bro Club gain +1 rep in Old Town as they shape the political discourse.

Spoiler: #6 Bridge Jam (click to show/hide)

It's hard to imagine a hero better at redirecting traffic than the ever-organised, Princess Professional. She looks at the real-time traffic updates and gets the Chorist to sing his loudest song over the local radio to clear the hold ups, and redirect people safely into several filter roads. A small army of helpers from the local community come out in force to help with the redirection, and this helps speed things along a great deal.

While moving along the bridge, knocking on windows to explain the new directions to those drivers who weren't able to hear the Chorist, Princess Professional spots a familiar looking haze of smoke moving along the bridge towards a large fuel tanker truck. It's Wispa!

There's no way to stop her ethereal phasing foe, but she knows one way to slow her down. Princess Professional fires a hidden shotgun blast from her sleeve directly at Wispa from across the bridge. This distracts the villain. Meanwhile the Chorist is singing a song of synchronicity to get all the drives to act without hesitation in unison in driving forwards as one united block.

The tanker accelerates away along the bridge before Wispa can get to it on foot and blow it up with her phase-explosion ability. The bridge is saved. The villain sinks straight through the bridge and into the river below. The Crimson Plague remnants, the Red Hand, are thwarted for now...
OUTCOME
Mission: PUNCH! Success
Princess Professional: Gains trait "Attentive"
The Chorist: Learns of power use "Song of synchronicity"
Mission Reward: PUNCH! gain +1 rep in Dusk Beach

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OPPORTUNITY PHASE 12

The Dandy Lads
1. Marigold uses her political connections with the Mayor to offer the Lads a version of the Clemency program. A villain could be sent out on Day Release for an important task...
Offer: Cross-Over with x1 villain in custody of the Dandy Lads' choice, but they would be responsible for making sure the villain returned to custody afterwards

Bro Club
1. Lexicon puts 2+2 together with some things he'd heard about Sol Heart of Constellation Aurora and realises that they might be the human-incubated experiment alluded to in the emails. He considers whether to let them know, but once another teams knows the emails have been cracked, it'll be hard to stop it being traced back to him.
Offer: +1 cross-over Constellation Aurora, but Lexicon gains trait "Enemy of E Corp"
2. It's getting hard to go anywhere with all the sand blocking half of the Mire. The locals in Sandup, even though they're not being afflicted with sand, are still stuck in the north part of the island, with the bridge long since lasered away. Brouhaha floats the idea of funding a ferry...
Offer: -2 income, +2 rep in Sandup and a slow way of crossing between Sandup to Atomic Heights, that would still be much faster than trying to get through the sandstorm.
3. After the convention, The Advisor is approached by some government suits. There could be important work for him in Washington, if he's willing...
Offer: Bro Club gains +2 Team Fame "Team Member in Government", +2 income, and The Advisor's slot is opened up in the team roster, but The Advisor can no longer attend missions (unless the team have a cross-over).

The Watch
1. The Watch gain a crossover with Watch Tower
2. Watchpoint are sad to hear of The Watch's latest team losses, and they offer to come back.
Offer: The Watchpoint are reabsorbed into The Watch, but The Watch loses its bonuses for spinoff creation.
3. With Pro Evo tournaments effectively banned indefinitely, the Watch could take over the platform and move their base there instead. One benefit would be they could retain the damaged look of the arena, keeping their move a secret.
Offer: +1 rep in Downtown, but move to Downtown and  -1 income in movement costs.

Route Horizon
1. Lots of people want to interview Pathfinder after her recent win, and many of them are encouraging her to go with the narrative that Reverso's tactic was cheap and unsportsmanlike.
Offer: +1 fame but loses trait "Respect Reverso"

PUNCH!
1. Princess Professional considers releasing information on Wispa's attemped attack on the truck and the information she learned about the Red Hand at their meeting. People would be more informed (and more impressed by the team) but going public would paint a target on her back.
Offer: +1 team fame "Fighting the Red Hand", but Princess Professional gains trait "Red Hand enemy #1".
2. In the mess of weird-space deep in the bowels of the base, Mistress Extra works out a way of getting more bedroom and workshop space through partitioning a corridor... but it will make leaving the base a bit slower.
Offer: +1 base size, but a permanent -1 response time "Complicated base layout"

Protection Inc
1. Nitrox is feeling guilty about Baron von Woof's current rampage. Sure, he's a bad guy, but he doesn't think the Baron is really a bad guy, he's just not thinking of the consequences to other people right now...
Offer: Nitrox gains trait "Redeeming the Baron" making him more effective with his connection and desire to get through to his kayfabe fake nemesis, but he will be less effective on non-Baron missions.
2. Camarada thinks about ways the base could be expanded. They could just rent the adjacent flat. They can only just afford the current rent, but they could start some sort of local fundraiser?
Offer: +1 base size, but -1 income and -1 rep in Warren

The Gray Company
1. Escher is still working on the improvements when they come back. He says to Dread Fool. "I'm not really a Riding Giant Dogs kinda guy. You seem like you've got a good thing going on here... need a new hand?"
Offer: Escher joins the Gray Company, but Escher gains trait "Legion of Wickedness defector", and he ends his business.

House Edge
1. Tin Soldier considers making a public announcement on the evils of the E Corporation, calling for a formal investigation.
Offer: +1 team fame "E Corp Whistleblowers", but all House Edge members gains trait "Enemy of E Corp"
2. Toytown was pleased with the brave toys and would like to build a mobile town on future missions. A sort of pull-along toy cruise ship of tiny automatons. It'd allow a lot more to be deployed, but would be quite bulky.
Offer: Toytown gains asset "Mobile Toy Town", but Toytown gains arrives to every mission after everyone else.
3. After the explosion, Lord Bombarrel asks the others if he could take on a new name and costume and pretend that he died heroically in that hangar... he'd have to pretend to do something else other than bombs but it would give him a clean slate (and allow House Edge to take part in the Clemency program again).
Offer: Lord Bombarrel gets a new name (you decide what) with 0 fame 0 infamy, but he will pretend to have a smoke producing power instead of bombs.


Chiffon regrets filling heroes with false confidence with her pastries and returns to direct heroism.

Marigold is now offering use of experimental AWE technology for fast healing.

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RECRUITMENT PHASE 13

Removing/Changing Team Members

Spoiler: Letting Members Go (click to show/hide)

Players may remove existing team members in one of four ways:
Let Go: Thing didn't work out. Team member leaves. -1 attendee at the next tryout (this malus can stack if you fire multiple heroes).
Run Out: They'll never work in this town again! Team Leader gains "Hates [team member]" and the team member gains "Hates [team leader]" and leaves the team and gains -1 fame from the ignominy.
Revolt: The team leader is thrown out! The old leader gains "Hates [team name]", -1 fame from the ignominy and leaves the team. Pick a new team leader.
Hand in: Any team member with Infamy greater than their Fame may be handed in to custody. The ex-team mate gains "Hates [team name]" and is placed in custody, and is also barred from the Clemency program. This is the only way of removing a team member who is currently unreformed and on a team with Clemency.
Spinoff: Pick at least three team members (who have fame higher than their infamy, and have each been on at least one non-personal mission) and choose a new team name. They leave the team permanently to set up their own spin-off team in a nearby city (choose Stoney Island, Las Destinos, or Leadville).* Gain +1 team fame for each member lost this way, and randomly gain an opportunity every opportunity phase or a cross-over from the new team.

*Stoney Island: Small island town dominated by a carnival, once a tourist spot now completely overrun by Crimson Plague .
Las Destinos: Large city famed for its nightlife and casinos; like if Dusk Beach was a whole city.
Leadville: Medum-sized post-industrial city. Run down, lots of unemployed, a fertile recruiting ground for powered gangs.

A team member can be promoted to the new leader without a coup: the old leader gains -1 fame and the "ex-leader" trait, and the new leader gains +1 fame.

Hiring
Everyone who has slots may either seek to recruit one hero from the recruitment pool OR they may hold tryouts to fill all slots. You may instead propose a team merger with another team, if your team has enough room to accommodate all new members. Villain teams recruit from the Rogue's Gallery instead.

Due to the Mayor's Clemency: in addition to any other recruitment, hero teams may take one one villain in custody onto their team (ignoring requirements like fame and max team size). Once they are redeemed (fame higher than infamy), you may recruit again in this way. Villains recruited still count towards your team size as normal. Villains have fame 0 by default.

You can't recruit someone with a higher fame than your team's fame. Villains recruit with Infamy instead of Fame. If two people try to recruit the same person, I'll flip to see who gets to them first.

Spoiler: Recruitment Pool (click to show/hide)

POSSIBLE TRYOUT ATTENDEES
Name |   Known Powers | Traits | Fame/Infamy
Jennifer | Normality Field | Boring, Friendly, Unheroic | -1
Skinslip | Skin-Manipulation | Grotesque, Rational, Flexible | 0
Lost Tide | Salt-Kinesis, Axe-Fighting | Teen Runaway, Secretive, Responsible, Angst-Ridden | 0
Chiffon (Mari Chang) | Bakes pastries which grant powers | Introverted, Kind, Neurotic,  Bullet Proof Armor, Wealthy | 1
Spyte | Poison barbs | Vindictive, Subtle, Incisive, Hates Cutting Edge, Bristly, Unhinged | 1/1
Chap Stick | Glue Generation | Polite, Carefree, Ostentatious | 1
Public Enemy | Hated By Everyone | Cowardly, Debater, Tolerant | 1
Captain Georgia | Super strength and durability linked to peanut consumption | Strong, Serious, Blunt | 4
The Woman Lamp | Flaming Hair, Fire Bolts, Jet-Fire Propulsion | Hates Mimesis, Tempestuous, Trigger-Fuse, Forgotten, Overwhelmed | 4
Ectoboy: Channelling Ghost Powers | Child, Spooky, Inconspicuous, Hates Sandup, Afraid of Lasers, Empathic, Cursed | 4/2
Lynxxx | Enhanced climbing and acrobatics, bullet proof armor | Hates Dogs, Vivacious, Brash, Risk-tolerant, Respects Ectoboy, Connected | 4/2
Starling | Rapid Extremely-Short-Range Teleportation (allowing flight) | Bossy, Mature, Instinctive | 5
Stunlock | Time-Space freezing | Creative, Blunt, Unfocused | 6
Brutus | Permanent Power Absorption, Detachable Limbs, Magnetic Control, Radioactive Touch, X-Ray Vision, Astral Projection, Mirroring damage, Reactive muscle-growth, Slow Aura, Weakness Spotting | Cold, Analytical, Unfaithful, Self-Perfecting, Cathedral invasion expert, Cunning, Lone Wolf | 11
Lavateen | Lava Generation, Social Media Manipulation | Teenager, Popular, Good Looking, Inauthentic, Cathedral Invasion Expert | 14

RIVAL TEAMS
CURSED LEGACY - Hermitage -1 rep in Downtown, +4 rep in Hermitage
Spawn of Satan (leader) | Fireproof, Horns, Hellfire, Flame-Stepping, Stone-Fist | Child, Hates Joshua Tree, Satanic, Wild, One-Handed, Berserk, High Standards | 4
Reflux | Matter Transformation | Teenager, Vengeful, Determined, Distrusts Ectoboy, Unnatural Appearance, Friends with Película | 1

CONSTELLATION AURORA - Silver Row
[Leader] Sol Heart | Love, Aura Sight | Forgiving, Ever Broke, Trusting, Honest, Hates Cephala, Guilt-Wracked, Inspiring | 6
Iron Gavel | Super-Strength, Giant Hammer Fighting, Hammer Blast | Hates criminals, Brutal, Connected, Respects Sol, Protective | 7
Mimesis (Marianne) | Invisible Walls and Platforms | Irritating, Veteran, Well-Meaning, Respects Iron Gavel, Committed, Loyal | 6
ANIMALIA - Greenbelt
-3 Sandup Rep
Bittern | Wings, Water control | Pacifist, Ecologist, Impressive, Intolerant of Unevolved, Shellshocked | 1/6 | Saving the moorland habitat of local bird species
Bloodmoon | Werewolf, Terrifying Howl, Scent Tracking | Known Killer, Incisive, Sensitive Nose, In Touch With Inner Wolf, Hates Johnny Knifehands, Anti-Civ | 5/2
Woodchunk | High Speed Clambering, Biting | Athletic, Vicious, Gimmicky, Unsure about Animalia | 1/1 | Exercise
RUST RIOT - Greenbelt
Verdigris (Doctor Hijank) | Junksuit Devices that control and transform | Old, Clever, Kind, Enemy of the E Corp, Resourceful, Paraplegic, Robotic Legs, Over-Protective, Creaky | 2/8
Slinger (Slugnut) | Slingshots Pistol-shooting/loading | Quick, Ugly, Indefatigable, Mean | 2/7
Neat Spirit | Invisibility Regenerating Tentacle Arms | Known Killer, Broken Probation, Ruthless, Ingenious, Terrifying, One-Eyed, Stealth-Tech, Selfish | 0/8
BEACON BLAZES - DOWNTOWN
Reverso | Long-Range Gravity Warping | Intense, Secretive, Loyal, Brawler, Respects Longfire, Unrelenting | 4
Longfire | Teleports Fireballs, Poison Smoke | Hates Frostara, Allergic to peanuts, Brave, Cunning, Vengeful, Laser-Proof Armor, Brawler, Friends with Reverso, Dismissive of Pathfinder, Mourning Ponche | 6/1
CHUNKY TOWN - MONTGOMERY
Lovehandles | Self-Inertia Manipulation, Repulsion Force | Hates Lynxx, Slovenly, Comedian, Destructive, Slow | 5/0
Dangerfield | Terrain Warping, Traps | Cunning, Perceptive, On Parole, Over-Confident | 5


RETIRED / OTHER WORK
Bitrot (Keros) | Autonomous Removable Arm on Verdigris' Suit Immortal Wax Body | Fabulist, Fearless, Loves Cephala, Tiny, Quick-Thinking | 1/7
Bakal | Metal absorption and repulsion | Old, Religious, Kind, Too Old For This | 0
Ascupart (Formerly Choler) | None | Poetic, Angry, Imposing, On Parole | 0/3
Karma Kid | None | Child, Vindictive, Calm | 0/2
Marigold | Gold Transformation | Known Killer, Wealthy, Spendthrift, Fear of Drowning, Owner of Advanced Widget Enterprises | 3
Songstress | Infectious Song | Enthusiastic, Melodic, Out-Of-Shape, Mute, Looks up to Windbow | 5
Anuran (Jacques) | Mutant frog powers | Shifty, Inquisitive, Overconfident, Depressed, Saddened By Losses | 5
Windbow | Bow & Arrow Trick-shooting, Small object shaping | Strong, Withered Arm, Crotchety, Old, Wise, | 8
Don Jetman | Production logistics, Flying suit | Control Freak, Self-Assured, Muscular, Wealthy, Teenager, Former Owner of Advanced Widget Enterprises | 10

MISSING/DORMANT
Name |   Known Powers | Traits | Fame
Black Box | | [hidden], [hidden], [hidden] | -1
Monkeypaw | Bad luck aura | Ingenious, Blissed Out, Frugal, Reckless, Fed-up with heroism | 4

CUTTING EDGE - Montgomery
Thornrose (leader) | Flower blooming, Fencing | Vicious, Charming, Good-Looking | 2

Spoiler: Teams in Other Cities (click to show/hide)

WATCHTOWER - Leadville
Name |   Known Powers | Traits | Fame/Infamy
Saluki (Thomas O'Byrne) | Heightened smell, Hyperspeed running | Elegant, Thoughtful, Lazy, In love with Chiffon, Bullet graze, Respects Anuran | 4
Bitter Candy (Geoff) | Shrinking | Jaded, Practical, Authentic, Hates Nitrox, Hates working with kids, Machine-assisted tiny legs | 1/1
Lady Lefant (Doris) | Ranged Fabric Control | Ostentatious, Witty, Self-Assured, Hates Plumbaris | 8

WATCHPOINT - Stoney Island
Ziggurat (Javier Pahuac) (leader) | Tower Creation | Practical, Intelligent, Inhibited, Hates Crowds, Attention to detail | 7
Plumbaris (Fillan Doyle) | Ranged weight manipulation | Crude, Playful, Educated, Loves Lady Lefant, Amused by Muffin Madness | 9
Bantum Boy | Short-Ranged flight, Hyperkicking | Child, Crazy, Happy, Looks up to Frostara | 5, 1 Infamy

SHEAKFROW - Stoney Island
[some number of clowns]

DODGY LADS - Leadville
Nimbus | Sticky Light Projection, Threat Sense | Sickly, Observant, Disciplined  | 3/2
Daring Dart | Slowed Time Perception, Perfected Acrobatics | Show-Off, Athletic, Precise | 4/3
Freight Train | Invulnerable, Explosive Charge Attack | Thick-skinned, Superficial, Self-assured | 5/4

Spoiler: Rogue Gallery (click to show/hide)

You may substitute team infamy for team fame when recruiting villains.
ACTIVE
Name | Known Powers | Traits | Infamy | Motivation
Gaffer | Sand Control, Glass-Based Weapons | Neat, Clever, Irritable, Uncontrollable Sandstorm | 0 | Getting control of his powers
Aunty Anti | Power Inversion Field | Anti-Evolved, Conspiracy Theorist, Tenacious | 0 | Neutralising the Exalt Evolved
Muskrat | Toxic Gas Generation | Known Killer, Careless, Hardy | 3 | Getting the respect he feels he's due
Mortar | Scrap gun creation | Sharpshooter, Careful, Ungainly | 2 | Fulfilling mercenary contracts
Reinita | Age-Draining | Known Killer, Youthful, Heartless | 4 | Immortality

THE LEGION OF WICKEDNESS
Baron von Woof (leader) | Superior Throwing Arm, Canine senses | Gimmicky, Hates Cats, Brash, Respects Nitrox, Dog Companions, Dog-Whisperer | 5 | Becoming Zircon City's most infamous villain
Buzzoff | Drone tinkering | Credulous, Easy-going, Grifter, Animal-Lover, Observant  | 4 | Covering the cape (under)world
Harpoodle-Kaiju | Can shoot claws, Gigantic dog monster form | Vindictive, Image Obsessed, Dense, Careless, Canine-Mind | (3/)2
Escher | Permanent Architectural Warping | Irritating, Wily, Happily Swapped | 2 | Money

RED HAND
Master Tusk | Staff Fighting? | Strategic, Learned, Power-Supremacist, On Parole | 4 | Building a new team
Ascenso | Combined versions of nearby powers | Evolved-Supremacist, Intense, Gourmand | 0 | Reviving a Crimson Plague 2.0
Evil Lotus Petal | Uncanny Knife-Throwing, Gymnastics | Crimson Plague Sleeper Agent, Extrovert, Focused, Returning
Knives, | 2 | Reviving a Crimson Plague 2.0
Wispa | Phasing, Explosive Unphasing, Smoke Merging | Unfeeling, Curious, Easy-Going | 4 | Feeling Something

THE CLEANSING
Joshua Tree | Rapid Plant Generation, Bark Armour | Religious, Neat, Respects Bittern, Holy Warrior, Respects Lexicon, Known Killer, Uncompromising | 2/1 | Cleansing Zircon City of the demonic host
Sin Reaper | Emotional Inducement Wave | Religious, Jolly, Manipulative, Paranoid |  0 | Cleansing Zircon City of its wickedness

E CORP
Doctor Muldoon | Mad Genetic Science on Evolved | Optimistic, Genius, Haphazard | 0 | Saving the world!!
Doctor Davies | None | Pessimistic, Clever, Meticulous | 0 | Saving his career

IN CUSTODY
Big Joe Pike | None | Heartless, Relentless, Clueless | 0 | Hunting Big Game
Brick | Enhanced strength and toughness | Risk-Taking, Muscular, Greedy | 2 | Fulfilling mercenary contracts
Gigaman | Enhanced strength and durability, Laser eyes, Flight | Insane, Unreliable, Friendly, Animal-Lover | 2 | Smashing Annoying Ants
Johnny Knifehands | Knife Hands | Known Killer, Washout, Angry, Quick, Hates Bloodmoon | 3 | Knocking the Heroes Down A Peg
Phlegm | Pleasure-inducing fog | Lazy, Calm, Hedonistic, Infectious Humming | 3 | Have fun
Flea | Super-Jumping, Short Beam-Based Weapon Creation| Known Killer, Daredevil, Power Supremacist | 3 | Get into exciting fights
Vile Viola Melancholy (in the Prelate's body) | None? | Dissociative, Delusional, Self-Absorbed, Unpredictable, Infectious Humming | 3 |Discovering The Truth About The Exalt Project
Black Rat | Contortion, Poison Blade Fighting? | Flexible, Quick, Power Supremacist | 4 | Proving herself
Marion Man | Puppetry (puppets and corpses) | Sinister, Clown, Prepared | 5 | Build a vast clown army
Hypnobeat | Music-Powered Deep Suggestion | Misogynist, Calm, Power-Supremacist | 5 | Making sweet music
Anthrax |  Advanced Biohacking | Slapdash, Quick, Power-Supremacist | 6 | Creating a superior life-form
Weeping Pus | Unclosing Wounds | Grotesque, Unstable, Strong | 6 | Forget about his situation
Lazard | Deadly Lasers | Known Killer, Bloodthirsty, Unpredictable | 6 | Destroy the moon
Doctor Black | Good shot? | Indefatigable, Power-Supremacist, Prepared | 7 | Revenge

DORMANT/RETIRED
Name | Known Powers | Traits | Infamy | Motivation
Suffrage | Teleport, was able to mind-swap others | Known Killer, Tired, Cruel, Righteous | 4 | Enjoying immense wealth

Here's a reminder of the Tryout process, from the OP.

Spoiler: Tryouts (click to show/hide)

If you hold a tryout, 2d4 heroes will attend. You will fill all empty spots in your roster with heroes according to the criterion you pick. Unpicked heroes will remain in the recruitment pool for future rounds.
Criteria
Versatility: The widest range of powers will be picked.
Power: The most impressive powers will be picked.
Team Cohesion: The heroes who least despise one another and your existing team members will be picked.
Renown: Pick the most famous heroes first.

Cursed Legacy have let go Public Enemy. They will attempt to hire Lost Tide

[Egan_BW]

Hell no I'm not painting a target on Princess's back. I don't need fame! I never needed fame! Bah!

Shit I could really use the fame. Publish that shit. It'll be fine, we'll just wipe out those assholes. Bah!
Yes expand the base. I can just buy a neat car to make up for the delay. Bah!

Tryout for Renown.

Recruit Brick with Clemency. No hard feelings, it's just business. And there's plenty of business to be done still.

Spoiler: PUNCH! (click to show/hide)

Team Name: PUNCH!
Leader: Mistress Extra
Fame: +5 (+3 1/5) [Finishing Off Dark Humor: +1] [Fighting the Red Hand: +1]
Infamy: +3 (+0 2/5) [Enforcers (Permanent): +1] [Legion's Expansion (Permanent): +2]
Income: Opulent (+4)

Base:
Base Size: Vast (+5)
Base Description: Gay Morte, a modestly sized but very crowded nightclub.
Base Location: Dusk Beach
Maximum Team Size: 7

Ethos:
Killing: We kill as a last resort.
Civilians: Saving civilians is the number one goal.
Collateral Damage: We pay for any damages we make.

Reputation:
Downtown: +2
Oldtown: -1
Docks: -1
Dusk Beach: +1
Silver Row: +0
Atomic Heights: -1
Montgomery: -1
Warren: -1
Greenbelt: -2
Sandup: -1
Mireton: +0
Hermitage: -1

Team:
Mistress Extra | Nightmare Possession, Dreamwalking | Energetic, Hedonistic, Sadistic, Cat-like grace, Mental Fortitude, Tinnitus, Bloodthirsty, Friends with Princess, Respects Princess, Loves Princess | +4
Princess Professional | Understanding complex organizational structures | Conventional, Punctual, Confidential, Loyal, Forgettable, Attentive, Bulletproof Armor, Concealed Shotgun, Friends with Extra, Trusts Extra, Loves Extra, Red Hand enemy #1 | +2 +2
The Chorist | Hypnotizing Singing, Song of Synchronicity | Religious, Good-Looking, Optimistic, Hazmat, Cathedral invasion expert | +8 +1
Atla | Can turn Gigantic, Heals when shrinks | Happily Swapped, Serious, Resourceful, Outspoken, Stealth-Tech, Bulletproof Armor | +2
Pockette | Portals | Hapless, Happy-Go-Lucky, Amoral, Lackadaisical | 0 -1 | Getting successful as a bounty hunter

Asset: Night Map
Crossover: The Watch
Complicated base layout: -1 Response time

[crazyabe]

Dread Fool takes the opportunity to steal Escher while he's offering to join of his own free will.
Dread Fool Tracks down Mortar to offer theoretically gainful employment.

Spoiler: Gray Company (click to show/hide)

Team Name: Gray Company
Leader: Johnson Peter William Richards, "Dread Fool"
Fame: 0
Infamy: 2-3 (team infamy - +2, 'works with the legion') (member infamy 1,0,2 - averages out to +1)
Neighbourhood reputations: +1 Warren
Income: Broke(+0)
Cross-Overs: None
Identity: Antivillains

Base
Base Size (base size mod): Vast(+5)
Base Description: Old Bomb Shelter
Base Location: Warren
Maximum Team Size: 4 [2 + 2]

Ethos
Killing: [We kill people]
Civilians: [whatever gets us paid is the most important thing]
Collateral Damage: [We don’t care about property damage if it helps get the job done]

LEADER
Name: Johnson Peter William Richards "Dread Fool"
Gender: Male
Appearance: white male, roughly 6 feet tall, could be described as "unnaturally thin"- Wears a particularly ugly jester costume alongside an eerie full face mask.
Alter-ego/backstory: Johnson Peter William Richards had a rather lonely upbringing, mostly because of his name- being called "dicky dicky dicky DICKY!" by all the other kids at school didn't help him make any friends at all, which is rather sad as his name is the only thing his parents left him before they abandoned him at an orphanage and sailed away on their private yacht reportedly worth only marginally less than a small manor in Greenbelt. This loneliness is likely what drove him to the "wrong crowd", which eventually lead to working for petty super villains and minor gang-lords. Recently, he has come to the rather odd conclusion that "Superheros must be paid better then generic minions"- and decided to see if going 'legit' is all its made out to be.
Power: "Killer Clown" - "Uncanny Co-Ordination: Dread Fool can juggle any number of objects, walk on his hands or ride a unicycle along a tightrope, with perfect control over his physical co-ordination."
Traits: Mercenary, Ex-Villainous Henchman, Cheerful, Wealthy
Fame: 0
Infamy: +1 (anti-clown animus, +1)



MEMBERS
Name |   Known Powers | Traits | Fame/Infamy
Rat King | Gestalt Intelligence, Rat Bodies, Ice-Shielding | Unfathomable, Unsettling, Omnipresent, Assessing Dread Fool, injury - "psychic feedback" | 0/0
Escher | Permanent Architectural Warping | Irritating, Wily, Happily Swapped, Legion of Wickedness defector | 0/2 | Money

[IronyOwl]

Accept crossover with Marion Man, no recruitment

Spoiler: The Dandy Lads (click to show/hide)

Team Name: Dandy Lads
Leader: Jack Dandy
Fame: 7 (+3 Avg Fame, +1 Inherent, +1 Unswap Charity, +2 Defeated Crimson Plague)
Income: Opulent [Broke|Tight|Modest|Comfortable|Opulent]
Reputation:
+1 Silver Row
+2 Old Town
+2 Mireton
+2 Downtown
+1 Montgomery
+1 Atomic Heights
+1 Docks
Cross-Over: Cutting Edge
Cross-Over: Marion Man (responsible for returning to custody afterwards)
Electrogirdle: wearer gains powers "Super Strength", "Super Jumping" and trait "Tires easily" while it is worn.
Focused: Heroes are more likely to gain new and distinct powers, but team size is capped at four
Supercar: Arrive at the scene as quick as your rivals who are a neighbourhood closer!
Sponsorship: Cannot take [Deadly] missions!

Base
Base Size (base size mod): Small [Tiny (+0)|Small(+1)|Appropriate(+2)|Large(+3)|Vast(+5)]
Base Description: Abandoned lab in Atomic Heights
Base Location: Atomic Heights
Maximum Team Size: 3 [2 + (the smaller of Base Size Modifier and Fame)]

Ethos
Killing: We never kill
Civilians: Saving civilians is the number one goal
Collateral Damage: We pay for any damages we make

Name: Jack Dandy
Gender: Male
Appearance: A tall, handsome man with a muscular frame, blonde hair, blue eyes, and a cleft chin.
Alter-ego/backstory: Jack Dandy was born Donald Arthur Whisk, but took up a more pleasing stage name at the age of 13. At 15 he landed a breakout role as the spunky sidekick in a cheap but popular science fiction flick, which taught him that not only could he succeed as an actor, he could inspire people while doing it. As he grew older, he transitioned from heroic supporting roles to the main man himself, but he never lost the humility and enthusiasm that made him so popular with audiences. One day during a difficult shoot, a costar was almost crushed by a collapsing prop before Jack was able to leap to his rescue from some thirty feet away. Jack Dandy has been inspiring and entertaining on a bigger stage ever since.
Powers:
-Hyper-Athletics: Peak gymnastic performance that pushes past the edge of what was previously thought humanly possible.
-Skill Mimicry: Jack can, with focus, perfectly copy a skill he has previously observed
--He can reflexively mimic his opponent's attacks, making him near impossible to beat in hand-to-hand combat.
-Time Echoes: Jack can leave echoes of himself that repeat what he's just done in the same space. These echoes disappear if they touch him.
-Temporal Collapse: Jack can collapse nearby ongoing time-altering effects
Traits: Charismatic, Heroic, Vain, Unsure about The Man In Grey, Indefatigable, Wealthy, Missing Ear, Confident in Lotus Petal, Friends with Lotus Petal
Fame: 4

Name |   Known Powers | Traits | Fame
The Man in Grey | Disappears involuntarily when his safety is threatened | Mysterious, Altruistic, Quiet, Calm, Distrusts mindcontrollers, Sympathy for Vile Viola, Conspiracy Theorist, Spy, Wary of Lotus Petal, Feeling overlooked, Crush on Haste, Golden Eye, Loose Cannon | 4
Long grey trenchcoat, grey domino mask, and grey fedora
The Man in Grey gets better at moving around while disappeared and tricking himself into feeling threatened enough to vanish, allowing limited range invisibility and intangibility (he can't really perceive anything in the real world when vanished).

Lotus Petal | Uncanny Knife-Throwing, Gymnastics, Weakness Spotting: Brutus intuitively senses the weakest point | Extrovert, Focused, Returning Knives, Unapologetic, Friends with Jack Dandy, Clawed | 2/2
Moves with a blur of silks

Name | Known Powers | Traits | Infamy | Fame | Motivation
Haste | Speed aura, Slow Aura | Charming, Cowardly, Greedy, Wary of Lotus Petal, Crossover: Watchtower, Respects The Man In Grey, Clawed | 1 | 3 | Money
Haste has an improved application of her powers: she gets much better at speeding and slowing different parts of someone, making people run into walls, trip over, accidentally hit themselves with flailing limbs.

[Glass]

Spoiler: The Watch (click to show/hide)

Team Name: The Watch
Leader: Frostara
Fame: 13 (31/6 + 2 [Defeated The Crimson Plague] + 3 [Founded Watchtower] + 3 [Founded Watchpoint])
Infamy: 4 (6/6 + 1 + 2 ['Murdered' Odd Squad 'in cold blood'])
Income: Broke, again
Identity: Big Tent

Base
Base Size (base size mod): Vast (+5)
Base Description: Ruined Pro Evo arena
Base Location: Downtown
Maximum Team Size: 9

Neighborhood Reputations
Atomic Heights: +2
Greenbelt: +3
Sandup: +2
Silver Row: +2
Old Town: +1
Warrens: +2
Montgomery: +1
Hermitage: +1
Downtown: +2
[All else neutral]

Ethos
Killing: We kill as a last resort
Civilians: Saving civilians is the number one goal
Collateral Damage: We try to act with precision but don’t can’t pay for damages

Leader
Name: Allison Goldstein/Frostara
Gender: Female
Appearance: An attractive young woman with dirty blonde hair kept in a ponytail and grey eyes. She wears a light-blue form-fitting ice-skating uniform, decorated with a subtle pattern of snowflakes. Somewhat less subtle is that the snowflakes on the back are clustered in such a way as to give the impression of a clock face.
Powers: Creates ice walls, Ice skating, Ice jets, Blood freezing
Reactive ice shielding: Frostara can generate ice when attacked to instantly shield against injury
Traits: Hates Longfire, Modest, Good-looking, Tactical, Indebted to The Watch, Trusts Retry, Cool Under Pressure, Deadly, Organized, Protective of Bantum Boy, Uncomfortable with psychics
Fame: 5

Leader Founder
Name: Caroline Frisk (real name)/Retry (“super” name)/DeterminedDreamer (online username)
Gender: Female
Appearance: A young woman with short, auburn hair and red eyes that lack pupils, instead consisting of a seemingly endless set of concentric rings. While fighting crime, Retry wears a long, dark-green hooded coat over a suit of gold-looking armor, as well as a heart necklace. Presumably, the armor's interior is padded to similar comfort levels as her older clothing. She wields a pair of tonfas.
Alter-ego/backstory: Caroline, like many people with too much curiosity and free time and not enough sense of self-preservation, decided that it would be fun to go explore an abandoned facility to see if she could find anything interesting. For a variety of reasons, this was an enormous mistake, as some facilities are either abandoned for a reason or are less abandoned than they first seem. Now, she’s not exactly talking about any of the specifics of what happened, but it certainly seems that she regrets what she did. Except for the small fact that it doesn’t seem she ever actually did it, and her accounting of what day it is was off by one.
Power: Stable Time Loop: Retry casts herself back into the past, or perhaps she foresees forward... in either case, with concentration and over short periods, from her perspective appears to reset the position of reality from a few seconds to minutes.
Time Freeze: Retry can stop time for everyone, including herself, to give herself more time to think and work out a scene.
Traits: Tries Everything, Thoughtful, Mute, Bulletproof Armor, Fearless, Concerned about Psyla, Friends with Void, Ex-Leader
Fame: 10
Infamy: 1

Members
Frostara (Allison Goldstein) | Creates ice walls, Ice skating, Ice jets, Blood freezing, Reactive ice shielding | Hates Longfire, Modest, Good-looking, Tactical, Indebted to The Watch, Trusts Retry, Cool Under Pressure, Deadly, Organized, Protective of Bantum Boy, Uncomfortable with psychics | 5
Retry (Caroline Frisk) | Stable time loop, Time freeze | Tries Everything, Thoughtful, Mute, Bulletproof Armor, Fearless, Concerned about Psyla, Friends with Void, Ex-Leader | 10 Fame, 1 Infamy
Void (David White) | Micro-blackhole centered on self, Supernova blasts from absorbed energy, Apocalypse/City-destruction, Dazzling Sunbeams | Inscrutable, Unsettling, Helpful, Close to going supernova, Control Belt!, Evasive, Friends with Retry, Self-Doubting | 4 Fame, 1 Infamy | Use his powers for good, figure out E Corp?
Psyla LXI ("Sarah"?) | Insta-reincarnation, Increasing Psychic Power, Mysterious inter-dimensional assistance | Cold, Resourceful, Determined, Tactical, Doubts about Retry's leadership, Respects Frostara, Team Player, Thinks Void is a liability Rat bites | 8, 1 Infamy
Wiffle (I don't think he remembers that he didn't share his name) | Floating, Impervious | Ethereal, Calm, Misunderstood | 4
The Mangler II/Angry Mango "Stop." | Powersuit Construction | Vengeful, Destructive, Inventive, Mangler Power Suit 2.0 | 3 Infamy | Mangling

Other Notes
Have control belt designs
1 Crossover: Cursed Legacy
1 Crossover: Rust Riot
3 Crossovers: Watchtower
1 Crossover: Route Horizon
1 Crossover: Animalia
1 Crossover: Jennifer
Chiffon (Mari Chang) made a baking company decided against selling superpowers
RIP Sally "Sixpence" Agreste
RIP Johanna Freedman, the Miraculous Mirror Maiden
RIP Muffin Madness, we never even learned your name
Doctor Hijank rejoined the Odd Squad Rust Riot
Free will is real! As long as you’re not mind-controlled, at least.

The offer from Watchpoint is appreciated, but unnecessary. The Watch has never really had issues with recruiting new members (even if it potentially should, after all this).
With E Corp stepping up its game, a base that people don't know the location of would be a boon. Yes, it'll suck to be broke again, but we've dealt with it this long.

In other news...
Each Watch headquarters had had a different atmosphere. The abandoned lab had been optimistic, energized; Retry may not have known what she was doing yet, but with things just starting out, the team was ready to take on the world. The graveyard housing, contrary to its environment, was lively, albeit constantly crowded, and the team was in full swing.

Then Sally died. And things started going wrong.

The pillar fort off the shore of Old Town had seen... bad days. There wasn't any way around it. Things hadn't gone well.
The fights against the Crimson Plague and Cleaver Gang, frankly, sucked. Mari was kidnapped. Johanna died. People kept getting hurt. Things just weren't going as well as they used to.

And now, M2 died. Cara hadn't even learned his name.

The pillar fort, for all the awe of its appearance, had misery clinging to it like an oily film.

But Cara was done with that.

And in the meeting room of the ruined arena - once the announcer's balcony - she laid out something new once more.

I'm done feeling guilty. I'm done feeling sad.

The team was arrayed around her. Karma and Ascupart were gone. All signs pointed to Brutus stealing their powers, the asshole. But that didn't matter right now.

E Corp fucked over David. E Corp fucked over Jacques, and his brother.

Everybody knew that. But it was important to get everything.

E Corp saw us trying to help their victims, and decided to turn people against us. E Corp made David as a power source.

And they'd heard all about that when David and Sarah got back from the mission. "'You hold within you limitless energy,' I 'hold within me' a fucking nuke, what the hell is he thinking?! Does he have no goddamned clue what he did to me?! Does he not comprehend what happens when you stick 'limitless energy' in a small place?! Because I have had to become extremely fucking familiar with what happens!" It'd been... colorful.

And more than that. The Cleaver Gang wasn't just supported by E Corp. They were - and always had been - a front for E Corp.

Stoney faces surround the table.

They kidnapped Mari. They kidnapped Marigold. They kidnapped Cutting Edge. They held the city hostage. They hurt so many people.
What happened to Harpoodle is their fault - so hat happened to Muffin is their fault. God only knows what they've done to the rest of Thornrose by now. Gaffer, most likely, is their fault - it happened in their lab. Luke died because of them. Doc lost her legs because of them.
That's just what we know about.

Cara took a breath. Steady.

I'm done being guilty and sad. We're heroes. When there's a problem, we don't sit around and worry about it. We solve it.
And E Corp has proven itself to be everybody's problem.
So let's fucking solve them.

The arena was a kind of graveyard too, now. But it had a different kind of life in it than the lodge.
The atmosphere here was ticking toward vengeance.


The Watch will ask Rust Riot to merge with them. The time to end E Corp is now, and the Watch could use the help.

Spoiler: Later (click to show/hide)

Cara wakes up in the middle of the night.
E Corp made the fucking laser! Why the fuck did they make the laser? What the hell were they planning to do with the things? Why would anybody need lasers strong enough to blow up the fucking city?

[Stirk]

It has become clear in the last few turns that a competent gadgeteer can creat equipment that mimics a superpower if they have the subject to research. As such House Edge is publishing an open letter to the other hero teams. If you have a power that is worthy of becoming a gadget, get in contact with us and we’ll get together in a slow turn. We’ll use our Ethos boost to make two items, one for us and one for you.

Opportunities:

1. E Corp became our enemy when they killed one of our guys. Them coming after us just saves us the trouble of hunting them down. Accept Opportunity!

2. Accept Opportunity! We can upgrade it to be faster when we have the time, if we need to.

3. Bombs are too cool to give up 💣. I mean we owe it to the people we are protecting to be as transparent as possible. How are they supposed to trust us to protect them if we lie to them for our own benefit? Doing that would be completely unheroic. Reject opportunity!

No recruitment, team is full.

Bookkeeping to be added later since my phone keeps accidentally refreshing and deleting everything.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Team Name: House Edge
Leader: Tin Soldier
Fame: 6.4+3 | 2
Income: Broke

Base
Base Size (base size mod): Large
Base Description: among the musuem's archival collections, hidden behind a freize of the god Fortuna.
Base Location: Old Town
Maximum Team Size: 5

Ethos
[Pick one from each set of options]
Killing: We kill as a last resort
Civilians: Stopping the villain is the most important thing
Collateral Damage: We pay for any damages we make

PB | Limited Self-Replication, Can absorb any living person| Comedian, Gimmicky, Charming, Fed Up with Dying, J-less, CrackShot, Ageist, Respects PB, Enemy of E Corp| 9 | 0
The Spork | Gadgets?, Techsense (Knows how to create power nullifying technology, blowtorches and magnets), Fireproof| Forgiving, Irritating, Pyromaniac, Obsessive, Hates Giant Robots, Disfigured by fire,Friends with Lord Bombarrel, Enemy of E Corp| 3 | 1
Tin Soldier | Metal Absorption, Metal Skin, Advanced Mechanics, Immortal? | Legend, Cunning, Heroic, Authentic, Veteran, Indebted to House Edge, Respects Spork, Quick (for his age), Believes in House Edge,Respects PB, Impressed with Lord Bombarrel, Enemy of E Corp| 14
Lord Bombarrel | Unusual bomb-making | Known Killer, Old, Prepared, Mad, Ingenious, Friends with the Spork,Enjoys being in House Edge, Observant, Enemy of E Corp |2 | 6 | Getting and Staying out of prison
Toytown | Creating tiny automatons | Single-Minded, Hates Surprises, Genius, Meticulous, Enemy of E Corp | 2

Local Fame:
Old Town +3
Mirton +1
Silver Row +3
Warren +1
Montgomery +1
Docks +1
Greenbelt +1
Atomic Heights +1

Loads of untraceable guns
Antievobolauncher
Super Strong Super Heavy magnet
Powerful Blow Torch
Railscopipe
Mobile Toy Town
Bakal Crossover X1
Jennifer Crossover X1

E Corp Brand Lucky Charms
Name: Luke Teach
Gender: Male
Appearance: An out of shape man in his 30s with male pattern baldness. Wears an overpriced suit with armored lining. What's left of his hair is black, with dark brown eyes.
Alter-ego/backstory: Luke was a janitor at the local university before awakening his powers. With no close friends or family, he was considered by most people to be a loser. One day gambling at Big Pig after a night of drinking he was caught in the middle of a super hero battle, which would have certainly killed him if it was not for his powers awakening. With his new found powers he immediately begun amassing wealth and success. Feeling unfulfilled after having success handed to him (and perhaps spurred on by his new found desire for conflict) he decided to go into the super hero business, setting the place he discovered his powers as headquarters out of a sense of nostalgia.
Power: Probability Manipulation: Ambient physical distortions and enhanced dexterity resulting in uncanny "lucky" aura. Gadget arm, I swear I had it on my sheet at some point.
Traits: [Lucky], [Out of Shape],[Self Indulgent], [One Armed]
Fame: 5