WWYCD-Hurricane Katrina

[philnicau]

Presuming Hurricane Katrina happened in your campaign world, (and wasn't predicted/preventable) what would your character have done in the aftermath,

Would they have helped in the evacuation?

Helped restore Law and Order?

Assisted in the Relief Effort?

 

Southern Cross being the True Blue Hero he is ,would have immediately lept into action (using his Mega-scale leaping) and assisted in the relief effort, delivering food, and helping rebuild the levies etc.

[Chuckg]

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Starguard: -- is possibly capable of stopping the entire bleedin' hurricane. She's /definitely/ capable of fixing the break in the levee almost immediately after it happens.

 

Dr. Pain: -- he'd go in with the National Guard -- beating down looters, loading supplies, lifting buildings off of trapped people...

 

Baron von Darien: -- wouldn't go. He has his own duties, and they do not allow him the luxury of dropping everything to handle the latest mortal crisis.

[ghost-angel]

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One of our games takes place in Quasi-Real Time (meaning, after breaks it picks up on the current real date - but in action flows as Game Time) ..

 

We're currently at a point where it's approaching, hasn't hit yet. Two of the characters are in northern LA at the moment to boot stuck in their own crisis.

 

The news, as we've had chances to watch, is filled with debates from Supers going "We should divert and/or stop it. We have the power and technology" (it's a Higher Tech than our own world) ... countered by Weather Supers and Naturalists with "Nature should take it's course, we are also capable of repairing the aftermath quickly.."

 

Should be interesting to see what happens. If we get to it this weekend I'll repost actual Hero Actions.

[incrdbil]

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Being in the middle of "Reality Storm" I casn easily predict what the team I run would be doing.

 

Looters on the streets woudl be an extinct species by the time Hawk and Ronin (martial artist/gun guy) finished laying down the law. Their teleport/Hoverbike would keep them incredibly mobile, and mass rescue isn't their powers, so law enforcement would be their gig. Security would be taken care of. Considering their lack of concern for the letter of the law than for justice, they would definitely be working solo.

 

Hardwire (power armor) would have both his debris moving capability, plus his ability as an inventor to probably restore communicatios sservices. His force wall projection, along with Titans strength might be used to shore up levees that were breached.

 

Wind Shear (speedster)--megascale speed, he might try to counterspin the hurricane on the way in, even if told it wouldn't work. With his rearrange powers, he could easily set up evacautaion centers in seconds, and express rush critical patients to safety.

 

Titan--well a flying brick who can hold his breath for hours. More debris cleaning, or he could be flying in tons of equipment constantly.

 

Eclipse--besides lighting up a few blocks, his 'light speed' teleport could make him an incredible courier, his flight could be a back up to move individuals, reinforce Ronin and Hawk on looter control, or use his laser/energy blasts for specialized purposes.

 

lightbringer, reserve member--well, his mystic powers wouldn't be directly helpful--but his ability to mind link up to 32 others woudl be a great communications link for leadership. His group teleport could help the stranded.

 

His mind control might be the most useful ability to motivate those who are not rising to the occasion. Like someone can publically complain afterwards "It was him--he mind controlled me into ...actually doing my job!"

[Lord Mhoram]

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Blackcat - would have been in the mess looking for survivors and using her leadership skills to rally people in looking for other survivors. She would be on a headset phone co-ordinating stuff as well, and using her Ch'i to heal those that need it.

 

Ballisitic would be using his spells to clear out water, and as a minibrick assist in movement of stuff to find survivors. He likely would have started clearing the path on the roads for the trucks to come in right away (and made sure all the other brick types were doing the same) which would get the normal releif teams in sooner. He'd also be using his spells early one for major "transform debris into food" kind of stuff, as well as other life saving measures, like healing.

 

Meeb would have been airdropped into the deep water and find people trapped and needing to get out - an amoeaba with a 50 str can come in handy in an emergency.

 

Angelfire would be in healing - most of her powers are unsuited for rescue work (hellfire... I don't think so) but she would stay in the triage units and heal anyone she could - especially with her area effect healing (great for stabilization and such).

[Hermit]

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Astro-Knight Capable of surviving in outter space, Astro Knight would volunteer to help out immediately, and would likely work with local or federal powers if they wished, but would just as easily go his own way if they declined. His Solar Beams and Gravity powers would be put to good use.

 

Gaze Would assist, but as merely a mind controller who dislikes controlling the minds of non criminals, he'd feel useless and hope his fellow Saints would chip in.

 

Max Thunder You kidding? Total Code Vs Killing, Super Strength and doctor's heart (Even if his greek 'godliness' takes over from time to time) he'd be the one dispensing the needed medicine and supplies. Pity the fool that tries to shoot at hospitals or medical workers with him nearby.

 

Recluse Actually HAS been in a hurricane scenerio, DURING the hurricane where he tried to web down doors and batten down the hatches. Only his clinging kept him from being swept to his death. Even before then he was forcibly taking stubborn "I'm staying here" types out of their homes to better shelters or actually safe locations.

[sinanju]

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Presuming Hurricane Katrina happened in your campaign world, (and wasn't predicted/preventable) what would your character have done in the aftermath,

Would they have helped in the evacuation?

Helped restore Law and Order?

Assisted in the Relief Effort?

 

Hell's Angel has normal stats (aside from SPD 5 and superhuman PRE and COM, so although she can fly, it's not like she could do much to evacuate people. Plus, her powers are all based on fire--she's powerful, but her powers aren't _constructive_, really. So I think she'd wind up helping to restore order by dealing with looters (the REAL looters grabbing tvs and such, not people scavening for food and water) and criminals attacking other survivors and rescue workers.

[Badger]

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Badger-is a flyer, so could help bring in supplies that way.

 

Though he might be more interested in beating the (poopy) out of some looters.

[st barbara]

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"St Barbara" would probably try to help in any way she could. Searching for survivors, administering first aid, demolishing obstructions with her area effect E B, moving things with her tractor/pressor,flying in emergency supplies or protecting the other people trying to help ! Any thugs or looters with guns who got in her way would receive short shrift ! She would also be trying to help co-ordinate aid efforts and , as a former U N worker, help with liason between the U N and the U S government if she could. My only other "Champions" character "Quickfire" is an armoured martial artist with a gadget pool and super leap, he would also help out in whatever way he could but, apart from protecting others I don't think that there is much he could do.

[McCoy]

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Millennium, being a flyer, could pluck people from rooftops, but might be of more use using his healling touch in the hospitals to keep the critical patients stabilized in the absence of high tech medical support.

 

Cheeta has superspeed, but can't run on top of the water. He probably would be best in fund raising.

 

Iron Will is all about technology. He'd concentrate on getting the pumps running again. Then improve them where they pumped twice as much water on half the fuel.

 

Snow Leopard is totally out of her element. If she hears about the rapes at the Superdome would like to be there to prevent any more. But that many people in an enclosed space with no working plumbing must be pure hell to someone with an enhanced sense of smell. But can use her (very limited) weather powers to cool the building, and make ice (which will melt into drinking water). Will make the circuit, Superdome, convention center, hospitals, up to the freeway, filling coolers with ice.

 

Dolphin Has super strength and can breath under water. He'd concentrate on repairing the levees.

[Zed-F]

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Soulbarb probably can't get to Nawlins very easily. Houston's not that far away for an adult, but for a teen who has to go to school and who has no drivers license (and doesn't really know how to drive) it's another ball of wax. She wouldn't be terribly sympathetic towards the people that didn't have the sense to leave before the hurricane hit, either. She's prickly that way.

 

Glaive might actually find contract work as a security guard at the Superdome. Of course she'd have to get someone else to make the arrangements to get there as she has only the vaguest idea where New Orleans is. She'd be all over any attempted rapes going on there, if she could uncover the perpetrators; unfortunately, though, detective work is not her specialty. Her mere presence might be sufficient deterrence, however. Her friend Beastwarden might choose to come along to keep her company, but would probably wind up helping out wherever he can. As a minor mentalist and animal shapechanger, he could fill a lot of roles, from helping deal with panicky crowds or people who refuse to leave, to scouting for survivors, to dealing with looters, to helping repair the levees in his polar bear form. What exactly he winds up doing would probably depend on how well metas (especially shapechangers) were accepted in the campaign world; he's not a sanctioned hero.

[Patriot]

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Patriot: would attempt an air burst detonation to disrupt the weather pattern while it was still over the ocean.

 

 

IRL: at one point the considers Nukes to do this.

[Blue]

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Uncle Slam has participated in disaster efforts for many disasters over the years. He'd put an available resources from PRIMUS to work. The base would have survived, and he'd pull what food they can afford to offer from their own cache to assist displaced people.

 

Audra Blue would have "seige" problems. There's no doubt the base would survive, as would most of the Flood District, the area in which it sits. And conveniently, that section would only be underwater for a couple hours as it seems the architect built something in for this eventuality! This district would be the most safe, but it would draw people from other parts of town who want food and supplies. Eventualy, they'd be trying to get into the super-base. But she'd be doing all sorts of logistics, trying to reorganize the disaster efforts, load balancing, rerouting of goods and alerting to looting, etc. With her resources, she'd probably do a better job than anyone else in that particular city.

 

Anthem is the type who would give all her own food to starving people then be weakened as a result. Hopefully that won't keep her from performing her duties effectively. But she's at the street level and would have the most direct contact with those in need. She would not hav evacuated herself, knowing that someone was destined to stay behind and that they'd need rescue.

[Cancer]

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Mr Terrific's abilities aren't suited for helping in this case. When you are super-powered for a maximum of 8 minutes a day, a multi-day-disaster isn't something you can do much about.

[Lethosos]

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Queen of Spades isn't exactly suited for this kind of disaster, but given free reign... it depends on figuring out if it's worth finding a way to disrupt the hurricane or not. (This is Vibora Bay, in the armpit of the Florida Panhandle.) Regardless, she'd find a spot near the waterline that's safe to use the Forge for a good deal of time and start putting together a large convoy of fast, remotely-linked boats usings scrap material and whatever she can 'borrow' from a scrapyard. Then fill them up with food/water/supplies and start hauling--they'll need it, and anyone who tries to turn her back gets to meet her taser knuckles.

[Whitewings]

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Faye: Can't stop a hurricane and wouldn't try, but she can certainly evacuate cities in a hurry. Megascale AE on TK is a *wonderfully* useful advantage. When the hurricane itself comes in, she can try to help by throwing up a 14-kilometre-long Force Wall against the storm surges. Katrina's a Cat5, the NO levees are only rated fora Cat3. Without super-help, they're going to be breached.

[Powerhouse]

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Part of me wonders if this thread is in good taste but that said, I've considered the same thing. It's cathartic.

 

Starknight, the resident GL homage, would immediately force wall the breaches. Although I don't emphasize the will power aspect too much, SK's powers could be reinforced by Lady Silver as the latter merges their spirits to harness their wills.

 

Sentinel: as tactical commander of the team (and leader with Lady Silver busy), he would be the coordinator of the efforts, trying to work with local, state, and federal levels. He might be useful breaking up looters but it's his leadership abilities that are really needed.

 

Tyr/Titan: both are superstrong and fly for immediate airlifts of supplies or refugees.

 

SpeedDemon: superfast, he can rush critical supplies, especially medicine, to where they are needed. He could also stop looting.

 

Nova: NO ONE is looting around this short tempered energy blaster with the Psych Limit: Hates Criminals (VC, Str).

 

Lodestar: can magnetically shift debris around as needed. He could help brace the Force Wall but more likely is shifted as needed to stop looters/distribute supplies/rescue.

[ghost-angel]

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Patriot: would attempt an air burst detonation to disrupt the weather pattern while it was still over the ocean.

 

 

IRL: at one point the considers Nukes to do this.

They also discovered that a nuke would do more harm than good as it wouldn't have the energy required to dissipate the storm...

 

Full Explenation

 

Excerpt:

Apart from the fact that this might not even alter the storm, this approach neglects the problem that the released radioactive fallout would fairly quickly move with the tradewinds to affect land areas and cause devastating environmental problems. Needless to say, this is not a good idea.

 

the rest explains the energy of a Hurricane and some of its physica. Nukes = Bad Mojo.

[assault]

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Assault would have helped with the evacuation before the event. Nobody would have been abandoned to die on his watch.

 

He probably would have tried to fix the first breach in the (New Orleans) levee, but the second would have made this a bit pointless. Of course, that would be less so if other supers were on the job as well. If the levees were "fixed" soon enough, the flooding might not be as widespread.

 

Failing that, he could act as a single person supply distribution system. He can move fast, and carry a big payload. Unfortunately, he can't fly, so he can't really carry much in the way of passengers.

 

He probably wouldn't bother looters. People need food and water, and he's not the kind of person to stress about people stealing TVs. He would, however, intervene to prevent any violent incidents he came across, including ones involving the police or other superheroes.

 

Ironically, I only bought Vibora Bay last week. Reading it while all the Hurricane Katrina stuff was happening was a bit freaky.

 

There are, of course, questions of taste involved with this thread, but, like a lot of people, it seems, I had been thinking about "what my character would do". So thanks for starting the thread, philnicau.

[Snake Gandhi]

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Ubermech- Would use his strength to shore up the levies, in fact he'd probably arrive before Katrina hit and do what he could during the storm.

 

Amy Amazing- She's a teenager, but she can fly pretty fast as is strong, so she could do a lot of bringing in of supplies and rescue work.

[Lumbering Ox]

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Both characters where in caimpaigns that lasted one scenerio, sigh

 

"Surfer Dude" whose only power is the ability to absorb damage as Strength would being new to his power think in a weed indused haze that it would be really narley to surf those waves man, and get himself killed.

 

"The Liberator" being strictly brickish [and solo] wouldn't have the movement powers to get the looters, and although has monster wealth, really is more into the super hero thing because he enjoys hurting criminals, not to actually help humanity. Probably will check his computers and look for a chance at arbatrage profits to be made on the markets... bah gouging, its OK, but so bush league [bush as in out in the bushes, not as in GW Bush]

[Flames]

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My superheroine, "President Bush's Mom," would survey the damage and the living conditions of the flood victims, and then suddenly metamorph into an 18th century French aristocrat on public radio.

[Manchine]

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Manchine would help with the evacuation and medical support. He could easily look for survivors due to his scanners.

 

Sonic Soldier would be leading the relief teams. With him leading the troops and restoring order to the area.

 

Animal Teen would be able to locate and rescue people. With his enhanced senses and strength nothing would slow him down.

[Agent X]

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The Thunderer would reduce the power of the storm a bunch.

[McCoy]

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Part of me wonders if this thread is in good taste but that said' date=' I've considered the same thing. It's cathartic.[/quote']

I'm sure we've all helped as our means allow. Now let's relax and play a little. Sometimes it can flesh out our characters in our minds to imagine them doing other things rather than "Bash the Bad Guys."