Enforcer84 Posted January 16, 2006 Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 There's a CU version of perhaps, supeman. I wanna call him Vanguard, but that might be wrong. He was the impetus of one of the superteams and eventually died heroically but his body was never recovered. Does this sound familiar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyendasky80 Posted January 16, 2006 Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 Re: Brain Fart. (CU) For a second, I thought you were saying the CU's superman homage was named Brain Fart. And that just didn't make a lot of sense to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodstone Posted January 16, 2006 Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 Re: Brain Fart. (CU) Vanguard was a Superman hommage. He was a member of the Justice Squadron and was active from 1959 - 1992. He sacrificed himself blowing up the asteroid cluster that Dr Destroyer was goign to use to destroy North America. For the record, we wasn't an alien but a normal human. He did get his powers from an alien artifact of some kind. Not sure if that means he had a Focus type device or if it means radiation accident... This is all in Champions Universe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aylwin13 Posted January 16, 2006 Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 Re: Brain Fart. (CU) And he did give his life stopping the asteroids that Dr. D was going to toss at Detroit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted January 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 Re: Brain Fart. (CU) Vanguard was a Superman hommage. He was a member of the Justice Squadron and was active from 1959 - 1992. He sacrificed himself blowing up the asteroid cluster that Dr Destroyer was goign to use to destroy North America. For the record, we wasn't an alien but a normal human. He did get his powers from an alien artifact of some kind. Not sure if that means he had a Focus type device or if it means radiation accident... This is all in Champions Universe. Thanks! I can't believe I .... well I guess I did recongize him didn't I? Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lethosos Posted January 16, 2006 Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 Re: Brain Fart. (CU) But Brain Fart might be a good mentalist to write up... never let good names get thrown away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted January 16, 2006 Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 Re: Brain Fart. (CU) Brain Fart: Mind Control Set Effect: "These are not the droids you're looking for." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lethosos Posted January 17, 2006 Report Share Posted January 17, 2006 Re: Brain Fart. (CU) Actual Brain Fart: EGO Attack 2d6, Limitation (Only to interrupt target's current mental process) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BNakagawa Posted January 17, 2006 Report Share Posted January 17, 2006 Re: Brain Fart. (CU) There's a PC for an occasional player in our group which is a brain in a jar on the shoulders of a robotic body. Whenever there are bubbles in the jar, my character call that a Brain Fart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted January 17, 2006 Report Share Posted January 17, 2006 Re: Brain Fart. (CU) As I'd mentioned on an earlier thread, Darren Watts did post more information on Vanguard that, IMO, strongly implies that he was the CU's analog to Superman both in power and in the respect in which he was held: Vanguard will get his origin story in Silver Age Champs (and a writeup there of his early stats) and probably will get more story in the proposed Champs Universe update. Basically, he's Jeffrey Sinclair, a mightily-powerful flying brick type given his powers by an "alien artifact" in 1959. He teams up with several semi-retired Golden Age heroes in New York later that year and re-forms the Justice Squadron (which had been the #2 hero team of WWII after the Defenders of Justice), with that original group remaining the core of the team for decades (as opposed to the Sentinels, who have a lot of membership turnover. In many ways, the Justice Squadron is seen as "Vanguard and his buddies," which is probably unfair, though he clearly was the heart and soul of that team for more than thirty years.) One of Earth's most famous and respected supers, he sacrificed his life in the orbital portion of the Battle of Detroit in 1992. That's all we've established about him so far. dw I'm really hoping that the Champions Universe update book this year will include a scenario for his return - I believe that an official, active Superman homage in the present-day CU would be welcomed by many Champs fans. And let's face it: a mightily-powerful superhero, aliens responsible for his powers, a super tractor beam, space rocks of unknown composition, a multi-megaton explosion... if you can't extract a comic-book rationale for Vanguard's survival out of all that, you're just not trying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted January 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2006 Re: Brain Fart. (CU) I've got a Legacy for him. I might post him sometime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted January 17, 2006 Report Share Posted January 17, 2006 The Return Of Vanguard Since my last post, I've had a scenario for this on my mind, as well as possible plot seeds that could be derived from it. I don't think I'll be able to rest until I write it down. Note that while what I'm about to describe is in no way canon, and may violate what Hero Games will eventually publish about Vanguard, it does draw on background info about the CU including "GM's Vault" data, so anyone who doesn't want spoilers may want to stop reading: Jeffrey Sinclair, the man who became Vanguard, got his powers from an "alien artifact." To keep the parallel with Superman, let's say that the artifact wrought an innate change in him, rather than being a Focus-like item that empowers him. What I propose is that Sinclair encountered some of the equipment that the Progenitors left behind from their experiments creating the Empyreans, at the site of the Empyreans' first home near Athens. Accidentally activating it, Sinclair gained powers rivalling those of the first generation of Empyreans. Flash forward three decades to the Battle of Detroit. Vanguard is said to have sacrificed himself delivering explosive charges to destroy the asteroids that Dr. Destroyer was trying to bring crashing to Earth. For this kind of mission Vanguard likely went alone, so there would have been no firsthand witnesses to his fate. The richest source of asteroids nearest Earth would be the belt between Mars and Jupiter; but Champions Universe revealed that there are leftover Progenitor devices in the asteroid belt. I suggest that one of these was among Destroyer's asteroids; detecting Vanguard as the result of Progenitor experiments, it teleported him to a Progenitor facility for analysis just before the explosive detonated. There Vanguard was trapped for some time while the Progenitors themselves, or their automated devices, probed and tested him. Eventually Vanguard was released, but discovered that he had been transported to the other side of the galaxy. The first aliens he met had never even heard of Earth. Vanguard attempted to return home, a journey spanning more than a decade. Along the way he encountered many alien races and cosmic beings, often acting to protect the helpless as he had on Earth. By the time Vanguard finally returns to this world in 2006 his exploits have brought him renown across half the Milky Way. Many revere him as a hero and champion; others count him as a hated enemy and plot their revenge. And the name "Earth" has become more widely known, and sparked interest in several quarters... Of course, this scenario would explain the return of the real Vanguard. A Game Master might instead choose to use this as the cover story for someone masquerading as Vanguard. Perhaps an alien or supervillain has adopted Vanguard's guise in an attempt to infiltrate and subvert the world's superheroes. Maybe this Vanguard is a clone created by someone like Teleios for the same purpose, with or without his conscious knowledge. (It could have taken Teleios this many years to master Vanguard's unique genetic structure.) Or perhaps some new superhero has taken on the name and appearance of Vanguard, out of genuine respect and desire to honor him, or to capitalize on Vanguard's reputation. OTOH this could indeed be the actual Vanguard, only with his personality changed by his experiences or the forces he was exposed to on his journey. Vanguard might start to act irrationally, even become dangerous, forcing PC heroes to try to stop him. And if they can stop him, will it be possible to find a cure and restore his heroic persona? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodstone Posted January 17, 2006 Report Share Posted January 17, 2006 Re: Brain Fart. (CU) Very nice! Rep for you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FenrisUlf Posted January 17, 2006 Report Share Posted January 17, 2006 Re: Brain Fart. (CU) Great piece of work, Lord Liaden. Repped! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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