HIT Squad [DISREGARD. OLD THREAD.]

[TheBlackThrone]

I had some applicants tell me that they couldn't tell if I was still accepting or not. I keep the OP up-to-date so trust your eyes. I have approved the second male for the HIT Squad. There is only one male slot left. As for females, we have two female slots left. We can make this 4 females and 3 males or 4 males and 3 females honestly. That is, if I get those applications.

I want to recommend for those who try thinking up a power to go on Google and use the Superpower Wiki. The nice thing about the Superpower Wiki is that it not only helps you develop power ideas, but it also has a section for "limitations." You really can't go wrong with this reference.

Again, please continue to avoid trying to jackknife a second concept into a main concept. It hasn't worked. When I see people trying to "force it" to work, I will 100% say no. Look at it this way, if you are putting in so much work trying to make it sensibly work, then it is not a good idea.

[Nameless One]

Legal Name: Conor McMordie
Codename/Nickname(s)/Alias: Mr Vendetta, The Cripple
Age: 29
Gender: male
Sexual Orientation: heterosexual
Criminal Record: killing spree, serial murder, aggravated premeditated murder, malicious destruction of property, arson, torture
Character O/Os: honestly, when the story starts he's quite uninterested in sex...
Player O/Os: my ons and offs



Height: 180 cm
Weight: 65 kg
Build: slender, with a penchant to gaunt
Hair Color: dark brown
Eye Color: blue
General Appearance: Conor's still a handsome man, even if with a somehow eerie and spirited look. He's tall and thin, maybe too thin, with piercing blue eyes that always seem to look too deep to feel comfortable. Where once stood his friendly, frank smile, now his lips are often curled in a bitter smirk.
Costume: he doesn't wear a costume and finds costumed heroes childish. Conor usually wear shabby everyday clothes or, when he needs to look sharp, a well tailored suit.
Face Claim: Cillian Murphy

POWERS:

Psychokinesis (or Telekinesis): his main power, that he handles with remarkable skill and effectiveness. He can easily slam objects and people around, smash doors and walls, and with some effort he can crush a car into a cube of twisted junk (force around 150 tons). Movements that require a lot of care and precision, like opening a lock, field stripping a gun or clipping someone's nails with a pair of scissors, require not only time and effort, but a lot of focus. To operate or take apart a mechanical object or machine, he must know how it works and which parts he needs to move and how.

Psionic Barrier: his psychokinesis power allows him to stop or deflects physical objects that could cause harm to him (or someone he wants to protect). The more kinetic energy a threat has, the harder is for him to render it harmless: for example, stopping a kick to the groin is far easier that stopping an assault rifle volley in full auto. Mr Vendetta protects himself almost on instinct so it's quite hard to hit him with a blow or projectile, but he requires much more focus, effort and careful planning to protect himself from, for example, energy attacks. Of course, to protect himself or someone else, he must be aware of an incoming harm. The barrier is effective at about 1 m around him.

Mental Barrier: his psionic powers are remarkably strong, so no wonder it requires a very powerful psychic to read or influence or control his mind.

Precognition: being quite aware of everything around him, he enjoys a very limited form of precognition, more akin to a danger sense. Let's say that Conor feels when something's going to go wrong or become harmful in the next few moments. This power isn't very reliable and reacts only here and there.

EQUIPMENT: nothing special, but as a technology geek he has a very powerful laptop and an expensive smartphone

SKILLS:

Science, lots of science!!! - Conor studied math and physics at a very advanced level at university, and was working as a researcher and assistant professor when his "accident" changed everything, so he still not only knows a lot in the scientific field, but he also likes to read math and physics related papers, articles and news, sometimes writing and commenting in some important web forums.

Computer programming - He's very skilled with computers, too. Even if his main task has been running quantum physics simulations and compiling data forms, he can do many useful things with a computer. He's not a genius level hacker, but he knows his way: given enough time and the right software, he can break into most of protected mainframes.

Gaeilge - He's a native English and Irish speaker.

Cooking - He's an excellent cook, having learned from his mom and granny since he was a little kid.

ADVANTAGES:

Path of Vengeance: he wants to exact bitter revenge, as bitter as possible, on those who destroyed his life. As a result, he's a focused and strong willed individual.

Death Wish: he doesn't give a rat's ass about getting killed. He's already lost his main reason for living, so he can take huge risks with complete indifference and threats to his life made by his enemies fall on deaf ears.

DISADVANTAGES:

Cripple: his cerebellum was badly damaged by a bullet and his ability to move around will never be the same again. He moves his right leg with difficulty and frequent spasms and cramps make him quite slow and clumsy. He needs a crutch to walk and gets easily tired. His muscles and joints hurt a lot and very often, especially his legs and his back.

Migraine: if he uses his mental powers for too long, or if the effort is too much, Conor experiences headaches (that go from strong to searing), nausea, eye watering, impaired vision and hearing, and in the most extreme cases he starts to actually lose blood from his eyes.

Addiction: in a desperate attempt to cope with the huge amount of pain inflicted on him in the last years, he started abusing painkillers, jumping to morphine and heroin. Serving his time in jail he started to recover a little bit, but the craving's still very, very strong.

Family: his retired parents (Eamon and Sarah), his two brothers (Liam and Patrick, they're twins) and two sisters (Mary and Aoife) are very much alive, carrying on with their lives and jobs and studies and families in Ireland and Great Britain, and Conor loves them all dearly. He can easily be blackmailed by threatening to damage his family (could be a dangerous game, tho...)

Backstory: Conor was born in Derry, Norther Ireland, son of Mr Eamon McMordie, a railway worker, and Mrs Sarah McMordie, a cook. Has has two older sisters and two younger twin brothers. He was raised as a Catholic, but in a modern, tolerant and progressive way. He was a smart kid, always getting good grades and helping his classmates with math homework, and his parents worked their assess out to allow him to attend the famous Trinity College in Dublin. He graduated in the top five of his year, then moved to the Caltech for a doctorate, and after that won a prestigious post doc in quantum physics at the University of Raven City. Life was looking great indeed for him, his family was terribly proud of their little genius boy who, in spite of his remarkable scientific accomplishments and academic career, remained a humble and kind fine young man. His sisters and mom sometimes pushed him to find himself a good girl and settle, but every time he laughed and answered that he hadn't met the right girl. Yet.

Then, along came Trinity.

Trinity Roberts was a friend's friend, an African American girl one year his junior, a biotechnology researcher at the URC who worked with new generation prosthesis. It was true love at first sight and they exploded like fireworks. They studied and worked and traveled together, went at concerts and parties and museums, cooked and sang, loved each other like angels and fucked each other like devils. He met her parents in Houston and he took her all over the Atlantic to meet his family in Derry. They were, being maybe too sugary, totally and deeply in love. After a while, realizing how much in love he was, Conor bought a beautiful diamond ring and invited Trinity to a very special dinner at Giovannino's, the absolute best Italian restaurant in Raven City. Unbeknownst to him, Mr. Philip Macaluso, the owner, was a good friend of the recently fallen Marconi family and wasn't willing to bend to a new protector, namely the Crossfade gang. That evening, The Blitzers decided to pay Giovannino's a quick visit, with a black van and three goons armed with AK-47. They had to scare the hell out of Mr Macaluso without hurting anyone in the drive by shooting. Just reduce the restaurant windows to shiny splinters and put some holes around. They didn't have to hurt anyone.

But something went wrong. Probably - at least, that's what the cops wrote - the van moved over an oil puddle, or hit a stray dog, or cat, and skidded a little. One of the goons lost his footing for a moments and a spray of his bullets hit some customers. There were 4 casualties that evening: one waiter and two customers were injured and one customer was killed. The poor waiter, a young boy who was still in his trial week, died two days later at the hospital. One of the injured customers, and old lady, risked to lose a leg, but finally got better and recovered. The last two casualties were Conor, lying in deep coma in his hospital bed at the Turner Memorial, and Trinity. Trinity died that evening. Two bullets pierced her chest and abdomen, she was gone before she touched the floor.

Conor got back from the coma a week later, surprising the doctors, and his powers awoke with him. He rested, underwent more surgery, rested again, then moved to rehabilitation. But he was a husk of a man, dead inside, broken, desperate. He played with the idea of killing himself. Life was unbearable without Trinity. But in the end he decided that he needed to live a little more to punish whoever was responsible for Trinity's death. Being a smart guy, he kept his powers well hidden, studying and training in secret for a few months. Then he attacked the Crossfade. He started with some money collectors, pimps and drug dealers, torturing and killing to squeeze names and pieces of information out of them. Death after death he managed to draw a very precise and detailed scheme of the organization, so he stepped up and attacked hideouts, drug and weapon storage places, corrupt cops and conniving lawyers, climbing up and up towards the top. He was a desperate, furious and unstoppable force of vengeance that was quickly wiping out the Crossfade form Raven City. Some people even cheered him, claiming that after his terrifying onslaughts of violence, their neighborhoods became safe and welcoming places again. When the cops tried to stop him, he spitefully killed some of them too, too bad they were probably honest. Some of the surviving Crossfade top guys fled to Europe or South America. After 15 months of slaughter, destruction and terror, the famed and beloved Doctor Frost managed to defeat him. He used his amazing ice powers to defend himself and to numb and sap Conor's strength, seriously hindering his psychokinesis. Mr Vendetta could deflect his icicles, smash his ice barriers, crack his ice weapons, but could do nothing with an environment that got quickly colder and colder. Finally a sniper shot a tranquilizer dart in his butt, and Conor McMordie got caught.
Conor was kept in the Raven City Asylum for the Criminally Insane, in a well insulated room, and every 6 hours he was administered narcotic drugs that completely inhibited his psychic powers.

Current Story: the OCO dealt quickly with the Cripple. They gave him a choice: join the HIT Squad project or one of his family members was going to have a car accident, or be injured in a botched robbery, or something like that. And after a month, something bad was going to happen to another McMordie. And then another. And so on. He accepted, deeply hating the OCO, but thanking them for the chance to get out and finish his job with the Crossfade.

Personality: Conor's a soft spoken, quiet guy. His point of view about life in general went from sincerely optimistic to cynical, jaded and disillusioned. He's very clever, with a strong rational and logic thought inclination, so he can be quite useful in planning an action. He doesn't like to get close to others, being quite obsessed with his revenge and lost love. He feels guilty for some of the people he killed and thinks about their families here and there, but he clearly expects to die soon so he tries to push remorse in the back of his mind and go on with his mission.

Character Flaws:

Animosity: he really, really dislikes gangsters and mobsters (yes, that's for you, Don Marconi...  ::) )

Heartbroken: he's quite prone to sad, sullen silences staring at the night sky or the squalid Raven City streets and mumbling depressing stuff to himself.

Heroic Rival: Doctor Frost is a superhero who can manipulate low temperatures, ice, snow, hail and frost to defeat villains and their cronies. Think of him as a sort of more mature, cunning and strategically inclined Iceman. He's a very proficient martial artist too and usually fights with an ice quarterstaff or a pair of ice ton fa. He usually doesn't use deadly force, preferring to stun and freeze his opponents to imprison them after a fair trial.

Character Theme: Revenga - System Of A Down

Battle Theme: Enter Sandman - Metallica

[Nameless One]

Also, cool characters dear team mates, I can't wait to see what happens when we meet and start the story! I'm very curious about how the bad guys will interact with each other... This is going to be fun.  8-)

[xPeachyPuff]

Also, cool characters dear team mates, I can't wait to see what happens when we meet and start the story! I'm very curious about how the bad guys will interact with each other... This is going to be fun.  8-)

He looks really interesting! Can't wait to see how they all interact :D

[TheBlackThrone]

We're still looking for 3 more characters and we are going to keep looking until we get them. Please don't forget to present your concept to me for approval first.

[TheBlackThrone]

Still seeking two more players! Please be active. So far, players who think they're active have been trying to force this game into their schedule. If you're not active enough to send a CS, then I wouldn't bother joining. It should not take you 1 month to create a CS. If it does, then that should alert you to how much you have going on in your IRL life or even with all the other games you are involved in.

We're a patient group waiting for the last two characters to join the story.

[Lost Paradise]

Legal Name: Lauren Harding
Codename/Nickname(s)/Alias: Pin
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Pansexual
Criminal Record: A short list of crimes she was convicted for include: Destruction of Property; Arson; Grand Larceny; Domestic Terrorism; Aggravated Assault; Identity Theft; Trespass; Contempt of Court; Public Intoxication
Character O/Os: As long as it's rough and wild and likely to leave both sides nursing bruises in the morning, Lauren is up for more or less anything. Offs include tenderness and if she finds her partner(s) boring.
Player O/Os: O/O

Height: 5’2”
Weight: 145 lbs
Build: Curvy
Hair Color: Blonde
Eye Color: Brown
General Appearance: Lauren's Dublin accent is pronounced, growing stronger when she is stressed, under pressure or under the influence.  Her tastes are reflected in the clothes she wears; the prevalence of hair extensions, odd accessories, leather and latex clothing all featuring bright neon colours giving her a very distinctive look. Outside of a large stylised tattoo of an eye on her right shoulder she has a cluster of disparate tattoos featuring, but not exlusively: a faded, blurred set of wings on her back and a rose with exaggerated thorns curling up her thigh.
Costume:  Lauren is not a costumed villain and her choice of fashion makes her very conspicous. What she considers 'costumes' are the myriad of disguises she wears after wiping the make-up off.
Face Claim: Unknown

POWERS:
⦁   Lucky Devil: The amount of good luck that Lauren gets is not improbable, it is impossible. She's hacked computers by blind guessing the password, avoided gunfire because she tripped over her laces and once dodged a sting operation because she burnt her toast.
⦁   Bad Penny: Not only is Lauren blessed with good luck, but anyone drawing her unconscious ire will find themselves cursed with exceptionally bad luck.

EQUIPMENT:
⦁   Grenades: Throughout her career Lauren has shown a preference for non-lethal grenades; smoke, tear gas, flash, and more exotic varieties whenever possible.
⦁   Explosives: Lauren isn't comfortable unless she can carry around enough explosives to level a city block. The OCO refuses to equip her with such for that very reason.

SKILLS:
⦁   Master of Disguise: For someone who delights in being brighter and louder than life, Lauren is surprisingly good at assuming the indentity of another person and changing her appearance to match.
⦁   D.I.Y: Lauren is a savant when it comes to making her own costume and equipment. There's nothing she can't fix - except what she breaks irreplaceably while trying.
⦁   Smooth Criminal: Often working on her own, Lauren has a good balance of low level skills and the experience for getting into and out of sticky situations.

ADVANTAGES:
⦁   Slightly Insane: Lauren is fearless and lacks any aversion to danger than normal people have. She's hard to influence mentally, by normal or supernatural methods.
⦁   EOD: A side-effect of using explosives? You quickly learnt what they look like and which wire to absolutely not touch.

DISADVANTAGES:
⦁   Consistently Inconsistent: The problem with being lucky? Once you assume you always will be - not only does it stop happening, but it backfires in the most dramatic fashion.
⦁   Slightly Insane: Lauren is fearless and lacks any aversion to danger than normal people have. Even when she should. Especially when she should.
⦁   No Backup: When she was jailed, everything she had stolen or illegally acquired was confiscated by the local OCO. Which was everything she owned.
⦁   Lots of Enemies: Her abrasive personality and lack of respect put Pin at odds with the Crimelords in Boston. Her proclivity towards stealing from them did not help.

Backstory: While Lauren never tells a true story of her past, the OCO has compiled a comprehensive document about her history before she was smuggled herself through the Port of Boston in the back of a cargo ship three years ago. She was born in Kildare as an army brat, her father joining the Irish Ranger Wing shortly after her birth and her reports throughout high school were nothing special; she was well-behaved, punctual and never caused any trouble. That was until her Da was killed on deployment, then she began to unravel, dropping completely off the grid despite being reported as a missing person. The truth is a lot less interesting than the lies she spins about that time; through mutual friends she'd started hanging with a punk band, then after falling out with them joined an Anarchist gang before growing disenchanted with them in turn and leaving for another.

The Lauren that appeared in America years later was a completely different person from the one that had vanished. Instantly she made a name for herself in the Boston underground by robbing a powerful artifact one of the cities most powerful mob bosses, Vinny Romano, before selling it at a public auction for pennies. Since then she's sold her services to the highest bidder, willing to take on any job no matter the danger or just who it would piss off, earning her an infamous reputation amongst both the heroes and vigilantes and the underworld. Her trademarks were catastrophic collateral damage and always fulfilling her contract, no matter how impossible it seemed at first glance.

Current Story: The spree of chaos Pin wrought upon Boston was brought to an end one fateful night when Lauren broke into The Harrier's civilian apartment, exposing his identity as well as other less savoury details of his private life. The enraged vigilante hunted her down, prevailing against every single one of Pin's tricks and traps, finally cornering and apprehending her on a rooftop to the chorus of sirens as the whole city burned around them. Locked away in solitary confinement, Lauren signed up to the HIT Squad without even asking about smallprint or details.

Personality: Lauren is a bubbly, sanguine, happy-go-lucky person who does not look capable of half the crimes she's committed. She's constantly after excitement, the thrill of danger and the constant adrenaline rush that it brings, and if she has to poke some sleeping dragons to make things more interesting - then even better! Despite the many evils she's done (which she couldn't care less about), she despises misery, so will always be happy to help to go out of her way to help someone in need, although what she believes they need and what they actually want tend not to be the same.

Character Flaws: Lauren's flaws are many and varied, but most she does not see as bad and she's is completely at ease with who she is inside. Her Obsessive-Compulsive behaviour towards heroes, especially the shining knight's who seem to be able to do no wrong, often gets in the way of her bigger plans.

Heroic Rival:
⦁   The Harrier: Christopher Jones was the golden boy of Boston, a vigilante both feared by the criminal world and respected by the people and the law. A protege of the great Aves who had looked after many cities on the east coast for decades, Christopher had been groomed to take over and carry the mantle. He might just be a normal man, but his connections, skill, and determination have seen him overcome many villains who thought themself superior.

Character Theme: Queen - Killer Queen

Battle Theme:

[TheBlackThrone]

I am going to count my character as 5 and we will start this with our current cast. I have been very busy this week, so I will try to get a OOC, IC, and other threads up soon. Please let me know who all is still active. I will send out a PM to those who may not have this thread bookmarked.

[akirakaneda]

If there's still open space for one more?

[TheBlackThrone]

There is. I had to send out an activity check however since I haven't heard from two people in our group. But if you're still interested, then just PM me a quick blurb about your concept.  :-)

[Nameless One]

Well, I see that we have another Irish character in the squad! That's curious ;D And Pin's very interesting too, oh yes she is. The Lucky Devil power looks awesomely like an unerring recipe for havoc and disaster!

[TheBlackThrone]

So I know one more male is currently being worked on. I will only be giving the last slot to a female character.

[TheBlackThrone]

We are recruiting again. Need some villains for the HIT Squad!

[LostSeraphim]

Is this still open for people to join?

[TheBlackThrone]

Is this still open for people to join?

Yes Ma'am.  :-)

[akirakaneda]

Is there space for an electrical ESPer?