Chronicles of the Agency (Golden Age)

[Major Tom 2009]

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I've been practicing with Fabrica lately, and some of what I've done have been pics

of some of the characters that have been described on the various threads here on

the boards, including this one. I've already sent these particular pics to the bunneh,

but I thought that I'd go ahead and put them up here.

 

 

First up is that stalwart defender of the American way, The Patriot:

 

 

 

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[Major Tom 2009]

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Next up is the Mistress of Mysticism and sneak thief extraordinaire, Havoc:

 

 

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Next is the group's strongman and brawler without peer, Clubber:

 

 

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Major Tom 2009

[kahuna's bro]

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all i can say is greetings agents

[Major Tom 2009]

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Presenting: the Agency's very own she-cat, The Mighty Huntress.

 

 

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[Major Tom 2009]

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Next up: the high-tech Avenger of the Airways, Rocket Ranger.

 

 

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The wielder of the Relics of Power, Artifact.

 

 

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And last but not least, the Dark Guardian of Justice himself: Nightwatch.

 

 

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[Major Tom 2009]

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In addition to the '30s-era Agency character pics, I also did some of what I thought

the Galactic Champions-era descendants of certain Agency members might look

like, and here they are:

 

 

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The look of Rocket Ranger's (hypothetical) descendant probably wouldn't be too

different from what the '30s version looks like right now; the jetpack would prob-

ably have a more high-tech look to it. The 31st Century version of Artifact also

would look somewhat similar to her ancestor; not only a bit more high-tech in

appearance, but also possessing relics of power from civilizations other than

Earth's (at least, that's my take on it).

 

 

Major Tom 2009

[Major Tom 2009]

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Shame on me... I almost forgot to post the pic of the boss lady herself:

 

Agent Elizabeth "Libby" Belle

 

 

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Major Tom 2009

[Major Tom 2009]

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BunnySue: You're welcome, and thanks for the reppage.

 

 

Major Tom 2009

[Lonewalker]

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The Furry Doppelganger Throwdown

 

While the rest of the Agents were conducting their varied investigations, Nightwatch had chosen a different avenue to pursue. His suspicious nature and amorous fixation on Agent Belle led him to tail her after she left the last briefing. He trailed the mysterious Agent back to her home – a rather nice home on the outskirts of the city – where she collected a large travel bag and left for the airport.

 

Making impromptu arrangements as he gleaned information on Belle’s movements, Jeb took a flight to Denver and rented a car to drive down to an isolated town called Roswell in New Mexico. Having caught up with Belle, he watched as she entered a nondescript complex on the edge of the town.

 

Stepping into the shadows, he teleported into the building but found himself in a dark room filled with exotic and unearthly machinery. Agent Belle was nowhere to be found. After a few haphazard attempts to figure out what the equipment was for, Jeb ended up calling back to Agency headquarters, where he eventually reached Tom Jefferson and Brett Tucker. Brett admitted that the technology that Jeb was described sounded similar to the Syndarian devices, but he wouldn’t be able to tell for sure without hands-on study. Tom informed Jeb that trailing Agent Belle was not the priority and that he needed to arrange transport back to New York as soon as possible.

 

Nightwatch had a sneaking suspicion that the machinery was some sort of teleportation technology…and that his would-be paramour was being less than honest with the rest of the team. The rest of team, used to trusting Agent Belle, scoffed at the idea, which grated on Nightwatch’s nerves.

 

Meanwhile, since Annabelle and Esther’s plan to meet up with the Tong boss Doctor Fang would take a few days to arrange, the team chose to focus their investigations on the disappearances of various zoo animals. Elsie was still certain that her conniving sister Francine was involved in the crime and was eager to get on the trail. So the Agents did some recon of the three likely sites for a hidden animal preserve.

 

The first spot they investigated was the actual animal preserve east of the city. They took a two-pronged approach with Patriot, Rocket Ranger, and Clubber arriving publically at the front door while Artifact, Havoc, and Mighty Huntress sneaking around to see what was behind the scenes. The men were met by one Safari Sam, the boisterous head of the reserve. When the Agents explained that there had been a rash of animal disappearances and that they simply wanted to make sure all was well here, Safari Sam welcoming them cheerfully. He told the Agents that his preserve catered to the rich and influential who wanted a chance to hunt without the inconvenience of traveling far from their urban homes. Occasionally, Sam got requests for specific quarry or situations but most of his customers just wanted the feel of a safari hunt. Safari Sam showed off the public facilities and the animal pens, which were stocked with all manner of creatures. He also told the Agents that there had been no disturbances or problems on his property. The Agents thanked Safari Sam for his cooperation and asked that he contact the Agency if any trouble cropped up.

 

The Agency ladies, easily avoiding the security around the preserve, searched the grounds and the storage areas, but found nothing incriminating. Mighty Huntress could detect the old scents of numerous prey and predator animals that lived in the preserve but she did not find the specific creatures that had gone missing. In the end, they concluded that Safari Sam ran an honest business and probably wasn’t involved in the animal thefts.

 

The Agents took a break from their recon for an outing to the World’s Fair. They saw many cultural and technological wonders (with Annabelle working very hard to keep her sticky fingers to herself) and sampled a variety of foreign cuisine. Martha Washington (Tom’s ladyfriend) tagged along and mentioned that she’d been keeping tabs on the Syndarians’ movements and that their numbers didn’t add up right. There seemed to be far more Syndarians spread out around the country and Europe than their ship seemed able to transport.

 

The next day (after Nightwatch had arrived back in New York) the Agents resumed their investigations. They first paid a visit the Sorras farm, which had recently been purchased by a German family named Von Hammersmark. When no one answered the front door, the Agents naturally became suspicious. But a stealthy search of the grounds revealed nothing other than a building full of chicken pens. There was no sign of any animals on the property beyond poultry.

 

That left the large estate located north of the Von Hammersmark farm. Like the previous location, there was no answer at the front door to the expansive manor. Mighty Huntress scoured the grounds around the main building and Elsie soon picked up on the scent of wild animals, though there no outward signs of any beasts. Havoc and Artifact snuck into the manor itself and found the servants busily preparing for some sort of banquet. Talk among the servants revealed that Doctor Rani Shaby (the head of the newly established World Wildlife Foundation) would soon be returning…and that Shaby was something of a harsh taskmistress.

 

Following the trail of animal scent, Mighty Huntress led the team to a cave sunk slightly into the earth. A large and secure door blocked the entrance but Havoc and Artifact were able to disable the locks and open the portal. Beyond the doorway was a large chamber with electronic and laboratory equipment on the far wall. Most startling were the seven cages along the side walls…each holding a half-man, half-beast hybrid!

 

The creatures were obviously the missing animals, altered to possess humanoid characteristics. The lion-man, the black panther-man, and the condor-man all wore elaborate bracers on their wrists. The bear-man had a wide belt around its waist. A large ferret-like humanoid was wrapped in a hooded cloak as well. Finally, the gorilla wore a red, white, and blue vest.

 

“Sweet Lady Liberty!” Patriot exclaimed in horror, “Are these twisted mockeries supposed to be…us??”

 

At that moment, the cage doors all swung open and the beastmen rushed out to attack! Mighty Huntress was the first one hit, bowled over by her white tiger doppelganger. The rest of the beastmen also focused on their counterparts – Rocket Ranger dodged crude missiles fired from the condor’s bracers. The black panther teleported closer to Nightwatch and threw blast of inky darkness at the Texan. The bear ignored the closer Nightwatch to lunge at Clubber. The tiger pummeled Artifact with glowing fists. And the ferret caused light fixtures from the ceiling to crash down near Havoc.

 

Patriot was quick to meet his own star-spangled opponent head on, though the gorilla’s bestial reflexes were quicker than the hero’s and more than one furry fist slammed into America’s Hero. Being at the far end of the room, Patriot was the first to notice a hidden door slide open near the lab apparatus. From this passageway streamed a dozen or more Chinese Tong armed with swords, knives, and throwing stars. Their intent was obvious.

 

“Ninjas!” Patriot bellowed, warning his comrades.

 

While the beastmen focused on their Agent counterparts, the Agents did not have the same concentration. Havoc pulled on the strings of fate to trip up the bear, allowing Huntress to pounce on the creatuere’s head. Artifact dodged her lion and closed with the panther, sending it into the far wall with a single blow from her Norse Hammer, before turning back to the lion. The heroes started out doing well, but the arrival of the Tong warriors soon tipped the balance back in favor of the bad guys.

 

Deadly throwing stars flew through the room, whittling down the Agents with cuts and slashes. A number of the Tong closed with Patriot, cutting into him with their swords while his attention was drawn by the gorilla. Nightwatch and Artifact hurried to help Patriot – Nightwatch managed to teleport the bleeding hero away but that left Artifact at the mercy of the Tong, who swiftly cut her down.

 

Rocket Ranger poured explosive and other area effect missiles into the clusters of Tong but the warriors were more durable than the usual thug and kept coming on. Nightwatch threw up a miry wave of blackness that slowed a large group of Tong to a molasses-like crawl. Patriot (having taken a moment to recover) started throwing Tong warriors into the morass. With its target out of reach, the star-spangled gorilla chose to pounce on Clubber.

 

Mighty Huntress continued to wail on the bear until the beast finally dropped, stunned. But then the white tiger and the black panther (both having recovered) double teamed the feline heroine. The ferret continued to prove troublesome as it dropped more debris from the ceiling (mostly on Rocket Ranger) and moved about the battlefield completely invisible.

 

Havoc rushed over to where Artifact lay unconscious and punched out one of the Tong standing over her. Using her luck powers, she mended Artifact’s wounds and brought the woman back into the fight. Meanwhile, the condor made the mistake of closing with Rocket Ranger, who ducked the bird’s attack and countered with one of his patented Rocket Punches, sending the creature flying across the room and into the shadowy mire.

 

The bear started to recover from Huntress’ attack, only to have Clubber hurl the gorilla into it, putting it back into dreamland. To add insult to injury, Clubber than leapt over to the dogpile and kicked the unconscious bear into the staggered gorilla, sending both monsters flying.

 

The Tong got themselves organized and started ganging up on Mighty Huntress, Clubber, and Patriot, injuring them all. Seeing the need to push the fight along, Rocket Ranger sent a wave of fire from his flamethrower over the large group picking on Patriot then followed up with a blinding flare into a second pack. The beastmen started following the Agents’ tactics and began switching up their target, with the white tiger gouging Clubber badly. In pain and anger, Clubber grabbed one of the closest targets (in this case, the gorilla) and hurled it into a mob of the Tong. Most of the warriors dodged, letting the flailing animal plow instead into Rocket Ranger and Patriot…and knocking the Patriot out!

 

The white tiger lunged at Mighty Huntress again, shredding her badly, then began smashing her with heavy blows. Rocket Ranger shouted in fury and blasted the tiger with an energy beam that sent it staggering. Havoc managed to heal Clubber, who started grabbing Tong left and right and slamming them together like meat-and-bone cymbals. Nightwatch fired bolt after bolt of painful shadow at the black panther, driving it back to where Patriot grabbed a hold of it and hurled it none-to-gently into one of the cages.

 

Several pieces of Rocket Ranger’s gear started shorting out, a sure sign of the ferret’s Havoc-like powers at work. Mighty Huntress used her superhuman senses to get a rough location of the rodent, allowing her and Rocket Ranger to concentrate their claws and rockets into where the ferret hid under its cloak of invisibility. The ferret managed to ‘luckily’ escape the first barrage but not the second…and like Havoc, it tended to crumple under physical violence.

 

Nightwatch threw a shadow blast at the condor, who dodged aside…only to discover the Texan had maneuvered it into Artifact’s hammer range. With a mighty blow the condor was sent barreling into a bank of electronics. Clubber pounced on the barely conscious white tiger and pounded it into the ground.

 

By now the Tong had lost too many of their number and had begun to retreat back down the passageway. The Agents, occupied with the final push toward beating their bestial doppelgangers, were unable to stop them.

 

The Agents took a long moment to catch their breath and secure their fallen opponents. Rocket Ranger examined the electronic equipment and discovered that it was in fact Syndarian technology, though about thirty years out of date – rather like his own equipment reputed was. Comparing notes with Nightwatch, the Agents determined that this technology was very much like the devices that Nightwatch had found in New Mexico.

 

After being healed by Havoc, Mighty Huntress tried following the escaped Tong back down their bolthole-passageway. It emptied out into the forest to the rear of the estate and there was no physical sign of the Tong warriors. Mighty Huntress searched around some more and discovered the scent of her sister – about two hours old – near the entrance to the hidden passageway and in parts around the estate. It was then that she realized that the name “Shaby” was an anagram for “Ashby.” The head of the World Wildlife Foundation must be her sister Francine in disguise!

 

Patriot radioed the Agency, calling for a containment team to pick up both the beastmen and the surviving Tong. The manor would also need to be occupied and the servants questioned about “Shaby’s” whereabouts.

 

When the containment team arrived, there was an urgent telegram for Tom Jefferson…