Heroes from All Fifty States

[Pariah]

Valor slipped her mask off as she came home...

<snip>

I'll be in my bunk.

(Somebody was going to say it....)

[Pariah]

Here's an updated map. Yellow states have been added since the last time.



Ladies and gentlemen, I am amazed.

[lemming]

Private Idaho?

Devil from Georgia?

Remember the Maine?

*blam*

sorry, we had to stop him

[Pariah]

Remember the Maine?

I remember the Maine! Wasn't he a member of The Asesinos from 4th Ed?

[Hermit]

Private Idaho?

Devil from Georgia?

Remember the Maine?

*blam*

sorry, we had to stop him

As cliche as it might seem, a heroine from Georgia named "Belle" with sonic powers might work, either innate, or from powered armor.

[wcw43921]

I've had these brothers in my mind for a long time--this is the first that I've written them down. I hope the descriptions of their costumes will suffice until I can figure out the costume generator.

Here now, for Ohio and Pennsylvania--

Captain Keystone & Captain Buckeye

Brett and Eric Hoyt were identical twins whose parents divorced when they were five years old. Brett went to live with his father in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and Eric to live with his mother in Columbus, Ohio. Thus was the stage set for the greatest sibling rivalry in human history.

As they grew to adulthood, each of the twins pushed themselves to excel in academics, athletics and everything else in the relentless, never-ending quest to outdo one another. Both graduated as valedictorians from their respective high schools, and went on to college on full scholarships, Brett to Penn State and Eric to Ohio State. They became star quarterbacks for their school’s football teams and star forwards for their basketball teams, and captains of their debate and chess teams, and when they met on the gridiron or the court, at the podium or across the board, it was always the match of the century. Each graduated magna cum laude, and went on to law school, where they again graduated with high honors. Brett went on to work for the Pennsylvania Department of Justice as a criminal investigator; Eric did the same for the Ohio Bureau Of Criminal Identification and Investigation. Both of them did exceptionally well in the apprehension and prosecution of the worst of their states’ criminals.

The Hoyt brothers drive to excel in anything and everything attracted the attention of Karlos Kragenrage, who was looking to carve a niche for himself in the mad science community with his super-empowerment process. He found in the Hoyts not only the perfect physical specimen, but the one thing every good scientist needs–a control subject. He kidnapped them both and brought them to his secret laboratory; a coin toss decided that Brett would be the one exposed to the process. Kragenrage sealed him inside an airtight stainless steel chamber. Switches were thrown, generators spun to life, and the chamber was filled with Kragenrage’s special enhancement gas formula before Brett was subjected to a shock of 200,000 volts. As Kragenrage gloried in watching Brett writhe and scream in agony, Eric managed to slip free of his bonds and take Kragenrage by surprise, then he shut down the process and freed Brett from the chamber.

The process worked beyond Kragenrage’s wildest dreams. Brett found that not only were his strength and agility amplified tenfold, he could also levitate himself magnetically and fire lightning bolts from his hands. After taking Kragenrage into custody, Brett offered his services to the Federal government and his home state, and thus did he become–Captain Keystone, The Protector Of Pennsylvania! Not to be outdone–never to be outdone--Eric trained himself up in martial arts and acrobatics, then acquired a high-tech, high-speed motorcycle, an expandable battle-staff, and a wireless taser. Offering his services to the Federal government and his home state, Eric became–Captain Buckeye, The Hero Of Ohio! And as the Hoyt brothers’ obsession to outdo one another continues, the greatest casualty in their rivalry is always the forces of evil.

As identical twins, Brett and Eric Hoyt are each 5' 11" tall and weigh 230 pounds, all of it trim, well-toned muscle. Their hair is brown, and their eyes are hazel. When out of costume, they wear immaculate business suits that are never stained or wrinkled. As Captain Keystone, Brett wears a skintight damage-resistant costume–the torso and sleeves are gold, with a keystone emblem on the chest outlined in dark blue. The rest of the costume from the waist down is dark blue also, and includes a cape, close-fitting cowl and gloves in dark blue. As Captain Buckeye, Eric wears dark blue damage-resistant tights with red trunks (with a large white panel on each side), red leather gauntlets and buccaneer-style boots. A dark blue close-fitting cowl that is open at the top conceals his identity, and the emblem on his chest is patterned after the Ohio state flag–a solid red circle outlined in white, surrounded by seventeen stars arranged in a semi-circle. (The Ohio state flag is also emblazoned on the backs of his gauntlets.)

[shadowcat1313]

this is a great thread, as part of one of the oldest supergroups in City of Heroes on the Triumph Server, called Global Heroics, it has to be a country recognized by the UN with a flag, for example, I currently have Mr. Tonga, Miss Tonga, and Mr. Indonesia, I also have an academy instructor called Mr. Komodo Island, which isnt techincally a country, but he went through our Global Academy and stayed on as a combat instructor, Mr Komodo Island is a bipedal mutated Komodo dragon.

http://www.globalheroics,net

we have at least 125 members at last count.

[Pariah]

this is a great thread, as part of one of the oldest supergroups in City of Heroes on the Triumph Server, called Global Heroics, it has to be a country recognized by the UN with a flag, for example, I currently have Mr. Tonga, Miss Tonga, and Mr. Indonesia, I also have an academy instructor called Mr. Komodo Island, which isnt techincally a country, but he went through our Global Academy and stayed on as a combat instructor, Mr Komodo Island is a bipedal mutated Komodo dragon.

http://www.globalheroics,net

we have at least 125 members at last count.

Not to be picky, but you've got a comma in that link.

[Egyptoid]

SC? Yes we do, a little fairy bug looking lady

not quite the ringing endorsement for which I had hoped.



Anyhoo, I'm not going to touch International stuff,
the Around the World thread is too awesome.
Tribe and The-Arc do great work there.


love the Oregon Bike & Eco-Ranger.


the Beaver People will be on the Subs page.

*BLAM*

yes, it had to be done. no jury anywhere would convict.


thanks to the brave person who worked on the
original MD flag, looks good.


The WA. Evergreen one is a good concept, and there should
be a few non-human heroes in the Fifty. What I would request,
is can someone work up the picture in the animated style?
heromachine really is a totally different look, but it might work.
Don't get me wrong, you've done good work on it.


of the NC ideas, strangely I do like the pirate one...


I'll do more work later today.
Thanks again people; (ditto Pariah amazed)

[BobGreenwade]

Go ahead and change Eco-Ranger to Hermit's version. That one really is so much better.

[Pariah]

Not to open a completely different can of worms here, but I was just thinking. We have forty-some-odd different pictures here, along with a few character background stories. And based on that, I just had to ask....

Has anyone actually written up any of these characters yet?

I started a preliminary write-up on Honeybee the other day. It looks like she'll come in at around 425 points on the economical side, and could easily go to 500. This includes not just her Powers and Skills, but also equipment (e.g., a radio) she'd be using if she were working as part of a larger group of heroes. Ultimately, that's what we're building here: the biggest, baddest group of heroes around.

Imagine some supervillain showing up to try to take over Washington DC, only to be greeted by EVERYONE who's been posted on this thread. I think even Doctor Destroyer and Takofanes would have second thoughts.

Anyway, I was just wondering if anyone else has started statting out any of the characters here.

[Certified]

Not to open a completely different can of worms here, but I was just thinking. We have forty-some-odd different pictures here, along with a few character background stories. And based on that, I just had to ask....

Has anyone actually written up any of these characters yet?

I started a preliminary write-up on Honeybee the other day. It looks like she'll come in at around 425 points on the economical side, and could easily go to 500. This includes not just her Powers and Skills, but also equipment (e.g., a radio) she'd be using if she were working as part of a larger group of heroes. Ultimately, that's what we're building here: the biggest, baddest group of heroes around.

Imagine some supervillain showing up to try to take over Washington DC, only to be greeted by EVERYONE who's been posted on this thread. I think even Doctor Destroyer and Takofanes would have second thoughts.

Anyway, I was just wondering if anyone else has started statting out any of the characters here.

This sounds like a good idea. Hopefully I'll get a change to put together something for Golden Hammer later today, although I think I will shoot for 350 to start with.

[Hermit]

Not to open a completely different can of worms here, but I was just thinking. We have forty-some-odd different pictures here, along with a few character background stories. And based on that, I just had to ask....

Has anyone actually written up any of these characters yet?

I started a preliminary write-up on Honeybee the other day. It looks like she'll come in at around 425 points on the economical side, and could easily go to 500. This includes not just her Powers and Skills, but also equipment (e.g., a radio) she'd be using if she were working as part of a larger group of heroes. Ultimately, that's what we're building here: the biggest, baddest group of heroes around.

Imagine some supervillain showing up to try to take over Washington DC, only to be greeted by EVERYONE who's been posted on this thread. I think even Doctor Destroyer and Takofanes would have second thoughts.

Anyway, I was just wondering if anyone else has started statting out any of the characters here.

I started out on Volunteer, though he's not finished. I was aiming for 350 myself, but could certainly buff him up

[proditor]

"Gunny Ramos"

Gunnery Sergeant Rebecca Ramos was darn near born screaming "OORAH!" She grew up a tomboy in a family with four brothers, and a history of service. Their roots in the US Marine Corps went all the way back to a distant past and one of the first Continental Marines.

Rebecca was determined to follow the family career, and she enlisted on her 18th birthday. She flew through Basic at Paris Island, or as she thought of it, "Summer Camp." After growing up with a literal Drill Instructor for a father, the physical rigors were almost passe.

It was shortly thereafter that her final run on the confidence course altered her life forever. An alien invasion chose possibly the worst single time ever to attempt to gain a beachhead. Attacked by the Marines and recruits of Paris Island, the aliens were sent packing. The fighting had been fierce, but the casualties were surprisingly low due to the aliens ignorance of the inhabitants.

One however, was not to fortunate. Rebecca had run to protect the generator building after she ground troops from the alien ship moving to destroy the base's power. No power would mean that a lot of the Marine's optioins would be curtailed, and Rebecca was not going to let that happen. A 20 minute game of cat and mouse ensued, and ended with abrupt finality when they unloaded their mass dispersal explosives on the generator that Rebecca has just dove behind.

The explosion did shunt power, but by then, the battle was pretty much a foregone conclusion. Rebecca was pulled from the wreckage, seemingly just stunned, despite the tons of rubble that had buried her. She recovered slowly, but as she neared the end of her therapy, she started surpassing every previous physical benchmark she had set in basic.

Soon, she was blowing those benchmarks out of the water. About then, the DoD took an interest in Rebecca, and se began a period of service to her country that included serving as part of Marine Force Recon S, the powered branch of the Corps. She mustered out to the resrves as a Gunnery Sergeant, and to this day, still goes by "Gunney Ramos" in her native South Carolina.

With superhuman strength, speed, endurance and resilience, Gunney Ramos is already a force to be reckoned with, but the twin gauntlets she wears allow her to perform a variety of tricks based on vibrational control. Not the least of which, is bypassing armor, or reaching through a wall to grab a target.

Pictures: Two for one. Gunney Ramos in her dress blues, and in her field gear.

[casualplayer]

Valor slipped her mask off as she came home, it had been a rough day. Setting down the shield near the couch, she sniffed the air. The sweet scent of a fine meal in the making wafted from the kitchen.

"Orlando? Are you home?" A smile crossed her face.

Orlando's response was to come out with two cups of ice tea. (snip)

That was awesome! And kinda hot, but don't you think it should have been sweet tea....Or are you just assuming a bag of sugar in every glass?