tor. Having superheroes wandering fortunately). Ironically enough, are deceased. Timothy Dugan was
around while he was slowly destroy- S.H.l.E.L.D.'s greatest technological apparently killed by the alien Gno-
ing S.H.l.E.L.D. from within would not achievement also turned out to be its bians (also known as the
undoing. S.H.l.E.L.D . toyed with the Deathheads) in an incident that led
have been conducive to his plans. idea of replacing field agents in high- to the formation of S.H.l.E.L.D. II.
One of S.H.l.E.L.D.'s greatest as- risk operations with LMDs, but due
to the great cost of building and train- S.H.l.E.L.C. FLY-
sets has always been its arsenal of ing an LMD, it proved unfeasible. (It
high technology. In its early days, seems more likely now that the Crea- ING CAR
S.H.l.E.L.D.'s weaponry was de- tor didn't want humans doing any
signed by Anthony Stark (secretly further research on LMDs, less they The Standard issue S.H.l.E.L.D.
Iron Man) and built by Stark Indus- find him out.) Nick Fury and Anthony vehicle was the Flying Car Mark V
tries. When Stark moved away from Stark both regularly employed LMDs originally designed by Anthony Stark
weapons production , S.H.l.E.L.D . resembling themselves for security at Stark Industries. There were ap-
contracted various other corpora- reasons. Nick Fury's brother Jacob proximately 2,000 of these automo-
tions to provide new technologies. (Scorpio) built LMDs with special ad- biles in use by S.H.l.E.L.D. agents
Dissatisfied with their new arms sup- aptations as his own private Zodiac worldwide. The Mark V was
pliers, S.H.l.E.L.D. tried to buy a organization. (This group infiltrated equipped with various electronic in-
controlling interest in Stark Interna- the human Zodiac organization , telligence, communications, and re-
tional in order to steer them back into much like the rogue LMDs known as connaissance gear. The S.H.l.E.L.D.
weapons production , but their efforts the Deltites would infiltrate and de- Flying Car has the following statis-
were thwarted. However, when in- stroy the original S.H.l.E.L.D..) tics:
dustrialist Obadiah Stane took over
Stark International, S.H.l.E.L.D. After the destruction of the Heli- Control: RM(30), Land Speed:
once more entered into mutually carrier, Nick Fury was based in the RM(30), Air Speed: IN(40), and
beneficial business dealings with the Manhattan regional headquarters of Body: EX(20)
company. S.H.l.E.L.D. Their original Manhat-
tan headquarters, whose storefront KNOWN POWERS:
The two greatest symbols of cover was a barber shop, was delib- Armor: The Flying Car's armor gave
it Excellent protection versus Physi-
S.H .l.E.L.D.'s technological ad- erately destroyed after it had been cal attacks and Remarkable protec-
vancement were the S.H.l.E.L.D. he- compromised by enemies like HY- tion versus Energy attacks.
licarrier, a huge airborne mobile DRA numerous times. The current Flight: The car could fly at Incredible
command base which was the nerve Manhattan headquarters was under speeds . Its maximum strategic
a warehouse and had a hologram range was 550 miles (fully loaded).
center of all S.H.l.E.L.D.'s opera- brick wall in an alley as its entrance. Its service ceiling was 50,000 feet.
tions, and the S.H.1.E.L.D. Satellite, S.H.l.E.L.D.'s Los Angeles head- Submersible: The car could propel it-
a small, permanently manned space quarters used to be fronted by a Chi- self underwater at Good speeds.
station designed to detect extrater- nese restaurant; it was later fronted Sustenance: The car could remain
restrial visitation . After repeated en- by a beauty parlor. The fronts for submerged for 5 hours on battery
emy attempts to destroy it, the most of S.H.l.E.L.D.'s other regional power. The oxygen supply was twice
S.H.l.E.L.D. Helicarrier recently fell headquarters were never revealed. that or 10 hours.
victim to sabotage by a mutated S.H.l.E.L.D. also had numerous Weapons:
swarm of cockroaches when it public offices in various major cities, 20-mm Electric Cannon: The 20-mm
crashed in an unpopulated area of separate from their actual base of cannon did Remarkable damage
Arizona. All S.H.l.E.L.D. personnel operations. In Manhattan, and had a range of 10 Areas.
were evacuated before it impacted, S.H.l.E.L.D.'s public offices were in 30-mm Radar-Guided Electric Can-
but its destruction meant a several the Citicorp Center. non: The 30-mm fired itself with a
billion dollar deficit in S.H.l.E.L.D. fi- Control rank of Remarkable. It did In-
nances. Helicarrier-based opera- S.H.l.E.L.D. was the world's larg- credible damage over its 10-Area
tions were divided up over various est and most effective force for neu- range.
tralizing threats to world security and Air-to-Air Guided Missiles: Each mis-
Regional headquarters throughout combatting terrorism and extrater- sile had the following statistics:
the world. The location of restrial infiltration. Its greatest draw- Body: EX(20); Control: RM(30);
S.H.l.E.L.D.'s new major airbase back proved to be its megalithic Speed: EX(20); Damage: IN(40).
was never revealed. The military structure which made it easy Detection: The S.H.l.E.L.D. car has a
S.H.l.E.L.D. Satellite was still intact, for the Deltites to hide themselves in variety of electronic detection de-
but its manpower was cut to a skele- plain sight with no one the wiser until vices including sonar, radar, infrared,
ton crew due to budget cuts and re- it was almost too late. Now the ques- and so forth.
cent failures to provide advance tion is whether the new S.H.l.E.L.D .
warning of extraterrestrial activities. will prove too small for the task. Most
of the S.H.l.E.L.D. agents listed
One of S.H.l.E.L.D.'s most sophis- above were turned into Deltites and
ticated technologies was LMDs, Life
Model Decoys. LMDs were androids
who could be programmed like ro-
bots and were amazingly lifelike (un-
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S.H.l.E.L.D. "ball" deck to do so). The helicarrier deck, they were the aircraft carrier
was heavily armed, with its primary aspect of the helicarrier. The forward
HANDGUNS defenses against missiles. There half of helicarrier contained the Bat-
were 2 forward, 2 aft, 2 aft port and tle Command Center (BCC), the
Nick Fury's Personal Handgun: .15 starboard, and 4 forward/downward Command/Observation World Moni-
caliber Needle Gun. · The needles radar-guided 70mm electric can- tor Center (C/OWMC), and the vast
had an explosive collar which pro- nons with cyclic rates of 200 rounds computer equipment which supports
pelled it at over 1,800 feet per sec- per second. There were 3 midship the ELINT and the helicarrier in gen-
ond. A Clip held 300 rounds; each port and starboard radar-guided eral. The aft below segment of the
round did Excellent damage. Effec- 40mm electric cannons with cyclic helicarrier contained the World
tive range was 6 Areas. rates of 1,000 rounds per second. Watch Situation Display Room
S.H.l.E.L.D. Plasma Beam Handgun: There were 2 forward port and star- (WWS), S.H.l.E.L.D.'s non-military,
This weapon contained a pinch bot- board armored box missile intelligence gathering and field
tle magnetic field plasma projector. launchers, each with 8 variable- agent clearing center.
Its range was only 3 Areas but it did payloaded radiation seeking and in-
Incredible damage. Duration of fire frared seeking missiles. The cruise The helicarrier was also equipped
was 6 combat rounds on one power missile maintenance and launch with an Intermediate Range Ballistic
pack. It took one combat round to deck contained 30 variable payload Missile (IRBM; range of 3,500 miles,
switch power packs. programmed cruise missiles and an or the ability to achieve low-Earth or-
S. H. I.E. L. D. .30-caliber Rapid-Fire anti-missile tetravolt-charged parti- bit) which was variably programmed
Automatic Machine Pistol: The cle projector. and payloaded to perform a number
weapon fired armor-piercing .30 cali- of special-duty, clandestine, and
ber shells which had spent uranium The aircraft complement on the crisis-oriented functions and was
(high-density) cores. Each clip held helicarrier was primarily 32 F/A-18s housed in a vibration-isolated silo. It
60 rounds. The weapon had a varia- with full weapons loads for the con- was originally installed as part of the
ble rate of fire: single-shot (1 round), tinuous Combat Aircraft Patrol Minimum Essential Emergency
burst (3 rounds), or auto-fire (1 O (which maintained an ever-ready pa- Communications Network (MEECN)
rounds). Effective range was 6 Ar- trol for intruders). There were two re- which, in the event of limited nuclear
eas. Single-shot did Good damage. pair decks which could perform confrontation, would be able to pro-
(Burst increased damage by + 1CS, major overhauls on 12 planes at vide the communications support of
auto-fire by +2CS.) once. The helicarrier was provided placing a satellite package in orbit
with 4 mini-Sea Kings, scaled down after the primary satellites had been
S.H.l.E.L.D. versions of the Sea King 6-bladed incapacitated. This function was
helicopter, for submarine patrol , filled by several Minuteman Ill mis-
HELICARRIER cargo, and rescue missions. Its Elec- siles at Whiteman AFB, Missouri be-
tronic Warfare (EW) and Electronic fore the helicarrier's destruction.
Before its destruction by a mutant Countermeasure (ECM) range was
cockroach infestation, S.H.l.E.L.D.'s augmented from 130 miles to 300 The helicarrier was also hardened
airborne aircraft helicarrier was the miles with E-2C Hawkeye early against nuclear electromagnetic
major headquarters of the entire or- warning planes. pulses (EMP: the nuclear weapon
ganization. as well as an official arm detonation-induced drifting of un-
of the World Wide Military Command The helicarrier's primary role was wanted ions that leads to high volt-
and Control System (WWMCCS). land and space surveillance and was age current leakage paths and
WWMCCS maintains secure com- manned by highly trained Electronic electronic circuit failure) to full Mili-
munications in times of world crisis Intelligence (ELINT) personnel. tary Satellite Hardening Specifica-
with strategic military bases through- Much training and testing of field tions. It could resist 1.2 joules per
out the United States. The Helicar- agents was also done on board. The centimeter squared of radiation per
rier was also a major link in the normal crew complement was 450 second. The helicarrier's nuclear
Defense Communications System with provisions for 1,000. It was ther- generator was designed to keep it
(DCS) which incorporates everything moelectrically nuclear powered and afloat indefinitely.
from ground lines to satellites. used six 20,000 hp electric engines
with twin-bladed propellers to aug- The Helicarrier's statistics were as
The Helicarrier was armored with ment a secret anti-gravity generator follows:
a triple hull of 5-inch hardened alloy,
then a 12-inch layer of high-speed (which, because of classified restric· Control: Good (10)
fragment suppressor, and finally an- tions, offset only 75 percent of the Speed: Excellent (20)
other layer of hardened armor. The helicarrier's mass) and to maintain Body: Excellent (20)
internal bracing and construction level attitudes and rapid movement.
was rigid enough to permit the heli- 201
carrier to alight on land or water (al- The Bridge/Combat Information
though it had to jettison its radar Center (B/CIC), Combat Operations
Center (COC), and Air Traffic Control
Tower (ATC) were located on the
flight deck. Along with the hanger
KNOWN POWERS: S.H.l.E.L.D. ations frequently wore special com-
Armor: The Helicarrier was armored .mando paraphernalia over their
to provide Incredible protection UNIFORMS regular uniforms. (S.H.l.E.L.D. II
against physical attacks and Re- agents still wear standard
markable protection against Energy S.H.l.E.L.D. operatives wore dis- S.H.l.E.L.D. uniforms when en-
attacks. tinctive uniforms designating rank. gaged in official S.H.l.E.L.D. busi-
Weapons: The Helicarrier had a vari- These uniforms were required dress ness.)
at all S.H.1.E.L.D. headquarters for
ety of weapons systems. Character- all operatives (except for Level-1 Di- All uniforms were made of 9-ply
istics of major systems are given rectors and specially authorized
below: Technician class specialists) and at Kevlar, a material able to withstand
* Radar-guided 30-mm and 70-mm official public functions and overt the ballistic impact of up to .45 cal.
Electric Cannon: The highly- field maneuvers. Agents involved in slugs, and fire-resistant Beta Cloth.
sophisticated radar-automated firing covert field operations were ex- The uniforms give Good protection
systems on the cannon gave them pected to dress in plainclothes.
Amazing Agility. The 40mm cannon Agents involved in paramilitary oper- versus Physical attacks and Poor
did Incredible damage, while the protection against Energy attacks.
70mm cannon did Amazing damage.
Both had ranges of 1OAreas. LEVEL6: LEFT BACK
* Box Missile Launcher: The Box FIELD AGENTS BELT POUCH:
Missile Launcher fired up to 8 air-to- TWO CLIPS OF AMMO
air missiles at once. Each missile RIGHT BACK BELT POUCH: SPARE CARTRIDGES
was self-guiding with the following ADD-ON (SPECIAL EQUIPMENT)
statistics: Body: Excellent, Control: WALLET SHIELD ISSUE HANDGUN:
Remarkable, Speed: Incredible, and .45 CAL COLT AUTO
Damage: Incredible. The damage RIGHT FRONT
given is for a standard high explosive BELT POUCH: SHOULDER HOLSTER
warhead. SMOKE BOMB (ATTACHES TO BELT)
* Cruise Missile: A Cruise Missile FLARE
would have the following statistics: THERMITE BOMB LEFT FRONT
Body: Remarkable, Control: FRAGMENTATION BOMB - -- BELT POUCH:
GAS BOMB
Amazing, Speed: Remarkable, and SHIELD ISSUE BLASTER: SECURE RADIO LINK
Damage: Monstrous. The damage is 5mm PLASMA BEAM _ _..; POCKET COMPUTER
for a non-nuclear warhead . PROJECTOR
* Intermediate Range Ballistic Mis- SPARE HOLSTER, ;:: ~ FL~~~~~~'1~~~
sile: An IRBM would have these TI E-DOWN
stats: Body: Incredible, Control: In- (OPTIONAL, ~ 20·· GARROTE
credible, Speed: Monstrous, and DETACHABLE) REEL
Damage: Unearthly. The damage is
for a non-nuclear warhead.
* Particle Projector: This weapon
projected an energy blast that did
Monstrous damage at a 25-Area
range.
BOOT
- - ---THROWING
KNIFE
PLASMA BEAM COLOR OF ACCESSORIES
HANDGUN DENOTES RANK
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STATISTICS: SILVER SAMURAI
F RM(30) ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
A RM(30) Kenuichio Harada lives by the Japa-
S EX(20) nese samurai warrior's code of
E RM(30) honor. He believes in duty and per-
sonal honor above all else. He re-
R GD(10) spects bravery and fighting skill. He
I RM(30) does not murder innocents or prey
on the weak.
P RM(30)
Health: 110 203
Karma: 70
Resources: EX(20)
Popularity: -1 O
BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Kenuichio Harada
Occupation: Professional criminal
Legal Status: Unknown citizenship;
has international crime record
Identity: Known to international law
enforcement authorities
Place of Birth: Unknown
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Shingen Harada
(father, deceased); Mariko Yashida
(half-sister); Shiro Yashida (alias
Sunfire, cousin); Torno Yashida
(cousin, deceased); Saburo Yashida
(cousin, deceased)
Base of Operations: Mobile
Past Group Affiliations: Partner of
Viper II; former ally of the Mandrill
and Black Spectre
Present Group Affiliation:
,,-.... KNOWN POWERS: ADDITIONAL NOTES:
,,.-..._ Tachyon Field: The Silver Samurai is
a mutant who can summon an ex-
tremely powerful energy field. The
focus for this energy is his katana, a
samurai longsword. This sword, as a
result, does Unearthly damage and
will cut through materials of less than
Unearthly strength in a single round.
Body Armor: Kenuichio wears a light
steel alloy suit of plate in the Oriental
style that provides Excellent protec-
tion from all Physical and Energy at-
tacks.
Teleport: The Silver Samurai has a
teleportation ring that gives him the
power to teleport without error up to
three miles away.
Talents: Kenuichio is trained in sev-
eral forms of Oriental fighting styles,
and can fight with katana, shuriken,
and can Slam and Stun opponents of
greater strength in unarmed combat.
HISTORY:
Kenuichio Harada is the mutant
son of former Japanese crime lord
Shingen Harada, ruler of the Japa-
nese underworld and head of house
Yashida. Shingen never recognized
Kenuichio as his son and mastery of
the clan has passed to Mariko. Ke-
nuichio began the study of samurai
martial arts and, once he mastered
the disciplines, hired himself out as a
modern-day samurai. Binding him-
self to the Viper, he has become her
bodyguard and aide-de-camp ever
since. While under the effects of
Mastermind, Mariko pardoned Ke-
nuichio Haradan for his crimes and
made him her heir.
Most recently, Kenuichio has tan-
gled with the Wolverine over the
demon-possessed Muramasa
sword. The two ended up working to-
gether to defeat the demon and free
Jessica Drew (formerly Spider-
Woman) from its hellish influence.
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SISTERS CF SIN [MOTHER NIGHT1S)
HOODWINK mind. If the target has a Psyche less Legal Status: U.S. citizen with a
than Incredible, he must make a Red criminal record, still a minor
STATISTICS: FEAT roll to see through the illusion. Place of Birth: Unknown
If the target's Psyche is Incredible, Marital Status: Single
F TY(6) then a Yellow FEAT will suffice. Like- Known Relatives: None
A TY(6) wise, an Amazing Psyche need only Base of Operations: Mobile
make a Green FEAT roll to see Past Group Affiliations: Sisters of
s TY(6) through the deception. Anyone with Sin
a Psyche greater than Amazing can- Present Group Affiliation:
E TY(6) not be duped by Hoodwink's power.
R GD(10) KNOWN POWERS:
I EX(20) ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: Sleep: Raunch can force someone to
p IN(40) Hoodwink gets a sadistic pleasure fall asleep with her gaze. The victim
Health: 24 out of playing with peoples' minds. gets a FEAT roll versus his Psyche to
Karma: 70 resist the effect. Whether she still
Resources: PR(4) RAUNCH has her Pleasure powers (see Sister
Popularity: -4 Pleasure) has not been revealed.
STATISTICS:
BACKGROUND: ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Real Name: Unrevealed F GD(10) Raunch was known as Sister Plea-
Occupation: Professional criminal A TY(6) sure at one time.
Legal Status: U.S. citizen with a
criminal record, still a minor s TY(6) SIN
Place of Birth: Unknown
Marital Status: Single E TY(6) STATISTICS:
Known Relatives: None R EX(20)
Base of Operations: Mobile I EX(20) F GD(10)
Past Group Affiliations: Sisters of p RM(30) A RM(30)
Sin Health: 28 S TY(6)
Present Group Affiliation: Karma: 70 E GD(10)
Resources: PR(4) R TY(6)
KNOWN POWERS: Popularity: -4 I EX(20)
Hypnotism: If Hoodwink makes a P TY(6)
FEAT roll, she can cause her target BACKGROUND:
to believe what she plants in his Real Name: Unrevealed
Occupation: Professional criminal
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Health: 56 The Arms do give her a Remarkable home. Rogers checked around and
Karma: 32 Strength punch in Slugfest though. found that an unusually large num-
Resources: EX(20) Bionic Claws: Slash's Claws (like her ber of child disappearances had
Popularity: -1 O arms) are made of steel. Each Claw been going on lately and decided to
does Excellent Edged Attack dam- investigate the matter personally. He
BACKGROUND: age . If Slash makes a Red FEAT roll would need a disguise though and
Real Name: Unrevealed on any attack, both Claws hit for In- enlisted the aid of Sersi in transform-
Occupation: Professional criminal credible damage. ing himself into his 15-year old self.
Legal Status: U.S. citizen with a Then, pretending to be a teen run-
criminal record , still a minor ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: away, he was picked up by two of the
Place of Birth: Unknown Slash enjoys inflicting pain. Her Sisters of Sin and was knocked out
Marital Status: Single adult self was known as Sister Ag- by Raunch who used her mental
Known Relatives: Red Skull (father) ony. She's more talkative these powers. When he regained con-
Base of Operations: Mobile days. sciousness, he found himself going
Past Group Affiliations: Sisters of to Mother Night's youth training
Sin TORSO camp where, aided by the Sisters of
Present Group Affiliation: Sin, she was training young run-
STATISTICS: aways to hate and kill.
KNOWN POWERS:
Talents: Sin has received training in F EX(20) Teen Cap and the other " recruits"
a variety of Martial Arts and weapons A TY(6) were off-loaded from the bus and put
skills. S RM(30) in holding cells about the size of
E EX(20) closets. One of the other kids, a girl
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: R TY(6) named Jennifer, had claustrophobia
Sin is the leader of the Sisters of Sin I TY(6) and when she put up a fuss, Sin pro-
and she is the wickedest of all. She P TY(6) ceeded to beat her. Cap tried to inter-
does her father (Red Skull) proud. Health: 76 vene but found his teen body
Karma: 18 incapable of handling the combat
SLASH Resources: PR(4) moves of his adult self. Later that
Popularity: -6 night, the Teen Cap managed to es-
STATISTICS: cape and he broke Jennifer out as
BACKGROUND: well. They made their way to the
F GD(10) Real Name: Unrevealed main house looking for a phone, but
A EX(20) Occupation: Professional criminal were captured by Sin instead. Sin
Legal Status: U.S. citizen with a beat Cap senseless and discovered
s TY(6) criminal record, still a minor that he was wearing a Captain Amer-
Place of Birth: Unknown
E TY(6) Marital Status: Single ica suit under his clothes. When he
R TY(6) Known Relatives: None awoke, Cap found his street clothes
I TY(6) Base of Operations: Mobile had been removed leaving him in his
p TY(6) Past Group Affiliations: Sisters of Captain America costume. He pre-
Health: 42 Sin tended to be a member of his own
Karma: 18 Present Group Affiliation: computer network (Stars and
Resources: PR(4) Stripes). Mother Night decided t o
Popularity: -6 KNOWN POWERS: have the Sisters of Sin beat him to
None (except for her Superhuman death.
BACKGROUND: Strength).
Real Name: Unrevealed Luckily for Captain America, Sersi
Occupation: Professional criminal ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: had fixed her spell so that it would
Legal Status: U.S. citizen with a Torso is a bully even among her fel- automatically reverse itself if he took
criminal record, still a minor low Sisters. Only Sin doesn't back more than 40 punches. Just as the
Place of Birth: Unknown down to her. girls closed in on him , he suddenly
Marital Status: Single reverted to his adult self and was
Known Relatives: None GROUP HISTORY: able to take care of the Sisters of Sin
Base of Operations: Mobile Bernadette Rosenthal, an old with no difficulty. But then Malachi
Past Group Affiliations: Sisters of attacked him. While they fought,
Sin girlfriend of Steve Rogers (Captain Mother Night hurried the battered
Present Group Affiliation: America), called him to say that she Sisters of Sin out the door. Captain
was worried about her youngest sis- America managed to defeat Malachi
KNOWN POWERS: ter Nancy who had run away from in time to overtake Mother Night, but
Bionic Arms: Slash 's Bionic Steel the Sisters of Sin escaped.
Arms have Remarkable Strength,
but her physical body is too weak for
her to lift more than Typical burdens.
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SISTERS CF SIN [RED SKULL!S]
SISTER KNOWN POWERS: with a better than Remarkable
Hypnotic Gaze: Sister Dream can Psyche. Any target whose thoughts
CREAM create illusions or phantom images have been scanned by Dream re-
directed at one person, provided her ceives a -1 CS to any attempt to resist
STATISTICS : would-be victim looks at her. If Sister her Hypnotic Gaze.
Dream makes a FEAT roll , she
F TY(6) catches her intended victim with her ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
A TY(6) hypnotic gaze. Dream's ability rank Sister Dream likes to spout bad po-
S TY(6) with this power is Incredible. The tar- etry when she's not busy playing
E GD(10) get must make a Red FEAT roll to es- with someone's mind.
R GD(10) cape the illusion she creates for him.
I EX(20) Targets who have a Psyche of Re- SISTER
P AM(50) markable need only make a Yellow
Health: 28 FEAT roll; those with Incredible or PLEASURE
Karma: 80 Amazing Psyches need only make a
Resources: GD(10) Green FEAT roll. Persons whose ·STATISTICS:
Popularity: -6 Psyche is Monstrous or better can-
not be duped by Sister Dream's F TY(6)
BACKGROUND: power. Victims who fail their FEAT A TY(6)
Real Name: Unrevealed roll cannot take any action and any
Occupation: Professional criminal nearby villains get a free attack s TY(6)
Legal Status: U.S. citizen with a against them. If someone takes dam-
criminal record age while under Dream's power, the E GD(10)
Place of Birth: Unknown pain will bring him back to reality. R EX(20)
Marital Status: Single Limited Mindscanning: Dream can I EX(20)
Known Relatives: None freely scan the surface thoughts of p IN(40)
Base of Operations: Mobile anyone with a Remarkable or lower Health: 28
Past Group Affiliations: Sisters of Psyche. She must make a Red FEAT Karma: 80
Sin roll to scan the thoughts of someone Resources: GD(10)
Present Group Affiliation: Popularity: 0
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BACKGROUND: Occupation: Professional criminal KNOWN POWERS:
Real Name: Unrevealed Legal Status: U.S. citizen with a None beyond Superhuman
Occupation: Professional criminal criminal record Strength .
Legal Status: U.S. citizen with a Place of Birth: Unknown
criminal record Marital Status: Single ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Place of Birth: Unknown Known Relatives: None Sister Death is grim-faced and very
Marital Status: Single Base of Operations: Mobile direct in her approach.
Known Relatives: None Past Group Affiliations: Sisters of
Base of Operations: Mobile Sin GROUP HISTORY:
Past Group Affiliations: Sisters of Present Group Affiliation: The Red Skull had used advanced
Sin
Present Group Affiliation: KNOWN POWERS: science to rapidly age the girls who
Claws: Agony's hands and feet were were his pupils. This was before Sin
KNOWN POWERS: replaced with bionic steel claws. (Skull's daughter) took over leader-
Mesmerism: If Sister Pleasure Each of these weapons does Excel- ship of the Sisters of Sin.
makes a FEAT roll, her beauty mes- lent Edged Attack damage. The Tal-
merizes her target. Pleasure's ability ons are also coated in a special The Skull had Arnold Roth kid-
rank with this power is Incredible. If chemical designed to cause extreme napped to lure Captain America to
her target is male, he must make a pain. Anyone Sister Agony hits with one of his secret houses. Captain
Red Psyche FEAT roll to tear himself even one of her Claws must make an America arrived, accompanied by
away from her charms. Men who Endurance FEAT roll versus Stun. If Nomad, who was his partner at the
have Incredible Psyches need only hit by two or more of her Claws simul- time.
make a Yellow FEAT to escape her taneously, the victim must make a
mesmerizing power. Likewise, a man Yellow FEAT roll to escape being The combined mental powers of
with an Amazing or better Psyche stunned. Sister Dream and Sister Pleasure
only has to make a Green FEAT roll. were especially effective against the
Pleasure's power has no effect on fe- ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: two costumed heroes and almost
males, unless Pleasure makes a Sister Agony doesn't say much- proved their undoing. Nomad was.
Red FEAT roll in which case the fe- she just circles, her actions and her captivated by the hypnotic beauty of
male target will be envious of Plea- appearance closely resembling a Sister Pleasure while Captain Amer-
sure's beauty and unable to act that vu ltu re's. ica got caught up in an illusion cre-
combat round. ated by Sister Dream where he
Pleasure 's Kiss : Sister Pleasure's SISTER DEATH thought he was being embraced by
kiss does Remarkable damage to a his girlfriend, when, in reality, Sister
male she has managed to bewitch STATISTICS: Death was squeezing t he life out of
with her Mesmerism. him. The pain brought Cap back to
F EX(20) his senses and although he was un-
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: A TY(6) able to break Death's hold, he did
Sister Pleasure is all smiles and S AM(50) manage to throw his shield at Sister
sweetness. She is very attractive, of- E RM(30) Pleasure. The shield knocked out
ten fatally so. R TY(6) Sister Pleasure and freed Nomad to
I TY(6) help Captain America. Nomad hit
SISTER AGONY Sister Death with two of his stun
P TY(6) discs, thus causing her to drop Cap-
STATISTICS: tain America just as Sister Agony
Health: 106 lashed out with her claws. Death was
F EX(20) Karma: 18 ripped up by her own sister and , in
A EX(20) Resources: GD(1 O) retaliation, she slammed Agony into
the floor. Cap was once more caught
s TY(6) Popularity: -1 o up in an illusionary world (evidently
his thoughts of his future bride were
E EX(20) BACKGROUND: so strong that he was easily trans-
R TY(6) Real Name: Unrevealed fixed) . Thinking fast, Nomad
I TY(6) Occupation: Professional criminal grabbed up the Captain America
p TY(6) Legal Status: U.S. citizen with a shield and used it to knock the last
Health: 66 criminal record Sister of Sin senseless too. While
Karma: 18 Place of Birth: Unknown our heroes were congratulating
Resources: GD(10) Marital Status: Single themselves, the Sisters of Sin es-
Popularity: -10 Known Relatives: None caped thanks to the plethora of hid-
Base of Operations: Mobile den doors built in Skull's funhouse.
BACKGROUND: Past Group Affiliations: Sisters of
Real Name: Unrevealed Sin
Present Group Affiliation:
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SKIDS
STATISTICS:
F TY(6)
A RM(30)
s PR(4)
E EX(20)
R GD(10)
I RM(30)
p EX(20)
Health: 60
Karma: 60
Resources: FE(2)
Popularit y: -4
BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Sally Blevins
Occupation: Student, adventurer
Legal Status: U.S. citizen with crimi-
,.--.. nal record, still a minor
Place of Birth: Unknown
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Mobile
Past Group Affiliations: Ally of X-
Factor; member of the New Mutants
Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS : ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: (or rather under them with the
Personal Force Field: Skids has a Skids is very protective and loyal to Morlocks), and trying to escape the
personal protective field that pro- Rusty Collins, her first true friend . mutant-hating madness that had
She believes strongly in the New Mu- seemed to infect the majority of hu-
vides Shift X protection from all at- tants charter to protect Earth's peo- mans when she encountered Rusty
tacks. Her force field also gives ples from the evils of man and Collins. Rusty was being pursued by
Skids the following Power Stunts: mutant. the Freedom Force (government-
* Slipperiness: Skids' force field has chartered mutant enforcers) and a
unique properties that make it im- HISTORY: mob of mutant-hating humans.
possible for anyone to hold on to her. Little has been revealed of Skids' Rusty accidentally injured a woman
Therefore, Skids cannot be grabbed with his pyrokinetic powers and is
or entangled. Skids automatically past. It is known that her power first wanted by the U.S Government. He
escapes from any bounds. However, manifested itself after she was has been wrongly labeled an evil mu-
if she is somehow caught in some abused by her stepfather. The cur- tant.
strange power, she need only make rent status of Skids' parents is un-
a Green FEAT roll to escape. If Skids known. She was living on the streets When Spider-Woman (one of the
Freedom Force) caught Rusty in her
wants to use her power to help some- psychic web, Skids came to his res-
one else escape, she must make a
normal Yellow FEAT roll. For pur- 209
poses of escape FEAT rolls only,
Skids' Strength is Monstrous.
* Skate: Skids can move at Excellent
speed by skating her force field
across the ground.
* Deflector Field: If Skids makes a
FEAT roll, she can extend her force
field to protect others. If her roll is
Red , the field remains at Shift X in-
tensity. The Deflector Field will only
provide Amazing protection if her roll
was Yellow, and Remarkable protec-
tion if it was Green.
cue. Skids' force field easily parted
the web. The two youths then fled.
Skids and Rusty were overtaken by
the Freedom Force on the edge of
the park, but before the evil mutants
could take them in, a mob of humans
attacked the Freedom Force. In the
contusion, Skids and Rusty es-
caped. Skids tried to get Rusty to the
safety of the underground home of
the Morlocks, but the Freedom
Force caught up with them again ,
this time in the sewers beneath New
York. The evil mutant Blob was
pounding Rusty into the sewer wall
when X-Factor arrived on the scene.
Destiny warned of imminent disaster,
so, after a brief skirmish, Freedom
Force retreated.
Later, with X-Factor's mentorship,
Skids and Rusty joined the New Mu-
tants. They wanted to help protect
humans and mutants from the evil on
both sides. Skids and Rusty, acting
on their own, tried to prevent the Vul-
ture's releasing Nitro from captivity.
Skids was injured protecting the-
public from Nitre's explosions and
Rusty was injured protecting her
from Freedom Force. The deter-
mined, if somewhat weak-minded,
Freedom Force finally managed to
capture Skids and Rusty. The two
New Mutants were placed in a high-
security prison hospital. The rest of
the New Mutants were busy helping
Balder defend Asgard and were un-
able to come to Rusty and Skids' aid.
Meanwhile, yet another evil mutant
group took notice of Skids and
Rusty-the terrorist organization
known as the Mutant Liberation
Front. The MLF broke into the high-
security installation and stole Skids
and Rusty out from under the noses
of the Freedom Force. In the proc-
ess, they had a brief run-in with Ca-
ble, a cyborg, who was also trying to
rescue Skids and Rusty. Cable was
beaten and left tor dead.
What the MLF has planned for
Skids and Rusty remains to be seen.
Cable isn't out of the picture either.
He has escaped the military hospital
and has collected the other New Mu-
tants to act as his soldiers in the bat-
tle against the MLF.
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SLEEPERS
THE FIRST ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
SLEEPER The First Sleeper was basically a The Second Sleeper was essentially
juggernaut programmed to destroy the same as the First Sleeper with a
STATISTICS: everyone and everything in its path. wing attached to provide flying capa-
bility.
F EX(20) THESECCND
A PR(4) SLEEPER THE THIRD
S MN(75) SLEEPER
E UN(100)
R PR(4) STATISTICS:
I PR(4)
Health: 199 F EX(20)
A PR{4)
Karma: a S MN(75)
E UN(100)
Resources: 0 R TY{6)
Popularity: -20 I G0(10)
Health: 199
KNOWN POWERS: Karma: 16
Armor: The robotic body of the Resources: 0
Sleeper was armored to provide Re- Popularity: -20
markable protection against Energy
attacks and Monstrous protection KNOWN POWERS:
against Physical attacks. The Third Sleeper actually had two
Energy Blast: The Sleeper could pro- components, each a separate ro-
ject an energy blast from either claw botic death machine. The Lower
that did Incredible damage. The Component was designed to attach
Blast had a range of 7 Areas. under the wing of the Upper Compo-
Manipulative Claws: The Sleeper's nent. When attached, the Lower
Component's Reason and Intuition
claws got a + 1CS to Strength when were supplanted by the Upper Com-
ponent's. The Lower Component
making snatching or crushing at-
tacks.
STATISTICS:
F EX(20)
A PR(4)
S MN(75)
E UN(100)
R PR(4)
I PR(4)
Health: 199
Karma: 8
Resources: 0
Popularity: -20
KNOWN POWERS:
Other than Flight, the Second
Sleeper had the same powers as
listed for the First Sleeper (see
above).
Flight: The Second Sleeper could fly
at Good speeds and it gained + 2CS
to its Agility while in the air.
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had the same statistics and powers area as the Sleeper. ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
as the First Sleeper (see First Eruption: The Fourth Sleeper could The Fifth Sleeper was in fact a
Sleeper), while the Upper Compo· channel the energy in its body into a manned attack vehicle in the form of
nent, a Robot Wing, had the statis- massive explosion that did Shift X a gigantic robot. A minimum crew of
tics listed above and the following damage to everything within a 5 Area 10 was required to operate the
unique powers: radius of the eruption . The Sleeper Sleeper.
Eject: Allows the Upper Component had to make a FEAT roll of Poor Rank
to detach the Lower Component. before it could erupt. If the Sleeper GROUP HISTORY:
Flight: The Third Sleeper's Upper made a Yellow FEAT roll, the radius As World War II drew to its inevita-
Component could fly at Remarkable of destruction increased to 1OAreas,
speeds, this was reduced to Excel· while a Red FEAT roll increased the ble close, Hitler vowed that if he
lent speeds with the Lower Compo- destruction out to 25 Areas. The could not conquer the world, he
nent attached. Sleeper could make one attempt to would destroy it. To achieve this end ,
Armor: The Upper Component had erupt per uninterrupted combat the Red Skull proposed the con-
the same armor as the First Sleeper. round. struction of five gigantic war ma-
Laser Projector: The eyes of the Up· chines to be called the Sleepers
per Component could each project ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: which would be hidden in various lo-
an Incredible intensity energy blast The Fourth Sleeper was actually a cations while they generated and
with a 10-Area range. living volcano, programmed to move stored the power they would need
underground and erupt under popu- and then be released at a future
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: lations centers, military bases, and date, " Der Tag" (" The Day"), to de-
The Third Sleeper improved over the so forth. stroy the Earth if the Allies won.
Second Sleeper by giving the flight Hitler enthusiastically instructed the
wing a separate robot intelligence THE FIFTH Skull to construct the Sleepers, un-
and additional powers as well. SLEEPER aware that the Skull intended to use
them to conquer the world himself if
THE FOURTH STATISTICS: the Third Reich fell.
SLEEPER Body: UN(100) Later, a couple of freak occur-
Speed: PR(4) rences left both the Red Skull and
STATISTICS: Control: EX(20) his archnemesis, Captain America,
Strength: UN(100) in states of suspended animation.
F RM(30) Decades later, Captain America was
A EX(20) KNOWN POWERS: the first awakened. By the time the
S MN(75) Laser Projector: The eyes of the Fifth Skull awoke, Captain America had
E SH X (150) Sleeper each projected an lncredi· already destroyed the first three
R TY(6) ble intensity energy blast with a Sleepers. But even with the Skull's
I GD(10) direction, the final two Sleepers met
Health: 275 range of 1oAreas. the same fate as their predecessors:
Karma: 16 defeat at the hands of Captain Amer-
Resources: O Laser Cannon: A more powerful laser ica and his allies.
Popularity: -30 projector was mounted just above its
eyes. The Laser Cannon could fire
KNOWN POWERS: an energy blast of Amazing intensity
Density Change: The Fourth Sleeper with a 25 Area range.
could alter its own molecular density. Armor: The robotic body of the Fifth
This gave the Fourth Sleeper the fol- Sleeper was armored and provided
lowing power stunts: Monstrous protection against En-
* Mole: The Sleeper altered its mo- ergy attacks and Unearthly protec-
lecular structure so that it could tion against Physical attacks.
move underground at Excellent Manipulative Claw: The death ma-
speeds (5 Areas/round).
* Defenses: The Sleeper could chine's claw gave it a + 1CS to
change its structure at will so that at-
tacks just passed right through it. Strength when making grabbing or
Treat this effect as Unearthly resist- crushing attacks.
ance to any attack. Nerve Gas Dispenser: The left arm
Energy Blast: The Sleeper could fire ended in a nerve gas dispenser. The
an Amazing intensity Energy blast weapon had a range of 3 Areas. Any·
that attacked everyone in the same one who breathed the gas suffered
Amazing damage each combat
round until death.
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STATISTICS: SORCERER
F RM(30) 213
A RM(30)
S MN(75)
E UN(100)
R IN(40)
I IN(40)
P UN(100)
Health: 235
Karma: 180
Resources: UN(100)
Popularity: 0/-50 (Magic Experts)
BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Dexter Rayne (Body},
Lian
Occupation: Accountant, Con-
~ queror
Legal Status: Citizen of Canada
with no criminal record, Unknown
Identity: Existence unknown to gen-
eral public
Marital Status: Widowed, Unknown
Known Relatives: Carol Rayne (De-
ceased)
~ Base of Operations: Canada
Past Group Affiliations: Unknown
Present Group Affiliations:
~ KNOWN POWERS:
~ Magic: The Sorcerer is a Master of
Chaotic Magic He has access to all
Personal, Universal and Dimen-
sional spells, and can cast them at
Unearthly power rank. He can tele-
port himself, and others, to various
dimensions instantly. The Sorcerer
appears to be a creature of magical
energy which possesses and en-
hances a host body. It is not known if
the Sorcerer can be permanently de-
stroyed. The Sorcerer can lay dor-
mant for tens of thousands of years,
without losing any of its power levels.
Power Duplication: The Sorcerer is
able to magically duplicate almost
any normal super-power, and use it
at up to Unearthly power rank. This
includes various physical powers
that he enhances his host body with.
Summoning: The Sorcerer is able to
summon and control evil supernatu-
ral creatures from other dimensions,
such as demons from the Pit.
Talents: The Sorcerer's Reason
should be considered Unearthly in
matters of magic and the supernatu-
ral. Dexter Rayne was an expert en-
vironmentalist, and accountant.
Contacts: The Sorcerer probably dreams. Playing on Dexter's secret was taking care of the disaster. Al-
has contacts in a number of different fears and insecurities, the Sorcerer pha Flight went ahead and entered
magical dimensions. The Sorcerer convinced Dexter to open a gateway the area anyway, discovering that
has helped the so-called Master of between dimensions. The Sorcerer, everyone in the suburb had been vio-
the World, but he did not tell the Mas- in return, promised that he would lently killed. They found Gamma
ter of the World who he was. The Sor- come and help Dexter save the Flight being overrun by the reani-
cerer also has some sort of Earth. The confused Dexter sacri- mated bodies of the dead citizens.
connection with the Zeitgeist, an as- ficed his own wife, and then drank Alpha Flight helped Gamma Flight
sassin of super beings currently her blood after the statue had been defeat all the animated corpses. Tal-
working in South America. dissolved in it. This opened a gate- isman then confronted the cause of
way that allowed the Sorcerer to pos- all the death, a little girl possessed
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: sess Dexter's body and take control. by a demon from the Pits. The de-
The Sorcerer is an ancient being of mon told Talisman that he was sim-
infinite evil and he views the Earth Sensing the location of the latest ply delivering a message for his
and all its inhabitants with nothing owner of the Talisman, Elizabeth master, the Sorcerer. The demon told
but disdain. He loves toying with his Twoyoungman, the Sorcerer hurried Talisman that this was just the begin-
opponents, knowing that they proba- to confront her. It seems that a spe- ning of his master's plans for the
bly cannot hurt him. He uses his tele- cial set of rules of engagement exist, Earth. After the message was deliv-
pathic powers to find out his foes' stating that the Sorcerer cannot be- ered, Talisman banished the demon
insecurities and fears, and likes to gin his attack on the Earth until the back from whence he came.
use this knowledge to mentally tor- owner of the Talisman actively at-
ture them. The Sorcerer enjoys us- tacks him. The Sorcerer confronted During the time period when the
ing elaborate schemes in his Talisman and her friend Heather "Acts of Vengeance" were occur-
ongoing battle with Talisman and Al- Hudson, known as the Vindicator, at ring, a number of America's super
pha Flight. His ultimate goal is to Heather's house in Edmonton. The villains were fleeing the United
open the Gateway to Night, flooding Sorcerer transported Heather and
the Earth with evil. Talisman to a non-zone pocket di- States. They were fleeing because a
mension. Such areas had been cre- law, the Super-Powers Registration
HISTORY: ated by celestial beings centuries Act, was then being pushed through
Every 10,000 years, a special con- ago as neutral areas of combat. The Congress. The Sorcerer compelled
Sorcerer then transported the other these villains to come to Canada,
junction of the planets occurs, dur- members of Alpha Flight to the non- and him. Talisman sensed the Sor-
ing which an evil magical creature zone. cerer's actions, and sent Alpha
from another dimension is allowed to Flight team members to force the
enter our dimension by possessing a The Sorcerer verbally goaded the American villains back into the
human body. The creature is known Alpha Flight members into attacking United States. Vindicator became in-
as Lian, the Sorcerer. His main goal him. The Sorcerer was easily able to volved in a fight with Nekra in down-
is to open the Gateway to Night, let- defeat them and even broke Sas- town Winnipeg. Diamond Lil was
ting evil creatures from the beyond quatch's arms. The Sorcerer then
enter our dimension. began to kill Madison Jeffries, which defeated by the Scorpion, who then
forced Talisman to attack him. The got away. At the same time, the Owl
So far, the Sorcerer has been elated Sorcerer bragged about what arrived in Canada by plane, and the
thwarted each time by the owner of he was going to do to the Earth be- woman known as Asp drove across
the Talisman, a powerful magical ar- fore leaving Alpha Flight stranded in the border between the United
tifact. The last Talisman tricked the the non-zone. Alpha Flight had sev- States and Canada. Soon, all of Al-
Sorcerer into taking an inert form of a eral adventures in the non-zone be- pha Flight and Gamma Flight were
statue. Her spells prevented him fore returning to our dimension. involved in a melee with the villains
from changing back until a mortal During that time, they found the in Winnipeg. The villains were
willingly consumed him. She then missing Puck and bought him back knocked unconscious when the Sor-
buried him deep in the Earth, hoping with them. They returned to our di- cerer released his mental control
he would be forgotten. During the re- mension to discover that three over them . The resulting violent en-
cent planetary conjunction, the months had passed while they were ergy caused by the super powered
sleeping Sorcerer could act again. in other dimensions. fight, allowed the Sorcerer to begin
opening the Gateway of Night. With
At that time, Dexter Rayne and his Upon returning, Shaman and the help of Dr. Strange, Alpha Flight
wife Carol were taking a second hon- Puck became very ill and had to be opened the Gateway of Day, and the
eymoon in the wilds of Canada. Dur- hospitalized. At the same time, Al- Armies of Light defeated the Sor-
ing the camping trip, Dexter pha Flight heard of a disaster in a cerer and his minions.
stumbled over a strange little statue,
half-buried in the dirt. That night, the suburb of Montreal and hurried to
Sorcerer talked to Dexter in his help. Arriving at the suburb, they
found the area surrounded by the
army. They were told that a new Ca-
nadian super team, Gamma Flight,
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SPEED DEMON
STATISTICS:
F GD(10)
A MN(75)
S EX(20)
E RM(30)
R GD(10)
I TY(6)
P TY(6)
Health: 135
Karma: 22
Resources: GD(10)
Popularity: -10
BACKGROUND:
Real Name: James Sanders
Occupation: Former pharmaceuti-
cal chemist, now criminal
- - Legal Status: U.S. citizen with a
criminal record
Identity: Secret
Place .of Birth: New York City
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: New York area
Past Group Affiliations: Squadron
Sinister, Sinister Syndicate
Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS:
Lightning Speed: Unearthly Rank
(150 mph, 1O areas per round). Es-
tablished Power Stunts include:
* Running in a circle within 1 area
the Speed Demon can create a Mon-
strous intensity cyclone, that can
Stun or Slam anyone it affects.
* Circling an opponent at high
~ speed, Speed Demon can strike 3
blows per round, gaining a + 2CS on
damage and Stunning Intensity.
Treat any Slam results as Stuns.
Protected Vision: Speed Demon
wears special goggles to protect his
eyes when running at high speeds.
The goggles provide him with Good
protection against anti-visual at-
tacks. ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Talents: Speed Demon is a trained The Speed Demon is very overconfi-
Chemist. dent in combat, believing that no one HISTORY:
Contacts: The Speed Demon has can touch him because of his speed. Many years ago, an Elder of the
contacts with the other members of He has a tendency to show off in
the Sinister Syndicate (Boomerang, combat, and constantly brag about Universe known as the Grandmaster
Hydro-Man, Beetle, and Rhino). his abilities. His overconfidence played a tournament of powers with
the time traveller known as the Scar-
causes him to constantly underesti- let Centurion. The Scarlet Centurion
ADDITIONAL NOTES: mate his foes, much to his regret.
used his enemies from an alternate
................
Earth, the Squadron Supreme, as
his pawns in the contest. A few years
later, the Grandmaster became in-
volved in the same type of contest
215
with Kang the Conqueror. The the Avengers. After the defeat, the ers questioned him about one of the
Grandmaster contacted four hu- Grandmaster kept his word and re- other Squadron members, Dr. Spec-
mans and offered them powers simi- turned Sanders and the others to trum. Sanders experimented with
lar to the Squadron Supreme. One of Earth with their powers. A few the original formula that had given
months later, Sanders and the other
the humans was James Sanders, a members of the Squadron Sinister him his powers, creating a variant
chemist for the Hudson Pharmaceu- were hired by the alien geographer, that increased his super speed even
tical Company of West Caldwell, Nebulon. Nebulon and the Squadron more. He took a new name, Speed
New Jersey. The Grandmaster gave Sinister tried to melt the polar ice Demon, because of the recent return
him a formula for a pill that would caps, but they were stopped by the of the WWII hero called the Whizzer.
give him superhuman speed. Defenders. Doctor Strange cast an He then began to use his powers in
Sanders agreed to play in the Grand- amnesia spell over the Squadron various thefts. Recently, Speed De-
master's tourney in return for the for- members, causing them to forget mon joined a new super villain team,
their powers. the Sinister Syndicate, led by the
mula. Beetle. Speed Demon is currently
The Grandmaster gave him a cos- Sanders got his job back at Hud- still at large.
son Pharmaceutical and worked
tume and called him the Whizzer. there for awhile. His memory was ac-
Sanders and the other Squadron Su- cidentally restored when the Aveng-
preme copies were beaten in the
contest by Kang's team of pawns,
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STATISTICS: SPHINX
F EX(20) 217
A GD(10)
S MN(75)/SHIFT Z(500)
E MN(75)/SHIFT Z(SOO)
R IN(40)/SHIFT Z(500)
I IN(40)/UN (100)
P MN(75)/SHIFT Z(500)
Health: 180/1030
Karma: 155/1100
Resources: UN(100)
Popularity: -5/-25 (with Xandarians)
BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Unknown
Occupation: Wizard, then Con-
queror
Legal Status: None
Place of Birth: Egypt
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Flying Pyramid
Past Group Affiliations: None
Present Group Affiliations:
KNOWN POWERS:
Ka Stone: The Sphinx possessed a
mystical stone that enabled him to
manipulate magical energy. The Ka
Stone was made out of Class 1000
rank material. The Ka stone provided
him with the following powers:
Beams of heat, light and force:
Amazing intensity. (Unearthly inten-
sity) .
Mental Probe: Amazing intensity
(Unearthly intensity).
Flight: Amazing intensity (CL 3000).
Life Support: Unearthly intensity
(CL1000).
Energy Absorption: Unearthly inten-
sity (CL1000). The Sphinx could
channel absorbed energy into his
Strength and/or Endurance scores.
He could also use the absorbed en-
ergy to increase any of his powers,
plus give himself the Growth power.
When he absorbed the power from
the Xandarian computer, he could
also channel the energy into his RIP
ability scores. He could absorb an
Unearthly amount of energy per
round . This power apparently had no
limit on how much energy he could
absorb. The energy would drain
away from him at the rate of 10 rank
points per round , unless he drained
energy from a CL1000 energy
source. In that case , the energy
could only be drained from him
against his own free will. ing him magical powers and immor- Galactus, getting him to agree to
Immortality: Unearthly intensity tality. stop Sphinx. Galactus defeated
(CL1000). Sphinx easily and drained him of his
Body Armor: Amazing intensity {Shift Calling himself the Sphinx, he excess power. Galactus then
Z intensity). then spent the next 5,000 years wan- crushed the Ka Stone, and sent the
Xandar Computer: When the Sphinx dering the Earth without any real pur- Sphinx back in time, to re-live his life
absorbed the energy of the main pose. Eventually, the Sphinx in a time loop. Unfortunately, Galac-
computer of Xandar; his powers dra- became bored with his immortal life tus made a mistake, and sent the
matically increased. The second set and wished to free himself of the Ka Sphinx to a time period when he al-
of ability ranks and the power ranks Stone and its powers. The Sphinx ready existed. The future Sphinx met
in parenthesis above represent the heard of a powerful being in the his past self just as he began to place
Sphinx's power levels during this Himalayan Mountains, and went the Ka Stone on his forehead. The
time. He also possesses the follow- there for help. In the Himalayas, the future self told his past self of what
ing powers after absorbing the Xan- Sphinx met the mystical being Galactus would do in the future. The
dar computer's energy. Sayge, also known as Veritas, the two worked together and built a ma-
Growth: Permanent Monstrous rank chine that could reform the Ka Stone
( +3CS to hit in combat). embodiment of truth . Sayge refused after it was destroyed by Galactus.
Talents: Over the centuries, the to help the Sphinx, and tortured him The future version then hypnotized
Sphinx picked up a lot of knowledge his past self into forgetting their
about science and history. The with predictions that the Sphinx
Sphinx possesses the following tal- would live forever. For some un- encounter. The future self then
ents: known reason, Sayge often accom- placed himself in suspended anima-
Medicine, Engineering, Chemistry, panied the Sphinx. tion.
Biology, Genetics, Archaeology,
Physics, Computers, Occult Lore, In modern times, the Sphinx be- Months after Galactus destroyed
Hypnotism, Languages and Repair/ gan to mind probe various people, the Ka Stone, the Sphinx awoke from
Tinkering. hoping to find a solution to end his suspended animation. He then be-
life. He had no luck until he probed gan to use the machine to restore the
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: crushed Ka Stone. During a chance
Through most of his long life, the the mind of Richard Ryder, who had encounter with the Thing, the ma-
Sphinx was obsessed with finding a recently became the hero known as
way to end his immortal life. He Nova. Ryder had gained his powers chine was destroyed before it had
found eternal life to be utterly boring. from a Nova Centurion, one of the completely reformed the Ka Stone.
He spent much time seeking release champions of the planet Xandar. Ry-
from the Ka Stone's influence. After der subconsciously possessed Since the machine had not com-
absorbing the power of the Xandar pletely restored the Ka Stone, the
computer, the Sphinx forgot his knowledge of Xandar and its planet- Stone began to disintegrate. The
thoughts of suicide. He now wanted sized computer. The Sphinx did not Sphinx knew that once it disinte-
more power to conqueror and de- know what the precise nature of Ry- grated, he would die. Seeking a final
stroy. The Sphinx was very vengeful der's knowledge was, but he did be- revenge, the Sphinx attacked the
man, never forgetting an insult. lieve that Ryder held the key to Thing and defeated him. The Thing
gaining his release from the Ka was saved by an old enemy, the Pup-
HISTORY: Stone. The Sphinx could not gain the pet Master, who felt he owed the
The Sphinx was born in ancient knowledge from Ryder though, be- Thing a debt of gratitude. Using one
of his puppets, the Puppet Master
Egypt, and served as the court wiz- cause the information was buried took control of the Sphinx's mind and
ard for the Pharaoh Ramses II. deep in Ryder's subconscious. made him crush the Ka Stone. When
When the wizard's powers proved this happened, the Sphinx's body
useless against the demonstrated The Sphinx eventually learned of turned to dust.
powers of the leader of the captive the existence of Xandar's computer,
Israelites, Ramses banished the wiz- from the living computer, Quasi-
ard. The wizard wandered for many modo. The Sphinx forced Ryder, and
years, finally coming upon an aban- a number of Ryder's friends and ene-
doned temple of unknown origin . In- mies, to go with him to Xandar. They
side, he found the mystical gem used a spaceship that Ryder had in-
known as the Ka Stone. The stone herited from the Nova Centurion that
somehow compelled him to place it had given him his powers. The
on his forehead. The stone then Sphinx absorbed huge amounts of
grafted itself to his forehead , grant- knowledge and energy from the Xan-
dar computer, enhancing his powers
dramatically. The Sphinx finally had
the knowledge and power to kill him-
self. Instead, he forgot about sui-
cide, and decided to destroy the
Earth instead.
The Fantastic Four learned of his
plans, and attempted to stop him.
The Fantastic Four bargained with
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SPIDER-MAN
STATISTICS:
F RM(30)
A AM(50)/MN(75)(enhanced)
S IN(40)/
SHIFT Z(500)(enhanced)
E IN(40)
R EX(20)
I GD(10)
P IN(40)1UN(1 OO)(enhanced)
Health: 1601645 (enhanced)
Karma: 70/130 (enhanced)
Resources: TY(6)
Popularity: 3016 (Peter Parker)
BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Peter Parker
Occupation: Graduate student in
chemistry, freelance photographer
Identity: Secret
Legal Status: U.S. citizen with no
criminal record
Place of Birth: New York City
Marital Status: Married
Known Relatives:Mary Jane Wat-
son Parker (wife), Richard Parker
(father,deceased) Mary Parker
(mother,deceased), Benjamin
Parker (uncle,deceased), May
Parker (aunt)
Base of Operations: New York City
Past Group Affiliations: Spider-
Man has sometimes worked for Sil-
ver Sable and her organization .
Present Group Affiliations:
KNOWN POWERS: Telescopic Vision: Unearthly inten- combat. If he fails the roll, his Intui-
Normal Powers: sity and Unearthly range. tion for that round is considered to be
Wall-Crawling: Amazing Intensity. Molding/Animate/Molecular Conver- Typical.
Spider-Sense: Amazing Intensity sion: Unearthly. Spider-Man must be Plasma Bolt: Unearthly. 10 area
Combat Sense. Spider-Man cannot touching the object he is effecting range.
be blindsided. If his Spider-Sense is with these powers. Flight: Remarkable air speed (6 ar-
not working, use the Intuition score Spider-Sense: His Combat Sense eas per round).
above, and all Agility FEATs will then Light Flash: Remarkable intensity. 2
be at a-1CS. has been increased to Unearthly area range.
Webcasting: Monstrous power rank. rank, and now includes super hear- Talents: Peter Parker is a graduate
Dissolves after one hour. ing. In combat, the enhanced student in chemistry, minoring in
Spider-Tracer: Spider-Man carries Spider-Sense sometimes overloads physics. He works as a freelance
several of these small homing de- his senses. While in combat, or photographer.
vices, shaped like spiders. Tuned to when he is about to be attacked by Contacts: As Peter Parker, he has
his Spider Sense, they allow him to surprise, he must make a successful contacts at the Daily Bugle newspa-
track with Amazing accuracy at a Reason FEAT roll every round during
range of one mile. 219
Spider-Light: Good Rank illumina-
tion.
Enhanced Powers:
Body Resistance: Unearthly.
Kinetic Bolt: Unearthly. 1O area
range.
Penetration Vision: Unearthly. 10
area range.
per. As Spider-Man, he has contacts was going on at the Armory when Pe- Recently, it has been revealed that
with almost every American super ter got there. A professional wrestler Kristie ran away from her uncaring
hero. He also has contacts with Sil- was offering a $100 to anyone that parents and she suffers from ano-
ver Sable and her organization, the could stay in the ring with him for rexia. Thomas Fireheart (Puma) has
Wild Pack. Thomas Fireheart three minutes. Peter donned a now bought out the Daily Bugle from
(Puma), feels that he owes Spider- mask, took the challenge, and was under Jameson. Fireheart feels that
Man a debt of honor. able to easily defeat him. Spotting he owes Spider-Man a debt of honor
this, a local television producer's tal- and now plans to have the Daily Bu-
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: ent agent at the match offered Peter
When his uncle died, Peter Parker work on a variety television show, to gle praise Spider-Man unlike Jame-
learned that with great power comes which Peter agreed. For the next few son's past editorial policy.
great responsibility. That philosophy nights, Peter created a costume, and
has been his main motivation in his invented a special webbing that he Peter has now returned to his
career as Spider-Man. Peter's per- could shoot from devices on his studies and is doing some post-
sonal life has always been filled with graduate work as a lab assistant at
misfortune and tragedies. He uses wrists. Calling himself the Amazing Empire State University. Peter was
his time as Spider-Man to let out Spider-Man, Peter appeared on the recently helping Professor Max Lu-
steam. He likes to make wisecracks show and became an instant suc- bisch on his experiments to discover
during his fights, which usually up- cess. an extradimensional power source
sets his foes. Peter has always been when an accident occurred. Peter
worried about mortally wounding an Right after the show, a burglar ran took the brunt of an energy backlash
opponent, so he tries never to really right by Peter, pursued by a studio that almost hit Professor Lubisch
lose his temper. This has recently be- security guard. Peter did nothing to
come even more important to him, stop the burglar, even though he and soon discovered that the energy
with his new power increase. could have easily tripped him, and backlash had somehow increased
the burglar got away. When the his powers and gave him new ones.
HISTORY: guard asked Peter why he didn't His spider-sense has become so
A bright, honor student in science stop him, Peter said that it wasn't his sensitive that he now has trouble
job to catch criminals. A few days controlling it. He is able to project en-
at Midtown High School, Peter was later, Peter arrived home to find out ergy bolts and he has become in-
extremely shy, bookish, and a loner that his Uncle Ben had been shot by credibly resistant to most forms of
at school. a burglar who was trapped by the po- damage. Peter is now extremely
lice at a nearby abandoned ware- scared of hurting someone with his
One night, Peter attended a public house. Peter donned his costume increased powers. Early evidence in-
exhibition sponsored by General and went after the burglar himself. dicated that the power might have
Techtronics demonstrating the safe Upon capturing the crook, Peter re- originated from a mysterious source
handling of nuclear lab waste materi- alized that it was the same burglar he that has effected others in the past
als, during which a small spider acci- had not stopped at the television stu-
dentally got in the path of a particle dio. Peter realized then that if he had such as Captain Universe.
accelerator beam and became irra- acted responsibly, his uncle might During the "Acts of Vengeance"
diated. The dying spider fell on Peter not be dead. He promised himself
Parker's hand and bit him and Peter that he would never forget that with affair, Spider-Man used his new
ran out of the exhibition hall. On the great power comes great responsi- powers to successfully defeat Tita-
way home, Peter was attacked by bility. nia and Magneto. Spider-Man was
some street gang members, but to then attacked by the robot known as
his surprise, was able to fling the Peter began to use his powers to Tess-One, which was under the con-
punks out of his way. Fleeing from fight crime, took pictures of his fights trol of Doctor Doom. Spider-Man de-
the thugs, Peter was almost run over using an automatic camera, and stroyed the robot, but during the
by a speeding car, and leaping out of then sold the pictures to the Daily Bu- battle it absorbed a small quantity of
the way, he jumping about 30 feet up Spider-Man's cosmic energy. Doctor
onto a wall. Peter soon discovered gle. Since then, Spider-Man has be- Doom later reclaimed the piece of
that he could cling to walls, and that come one of the most well-known the robot that had absorbed the en-
he now had a perfect sense of bal- heroes in New York City. Unfortu- ergy, planning to use the energy him-
ance. Peter guessed that these nately, although a hero, some people self.
powers had been caused by the bite still think of him as a menace.
of the irradiated spider. Peter lost his enhanced powers af-
Recently, Peter Parker got mar- ter a battle with some renegade
That night, his Aunt May asked ried to Mary Jane Watson who has Sentinels, saving all New York in the
Peter to deliver some clothing to a known he is Spider-Man from almost process. Many of the villains he de-
charity drive going on at the National the beginning of his career. Peter's feated with his enhanced powers are
Guard Armory. A wrestling match old friend Harry Osborne leased the now looking for revenge.
couple a loft in the building that
Harry and his family are also living
in. Mary Jane's niece Kristie also re-
cently moved in with the Parkers.
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STATISTICS: SPIRIT DF 176
F EX(20) ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
A EX(20) Nasland was a brave man who truly
S GD(10) believed in his country. His great pa-
E EX(20) triotism made him the perfect re-
R TY(6) placement for Captain America
I GD(10) when Steve Rogers disappeared.
P TY(6) While he was Captain America,
Health: 70 Nasland was driven to take chances
Karma: 22 so that no one would know that he
Resources: FE(2)/M N(75)(Captain was not really the original Captain
America II) America. He felt that he constantly
Popularity:10/50 (as Captain Amer-
ica II) 221
BACKGROUND:
Real Name: William Nasland
~ Occupation: Adventurer
Legal Status: U.S. citizen with no
criminal record
Identity: Secret
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Penn-
sylvania
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Mobile, Phila-
delphia
,-...,.._ Past Group Affiliations: Crusaders
(as Spirit of '76), Invaders (as Cap-
tain America), All-Winners Squad (as
Captain America)
Present Group Affiliations:
KNOWN POWERS:
Cape: When Nasland was the Spirit
of '76, he wore a special cape that
provided him with Good protection
~ from physical and flame attacks, but
Slam and Stun results could still ef-
fect him. The cape automatically
protected him from such attacks
made from behind, but he could also
draw it around him to protect him in
the front.
Shield: While Captain America,
Nasland used a shield made of steel
(Remarkable strength material). The
shield provided him with Remark-
able protection against physical at- ADDITIONAL NOTES:
tacks, but he was still effected by
Slams and Stuns. He could throw the
shield up to three areas away, caus-
ing Good Blunt Throwing damage.
Talents: The Spirit of '76 was appar-
ently trained in Martial Arts A and B.
~ Contacts: As the Spirit of '76,
Nasland had contacts with the In-
vaders. As Captain America, he had
contacts with the Invaders and the
All-Winner's Squad.
had to prove himself to be worthy to George VI. Alfie convinced the Cru- discovered a plot to substitute a ro-
wear Captain America's costume. saders that the Invaders were actu- bot double for a Boston congressio-
ally Nazi agents, which led to a battle nal candidate, John F. Kennedy. The
HISTORY: between the two teams at the chris- being behind the plot was Adam II,
Nasland first became well-known tening of a battleship. The Invaders an evil android created by Professor
were able to stop the assassination Phineas T. Horton. Nasland and
in the 1940s as a costumed hero and reveal Alfie's true nature. The Davis discovered Adam II and his
fighting Nazi espionage in America. Crusaders broke-up, but Nasland hideout. The two heroes battled
He probably adopted his patriotic continued his career as a hero. Adam II and hordes of his robots.
costume and name in honor of the Davis was knocked unconscious
original Captain America. In 1945, right before the end of the during the battle. Nasland escaped
war, the original Captain America and went to Boston 's Old North
In 1942, the Spirit of '76 moved to and Bucky disappeared. President Church, planning to summon the
England and became the only non- other members of the All- Winner's
British member of the Crusaders, a Harry S. Truman asked Nasland to Squad. One of Adam's robots caught
group of super humans dedicated to become Captain America, and up with Nasland and crushed him in
foiling Nazi efforts in London . The asked a boy named Fred Davis to his grip. The dying Nasland used a
Crusaders had been recruited by a take up the identity of Bucky. The flare device to destroy the robot and
man named Alfie, who they thought new Captain America and Bucky to summon the All-Winner's Squad.
to be with the British government. In fought with the Invaders against the The Squad was able to defeat Adam
reality, Alfie was a German spy that Japanese in the Pacific Theater of II and thwart his plans, thanks to the
had organized the Crusaders to help operations. After the war was over, dead hero.
in a plan to discredit the Invaders. Al- Nasland and Davis joined the All-
fie also planned to use the Cru- Winner's Squad, a post-war version
saders in a plan to assassinate King of the Invaders which operated in the
United States.
In 1946, the All-Winner's squad
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SPITFIRE
.......--.._ STATISTICS:
F G0(10) during
A IN(40)
S G0{10)
E EX(20)
R TY(6)
I GD{10)
p TY(6)
Health: 80
Karma: 22
Resources: RM(30)
Popularity:0/10 (Britain
WWII)
BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Lady Jacqueline
Falsworth. Crichton
Occupation: Adventurer
Identity: Secret
Legal Status: British citizen with no
criminal record
Place of Birth: Maidstone, England
Marital Status: Widowed
Known Relatives: Lord Falsworth
(father, original Union Jack, de-
ceased), Brian (brother, second Un-
ion Jack, deceased), John (uncle,
Baron Blood, hopefully permanently
deceased), Lord Crichton {husband,
deceased), Kenneth Crichton (son)
Base of Operations: Falsworth Ma-
nor, England
Past Group Affiliations: Invaders
Present Group Affiliations:
KNOWN POWERS:
Lightning Speed: Good rank. Spitfire
trailed a tail of fire behind her when
she ran. The fire was not capable of
causing damage. Spitfire's blows
were delivered with high velocity,
causing Remarkable damage.
Skin Armor: Excellent protection
against physical attacks.
Talents: Jacqueline was trained in
First Aid. Captain America taught
Jacqueline Martial Arts A and E.
ADDITIONAL NOTES: ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Jacqueline was raised as a member
of Britain's upper class, but this did HISTORY:
not cause her to become arrogant. Jacqueline was the daughter of
Instead it instilled in her great sense
of duty toward her country and its Lord Montgomery Falsworth, who
people. Jacqueline is a brave had been the costumed hero, Union
woman , who always remains cheer- Jack, during WWI. During an air raid
ful and optimistic, no matter how bad attack on London in WWII , Jac-
things get. queline was attacked by Baron
Blood, the Nazi vampire. She was
rescued by the original Human
223
Torch, who drove the vampire off. blood, plus the foreign enzymes in- band died sometime after they had a
Jacqueline invited the Torch and the troduced into her bloodstream by son, Kenneth. She then moved back
other Invaders to dinner at the Baron Blood's bite, combined to give into Falsworth Manor, to look after
Falsworth Mansion. Lord Falsworth her ill father.
told them about his career as Union her super-human speed. The hospi-
Jack. Lord Falsworth then volun- tal she was at was suddenly invaded Years later, Baron Blood returned
teered the use of the Mansion as a by a Nazi agent in battle armor, to haunt her and her family. Lord
base of operations for the Invaders. called the Blue Bullet. He attacked Falsworth called Captain America
the hospital looking for the Invaders. and asked for his help. With the aide
Jacqueline and her father were Jacqueline used her new powers to of the latest Union Jack, Captain
later captured by a Nazi spy opera- save the weakened Torch, and to America was able to destroy Baron
tion which the Invaders had been help the other Invaders defeat the Blood, beheading the vampire with
fighting. Jacqueline was again bitten Blue Bullet. his shield. Jacqueline's father died
by the Nazi vampire, Baron Blood, of an heart attack during the final
who was apparently also her uncle. Jacqueline made herself a cos- confrontation with Baron Blood.
The Invaders saved Jacqueline and tume, and called herself Spitfire, af- Though she disapproves of her son's
her father, but Jacqueline had been ter the British fighter plane of the friend Joey, due to his lower class
drained of a lot of blood by Baron same name. She joined the In- standing, she has not stopped him
Blood. Jacqueline was rushed to a vaders, and stayed with them till the from continuing his career as the
hospital, and received a blood trans- end of the war, when she retired. By third Union Jack.
fusion from the original Human 1950, her super powers had com-
Torch . She soon discovered that the pletely disappeared. In 1956, Jac-
transfusion of the Torch's android queline married an English
nobleman, Lord Crichton. Her hus-
224
BTRATDBFIRE
STATISTICS:
F GD(10}
A IN(40}
S GD(10}
E UN(100}
R EX(20)
I GD(10}
P PR(4}
Health: 160
Karma: 34
Resources: MN (75) (Roxxon)/ TY(6)
Popularity: 1O(public)/-1 O (govern-
ment)
BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Sandy Vincent
Occupation : Roxxon employee, ter-
rorist
Legal Status: U.S. citizen with crimi-
nal record
Identity: Secret
Place of Birth: Unknown
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: San Francisco
Past Group Affiliations: Roxxon
Corporation
Present Group Affiliations:
KNOWN POWERS:
Energy Body: Unearthly rank. Stra-
tosfire's body mass had been perma-
nently changed into microwave
energy.
Self-Sustenance: Unearthly power
rank.
Radiowave Control: Amazing power
rank.
Microwave Energy Absorption: Un-
earthly power rank.
Microwave Energy Solidification: Flight: Unearthly power rank. ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Shapechange: When she turned
Monstrous power rank. Stratosfire solid, she could take any form she ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
wished. This power is only Good, When Stratosfire first appeared, she
could create energy cloaks that pro- since she only used the power to was only interested in helping peo-
change the appearance of her cloth- ple. An idealist, she was easily
vided Monstrous protection against ing. fooled by Roxxon into doing some
Invisibility: Unearthly power rank. unethical acts. After she found out
physical, energy and heat attacks. When in pure microwave form, she that she had been duped, Sandy be-
was invisible to the naked eye. She
oThe cloaks could cover up to 1 ar- could be detected by energy sen- 225
eas. sors.
Communicate with Cybernetics:
Microwave Energy Control: Un- Amazing power rank.
Talents: Sandy Vincent had a col-
earthly power rank. lege degree in Political Science.
Radiowave Generation: Unearthly Contacts: Before turning rogue,
Sandy had high contacts with Rox-
rank microwaves only. xon Corporation .
Body Transformation-Others!
Molecular Conversion: Stratosfire
could transform living beings and ob-
jects into microwave energy.
Teleport Self/Others/Objects: Un-
earthly power rank. She could only
do this to other people and objects
when she had transformed them into
microwave energy.
came a violent idealist. She was people during natural disasters and she would next strike at the Naval
even willing to kill anyone who op- accidents. She was publicized as a Shipyards in San Diego.
posed her philosophy and tried to Roxxon employee, creating a good
stop her. public image for the corporation. A worried Roxxon activated a spe-
cial emergency plan that would re-
HISTORY: Unknown to the public, Stratosfire form the destroyed Sunturion. The
Babs Bendix and Sandy Vincent was also doing some unheroic next day, Stratosfire found her ef-
deeds for Roxxon, like the destruc- forts to be blocked at the Naval Ship-
both got college degrees in Political tion of a rival corporation's oil refin- yards, by Iron Man and the
Science, and planned to help ery in South America. Babs, Sandy's reintegrated Sunturion. They were
change the world for the better. In- friend grew concerned about the able to stop Stratosfire, but she es-
stead, they ended with jobs in the changes in Sandy's personality, and caped. Working together, Iron Man
Roxxon Corporation secretarial felt that Roxxon was using her for
pool. their own unethical purposes. Babs and Sunturion deduced that she
contacted Tony Stark (Iron Man), and would probably strike at a space
A routine checkup by Roxxon 's re- told him about Sandy's transforma- shuttle test launch, that was actually
search department revealed that tion into Stratosfire. Unfortunately, going to place some "Star Wars"
Sandy had chromosomes suitable Roxxon found out about Babs' talk technology into orbit. Stratosfire at-
for a special transformation process, with Stark, and had her killed. Sandy tacked the shuttle, almost destroying
like the one Arthur Dearborn (Suntu- found out about the murder and re- it and the crew. A Roxxon represent-
rion) had been subject to. They belled against her employees. She ative tried to activate a self destruct
asked Sandy if she would be willing vowed to use her powers to protect device in Stratosfire's body, called
to undergo the transformation, and the general public from what she the Zed Control. Unfortunately, Stra-
gain the ability to change the world thought was harmful. tosfire already knew about the de-
and help people. Sandy eagerly vice, and was easily able to jam the
agreed, and the transformation suc- Sandy and Iron Man briefly clashed activation signal. While Iron Man
ceeded, turning her body mass into while she was destroying an un- tried reasoning with her, Sunturion
microwave energy that she could activated nuclear plant. Stratosfire de- sneaked up behind her and put his
mentally control. Sandy became feated Iron Man, and promised nearby hands inside her body. Sunturion
Stratosfire, a resident hero of San protestors that she would use her was then able to activate the Zed
Francisco. She saved a number of powers to create a world where every- Control, which apparently destroyed
one could live in peace. She then said her.
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SUNTURIDN
STATISTICS:
F GD(10)
A IN(40)
S IN(40)
E UN(100)
R IN(40)
I GD(10)
P TY(6)
Health: 190
Karma: 56
Resources: MN(75)
Popularity: O
BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Arthur Dearborn
Occupation: Roxxon Engineer
Legal Status: U.S. citizen with no
criminal record
Identity: Secret
Place of Birth: Unknown
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Starwell, Mo-
bile
Past Group Affiliations: Roxxon
Corporation
Present Group Affiliations:
KNOWN POWERS:
Energy Body: Unearthly rank. Suntu-
rion's body had been permanently
changed into microwave energy.
Self-Sustenance: Unearthly power
rank.
Radiowave Control: Amazing power
rank.
Microwave Energy Control: Un-
earthly rank-Microwave Energy
Absorption. Unearthly power rank.
Microwave Energy Solidification:
Monstrous rank. Sunturion could
create energy bubbles that provided
Monstrous protection against physi-
cal, energy and heat attacks. The
bubble could cover 1 area.
Radiowave Energy Control: Un-
earthly rank
Radiowave Generation: Unearthly
rank microwaves only. solid, he could take any form he Amazing power rank.
wished. This power is only Good, Talents: Arthur Dearborn is an ex-
Body Transformation-Others/ since he only used the power to pert in solar energy, electronics,
change the appearance of his cloth- physics and engineering.
Molecular Conversion: Sunturion ing. Contacts: Arthur Dearborn had con-
Invisibility: Unearthly power rank. tacts with high-level Roxxon busi-
could transform living beings and ob- When in pure microwave form, he nessman. Without Sunturion's
was invisible to the naked eye. He powers, he probably only has mid-
jects into microwave energy. could be detected by energy sen- level contacts now.
sors.
Teleport Self/Others/Objects: Un- 227
Communicate with Cybernetics:
earthly power rank. He could only do
this to other people and objects
when he had transformed them into
microwave energy.
Flight: Unearthly power rank.
Shapechange: When he turned
ADDITIONAL NOTES: air to survive, he volunteered to be- enough. Sunturion asked Iron Man
come the entire crew of his solar to try again, which he did. This time,
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: space station. Roxxon agreed, and Sunturion used the energy that com-
Arthur Dearborn is a good man, who built the space station, Star Well I, in posed his body to increase Iron
wants to help the whole human race orbit. The space station was pro- Man's deflector beam . This time it
and bring peace to the world. Unfor- vided with radar jamming devices, to worked, knocking the Star Well into
tunately, he is an extreme idealist prevent intervention from govern- the Gulf of Mexico. Unfortunately,
and scientist, who believes that a ments or rival corporations. this apparently totally dissipated
small loss of life is acceptable, if it Sunturion's body.
benefits billions of lives. His recent A few months after the station be-
encounter with Stratosfire has came operational, there was an acci- At one point, Roxxon tried to rein-
caused him to re-think his values. dent. A transmission malfunction tegrate Sunturion, using some sort
occurred, bathing Allantown, Iowa of Sunturion "suit," but the experi-
HISTORY: ment failed, after Daredevil became
Arthur Dearborn began his career with the microwave beams, killing involved. Later, Roxxon lost control
everyone. Iron Man traced the micro- of another employee , Stratosfire,
as a design engineer for Roxxon wave energy to its source, Star Well who had been given microwave
Corporation. Dearborn designed a I. Iron Man met Sunturion, the sta- powers like Sunturion. This time,
space station that would serve as a tion's guardian, and Arthur Dear- they successfully reintegrated Sun-
reception and storage unit for solar born. Iron Man accused the Star Well turion and asked him to stop Stratos-
radiation. The solar energy would of causing the deaths, and Dearborn fire. After stopping the stunned Iron
then be converted into microwave admitted to a slight malfunction at
energy, and transmitted down in a Man from being killed by Stratosfire,
tight beam to receiving antennas on the time of the deaths. Dearborn in- the Sunturion and Iron Man joined
Earth. Roxxon liked the idea, but the sisted that the lives of a few hundred forces to stop her. Iron Man and Sun-
company accountants said that the people meant nothing since they turion next fought Stratosfire during
cost of keeping a crew on board, to were developing a power source that
repair and evaluate problems, would could save billions. Before Iron Man the launch of a space shuttle con-
make it too costly. could shut down the station, it was taining some orbital "Star Wars"
attacked by Russian " killer satel- technology. While Iron Man dis-
For this reason, Dearborn volun- lites." Iron Man and Sunturion tracted her, Sunturion sneaked up
teered for some experiments being worked together, and defeated the behind her and put his hands inside
done by one of Roxxon's subsidi- satellites. A Roxxon leader, Mr. Hale, her body. Sunturion then activated a
aries, the Brand Corporation. The then contacted the space station.
experiments converted Dearborn's Finding out of about Iron Man's pres- special self-destruct device built into
body mass into microwave energy ence, Hale tried to activate the sta- Stratosfire's body. She had discov-
that he could mentally control. Since tion's self-destruct device, but Iron ered the device and had been jam-
Dearborn no longer needed food or Man had already disconnected it. ming the signals to it. Sunturion was
Iron Man then set out to remove the caught in the explosion which appar-
station's solar panels, rendering the ently destroyed Stratosfire. Suntu-
station's solar energy gathering
powers. Sunturion intervened, and rion reverted to his human form and
during the battle between the two began to fall, but he was saved by
men , the Star Well was knocked out Iron Man. The explosion somehow
of orbit. As the massive station be- reverted Dearborn's molecules back
gan to fall to Earth, Iron Man calcu- to normal, causing him to lose his mi-
crowave powers. His current status
lated that its debris would fall right on with Roxxon , as well as law enforce-
top of Sarasota, Florida. Iron Man ment officials, is unknown at the cur-
tried to use his deflector beam to rent time.
push the Star Well away from its
course, but it wasn't powerful
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SUPREME SOVIETS
FANTASIA
STATISTICS:
F GD(10)
A GD(10)
s TY(6)
E GD(10)
R TY(6)
I EX(20)
p AM(50)
Health: 36
Karma: 76
Resources: UN(100)
Popularity: 0/25 (Russia)
BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Unrevealed
Occupation: Soviet agent
Legal Status: U.S.S.R. citizen with
no criminal record
Identity: Secret
Place of Birth: Russia
Marital Status: Unknown
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Russia
Past Group Affiliations: Supreme
Soviets
Present Group Affiliations:
KNOWN POWERS: Karma: 18 damage. Perun can bounce the axe
Illusion Casting: Amazing rank. Resources: UN (100) off of solid structures, to do special
Illusory Invisibility: Amazing rank. Popularity: 0/25 (Russia) trick shots, or to cause it to return it to
Talents: None him at the end of the round. Such
Contacts: Fantasia has connections BACKGROUND: trick shots take a red bullseye result
high up in the Soviet government. Real Name: Unknown on an Agility FEAT roll.
She can also probably count on her Occupation: Soviet Agent Talents: Perun is a weapon special-
team mates to help her. Legal Status: Soviet citizen with no
criminal record ist with his axe ( + 2CS).
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: Identity: Secret
Fantasia prefers to trick opponents, Place of Birth: Russia Contacts: Perun has high connec-
rather than confronting them di- Marital Status: Unknown tions with the Russian government.
rectly. Even when her allies are in a Known Relatives: None
battle, she will try to stay out of it. Base of Operations: Russia ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
She prefers to stay invisible on the Past Group Affiliations: Supreme Perun eagerly enters battle, believ-
sidelines, and using her illusion Soviets ing that no one can beat him. He
powers to secretly help her partners. Present Group Affiliations: boasts constantly during a battle,
bragging that he is the Lord of Thun-
PERUN KNOWN POWERS: der and the Master of the Elemental
Flight: Incredible rank. Lightning.
STATISTICS: Lightning Bolts: Amazing damage.
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F RM(30) Axe: Perun can throw the axe up to
A GD(10)
S AM(50) five areas away, with Remarkable
E AM(50) Agility.
R TY(6)
I TY(6) The axe is made of Incredible
P TY(6) strength material, doing Incredible
Health: 140 blunt damage, or Excellent Edged
RED rogant in his patriotism, believing
that his country is always right.
GUARDIAN Ill
SPUTNIK GROUP HISTORY
STATISTICS:
STATISTICS: The Supreme Soviets are the new-
F IN(40) est Russian super-team backed by
A RM(30) F EX(20) the Soviet government. The team
A EX(20) first appeared when they tried to kill
S GD(10) S IN(40} t he Soviet Super-Soldiers (Van-
E IN(40) guard, Darkforce, Ursa Major).
E RM(30) R EX(20}
R TY(6) I TY(6) The Soviet Super-Soldiers had de-
I GD(10} fected to America and were staying
P TY(6) P TY(6) at the Avenger's Hydro-Base. The
Health: 110 Health: 120 Supreme Soviets sneaked in , and
Karma: 22 Karma: 32 used Fantasia's powers to make
Resources: UN(100) them appear to be the Avengers.
Popularity: 0/30 (Russia) Resources: UN(100} They then told the Soviet Super-
Popularity: 0/20 (Russia) Soldiers that they had to test them to
BACKGROUND: make sure that they really were the
Real Name: Unknown BACKGROUND: Soviet Super-Soldiers. The dis-
Occupation: Soviet Agent Real Name: Unknown guised Supreme Soviets viciously at-
Legal Status: Soviet citizen with no Occupation: Soviet agent tacked the Soviet Super-Soldiers,
criminal records Legal Status: Property of Russia mortally wounding them, and then
Identity: Secret Identity: Public headed back to Russia. The injured
Place of Birth: Russia Place of Creation: Russia Soviet Super-Soldiers were found,
Marital Status: Unknown Marital Status: Unknown but soon apparently died because of
Known Relatives: None Known Relatives: None their injuries. A suspicious Captain
Base of Operations: Russia Base of Operations: Russia America decided to pay a formal visit
Past Group Affiliations: Supreme Past Group Affiliations: Supreme to Russia. While there, he witnessed
Soviets Soviets a number of rampages by a gigantic
Present Group Affiliations: Present Group Affiliations: black bear, composed of some sort
of dark energy. The Supreme Sovi-
KNOWN POWERS: KNOWN POWERS: ets were, one by one, absorbed into
Shield: The Red Guardian uses a the body of the huge creature.
shield made of Remarkable strength Phasing: Amazing rank.
material. The shield provides the Captain America guessed what
Red Guardian with Remarkable pro- Flight: Excellent rank. was happening and entered the
tection against physical attacks, and body of the bear himself. Inside, he
Good protection against Energy at- Energy Beams: Remarkable energy found the Soviet Supreme members
tacks. He can still be effected by and the spirits of the Soviet Super-
Stuns and Slams. He can throw the damage with a range of 3 areas. Soldiers. The spirits explained that
shield up to 4 areas away, with they were absorbing the life energies
Amazing Agility, and cause Good Neural Manipulation-Disruption: of the Supreme Soviets to heal
blunt damage. The Red Guardian bodies. Captain America tried to rea-
can bounce the shield off several ob- Amazing rank at touch range only. son with them, saying that if they
jects, and have it return the following killed the Supreme Soviets, they
round. He can also perform other Life Support: Incredible rank; he would no longer be worthy of calling
trick shots while using the shield. themselves heroes. There was a
The trick shots require a red result does not need to eat or breathe. sudden flash of light, and the great
on an Agility FEAT roll. bear disappeared. The Supreme So-
Talents: Weapon Specialist (Shield}, Machine Animation/Control: viets were left behind, barely alive.
Leadership, Acrobatics, Tumbling ,
Martial Arts A and B. Amazing rank. Returning to the United States,
Contacts: The Red Guardian has a Captain America found the Soviet
number of contacts placed high Energy/Life/Power Detection: All at Super-Soldiers rapidly recovering.
within the Soviet government. Apparently they had succeeded in
Amazing rank. absorbing enough energy to revive
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: themselves. Since then, nothing has
The Red Guardian takes his role as Talents: Sputnik has the Computer been heard concerning the Supreme
the living symbol of Russia very seri- Soviets. The individual backgrounds
ously. He is extremely fervent and ar- and Electronics talents. and origins of most of the Soviet
Super-Soldiers are unknown.
Contacts: Sputnik has contacts with
officials high in the Russian govern-
ment.
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Sputnik is an unemotional android,
similar to how Vision acted when he
first appeared. Sputnik has been
programmed to serve the Russian
government with great patriotism.
He has also been programmed to be
loyal to his team mates, as long as it
does not interfere with his loyalty to
the Russian government.
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TESS-ONE (Total Elimination of Super-Soldiers]
STATISTICS:
F RM(30)
A GD(10)
S AM(SO)
E UN(100)
R PR(4)
I TY(6)
P FE(4)
Health: 190
Karma: 14
Resources: N/A
Popularity: 0
BACKGROUND:
Real Name: N/A
Occupation: N/A
Legal Status: U.S. government
property
Place of Construction: Somewhere
in the Midwest
Marital Status: N/A
Known Relatives: Professor Schu-
mann (Creator)
Base of Operations: Mobile
Past Group Affiliations: Once con-
trolled by Overrider, later a member
of Heavy Metal
Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS: Talents: Tess-One was programmed ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Robotic: Tess-One is a robot, having to fight using Martial Arts type B. Tess-One is a mindless machine,
no need for for air, food or sleep. Contacts: None only intent on obeying its current
Originally, Tess-One was made of a programming. It was originally pro-
steel alloy (Amazing rank Material ADDITIONAL NOTES: grammed to fight and destroy super-
Strength). This provided the robot soldiers created during WWII. Since
with Amazing protection against Captain America was the only super-
physical attacks, and Remarkable soldier created, it was programmed
protection against energy attacks. to recognize Captain America's cos-
The Overrider later had the robot tume. Tess-One was later repro-
coated with Adamantium (Class grammed to obey the orders of the
1000 rank Material Strength), provid- Super-Adaptoid. Doctor Doom later
ing the robot with complete Invulner- reprogrammed the robot to obey
ability to physical and energy him, and tricked it into believing
attacks. Tess-One's joints and inter- Spider-Man was a super-soldier.
nal workings are not so well pro-
tected. The joints only have 231
Unearth ly protection against
Bullseye missile results, edged kill
results or wrestling attacks made
against them.
Concussion Blasts: Amazing Force
damage.
Flight: Good air speed.
Regeneration: Remarkable rank.
Doctor Doom gave Tess-One the
power to repair itself by asorbing
nearby metal materials.
Energy Absorption: Doctor Doom
gave the robot Incredible rank en-
ergy absorption.
HISTORY Burger. No one saw the robot leave, Adamantium. Following different
When the Super-Soldier Project but everyone noticed the hole in the trails, Captain America and Wolver-
parking lot the next morning. Two ine arrived at Adametco just after
was first begun during WWII, there men went down to investigate, but Tess had been covered with the Ada-
was a special meeting between didn't come back up. Captain Ameri- mantium. The two heroes fought
President Roosevelt, top members ca's computer information network, Tess and Overrider, but the robot and
of the War Department and various Stars and Stripes, informed him its master were able to escape. Cap-
scientists. One of the scientists, Pro- about the apparent cave-in and the tain America and Wolverine split up
fessor Schumann , feared that once missing people. Captain America in- to follow their own leads and met a
an army of super-soldiers won the vestigated and found the two men day later. Captain America found out
war, they would return home and unconscious, knocked out by phos- about the robot's origin , while Wol-
take over America. Schumann sug- gene gas. Captain America rescued verine found out who Overrider was.
gested the creation of a special ro- Captain America was contacted by
~ot, TESS (Total Elimination of the men and then continued to ex- one of the members of his Stars and
Super-Soldiers), that would be built plore the bomb shelter. After avoid- Stripes network, who had sighted
to neutralize super-soldiers. F.D.R. ing a few more death traps, Captain Tess in the back of a van, near Offut
went ahead and okayed the sug- America discovered the room where air base in Nebraska. Wolverine and
gested project. the robot had been kept. From clues Captain America arrived at Offut af-
in the room, Captain America de- ter Overrider had begun his attack.
Unfortunately, the only man who duced that the room must have once Working together, the two heroes
knew how to create super-soldiers, contained a large robot. Captain were able to severe Tess's head, dis-
Professor Erskine, was killed after America found out that the land had abling the robot. Captain America
once belonged to a retired govern- and Wolverine stopped Overrider be-
creating only one super-soldier, ment man, named Schumann. Cap- fore he sent all of America's nuclear
Steve Rogers (Captain America). tain America then asked all the missiles to the bottom of the sea,
Now useless, the TESS project members of his Stars and Stripes without detonating them.
funds were cut off, and Schumann network to be on the lookout for a
was ordered to destroy his work. ln- large robot. Much later, Tess was activated by
stead,the paranoid Schumann took the Super-Adaptoid, and made a
his work to his home somewhere in Meanwhile, near Salem Center, member of an all-robot team , Heavy
the Midwest. He completed building New York, the X-Man known as Wol- Metal. Heavy Metal attacked the
verine encountered Bob Frank. Bob Avengers on their floating headquar-
the robot, and programmed it to kill Frank had once been the super- ters, Hydro-Base. She-Hulk and
Captain America. Schumann even- powered mutant known as Nuklo. Marrina forced Tess off the island,
tually died, and left the robot in a The simple man, who was the son of causing the robot to plummet to the ·
bomb shelter underneath his house. the WWII hero, the Whizzer, was at- bottom of the ocean. The robot was
tacked by the patrons of a bar that later salvaged and repaired by Doc-
Years later, a retired S.H.l.E.L.D. Wolverine was at. Bob Frank easily tor Doom. Doom provided the robot
agent, Richard Rennselaer, some- defeated the drunken men and wan- with some new powers and sent it af-
how found out about Schumann's ro- dered away from the bar. A curious ter Spider-Man , who had recently
bot. Rennsaeler was a mutant that Wolverine followed Bob Frank gained cosmic level powers. Spider-
could mentally control machines. through the woods. Nearby, Ren- Man blew the robot up into little
Rennsaeler's son, Johnny, had been nsaeler, who now called himself pieces. During the battle, the robot
afflicted with "Nuclear Psychosis," Overrider, was preparing to hijack a absorbed some of Spider-Man's cos-
causing the boy to totally withdraw semi-truck. He briefly lost control of mic energy. Doctor Doom then took
from reality. The psychosis was Schumann's robot, which he called the piece of Tess-One that had ab-
caused by the knowledge of the pos- Tess. The wandering robot encoun- sorbed a small quantity of Spider-
sibility of nuclear war and its effects. tered Bob Frank and attacked him Man's energy, planning to use the
The desperate Rennsaeler decided for some reason. Wolverine inter- energy himself.
to use his powers to control Schu- vened and saved Bob Frank, but the
mann's robot and make sure that the robot got away. Tess-One is currently still de-
possibility of nuclear war was elimi- activated.
nated. He mentally activated the ro- Overrider gained control over Tess
bot, and made it come to him. The again, and hijacked a truck going to
robot left the underground bomb Adametco Metallurgy. Arriving at the
shelter, which was now located un- company, Overrider forced some
derneath the parking lot of a Kwikkie worker to coat Tess with a layer of
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STATISTICS: TORO
F GD(10) 1940s- ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
A EX(20) Toro · acted like a typical teenager
S GD(10) even though he was raised in an un-
E RM(30) usual situation. He had a tendency to
R TY(6) be very cocky, believing that his
I TY(6) flame powers could protect him from
P TY(6) harm. The brave boy called the origi-
Health: 70 nal Human Torch "Pappy," and loved
Karma: 18 the android like a father.
Resources: FE(2)
Popularity: 10 (during 233
1950s)/2
~ BACKGROUND: ADDITIONAL NOTES:
~ Real Name: Thomas " Toro" Ray-
~ mond
Occupation: Circus Fire-eater, ad-
,...---...._ venturer
Legal Status: U.S. citizen , de-
ceased
Identity: Secret
Place of Birth: New York City
Marital Status: Married
Known Relatives: Fred Raymond
(father, deceased), Nora Raymond
(mother, deceased), Ann Raymond
(wife), Original Human Torch (legal
guardian)
Base of Operations: New York City,
London (during WWII)
Past Group Affiliations: Partner of
original Human Torch, member of
the Invaders, Kid Commandoes and
the All-Winner's Squad
Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS:
Energy Sheathe (Fire): Remarkable
intensity. Provides Toro with Re-
markable protection against physi-
cal weapons, since it melts objects
with Remarkable Material Strength
or less.
Fire Immunity: Monstrous protection
from fire attacks.
Fire Generation: Remarkable inten-
sity.
Fire Control: Monstrous intensity.
Flight: Excellent air speed (1 Oareas/
round, 105 mph).
Talents: None
Contacts: Toro could depend on
help from the members of the teams
he was a member of. He could also
depend on high government con-
tacts while he was with the Invaders
during WWII. The original Human
Torch was Taro's legal guardian.
HISTORY trunk to be placed on the tracks of recovered from the spray and retired.
the train that they were taking . Their Then, in December, 1953, an atomic
Fred Raymond , an expert in flame- train hit the tree trunk and derailed bomb test in the deserts of Nevada re-
proofing who experimented with as- vived the Human Torch. The Human
bestos, worked with Professor and Fred and Nora were killed in the Torch and Toro worked together for
crash. Thomas survived and was two years before they discovered that
Phineas T. Horton, the man who taken in by Tom and Ellie Alexander. the radiation from the bomb was caus-
would later create the original Hu- The kind couple worked at a local cir- ing the Torch's android body to mal-
man Torch. Prolonged exposure to cus as fire-eaters and noticed his im- function. The Torch said good-bye to
asbestos caused Fred to become munity to flame when he rushed into Toro and flew into the desert where he
very ill and he left his job with Horton, the burning train to find his parents. released a burst of energy and then
after which he met scientist Nora Thomas became a part of their act deactivated.
Jones. Nora was very ill herself due and he soon became famous be-
to overexposure to radium during cause of his immunity to flames. The Toro retired again, and eventually
some experiments, but the two got Human Torch and Asbestos Lady married. The Mad Thinker briefly re-
married and had a son they named read about Thomas in the newspa- activated the Human Torch and
Thomas and nicknamed "Toro" in pers and guessed who he was. The made him attack the Fantastic Four.
memory of the bullfights they had Human Torch was able to capture The original Human Torch was
seen on their honeymoon in Mexico. Asbestos Lady and her gang, before beaten by the Fantastic Four, and
Both knew that they would both she tracked down Thomas. The Hu- then deactivated. The Mad Thinker
probably die before Thomas became man Torch approached Thomas at arranged for funeral services to be
an adult. One day, they discovered publicly held for the Human Torch.
that Thomas was immune to fire, be- the circus, and Thomas suddenly Thomas Raymond attended the fu-
lieving him to be a mutant. burst into flame . They realized that neral, and was drugged afterward by
Thomas had powers similar to the the Mad Thinker. When he awoke,
T he Raymonds were later cap- Torch's, and the Human Torch then the Mad Thinker convinced Toro that
tured by the criminal Asbestos Lady arranged to become his legal guard- he was the original Human Torch and
ian. Calling himself Toro, he became placed a collar on his neck which
who committed crimes using fire the Human Torch's crime fighting could cause Thomas great pain if he
while she protected herself and her partner. didn't do the Mad Thinker's bidding.
gang with asbestos. The original Hu- The collar was damaged when Toro
man Torch had been watching the During WWII, the Human Torch and was forced to fight the Sub-Mariner.
Toro were members of the Invaders. Toro and the Sub-Mariner then went
Raymonds, believing that she might after the Mad Thinker and, during
try to gain the aid of an expert on as- Toro briefly left the Invaders during the the chase, the rest of Toro's memory
bestos. The Human Torch rescued war, to work with the Kid Comman- returned. The Mad Thinker was es-
the Raymonds, but Asbestos Lady does. After WWII, the Human Torch caping in a flying vehicle, when Toro
escaped. The Raymonds told the and Toro were members of the All·
Human Torch about Thomas' immu- Winner's Squad, a post-war version of entered the vehicle's rocket tubes
nity to fire. Soon after the attack, the Invaders. In 1949, the Human and used his own power to steer the
Fred learned that his wife only had a Torch and Toro were paralyzed when vehicle and crash it into the Mad
few weeks left to live. He did not tell sprayed with "Solution X-R;' a chemi- Thinker's Pacific island lab. The Mad
Nora, and arranged for one last fam- Thinker escaped the explosion using
ily trip. The vengeful Asbestos cal that some criminals got from the a teleportation device, but Toro was
Lady found out about the Raymond's Soviet Union. The crooks left Toro apparently killed in the crash.
trip and arranged for a huge tree alone, believing him to be useless
without his partner and buried the Hu-
man Torch in the Nevada desert. Toro
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TORPEDO
STATISTICS:
F GD(10)
A EX(20)
S GD(10)
E EX(20)
R GD(10)
I TY(6)
P TY(6)
Health: 60
Karma: 22
Resources: TY(6)
Popularity: 0/10 (in Clairton)
BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Brock Jones
Occupation: Retired professional
football player, ex-Vice President of
-~ Delmar Insurance Company, football
coach, part-time adventurer
Legal Status: U.S. citizen, de-
ceased
Identity: Secret
Place of Birth: New York City
Marital Status: Married
Known Relatives: Lorraine (wife),
Ann, Tammy and Daniel (children),
Maggie (sister)
~ Base of Operations: New York City
and Westport, Connecticut, later
Clairton, West Virginia
Past Group Affiliations: Allied with
Rom
Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS: made to protect the eyes during ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Battlesuit: Brock Jones wore a spe- high-speed flight. They were later
cial battlesuit that was a combination modified by Rom to serve as an en-
of human and Dire Wraith technol- ergy analyzer. The visor could then
ogy. The battlesuit provided him with detect the presence of various
the following abilities: unique energies. It could also detect
* Remarkable protection from physi- mutants, and shape-shifting beings
cal attacks. could be seen in their true form.
* Unearthly protection against en- Contacts: Torpedo could depend on
ergy attacks. help from Rom , the Spaceknight.
* Flight: Excellent speed, 20 areas/
round, 150 in open country. Short
bursts of speed for one round at Shift
Z speed, 500 areas per round at
2500 mph.
* Power Punch: Up to Incredible
damage.
* Shockwave: By directing the suit's
turbo jets at the ground, Torpedo
could cause Incredible intensity
shockwaves in a one area radius.
* Radiation Absorption: Unearthly.
Torpedo's battlesuit could absorb
high amounts of radiation, and then
harmlessly dissipate it.
* Visor: The visor was originally
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ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: out about the existence of the better West Virginia and took job as the lo-
Brock Jones was very uncomforta- battlesuit, and the location of the cal high school football coach.
ble in his role as a super hero. Most plans for it. Michael donned the Tor-
of the time, he donned the Torpedo pedo battlesuit and set out to destroy Unknown to Brock, the Dire
battlesuit out of a sense of duty. all the copies of the plans, and any Wraith's worst enemy, the Spa-
When he first began wearing it, he spare parts. During this mission, Mi- ceknight Rom, had also based him-
occasionally wore it to relieve the chael became involved in a battle self in Clairton. Seeing Rom fly
boredom of his everyday life. Even with Daredevil who thought he was a overhead one night, Brock mistook
though he didn't feel right wearing criminal. Michael accidentally him for one of the Rocketeers and at-
the costume, he was still a brave caused a section of a collapsing tacked him as the Torpedo. After a
man and gave his all in the battle building, which fatally injured him. short battle, Brock realized that Rom
with the Dire Wraiths. was not a Rocketeer. Brock and Rom
The dying scientist was dug out of became close friends, and they soon
HISTORY the rubble by Brock Jones, a former discovered the real story behind the
professional football hero, who had Torpedo battlesuit. Brock and Rom
A few years ago, the Earth was become a vice-president of the were able to defeat the Wraith Rock-
quietly invaded by an alien race of Delmar Insurance Company. Mi- eteers, which made Brock an instant
shapechangers, the Dire Wraiths. chael told Brock about his uncle's enemy of the Dire Wraiths.
When a Dire Wraith killed someone, evil plans and begged Brock to stop
they stole their victim's shape and Brock became Clairton's guardian
memories. The Dire Wraith's plans him. The brave young scientist then when Rom was called away to other
on Earth were being constantly dis- died. A strong sense of duty compel- parts of Earth to battle the Dire
rupted by an old enemy that had led Brock Jones to fulfill Michael Wraiths. Rom modified the Torpe-
tracked them to Earth. That enemy Stivak's last wishes and destroy the do's visor, allowing Brock to see Dire
was a Galadorian Spaceknight Torpedo battlesuit plans. Brock, who Wraiths, no matter what shape they
known as Rom. was bored with the dull routine of his took. Unknown to Rom and Brock,
life, became a part-time crimefighter. another branch of Dire Wraiths had
One of the Dire Wraiths, posing as Whenever Torpedo appeared, Sena- taken over the invasion of the Earth.
Senator Eugene Kligger Stivak, ar- tor Stivak sent men to capture the Unlike their scientific relatives, these
ranged for a Michael Stivak to emi- Torpedo battlesuit. The Senator's Dire Wraiths were experts in magic,
grate to America from Yugoslavia. men wore the weaker version of the and really controlled the Dire Wraith
The Dire Wraith, pretending to be his battlesuit that Michael Stivak had society. The sorcerous Dire Wraith's
uncle, asked the scientific Michael to given to his uncle. Stivak's men, who clouded Brock's mind, so that he
build a special battlesuit for national called themselves the Rocketeers, could not see that they had already
defense. In actuality, the Dire were beaten by Brock several times. killed most of the people of Clairton
Wraiths wanted Michael to build After the final defeat of the Rocke- and taken their places. Believing
them a battlesuit that would allow teers, the Dire Wraith posing as Sen- that peace had finally come to Clair-
them to defeat Rom. ator Stivak died. ton , Brock planned to retire his Tor-
Michael had just built the battle- Brock then decided to retire from pedo career again. The Dire Wraiths
suit when he accidentally found out his career as the Torpedo, believing attacked the day that Brock was go-
that he had been used by his Uncle the threat was over. A few months ing to announce his retirement.
Eugene. He discovered that Senator later, Brock was attacked at his Brock was outnumbered, and con-
Stivak was the leader of a criminal house by a new group of Rocke- fused by the powers of the new ali-
organization called the Corporation teers. Brock, in the Torpedo battle- ens. Brock fought bravely, but he
that planned to take over the United suit, was able to defeat the new was killed fighting to save Clairton.
States. Unknown to Michael, the group of Rocketeers. During the bat-
Corporation was actually a Dire tle, one of the defeated Rocketeers Brock's body and the Torpedo bat-
Wraith front. Michael built a less- disintegrated into ashes. Brock real- tlesuit were apparently destroyed in
powerful battlesuit and gave it to his ized that he was involved in some- a fire that consumed Brock's house.
uncle. Unfortunately, his uncle found thing that he did not completely
understand. Scared, Brock moved
himself and his family to Clairton,
236
TROLL ASSOCIATES
PHY Present Group Affiliation: Resources: FE(2)
Popularity: 0
STATISTICS: KNOWN POWERS:
Climbing: Remarkable intensity. BACKGROUND:
F RM(30) (with Enhanced Senses: Excellent sense Real Name: Phee
A EX(20) of smell. Phy can track people, or Occupation: Troll
S RM(30) sniff out precious gems and metals. Legal Status: None
E IN(40) Talents: Leadership Identity: Secret
Contacts: Other Trolls Place of Birth: Unknown
R GD(10) Marital Status: Unknown
I GD(10) ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: Known Relatives: None
P GD(10) He thinks he is slightly smarter than Base of Operations: Middle East
Health: 120 he actually is. Phy is prone to Past Group Affiliations: Troll Asso-
Karma: 30 schemes that are very complicated ciates
Popularity: 0/1 O(with Trolls) and outrageous. Present Group Affiliation:
Resources:FE(2)/UN(100)
Jones) PHEE KNOWN POWERS:
Magic Carpet: Remarkable Control ,
BACKGROUND: STATISTICS: Remarkable Body, Good Speed and
Real Name: Phy Excellent protection (if attacked from
Occupation: Troll F IN(40) below). The carpet was destroyed in
Legal Status: None A GD(10) the fight with X-Factor.
Identity: Secret S IN(40) Talents: Phee knows all five Martial
Place of Birth: Unknown E AM(50) Art types, and Wrestling.
Known Relatives: None R TY(6) Contacts: Other Trolls
Base of Operations: Under London I GD(10)
Bridge P GD(10) ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Past Group Affiliations: Troll Asso- Health: 140 Phee enjoys unarmed combat, and
ciates Karma: 26 likes to surprise his opponents with
his skills with various forms of mar- BACKGROUND: KNOWN POWERS: --
t ial arts. Real Name: Phay Body Armor: Amazing protection
Occupation: Troll against physical and energy attacks.
PHUMM Legal Status: None Flight: Good air speed (8 areas/
Identity: Secret round).
STATISTICS: Place of Birth: Unknown Claws: Remarkable damage, made
Marital Status: Unknown of Incredible Strength Material.
F RM(30) Known Relatives: None Talents: Plough's Fighting rank is In-
A GD(10) Base of Operations: Unknown credible when engaged in aerial
S RM(30) Past Group Affiliations: Troll Asso- combat.
E IN(40) ciates Contacts: Other Trolls.
Present Group Affiliation:
R PR(4) ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
KNOWN POWERS: Phough is the most vicious member
I PR(4) Shape-Change: Monstrous power of the Troll Associates.
P TY(6) rank. Phay cannot change into a
Health: 110 smaller form. GROUP HISTORY:
Karma: 14 Talents: Phay's Reason rank should The Troll race, which has existed
Resources: FE(2) be considered Incredible when deal-
Popularity: 5 ing with Philosophy and Literature. for centuries, has been forced to be-
Contacts: Other Trolls. come more secretive as the race of
BACKGROUND: man expanded in power and num-
Real Name: Phumm ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: ber. Recently, a young mutant boy in
Occupation: Troll Phay is probably the most intelligent London was kidnapped by one of the
Legal Status: None member of the Troll Associates. Most Trolls. The Troll, Phy, had seen
Identity: Secret of Phay's speech consists of quotes Thomas Jones turn a pencil into pure
Place of Birth: Unknown from various classical works of litera- gold . Phy took Thomas to his lair un-
Marital Status: Unknown ture and philosophy. derneath London Bridge. Phy and a
Known Relatives: None group of international Trolls planned
Base of Operations: Mount McKin- PHCUGH to flood the English market with gold,
ley destroying the British economy.
Past Group Affiliations: Troll Asso- STATISTICS: They hoped tharthis would force hu-
ciates mans to leave England, so the land
Present Group Affiliation: F RM(30) could be reclaimed by Trolls and
A RM(30) other magical creature.
KNOWN POWERS: S RM(30)
Cold Resistance: Amazing resist- E IN(40) X-Factor was contacted by Jones'
ance. R TY(6) mother, who believed that he had
Contacts: Other Trolls I TY(6) been kidnapped by a mutant. X-
P RM(30) Factor battled the Trolls, and they
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: Health: 130 were finally able to defeat the Trolls,
Phumm is not too bright, and is the Karma: 42 after Thomas Jones turned Phee
first to admit this. Phumm is slightly Resources: FE(2) and Phy into gold. The other Trolls
pessimistic. Popularity: O were able to escape, and still remain
at large.
PHAY BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Phough SPECIAL NOTES
STATISTICS: Occupation: Troll The Trolls exhibited a great fear of
Legal Status: None
F RM(30) Identity: Secret exposure to direct sunlight. If old leg-
A EX(20) Place of Birth: Unknown ends are true, a Troll touched by sun-
Marital Status: Unknown light is instantly turned into stone.
S RM(30) Known Relatives: None
E IN(40) Base of Operations: None All the Trolls, except Phy, were
R GD(10) Past Group Affiliations: Troll Asso-
ciates very tall , causing a + 1CS to all com-
I TY(6) Present Group Affiliation:
P RM(30) bat FEAT rolls made against them.
Health: 120 All the Trolls have Good intensity
Karma: 46 lnfravision and Nightvision, and
Resources: FE(2) Good protection against physical at-
Popularity: O tacks.
238
U.S. AGENT
STATISTICS:
F RM(30)
A RM(30)
S IN(40)
E AM(50)
R TY(6)
I GD(10)
P PR(4)
Health: 150
Karma: 20
Resources: TY(6)/UN(100) (govern-
ment)
Popularity: 5
BACKGROUND:
Real Name: John Walker
Occupation: United States Govern-
ment Agent
Identity: Secret
Legal Status: U.S. citizen
Place of Birth: Custer's Grove,
Georgia
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Caleb (father, de-
ceased), Emily (mother, deceased),
Mike (brother, deceased), Kate Tollif-
son (sister)
Base of Operations: Washington,
D.C. and Avengers Compound in
Malibu, California
Past Group Affiliations: Former
partner of the Buckies, former part-
ner of Battlestar, agent for the Ameri-
can government's Commission on
Superhuman Activities, member of
West Coast Avengers
Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS: it return the following round, but this ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Skin Armor: Excellent protection is not an established power stunt. John Walker is currently a confused
against physical and energy attacks. Talents: Walker knowns Martial Arts man, who is trying to do what he
Armor: Chain Mail vest provides A, B, C, and E. He also has the Mili- feels is best. He is a very patriotic
Good protection against Edged at- tary, Leadership, Acrobatics and man , who feels compelled to take
tacks. Tumbl ing skills. Walker gains a charge of situations. Walker can still
Shield: U.S. Agent uses a shield be arrogant at times, but he has
made of Vibranium, which has an In- + 1CS on all FEAT rolls when using learned to be more lenient towards
credible Material Strength Rank. others. Even though his parents are
The shield provides Unearthly pro- his shield. dead, he has a tendency to talk to
tections against concussion force at- Contacts: Walker has connections them when he is alone, as if they
tacks (Sonic attacks, Force attacks, with the upper levels of the American were still alive.
and shock waves from explosions). government, and also has a number
These type of attacks will not cause of friends in the United States army. 239
Slam or Stun results.It provides In-
credible protection against other
physical and energy attacks, which
can Slam or Stun U.S. Agent. U.S.
Agent can throw the shield up to six
areas, causing Incredible damage.
U.S. Agent can bounce the shield off
a number of hard surfaces and have
HISTORY Sometime after that, the Super- After battling several of the Skull's
John Walker's brother, Mike, was Patriot stopped a terrorist (Warhead) men, dressed as various enemies of
from detonating a nuclear bomb in his, Walker ran into Steve Rogers, in
an army helicopter pilot killed in the Washington, D.C.. About this time, his guise of the Captain. Rogers was
Vietnam war. This greatly effected Steve Rogers resigned as Captain there investigating the Skull's mur-
the young Johnny, who wanted to be America due to pressure from the der of Rockwell, the head of the
a hero and serve his country like his federal Commission on Superhu- Commission on Superhuman Activi-
brother. Johnny enlisted in the army man Activities. The Commission de- ties. The confused Walker attacked
as soon as he was old enough. After cided to ask the Super-Patriot to Rogers, who was able to defeat
leaving the military, Johnny heard become the sixth man to wear the Walker. The Skull then came out of
about the Power Broker, a mystery Captain America costume . hiding and told Rogers who he really
man who claimed that he could give was, and what had been going on.
people superhuman strength. In actuality, the chairman of the Walker revived and heard the Skull
Walker and a friend took the treat- Commission, Douglas Rockwell , talking. Just as the Skull attempted
ment and gained the increased was an agent for the original Red to kill Roger with his "dust of death"
strength. Skull. The Red Skull's conscious- contained in his long cigarette
ness now resided in a clone of Steve holder, Walker threw his shield. The
Walker planned to pay the Power Skull was coated with the dust,
Rogers. The Red Skull planned to which caused his head to transform
Broker back by becoming a member force Steve Rogers to retire, and into a blood-red skull.
of the Unlimited Class Wrestling then make certain his replacement
Foundation. Before he joined up, ruined Captain America's name. Walker and Rogers made their re-
Walker was contacted by Ethan Walker became Captain America, port to the Commission, who asked
Thurm, who convinced Walker to be- and one of the Buckies, Lemar Rogers to become Captain America
come a hero instead of a wrestler. Hoskins, became the new Bucky. Le- again. At first Rogers declined, but
Walker then became the masked mar latter changed his name to Bat- Walker personally asked him to re-
Super-Patriot, a hero who claimed to tlestar. Walker and Hoskins were consider. At a public press confer-
represent the American ideal of pa- trained by a number of special in- ence announcing the return of the
triotism. Thurm arranged for some fi- structors, including the villainous original Captain America, Walker
nancial backers, and came up with a Taskmaster. The Taskmaster, who is was apparently killed by a man wear-
public relations blitz that would con- gifted with "photographic" reflexes, ing a Watchdog uniform. The assas-
taught Walker how to throw the sin was then killed by somebody
vince the American public that shield like the original Captain Amer- dressed as Scourge. Walker's death
Walker was a hero. During a rally in ica. Walker and Hoskins went on a had been faked , but the appearance
Central Park, Super-Patriot claimed few special missions against various by Scourge was not planned. A Com-
that Captain America was out of criminal groups. The Commision mision member, General Hayworth
touch with contemporary America. then had a public ceremony to an- then arranged for Walker to get a
The Super-Patriot was then attacked nounce the appointment of a new new identity. Walker underwent
by men calling themselves the Buck- Captain America. During the cere- speech therapy and learned new
ies (Bold Urban Commandoes), who mony, Walker was attacked by the mannerisms. Walker then took the
wore costumes similar to Captain two other members of the Buckies, identity of U.S. Agent, wearing a cos-
America and claimed to support him. who felt slighted by Walker. Now call- tume similar to the one Rogers wore
The Super-P.at.riot easBy 'defeated ing 1hemselves Right-Winger and when he was the Captain. Walker
the Buckies, who were actually wres- Left-Winger, the two men revealed now serves as a special agent for the
tlers hired by Thurm as a public rela- Walker's identity to the public. Commission. Recently, the Commis-
tions stunt. sion had Walker become a member
A right-wing vigilante group known of the West Coast Avengers. Walker
A little later, Captain America con- is adjusting to being an Avenger's
fronted Walker, who challenged him as the Watchdogs, then tracked member, and secretly admires his
to a "contest of might." Captain down Walker's parents and killed new teammates.
America refused to fight Walker, but them . The vengeful Walker blamed
warned him that he would catch him his parent's deaths on Right-Winger
if he did anything illegal. The Buck- and Left-Winger. Walker captured
ies then attacked Captain America, the two men and left them to die in an
and were soundly beaten by the explosion. Right-Winger and Left-
hero. Captain America later accused Winger were able to survive, but they
Super-Patriot of being behind a num- were badly burned. The delighted
ber of attacks on foreigners by the Red Skull then lured Walker to his
Buckies. The Super-Patriot had in- headquarters in Washington, D.C.
tended the attacks to be part of an The Skull then confronted Walker
anti-terrorist campaign. Captain and claimed to be the real Steve
America and the Super-Patriot Rogers. The Skull told Walker that
briefly fought each other. he was the person really behind all of
Walker's recent troubles.
240
,.,.--...., UATU
STATISTICS: 241
F AM(50)
A AM(50)
s AM(50)
E UN(100)
R UN(100)
I UN(100)
p UN(100)
Health: 250
Karma: 300
Resources: UN (100)
Popularity: o
BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Uatu
Occupation: Observer
Legal Status: None
,r- Identity: Secret
Place of Birth: Unnamed Planet in
another galaxy
Marital Status: Unknown
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Blue Area of
the Moon
Past Group Affiliations: Uatu is a
member of the Watcher race, and
has quietly helped the Fantastic
~ Four in the past.
Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS:
Clairaudience/Clairvoyance: Un-
earthly range (2.5 billion miles).
Communicate With Plants/Animals/
Cybernetics: Unearthly.
Cosmic Awareness: Class 1000.
Empathy: Unearthly rank.
~ Force Field Generation: Unearthly
rank.
Gateway: Class 5000 range (500
light years).
Immortality: Immune to aging and
disease.
Kinetic Bolt: Unearthly damage.
Linguistics: Class 1000 rank.
Mental Invisibility: Class 1000 ability
that effects himself and anyone he
chooses.
Mind Probe: Unearthly rank. Anyone
being probed by Uatu has Unearthly
protection against others trying to
probe his mind at the same time.
Remote Sensing: Unearthly rank
with all six senses.
,.---.._ Self-Sustenance: Class 1000.
Shapeshifting: Unearthly rank.
Telekinesis: Unearthly intensity.
Telelocation: Class 5000.
Telepathy: Class 5000 with other
Watchers and entities, Unearthly
with mortals. was a Kree settlement millions of
years ago. Uatu currently shares the
Teleportation: Class 5000 (500 light Blue Area with Earth-born lnhu-
mans. Uatu was the first Watcher en-
years) HISTORY countered by Earth's inhabitants.
Uatu's race first appeared shortly Uatu was first met by the Fantastic
Total Memory: Class 5000. Four, when they went to the moon to
after the Big Bang. They advanced investigate the Blue Area. During
Levitation: Unearthly rank. rapidly, and soon mastered virtual their visit to the Blue Area the
immortality, and learned how to con- Fantastic Four were attacked by the
True Invulnerability: Class 1000 re- vert themselves into energy so they Red Ghost and his Super-Apes.
could travel through hyperspace. Uatu interfered, and allowed the
sistance to all attacks
The Watcher's High Tribunal dis- Fantastic Four to retain their memo-
Talents: Uatu knows all known tal- cussed sharing their advantages ries of him. Uatu grew fond of the
Fantast~c Four, and occasionally
ents, and many unknown ones. with less advanced races on other broke his oath by warning them of
planets. A Watcher named lkor felt menaces to Earth.
Contacts: Uatu has contacts with that it was an advanced race's duty
to help less advanced races. lkor's At the wedding of Reed Richards
the Fantastic Four, the lUnhautumaalnss~ son, Uatu, persuaded the majority to and Sue Storm, Uatu helped Reed
Eternity, and Galactus. side with lkor. A group of four Watch- defeat a horde of attacking villains.
ers, including Uatu, went to the He also aided Reed Richards in driv-
has contacts among the other mem- planet Prosicilius. They offered the ing the world-eater, Galactus, away
inhabit~nts of the planet knowledge from the Earth. Uatu even went so
bers of his race. of atomic energy, and trained them in far as to physically attack the Kree
its use. A few years later, the Watch- warrior, Captain Mar-veil. Uatu was
ADDITIONAL NOTES: eventually brought on trial for his vio-
ers returned to a Prosicuilius that lations against the Watcher code of
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: had been ravaged by nuclear war. ethi_cs. Uatu defended himself by
Uatu is considered a renegade by saying that he had allowed himself to
the other members of his race. Uatu The horrified Watcher race cre- identify with the actions and emo-
has grown secretly fond of the hu- '.ited an ethics code of complete non- tions he observed. Uatu was re-
""!an race, and sometimes quietly interference and passive lea~ed on his own cognizance,
aids the human race. He will never observation . A Watcher will not even vowing not to break the Watcher's
actively interfere, but he will warn he- help anyone dying at his feet; he will code again. He has not committed
roes of approaching danger, or sub- just record the being's passing. The any direct actions since then, but he
tly suggest a solution to a dangerous Watchers then abandoned their has revealed his presence during
problem. Uatu will ignore direct ap- home planet, and relocated through- several critical moments, which
peals for help. out the universe. Each Watcher have subtly influenced the incidents'
chose a specific solar system con- outcomes.
taining intelligent life, and simply ob-
served.
Uatu decided to observe the Earth
system, and eventually took up resi-
dence on Earth's moon. Uatu lives in
the Blue Area of the Moon, which
242
LINUS THE UNTOUCHABLE
STATISTICS:
F EX(20)
A GD(10)
s EX(20)
E RM(30)
R TY(6)
I GD(10)
p IN(40)
Health: 80
Karma: 56
Resources: TY(6)
Popularity: -5
BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Gunther Bain (legally
changed from Angelo Unuscione,
his real name)
.......- Occupation: Criminal, former wres-
tler
Legal Status: Naturalized citizen of
the United States with a criminal re-
cord
Place of Birth: Milan, Italy
Marital Status: Unknown
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Mobile
Past Group Affiliations: Former
~ member of Factor Three and the
original Brotherhood of Evil Mutants
Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS: Strength when he is Grappling or Es· ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Force Field: Incredible protection caping. Unus spent most of his life as a loner,
against physical, energy and mental Contacts: Unus has many contacts and was never friendly toward any-
attacks at all times. Unus could raise in the wrestling business. Unus was one except the Blob. In combat,
the field one power rank per round, a member of the original Brother- Unus enjoys taunting opponents and
up to a maximum of Unearthly. The hood of Evil Mutants, but he could re- bragging about how they can't hurt
force field could radiate outward ally only depend on the Blob. him.
from Unus's body, allowing him to
levitate, and provide complete pro- ADDITIONAL NOTES: HISTORY
tection if he fell from any height. He Angelo Unuscione's mutant
could lower the field enough so that powers surfaced while he was still
he could attack others, while it still
protected him (the field could be no 243
greater than Amazing when he at-
tacked). The density of the field can
be increased so that it could repel air
molecules and gas. A surprise gas
attack could effect him, if he had no
warning.
Unus could harden the force field
around his fist or a weapon he is car-
rying, increasing the damage by
+ 1CS. When Unus lost control of his
power, the force field steadily in·
creased by 10 rank points per day,
until it reached a maximum of Shift
z.
Talents: Unus was a wrestler for a
long time, giving him a +2CS to his
young. He used his abilities to be- to the X-Men, and Beast restored his parently shattered the force field, but
come a school bully, and later a crim- power to its original level. it began to regenerate itself again al-
inal. When Angelo emigrated to most immediately. Unus soon lost
America, he legally changed his A beaten Unus returned to his control of the force field again. Unus
name to Gunther Bain. Gunther then wrestling career. A few months later, found himself suspended in the air
used his power to become a suc- Unus met the Blob and they formed a above Madison Square Garden, un-
close friendship. The two criminals able to breathe. Unus blacked out,
cessful professional wrestler, calling eventually joined Factor Three, and and his force field dispersed. Unus
himself Unus the Untouchable. then the original Brotherhood of Evil was caught by the Blob, who thought
Mutants. Unus soon became dis- that Unus was dead. The Blob then
Magneto had Mastermind contact gusted with the constant failures of left and began a rampage through
Unus, hoping to recruit him for the the two groups. Unus gave up world the streets of New York City.
Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. Master- conquest and decided to just get rich
mind suggested that Unus fight the While Unus has not appeared
X-Men, as a test of his powers. Unus through crime. Later, for unknown since then, there is no real evidence
drew the X-Men out after committing reasons, Unus's force field became that proves that Unus is definitely
a theft. One of the X-Men, the Beast, uncontrollable again . Unus realized dead.
built a machine that caused Unus's that he would soon die of hunger or
force field to increase in power. Unus asphyxiation since the force field
found himself unable to control his was beginning to repel air mole-
force field, making it impossible for cules.
him to even eat. Unus surrendered
A mighty blow from the Hulk ap-
244
STATISTICS:
F RM(30)
A EX(20)
S AM(SO}
E IN(40)
R EX(20)
I GD(10)
P RM(30)
Health: 140
Karma: 60
Resources: PR(4}
Popularity: 30
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Vision
Occupation: Adventurer
Legal Status: Provisional U.S.
Citizenship
Identity: Public
Place of Creation: Brooklyn, New
York
Marital Status: Married
Known Relatives: Wanda (wife),
Pietro Maximoff (Quicksilver,
brother-in-law), Thomas and William
(sons, no longer exist), Magneto
(father-in-law}, Magda (mother-in-
law, presumed dead)
Base of Operations: Avengers'
Mansion, New York City
Past Group Affiliations: East and
West Coast Avengers
Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS: can resist by making a power FEAT or laser beam directed at the gem.
Density Manipulation-Self: The Vi- roll and getting a higher color result Up to a maximum of 50 points per
sion has Unearthly control over his than Vision. The Vision's hand will round can be healed in this manner.
density. His normal density is Good. then be stuck in his victim's body, Control Crystal: Ultron placed this
At densities above Good, the Vision and the victim will suffer no damage. device in Vision's brain, which pre-
gains body armor equal to his cur- Life Support: Incredible rank. The Vi- vented him from having a fully hu-
rent density rank. At density ranks of sion does not have to eat or breathe. man personality. The control crystal
Incredible or higher, the Vision he Solar Beams: Remarkable damage, also gave Vision a -2CS on Psyche
suffers a -1 CS to his Fighting and 8 area range. FEAT rolls against technological
Agility abilities and uses his density Solar Regeneration: Amazing rank. forms of mind control.
rank as his Strength. The Vision can- He can also heal if solar or laser en- Talents: The Vision has the Repair/
not move at Unearthly density. ergy is directed at the jewel on his Tinkering talent. The Vision has a
Established Power Stunts: forehead. In that case, he can regain photographic memory.
" Phase through solid objects at a number of Health points equal to Contacts: The Vision can depend on
Shift-0 density. He will not disrupt the power rank intensity of the solar help from any Avenger and probably
electronics unless he wishes to. 245
* Flight at Shift-0 density, Poor air
speed (4 areas/round), and he can-
not carry anything while flying.
* Disruption of living or non-living
material by solidifying inside them.
Damage inflicted is equal to the Vi-
sion's chosen density rank, and the
target's Body Armor is ignored. If Vi-
sion tries this on someone who can
also control their density, the target
the lnhumans, too. The Vision and and lure them into a trap. The first a great deal of magical energy. She .....
his wife are close friends with the Avenger to see the Vision, the Wasp, used the energy to make herself
stage magicians, Glamor and Illu- called him " an unearthly, inhuman pregnant with two sons whom she
sion. vision," which earned him his name. believed to be the offspring of herself
and the Vision. After their home in
ADDITIONAL NOTES: The Vision did lure the Avengers into Leonia was burned down, the Vision
Ultron's trap, but he somehow over- and the Scarlet Witch became mem-
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: came Ultron's control and saved the bers of the West Coast Avengers.
The Vision has recently became Avengers. Afterwards, the Vision
rather cold again , devoid of human was elected as a member of the When the Vision became an
emotions. He apparently no longer Avengers. The Vision spent the next Avenger again , a number of interna-
feels love for the Scarlet Witch any- few years as an active Avenger. Dur- tional governments feared that he
more either. Though he tries to act ing that time, the Vision and the might try to take over the world's
friendly toward people , he still Scarlet Witch became very close.
seems to be aloof. computer systems again. Opera-
After lmmortus told the Vision that tives from various government intelli-
HISTORY he was really the original Human gence agencies, including the CIA
The synthezoid known as the Vi- Torch, the Vision and the Scarlet and the KGB, tricked Mockingbird
Witch were married in a ceremony into helping them capture the Vision.
sion was created by the Avenger's performed by lmmortus. The Vision The duped Mockingbird helped the
robotic enemy, Ultron. Ultron cre- and the Scarlet Witch stayed with the West Coast Avengers track the Vi-
ated the Vision using spare parts left Avengers for a few more years be- sion down. Unfortunately, the Vision
over from the creation of the Original fore retiring from full-time member- had already been disassembled and
Human Torch who was built by Pro- ship. They became reserve his memories erased. The Avengers
fessor Phineas T. Horton. members, and bought a house in also freed Horton, who was also be-
Leonia, New Jersey. However, they ing held by the government opera-
The mysterjous Time Lord, lmmor- were briefly called back to duty at tives. Horton revealed that he had
tus, later convinced everyone that times. During one of those time peri- not built the Vision, though lmmortus
the Vision was actually the original ods, the Vision was subjected to a said that he had. Dr. Henry Pym was
Human Torch. lmmortus told the Vi- null-field. This somehow caused the able to put the Vision back together
sion that Ultron had forced Horton to control crystal to malfunction and again, but his synthetic skin was al-
change the Human Torch's appear- twisted the Vision's thinking. Linking tered by the disassembly process.
ance and powers, creating the Vi- His overall color is now a very pale
sion. Ultron programmed the himself with ISMC, the Eternals' yellow shade, giving him a ghostly
Vision's brain with a program based super computer on the moon Titan, appearance. Pym reprogrammed
on the brain waves of Simon Wil- the Vision then took over all the com- the Vision with Avengers' records,
liams (Wonder Man) who was puters on Earth, including national but Simon Williams refused to allow
thought to be dead at the time. Ul- defense computers. The Vision a copy of his brain waves to be
tron also implanted a "control crys- planned to unite the whole world in a made. Thus, the new version of the
tal" in the Vision's brain , allowing golden age of peace. The Vision Vision was completely devoid of hu-
Ultron to control him. Ultron ordered eventually regained his reason and man emotions, including love for the
the Vision to seek out the Avengers severed his link with the world's com- Scarlet Witch.
puter networks. The Vision also re-
moved the control crystal from his Recently, it was discovered that
mind. The loss of the controf crystal the Scarlet Witch's sons were actu-
allowed the Vision's personality to ally fragments of the soul of the evil
become more human that ever. The being known as Mephisto. The loss
Vision and the Scarlet Witch re- of her sons, and the change in the Vi-
turned to their home in Leonia, plan- sion's personality caused the Scarlet
ning to stay. Witch to have a nervous breakdown.
Later on , the Scarlet Witch and the The Vision is currently an active
Vision became involved in a fight member of the Avengers, but he has
with the witches and warlocks of transferred himself to the East Coast
New Salem. Scarlet used her mutant division of the team.
powers to defeat them and absorbed
246
WOLFPACK
SPECIAL NOTES "SLAGH Present Group Affiliation:
All Wolfpack members have the
SLAGLEV KNOWN POWERS:
following talents: all five Martial Arts Lightning Speed: Good land speed (4
types, Marksman, Weaponmaster, STATISTICS:
Acrobatics, Tumbling, and First Aid. areas/round), with + 5 bonus on ini-
All the Wolfpack members have the F EX(20)
other Pack members, Police Inspec- A GD(10) tiative if not surprised. She cannot
tor Cassidy and the Missionary as develop power stunts since this is
contacts. All the Wolfpack members s RM(30) notarealsuperpowe[
have the same Background Notes in
common: E EX(20) ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Occupation: Student, adventurer R GD(10) Sharon is a very independent young
Legal Status: U.S. citizen l GD(10) woman who is devoted to her father.
Identity: Public p GD(10) She is determined to succeed and
Place of Birth: New York City Health: 80 loves to run like the wind .
Marital Status: Single Karma: 30
Base of Operations: South Bronx Resources: TY(6) WHEELS WO-
Past Group Affiliations: Wolfpack Popularity: 0/5 (inside the Bronx)
LINSKI
RAFAEL VEGA BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Slagley (First name un- STATISTICS:
STATISTICS: known)
Known Relatives: Mrs. Slagley F EX(20)
F RM(30) (mother) A TY(6)
A GD(10) Present Group Affiliation:
S GD(10) s GD(10)
E EX(20) KNOWN POWERS:
R TY(6) Talents: (see above) Slag's Reason E EX(20)
l GD(10) is Remarkable when dealing with R EX(20)
P TY(6) Philosophy or Literature. I EX(20)
Health: 70 p EX(20)
Karma: 22 ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: Health: 56
Resources: EX(20) Slag is the strongest member of the Karma: 60
Popularity: 0/5 (in the Bronx) Pack, and the gentlest. He is a quiet Resources: PR(4)
and intense person who enjoys read- Popularity: 0/5 (inside the Bronx)
BACKGROUND: ing Shakespeare. Slag is the real
Real Name: Rafael Vega willpower, and conscience, behind BACKGROUND:
Known Relatives: Mother, Apollo the Pack. Real Name: Wolinski (first name
Cora (father, deceased), Junior unrevealed)
(brother) SHARON Known Relatives: Mother (name
Present Group Affiliation: unknown), John Wolinski (father, de-
STATISTICS: ceased)
KNOWN POWERS: Present Group Affiliation:
Talents: (See above) Leadership F EX(20)
A IN(40) KNOWN POWERS:
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: S GD(10) Wheelchair: Wheels is confined to a
Rafael is the most emotional mem- E RM(30) wheelchair. Wheels can travel 3
ber of the Wolfpack and leads the R TY(6) areas/round, or 4 areas/round down
Pack most of the time. He is the best I GD(10) an incline. Wheels cannot travel over
fighter in the group, but he also has P GD(10) some terrain, but he has learned to
the shortest temper in the group. Health: 100 negotiate certain obstacles, such as
Karma: 26 going down stairs. Wheels has been
Resources: TY(6) known to build various gadgets into
Popularity: 0/5 (in the Bronx) his wheelchair, such as rocket
boosters (6 areas/round) and hy-
BACKGROUND: draulic brakes.
Real Name: Sharon (last name unre- Talents: (See above), Leadership,
vealed) Repair/Tinkering
Known Relatives:Father (name un-
revealed), Mother (deceased , real ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
name unrevealed) Wheels is reserved and shy, rarely
letting his emotions show. Wheels is
the voice of reason in the Pack and
he comes up with any strategic plans
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they need. Wheels has not let his MALCOLM GROUP HISTORY:
handicap effect his outlook on life, Over 2,000 years ago, a wander-
and he considers all life precious. BROWN
ing Israeli tribe entered China. They
SLIPPERY SAM STATISTICS: told of an ancient legend that prom-
ised the existence of ten just and
WELTSMERZ F GD(10) good men, throughout time. The cos-
A GD(10) mic balance also required the contin-
STATISTICS: S TY(6) ual existence of nine evil men ,
E EX(20) whose only purposes were to de-
F EX(20) R TY(6) stroy the ten good men and to
A RM(30) I TY(6) spread evil. One of the Ten went ren-
P TY(6) egade and created a cult of warriors
s GD(10) Health: 46 to oppose the Nine. The cult was
Karma: 18 forced to hide in the hills like wolves,
E EX(20) Resources: PR(4) while the Nine's forces hunted them
R GD(10) Popularity: 0/3 (in the Bronx) down .
I IN(40)
p RM(30) BACKGROUND: In modern day New York City, Mr.
Health: 80 Real Name: Malcolm Brown Mack trained five youths to become
Karma: 80 Known Relatives: Father (name un- the newest members of the rene-
Resources: TY(6) known), Esther (mother) gade cult, the Wolfpack. The Wolf-
Popularity: 0/5 (in the Bronx) Present Group Affiliation:
pack fought crime in their
BACKGROUND: ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: neighborhood and eventually came
Real Name: Sam Weltsmerz Malcolm is the youngest member of into conflict with the forces of the
Known Relatives: Father, Mother the Pack and the most violent. Badly Nine in New York City. One member,
(names unknown) abused by his mother and father, he Slippery Sam Weltshmertz was
Present Group Affiliation: has learned to trust no one but his killed while saving a young boy's life.
new family, the Wolfpack. Malcolm, an abused boy, then be-
KNOWN POWERS: came the newest member of the
Ninja: Slippery Sam was an expert at Wolfpack. After receiving advanced
moving quietly, and apparently able training from a penitent assassin
to see well in normal darkness. Sam known as the Missionary, the Wolf-
could climb walls, and blend in with pack smashed the Nine's headquar-
crowds. ters in New York City. The Wolfpack
All these abilities were at a Remark- is still battling crime and Nine activi-
able rank. ties in their Bronx neighborhood.
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Sam served as the Pack's trickster
and spy. He was an expert at sneak-
ing up on people and he enjoyed sur-
prising them . Sam was also an
expert con man, able to charm any-
one, and always ready with a wise-
crack or a joke.
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1• __ .:__~ _~
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STATISTICS:
F RM(30)
A GD(10)
S UN(100)
E MN(75)
R FB(2)
I TY(6)
P TY(6)
Health: 215
Karma: 14
Resources: None
Popularity: O
BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Unknown
Occupation: Giant Monster
Legal Status: None
-....;:: Identity: Existence not known to
general public
Place of Hibernation/Mutation:
Glacial cavern in Alberta, Canada
Marital Status: Unknown
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Mobile
Past Group Affiliations: None
Present Group Affiliation:
..---..._ KNOWN POWERS:
Growth: Shift Z. Yetrigar's exposure
to radiation caused him to perma-
nently grow to a height of over 100
feet. Yetrigar's size causes a + 3CS
to anyone trying to hit him.
Body Armor: Monstrous rank protec-
tion from physical, energy, heat and
cold attacks.
Suspended Animation: Unearthly
~ rank. Yetrigar was somehow able to
enter a state of suspended anima-
tion after being buried by a rockslide
in the Grand Canyon.
Talents: Yetrigar seemed to know a
basic form of Martial Arts type B.
Contacts: None
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: HISTORY
Yetrigar is a typical giant monster, Thousands of years ago, a prehis-
who is only interested in causing as toric humanoid was accidentally fro-
much damage as possible while zen in a glacial cavern near Alberta,
growling loudly. Yetrigar will attack Canada. A few years ago, an under-
anyone or anything that gets in his ground nuclear bomb test occurred
path. He seemed to especially enjoy underneath the deserts of Nevada.
battling other creatures of his size. The underground test caused the
splitting of an underground fault and
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