Does the Champions Universe have a Power Broker type?

[Pattern Ghost]

I never did pick up the setting material for 5th, and I can't think of one per se from 4th, but does the CU have a Power Broker type character? (The guy from Marvel who sells (or sold, I think the Scourge got him) treatments to boost people to superhuman physical stats.)

[Peregrine]

Re: Does the Champions Universe have a Power Broker type?

 

I think the closest you're going to find in the 5e CU is ARGENT, and until Profit and Purity comes out, we don't know a whole lot about them.

 

Teleios conceivably could, but it's a bit outside his MO. Same with Wayland Talos, who tends to deal in hardware.

 

VIPER has tried, for internal use, with mixed results. Their most successful researcher broke away and founded COIL.

 

The U.S. Government can (Perseus and Cyberline are currently in regular and repeated use), but that's well outside of what you're after.

[TheQuestionMan]

Re: Does the Champions Universe have a Power Broker type?

 

Telios (fka Malachite)

 

DEMON

 

VIPER (Dr. Moreau)

 

 

And many many more... , but success may vary

 

 

QM

[Lord Liaden]

Re: Does the Champions Universe have a Power Broker type?

 

I think the closest you're going to find in the 5e CU is ARGENT' date=' and until [i']Profit and Purity[/i] comes out, we don't know a whole lot about them.

 

There's certainly precedent for ARGENT granting cybernetic augmentation for a price, as they did with Interface. And while we don't know a lot of detail about ARGENT yet, we do know that they sell all manner of advanced tech and services.

 

Teleios conceivably could' date=' but it's a bit outside his MO.[/quote']

 

Not entirely. Teleios has granted a number of people superhuman powers when his plans or whims led him to do so. He gave powers to Flashover (now of the Justice Squadron) and her brother Hurricane, in exchange for unspecified "favors."

 

Moreover, one of Teleios's main sources of income is supplying genetic creations to villains or agencies, like his cloned soldiers or the monstrous Obelisque. It wouldn't be unreasonable for him to extend that service to augmenting people willing to pay handsomely enough.

 

Another possibility is Bastion Alpha Security, which uses a secret "Bastion Process" to physically augment its field personnel to low-superhuman levels... although this is only done for employees.

[Pattern Ghost]

Re: Does the Champions Universe have a Power Broker type?

 

Thanks! Rep for all.

[Peregrine]

Re: Does the Champions Universe have a Power Broker type?

 

Not entirely. Teleios has granted a number of people superhuman powers when his plans or whims led him to do so. He gave powers to Flashover (now of the Justice Squadron) and her brother Hurricane, in exchange for unspecified "favors."

 

Moreover, one of Teleios's main sources of income is supplying genetic creations to villains or agencies, like his cloned soldiers or the monstrous Obelisque. It wouldn't be unreasonable for him to extend that service to augmenting people willing to pay handsomely enough.

 

So not so far outside his MO, then. Just not his core business.

 

Another possibility is Bastion Alpha Security, which uses a secret "Bastion Process" to physically augment its field personnel to low-superhuman levels... although this is only done for employees.

 

Interesting. Source? (i.e. "How did I miss this one?")

[Lord Liaden]

Re: Does the Champions Universe have a Power Broker type?

 

Interesting. Source? (i.e. "How did I miss this one?")

 

Bastion Alpha Security is a private security company, one of the "minor" agencies introduced in Cops, Crews, And Cabals -- a very diverse collection.

[Peregrine]

Re: Does the Champions Universe have a Power Broker type?

 

Ah. I don't have that one yet. No wonder I missed it.