MU7 - Gamers Handbook 1991 Update

Official Game Accessory

Gamer's Handbook of the

Volume 7

Contents

Arcanna . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . .. . . . ..... . . .3 Puck . . . .... .. . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . .... .69
Cable. . . . .... . . . . . . . .. ...... .. . . . . .. .. . .5 Quantum . .. . .. . . .. . .. . . .. . . .. . . . . . .. . . .71
Calypso . . . . .. . . . . . . ..... . .. . ............7 Rage ... .......... . .. . . .... .... . . . .. . . .73
Crimson and the Raven ....................9
Crossbones... . .... . .. . . . . . .. . . .. .... ...11 Red Wolf . . .. . .. . . .. ... .. .. ... . . .. . .. . . .75
Dane, Lorna ....................... . ... .13 Rintrah . . . .. . .. . . .. . . . .. . . .. . . .... . .. . .77
Doctor Spectrum ........ ... . .. . . ....... .15 Sefton, Amanda .. . . . .. . .. . . . .. . . . .. . ....79
Sersi . . . .. . . .. . .. . . .. . . . .. . . .. . . . .. . . ..81
Force............ . .. . . .... .. . . . . . .. . .. .17
Gambit . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . . .. . .. . . . . .. ...21 Set. . .. . . ............................ . .83
Ghost Rider ......... . . . .... . .. . . . . .. . . .23 Shadowmasters . . .. . .. . . . . . .. . .. . . . .... .85
Great Lakes Avengers . ...................25 Sit . .. .. . .. . .. . . .. . .. . . . . .. . . . . .. . .... .87
Guardians of the Galaxy ................ ..27 Skinhead...... . . .. ............ . ........89
Hodge, Cameron ........................33 Solo. . .... . ... . ......... . . . .. . . . .......91
Kaluu . . . .... . . . .... . ...................35 Spider-Slayers ..........................93
Kid Nova ...............................37
Stellaris .. . . .. . .. . . . .. . .... . .. ... . .. . . . .99
Knight and Fogg . . . . .. ... . ...............39 Stygorr .. .. .. . . .. . . ....... . . . ....... . .101
Madame Web ....... ....................41
Marvel Boy . .... . . .. .. ................. .43 Styx and Stone . . . . .. .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . .103
Master Man I and II .................... . .45 Sundragon .... . .......................105
Szardos, Margali . . .... .................107
Mister Hyde .. . . .... ................... .47 Thor.. . . ........ . . . ..... . . . .. . . . . .....109
Modam ................................49 Topaz. . ...............................115
Mutant Liberation Front . . . ................51 Trick Shot .............................117
U-Man ................................119
Naga . . . . . . .... . . . . .. . . . . .. . . .. ... . ....57 Vindicator . .. .. . ... ... ... ......... . .. . .121
Night Thrasher .. .. . . . .... . . .. . . .... .. . . .59
Odin .......... ... . .. .. .. . .. . .. ... . .. . .61 Warrior Woman . . . . .. . .. . . . . .. . . . .. . . .. .123
Power Princess. . . .. . ...... . . .. . . . .......63 Whizzer . . .. . .. . . . .. . .. . . . . .. . . .. . . .. . .125
Psionex . . . . .. . . ... .. . . . .. . .. . . . . . .. ....65 Zaladane . . .. . .............. .. ... .... ..127

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Written by Scott Davis, Anthony Herring, and William Tracy
Edited by Mike Breault

Project Coordination by Steven E. Schend
Cover by Jeff Butler

Interior Illustrations by Jeff Butler and the Marvel Bullpen
Typography by Gaye O'Keefe

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ISBN 1-56076-102-4

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STATISTICS: ARCANNA

F GD(10) ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Arcanna presents herself as a glam-
A GD(10) orous blonde, but under it all she's
very devoted to her family. She is al-
s TY(6) so a very determined individual who
has no compunction about using her
E EX(20) illusionary powers to get what she
R GD(10) wants. She hid her pregnancy for
I EX(10) months behind the facade of an illu-
p MN(75) sion, so she could continue to be an
active member of the Squadron .
Health: 46
3
Karma: 95
Resources: UN(100) (as a Squad-
ron member)
Popularity: 40

BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Arcanna Jones
Occupation: Government agent,

former medium
Identity: Publicly known
Legal Status: No criminal record
Other Known Aliases: Moonglow

Place of Birth: Unrevealed
Marital Status: Married
Known Relatives: Philip (husband),

Drusilla, Katrina (daughters), An-
drew, Thomas, Benjamin (sons)
Base of Operations: Squadron City
Past Group Affiliations: Squadron

Supreme
Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS: ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Elemental Control: Amazing control

over natural elements (earth, air, fire,
and water), Remarkable control over
processed materials (metals, plas-
tics, etc.).

Empathy: Good rank.
Flight: Good air speed by means of
simple magical flight.
Force Field vs. Magic: Amazing

rank.
Force Field vs. Psionics: Amazing
rank.
Illusion Casting: Amazing rank.

Iron Will: Good control of her body.
Talents: Excellent knowledge of oc-
cult lore. Good knowledge of hand-
to-hand combat.

Contacts: Other Squadron mem-
bers, Quasar.

HISTORY: powers. Jones was slated to become this uni-
verse's next Sorcerer Supreme. He
Arcanna is a native of the other di- Arcanna went into labor during a opted to trade places with the white
mensional alternate Earth, home of battle with the Redeemers, a super- being and thus stop Lightner from
the superpowered team, the Squad- group put together by Nighthawk, a devouring worlds. As a conse-
ron Supreme. former Squadron member who be- quence, the powers of Sorcerer Su-
lieved that the Utopia Program was a preme were conferred upon Thomas
Arcanna was born with an apti- Lightner. Benjamin left the Squad-
tude for the mystical arts as well as mistake. The Shape, a former ron's dimension, set on undoing all
some psychic prowess. These Squadron member who joined the
powers matured as she grew older. Redeemers, transported Arcanna to the damage that Lightner had
the hospital where she gave birth to caused.
She was a medium until she mar- her son, Benjamin Thomas Jones.
ried her husband, Philip Jones. She Back at the battle, the Squadron lost On the way back to their Earth, the
then decided to become an official and Hyperion, conceding that Night- Squadron was transported to the
crimefighter to support her family. hawk had been right, pledged that main Marvel Universe Earth by the
She eventually became the fifth re- the control of the U.S. would be new Sorcerer Supreme of their di-
cruit of the Squadron Supreme. given back to the people and the mension, Thomas Lightner. He obvi-
ously didn't want the Squadron
Arcanna, as well as most of the Utopia Program be dismantled. around to challenge his newly ac-
rest of the Squadron , succumbed to The next great test of the Squad- quired powers. Arcanna used her il-
the enthralling power of the entity lusion powers and appeared to be
known as the Overmind. This collec- ron occurred when a white being of Moonglow. The reason for this illu-
tive mind entity, working together
with the demonic Null, the Living immense size began grow and to de- sion has yet to be revealed.
Darkness, used the Squadron to rule vour the Sun. The Squadron mount- They ran into Quasar in space and
the Earth. One member retained his ed a last-ditch effort to save their
freedom however. Hyperion, leader world with the help of one of their were taken to Project Pegasus, hop-
of the Squadron , managed to travel greatest enemies, Master Menace. ing to find a way home. They con-
to another Earth and recruit the su- As they were leaving for outer space sulted with Reed Richards to see if
in a ship, Power Princess told Arcan- his time machine could help, but that
perteam known as the Defenders to na that she wouldn't be allowed on failed. Then , Dr. Strange came to
help him. Together, the Defenders this mission since she had just given Project Pegasus to send them home
birth and her place was with her fam- magically. However, Lightner had
and the Squadron defeated the ily. Arcanna didn 't like that idea and ,
Overmind and Null, freeing the Earth laid a magical trap for the Squadron
from thralldom. using her illusionary powers, got that caused half of their bodies to
aboard the ship by impersonating stay on Earth and the other half to be
This battle left the Squadron's Moonglow. She also secretly took flung into the space between dimen-
world in an economic and political Benjamin Thomas with her. sions. They were rescued from this
mess. The Squadron decided to horrible death by Quasar and Dr.
take over America for a year and im- All efforts to fight this growing enti- Strange.
plement their Utopia Program. They ty failed. Their universe was saved
when Arcanna's son, Benjamin , Arcanna and the other Squadron
intended to use their powers to solve traded places with the white being, members trapped on Earth are now
all of the country's problems. During who turned out to be Thomas waiting for her son, Benjamin, to fin-
this time, Arcanna became pregnant Lightner, the Nth Man, a man from ish repairing the Nth Man's destruc-
again. Fearful that the Squadron Project Pegasus (on the Standard tion and arriving at the Nth Man's
Marvel Earth) who had turned into a
would force her into a less active living hole in space. He had de- birthplace-Project Pegasus. Once
role , she concealed her pregnancy voured seven universes before hap- Benjamin returns to Earth, the
at first. She later announced it, pre- pening across the Squadron's Squadron should be able to return
tending that it had just occurred, hid-
universe. home with Benjamin's help.
ing the truth by using her illusionary
The infant Benjamin Thomas

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STATISTICS:

F IN(40)
A EX(20)

s EX(20)

E EX(20)
R RM(30)
I RM(30)
p RM(30)
Health: 100
Karma: 90
Resources: GD(10)

Popularity: o

BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Nathan Cable
Occupation: Adventurer
Identity: None
Legal Status: No criminal record,
currently wanted by U.S. authorities
Other Known Aliases: None
Place of Birth: Unknown
Marital Status: Unknown
Known Relatives: Unnamed son ,
deceased
Base of Operations: X-men Man-

sion
Past Group Affiliations: Leader of
New Mutants, X-Force
Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS: ADDITIONAL NOTES: ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
None revealed. Cable is a capable, confident leader,
Equipment: apparently dedicated to bring down
Bionic Arm: Remarkable Material the Mutant Liberation Front (MLF).
He stresses the values of indepen-
Strength, provides Remarkable dence and responsibility. Cable's left
Strength in hand-to-hand combat. eye glows during combat situations.
Bionic Eye: Provides vision into the
5
infrared and ultraviolet ranges, as
well as telescopic vision to a range

of 5 areas ( + 1CS to targets within

range).
Hidden Compartment: Cable has at

least one hidden compartment with-
in his bionic parts, large enough to
hold an eight-inch-long cylindrical
tube.
Telekinesis: Cable has a Good (1 O)
rank telekinetic power which he
keeps hidden from almost everyone.
Talents: Cable has a Remarkable

rank in the use of guns. Other talents
are Handguns, Semi-automatic
weapons, Military, Espionage, and
Leadership.
Contacts: X-Men, New Mutants, X-
Factor, Sunfire, CIA, INTERPOL,
S.H.l.E.L.D.

HISTORY: with the Freedom Force immediately In the meantime, the X-Men also
behind him. Unfortunately for Cable, moved back into the Westchester
Cable's past is almost a complete the helicopter had been tampered mansion. Storm, Boom-Boom, Ric-
mystery. There have been few hints with and he plunged into the East tor, Wolfsbane, and Warlock were
of his history before his fight with the River. He continued on foot towards captured by Genoshan agents,
Freedom Force, and his consequent his destination, until he was inter- which sparked the incident known
assumption of the leadership of the cepted by the Blob and Pyro. With as the X-tinction Agenda.
New Mutants. the arrival and aid of some of the
New Mutants-Cannonball, Sun- Cable, as well as the combined X-
The Japanese mutant Sunfire has spot and Boom-Boom-the Free- Men, X-Factor, and New Mutant
expressed regret over the loss of Ca- dom Force was defeated and Cable teams, traveled to Genosha to free
ble's son, whom Cable has vowed to their teammates and eventually bat-
avenge. Also, Wolverine and Cable was freed.
have met in the past and bear some Back at X-Factor's ship, Cable tled with a mechanically enhanced
animosity toward each other. Cameron Hodge. After many battles,
stopped Moira McTaggert from tak- the mutants finally defeated Hodge
Cable's first documented adven- ing Rahne (Wolfsbane) back to Scot- and freed their friends.
ture began when the group he was land. Cable was again recognized,
following, the MLF, broke into an en- this time by Moira. He told the young Back at the mansion, Cable was
ergy research station in Pine Bluffs, mutants that he needed allies so he attacked by the assassin named
Wyoming. He clashed with them but could stop the MLF from setting off a Deadpool , who was sent by an old
was caught in the blast of a bomb devastating bomb. At the energy re- enemy called Mr. Tolliver. Deadpool
search station, the MLF had stolen a was defeated, primarily by Domino,
the MLF had set within the facility. quantity of the element tritium , who arrived on the scene just as she
He wasn't seriously injured, how- which is used for the manufacture of was needed. Domino is an old friend
ever, and he was waiting for the MLF hydrogen bombs. of Cable, who called her to help him
at their next target, the facility where train the New Mutants.
the government was holding the mu- All the New Mutants except Rictor
tants Rusty Collins and Skids. agreed that Cable should become Cable's philosophy-that they're
their new leader. Cable became the at war with the MLF- contributed to
Again Cable took on the MLF the disintegration of the New Mu-
alone, and again he came up short. group's leader despite Rictor's ob-
He managed to take out Tempo, but jections. Rictor knew Cable from an tants as a team. Rahne stayed in
Reaper hit Cable with his scythe, incident in his youth, something to Genosha as a mutate, Rictor ran off
temporarily paralyzing him. Strobe do with Rictor's father, and conse- to rescue her, and Sunspot left the
then finished the job by melting Ca- team after his father's death. Other
quently he didn't trust Cable at all.
ble's mechanical arm. The MLF es- The New Mutants moved back to people arrived and stayed for rea-
caped with Rusty and Skids and sons of their own: Feral, Warpath,
Cable was captured by U.S. govern- the partially destroyed Westchester and Shatterstar.
ment forces. mansion and Cable immediately be-
gan training the youngsters, getting Cable believed that the New Mu-
As a result of this battle and its re- them ready for the upcoming war. tants needed to actively use their
sulting loss, Cable decided that he powers in combat, instead of just
needed to get help fighting the MLF. Cable and the New Mutants learning how to control them, which
clashed again with the MLF in Madri- went against the philosophy of
In a conversation with Pyro, the poor. They also encountered both Charles Xavier, the group's founder.
Sunfire and Wolverine, as they end- For that reason, he disbanded the
Blob, and Crimson Commando while ed up fighting Kamikaze, Sumo, New Mutants and began the X-
in the holding cell , it was revealed Dragoness, and the leader of the Force.
that Cable had been a U.S. agent MLF, Stryfe. In the final battle of this
who had had differences with certain encounter, Cable and Stryfe fought In a recent shocking revelation,
factions within the government. hand-to-hand as the battle raged Stryfe finally took off his helmet, re-
These differences had caused him around them. Stryfe was knocked vealing the face of Cable. It seems
to go rogue. unconscious as the weapon ware- that Cable has been playing both
house caught on fire. The building sides of the fence, using two oppos-
Cable escaped his cell by using a exploded and Stryfe was assumed ing teams to fight for mutant's rights.
to have been killed in the explosion. How they met and fought face to
straw as a blowgun and a vial of acid
to dissolve his chains. He broke out face has yet to be explained.
of the prison and headed towards X-
Factor's ship in a stolen helicopter

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STATISTICS: victim must have a Psyche of less • Telepathy (Personal): Calypso can
than Incredible, and Calypso must broadcast her thoughts to others
F TY(6) succeed at a spell rank FEAT roll to and receive their thoughts in return
A GD(10) control the target. If successful , Ca- (if the target responds). She casts
lypso can control the victim for one this spell at Monstrous rank with a
s PR(4) full day. If the victim is commanded range of 40 areas. To communicate
with a being of a higher Psyche than
E EX(20) to do something he would normally
R GD(10) be strongly opposed to, such as her own , Calypso must first succeed
I IN(40) hurting himself or a friend, he is al- at a spell rank FEAT roll. When using
p IN(40) lowed a Psyche FEAT roll, with suc- Telepathy in conjunction with her
Health: 40 cess indicating he has broken the Mental Control spell, Calypso gains
Karma: 90 spell.
Resources: GD(10) a + 1CS, making her Mental Control
Popularity: 0 • Telekinesis (Personal): At Incredi-
ble rank, Calypso can cast this spell spell rank Amazing.
BACKGROUND: to move up to 1O tons of material Talents: In the pursuit of her magical
Real Name: Calypso Ezili within an area of effect of 5 areas.
Occupation: Witch studies, Calypso has trained herself
Legal Status: Native of a small Car- to go for up to six days without food
ibbean island with a U.S. criminal re-
cord
Identity: Publicly known
Place of Birth: Caribbean Islands
Marital Status: Presumably single
Known Relat ives: Sister (de-
ceased)
Base of Operations: Mobile
Past Group Affiliations: Former
partner of Kraven
Present Group Affiliations:

KNOWN POWERS:
Magic: Calypso is a Master of Voo-
doo Magic. She sold her soul to a
mysterious, evil god in exchange for
her powers. Most of her spells have
not yet been revealed. Those which
have are the following:
• Illusion (Universal): Calypso can
create illusions in the minds of oth-
ers. She casts this spell at Remark-
able rank with a duration of one hour
and an area of effect of 2 areas. The
illusion looks, sounds, and smells
real, but it cannot directly cause
damage. Because the illusion exists
only in the mind, no one outside the
area of effect can see it. All affected
characters experience the same illu-
sion . For it to be believable, Calypso
must concentrate on the illusion for
the entire duration of its existence.
Affected characters may attempt a
Psyche FEAT roll to disbelieve the il-
lusion the round it begins and once
every other round thereafter. If suc-
cessful, the illusion fades from the
character's mind.
• Mental Control (Universal): At In-
credible rank, Calypso can magi-
cally at tack another character's
mind and attempt to control it. The

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or sleep if researching anything American Museum of National His- Kraven and Spider-Man were sur-
magical or just using a spell (no tory. While Calypso watched from rounded by police officers. Calypso
physical combat or extensive move- the shadows, Kraven and Spider- realized that Kraven would not flee
ment allowed). Man began their duel. Using his from the police, because he did not
Contacts: None. deadly nerve-grip, Kraven nearly de- want Spider-Man to injure himself
feated Spider-Man, but in the end he further. She hurled a spear at Spider-
ADDITIONAL NOTES: and Calypso were both taken into Man, hoping to force Kraven to think
police custody. of his own welfare when the wall-
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: crawler was dead. Kraven, however,
Calypso is a very unstable woman, Kraven's strength and skill soon leapt in front of the hero and
who is driven by an insane lust to kill allowed him to free himself and Ca- grabbed the spear in midair. Once
Spider-Man. She is totally evil , hav- lypso from prison. In order to restore again he cursed Calypso for trying to
ing been drawn into the ways of his honor, and thus be worthy of Ca- dishonor him, then willingly gave
darkness in her search for magical lypso's love, Kraven felt he must himself over to the police. Calypso
power. Calypso relishes the psycho- humble Spider-Man. But first he was also taken into custody. Spider-
logical torture of her victims, and of- needed to hone his skills. He con- Man recovered from the drug and
ten uses her spells to force others to structed a facsimile urban jungle in- slipped away from the scene.
be the instruments of her evil deeds. side a large warehouse, complete
with mock buildings and streets, and Recently, Kraven captured and
HISTORY: hired several thugs to be his prey. buried Spider-Man alive. Eventually,
Although much of Calypso's back- Kraven soundly defeated the hench-
ground is a mystery, it is known that men. Kraven was now ready to hunt a despondent Kraven swore to the
she grew up on a small Caribbean is- the spider. then-freed Spider-Man that he would
land. Here, in a land of mysticism and never hunt again. Shortly thereafter,
magic, she became envious of the After several weeks, one of Kraven killed himself.
power wielded by the tribal heads.
She gave herself totally to the study of Kraven's stakeouts paid off, and he Calypso returned to the Caribbe-
black magic, and she plunged ever saw Spider-Man swinging toward an and turned toward dark gods in a
deeper into the darkness of her own him. After Kraven gave a signal, Ca- quest for infinite powers. Upon a hid-
soul. lypso readied her yoruba spirit drum den altar, Calypso sacrificed her own
sister, taking the first soul of hun-
At about this point in her career as on a nearby rooftop. The mesmeriz- dreds to come. After years of study,
a witch , Calypso met Kraven the ing drumbeats of the mystical instru- Calypso became a Master of Voodoo
Hunter, who had on several previous ment had the desired effect of Magic.
occasions hunted Spider-Man. Ca- dulling Spider-Man 's spider-sense,
lypso confided in Kraven that she which normally alerts him to any Calypso considered Kraven to be
first came to care for him when he danger. Left unprepared, Spider- a coward for taking his own life, and
hunted Spider-Man. Man barely avoided Kraven's snares she took it upon herself to destroy
and surprise attacks . Finally, the Spider-Man . She used her magic to
Kraven took her to New York City, web-slinger was able to enter into control the Lizard , and sent him in
where he planned to deliver a ship- close combat with his deadly foe on search of Spider-Man. The battle be-
ment of animals. When they arrived at a rooftop, but Calypso's drum gave tween the two arch-enemies was
the Staten Island Zoo, Calypso and Kraven the advantage. Spider-Man fierce. Weakened by poison, Spider-
Kraven saw Spider-Man web- webbed the drum and hurled it off Man was defeated and taken to Ca-
swinging overhead. As Kraven watch- the roof, then began to pound lypso's lair. As Calypso was about to
ed the hero, Calypso snuck away and Kraven with renewed vigor. finish him off with her magic, Spider-
unlocked all of the cages, freeing the Man recovered enough to strike out
animals and causing a stampede. She Seeing that her lover was losing at the Lizard . During the fight, the
hoped in this way to return Kraven to the fight, and knowing that he would building exploded and caught fire.
" his natural greatness." Kraven quick- refuse her help out of pride, Calypso All three individuals survived, and
ly recaptured the animals, then he and decided to secretly aid Kraven . She Spider-Man was captured once
Calypso retired to his New York apart- again.
ment. Here, Calypso tried to persuade shot Spider-Man with a small cross-
her lover that Spider-Man was respon- bow bolt, injecting him with an herb- In a last-ditch bid for freedom,
sible for releasing the animals. Kraven al hallucinogen. Kraven easily Spider-Man dove out a window,
said he disagreed, and Calypso called subdued a delirious Spider-Man, flinging a mass of chains behind
him a coward, goading him into once then noticed the poisoned dart.
more trying to defeat Spider-Man. him, which hung the Lizard about
Kraven became furious and turned the head and arms, apparently kill-
Kraven challenged Spider-Man to his attention to Calypso. Suffering ing him. As Spider-Man watched in
a fight to the death at midnight in the from bizarre and terrifying hallucina- dismay, Calypso caused the entire
tions, Spider-Man fell over the side building to collapse in upon herself.
of the building. Realizing that the The bodies of Calypso and the Liz-
web-stinger's death would bring him ard were never found .
dishonor, Kraven went to Spider-
Man's aid, and saved him from a
deadly fall . On the street below,

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CRIMSON THE RAVEN BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Unknown
STATISTICS: STATISTICS: Occupation: Thrill seekers
Identity: Unknown to general popu-
F RM(30) F RM(30) lation
A RM(30) A EX(20) Legal Status: Not known to govern-
ments
s RM(30) s EX(20) Other Known Aliases: None
Place of Birth: Unknown
E RM{30) E EX(20) Marital Status: Single
R EX(20) R GD(10) Known Relatives: None
I RM(30) I RM(30) Base of Operations: Global
p AM(50) p AM(50) Past Group Affiliations: The Raven
Health: 120 Health: 90 Present Group Affiliation:
Karma: 100 Karma: 90
Resources: EX(20) Resources: EX(20)
Popularity: O Popularity: 0

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KNOWN POWERS: ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: For the first time in 200 years, a
Human life means nothing to Crim- member of the Raven had died. One
Empathic Vampirism: A Raven feeds son and the Raven. Their only desire of the rules of the Raven is that the
off of the victim's memory and dis- is to experience more and more. circle must be complete and the re-
tressed feelings. A Raven can suck Crimson has discovered that mu- placement has to be the person who
out memories and emotions a little at tants provide her kind with more en-
a time and can do so at will, even in joyment and power than normal killed the Raven member. The Rav-
public. The victim appears as if he is humans. She will go to almost any en , as a group, captured Archangel
having a heart attack or some other length to get a mutant to become a to convert him to their cause. Crim-
type of physical pain. member of the Raven. son placed a power inhibitor on
Archangel to keep him from break-
This is an Amazing ability for HISTORY: ing free of their mind control.
Crimson to feed off of emotional dis- The Raven is an ancient organiza-
tress. It is only an Incredible rank tion consisting of 24 individuals With Archangel captured, the ri-
power for the average member of ("four and twenty blackbirds" as valries within the Raven began to
the Raven . Each time they feed, all Crimson describes the group) scat- flare . Whoever took Archangel 's
of the victim's abilities are -1 CS for tered throughout the world. New emotions would probably be the new
1-1 Oturns. If a Raven feeds with the York, however, was home to six of leader of the group. Crimson and
intent to kill, the victim's endurance them. The Raven feeds on human Cobalt were the two main con-
drops-1 CS per turn of feeding until it distress and has the ability to walk tenders for that honor.
reaches Shift 0, at which point the among the general population un-
victim dies. seen. The Raven also captured the po-
Mind Control: Amazing rank of the licewoman, Charlotte Jones, a friend
possession form of mind control for Crimson, a prominent member of of Archangel, for him to feed on once
Crimson. Incredible rank for the usu- the Raven, but not the leader, dis- the conversion has taken place.
al Raven. covered a new sensation, draining
the emotions from a mutant. Crim- X-Factor, with the aid of Forge and
Transformation: Members of the son set out to dominate Archangel Banshee, tracked Archangel to the
Raven can change into a red mist during the period of time that he was Raven's residence and broke in on
that enables Good flight. terrorizing the city. Other members the ceremony just when Archangel
of the Raven warned Crimson off, was about to feed on Jones. Archan-
Invisibility: Remarkable rank psionic but she continued to follow through gel fought off the compulsion to at-
ability to cloud human minds and with her plan to attack Archangel. tack his friend, so Crimson decided
thus become invisible. that she would just feed on the
Meanwhile, one of the Raven, strong-willed mutant. Jones es-
Mutant Detection: Monstrous ability Azure, fed off a human, but the man
for Crimson, dependent upon the survived. Azure visited the hospital caped and ripped the inhibitor off the
mutant being within eyesight range. in order to kill the man so he couldn't powerless Archangel. He threw off
Amazing ability for the usual Raven. tell the world about their existence. the mind control and beheaded
Crimson with a slash of his wing.
Limitations: There are some weak- At that point Archangel flew in
nesses applicable to the Raven. through the window and Azure im- Meanwhile, the battle was going
Sunlight: A Raven cannot stand the mediately put him in mind control. poorly for X-Factor when Jean Grey
light of the Sun and must be indoors Archangel , however, possesses killed Cobalt by crushing his head
during the day or suffer Amazing great willpower and broke free. He with a hurled ankh . With the destruc-
damage. instinctively sliced out with his tion of their current leader, the Rav-
wings, decapitating the Raven at- en circle was broken beyond repair
Permanent Destruction: The only tacker. Azure's body was consumed and the remaining Raven members
proven way to kill a member of the in flame. imploded and dissolved into their
Raven is to separate its head from true forms of shrieking, noxious red
its body. It is then consumed by an mists, which then rose into the night
unearthly fire. sky. Whether they survived the en-
counter or were irreversibly de-
Talents: None known. stroyed has not been revealed.

Contacts: None known .

ADDITIONAL NOTES:

10

STATISTICS:

F RM(30)
A GD(10)

s EX(20)

E RM(30)

R TY(6)
I PR(4)
p GD(10)
Health: 90
Karma: 20
Resources: GD(10)
Popularity: O

BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Unrevealed
Occupation: Mercenary
Legal Status: Unrevealed
Other Known Aliases: Frag
Identity: Secret
Place of Birth: Unrevealed
Marital Status: Unrevealed
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Mobile
Past Group Affiliations: Ally of the

Red Skull, Skeleton Crew
Present Group Affiliations:

KNOWN POWERS: ADDITIONAL NOTES: ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
None. Crossbones is a brutal killer who en-
Equipment: Crossbones employs a joys what he does. While he is a
trustworthy henchman, his loyalties
variety of weapons: lie first and foremost with himself.
Automatic Pistol: He carries this fire- He has little sense of honor, and will
do whatever it takes, including lay-
arm in a holster at his side. It has a ing traps and taking hostages, to
gain an advantage over his enemies.
range of 3 areas, inflicts 6 points of
damage, and holds one clip of am- 11
munition with 14 rounds.
Crossbow Pistol: This weapon is al-
so carried in a side holster. It has a
range of 2 areas and causes 4 points
of damage.
Throwing Knives: He carries one of
these in each boot. Crossbones can
throw them or use them in hand-to-
hand fighting to inflict 10 points of
damage each.
Wrist Blades: Concealed within each
of his wrist bands is a switch-blade
mechanism. Crossbones can make
them flick out into fighting position at
a moment's notice. They can only be
used in hand-to-hand combat. Each
blade inflicts 10 points of damage.
Talents: Crossbones is trained in a
number of weapon and fighting

skills, including Thrown Weapons,
Bows, Guns, Wrestling, and Martial
Arts B, C, and E.
Contacts: Crossbones is a hench-

man of the Red Skull.

HISTORY: rapidly. The chemical also neutral- bones kidnapped Diamondback,
ized the effects of the Super-Soldier Cap's partner. Crossbones took the
Almost nothing is known about the serum, which is what gives Captain woman to Madripoor, a small me-
early life of the man who would be- tropolis on an island south of Singa-
come Crossbones. He made his first America his enhanced abilities. pore. He planned to use
appearance as a mercenary called After the Red Skull captured the Diamondback as bait in a trap for
Frag , who had been hired, along Captain America. He forced her to
with four other soldiers of fortune, to elderly Captain America, Arnim Zola
storm the castle of Arnim Zola. As extracted samples from Cap's body. call Cap on the telephone in order to
they scaled the wall, booby traps lure the Avenger to Madripoor.
quickly eliminated two of Frag 's However, the weakened Avenger
comrades, alerting Arnim Zola and overpowered the Red Skull, who fi- Not long after Cap arrived in Ma-
his guest, the Red Skull , to the intru- nally expired due to his old age . Af- dripoor, he encountered Cross-
sion. Zola commanded one of his bi- ter being cured of the effects of the bones, who immediately fled,
zarre servants, named Doughboy, to leading the hero into a trap. With his
take care of the interlopers. chemicals, Captain America re- foot caught in a bear trap, the Aveng-
turned to normal. er fought off Crossbones's ferocious
While Arnim Zola and the Red
Skull watched from a surveillance Although Captain America did not assault. Once again, Crossbones
room, Doughboy engulfed one of know it, Arnim Zola had preserved fled, leading Cap into yet another
Frag's men. After the creature the Red Skull's consciousness using trap. This time the super-soldier
his advanced technology. From the found himself in a rundown building
proved impervious to his explosive cell samples he had previously tak- standing upon a rug that concealed
arrows, Frag leapt atop the monster en from Cap, Arnim Zola created a a pressure-sensitive plate connect-
and tried to pull his comrade free. clone of Captain America and used ed to a bomb-if he moved his
The remaining mercenary blasted his machines to cause it to rapidly weight off the plate, he would be
away at Doughboy, but with little ef- reach adulthood. Arnim Zola then blown to bits. Gloating, Crossbones
fect. Both men were subsequently left Captain America in order to radio
engulfed. placed the Red Skull's conscious- a message to the Red Skull.
ness in the cloned body. As a result,
Impressed by Frag's ferocity, the the Red Skull was reborn in a dupli- In the meantime, Diamondback
Red Skull asked Arnim Zola to spare cate of his hated rival's body, com- escaped her captors, but she was
the mercenary. Zola commanded plete with the full effects of the cornered in a toy factory by a brutish
Doughboy to create an air pocket goon named Mister Phun. Diamond-
around its victim , and Frag was Super-Soldier serum. back defeated Mister Phun, who fell
brought into the castle as a captive. Intrigued at the prospect of fight-
into a vat of boiling plastic.
Even under torture, however, Frag ing Frag in single combat, and eager After Crossbones spoke with the
refused to talk, except to challenge to test his new clone-body, the Red
the Red Skull to a man-to-man fight. Red Skull, he watched from outside
Skull accepted the mercenary 's the building as the bomb he had
At this point it is important to know challenge. After a fierce battle, the planted to kill Captain America ex-
exactly how and why the Red Skull Red Skull proved victorious, and ploded. He left Cap for dead. How-
happened to be at Arnim Zola's cas- was about to crush Frag's neck ever, the Avenger had placed his
tle. Not too long ago, the Red Skull when he suddenly changed his mind shield under his feet before leaping
was shocked to learn that the effects and decided to ask the mercenary to off the pressure-sensitive plate, and
of an experimental gas that had kept be his bodyguard. The Red Skull of- survived the blast. Drawn to the site
him from aging while he was in sus- fered to have Frag trained by the of the fiery explosion , Diamondback
pended animation were reversing best people in Europe and to teach found Captain America, and the two
themselves: he began to age at him new disciplines in order to help
great speed, making him so elderly him attain his ultimate fighting po- left the city together.
that he would soon die of old age. tential. Frag gladly accepted the of-
fer, revealing that since his early Crossbones has continued to
With the help of Arnim Zola, the childhood he had always admired serve as the Red Skull's right-hand
Red Skull devised a plan that would the Red Skull as the "baddest of the man. Recently, Crossbones was de-
possibly save his life, and hopefully bad." Pleased with his new pupil , the feated by Captain America in single
end the life of Captain America. The Red Skull gave Frag the name combat, even after Cap had been
Crossbones. deprived of the Super-Soldier serum
Red Skull brainwashed Nomad, due to a total blood transfusion.
Captain America's ally, then forced When his training was complete, Crossbones managed to escape,
Nomad to dose the hero's food with and will most likely seek revenge
a chemical that caused Cap to age Crossbones soon came into conflict against the mighty Avenger in the
with Captain America, a man he near future.
would grow to hate. During Captain
America's mission to keep Baron Ze-
mo from getting the five mystical
fragments of the Bloodstone, Cross-

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STATISTICS: DANE1 LORNA

F EX(20) ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
A EX(20) Lorna Dane has gone through much
in her recent past and this has bol-
s AM(50) stered her confidence. She has be-
come a very determined person,
E AM(50) able to persevere even against the
R GD(10) longest odds. The loss of her mag-
I EX(20} netic powers and the unknown capa-
p RM(30) bilities of her new powers have
caused her to be somewhat hesitant
Health: 140 recently. This is sure to fade away af-
ter she becomes more familiar with
Karma: 60 her new-found strength and invul-
Resources: TY(6) nerability.
Popularity: 0
13
BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Lorna Dane (adopted
name, real name unknown)
Occupation: Graduate student in
geophysics, adventurer

Identity: Secret
Legal Status: US citizen with no

criminal record
Other Known Aliases: Polaris

Place of Birth: Unknown
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Mobile

Past Group Affiliations: X-Men, X-
Factor

Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS: ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Body Armor: Incredible protection

from physical and energy weapons.
Emotion Control: Either through
some chemical or psionic abi lity,
Lorna has the Remarkable ability to
make others act aggressively. This
emotion control is always in opera-
tion and Lorna herself is unaware of
its full ramifications.

Growth: Feeble rank growth that
isn't completely under her control.
Talents: Remarkable Reason in the
field of geophysics.

Contacts: X-Men, X-Factor.

HISTORY: to helping him. She joined the She was able to pull her chains out
Lorna Dane's biological parents are X-Men and aided them in defeating of the stone wall and she grew about
said to have been killed in a plane Saxon, Mesmero, the fake Magneto, a foot taller. The group of mutants
crash only weeks after her birth. She and the Demi-Man army.
was then adopted by the Danes, successfully escaped Zaladane's
probably her mother's sister and For a while afterward, Lorna was clutches, but the X-Men were tele-
brother-in-law. The Danes never told ported out of the Savage Land by
Lorna that they were not her true romantically inclined towards Bobby Gateway, leaving Lorna and Ka-Zar
parents because they feared that the Drake, the Iceman, but eventually there to fend for themselves.
knowledge would traumatize her. she fell in love with Alex Summers,
Lorna didn 't learn about the truth the mutant known as Havok. With Lorna finally left the Savage Land
about herself until she was nearly 20 the advent of the new X-Men , the and got on a boat headed in the gen-
couple tried to leave the life of fight- eral direction of Muir Island. During
years old. ing crime and would-be world con- this trip, two other powers manifest-
The only outward sign of Lorna's querors behind them. Neither Dane ed themselves. First, invulnerability
nor Summers wanted to live the life was discovered when bullets
mutant genetic structure was her of adventurers; they soon discov- bounced off her. Then the ability to
green hair, which was dyed brown . ered that they had a mutual interest affect other people's emotions sur-
Her mutant powers might never in geophysics. They spent some faced. The whole crew of the ship
have been activated, except for the time wandering the Diablo mountain lost control of themselves, destroy-
intervention of "Starr" Saxon, the range in California. But this life was ing each other and the ship, so that
master roboticist. He had construct- Lorna called Muir Island and asked
ed a duplicate Magneto and a large not to be for either mutant. for help. Banshee arrived and saved
army of androids with strange Lorna received a new costume, of her from the sinking ship.
powers, called the Demi-Men. Sax-
on decided that he needed some Shi'ar design, when her mind was Back on the island, Moira McTag-
taken over by the Shi'ar intelligence gert put Lorna through a series of
real mutants to lead the android ar- agent, Davan Shakari. Davan tests, but she couldn't figure out
my while he stayed behind the served D'ken, the now-deposed em- where these new powers were com-
scenes, giving directions to the fake peror of the Shi'ar galaxy. Charles ing from.
Xavier finally freed Lorna from Sha-
Magneto. kari 's control. Muir Island was attacked by the
mutant hunting group known as the
The first recruit was the mutant Years later, Lorna, as Polaris, was Reavers, which prompted Moira to
called Mesmero. Then, using a taken over by the evil entity known
psycho-generator, which has some as Malice. Under the creature's con- form a new group of X-Men consist-
features in common with Charles trol, Polaris joined the group known ing of Banshee, Legion, Forge,
Xavier's Cerebra, Mesmero sum- as the Marauders, which was lead Amanda Sefton, Sunder, and Lorna
moned mutants in North America by Mister Sinister. During this time in Dane, using her new powers. This
with latent powers. Lorna Dane Mr. Sinister's service, Malice be- group of X-Men, aided by the timely
found herself compelled to travel to
San Francisco, where Mesmero and came completely bonded with Po- arrival of the Freedom Force, man-
his androids captured her. After be- laris, suppressing Lorna's aged to fight back against the Reav-
~ng brought to their desert headquar- personality. ers and forced them to retreat after
ters, Lorna was subjected to the the deaths of Destiny and Stonewall.
genetic stimulator that enabled her She, along with the Marauders,
to use her previously latent powers. Recently, Muir Island was taken
Mesmero also used his hypnotic fought the combined X-Men and X- over by the Shadow King. Lorna was
Factor teams during the Inferno in his prisoner, and he used her as a
powers to make Lorna believe in the New York City. She was the last Ma-
bogus Magneto's cause and think key to controlling all the inhabitants
that she was Magneto's daughter. rauder standing, other than Mister of the island and enhancing their
Sinister; she escaped after the battle natural aggressiveness. X-Factor
Shortly afterward, however, Mes- was over. and the X-Men defeated the Shadow
mero dropped his control over
Lorna, believing that she would obey Lorna Dane was captured by min- King by freeing Lorna from his
her " father" no matter what hap- power.
pened. Unfortunately for Mesmero, ions of her supposed sister, Zala-
the X-Man named Iceman revealed dane, and brought to the Savage Soon after the King's defeat,
Land. There, Zaladane transferred Lorna's magnetic powers returned
to Lorna that Magneto wasn't her fa- the powers of Polaris from Lorna to and she accepted Val Cooper's offer
ther and that she had been duped in- herself. In the transferral, all evi-
dence of the creature Malice, was to join the government sponsored X-
seemingly wiped away. The X-Men Factor. (For Lorna's magnetic power
came to rescue her, and it was dur-
ing the rescue that some of Lorna's statistics, see " Polaris," in the
new powers manifested themselves. Gamer's Handbook of the MARVEL
UNIVERSE"', Volume 3.)

14

DOCTOR SPECTRUM

STATISTICS:

F GD(10)
A RM(30)

s GD(10)

E GD(10)
R GD(10)
I EX(20)
p RM(30)
Health: 60

Karma: 60
Resources: UN(100) (as a Squad-
ron member)

Popularity: 40

BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Joe Ledger
Occupation: Government agent,
former astronaut and flight instructor
Identity: Publicly known
Legal Status: No criminal record
Other Known Aliases: None
Place of Birth: Unknown
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations:
Past Group Affiliations: Squadron

Supreme
Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS: ADDITIONAL NOTES: HISTORY:

Former Equipment: ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: Joseph Ledger is a native of an other
Power Prism: Dr. Spectrum 's powers Doctor Spectrum is a fun-loving , dimensional alternate Earth, home
were based on the possession of a usually even-tempered man and a of the superpowered team, the
practical joker. With the death of Squadron Supreme. Ledger be-
crystal given to him by a Skrull. He Nuke on his conscience, he has be- came an astronaut for that world's
could control it from up to 100 feet come more aware of the conse- National Aeronautics and Space Ad-
away. This power has now been ab- quences of the use of his powers ministration (NASA).
sorbed into his body. His powers are and therefore uses them more re-
as follows: sponsibly. During a mission in outer space,
Ledger found a disabled spacecraft
Energy Solidification: Monstrous and rescued its only occupant, a
rank ability to generate and shape member of the Skrull race. As a to-
light energy. Power Stunts include
the following :

• Containers and barriers of Mon-
strous Material Strength
• Carrying Monstrous loads (up to
80 tons)
• Hands and limbs with Monstrous
Strength
Flight: Excellent air speed
Machine Animation: Excellent ability
to power and control devices
Phasing: Excellent ability
Talents: Remarkable knowledge of
piloting, astronautics, and flight in-
struction.

Contacts: Other Squadron mem-
bers, Quasar

15

ken of gratitude, the Skrull gave As part of the Utopia Program, Squadron mounted a last-ditch effort '-
Ledger a gem, which became known Tom Thumb created a behavior mod- to save their world with the help of
as the power prism. The prism grant- ification machine. With the machine, one of their greatest enemies, Mas-
ed Ledger fantastic powers and he the Squadron reformed their crimi- ter Menace.
became the costumed superhero nal foes, including a woman named
Doctor Spectrum. After a successful Foxfire, who became strongly at- Doctor Spectrum was one of the
tracted to Doctor Spectrum. The four heroes who flew into space with
career as a solo crimefighter, he and a device designed to contain the
the Skrull he rescued, (known simply Golden Archer, a good friend of Dr.
as "the Skrull") became founding Spectrum , was found to have been growing creature. Unfortunately, all
members of the Squadron Supreme. using the machine to brainwash La- efforts to fight the white entity failed.
dy Lark, a fellow team member. He Their universe was saved when Ar-
Doctor Spectrum , as well as most canna's son, Benjamin, traded plac-
was expelled from the Squadron . es with the white being, who turned
of the rest of the Squadron, suc- Meanwhile, Nighthawk had gath- out to be Thomas Lightner, the Nth
cumbed to the enthralling power of Man, who had been turned into a liv-
the entity known as the Overmind. ered his own group of dissenting he- ing hole in space. He had devoured
This collective mind entity, working roes and villains, who were named
together with the demonic being the Redeemers. The Golden Archer seven universes before happening
Null, the Living Darkness, used the joined this team and took the name across the Squadron's universe.
Squadron as pawns to rule the Black Archer, to reflect his change of
Earth. One member of the Squadron heart. The infant Benjamin Thomas
Jones was slated to become this uni-
retained his freedom, however; Hy- A way of reversing Tom Thumb's verse's next Sorcerer Supreme. He
perion managed to travel to another machine had been created and was opted to trade places with the white
Earth and recruit the superteam used on Foxfire. She also joined being and thus stop Lightner from
known as the Defenders to help him. Nighthawk's team, but hesitantly, devouring worlds. As a conse-
Together, the Defenders and the because she had fallen in love with quence, the powers of Sorcerer Su-
Squadron finally defeated the Over- Doctor Spectrum. preme were conferred upon Thomas
mind and Null, freeing the Earth Lightner. Benjamin left the Squad-
from thralldom. In the climactic battle between the ron's dimension, set on undoing all
Squadron and the Redeemers, the damage that Lightner had
This battle left the Squadron's Black Archer and Doctor Spectrum caused.
world in an economic and political battled each other. Spectrum's hesi-
mess. The Squadron decided to tancy to use his powers against a foe On the way back to their Earth, the
that he recognized as a friend al- Squadron was transported to the
take over America for a year and im- lowed the Black Archer to get in one main Marvel Un iverse Earth by
plement their Utopia Program. They shot, which smashed the power Lightner. He obviously didn't want
intended to use their powers to solve prism. The fragments of the prism the Squadron around to challenge
all of the country's problems. As a were imbedded in Dr. Spectrum's his newly acquired powers.
body.
gesture of good faith, the members The Squadron ran into Quasar
of the Squadron revealed their true Foxfire, in an attempt to prove her and they were taken to Project Pega-
identities to the people of the world, loyalty to the Squadron, killed Night- sus. They consulted with Reed Ri-
assuring them that the Utopia Pro- hawk. In retaliation for that, the Mink chards to see if his time machine
gram would succeed. One member could help, but that attempt failed.
of the group, Nighthawk, disagreed struck down Foxfire, killing her. En- Then, Dr. Strange came to Project
with the majority and began plan- raged, Dr. Spectrum wanted to strike Pegasus' to send them home magi-
ning to thwart the Squadron's plans. out at the person who had struck his cally. But Lightner had laid a magical
love; to his surprise, a beam of con- trap for the Squadron that caused
Nuke, a member of the Squadron, half of their bodies to stay on Earth
watched his parents die of cancer cussive force flew out of his body and the other half to be flung into the
from the radiation that he naturally and struck the Mink. The power of space between dimensions. They
gave off. Nuke stopped participating the prism was now his to control were rescued from this horrible
with the team and Doctor Spectrum without the actual prism. death by Quasar and Dr. Strange.
was assigned to find out what Nuke
was doing. Ledger found Nuke plan- The Squadron gave up and con- Dr. Spectrum and the other
ning to kill Tom Thumb, the Squad- ceded defeat. They promised to dis- Squadron members trapped on
ron's scientific genius, because the mantle the Utopia Program and Earth are now waiting for Arcanna's
diminutive scientist had been unable return the fate of America to the av- son, Benjamin, to finish repairing the
to save his parents. To stop Nuke, Nth Man's destruction through the
Doctor Spectrum encased him in an erage person. dimensions. Once Benjamin returns
energy bubble. Trying to escape, Following the battle, Doctor Spec- to Earth, the Squadron should be
Nuke kept blasting until all the oxy- able to return home with Benjamin's
gen had been used up and he suffo- trum again fell into a depressed help.
cated. Guilt-ridden because of
Nuke's death, Spectrum vowed nev- state because of the deaths of his
friends.
er to use his powers in combat again.
The next great test of the Squad-
ron occurred when a white being of

immense size began to grow and
threaten to devour the Sun. The

16

IFORCE

. 17

BRAHL BROADSIDE EIGHTVFIVE

STATISTICS: STATISTICS: STATISTICS:

F G0(10} F EX(20) F G0(10)
A G0(10) A G0(10} A TY(6)

s G0(10} s IN(40) s G0(10)

E EX(20) E IN(40} E EX(20)
R G0(10)
R G0(10) R TY(6) I G0(10)
I TY(6) p G0(10)
p TY(6) I TY(6) Health: 46
p TY(6)
Health: 50 Karma: 30
Karma: 22 Health: 110
Resources: RM(30)
Resources: RM(30) Karma: 18 Popularity: 0
Popularity: 0
Resources: RM(30)
Popularity: 0

BACKGROUND: BACKGROUND: BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Brahl Real Name: Unknown Real Name: Eightyfive
Occupation: Criminal Occupation: Criminal Occupation: Criminal
Legal Status: Unknown Legal Status: Unknown Legal Status: Kree Slave
Identity: Public Identity: Public Identity: Public
Other Known Aliases: None Other Known Aliases: None Other Known Aliases: None
Place of Birth: Unknown Place of Birth: Planet Mobius Place of Birth: An unknown Kree
Marital Status: Unknown Marital Status: Single controlled planet.
Known Relatives: None Known Relatives: None Marital Status: Single
Base of Operations: An unnamed Base of Operations: An unnamed Known Relatives: None
spaceship in an alternate future, spaceship in an alternate future, Base of Operations: An unnamed
3015 A.O. 3015 A.O. spaceship in an alternate future,
Past Group Affiliations: Force Past Group Affiliations: Force 3015 A.O.
Present Group Affiliations: Present Group Affiliations: Past Group Affiliations: Force
Present Group Affiliations:
KNOWN POWERS: KNOWN POWERS:
Phasing: Amazing rank Intensity Gravity Strength: When Broadside is KNOWN POWERS:
with the following special Power on a planet's surface, she can chan- Magnetic Manipulation: Incredible
Stunt: nel the planet's gravity into her body rank power with the following Power
Phasing Other Objects: Brahl can and increase her Strength propor- Stunt:
shoot an energy beam that causes tionately. A planet the size of Earth • Flight: Good speed .
inorganic objects to become intangi- provides her with Shift X Strength. Talents: Eightyfive has displayed no
ble for an unknown amount of time. The enhanced Strength does not in- known talents.
The range of this power is two areas, crease her Health score. Contacts: Eightyfive can really only
and it is able to affect up to one Talents: Broadside knows Martial depend on the other members of
whole area of material. Arts Type B. Force.
Equipment: Contacts: Broadside can really only
Energy Pistol: Brahl possesses a depend on the other members of ADDITIONAL NOTES:
powerful energy pistol that inflicts In- Force.
credible energy damage, with a ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
range of three areas. ADDITIONAL NOTES:: Eightyfive is slightly flamboyant. He
Talents: Brah! has no known talents. comes across as a hardened and bit-
Contacts: Brahl can only really de- ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: ter man. In actuality he is a merciful
pend on the other members of Broadside is a flirtatious female who man who does not like to kill.
Force . falls for any man with a physique
close to her own. She is quick to an- Eightyfive is one of the pink-
ADDITIONAL NOTES: ger if she is scorned by a male she is skinned Kree who were enslaved by
attracted to. the blue-skinned Kree. His whole
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: family was killed before he was able
Brahl is a murderous individual who to escape captivity. His name,
enjoys toying with his victims, since Eightyfive, was the number of the
they usually can't even touch him. cell block where he and his family
He is completely without mercy. were held captive.

18

INTERFACE PHOTON SCANNER

STATISTICS : STATISTICS: STATISTICS:

F TY(6) F G0(10) F G0(10)
A EX(20) A TY(6)
A G0(10)
s G0(10) s RM(30)
s TY(6)
E EX(20) E EX(20)
E G0(10) R G0(10) R EX(20)
R IN(40)
I TY(6) I EX(20)
I G0(10) p G0(10) p EX(20)
p AM(50) Health: 60 Health: 66
Health: 32 Karma: 26 Karma: 60
Karma: 100
Resources: RM(30) Resources: RM(30)
Resources: RM(30) Popularity: O Popularity: 0
Popularity: 0

BACKGROUND: BACKGROUND: BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Unknown Real Name: Unknown Real Name: Unknown
Occupation: Criminal Occupation: Criminal Occupation: Criminal
Legal Status: Unknown
Legal Status: Unknown Legal Status: Citizen of Centauri IV Identity: Public
Identity: Public Identity: Public Other Known Aliases: None
Other Known Aliases: None Other Known Aliases: None Place of Birth: Zrnx Homeworld
Place of Birth: Unknown Place of Birth: Centauri IV Marital Status: Unknown
Marital Status: Unknown Marital Status: Single Known Relatives: None
Known Relatives: None Known Relatives: None Base of Operations: An unnamed
Base of Operations: An unnamed Base of Operations: An unnamed spaceship in an alternate futu re,
spaceship in an alternate future, spaceship in an alternate future , 3015 A.O.
3015 A.O . 3015 A.O. Past Group Affiliations: Force
Past Group Affiliations: Force Past Group Affiliations: Force Present Group Affiliations:
Present Group Affiliations: Present Group Affiliations:

KNOWN POWERS: KNOWN POWERS: KNOWN POWERS:
Elemental Conversion: Interface can Energy Beams: Incredible Intensity. Radar Sense: Excellent Intensity.
turn any one element into any other Flight: Excellent Speed . Tracking: Scanner can psionically
Talents: track any living being, with Incredi-
element he desires. This Monstrous Photon has not displayed any tal- ble Intensity. This power has a Shift
rank power can even affect man- ents. Z range (ten miles).
made elements such as adaman- Contacts: Photon can really only de- Talents: Scanner is a trained space-
tium. This power has a four-area pend on the other members of ship pilot and navigator.
range. As a side effect of this power, Force. Yondu, a member of the Contacts: Scanner can really only
Interface can tell exactly what kind Guardians of the Galaxy, would depend on the other members of
of elements make up an object just come to her aid, since she is the last Force.
by looking at it. surviving female of his race.
ADDITIONAL NOTES: :
Talents: Interface is an expert on all ADDITIONAL NOTES:

natural and artificial elements, and
he possesses the Leadership Talent.
Contacts: Interface can only de-
pend on the other members of
Force.

ADDITIONAL NOTES:

ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Interface is a cold, calculating alien Scanner is an overconfident Snark
who is interested only in gaining Photon is a cold-hearted female, who believes his tracking powers will
profit and power. He rules the other who holds a hatred for anything that warn him of any surprises.
members of Force with an iron hand. has to do with her old life on Centauri
IV. She particularly hates Yondu of 19
the Guardians of the Galaxy, the last
male member of her race.

TACHYON ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: of her hatred of reptilians. Main
Tachyon is a being made up of tachy- Frame declared Nikki a loser be-
STATISTICS: on particles . It follows the orders of cause she had failed a test of mercy.
Interface and its teammates, but it
F TY(6} does not seem to be able communi- Aleta lost against Eightyfive be-
A UN(100) cate to other beings. Tachyon is a re- cause she was too busy fighting with
active being that can attack her husband Starhawk. This caused
s PR(4) someone only if first attacked with Aleta to lose her test of forgiveness
an energy blast.
E UN(100) and charity.
R TY{6) HISTORY:
I EX(20) Force is a group of intergalactic Yondu won his test of honor
p EX(20) criminals who banded together for against Photon, even though he was
Health: 210 the purpose of profit. Force operates almost killed by her. This was be-
Karma: 46 in an alternate time line in the 31st
Resources: RM(30) century. Force and the Guardians of cause Photon was the last female of
Popularity: O the Galaxy first came into conflict Yondu's race, and the only chance
while both groups were searching for their race to be re-born. During
BACKGROUND: for Captain America's shield. Force the " fight" with her, Yondu refused
Real Name: Unknown was after the shield because they
Occupation: Criminal had heard legends concerning the to fight or even defend himself.
Legal Status: Unknown shield and its supposed magical Starhawk was able to beat Tachy-
Identity: Public powers of mind control.
Other Known Aliases: None on simply by refusing to attack the
Place of Birth: Unknown Landing on a strange planet alien , so that Tachyon could not use
Marital Status: Unknown where the shield was supposed to his reflective abilities. This was a
Known Relatives: None rest, a mysterious machine pres- test of faith, because all knowledge
Base of Operations: An unnamed ence calling itself Main Frame of Tachyon had been removed from
spaceship in an alternate future, (which was actually the Avenger Starhawk's precognitive memory.
3015 A.O. once known as Vision) forced the
Past Group Affiliations: Force Guardians and the members of In a final confrontation, Vance As-
Present Group Affiliations: Force to battle each other, one-on- tro fought Interface, the leader of
one. Force. Interface won and took the
KNOWN POWERS: shield. Interface then vainly tried to
Energy Body: Tachyon's body is a Martinex fought Brahl and was activate the shield's supposed
packet of tachyon energy particles. badly beaten by the vicious alien . power to control other people. Dis-
This body grants him the following Even though mortally injured, Mar- gusted when the shield did not bring
powers: tinex fought bravely to the end. Main the Guardians under his mental con-
• Reflection: Tachyon can reflect Frame declared Martinex the winner, trol, Interface threw it away.
any energy attack back at its wielder, because he had won a test of brav-
ery. Vance picked up the shield, know-
while adding a + 1CS to the damage ing the true symbolic power of the
Charlie-27 underestimated Broad- shield. Thus Astro won a test of his
rating. This ability is Unearthly. Be- side, by using his brawn instead of very soul.
cause of the nature of his power, Ta- his brain. This caused Main Frame
chyon can attack only if someone to declare Charlie-27 the loser in the Vision then teleported Force and
attacks him first. test of cunning. their ship out of the planetary sys-
• Flight: CL3000 speed. tem. They left, seeing no reason to
Talents: No revealed talents. Nikki was able to beat Scanner linger any longer.
Contacts: Tachyon can only depend and she almost killed him because
on the other members of Force. Force is currently working for Ma-
levolence, the daughter of the de-
ADDITIONAL NOTES : mon Mephisto. This alliance was
made by Brahl in a move to asurp In-
terface's leadership. The other
members of Force are uneasy inthis
alliance and wait for Interface to take
control once again.

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STATISTICS:

F IN(40)
A RM(30)

s GD(10)

E EX(20)
R GD(10)
I EX(20)
p IN(40)
Health: 100
Karma: 70
Resources: GD(10)
Popularity: 0

BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Unrevealed
Occupation: Thief, adventurer
Identity: Secret
Legal Status: Wanted by U.S. au-
thorities
Other Known Aliases: None
Place of Birth: Unknown
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: U.S. South
Central
Past Group Affiliations: X-Men
~ Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS:
Explosive Projectiles: Gambit can
take any object that he throws and
imbue in it an explosive energy that
detonates when the object reaches
its target. Energy flows from his
hands and eyes into the object be-
fore it is thrown. These projectiles
~ cause Remarkable force damage for
each object thrown. Gambit's maxi-
mum range for his projectiles is two
areas.
Emotion Control: Remarkable level
Emotion Control. He has to talk to
the recipient of this power tor it to
work.
Talents: Gambit is skilled with
throwing all forms of projectiles. He
is especially skilled at throwing sin-
gle playing cards. He also has tal-
ents in the areas of Crime (thievery
and lock picking) and Acrobatics.
Contacts: Storm , X-Men .

21

ADDITIONAL NOTES: ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: finally friends. Gambit and Storm
Gambit is a loner. He sees himself as then began a campaign against the
22 a care-free, modern-day Robin criminals of the area. They would
Hood; once embroiled in combat, steal from the looters and give the
however, he becomes deadly seri- booty to people who needed it.
ous.
This campaign lasted until Nanny
While naturally a loner, he is cur- and the Orphan Maker finally caught
rently with the X-Men because of the up with Storm. In the following bat-
bonds forged between himself and tle, Storm regained her memory and
Storm during their time together both she and Gambit escaped.
while Storm was trapped in the body
of a child. He sees Storm and him- Gambit followed Storm back to the
self as partners, with the X-Men X-Men. He became an uncomforta-
team intruding upon that partner- ble member of the team, frequently
ship. He has shown some resent- asking Storm when they were going
ment against the team for taking the to return to the old days.
young Storm away from him. Re-
cently, he has acted more in the he- Gambit recently defeated Wolver-
roic role, working with the team, ine in a one-on-one Danger Room
especially with Jubilee. session, which hints at some unre-
vealed martial training in his past.
In battle, he jokes and banters
with his teammates, but when it The X-Men were abruptly teleport-
comes to talking about himself, his ed into deep space by Lila Cheney to
powers, or his past, he is absolutely rescue their old mentor, Professor
closed-mouthed. Xavier, and were just as abruptly
captured by Deathbird. Wolverine
HISTORY: and Jubilee freed the team . They
Gambit's history is largely a mystery. fought alongside the Starjammers
The first known information about and Lilandra against the Imperial
him is that he was a Robin Hood- Guard and won back the Shi'ar Em-
type thief, operating in the southcen- pire's throne for Lilandra.
tral area of the U.S, based out of
New Orleans. Gambit and Jubilee, both being of
a suspicious nature, discovered that
Storm, bereft of her memory and
in the body of a child, was also sur- " Professor X" was actually a Skrull
viving in the same area of the coun- impersonating the mutant leader.
try as a thief. One night in Cairo, Just as the mind-controlled Gladia-
Illinois, Storm was breaking into a tor was about to kill the helpless
river-side mansion when the Deathbird , Gambit burst out of hid-
Shadow King and his Hounds at- ing and attacked the impersonator.
tacked her. She managed to escape Gambit and Jubilee battled the fake
by falling from the third floor into a Professor Xavier and Gladiator to a
pool. standsti ll, giving Li la Cheney
enough time to teleport Deathbird to
Gambit fished the child out of the safety. In a last-ditch effort, the two
water and brought her with him back X-Men combined their powers-
into the mansion's vault. The Jubilee cast a wide dispersal of her
Hounds continued to pursue them fireworks, then Gambit tossed some
and a fight ensued. Using his explo- charged rocks into the fireworks.
sive projectiles and his persuasion, The result was a huge explosion that
along with Storm 's mutant powers,
the two of them escaped the brought the rest of the team rushing
Shadow King's clutches. After an ini- to the scene.
tial period of distrust, the Cajun thief
and Storm became companions and The real Professor X and captured

X-Men were eventually rescued.
Gambit and Jubilee both escaped
harm in the explosion and now have
a wise-cracking bond that was
forged in the heat of battle.

STATISTICS: KNOWN POWERS: fects everyone within the area, including
Alter-Ego: Daniel Ketch transforms into Ghost Rider.
F RM(30) Ghost Rider only at night, by touching Penance Stare: If Ghost Rider successful-
A RM(30) the gas cap on his motorcycle. He trans- ly grapples with someone for one round,
forms into Ghost Rider only if the blood the other is forced to look into his eyes.
s IN(40) of innocents is being shed within five The victim must make a Psyche FEAT roll
miles of his current location. Daniel has or lose one rank of Psyche permanently.
E AM(50) the following statistics: In addition to that, the victim must make
R GD(10) another Psyche FEAT roll (possibly using
I EX(20) F TY(6) a reduced Psyche rank) versus an
p RM(30) A GD(10) Amazing Intensity or pass out for 1-100
Health: 150 rounds. If a target's Psyche is brought be-
Karma: 60 s TY(6) low Feeble, the person's soul is lost for-
Resources: FE(2) (Ghost Rider) GD(10) ever and he or she goes insane. This
Popularity: -5 E attack works only against evil people and
TY(6) criminals who have hurt others.
BACKGROUND: R TY(6) Sou/fire: The Ghost Rider has used
Real Name: Daniel Ketch/Zarathos GD(10) Soulfire only twice, but he has no control
Occupation: Messenger/Spirit of I over its activation or effects. The second
Vengeance p time he used it while fighting Johnny
Legal Status: Citizen of the U.S. with no Blaze. The Soulfire, for some reason,
criminal record Health: 32 entered Blaze's shotgun. The shotgun
Identity: Secret Karma: 22 can now fire blasts of Soulfire that cause
Other Known Aliases: None Remarkable damage. These blasts are
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York Resources: TY(6) not affected by Ghost Rider's Body Ar-
Marital Status: Single Popularity: 0 mor and Invulnerabilities when they are
Known Relatives: Mother (first name used against him.
unrevealed), Barbara Ketch (sister, de- Ghost Rider has the following powers
ceased) and equipment: Equipme n t:
Base of Operations: Brooklyn, New Body Armor: Amazing protection against Chain (Unique Weapon): Ghost Rider
York physical attacks. possesses a chain made of an Unearthly
Past Group Affiliations: Briefly worked Invulnerability: CL1000 protection from rank material, and can do the following
with a substitute group of the Fantastic fire, heat, poisons, and radiation. Ghost Power Stunts with it:
Four. Rider is also immune to vacuum and at- • Grapple with Unearthly Strength.
Present Group Afflllatlons: tacks against a living soul. If Ghost • Lash out and do up to Amazing blunt
Rider's body is somehow destroyed, he damage.
will re-form his body in 1-10 rounds, with
his full Health score returned. If some-
one using an edged weapon against
Ghost Rider gets a red result, an explo-
sion of Amazing Intensity occurs and af-

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• Feeble Elongation enables the chain but managed to keep his soul when Soulfire destroyed the canisters, but
to reach up to one area away. Mephisto came for it. The angry Mephis- some of the biotoxin was released and
• The individual links can turn into to bonded Zarathos with the soul of the deformed Blackout's face.
shurikens and be thrown all at once. stunt rider, Johnny Blaze.
Ghost Rider can attack one person with Blackout got away and later figured out
them, which does Amazing edged weap- Over the next few years, when that Daniel Ketch was Ghost Rider. The
on damage. Or he can attack one area, Zarathos took over Blaze's body, he maddened Blackout sneaked into a hospi-
hitting everyone in the area with 1-5 transformed it into the dread vigilante tal and killed Daniel's unconscious sister.
shurikens, each one causing Good known as Ghost Rider. Zarathos had no
edged damage. memory of his past, he just felt compel- Since then, Ghost Rider has encoun-
Motorcycle: Daniel Ketch possesses an led to mete out justice. tered a number of villains, such as Mr.
ordinary looking motorcycle that never
needs gas. It has Typical Control, Excel- The being known as Nightmare even- Hyde and the Scarecrow. He has also
lent Speed, and a Poor Body. When tually informed Ghost Rider of his true met and teamed up with the Punisher,
Daniel turns into Ghost Rider, the motor- origin. Ghost Rider became more inde- Wolverine, Spider-Man, Moon Knight,
cycle transforms into a powerful bike pendent of Blaze, and more violent. Fi- and Doctor Strange.
with flaming wheels and the following nally, Zarathos managed to separate
statistics: Amazing Speed, Incredible himself from Blaze. The temperamental At this time, Ghost Rider has yet to re-
Body, and Incredible Control. demon then willingly trapped himself in member his past life before he merged
with Daniel Ketch. The being Nightmare
Ghost Rider can mentally control the a soul gem with his hated enemy, Cen- has recently told him about his origins,
bike from up to a ten-area range. If the turious. Apparently the two trapped but Ghost Rider still does not remember
bike is destroyed, it will reform in 1-10 souls were doomed to fight each other his past. Daniel Ketch has come to grips
rounds. The bike can defy gravity and for an eternity. (For more information, with his double personality, and has now
travel up walls and across ceilings. The see Volume 2 of the Gamer's Handbook learned to accept it.
bike can also travel on the surface of wa-
ter. The motorcycle has a special batter- of the MARVEL UNIVERSE"' for an entry Recently, Ghost Rider encountered
ing ram that enables the motorcycle to on Ghost Rider Ill.) Doctor Strange, Topaz, and Rintrah .
burst through materials of up to Incredi- They were searching for ingredients for
ble Material rank without harming the Years later, in Brooklyn, New York, a spell that would free Topaz, who was
rider(s). Daniel Ketch and his sister, Barbara, possessed by a demon. Ghost Rider al-
were visiting Cypress Hills Cemetery on lowed the sorcerer to try to take some of
Talents: Daniel Ketch and Ghost Rider Halloween Eve. They accidentally stum- the Soulfire burning on his head, but the
are accomplished motorcycle riders. bled upon a confrontation between pain was too much for Ghost Rider and
Ghost Rider is a Weapon Specialist with some of the Kingpin's mob and mem- they had to stop.
bers of a group led by the mysterious
his chain, giving him a +2CS when us- Deathwatch. Doctor Strange and company then
helped Ghost Rider track down a villain
ing it. Barbara and Daniel were discovered known as the Zodiac Killer. They soon
and Barbara was mortally injured by a learned that the Zodiac Killer was work-
Contacts: The new Ghost Rider has ing for demons from another dimension.
worked with Wolverine, Spider-Man, the crossbow bolt fired by one of Death-
Fantastic Four, Moon Knight, the Pun- watch's men. Meanwhile, the members Ghost Rider captured the Zodiac
isher, the Hulk, and Doctor Strange. of a teenage gang, known as the Cy- Killer, but he turned out to be a dopple-
press Pool Jokers, grabbed a mysteri- ganger of the true Zodiac Killer, who had
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: ous attache case that the two gangs already escaped.
Daniel Ketch is a confused young man were fighting over.
who is deeply troubled by his transforma- After this adventure, Daniel was cap-
tion into Ghost Rider. He is beginning to The frightened Daniel hid himself and tured by Johnny Blaze, who still had
accept the transformation, but at the same his sister in a nearby junkyard. They hid some sort of mystical link with Ghost
time he is shutting everyone out of his life. next to a motorcycle that was too new to Rider. Johnny Blaze planned to hold
Ghost Rider is only interested in venge- be in the junkyard. His hand covered by Daniel until he turned into Ghost Rider,
ance against those who have spilled the his sister's blood, Daniel vowed that he and then he was going to kill the demon.
blood of innocents. He will try to punish would do anything to save her. The gas
wrong-doers, but he will not try to actively cap on the motorcycle started glowing; Meanwhile, Blackout and Deathwatch
kill them. While pursuing his enemies he is when Daniel touched it he became the killed a number of people, hoping to
relentless and stubborn, refusing to give new Ghost Rider, the Spirit of Vengeance. draw Ghost Rider out. This caused the
up until the villain is punished. motorcycle to seek out Daniel and acti-
Ghost Rider attacked Deathwatch's vate the transformation. Ghost Rider
HISTORY: men, but Deathwatch got away. Ghost and Blaze then fought each other. Dur-
Long ago, when demons ruled the Earth, Rider then took the injured Barbara to ing the fight, a blast of Soulfire went
the demon named Zarathos was wor- the hospital and disappeared. The through Blaze's shotgun and directly in-
shiped as a god. Zarathos's lust for hu- scared Daniel Ketch soon discovered to Blaze without harming him.
man souls brought him into conflict with that when night fell, and the blood of an
the demon lord Mephisto. Zarathos and innocent was spilt nearby, he trans- Somehow, this changed the shotgun so
Mephisto fought, but Mephisto ended up formed into Ghost Rider. that it could fired blasts of Soulfire that
capturing the living flame that was the could actually harm Ghost Rider. Badly
essence of Zarathos's soul. During the following weeks, Death-
watch's organization and Ghost Rider wounded by the blasts, Ghost Rider es-
Over the centuries, Mephisto enjoyed clashed many times. Ghost Rider soon caped Blaze and went after Blackout.
joining Zarathos's soul to a variety of discovered that the mysterious attache
weak human souls. Several years ago, a case from the cemetery contained canis- Johnny Blaze followed close behind.
stunt cyclist made a deal with Mephisto, ters of a virulent mutated biotoxin that Blackout's rampage was brought to a halt
could be spread through the air. Ghost by an allied Ghost Rider and Blaze. Dan
24 Rider was able to stop Deathwatch and Ketch and Johnn Blaze have formed an
his follower Blackout from releasing the uneasy alliance, both trying to learn more
plague. During the fight, Ghost Rider's about the Ghost Rider.

BIG BERTHA East and West Coast Avengers as al- cially effective at calming Mister Im-
lies. mortal.
STATISTICS: Limitation: Dinah Soar is either un-
ADDITIONAL NOTES: able or unwilling to speak. When in
Ashley Bertha danger, she alerts her fellow team-
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: mates by blowing a high-pitched
F PR(4) TY(6) Although she was a great success, whistle.
Ashley Crawford seems bitter to- Talents: None.
A TY(6) TY(6) ward the modelling industry. Her C ontacts: She can call on any of
identity as Big Bertha is the perfect the Avengers.
S PR(4) RM(30) outlet for her frustrations. Ashley
Crawford is an uptight professional, ADDITIONAL NOTES:
E TY{6) IN(40) while Big Bertha is an obese, fun-
loving woman ready to take on the ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
R TY{6) TY(6) world for what she believes is right. Dinah Soar is an enigma. Because
she does not speak and chooses to
I GD(10) GD(10) DINAH SOAR remain aloof in her actions, it is diffi-
cult to delve into her personality. On
P TY (6) TY(6) STATISTICS: the surface she appears frail and
sad , as if burdened by tremendous
Health: 20 I 82 F TY(6) inner turmoil.
A RM(30)
Karma: 22 I 22 DOORMAN
s TY(6)
Resources: EX(20) STATISTICS:
E EX(20)
Popularity: + 15 (as famous model R TY(6) F GD(10)
I TY(6) A GD(10)
Ashley Crawford) IO (as Big Bertha) p TY(6)
Health: 62 s TY(6)
BACKGROUND: Karma: 18
Real Name: Ashley Crawford Resources: PR(4) E EX(20)
Occupation: Ex-professional model Popularity: 0
turned adventurer R TY(6)
Legal Status: U.S. citizen with no BACKGROUND: I TY(6)
criminal record Real Name: Unrevealed p TY(6)
Identity: General public does not Occupation: Adventurer Health: 46
know about her identity as Big Ber- Legal Status: U.S. citizen with no Karma: 18
tha criminal record Resources: TY(6)
Place of Birth: Unrevealed Identity: Secret
Marital Status: Presumably single Place of Birth: Unrevealed Popularity: o
Known Relatives: None Marital Status: Unrevealed
Base of Operations: Milwaukee, Known Relatives: None BACKGROUND:
Base of Operations: Milwaukee, Real Name: Unrevealed
Wisconsin Wisconsin Occupation: Adventurer
Past Group Affiliations: Great Past Group Affiliations: Great Legal Status: U.S. citizen with no
Lakes Avengers criminal record
Lakes Avengers Present Group Affiliations: Identity: Secret
Present Group Affiliations: Place of Birth: Unrevealed
KNOWN POWERS: Marital Status: Unrevealed
KNOWN POWERS: Wings: Dinah Soar can fly at up to In- Known Relatives: None
Body Transformation: By unknown credible airspeed (20 areas per Base of Operations: Milwaukee,
round). As a Power Stunt, she has Wisconsin
means, Ashley has the Remarkable developed the tactic of soaring over Past Group Affiliations: Great
ability to transform her body, caus- opponents and buffeting them to the Lakes Avengers
ing herself to become immensely ground with her wings. Treat this as Present Group Affiliations:
obese. (She weighs in at around a Charging attack.
1,000 pounds.) While in this trans- Hyper-Sonics: Through some form of KNOWN POWERS:
formed state, she has the following sonics that registers above the lim it Gateway: Through unknown means,
abilities: of normal human hearing, Dinah Doorman has the Incredible ability to
• Body Armor: Ashley's billowy Soar has the Remarkable ability to transform himself into a type of inter-
flesh becomes toughened, yet plia- instill peacefulness in an otherwise dimensional gateway, allowing oth-
enraged person. This power is espe- ers to pass directly through him.
ble, granting her the equivalent of Thus, for example, if Doorman were
Remarkable Body Armor. She has to stand against a steel wall, others
developed the Power Stunt of catch-
ing bullets shot into her great mass
and hurling them back at her attack-
ers for Poor Blunt damage.

• Leaping : She can jump at Un-
earthly ability, making leaps of up to

100 feet.
Talents: Ashley is a talented model
whose face has graced the covers of
many famous magazines. She can
also pilot conventional aircraft.
Contacts: She can count both the

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could pass through him and exit on Flatness: His entire body is only KNOWN POWERS: -
the other side of the wall just as if about one inch thick, enabling him to Immortality: Although Mr. Immortal
they had walked through a normal flow through narrow openings, such can be killed through normal means, -
doorway. He cannot use this power as beneath a door. he always returns to life within 1-1 O
to let himself pass through obsta- Plasticity: Flatman's body is pliable, rounds at full Health. Because his
cles. It is likely that this power is tied allowing him to absorb tremendous body regenerates lost parts as it
to the Darkforce Dimension, al- impacts . His unusual physiology heals, his very atoms would have to
though this has not yet been proven. grants him the equivalent of Body be scattered across space for him to
Levitation: Doorman can move Armor, providing him with Remark- be permanently slain. During the
through the air at Typical airspeed (6 able protection from physical at- time of his "death," Mr. Immortal has
areas per round}. tacks and Excellent protection no bodily life signs and truly is dead
Talents: None. against energy attacks. for all practical purposes.
Contacts: He is known to both the Talents: None. Talents: He is trained in Martial Arts
East and West Coast Avengers. Contacts: Like the other members B and Acrobatics.
of his team, Ftatman can call on any Contacts: He can look to any of the
ADDITIONAL NOTES: of the Avengers for aid. Avengers for help.

ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: ADDITIONAL NOTES: ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Doorman appears to be your typical
young American male. He is always ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
eager to aid his fellow teammates, Flatman is the Deputy Leader of the As the leader of the Great Lakes
and enjoys being a superhero. Great Lakes Avengers, a position he Avengers, Mister Immortal is good at
takes very seriously. His calm, fun- making quick and intelligent deci-
FLATMAN loving attitude counterbalances the sions; however, his rashness and
hot-blooded side of the team's lead- overconfidence can get his team in-
STATISTICS: er, Mister Immortal. to more trouble than they can han-
dle. He is known to display a violent,
F GD(10} MISTER almost berserker, rage when battling
A GD(10) foes. Thanks to the calming power of
IMMORTAL Dinah Soar, Mr. lmmortal's tantrums
s TY(6} are quickly ended.
STATISTICS:
E GD(10) HISTORY:
R GD(10} F EX(20} The Great Lakes Avenger's first pub-
I TY(6} A IN(40) lic appearance was at the Milwau-
p TY(6) kee Farmers and Merchants Trust
Health: 36 s TY(6) building, where they stopped a rob-
Karma: 22 bery and came to the attention of
Resources: TY(6} E GD(10) Hawkeye. Hawkeye decided to in-
Popularity: 0 R TY(6) vestigate the so-called "Great Lakes
I TY(6) Avengers" along with Mockingbird.
BACKGROUND: p PR(4) Seeing potential in the members,
Real Name: Unrevealed Health: 76 Hawkeye became the temporary
Occupation: Adventurer Karma: 16 leader of the Great Lakes Avengers.
Legal Status: U.S. citizen with no Resources: TY(6)
criminal record Popularity: O The team successfully aided the
Identity: Secret Vision in rescuing the Scarlet Witch
Place of Birth: Unrevealed BACKGROUND: and She Hulk from That Which En-
. Marital Status: Presumably single Real Name: Unrevealed dures. The team still trains hard,
Known Relatives: None Occupation: Adventurer though Hawkeye 's return to the
Base of Operations: Milwaukee, Legal Status: U.S. citizen with no West Coast Avengers has put Mock-
Wisconsin criminal record ingbird in the trainer's spot for these
Past Group Affiliations: Great Identity: Secret fledlig heroes. Whether they will be-
Lakes Avengers Place of Birth: Unrevealed come an official, fully-contracted
Present Group Affiliations: Marital Status: Presumably single franchise of the Avengers remains to
Known Relatives: None be seen.
KNOWN POWERS: Base of Operations: Milwaukee,
Elongation: He has the Remarkable Wisconsin
ability to elongate any portion of his Past Group Affiliations: Great
body to a maximum distance of 3 ar- Lakes Avengers
eas. Present Group Affiliations:

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A LETA • Invulnerability: Due to her body's Known Relatives: Arnold Thomas
nonphysical nature, Aleta is im- (father), Mary (mother)
STATISTICS: mune to poisons, diseases, and Base of Operations: the spaceship
radiation , and she can survive in a Captain America II, located in an al-
F EX(20) vacuum. ternate future , 3015 A.O.
A EX(20) Past Group Affiliations: Guardians
Talents: Aleta has not revealed any of the Galaxy
s GD(10) special talents. Present Group Affiliations:
Contacts: Aleta is a member of the
E RM(10) Guardians of the Galaxy. In the 20th KNOWN POWERS:
R GD(10) century she can depend on the Telekinesis: Vance can project
I GD(10) Avengers for aid. beams of force that inflict Incredible
p GD(10) damage with a one-area range. As a
Health: 60 ADDITIONAL NOTES: Power Stunt, he can do Excellent
Karma: 30 damage to everyone within the same
Resources: EX(20) ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: area.
Popularity: 50 Aleta is a gentle and warm woman Equipment:
who can also be a dangerous war- Body Armor: Vance's newest suit of
BACKGROUND: rior. She currently hates her hus- body armor is laced with adaman-
Real Name: Aleta band, Starhawk, and has fallen in tium, giving the suit a Material rank
Occupation: Adventuress love with Vance Astra. She hates Strength of Monstrous. This pro-
Legal Status: Citizen of Arcturus IV Starhawk because she blames him vides Vance with Monstrous protec-
Identity: Secret for the deaths of their three children. tion against most forms of attack,
Other Known Aliases: None except mental and magical attacks.
Place of Birth: Arcturus IV VANCEASTRO If one attack does more than Mon-
Marital Status: Married strous damage, or if edged weapon
Known Relatives: Ogord (father), STATISTICS: damage equals Monstrous or more,
Salaan (mother) , Stakar (husband), the suit ruptures. Until the suit is
Tara, Seta and John (children, de- F EX(20) sealed back up, Vance suffers Typi-
ceased) A EX(20) cal damage every round while his
Base of Operations: the spaceship skin is exposed the air.
Captain America II, located in an al- s TY(6)
ternate future, 3015 A.O. Shield: Vance now owns the unique
Past Group Affiliations: Guardians E GD(10) shield that belonged to Captain
of the Galaxy R EX(20) America in the 20th century. The
Present Group Affiliations: I GD(10) shield is made of adamantium and
p GD(10) vibranium . The shield is a CL3000
KNOWN POWERS: Health: 56 material, making it immune to any-
Light Body: Aleta's body is com- Karma: 40 thing but psionics and magical at-
posed of solid light particles; she is Resources: EX(20) tacks. Vance can use this as a
able to control light and use the fol- Popularity: 100 in the future shield, but he is still subject to Slam
lowing Power Stunts: and Stun effects. Vance can throw
• Solid Light Beams: Amazing BACKGROUND: the shield, doing Good damage, up
Real Name: Vance Astrovik to one area away.
beams of force (solid light) with a Occupation: Former astronaut, now Talents: Vance is a trained space-
20-area range. adventurer ship pilot. He is also trained in Phys-
• Flight: Create light discs that en- Legal Status: U.S. Citizen ics, Astronomy, Electronics,
able her to fly at Shift Z speeds in Identity: Not known to the general Engineering, and Chemistry. He is
outer space, and Monstrous populace of Earth proficient in Martial Arts B and E.
speed in a planet's atmosphere. Other Known Aliases: None Contacts: Yance is a member of the
Aleta's Agility increases to match Place of Birth: Saugerties, New Guardians of the Galaxy. He can rely
her flight speed (up to a maximum York on aid from the Avengers when visit-
of Unearthly, without changing Marital Status: Single ing the 20th century.
her Health score).
• Light Objects: Create temporary ADDITIONAL NOTES:
objects of solid light, such as
shields and grapples, with
Amazing Strength and possess-
ing a material rank of Amazing .
• Phasing: Unearthly phasing that
does not affect electronics.

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ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: Equipment: BACKGROUND:
Vance is a quiet and intense man Energy Cannon (Unique Weapon): Real Name: Martinex
who gets moody at times. He was Charlie-27 has recently come into Occupation: Former technician,
very bitter about being forced to live possession of a large energy weap- now adventurer
his life in a containment suit. He also on that can do Monstrous Energy Legal Status: Legal citizen of Earth
had a tendency to be short- damage, with a five-area range. It colony on Pluto
tempered . The recent discovery of takes a Strength of at least Remark- Identity: Public, not known to the
Captain America's shield and the able rank to wield the gun. general populace of 20th century
blooming relationship with Aleta Talents: As a former soldier, Charlie- Earth
have made him more relaxed and 27 has the Guns, Blunt Weapons, Other Known Aliases: None
tolerant. Vance's self-confidence Sharp Weapons, Martial Arts 8 , Place of Birth: Cerberus Center,
has also increased. Vance has also Wrestling, Military, and First Aid tal- Pluto
started to emulate the original Cap- ents. Charlie-27 has also trained in Marital Status: Single
tain America's feelings about free- Zero-G Combat. Known Relatives: None
dom and liberty. Contacts: Charlie-27 is a member of Base of Operations: the spaceship
the Guardians of the Galaxy, and he Captain America II, located in an al-
CHARLIE-27 has some influence in the Jovian mil- ternate future, 3015 A.O.
itary. In the 20th century he can de- Past Group Affiliations: Guardians
STATISTICS: pend on help from the Avengers. of the Galaxy

F EX(20) ADDITIONAL NOTES: Present Group.Affiliation :
A G0(10)
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: KNOWN POWERS:
s IN(40) Charlie-27 used to be the most easy- Heat and Cold Generation: Martinex
going member of the team. Recent can shoot beams of heat from his
E IN(40) problems with the flirtatious Nikki right hand, and beams of intense
have caused Charlie to become cold from his left hand. These
R GD(10) more moody and quicker to anger. beams can do up to Shift X damage.
When in battle he is confident and Martinex can use each type of beam
I G0(10) adapts well to any situation. To pro- only four times a day. Martinex
p TY(6) tect himself from his recent emotion- shoots the beams with Excellent
Health: 110 al problems, Charlie-27 has returned Agility, and they have a one-area
Karma: 26 to his military mode of thinking. range .
Resources: EX(20) Body Armor: Martinex's silicon body
Popularity: 100 MARTINEX provides him with Unearthly protec-
tion against temperature extremes.
BACKGROUND: STATISTICS: His skin has recently mutated, re-
Real Name: Charlie-27 ducing his protection against energy
Occupation: Former soldier, now F G0(10) attacks to Good rank. His body also
adventurer A G0(10) provides him with Feeble protection
Legal Status: Legal citizen of Earth against physical attacks. The Body
colony on Jupiter s RM(30) Armor itself is composed of a materi-
Identity: Public, not known to the al that has Good Material rank
general populace of 20th century E G0(10) Strength .
Earth Talents: Martinex is a trained space-
Other Known Aliases: None R EX(20) ship pilot, and has Remarkable Rea-
Place of Birth: Galileo City, Jupiter son when dealing with Engineering,
Marital Status: Single I G0(10) Physics, Computers, and Electron-
Known Relatives: Charlie-26 (fa- p TY(6) ics.
ther, deceased), Mabel-17 (mother, Health: 60 Contacts: Martinex is a member of
deceased) Karma: 36 the Guardians of the Galaxy. In the
Base of Operations: the spaceship Resources: RM(30) 20th century he could depend on the
Captain America II, located in an al- Popularity: 100 Avengers.
ternate future, 3015 A.O.
Past Group Affiliations: Guardians ADDITIONAL NOTES:
of the Galaxy
Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS:
Body Armor: Charlie-27's dense
flesh provides him with Remarkable
protection against physical and
gravity attacks.

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ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: -2CS). Nikki can fire both weapons Base of Operations: the spaceship
Martinex is currently the leader of each round, at different targets. At Captain America II, located in an al-
the team , but he feels that he is not the same time she can also be using ternate future, 3015 A.O.
up to the task. He is not a very good her Acrobatics to actively dodge at- Past Group Affiliations: Guardians
fighter and he attempts to avoid tacks. of the Galaxy
combat. Recent changes in the indi- Talents: Nikki is a Marksman and a Present Group Affiliation:
viduals of the teams, and recent Weapons Master with her blasters.
events, have caused him to become She is also proficient in Martial Arts KNOWN POWERS:
rather worried about the future of the A and E. She has the Acrobatic tal- Resistance: Monstrous Resistance
Guardians. ent, and she can pilot a spaceship. to poisons, diseases, and radiation.
Contacts: Nikki is a member of the Starhawk's suit provides him with in-
NIKKI Guardians of the Galaxy. In the 20th definite life support.
century she can call for aid from the Light Control: Starhawk can manipu-
STATISTICS: Avengers. late light energy from any source. He
can project Unearthly beams of heat
F GD(10) ADDITIONAL NOTES: or force, and penetrate energy fields
A RM(30) by jamming their wavelengths.
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: Solar Sails: Shift Z flight speed in
s TY(6) Nikki is a carefree and flamboyant outer space, and up to Monstrous
girl who loves to flirt with any hand- speed in a atmosphere. Starhawk's
E GD(10) Agility rank increases to match his
some male. She enjoys using her ac- speed, up to a maximum of Unearth-
R GD(10) ly (this does not increase his Health
robatics during combat, while doing score).
I GD(10) trick shots with her blasters. Extra-Sensory Perception: Starhawk
p TY(6) can sense concentrations and ex-
Health: 56 STARHAWK penditures of energy in the space-
Karma: 26 time continuum. This sense is
Resources: EX(20) STATISTICS: ranked at CL1000.
Popularity: 100 Phasing: Unearthly phasing ability
F EX(20) that does not affect electronics.
BACKGROUND: A GD(10) Precognition: Starhawk has already
Real Name: Nicholette Gold lived through his life several times.
Occupation: Adventuress s IN(40) Each time, things are slightly differ-
Legal Status: Legal citizen of Earth ent, and are thus in an alternate time
colony on Mercury E RM(30) line. His precog ability is Amazing.
Identity: Public, not known to the Talents: None.
general populace of 20th century R AM(50) Contacts: Starhawk is a member of
Earth I MN(75) the Guardians of the Galaxy, and is
Other Known Aliases: None p MN(75) on good terms with the Avengers in
Place of Birth: Solstice, Mercury the 20th century.
Marital Status: Single Health: 100
Known Relatives: None Karma: 200 ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Base of Operations: the spaceship Resources: EX(20)
Captain America II, located in an al- Popularity: 100
ternate future, 3015 A.O.
Past Group Affiliations: Guardians BACKGROUND:
of the Galaxy Real Name: Stakar
Present Group Affiliation: Occupation: Adventurer
Legal Status: Legal citizen of Arc-
KNOWN POWERS: turus IV
Resistance to Heat: Unearthly pro- Identity: Secret
tection versus ultraviolet radiation, Other Known Aliases: None
Monstrous protection against heat- Place of Birth: Arcturus IV
based and infrared energy attacks. Marital Status: Married
Protected Senses: Nikki 's eyes have Known Relatives: None
Incredible protection versus bright
light.
Equipment:
Blasters: Nikki wears a small but
powerful blaster on each wrist. The
blasters do Remarkable Energy
damage, or they can be set for a stun
effect (make Endurance FEAT roll at

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ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: trol. He can make the arrow return to The ship has a teleportation system
Starhawk comes across as an aloof him or vibrate at various frequencies keyed into the Guardians' badges
and arrogant being with no humani- while in flight. (which are also communicators).
ty. Starhawk is also cursed with liv- The teleporter has a Power Rank of
ing his mistakes over and over As a Power Stunt, Yondu can Incredible, with an Incredible range.
again, as he is forced to live his life cause an arrow to dart around a vic-
over again in an endless cycle. Re- tim and confuse him. If Yondu makes The ship also possesses four laser
cent changes in his memories have an Incredible FEAT roll versus the weapons that cause Amazing dam-
made him slightly nervous about his target's Intuition, the target cannot age with a Remarkable range. The
knowledge of the future. move from that area, and all FEAT lasers are fired by a targeting com-
rolls are at -2CS. puter with Amazing accuracy.
VONDU
Yondu's arrows can also affect an HISTORY:
STATISTICS: intangible foe when he makes an In- The Guardians of the Galaxy is a
credible FEAT roll versus the oppo- team of superhumans and aliens
F EX(20) nent's Intangibility Power Rank. A that operate in an alternate future,
A EX(20) successful roll causes the opponent during the 31st century. They are
to become solid for 1-1 Orounds, and dedicated to protecting the people of
s EX(20) the victim must make an Endurance the Milky Way Galaxy from any
FEAT roll on the Stun column, at a - threat.
E EX(20) 2CS.
Talents: Yondu is a trained woods- The Guardians were formed in
R TY(6) men and hunter. 3007 A.O. , when the alien Badoon
Contacts: Yondu is a member of the attacked the Earth colonies on Mer-
I IN(40) Guardians of the Galaxy, and while cury, Pluto, and Jupiter. The Badoon
p RM(30) in the 20th century he can expect then attacked and took over Earth,
Health: 80 help from the Avengers. killing most of the inhabitants and
Karma: 76 enslaving the survivors.
Resources: EX(20) ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Popularity: 100 Charlie-27, a soldier on solo duty,
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: returned to find his Jovian home
BACKGROUND: Yondu is a very spiritual and medita- overrun by the Badoon. He escaped
Real Name: Yondu tive person . A gentle soul, he tries to by way of a teleport tube, and arrived
Occupation : Former hunter, now avoid actually killing someone with on Pluto. He joined forces with Mar-
adventurer his arrows. His recent encounter tinex, the only surviving Plutonian.
Legal Status: Member of the Zatoan They destroyed Pluto 's industrial
tribe of Centauri IV with Photon , the last female member complexes and then took a teleport
Identity: Unknown to the general of his race, has caused him to be- tube to Earth .
populace of 20th century Earth come withdrawn and depressed. He
Other Known Aliases: None now acts quite mechanically and At the same time, Vance Astra and
Place of Birth: Plysa Forest, Cen- emotionlessly whether in conversa- Yondu were arriving on Earth . A cen-
tauri IV, Beta Centauri System tion or combat. tury earlier, Vance Astra had been an
Marital Status: Single American astronaut placed in cryo-
Known Relatives: None Special Equipment: genic suspension and then sent off
Base of Operations: the spaceship Captain America II: The Guardians in the first manned interstellar flight
Captain America II located in an al- of the Galaxy usually travel in an to the Centauri star system. He ar-
ternate future, 3015 A.O. rived to find a Earth colony already
Past Group Affiliations: Guardians spaceship capable of interstellar in the Centauri system. While he had
of the Galaxy travel. slept during his ship's flight, humans
Present Group Affiliation: had discovered the secret of faster-
Control RM(30) than-light travel.
KNOWN POWERS: Speed Cl3000
Empathy: Yondu can form a rapport Body RM(30) Bitter over his wasted century of
with the local flora and fauna of a re- Protection RM(30) sleep, Vance went ahead and began
gion. This Unearthly rank power can surveying the system as he had
allow him to sense unnatural fea- been assigned to do a century earli-
tures in a wilderness, or locate spirit- er. He met and made friends with
ual and psychic forces. Yondu, one of Centauri IV's natives.
Equipment: The system was attacked by the Ba-
Yaka Arrows (Unique Weapon): Yon- doon, who destroyed the human
du uses a bow that fires arrows settlement and all of Yondu's people.
made of yaka, a sound-sensitive ma- Vance and Yondu escaped and cap-
terial. Yondu can whistle and control tured a faster-than-light ship and
an arrow's flight with Incredible Con- headed for Earth.

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Vance and Yondu were captured caused the younger version's teleki- to the computer's planet. There they
netic powers to surface much soon- could build a new life. Giraud, the
when they arrived on Earth, but they er than they originally were sup- newest Phoenix, also went there and
were subsequently rescued by allowed psionic dampers to be
Charlie-27 and Martinex. Banding posed to. This caused a split in the placed on him to control the raven-
together, and calling themselves the t ime line, meaning that the Guard- ous hunger of the Phoenix Force.
Guardians of the Galaxy, they swore ians now existed in an alternate time
line. The younger Astro would be- The Guardians then once again
to drive the Badoon out of the Milky set out for adventure, w ith a stow-
Way Galaxy. come Marvel Boy, and join the New away aboard. The stowaway was a
Warriors. This Astro would never be- young girl named Replica who had
In 3015 A.O ., the Guardians, with come a member of the Guardians. the ability to change her shape. She
had been helping the resistance
the aid of the Defenders from the Upon arriving in their own time, fighters on Haven during the revolu-
20th century, the Guardians led a re- t ion . She asked if she could become
the Guardians set out to find the a member of the Guardians. The
volt that drove the Badoon out of the shield of Captain America. During other Guardians reluctantly allowed
Solar System and the immediate their search, they became embroiled her to become a probationary mem-
surrounding space. The Guardians in a battle with the Stark, an alien ber, even though Nikki does not trust
then set off in their first spaceship, Replica at all.
Captain America, looking for adven- race that had built its whole society
ture. During their travels they were around the technology Tony Stark The Guardians next encountered
joined by the Mercurian colonist had used to create the Iron Man ar- a futuristic alien version of the Terran
Nikki and the two physically-melded hero of the 20th century, Ghost
mor. Rider. This version of Ghost Rider
Arcturans, Starhawk and Aleta. The Guardians finally found the exists on the planet Sarka, a planet
Later on, the Guardians went back ruled by a theocracy called the Uni-
planet where the shield rested , but versal Church of Truth. Autolycus,
to the 20th century to find the power- they then had to fight the criminal Ghost Rider's secret identity, was a
ful being known as Korvac. Korvac group known as Force. They suc-
was a criminal of their time period . ceeded and gained the shield. The priest of a religion outlawed by the
Most of his body had been replaced computer running the planet re- Universal Church of Truth. This new
by mechanical parts. He accidental- vealed itself to be the computer Ghost Rider was killing the leaders
ly encountered Galactus's vast ship, brain of the Avenger once known as
the Vision. The computer now called of the Universal Church.
and then was brave enough to link itself Main Frame. Detecting the Guardians' ship in
his mind with the ship's computer.
The Guardians then found a lost orbit around the planet, he trans-
This gave Korvac immense men- formed into Ghost Rider and formed
Earth colony on the planet Haven. his flying Death-Cycle. He flew up to
tal and physical powers that dwarfed The colony had originally consisted investigate the Guardians, fearing
even those of Galactus and other of mutants who had fled persecution they were more Universal Church al-
powers of the universe. Korvac went on planet Earth. Over the centuries, lies. Ghost Rider injured Starhawk,
back in time to the 20th century. but was then calmed down by Aleta.
Starhawk sensed the increase in inbreeding caused most of the colo- Unfortunately, Replica was a mem-
nists to be born without any mutant ber of the Universal Church of Truth .
Korvac's powers, and that he had powers. By the time the Guardians Seeing that she wore the religious
traveled back in time. found the planet, all most the entire
population consisted of normal hu- symbol of the Church, Ghost Rider
Starhawk talked the other Guard- mans. The humans were tyrannical- once again attacked the Guardians.
ians into going back in time to stop ly ruled by a council consisting of the Eventually, the Guardians negoti-
Korvac. The Guardians stayed with only nine mutants left on the planet. ated a truce with the Ghost Rider
the Avengers during this time, and fi- and also left Sarka behind them after
nally located Korvac after several The council was led by Rancor, a escaping the Church's wrath.
months. Korvac easily defeated the
Guardians and the Avengers, but he direct descendant of Wolverine. Special Note: Firelord, who had
was then betrayed by the woman he While the Guardians led a bloody once been one of Galactus's her-
loved. The Guardians then returned revolution against the mutant rulers,
Starhawk took Giraud, a resistance alds, is officially a reserve member
to their own time. leader to a nearby volcano. There, of the Guardians too. He is the cur-
Before they left, Astro Vance con- Giraud allowed the cosmic being rent Protector of the Universe in this
known as the Phoenix Force to meld alternate timeline.
tacted his younger self, to convince with him . This newest version of the
the boy not to become an astronaut. Phoenix destroyed the whole planet
This way the boy would not grow up in its hunger.
and eventually be confined to a con-
tainment suit. The meeting between Luckily, Starhawk had Main
these two versions of one person Frame teleport the entire population
caused a psychic backlash. This

32

HODGE, CAMERON

STATISTICS: duced to OHealth and Shift OEndur- tached on the back of his body,
ance, he does not die but just starts which enables him to phase at the
F EX(20) healing. His head, alone and iso- Excellent rank.
A EX{20) lated, has a Health total of 32, and it Regeneration/Self-Repair Circuits:
regenerates its lost Health with In- Hodge's mechanical body restores
s IN{40) credible speed (40 Health points a 40 points of Health to his cyborg
minute). Thus Hodge's head almost body every minute, or 4 points per
E IN{40) always remains active and immortal. round. It is unknown whether this
R GD(10) Psionic Reflection: Hodge, through ability allows Hodge to regenerate
I EX{20) unknown technology or as a part of lost Health if his head is removed
p EX(20) the deal with N'Astirh, is immune to from his body or not.
Health: 120 psionic attacks. He reflects any at-
Karma: 50 tacks back upon the attacker with Weapon Systems:
Resources: AM(50) Bolas: Excellent strength Grappling
Popularity: -1 O the same force that was used attack. The bolas that Hodge uses
against him. are made out of Remarkable Materi-
BACKGROUND: al Strength metals.
Real Name: Cameron Hodge Equipment: Laser Blasters: Hodge's body con-
Occupation: Former lawyer Cybernetic Body: All of Hodge's oth- tains laser batteries that inflict Re-
Identity: Publicly known er powers are derived from his cy- markable enetgy damage upon their
Legal Status: Citizen of the United bernetic body, which was victims.
States with no criminal record constructed by the Right. The cy- Legs: Hodge's body has eight
Other Known Aliases: Commander borg body is shaped like a spider's, spider-like legs, each able to inflict
of the Right Excellent edged damage.
Place of Birth: Unrevealed having eight legs and a low squat Molecular Adhesive: Hodge can
Marital Status: Single torso, but it also has other attach- spray this substance on his oppo-
Known Relatives: None nents in a one-area range. The stuff
Base of Operations: Genosha ments, such as weapon systems adheres to the victims, acting as a
Past Group Affiliations: Public rela- and a scorpion-like tail. The cyborg Remarkable Grappling attack, and
tions for X-Factor, The Right, body grants Hodge the following negating any standard missile at-
Genoshan government tacks (such as Archangel's neu ral
Present Group Affiliation: powers and equipment: disrupter feathers).
Body Armor: Incredible protection Saw Blade: Contained in his body is
KNOWN POWERS: against physical and energy attacks. a circular saw blade that can attack
Immortality: Because of a deal with Computer Interface: Hodge can di- anyone within a one-area range and
the demon N'Astirh, Commander rectly access computers by using deals Excellent edged damage.
Hodge is apparently immortal. If re- his cyborg body. This grants him Re- Scorpion Tail: Hodge's enormous cy-
markable ability to access and re- bernetic tail can pin down opponents
ceive computer information. with Remarkable strength, which
Phasing: A mechanical unit is at-
counts as a Grappling attack, and in-
flicts Incredible puncturing/edged
damage with its pointed tip.
Spikes: Spikes are thrown from the
mountings on Hodge's underside,
causing Good edged damage (on
the Throwing Edge column).
Tentacles: Hodge's primary attack
uses 1-10 tentacles of Remarkable
Material Strength, which are able to
Entangle up to two targets with Re-
markable strength. Hodge's tenta-
cles can stretch up to 75 yards or two
areas away by using a Monstrous
Elongation power.
Talents: Law, Advertising , Public
Relations, Leadership (his current
mental state negates these talents).
Contacts: Former Genoshan gov-
ernment officials, the Right.

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ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: San Francisco, where they hooked trolled the Worthington fortune. r - '·
Cameron Hodge is dedicated to the him up to an elaborate device that By now, the other members of X-
eradication of all mutants. He will not would amplify his powers. The plan
stop until the perceived threat of mu- was to force Rictor to cause an earth- Factor had realized that Hodge was
tants has been erased forever. quake at the San Andreas fault to their enemy. They engaged the Right
Hodge rationalizes that all he does cause catastrophic damage to Califor- in a battle and learned that Hodge was
to eliminate mutants from the planet nia. The Right believed that when the actually the leader of the group.
is for the good of mankind, even if it public found out that a mutant had
involves the death of those he pro- caused all the destruction that it would Cameron Hodge made a pact with
fesses to protect. further discredit mutants in the eyes of the demon N'Astirh. He would pro-
the public, but X-Factor foiled their vide it with mutant babies and
HISTORY: Hodge was told that he would not die
Cameron Hodge was the roommate scheme. in his next battle with the mutants.
of Warren Worthington Ill in college. Hodge contacted a genetic engi-
Worthington was under the impres- Warren Worth ington's fiancee ,
sion that they were good friends, but neer, Dr. Frederick Animus, who lat- Candy Southern, was kidnapped
actually, Hodge was insanely jealous er became known as the Ani-Mator, and Hodge killed her to get back at
of Worthington's good looks, pres- Worthington. Also in that battle, An-
tige, and wealth . When it was re- and commissioned him to find a way
vealed later that Hodge's roommate to prevent mutations from occurring. gel beheaded Hodge in a rage.
was actually the mutant X-Man , the Instead, Animus defied his employ- Cameron Hodge surfaced again on
Angel, it only fueled the hatred. All er's orders and created creatures
those feel ings attributed to the island of Genosha. Apparently, the
Worthington were transferred to in- with combined characters of hu- promise from the demon gave him im-
clude all mutants, whom Hodge mans and animals, which he called mortality. His head 'had survived the
came to believe were a threat to the his " Ani-Mates." Animus planned to battle with the Angel, and it was now
freedom of normal humans and use these creations as a slave race attached to the form of a large me-
therefore should be destroyed. for mankind, but one of his Ani- chanical spider with a myriad of me-
Mates, Bird-Brain, escaped and was chanical powers. He instigated the
Hodge became a lawyer, but then befriended by the New Mutants. X-Tinction Agenda in order to lure all
turned to advertising and public rela- They accompanied Bird-Brain back the mutants from the X-Men, X-Factor,
tions and became a highly success- to the island where Animus had con- and New Mutant teams to Genosha,
ful member of a leading New York ducted his experiments. There they where he would be able either to sub-
advertising agency. Meanwhile, he were captured by the creatures they jugate or kill all of them. His plan suc-
secretly created an organization de- had intended to free. ceeded in luring them all to his island,
voted to the destruction of all mu-
tants, the Right. Hodge was the The New Mutants subsequently but instead of a triumph, it was his
leader of the group and was known escaped only to be recaptured by greatest disaster.
as the Commander. members of the Right , including
Hodge. The Right had arrived on the His first captives were Storm,
Worthington, still believing that scene to discipline the defiant Ani- Boom-Boom , Wolfsbane, and War-
Hodge was his friend, turned to him mus. Bird-Brain and other Ani-Mates lock. He attempted to siphon off
to help with come up with a way to rescued the New Mutants and bat- Warlock's shapeshifting power so he
combat the growing prejudice tled the Right. In the combat, the could change his spider-form at will.
against mutants. They came up with New Mutant called Cypher was Wolfsbane foiled that plan , but War-
the group, X-Factor. The original killed. Infuriated, another New Mu- lock died anyway.
members of the X-Men, the Beast, tant, Magik, exiled Animus and all
Cyclops, Marvel Girl, and Iceman the involved members of the Right to Then the rest of the mutants be-
agreed to join the group. X-Factor's the dimension Limbo. Hodge nar- gan arriving on the island to rescue
concept, a group of supposed mu- rowly escaped that fate and, be- their captured comrades. It became
tant hunters who would in fact make cause of this incident, rededicated apparent to the government of
contact with mutants and train them Genosha as well as to the mutants
in the use of their powers, quickly the cause of the Right to destroy mu- that Hodge was planning to take
backfired on the group. It actually in- tants, not to contain and discredit over the island and use it as his base
tensified people's hatred of mutants, them. for the extermination of all mutants.
just as Hodge had planned.
The Angel's wings were damaged Hodge's body was destroyed by
The first physical display the Right in a fight with the Marauders, and the brothers Cyclops and Havok.
committed was the kidnapping of Ric- The body parts, his severed head in-
tor from his native Mexico, where he Hodge arranged to have the dam- cluded, were buried during the col-
was responsible for a devastating aged wings amputated. Then, he lapse of a skyscraper. Whether the
earthquake. The Right brought him to convinced Warren Worthington to villainous Cameron Hodge survived
change his will , to give most of his has yet to be determined. Regard-
fortune to X-Factor if he were to die,
with Hodge as the executor of the less of his current state, Hodge's
estate. Soon after, Worthington head is immobilized under the re-
seemingly committed suicide in an mains of the Genoshan Citadel. Un-
airplane that exploded; Hodge con- less some outside force helps him,

Commander Hodge is trapped for
the foreseeable future.

34

STATISTICS:

F GD(10) Universal: on the planet.
A GD(10) Wave: Amazing damage to all within
Eldritch Bolts: Amazing energy at- 12 areas. All victims of the wave
s GD(10) tack with a 12-area range must make Agility FEATs to remain
Eldritch Blast: Amazing force dam- standing.
E RM(30) age to all within one target area,
R GD(10) range of 12 areas. Kaluu casts all ot her Universal spells
I MN(75) Mental Probe: Amazing abi lity to with Incredible ability.
p MN(75)
Health: 60 probe another's mind to determine Dimensional:
Karma: 160 the person's identity and pertinent Dimensional Aperture: Kaluu has a
Resources: IN(40) information; 12-area range. Monstrous ability to open rifts tooth-
Popularity: O(General Populace) I Paralyze: Unearthly mental attack er dimensions, needing a successful
- 5 (knowledgeable sorcerers) FEAT roll to get into an unfamiliar di-
that paralyzes victim for 2 + 1d1 O mension. If the FEAT roll fails, he
BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Kaluu rounds unless the victim makes a
Occupation : Black Sorcerer, recent- Psyche FEAT roll . This spell could
ly Doctor Strange's mentor for a
short time. be used by Kaluu to affect anyone
Legal Status: Unknown
Identity: Kaluu's existence was re-
vealed to the world in Morgana's bi-
ography of Doctor Strange.
Other Known Aliases: None
Place of Birth : Kamar-Taj , Tibet
Marital Status: Unknown
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Kamar-Taj , lat-
er the dimension of Raggador; cur-
rently mobile.
Past Group Affiliations: The An-
cient One, Doctor Strange
Present Group Affiliations:

KNOWN POWERS:
Magical Ability: Kaluu is a Master
Level Sorcerer of the Black School
of Chaotic Magic. Kaluu has access
to most magical powers and spells.
He has considerable knowledge of
the spells contained in the Book of
the Vishanti and the evil Darkhold.
The following magical spells and
abilities are always available to him:

Personal:
Image Projection: Monstrous ability
to create and control duplicate im-
ages of the caster. Kaluu can create
and control (with successful Psyche
and spell FEAT rolls) up to 8 images.
Shape-Shifting (Unlimited): Amazing.
Shield-Individual: Amazing magical
protection against physical, energy,
and magical attacks for the caster.
Shield-Great: Monstrous magical
protection against physical, energy,
and magical attacks for one area

Kaluu casts all other Personal spells
w ith Incredible ability.

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must wait one day before trying to justifies the means. He also believes eled to the dimension of Raggador.
enter that dimension again. that there is nothing wrong with us-
Link: Kal uu can link his mind with ing his powers to create a comfort- ~alu.u 8:ccidentally trapped himself
other magic-users to gain a + 1CS able life for himself.
on spells cast for every magic-user in th1~ dimension, unable to escape.
in the link. This also gives him a HISTORY:
Kaluu, and the youth who would The immortal Kaluu continued his
+ 1CS to Psyche FEAT rolls made
s~oemreedbaoyrnboevcearll5e0d0thyeeaArsncaigeontinOnthe~ studies in Raggador for several cen-
during the link. Kaluu wields this
spell with Unearthly ability. village of Kamar-Taj , in the moun- turies before he was able to return to
tains of Tibet. Kaluu and his friend
All other Dimensional spells he may were fellow students of the mystical Earth.
use are of an Amazing Power Rank. arts.
Centuries passed before Kaluu
Kaluu somehow met Varnae an
ancient vampire, who imparted to escaped the dimension of Raggador.
Kaluu certain knowledge from the
Darkhold (a powerful book of black Kaluu attacked the Ancient One and
magic). While Kaluu continued delv-
ing into the black arts, the other his pupil, Doctor Strange. Kaluu
youth concentrated on lawful magi-
cal practices. stole the Book of the Vishanti and

Black Sorcery: They both planned to use their memorized its contents. In a final
abilities to help their people but in
Riding the Storm: A special spell of different ways. Kaluu planned to turn battle with Doctor Strange, Kaluu 's
almost instantaneous transportation the village into a far-reaching em-
that works by harnessing the power pire, so that his people would not be- attempted spell of suspended ani-
of a storm and its lightning. This come enslaved by a more powerful
spell is considered evil because it country. The other youth simply mation was reflected back on him.
draws precious rain away from an ar- planned to use his mystical powers
to protect his people. The Ancient One then exiled the
ea that desperately needs the mois-
tu~e. Kaluu's Unearthly ability with Together, they cast a spell that suspended Kaluu to another dimen-
this spell enables him to travel any- ~rove disease, poverty, and suffer-
where on planet Earth. ing out of the village. In addition, it sion .
granted the people immortality.
Recently, the alien wizard Urthona
Over time, Kaluu was able to sub-
tly gain mental control over most of captured some of Doctor Strange's
Kamar-Taj's population. The peace-
ful youth attempted to warn the vil- friends and threatened to kill them if
lagers of Kaluu's power lust, but it
was too late. Kaluu used his mystical Strange did not destroy various
powers to paralyze the brave youth ,
Black Sorcery power is derived from and then placed him in the village magical talismans that protected
square.
the t~pping of others' life forces (i.e ., Earth from other-dimensional mysti-
Over the next few years, Kaluu led
sacrifice) and the manipulation of the people of Kamar-Taj in conquer- c~! invaders. A tormented Strange
ing the nearby lands.
the natural environment in certain did that, and he then fell into despair
Meanwhile, the paralyzed youth
ways. Kaluu can cast other such evil gathered mystical forces to help him as t~e .ancient evil from beyond once
defeat Kaluu . Unfortunately, these
spells with Amazing ability. summoned .forces created a pesti- again invaded Earth.
lence that wiped out all the villagers.
Necromancy: Kaluu is also an expert Kaluu somehow managed to es- The Book of the Vishanti was one
cape, as did the then young Ancient
at the art of summoning the spirits of One (somehow protected by Kaluu's of the items Strange apparently de-
paralyzation spell) .
the dead, with Monstrous ability. stroyed, allowing Kaluu to regain his
Kaluu fled the pestilence and trav-
Immortality: Kaluu has rendered !reedom. Sensing what was happen-

~imself immune to the effects of ag- ing, Kaluu sought out Doctor

ing, but he can still be killed by nor- Strange and offered to become his

mal means. mentor in the black arts.

Photographic Memory: Kaluu appar- Doctor Strange agreed to Kaluu's

ently has a photographic memory tutelage and began the war with the

that allows him to retain a perfect ancient evil. Using a variety of black

memory of anything he reads or arts and rituals, Doctor Strange and

sees. Kaluu beat back the tide of evil. Fi-

Talents: Kaluu is a highly trained nally, in a far-removed dimension

sorcerer, an expert on any form of Doctor Strange faced the master of

black magic. He also knows Martial the evil ones, Shuma-Gorath.
Strang~ defeated Shuma-Gorath by
Arts A, Philosophy, and the Stamina
absorbing the being's powers and
and Business/Finance talents.
godhood. Unfortunately, this caused
Contacts: Kaluu's recent alliance
Strange to lose sight of his own hu-
with Doctor Strange means that he
manity.
can call on Doctor Strange for aid if
Kaluu, with the aid of the alien sor-
he is fighting an evil force. '
cerer Enitharmon the Whuemaavneir~
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: helped Strange recover his

Kaluu is a pragmatic and reasonable ty and return to normal.
man who views the world around
him ~rom ~ coldly realistic and cyni- Kaluu and Doctor Strange then
c~I v1ewpo1nt. He is not truly evil , he
simply believes that the end truly parted company under good terms.

~~luu plans to simply savor life now,
living off money made while subtly

manipulating the stock market.

36

--- - -- - - - -- -- -~- --------- - -

-- -- --

STATISTICS:

F RM(30)
A EX(20)

s RM(30)

E RM(30)
R TY(6)
I TY(6)
p TY(6)
Health: 110
Karma: 18
Resources: PR(4) (Personal) I
IN(40) (as member of New Warriors)
Popularity: 20

BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Richard Rider
Occupation: Adventurer
Legal Status: U.S. Citizen
Identity: Secret; known to
S.H.l.E.L.D., Fantastic Four, and the
New Warriors
Other Known Aliases: None
Place of Birth : Queens, New York
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Charles and Glo-
ria (mother and father) , Rob.ert
(brother)
Base of Operations: Taylor Founda-
tion Penthouse in New York City
Past Group Affiliations: Champi-
ons of Xandar, the New Warriors
Present Group Affiliations:

KNOWN POWERS:
Flight: Up to Shift X Speeds. Nova
needs an agility FEAT to make tight
turns at higher than Remarkalbe
speed.
Body Armor: Remarkable protection
from physical and energy attacks.
Equipment:
Uniform: Kid Nova's original uniform
provided him with a six-hour air sup-
ply, Excellent Radio Reception, and
Excellent protection from hard vac-
uum and extreme temperatures. His
current uniform is also equipped in
the same manner; though it lacks
the vacuum protection, the helmet
has Good Infra-Red Sensors.
Talents: Kid Nova knows Martial
Arts Type B.
Contacts: In the past Kid Nova has
worked with S.H.l.E.L.D., and he is
currently working with the other
members of the New Warriors.

37

ADDITIONAL NOTES: pathic link with Rider to pinpoint managed to defeat this final Skrull
Zorr's location and teleport him to invasion, with the help of the Spa-
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: the starship, where Rhomann used ceknight of Galador, Rom.
Kid Nova is a brash young man who his computer's energy to destroy
is overjoyed by the fact that his Zorr. Rhomann then apparently Rider had been gone from Earth
powers have returned. Kid Nova close to a year, and he missed his
loves a good fight, and he loves to died. family and friends. He decided to re-
flirt with pretty women. Kid Nova has Rider began a career as the super turn home, even though it meant giv-
developed a bad temper to cover his
insecurities with his non-super iden- hero named Nova. Nova encoun- ing up his powers, since the
tity. He hates being called Kid Nova. tered a number of super villains, in- Xandarians desperately needed the
cluding Condor and Powerhouse. Nova powers to protect them.
HISTORY: Powerhouse turned out to be an am-
Several years ago, Richard Rider nesiac Xandaran sent to find Rho- Rider returned home, but soon be-
was an ordinary student at Harry S. mann Dey. Nova also soon came came disenchanted with his boring
Truman High School. This all life after all the excitement he had
changed when he was hit by an in- into conflict with the mysterious be- seen. He became more alienated
visible beam sent to Earth by Rho- ing known as the Sphinx. from everyone and dropped out of
mann Dey, a Centurion in the Nova high school. Barely able to keep a
Corps militia of the planet Xandar. Months later, Nova found himself steady job, Rider turned toward
Rhomann Dey had followed an alien and two allies, Crimebuster and the weight lifting, perhaps hoping to re-
criminal named Zorr to Earth. Mor- Comet, teleported back aboard the gain his lost powers.
tally wounded during the battle, Rho- Nova starship. The ship was being
mann used his starship's technology piloted back to Xandar by the Sphinx Recently, Dwayne Taylor (a.k.a.
to transfer his powers to a random and Dr. Sun. The Sphinx planned to Night Thrasher) attacked Rider and
human, in the hopes that the human threw him off a roof. The fear of
would use the powers to stop Zorr. use Xandar's fantastic computer death reactivated Rider's powers.
system to find out how to rid himself Night Thrasher told Rider that he
Rider went into a coma after being of his cursed immortality. planned on forming a new crime
hit by the ray and was taken to a hos- fighting team, and he wanted Rider
pital. While Rider was in the coma, Reaching Xandar, they discovered to join.
Rhomann telepathically explained the Xandar system was being invad-
the situation to the youth. Upon ed by a Skrull fleet. During the con- Soon afterward, Firestar and
awakening from the coma, Rider dis- fusion of battle, the Sphinx landed Marvel Boy were recruited by Night
covered a Nova Corps suit that Rho- on Xandar and hooked up to the Thrasher. Their ranks were filled by
mann had teleported to him. Rider computer system. The link greatly the accidental arrivals of Namorita
soon found that he could fly and that increased his powers, and the
his strength had been increased. and Speedball on the scene of a
Sphinx decided that instead of dying fight with a resurrected Terrax the
A few days later, Zorr went on a he would destroy the Earth. Luckily, Tamer (a former Herald of Galactus).
rampage through midtown Manhat- the Fantastic Four were able to con- Since then, Rider has remained a
tan. Using his new powers, Rider at- vince Galactus to destroy the power- member of the New Warriors.
tacked the dangerous alien. The maddened Sphinx.
barely alive Rhomann used his tele- The New Warriors have done bat-
Meanwhile, Rider stayed on Xan- tle with the Mad Thinker, Psionex,
Star Thief, Midnight's Fire, the
dar and helped defend the planet Forces of Nature, and the White
from the Skrulls. Nova and his allies, Queen and her Hellions.
named the Champions of Xandar,
fought the Skrull armada for several When Nova first re-appeared, a lo-
months until the fleet withdrew. cal newscaster mistakenly called
him Kid Nova. Much to Rider's cha-
The Nova Corps starfleet followed grin, the name has stuck. Speedball
is the only person who can get away
the Skrulls to make sure the retreat with calling him " Kid" to his face.
wasn't a trick. The Nova Corps were Nova has the potential to become a
betrayed by an Earth criminal great hero once he conquers his
temper and insecurities.
named Diamondhead, who had
been helping Xandar. The Nova
Corps were dimensionally displaced
and the shape-shifting Skrulls took
their place and returned to Xandar in

disguise. Nova and the Xandarians

38

--- ---

,,--.. KNIGHT

STATISTICS:

Normal Armored
F EX(20) EX(20)
GD(10)
A GD(10) IN(40)
S EX(20) IN(40)
E RM(30) PR(4)
R PR(4) TY(6)
I TY(6)
P TY(6) TY(6)
Health: 80 / 11 O
Karma: 16
Resources: GD(1 O)
Popularity: O

BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Malcolm Knight
Occupation: Enforcer
Legal Status: Citizen of Great Brit-
ain with a criminal record
Identity: Public
Place of Birth: Unrevealed, pre-
sumably Liverpool , England
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Leo (brother) ,
Edgar Fogg (adoptive father)
Base of Operations: Liverpool, En-
gland

Past Group Affiliations: Ally of
Fogg

Present Group Affiliations:

KNOWN POWERS:

As Malcolm Knight, he has no

powers. When he changes into his

alter ego, however, his superhuman

abilities can be utilized.

Alter Ego/Armored Form: Malcolm

can instantly transform his skin and

clothes into a suit of heavy armor

that grants him Incredible protection

from physical attacks. His armored

form also provides the following:

• Growth : In his armored Fefoerbml~ Talents: Knight gains a + 1CS when FOGG
Knight has an uncontrollable using his sword in combat.
Contacts: Kingpin, various Liver- STATISTICS:
growth power, making him 8 feet tall pudlian mobsters.
F GD(10)
and + 1CS to be hit. ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: A RM(30)
Despite the fact that he makes a liv-
• Sword : A golden sword can be ing as a contract killer, Knight sees s GD(10)
himself as an honorable man. He
snapped out of a housing in his left lives by his word, or the precise E EX(20)
wording of the contract under which R TY(6)
forearm. The weapon is made of Un- he is currently working . His world is I GD(10)
divided between two things: Fogg's p TY(6)
earthly material and inflicts Remark- world of killing, and his own peaceful Health: 70
home life in Liverpool. Knight tends Karma: 22
able Edged damage on living and to suppress his emotions on the job Resources: GD(10)
and simply "follows the contract." Popularity: O
nonliving targets.

Limitations: Because Knight is par-

ticularly vulnerable to electricity, at-

tacks of this nature are + 2CS

against him. Additionally, when

Knight is unconscious or sleeping ,

he automatically reverts to his nor-

mal human form.

39

BACKGROUND: Talents: When using his strangula- Arranger, formerly the Kingpin's
Real Name: Thomas Fogg right-hand man. Out of desperation,
Occupation: Enforcer tion attack, Fogg gains a +2CS due the Arranger contacted Spider-Man
Legal Status: Citizen of Great Brit-
ain with a criminal record to his Wrestling skill. and pleaded with him for help, but
Identity: Public Contacts: Kingpin, various Liver- the web-slinger refused. The Arrang-
Place of Birth: Unrevealed, pre- pudlian mobsters. er then called Hammerhead and the
sumably Liverpool, England Chameleon, asking for protection
Marital Status: Single ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: and was refused in both cases.
Known Relatives: Evelyn (sister), Thomas Fogg has proven himself to
Edgar (father) be a cruel, cold-hearted psychopath. As the Arranger was on the phone
Base of Operations: Liverpool, En- He takes great pleasure in killing, with Detective Farrow, promising to
gland but not before taunting and terrifying turn state's evidence against the
Past Group Affiliations: Ally of his victims. He is a reliable contract Kingpin, Fogg was hovering outside
Knight killer who enjoys his line of work. his window. The detective promised
to call back in the morning, but the
Present Group Affiliations: HISTORY: Arranger realized he would not live
Young orphans, Malcolm Knight and
KNOWN POWERS: his brother, Leo, were adopted by an that long. Fogg readily agreed, as he
Like his partner in crime, Fogg ex- old alcoholic named Edgar Fogg and oozed through the window and
hibits no powers in his normal, hu- raised in Liverpool. Malcolm strangled the Arranger to death.
man form . Knight's only friend was Thomas
Alter Ego/Gaseous Form: At will , Fogg; they became accomplished Spider-Man arrived on the scene,
Fogg can instantly transform himself bullies in their younger days. Al- and was ambushed by Knight and
into a green, semi-solid mist, grant- though Malcolm tried to behave Fogg. Knight and Fogg escaped as
ing him the following abilities: around Evelyn Fogg, Thomas's sis- the police arrived.
• Density Manipulation : He can ter, his friendship with Thomas mat-
control his density with Good ability, tered more than anything to him. However, Spider-Man tracked
enabling him to change his density Knight and Fogg to England. Unfor-
from Shift Oto normal body density. As adults, Malcolm and Thomas tunately, Spider-Man again met de-
He can also solidify his hands and became contract killers for a Liver- feat; Knight was about to kill him
face while maintaining his body in its pudlian mobster. They accepted a when Evelyn Fogg happened upon
misty form. contract on Professor Henry Lewis, the scene and begged Knight to
• Elongation: Fogg has the power to a prize-winning physicist whose spare the hero. Spider-Man was
stretch his misty form (either his gambling problem led to serious
whole body or parts of it) up to 1 area debt trouble. At the North Umbrage hurled into the river, where he hit his
away. At Incredible rank, this power Energy Research Laboratory, head and suffered temporary amne-
enables him to attack characters in Malcolm and Thomas came upon sia.
adjacent areas. Strangulation is his the professor late one night. Thomas
favorite attack form . The victim of a Fogg shot Professor Lewis, who fell Leo Knight pulled Spider-Man
successful strangulation attack must back against his delicate machinery. from the river. He took Peter Parker's
succeed at an Endurance FEAT roll A strange power was released. The costume, hoping no harm would
against Fogg's Strength to remain two killers were caught in the energy come to his brother Malcolm if Peter
conscious. Failure indicates an auto- backlash, which supposedly re- could not remember who he was.
matic Stun result. Fogg also inflicts duced them to their quantum struc- However, Leo later changed his
normal Strength damage in addition tures. Although the laboratory mind and returned Peter's costume.
to unconsciousness. exploded, Malcolm and Thomas
• Flight: In gaseous form, Fogg can walked away unscathed, but not un- Eventually, Fogg realized that
fly at Poor airspeed (4 areas per changed. Leo's amnesiac friend was Spider-
round). Man and decided to finish the job of
• Vision Restriction : While Fogg The two hitmen became what they killing him. Arriving at Leo's house,
elongates his misty, opaque form, each were in their minds' eyes. Fogg threw Spider-Man outside and
the vision of anyone surrounded or Malcolm Knight could now become a strangled Leo, who was mistakenly
attacked by him is restricted to that knight in shining armor, and Thomas thought to be dead. Knight blamed
person 's area alone. Fogg was now as slippery and elu- Spider-Man for his brother's murder,
Limitations: Fogg automatically re- sive as the mists enshrouding Lon- but when it was revealed that Fogg
verts to his normal, human form don. They made no attempt to keep had attacked Leo. Knight turned on
when sleeping or unconscious. Be- their powers secret from their em- his partner in a rage. In the end,
cause he is vulnerable to electricity ployers, who now valued the strange Spider-Man knocked them both out
for some reason, attacks of this na- killers very highly. with an exposed power cable.
ture are at +2CS against him.
Recently, Knight and Fogg accept- At the time of this writing, Knight
ed an assignment in America. The and Fogg are both under arrest and
Kingpin hired them to eliminate the probably in prison in England for the

murders they have committed.
Given their powers, however, it is
quite possible they will escape.
Whether they remain partners is an-
other matter.

40

STATISTICS:

F FB(2)
A FB(2)

s FB(2)

E FB(2)

R TY(6)
I GD(10)
p MN(75)

Health: 8

Karma: 91
Resources: TY(6)
Popularity: O

BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Cassandra Webb
Occupation: Professional medium
Legal Status: American citizen with
no criminal record
Identity: Publicly known
Place of Birth: Salem , Oregon
Marital Status: Widowed
Known Relatives: Jonathan Webb
(husband, deceased)
Base of Operations: New York City
Past Group Affiliations: None

Present Group Affiliations:

KNOWN POWERS: is required for success if she is spe- cellent rank power to establish mind-
Precognition: Because a wide varie- cifically checking for psionic activity; to-m ind communication between
ty of possible alternate futures di- otherwise, a yellow result is neces- herself and other individuals, and to
verge at any one point, with all sary. She can also use this ability to read the surface thoughts of such in-
leading to different conclusions, it is detect latent or active psionic dividuals. Willing targets and those
impossible to be absolutely accurate powers in people within the same ar- with a Psyche lower than her's can
in divining the future in the Marvel ea as herself. A green result on a be contacted with a green FEAT re-
Universe. However, Madame Web power rank FEAT roll is required to sult. Subjects of equal Psyche re-
has the Incredible ability to scan detect the psionic abilities of a char- quire a yellow FEAT resu lt, and
these alternate futures up to a week those with mental powers or psionic
in advance; the most probable fu- acter whose powers are known to screening require a red result.
tures appear more "luminous" than him or her, and a yellow result is Those who are unwilling with a high-
others. She must be in physical con- needed to uncover the latent, or as er Psyche are impossible FEATs.
tact with the person or object whose yet undiscovered, psionic powers of Range is limited to 64 areas (or
future is being read . a character. about 1.5 miles). She has developed
Postcognition: She has the Incredi- Telepathy: Madame Web has the Ex-
ble ability to see the recent history of 41

an object or person. Madame Web
must attempt a Power Rank FEAT,
with the color result determining the
length of time scanned:

• Green: Within one day.
• Yellow: Within one week.
• Red : Within one year; more than a
year in the past gives only a general
"feeling" of the subject's history.
Psionic Detection: Madame Web has

the Remarkable rank power to de-
tect the use of paranormal abilities.
Each round she is in range of psionic

activity, she may attempt a Power
Rank FEAT roll. Only a green result

the Power Stunt of using this ability and model he had hired to imperson- her Spider-Man 's true identity as Pe-
as a Typical Intensity Mental Probe. ate Ms. K.J. Clayton , the newspa- ter Parker! Much to Peter's relief,
Equipment: Madame Web is cy- per's publisher. In the Globe's Madame Web promised to keep this
bernetically linked to a web-like life- conference room , Dockery intro- information secret, and has appar-
support system. This strange device duced Belinda as the real Ms. Clay- ently done so to this day.
attends to all of her bodily needs by ton. (The Globe staff had never met
augmenting her weakened auto- Ms. Clayton.) After apologizing for Not long after their first encounter,
nom ic nervous system . Through being so secretive about herself, Spider-Man and Madame Web met
simple cybernetic commands, she Belinda/Ms. Clayton explained that once again. After being roughed up
can move her chair to an upright or she had come forward to turn control by the Frightful Four, Peter Parker
reclining position and control the of the newspaper over to Rupert checked into Greenwich Hospital for
machine's robotic arms, which take Dockery. x-rays and treatment. While there,
the place of her own useless limbs. Peter overheard a trio of goons talk-
Madame Web is totally dependent Dockery's hoods then burst into ing about killing someone in a race.
upon her immobile life-support sys- the conference room and grabbed Although he hobbled after them, Pe-
tem for her survival. the phony Ms. Clayton . Spider-Man ter was too injured to catch the sus-
Talents: None. crashed through the window and pects. Also in the hospital, however,
Contacts: She has helped Spider- pursued the kidnappers, but Dock- was a man who had received a run-
Man upon occasion. ery blocked his way just long enough ning injury preparing for the upcom-
for them to escape. Disappointed, ing marathon. Peter realized that the
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES : Spider-Man discovered a scrap of three gunmen were planning to kill
Although Madame Web's true moti- paper that had been dropped by the someone running in the race, but he
vations have never been revealed , victim. On it was a picture of Ma- had no idea who the target might be.
she has in the past shown great con- Since there would be 16,000 run-
cern for those who come to her for dame Web . ners stretched over 26 miles of
help. Furthermore, it has been allud- After web-swinging across town, streets, Peter realized he needed
ed to that she has nurtured the psi- help.
onic powers of others, but exactly Spider-Man confronted Madame
who she has helped and why is as Web. From the bizarre psychic, Madame Web was expecting his
yet a mystery. Spider-Man learned that the card be- call, but she had bad news: the " psy-
longed not to Ms. Clayton , but to an chic vectors" were not in proper
HI STO RY: actress and model named Belinda alignment for her to peer into the fu-
After discovering her paranormal Bell, who was in grave danger. Fol- ture. She could not say who would
abilities as a child, Cassandra Webb lowing Madame Web's cryptic clue
strengthened them through rigorous be shot or where. However, she
practice. Having been blind since about jumbled railroad trains, promised to contact Peter if she
birth , Cassandra was delighted to Spider-Man arrived at the Hickory found out.
find that her psychic powers more Dockery Toy Store in Lower Manhat-
than compensated for her blindness. tan. (He realized Madame Web had Although he was injured and had
seen a toy train in her vision.) The
As an adult, Cassandra decided to web-head saved Belinda, who was no idea where to start, Peter Parker
use her gifts to help others and to about to be killed by one of Dock- realized he had to try anyway. As
support herself by becoming a pro- ery's henchmen. From Belinda, Spider-Man, he went to the starting
fessional medium. Sadly, decades line of the race. While web-swinging
later she was stricken with myasthe- Spider-Man learned that the real Ms. past a pay phone, a young man hold-
nia gravis, a horrible disease that Clayton was also in danger. ing the receiver called out to him,
erodes the central nervous system , " It's for you, Spider-Man. Sir." At first
eventually incapacitating the entire Even though the Globe staff had Spider-Man thought the guy was jok-
body. Before his death, her hus- witnessed the phony Ms. Clayton ing, but when he took the phone, he
band, an electronics engineer, de- give control to Dockery, his nefari- found Madame Web on the other
signed an immobile life-support ous plan would only be complete end of the line. The psychic vectors
system to provide for her vital life when both women were dead.
functions. She is now completely de- Spider-Man arrived at the penthouse had realigned . Madame Web knew
pendent upon this machine. office of the Daily Globe to find it that two men armed with automatic
ablaze. After smashing through a rifles were waiting on a water tower
A murderous plot to take over the window into a smoke-filled room, he 50 yards from the finish line. Their
Daily Globe first brought Madame saved Ms. Clayton . On the street be- intended victim was named Barney
Web and Spider-Man together. A low, Spider-Man found Rupert Dock- Wicker, a congressional candidate
businessman named Rupert Dock- ery and subdued him by turning over scheduled to greet the winner of the
ery had hired five masked hoodlums his limousine, tearing off a door, and marathon. Spider-Man suddenly re-
to kidnap Belinda Bell, an actress pulling the terrified man out. Dock- alized that the race the hitmen were
referring to was not the marathon
ery quickly confessed . but a political race. He arrived at the
Shortly after setting things right at water tower just in time to stop the
assassins.
the Daily Globe , Spider-Man re-
ceived a startling phone call: Ma-

dame Web's powers had revealed to

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STATISTICS:

F GD(10) I
A GD(10)

s TY(6)

E GD(10)
R GD(10)
I GD(10)
p IN(40)

Health: 36
Karma: 60

Resources: PR{4) (Personal)
IN(40) (as New Warrior)
Popularity: 5

BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Vance Astrovik
Occupation: Student, adventurer
Legal Status: U.S. Citizen
Identity: Secret, but known to the
Thing, the Avengers, and the New
Warriors
Other Known Aliases: None

Place of Birth: Saugerties, New
York
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Arnold Thomas
(father), Mary (mother)
Base of Operations: Taylor Founda-
tion Penthouse, New York City

Past Group Affiliations: New War-
riors
Present Group Affiliations:

KNOWN POWERS: every extra power used each round. ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Telekinesis: Marvel Boy is a mutant Talents: Vance's Reason is Excel-
whose telekinetic powers have just lent when dealing with computers
begun to develop. At this point his and any matter associated with
space exploration/sciences. He has
Power Rank is Incredible and he can studied the exploits of super heroes
do the following Power Stunts: and villains, and he has Excellent
• Levitation : Good speed
• Psychokinetic blasts: one-area knowledge in this field.
range blasts that inflict up to Incredi- Contacts: Vance could probably ask
ble Force damage. for aid from Captain America or the

Force Field: field in front of himself Thing. Vance is currently a member
or another person that provides In- of the New Warriors.
credible protection against physical

and energy attacks.
• Manipulate objects with Incredi-
ble Strength

Marvel Boy can increase his
Power Rank up to Monstrous, at the
cost of one Health point per column

shift every round he does this. If he
increases his Power Rank to Mon-
strous, he must also make an Endur-
ance FEAT roll on the Stun column.
He can use more than one Power
Stunt per round, at Incredible rank,
but at the cost of one Health point for

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ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: fled from their time period. They Warriors, as they became known,
Vance is a bright young man with a eventually confronted Korvac who soon included Namorita, Speedball,
flair for science. He is a good team beat them easily. Korvac then lost and Firestar. They have encoun-
player and a brave fighter. He will not because he was betrayed by the
hesitate to increase his power, caus- woman he loved. tered a number of super villains so
ing him a bad headache and some far, including Terrax, the Mad Think-
internal bleeding, if the need is During their stay, Vance Astro
great. Vance is having a hard time sought out his younger self. Vance er and Primus, the Forces of Nature,
dealing with his father, who is a bigot and Psionex.
and hates Vance's mutant powers. wanted to warn his past self not to
become an astronaut, so that some- In the past, Vance had been physi-
HISTORY: day he would not be encased in a cally abused by his father, who is
In an alternate future time line, protective containment suit that he bigoted toward mutants in general.
Vance Astrovik will change his name could never take off. His father recently found out about
to Vance Astro, and become a fa- Vance's activities with the New War-
mous astronaut. In this alternate fu- The shock of meeting his future riors. Vance's father struck him, and
ture he will become a member of the self caused the younger Astrovik to Vance retaliated with his powers,
Guardians of the Galaxy, a small develop his telekinetic powers many vowing that he would never let his fa-
group of people who have vowed to ther hit him again. Vance secretly
protect Earth and the Milky Way Gal- years before the older Astra had. feels very guilty about striking his fa-
axy from all those who would destroy This caused Astrovik's time line to ther with his telekinetic powers.
liberty and freedom (see the "Guard- diverge from Astra's.
ians of the Galaxy" entry). Vance is fascinateGI by space and
A few months after meeting his fu- the future exploration of the last
At one point, the Guardians trav- frontier. He is also intrigued by super
eled back in time to the 20th century ture self, Astrovik decided to use his heroes and villains, and their ex-
and enlisted the aid of the Avengers. powers to try to join the Avengers. ploits. Vance has a high regard for
They traveled back to stop a power- He was told by Captain America that Captain America, which borders on
ful being named Korvac, who had he was too young and needed more hero worship.
experience before he could join. Em-
barrassed and angry, Marvel Boy left Vance has the potential to become
the Avengers' Mansion and ran into a good leader, thanks to his person-
Night Thrasher and Kid Nova. Night ality and abilities.
Thrasher convinced Astrovik to join
a group he was forming. The New

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MASTERMAN

I

STATISTICS:

F IN(40)
A GD(10)

s IN{40)

E IN(40)
R PR(4)
I PR(4)
p PR(4)
Health: 130
Karma: 12
Resources: GD{10)
Popularity: -5

BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Wilhelm " Willie" Lohmer
Occupation: Nazi agent
Legal Status: Unrevealed
Identity: Secret
Place of Birth: Unrevealed
Marital Status: Married to Warrior Wom-
an, though this is disputable because
the wedding was interrupted before the
final vows were spoken
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Mobile
Past Group Affiliations: Former mem-
ber of Super-Axis, former partner of War-
rior Woman

Present Group Affiliations:

KNOWN POWERS: HISTORY: Adolf Hitler. When Warrior Woman ar-
Wilhelm Lohmer was injected with a Na- The story of Wilhelm Lohmer's early life rived on the scene, Hitler hastily decided
zi version of the Super-Soldier formula has never been told. He was a loyal Nazi that she should marry Master Man I, who
that produced Captain America. As a re- soldier, but he was physically weaker readily agreed. Warrior Woman consid-
sult, his physical abilities were greatly than his comrades. It was precisely tor ered Master Man I to be a blundering
enhanced. this reason that he was chosen to be oaf, and she scorned him. At her lead-
Leaping: The formula also gave Master subjected to the Nazi version of the er's command, however, she reluctantly
Man I the power to leap at Shift X ability, Super-Soldier formula. Although the for- agreed to the marriage.
enabling him to jump up to 1 area mula was a derivative of the original
across, 10 areas up, or 15 areas down. Super-Soldier serum that gave Captain After the wedding ceremony, and as
Resistance to Fire and Heat: Master Man America his powers, Master Man I part of the celebration, Hitler planned to
I can withstand heat and flames of up to gained abilities exceeding those of Cap- execute the Invaders, who had recently
Monstrous Intensity without ill effect. been captured with the help of Master
Talents: None. tain America. Man I and Warrior Woman. The final vows
Contacts: The Third Reich, the New Master Man I became a favorite of were never spoken, however, because Un-
Reich . ion Jack and Spitfire arrived on the scene

ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: and rescued the Invaders. Although Hitler
After being transformed into Master
Man, the weakling Willie Lohmer be-
c:ame an arrogant fighter. He is not par-
ticularly smart, and his hot temper
usually leads him into a fight before he
has time to assess the situation. He plac-
es his own welfare above that of anyone
else, except Warrior Woman , whom he
truly loves.

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himself proclaimed Master Man I and War- of the New Reich. The meeting was in- KNOWN POWERS:
rior Woman to be man and wife, the fact terrupted by an alarm-Namer had bro- Recently, Herr Nacht was injected with a
remains that they never actually spoke ken free. recreated version of the formula which
their wedding vows, and it could be ar- changed Willie Lehmer into Master Man
gued that they were never legally married. Herr Nacht convinced Master Man I to I. Herr Nacht's physical abilities were
return to the lab alone and fight Namor. greatly increased. Whether he benefits
As the allied guns pounded Berlin With Master Man I gone, Herr Nacht ex- from any superhuman powers has yet to
near the close of the war, Master Man I pressed his love for Warrior Woman, and be revealed .
and Warrior Woman were placed in sus- persuaded her to leave her husband. Talents: Herr Nacht owns a large corpo-
pended animation in separate, secret ration, and he is well versed in the ways
laboratories within the city. Through the Back in the lab, Namor was defeating of Business/Finance.
foresight of Baron Strucker, these two Master Man I and Doktor Kraus's thugs Contacts: The New Reich.
hidden facilities had been built for this with the help of Namorita, Union Jack,
very purpose. Baron Strucker knew that and the elderly Lady Crichton , who had ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Hitler's regime would fall, so he devised been the costumed hero called Spitfire Herr Nacht is an intelligent, charismatic
a way for the two greatest warriors of the during World War II. During the fight, man who wants to be the ruler of the
war to be preserved, ensuring that " the Master Man I inexplicably reverted to his united Germany. He is proud to the point
dream" would be reborn in the future. true form as the weakling Willie Lohmer. of being arrogant, and he is totally confi-
At that moment, Herr Nacht arrived in dent in his own charms and abilities to
After Baron Strucker's funding ran out, costume as Master Man II, with Warrior the extent of underestimating others.
Herr Nacht took over the financing of Mas- Woman at his side. Overwrought at los- Herr Nacht is infatuated with Warrior
ter Man I and Warrior Woman's preserva- ing his powers and being rejected by his Woman , and wants her as his wife.
tion. Herr Nacht's father was involved in beloved, Willie Lohmer threw a switch
the project from the beginning, over 40 that blew up the lab along with himself, HISTORY:
years ago. Over those years, the project Warrior Woman, Master Man II, and Not much has been revealed about Herr
was technically managed by Doktor most of the thugs. No bodies were every Nacht's background. Because of his fa-
Kraus, a German scientist whose life had recovered, however. Presumably, Willie ther's past, Herr Nacht became involved
Lohmer survived the blast. Whether or in the project to preserve Master Man I
been saved by Herr Nacht's father. not he will regain his powers remains to and Warrior Woman. From photographs
Recently, with the reunification of Ger- be seen. given to him by his father, Herr Nacht fell
in love with Warrior Woman.
many, Herr Nacht decided it was time to MASTERMAN
awaken the slumbering warriors. Be- Determined to have Warrior Woman
II as his bride, Herr Nacht ordered an as-
cause Master Man l's preservation unit sociate of his father, Doktor Kraus, to du-
was hidden on the west side of Berlin be- STATISTICS: plicate the formula that created Master
fore the war ended, he was continually Man I. The process was successful.
monitored by Doktor Kraus, and was F EX(20)
A GD(10) With the reunification of Germany,
easily revived. On the other hand, War- Herr Nacht decided it was time to revive
rior Woman was secured on the east s IN(40) Master Man I and Warrior Woman . He
was determined to use their powers to
side of Berlin, and was separated when E AM(50) form a New Reich, with himself as the
the Berlin Wall was erected. Although R GD(10) leader. Somehow he knew that Master
automated machines kept her in sus- I TY(6) Man I would revert to his normal form as
pended animation, it was believed by p TY(6) Willie Lehmer, which eliminated him as a
Doktor Kraus that she would suffer brain Health: 120 rival for Warrior Woman's affections.
damage when awakened. Master Man I Karma: 22 Donning a costume as Master Man II,
was willing to take the risk, and threat- Resources: RM(30) Herr Nacht convinced Warrior Woman to
ened Doktor Kraus with bodily harm if he Popularity: 0 ally with him.
did not quickly and successfully revive
his beloved. In order to ensure success, BACKGROUND: During a battle at the laboratory where
Doktor Kraus gave Warrior Woman a Real Name: Herr Nacht (first name unre- Warrior Woman was revived, and where
transfusion of artificial blood from the vealed) Namor and the Human Torch were being
android Human Torch, who had recently Occupat ion: Businessman, aspiring held captive, a disturbed and rejected
been kidnapped by Kraus's thugs. ruler of Germany Willie Lohmer blew up himself, Warrior
Legal Status: Unrevealed Woman, and Master Man II. No bodies
As Doktor Kraus was reviving Warrior Identity: Secret were found in the wreckage, however.
Woman, Namer the Sub-Mariner broke Place of Birth: Unrevealed Nacht may yet be alive and well, and
into the lab and began a battle with Mas- Marital Status: Presumably single again plotting the birth of the New Reich.
ter Man I. As Namor was about to defeat Known Relatives: None
Master Man I, he was knocked uncon- Base of Operations: Berlin , Germany
scious by Warrior Woman, who had Past Group Affiliations: Ally of Warrior
Woman, leader of the New Reich
been successfully revived. Present Group Affiliations:
After Namor was securely placed in a

containment device in the laboratory,
Doktor Kraus took Master Man I and
Warrior Woman to meet their mysterious
benefactor, Herr Nacht, who revealed
his plans to place himself as the leader

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- STATISTICS:

Zabo Hyde

F EX(20) RM(30)
A GD(10) GD(10)
S TY(6) AM(50)
E RM(30) AM(50)
R RM(30) RM(30)
I GD(10) GD(10)
MN(75)
P GD(10)
Health: 66 I 140
Karma: 50 I 115
Resources: GD(1 O)

Popularity: -30

BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Calvin Zabo
Occupation: Former medical re-
search scientist, now professional
criminal

Legal Status: Citizen of the United
States with criminal records in both

identities
Identity: Secret
Place of Birth: Trenton, New Jersey
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None

Base of Operations: New York City
Past Group Affiliations: Masters of
Evil IV, former partner of the Cobra,

Batroc, the Jester, and the Scorpion
Present Group Affiliations:

KNOWN POWERS: ance against those who would of unleashing the bestial side of hu-
Alter Ego: By consuming different thwart or betray him. Hyde believes manity.
mixtures of his transformation po- himself to be the true personification
tion , he can be Hyde or Zabo at will . of evil , and he is filled with a burning In order to finance his incredibly
He usually carries vials of the potion hatred of humanity. He has difficulty ~xpensive research , Zabo systemat-
with him at all times, changing from remaining calm even when alone, ically robbed his various employers.
Hyde to Zabo to elude pursuit after and in battle his ferocity makes him He managed to avoid criminal prose-
crimes. nearly unstoppable. cution by changing employers often.
Body Armor: As Hyde, his trans- How~ver, .his bad reputation caught
formed flesh provides Incredible HISTORY: up with him. Zabo applied for work
protection from physical attacks and A brilliant medical research scien- with a noted surgeon, Dr. Donald
Excellent protection against energy tist, Calvin Zabo became oddly in- Blake (alias Thor), but was refused
damage. trigued by the story of Dr. Jekyll and
Resistances: Hyde possesses Ex- Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Steven- employment based on his past mis-
cellent resistance to fire, heat, cold, son . Believing the fictional account deeds. Zabo became furious and
corrosives, and toxins. to be true, Zabo devoted his life to vowed vengeance upon the lame
Talents: Zabo is trained in Chemis- finding a chemical formula capable doctor. Calvin Zabo then turned his
try and Biochemistry. In his form as
Hyde, he still possesses this knowl- full attention to his research .
edge. Several months later, Zabo discov-
Contacts: The Masters of Evil.
ered the formula to transform him-
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
As either Zabo or Hyde, he is an ego-
maniac willing to commit any crimes
necessary to further his evil endeav-
ors. He obsessively seeks venge-

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-..:.:..:.___~-·

self into Mr. Hyde. The chemical for the ship and Captain America. Hy- Baron Zemo now had Jarvis, the ,,-....
process is hormonal in nature, caus- de, however, wanted to go through
ing the cells of his anatomy to in- with the plan, and cared nothing for Black Knight, and Captain America
as hostages. He turned them over to
stantly manufacture mutated the money: he simply wanted Cap and the cruel hands of Mister Hyde, who
hormones that induce a physical the rest of New York City's population started beating the butler to death.
transformation encompassing his dead. When Batroc realized this, he Hyde was having great fun, until the
entire figure. Miraculously, over 200 secretly loosened the chains holding Wasp, Thor, Ant-Man , Doctor Druid,
pounds of bone and muscle tissue Captain America, who freed himself and Captain Marvel all arrived to
are added to Zabo's body. After and dove into the harbor. help their friends. Hyde found him-
about 30 seconds, the entire meta- self heavily outmatched, and he was
morphosis is complete. As Hyde was busy steering the knocked unconscious by Thor. The
ship, Batroc attacked him from be- rest of the Masters of Evil were sub-
The transformation is excruciat- sequently defeated.
ing. As his form mutates, Zabo's skin hind. The former partners began a
is forced to stretch over his growing fight to the death. As Hyde began to Most recently, Calvin Zabo was
body. This distortion alters all of his squeeze the life out of Batroc, Cap- having a drink in a Manhattan bar,
tain America boarded the ship and and recovering from a head wound
physical characteristics. Hyde and attacked Hyde. During the fight, Hy- given to him by the Hulk that pre-
Zabo have different finger prints, de broke a pipe and was hit by a vented him from transforming into
while Hyde's facial structure is dis- high-pressure stream of liquified Hyde, when he insurted a waitress.
torted to the point that he is frozen in gas. Covered by a thick coating of The huge leader of a biker gang saw
a perpetual sneer. Zabo's personali- the freezing liquid, Hyde fell over the the incident, and he threw Zabo out
ty is also distorted. As Hyde, he is side and sank in the harbor. Captain of the bar. Determined to have re-
overcome with savage anger and America tried to find him, but Hyde venge, Zabo re-entered the bar and
was gone. Cap caught Batroc, who hit the biker over the head with a bot-
bestial ferocity. tried to escape during the confusion, tle. This time Zabo threw himself out
Hyde chose Dr. Donald Blake to and returned the super-tanker to the window in an attempt to escape
Roxxon officials. the enraged bikers. Zabo fled to a
be the first to suffer his wrath, but
was defeated. In addition to Thor, his Mister Hyde survived his encount- nearby parking garage and hid.
er with Captain America and Batroc, Meanwhile, Dan Ketch (alias the
enemies include Captain America, and later joined with the Masters of
Daredevil , Spider-Man, and espe- Evil IV, whose members included Ghost Rider) arrived at the garage,
cially the Cobra, a former partner Absorbing Man, Baron Helmut Ze-
who betrayed Hyde by leaving him to ma (the leader), Blackout, Goliath, where he planned to store his motor-
rot in prison. The Cobra is also the Grey Gargoyle, Moonstone, cycle for a while. The attendant,
only person to know that Mister Hy- Screaming Mimi, Tiger Shark, Tita- Jack, happened to be a friend of
de is actually Calvin Zabo. nia, Whirlwind, the Wrecking Crew, Dan's. As Dan and Jack talked, the
angry bikers rolled into the garage.
On one occasion, Spider-Man had and Yellowjacket. When Jack refused to let them pass,
just captured the Cobra, when Hyde While the Avengers were away, the bikers attacked . Dan and Jack
attacked, wanting revenge against were subdued and locked in the at-
his ex-partner. After a long and fero- Baron Zemo and his Masters of Evil
cious battle, Spider-Man defeated broke into Avengers' Mansion and tendant's office.
Hyde by knocking him out a high captured Jarvis, the butler. The Bar- As the bikers searched for him,
window, causing him to plummet to on's plan was then to capture the
the street below. The indomitable Avengers one-by-one as they re- Calvin Zabo strained to overcome
Mister Hyde was not killed, but turned to headquarters from their his head wound and transform into
Hyde. He succeeded , at the same
merely stunned. He and the Cobra various errands. time Dan Ketch transformed into the
were then easily captured and taken They quickly captred the Black Ghost Rider. Mister Hyde attacked
into police custody. the leader of the gang, and was
Knight and Captain Marvel. The about to smash a car full of innocent
During his long career, Mister Hy- Wasp, Captain America, and Hercu- teenagers, when the Ghost Rider In-
les realized something was up inside terfered. When Hyde met the Ghost
de has also teamed up with Batroc their headquarters. Wasp and Cap Rider's Penance Stare, he began to
the Leaper. They succeeded in hi- wanted to wait and investigate the transform back into Zabo, then fled .
jacking a Roxxon super-tanker and The Ghost Rider rammed Hyde with
capturing Captain America, whom situation, but Hercules would have his motorcycle, and both of them
none of that, and he rashly charged went flying out of the garage onto
they chained to the prow of the ship. into the building . He was immedi-
The tanker was filled with 50,000 ately attacked by the majority of the the street below. As the police ar-
tons of liquified natural gas. As it Masters of Evil, and savagely beat- rived , both Hyde and the Ghost
cruised through the harbor, Batroc en. Captain America tried to enter Rider vowed revenge, then went
and Hyde set it on a collision coarse the mansion to help his ally, but was their separate ways.
with the docks of New York City. The captured by the building's own de-
resulting explosion would likely lead fense systems. The Wasp managed
to the total destruction of the entire
to escape.
metropolis.

Batroc only wanted a huge ransom

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-:-~--:- ------;-;----------~-=--=---~- ---::r---:

I

! --- -- - - _ _:cc:_ ________---------------:-_-_:__-~----

STATISTICS:

F PR(4)
A RM(30)

s RM(30)

E IN(40)
R IN(40)
I EX(20)
p IN(40)
Health: 104
Karma: 100
Resources: IN(40)
Popularlty: O

BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Unrevealed
Occupation: Weapon
Legal Status: Unrevealed
Other Known Aliases: Maria Pym,

Sodam
Identity: Secret
Place of Birth: Unrevealed
Marital Status: Unrevealed

Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Mobile; usu-
ally a laboratory of AIM
Past Group Affiliations: Servant of

AIM
Present Group Affiliations:

KNOWN POWERS: must succeed at a Psyche FEAT or with a higher Psyche are impossible
Force Field: Modam can manipulate be knocked unconscious for 1-10 FEATs.
her psionic energies to surround rounds. Psi-Screens and force fields
herself with an Incredible rank per- operate against this attack. Equipment: Modam 's hover-chair
sonal force field. Telepathy: Modam has the Excellent provides her with an exoskeletal
Mind Control: Modam can override rank ability to establish direct mind- shell of life-supporting machinery. It
the conscious mind of another being to-mind communication between has the following statistics:
at Good rank. The target may at- herself and others at a range of up to
64 areas. Willing targets and those Control EX(20)
tempt a Good Intensity Psyche FEAT with a Psyche lower than Modam's Speed RM(30)
roll to avoid this effect. If the roll is can be contacted automatically. Body
missed , Modam controls the con- Subjects of equal Psyche require a Protection RM (30)
scious actions of the character, who yellow FEAT result, and those with PR(4)
has no memory of the time he is con- mental powers or psionic screening
trolled. The victim gains another a red result. Those who are unwilling Besides monitoring both bodily and
Psyche FEAT roll in an attempt to mechanical functions and transmit-
break control each time he is placed ting this data to AIM headquarters,

in a Karma-losing or life-threatening
situation . Initially, Modam must be
within 1 area of her victim , but after
control is established she can influ-

ence the target telepathically at a
range of 64 areas (about 1.5 miles).
Multitasking: Her computerized
brain allows her to use any two of her
abilities, either psionic or those de-
rived from her hover-chair, at once.
Synaptic Disrupter: Th is form of
mental attack projects blasts of psi-
onic force at Incredible Intensity and
range (11 areas). If hit, the victim

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