PRIMUS Supers

[JeffreyWKramer]

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"Surrender Evil-Doer' date=' Or I shall dispatch my endless legions of Gary Coleman to be your friend and hang out with you and tell you about his personal problems and how he deserves to be taken seriously as an artist!"[/quote']

 

This almost deserves signature status.

[Mark Rand]

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Getting back to my previous post, PRIMUS chose for of its best and brightest Silver Avengers for the cities the hero teams would be assigned to.

Terry Kestler is the campaign city's silver avenger. Intelligence Agent Bill Wadner and Assault Agent Martina Rosenblum are part of Avenger Kestler's agent team.

Intelligence Agent Elizabeth "Beth" Davies is lead agent for the base's superhero team. Under her are Intelligence Agents April Curtis, Christine Hunter and Mariko Yamamoto.

April, the redheaded daughter of a wealthy campaign city family, has a masters in electronics engineering from a campaign city univrersity and is a ninja with mystical abilities and a former college and Olympic gymnast. For fun, she races a Lamborghini Diablo is GTU events sanctioned by the Sports Car Club of America and drives the pace car at some area tracks. (GTU, or Grand Touring Unlimited, is a motorsports class created for the campaign.)

Christine, a blue-eyed blonde who always wears gloves, was an actress in college plays and a CIA black-bag job expert before joining PRIMUS. Quoting her on her glove habit, "I began wearing gloves all the time while preparing to portray a fashionably-dressed woman in a play set in 1902 Boston. Soince women of that time did everything with gloves on, I had to learn to do it, too. When it was over, I discovered that I liked wearing gloves."

Mariko has a masters in computer science from UCLA, where she was on the women's swim team.

April and Christine are experts on burglaries in general and high-tech ones in particular. Mariko is an expert with computers and computer crimes.

Rounding out the team is the civilian medical staff, Denise Clark, R.N., and Rhonda West, M.D. Both were in the Air Force. Denise, a dark-haired former flight nurse, likes to wear a sage-green nomex flight suit, with PRIMUS patches, over her navy-blue scrubs. Rhonda, an African-American trauma surgeon, whose braided, black hair caresses her shoulders, wears white scrubs.

[freakboy6117]

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i had a go building a midnight avenger but he came in at 800 points and was a bit of a munchkiny Kludgen so im going to have another go any suggestions for a sensible point level I was thinking of trying for between 650 and 700.

[Metaphysician]

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I don't know, I usually figure the typical Silver Avenger in charge of a major PRIMUS contingent ( like one for a major city ) should probably be ~500 points ( between a skill list appropriate for a top level FBI agent, Cyberline powers, PRIMUS perks and equipment ). 800 points for a top tier member of a PRIMUS superteam isn't necessarily out of the question.

[Mark Rand]

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Completing the team are the supers, Guardian and Warder.

Guardian is an armored superhero who hasn't revealed his secret identity to the other team members.

Warder, heiress Lisa Ward, is the team's mage. She's accompanied by her familiar, Midnight, a black cat.

 

So far, we have three campaign ineas under development, mine, a team formed around a metahuman Silver Avenger, and the one with three PRIMUS teams. All will work. Anyone have any other ideas to share?

[Mark Rand]

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In my version, the PRIMUS base map from Digital Hero #6 is used for the campaign city base.

You will note the danger room annex that's connected, through a tunnel, to the first floor. The danger room, its control room and locker rooms are on the first floor.

The base labs, lab offices, and a break room are on the second floor.

The third floor is te team's base. It has an electronics lab, a medical area, a break room, four bedrooms, a conference room, and offices.

 

We'll continue with some adventures of the agent team as they get ready for the superheroes. Just for the heck of it, it will be dialog-heavy and set in Las Vegas.

[Mark Rand]

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I forgot a few things in the nuilding discription. The roof has a secure area, like the one on the main building, and a helipad Two elevatora and a stairwell connect the floors. A key card is needed to access the third floor and roof.

 

"With my permission, Warder has created a gate linking our break room with a pocket reality that'll give us additional living quarters," Avenger Kestler said to April, Beth, Christine and Mariko, the PRIMUS intelligence agents assigned to the base superhero team. "According to her, there are no people living there, but it will sustain life."

"Are we going to investigate it before we actually use it?" Beth asked.

"Yes," Terry replied. "April, Christine, you two are the investigation team."

"We'll go tonight, in black," Christine replied.

"Like cat burglars?" April asked.

"Yep. We'll be gloved and masked, too."

"Cool. What kind of sidearms will we be carrying?"

"We'll each carry a silencer-equipped Beretta 92F. The load will be quarter-load blanks propelling knockout darts. That's what I always used when I was doing black-bag jobs for the CIA."

[Mark Rand]

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While April and Christine are readying themselves for their mission, let's look around the area.

Nye County, the county just west of Clark County, where Las Vegas is, has recently become home to several motion picture studios. The demand for special effects has caused several California special effects houses to move here. One is M5 Industries. The people here are also responsible for the Discovery Channel program Mythbusters. Speaking of the Discovery Channel, their documentary American Casino is a behind the scenes look at Green Vally Ranch, a hotel/casino/resort in the Las Vegas suburb of Henderson.

The Las Vegas area is also home to the Southern Nevada Raceway, a motorsports complex consisting of a dragstrip, a 1/2-mile oval and a 2.88-mile road course. The oval and road course use part of the dragstrip as their fromt straight and the oval's back straight is part of the road course.

If the ladies are ready by the time I submit the next post, we'll join them. Otherwise, we'll look at the crossovers that'll be added to the campaign.

[Mark Rand]

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I know I'd planned to set the agent team's adventures in Los Vegas, but I finally realized that my home town of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania would be better.

Washington County Speedway is the area's newest mororsports track. This track, based on the now defunct Ontario Motor Speedway, has a 2.5-mile Indy-style oval with a 3.19-mile road course that has two short cuts. With only shortcut one in use, the track is 2.94-miles long. With only shortcut two in use, the track is 2.98-miles long. With both shortcuts in place, the track is 2.7-miles long. Additionally, the front straight also servesa as a dragstrip.

Several organizations have been trying to get a vintage car grand prix underway in Schenley Park. It looks like its finally going to happen.

Pittsburgh is part of the Steel Cities Region of the Sports Car Club of America. The region's official pace car is a Chevy Corvette.

The official pace car of Washington County Speedway is a Ford Mustang Cobra.

[Mark Rand]

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The corner of Bigelow Boulevard and Parkman Avenue is home to a new version of Pittsburgh's old Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science. The old Zeiss Mark II planetarium projector, nicknamed Jake, has been refirbished and once again works perfectly. The old 10-inch Siderostat te;escope is in use, too, as are all the displ;ays in the gallaries. The club rooms and lecture hall have up to date audio/visual equipment in them as well.

A new ice arena is going up in the Strip District. This one has two rinks, one for ice hockey and the other for figure skating. Some officials in the Pittsburgh Penguins told the owner that they wouldn't play there unless the team's demands were met. The arena owner told them what they could do with their offer.

[Mark Rand]

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A few notes from Washington, D.C.

Henry Hayes is the President of the United States. He's easy to work for, likes PRIMUS, enjoys watching hockey games and played it in his youth.

Gloria Valdez is the Vice President. To keep their daughter, Elena, out of the spotlight, she and her husband, Michael, decided that she should stay with her mother.

Evelyn Baker Long is Chief Justice of the United States and Presiding Justice of the United States Supreme Court.

Agent Alex McGregor heads the Executive Protection division of the United States Secret Service. She's willing to work with superheroes, as long as they're either sanctioned or employed by a government agency and willing to follow her orders. Occasionally, she asks her husband, Grant Coleman, a former Colorado river guide who now owns a company specializing in corporate adventures, for assistance.

[Mark Rand]

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Black-clad PRIMUS Intelligence Agents April Curtis and Christine Hunter left the conference room tpgether. Following Christine's advice, both wore snug-fitting black jumpsuits, cambat boots and blue nitrile gloves.

"Interesting choice," Silvrer Avenger Terry Kestler commented, pointing to the disposable gloves.

"Some burglars now wear latex gloves because they get the freedom of an ungloved hand without leaving fingerprints behind. Since I get a rash from latex gloves, I have to use nirtile ones."

"Understood," Terry said.

"You two going to be masked?" Intelligence Agent Beth Davies asked as the group entered the break room.

"Of course," Christine replied as the two black-clad women put duffle bags on a table, reached in, pulled things out and put themin their ears.

"These are miniature versions of Wolf's Ears," April said. "Hunters use the big ones while tracking game. "They'll amplify soft noises while protecting the ears from loud ones."

"Nice," Beth said.

[Mark Rand]

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They then reached in, pulled out and put other gear on. Finally, they pulled tinted gogles on. They were fololowed by what looked ski masks without mouth holes and red-lensed lights were strapped to their heads. Web gear and black gloves followed. April then added bracers, then both women pulled leather jackets on.

"Want to tell us about your gear?" Terry asked.

[Mark Rand]

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"No problem," April replied. "The mini-Wolf's Ears use bone-conduction to let us hear noises. The hearing aid-like things in our left ears are receivers for a contact mic/transmitter that has a range of five feet. Although they canbe used to listen through doors, burglars use them to listen to safe tumblers. Comm links are on the right side. The throat mic/transmitters have a range of three feet and transmit only when we subvocalize. A receiver in our webbing picks the signal up and feeds it to voice distorters that have been adjusted to make us sound alike. The goggles let us see infrared light used in some security systems and weapon sights and protect our night vision. The lights on our heads have red LEDs in them."

"Beside our pistols and hunting knives, our webbing has lockpicks, security system analyzers, multi-tools and various kinds of darts," Christine said. "I'm also carrying more burglar tools while April's carrying ninja weapons."

"My gloves have retractable claws and my bracers carry more equipment," April added. "The right one has a swing line that can also be used for climbing while the left one has a stunner, knockout gas and flash pellets and mini-bolos."

"Impressive," Terry said.

"Yeah, and a bit scarey," Beth added.

"There's more," April said. "I also know ninja magic."

[Mark Rand]

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"What kind?" Beth asked.

"Two kinds," April replied. "One is the kuji-kiri, or nine ways cutting."

"As I recall, it uses finger positions and concentration to direct your energy," Terry said.

"Right," April said. "The second is The Path of the Shadow's Companion. It let's me manipulate darkness and shadows."

"What can you do with it?" Christine asked.

"I can create a blade of dark energy that can be blocked, but not removed, make myself or the local area devoid of sound, fight in darkness without didiculty, gather shadows myself, prevent someone from seeing, if I hit them, and use the darkness to strengthen my attack."

"We need to see this in action," Terry said. "If it works the way you say it does, I'd like to use you as a training opponent for someof our agents."

"Assault or intelligence?" April asked.

"Both," Terry replied. "You two ready to go through the portal?"

"Yes," April replied.

"Me, too," Christine replied.

"Go," Terry said. As they left, she called out, "Good luck."

Source authority for The Path of the Shadow's Companion: FU SCHTICKS FOR CHAMPIONS: Wild Martial Arts Powers Derived From the Pages of "Feng Shui" on Michael Surbrook's site.

[Mark Rand]

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They emerged on a bus. "April?"

"Yes, Christine?"

"This bus is filled with Islamic women."

"From Chicago, Illinois in 1960," April said, holding up a newspaper. It was on the floor."

"Oh." They left the bus and examined it. The bus had Illinois plates and belonged to Chicago's Islamic Center.

"We have a full moon tonight," April commented. "That's good for sneaking around."

"Yeah." They looked to their left and saw a cemetery. On the right were a medical office, a church, a motel, a dental office and a community center. "Let's start with the medical office."

"No problem," April said. As they walked to medical office, she glanced at the cars' plates and said, "Christine, the cars are from Florida."

"You're right," Christine said, looking at the cars. "Let's search the office."

"Right."

[Mark Rand]

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I rewrote the end of the previous thread to fit a slightly devious idea I have in mind. It might turn into a thread to be named Route 666.

We now return to April and Christine.

The two women entered the doctor's office and looked around. All the magazines and newspapers showed that the year was 1960 and the newspapers were Miami's.

"Let's search this place," Christine said.

"Lead the way." Their first stop was the receptionist's office.

Spotting a body, Christine asked, "Is she a nurse? She's wearing a white lab coat over a white uniform as well as white shoes and stockings and a cap."

"Medical assistant," April replied, looking at the woman's name tag. "At one tome, medical and dental assistants wore caps, just like registered nurses, practical nurses and dental hygienists."

"I didn't know that," Christine said. Of the seven other white-uniformed women in the office, four, three nurses and a second medical assistant, wore caps. The other three, a lab technician, an X-ray technician and an audiologist, didn't.

"We're through here," Christine said. "To the church next?"

"Sure."

[Battlestaff]

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Spotting a body, Christine asked, "Is she a nurse? She's wearing a white lab coat over a white uniform as well as white shoes and stockings and a cap."

"Medical assistant," April replied, looking at the woman's name tag. "At one tome, medical and dental assistants wore caps, just like registered nurses, practical nurses and dental hygienists."

"I didn't know that," Christine said.

Is the church where we get to meet the women wearing the evening gloves?

[Mark Rand]

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Is the church where we get to meet the women wearing the evening gloves?

Only if I can fit them in. Any ideas on how to do that?

[Mark Rand]

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Is the church where we get to meet the women wearing the evening gloves?

Now that I think more about it, the answer is no.

The area we're in now is only part of Route 666.

Have you ever heard of campaigns where a rift appears and people, vehicles, buildings, and other things are transported to another reality? That's the idea here, only all life has died out on the worlds the objects were taken from and they're placed along the sides of Route 666, a 40-mile road with straight sections, like we're at, curves and downhill switchbacks.

 

The heroes can use it for living quarters, training, and a sorce of disguises.

[Mark Rand]

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"I wonder if there's a wedding going on at the church," Christine said.

"I dopubt it," April said. "There's a truck from the blood bank in the church parking lot."

"A blood drive means more nurses."

"Yeah, but this church isn't from Florida. It's from Michigan. I think some higher power brought these buildings here from a world where all life died out in 1960."

"Yeah, you could be right. Getting any interesting photos?"

"Yep."

[Mark Rand]

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"This is a beautiful building," Christine said. "The lines are timeless."

"It's Central Free Methodist Church of Lancing, Michigan and it's beautiful inside, too," April said. "I came here with some team mates that wanted to attend services here before a meet."

They entered and noticed a uniformed woman slumped over a wooden desk. "Intermediate Girl Scout," Christine said. "My mother and I were both in Girl Scouts and I modeled one of her uniforms for a program on the history of Girl Scouts."

"She's wearing gloves and the armband on her left arm identifies her as a church guide. I'm going to look at the announcements there," April said, pointing to the wall display, "and see what I can find out."

"Fine. I'll see what I can find out from the papers on her desk."

[Mark Rand]

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"Blood drive's in the Fellowship Hall," April said, pointing to a sign.

"Saw it."

"According to this, Jen, the church custodian, is an honorary member of the choir and their mascot. Apparently, she was in her high school choir and sings country-western songs at church functions. It also states that she's too busy to be a full member of the choir."

"Nice. Anything on the Girl Scouts?"

"Still looking. Here it is. THe church sponsors a Brownie troup, an Intermediate troop and a Secior troop." She then read the troop numbers off.

"This young lady is in the church's Intermediate troop, April."

"The girls have weekly meetings in the basement classrooms and can volunteer for up to five hours a week working for the church. The girls have to be in uniform and those serving as ushers or guides have to be gloved."

"Okey. Besides the blood drive, people who qualify can get free groceries here and have their blood pressure checked by student nurses from a local university. I have a list of the qualifications for free food here."

[Mark Rand]

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Edits have been done to correct errors and typos and remove nunecessary stuff.

[Mark Rand]

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Christine sat the Girl Scout up and April took a photo, then they continued their tour, taking photos as they went. When they finished, they left and looked the area over.

"The road makes a curve at each end and gos downhill," Christine said.

"I noticed that, too," April copmmented. "Did you see what's behind the buildings and the cemetary?"

"Cliffs," Christine replied. "They look at least 100-feet high."

"Yeah. Let's continue." They came to a cross street and saw traffic lights. "Christine, the road goes through tunnels. We should examine them later."

"Yeah." They walked to a bus in front of the motel. "Texas plates," Christine commented. "This bus is an airport sghuttle."

"It's passengers are travelers, stewardesses or both."

"I know." It was both. After checking the bus over, they went into the motel office and found a newspaper.

"A meteor was spotted in the atmosphere," April said. "Scientists predicted that it would hit in the California desert."