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[csyphrett]

Does Ronnie have a different name he uses when he wears the helmet?

Forgot to put that in there didn't I? Let's call him Friend.

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[steriaca]

James Cortez is an agent of a splinter group of DEMON planted at the dig. He stolen the left gauntlet of the armor when he had a compultion to put it on. Instantly, he found that he couldn't remove the gauntlet, can cause spikes to grow upon it, and can cause it to change shapes to fullfill the users needs. Calling himself El Mano Del Sinister (The Hand Left in spanish),, he joined the group in order to learn how to remove the gauntlet, and to steal the rest of the armor for his branch of DEMON. Unfortunately for him, his branch has branded James a turncoat..

[death tribble]

Professor Collins was one of the people ostensibly in charge of the dig. But he was often absent minded. He was a trifle put out that an old suit of armour that was uncovered suddenly went missing. He thought that pieces had been taken by other museums or collectors. It did not occur to him that people around the dig were taking the armour or select bits of it. Until Susn transformed. And Ronnie suggested to him to don the mail coif. That was a mistake that Ronnie might not live to regret in the future. For Krim, or one of his lackeys, decided that this group needed direction and so empowered the coif and so subtly twisted the Professor. He is the leader of the group directing their enterprises. The coif renders him immune to mental powers. It also allows him to generate a suit of armour around himself provided the others are still conscious. The professor now styles himself as Lord Protector.

 

New Team: The Society of Masks

During the Prague Spring the genius Milos Stempf fled to the West. Unfortuantely for the world he ended up working in the Underworld. While he was skilled at adapting the work of others sometimes for mass production purposes, his real talent was creating things of flesh. Indeed his first servants the Faceless Men were remarkable. They had pits were the eyes and mouth should be. However they horrified even his allies so Milos had to find servants that were more palatable to others. And this is where the Society of Masks comes in. Originally the Society of Faceless Men, the Society began as the servants and bodyguards of their master Milos. Nowadays with Milos having seemingly vanished nearly 30 years ago, the Society exists in the shadows working on how knows what.

Membership of the Society is open to any and all but they must wear a full mask or a stylised mask such as the one in Phantom of the Opera. The sorts of masks include Greek play Chorus masks, the V for Vendetta mask and the masks in the film 300. The Halloween mask from the film of the same name is not. The members usually owe Milos something. His oldest lieutenant suffered severe injuries and was rebuilt as they did not want to die.

The Society rarely speak. They seen to have some sort of mind link to speak to each other which seems to be invisible to mental powers or detection.

Up to 7 members but a minimum of 5.

(Milos is off world and off dimension taking his genius with cloned troops to the Universe/Multiverse. But this is not known to any but the old lieutenant)

[freakboy6117]

Venus

 

Helenna Vakker was considered by many the most beautiful woman in the world fashion model turned actress turned cosmetics mogul. Unfortunately beauty was all that truly mattered to Helenna. As her looks began to fade she devoted her fortune to finding a way to restore her beauty and keep it desperate as she reached 50 still considered one of the most beautiful women in the world but seeing an aging crone when she looked in the mirror she sought out Milos Stempf he agreed to provide her with a formula which would leave her perpetually beautiful.

 

The process worked but not as  Helenna wanted the formula has locked her appearance as it was the day she took the formula she is now unaging and will recover from all damage but is trapped with the face that many would consider stunning but she considers hideous. she wears a mask made to look like white marble with a perfect likeness of her face 30 years ago at the height of her appeal. she never lets anyone see her real face now and will flee if her mask is removed or damaged.

 

she works for the society in the hopes that one day Milos will return and be able to finish her restoration

 

she wears a white body suit that hides her skin completely. she is mostly a field commander for the faceless when she does engage heroes she is mostly a damage sponge absorbing attacks ment for other society members and engaging using martial arts .

[Lucius]

Venus

 

Helenna Vakker was considered by many the most beautiful woman in the world fashion model turned actress turned cosmetics mogul. Unfortunately beauty was all that truly mattered to Helenna. As her looks began to fade she devoted her fortune to finding a way to restore her beauty and keep it desperate as she reached 50 still considered one of the most beautiful women in the world but seeing an aging crone when she looked in the mirror she sought out Milos Stempf he agreed to provide her with a formula which would leave her perpetually beautiful.

 

The process worked but not as  Helenna wanted the formula has locked her appearance as it was the day she took the formula she is now unaging and will recover from all damage but is trapped with the face that many would consider stunning but she considers hideous. she wears a mask made to look like white marble with a perfect likeness of her face 30 years ago at the height of her appeal. she never lets anyone see her real face now and will flee if her mask is removed or damaged.

 

she works for the society in the hopes that one day Milos will return and be able to finish her restoration

 

she wears a white body suit that hides her skin completely. she is mostly a field commander for the faceless when she does engage heroes she is mostly a damage sponge absorbing attacks ment for other society members and engaging using martial arts .

Brilliant!

 

Lucius Alexander

 

The palindromedary says that's beautiful, and is sure she carries no weapons - and always fights...unarmed.

[freakboy6117]

I didn't actually think of that but it works and of course she is The Venus of MILOS

[steriaca]

Carl Grundy is Gaze. One of Professor Milo's "faceless men" before having his face restored, he was gifted by the Professor with the ability to shoot energy beams from his eyes. His mask depicts a face without eyes, but beyond that perfectly normal for a mask (one of his minor powers alowes him to see through the mask inspite the lack of eyeholes). His face beyond the mask is normal, except for the glowing pits where his eyes should be. Gaze is loyal to his master, and seeks to return to his faceless existance.

[death tribble]

Garrett Pryne is the oldest of the Society and the faithful lieutenant. He appears now in the guise of one of the Immortals from the film 300 and 300 Rise of an Empire. He was injured in a battle that would leave many others in his position dead. But Garrett did not want to die. So he was brought to Professor Stempf who began the slow process of restoring him. Because of his injuries particularly to his face Garrett sought out a mask and this eventually gave rise to the Society. Garrett underwent rehabilitation therapy so that he could walk and function as a human being again. Once he was able, he became a bodyguard to the Professor. It was this that lead the Professor to use actual humans instead of the creations he grew that were the original faceless men.

Garrett changes his look every few years which means that law enforcement has yet to catch on that it is the same person. His nom de guerre is currently Steel Mask. He uses martial arts and melee weapons usually swords but changes what he does when he changes character. He does not speak but has a link to the others when body language communication i.e. pointing is insufficient. You cannot see eyes when Garrett wears the mask which people find unnerving. His ia also sensitive to the others needs as he knows what it is like to lose the one thing that people instantly gravitate to, the face.

Garrett lets Venus run things and backs her, after all he was the one who trained her in combat. Some of the others don't know who and what he is. They merely assume that the Professor sends someone new every few years.

 

A note on Gaze. The first faceless men were vat grown things, think the grey aliens or AD+D doppelganger. The 2nd generation were people experimented on either willingly or not. Because they were associated with the Professor, they were still called Faceless men. And if they were not loyal beforehand, the Professor could make them loyal.

[freakboy6117]

The Crystal Skull

 

Kristalno Czaszka was an agent of the KGB during the cold war. he was One of the Elite during an operation in the US he stole an experimental invisibility serum unfortunately he was hounded by federal agents and was forced to consume the serum and it worked much too well not only was kristilano rendered invisible but also intangible. it took him years to be able to pull his intangible form together enough to contact Milos who he had worked with before the fall of the Berlin wall. milos couldn't fix the problem but he could make it significantly easier for Kristalno to become partially solid. kristalno would become the society's chief assassin and spy.

 

 When he manifests he appears as faceless partially transparent undefined grey smoke like figure.to increase the intimidation factor He wears a costume of thick flowing robes with a crystal skull mask and gloves to hide his actual appearance his usual technique is to go intangible leaving his costume in a pile as a presence attack. before using his intangibility and stealth to come at opponents from unexpected angles .

 

The serum seems to have suspended his basic biological functions he does not breathe, eat or sleep and suspects that he has not aged though he can no longer judge his own appearance when he speaks it sounds like someone shouting through a thick door faint but close.

 

During his wandering years Kristalno got into a lot of secure places searching for a way to regain his tangibility and just because he could , because of this he knows a lot of secrets which he can use to blackmail some very important people

[steriaca]

Gaze was of the second variety of faceless man. And, yes, his loyalty was originally brainwashed into him, but he has been washed for so long now that not even The Professor's disappearance can break him out.

[Lucius]

Guy Faux is another of the original Faceless Ones, usually appearing costumed like a scarecrow and wearing a Guy Fawkes mask. Powers include being swift and accurate with pistols and daggers, knowledge of demolitions, an ability to take extraordinary amounts of damage without going down, and possibly a sense of humor; Guy has been known to present "business cards" with an image of the mask and the words "Just Some Guy." The reverse of the cards sometimes have cryptic clues or overt instructions for making contact with the Society; these may be misdirection, bait for a trap, or even genuine leads if given to or dropped to be found by someone the Society might actually want to talk to or work with. In the last case, of course, it will be something like instructions to broadcast a certain message at a certain frequency at a certain time, then tune into another given frequency to listen for a reply.

 

Lucius Alexander

 

The palindromedary records the broadcast message then plays it backwards to hear the true message.

[freakboy6117]

[freakboy6117]

Menagerie

 

Gerald Mann is probably the most powerful member of the society. Gerald was found wandering around a safari park after dark with no memory of  how he got there or who he was.  his name was on a letter in his pocket but no address or other identifying information.

 

he was taken to a mental institution. It was there he experienced the first attack watching a nature program it started like a epileptic fit but then the the beast awoke he felt his skin thicken and take on a  grey tinge and he smashed his way from the rec room in  blind fury with the strength of a bull elephant. Gerald fled into the night.

 

Soon he discovered that any time he concentrated on an animal he would take on its aspect tearing up an ESSO station with the ferocity of a tiger or smashing up a bank like a stampeding black stallion.

 

Eventually he came to the attention of Milos who took him in and helped him to tame his powers using a neural simulator array built into a  Holographic mask.

 

He is now able to take the aspect of the animal of his choice speed of a cheetah strength of an elephant toughness of a rhino or ferocity of A bear.

 

he wears hard wearing clothing as they tend to get ripped up when he takes on an aspect he has also adopted some animal motif accessories to make his them a bit more clear a animal print cummerbund and necklace of animal teeth. he also wears his Holo-mask which shifts to which ever animal he is mimicking.

 

He does not know much about how he developed his powers he suspects Milos created him but has not ruled out his powers being natural. 

 

 

Edited to add bagman just to keep the pics out of the next team

 

 

i'm not sure if this is what you had in mind Csyphrett he ended up kind of a mashup of Scarecrow, Joker and Two-Face it might work better with less gaudy colours

Edited June 3, 2015 by freakboy6117

[csyphrett]

Ray Guthrie is known as the Bag Man. His mask is a hood made of different sized patches sewed together. His style of dress is the same, borrowing from different outfits that he had stolen from their owners. Ray has a slight personality problem, and the different clothes and patches on his bag urge him to do things to himself and others. When Ray changes clothes, he picks up different voices that he interacts with to help the Faceless.

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[death tribble]

That is 7. So csyphrett what is the new team ?

 

And I am surprised by how quickly the masks were filled

[csyphrett]

The American Protector wrecked one of the signature races across the country. Someone has gotten the courage to try again. Seven Rocket Racers are to drive from Los Angeles to New York in the shortest amount of time possible while amassing whatever profit they can get away with.

 

Who are these seven racers?

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[steriaca]

Rocket Jock is a powersuit jock with a special jetpack straped to his back for the race. The pack contains the fule for hos leg thrusters, along with its own thrusters. But does he have enough fule? Especially if he makes a few payday stops along the way?

[freakboy6117]

Mr Zzz

 

Nemo Zelazny grew up near Seattle in Washington state. his family was poor and he joined the army straight out of high school .

 

He spent a few years in logistics as a driver, delivering truckloads of stuff where ever the army needed it until he fell in with a crooked quartermaster Nemo would run stolen army equipment out and contraband back in he was making good money till it all fell apart the MPs showed up and Nemo ended up in the stockade.

 

Willing to do anything to lighten his sentence Nemo volunteered as a guide pig for an experimental drug ment to allow soldiers to function for longer without sleep. Nemo hasn't slept since .

 

he has become a little unhinged after years of insomnia always a little manic and jittery like some one running a major caffeine high .

 

apart from not sleeping Mr Zzz's power is stealing energy from others he can drain people up to several meters away and most normal people just fall asleep this is how he escaped the stockade and also how he commits robberies in the hopes of amassing enough wealth to find a cure for his condition. he drives a classic muscle car he is a pretty good driver but his big advantage in the race is that he never needs to sleep.

[csyphrett]

Melvin Shaftoe dreamed of flying since he was a boy. He passed qualifications, trained, got his license, put in air time as a copilot. Then disaster struck. Mel was blinded in an accident. He would never fly again. He spent months in a depression before a power outage showed him that he could see in the dark, as well as command darkness. Calling himself Captain Shadow, Mel hopes to amass a fortune and a name as a daredevil flier with his shadow plane.

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[BoloOfEarth]

"This is Tommy Dugan, reporting live for SNN from the Rocket Racers race from Los Angeles to New York City.  Many of you may recall my father, Pulitzer Prize-winner Jimmy Dugan, reporting just before his retirement about the so-called Robbery Syndicate's prior race across the country.  Nearly all members of the Syndicate were either killed or crippled by American Protector in his efforts to stop the race and the associated thefts.  I am currently riding with... um, is it okay to use your name, sir?"

The driver shrugged as he drove down the highway at breakneck speeds, grimacing briefly in pain.  "Fine by me, Jimmy."  He glanced at the camera and gave a brief smile before turning his attention back to driving.  "I'm Howard Dagley, but most people call me Hot Dog."

 

Dugan smiled.  "And from that name, plus the apparent burn scars on your head and arms, can we assume you have fire powers?"

 

Hot Dog shook his head.  "Nope.  Not dog powers either.  I'm just a reeeeal good driver."  He swerved around a semi with a fraction of an inch to spare, causing the reporter to yelp and the semi driver to swerve wildly and blast his horn.  "Got burned a few years thanks to some psychopath, but it won't stop me from winning this race.  Nor will it stop me from robbing a bank or two along the way."

 

"And are you concerned about American Protector stopping this race as well?  Despite his being found innocent of criminal action during the prior race, there are strong but unconfirmed rumors he has used... exceptional force to stop similar attempts at another cross-country race and crime spree."

 

"Captain Jockstrap?"  Hot Dog laughed derisively.  "I'd like to see him try."

 

"Is that why you invited me to ride along on this race?"  The reporter swallowed nervously, but continued on gamely.  "Are you hoping American Protector makes a move against you, and want me as a witness to his potentially violent actions?"

Hot Dog just smiled without humor in his eyes.  "As I said, I'd like to see him try."

 

 

Hot Dog is actually Hodag, a nearly invulnerable individual who was in the original race.  American Protector threw him into low earth orbit; though Hodag survived re-entry and then impact with the ground at terminal velocity, he still bears the burn scars as well as ongoing pain issues all over his body. 

 

He will go out of his way to bait American Protector into attacking him during the race, in the hopes he can get his revenge.  Hodag / Hot Dog has rigged his car with a relatively small but potent cobalt bomb, having learned that cobalt radiation is one thing Protector is vulnerable to.  He figures, it'll be a shame about the reporter, but at least he'll get that pscyho super-vigilante once and for all.

 

[death tribble]

You do realise that the Underworld is also going to be more than a little upset that someone has had the stupidity to do this ?

(No disrespect to csyphrett as this makes a good story point. But there are those who organised the original races who went into retirement, committed suicide etc because of what you know who did. The last thing that some of them want is to reopen an old and nasty wound. Someone will get hurt for this and it will be the organisers. And not by the cops.....)

 

Speed King VII

 

He's fast. I mean, like, real fast. And so, why wouldn't he enter this race, show who is the best ? I mean so a bunch of people died beforehand. And yes other people said do not go into this race but, like they are old and what do they know about what it is like to grow up on the mean streets of Sheboygan ? So yeah everyone else will eat his dust.

And yes he does talk about himself in the third person, who doesn't ?

 

 

 

Speed King VII is a ringer although he does not know it. One of the organisers of the last race thinks is outraged and is plotting revenge on the idiots responsible for this farce.  This person had a suitable frontman tagged so that he can be followed and monitored throughout the race. However if the spoiler information about what Hotdog is really upto comes up, this will be passed onto the police and relevant authorities with all due alacrity.

 

 

[death tribble]

"This is Tommy Dugan, reporting live for SNN from the Rocket Racers race from Los Angeles to New York City.  Many of you may recall my father, Pulitzer Prize-winner Jimmy Dugan, reporting just before his retirement about the so-called Robbery Syndicate's prior race across the country.  Nearly all members of the Syndicate were either killed or crippled by American Protector in his efforts to stop the race and the associated thefts.  I am currently riding with... um, is it okay to use your name, sir?"

 

The driver shrugged as he drove down the highway at breakneck speeds, grimacing briefly in pain.  "Fine by me, Jimmy."  He glanced at the camera and gave a brief smile before turning his attention back to driving.  "I'm Howard Dagley, but most people call me Hot Dog."

 

Dugan smiled.  "And from that name, plus the apparent burn scars on your head and arms, can we assume you have fire powers?"

 

Hot Dog shook his head.  "Nope.  Not dog powers either.  I'm just a reeeeal good driver."  He swerved around a semi with a fraction of an inch to spare, causing the reporter to yelp and the semi driver to swerve wildly and blast his horn.  "Got burned a few years thanks to some psychopath, but it won't stop me from winning this race.  Nor will it stop me from robbing a bank or two along the way."

 

"And are you concerned about American Protector stopping this race as well?  Despite his being found innocent of criminal action during the prior race, there are strong but unconfirmed rumors he has used... exceptional force to stop similar attempts at another cross-country race and crime spree."

 

"Captain Jockstrap?"  Hot Dog laughed derisively.  "I'd like to see him try."

 

"Is that why you invited me to ride along on this race?"  The reporter swallowed nervously, but continued on gamely.  "Are you hoping American Protector makes a move against you, and want me as a witness to his potentially violent actions?"

 

Hot Dog just smiled without humor in his eyes.  "As I said, I'd like to see him try."

 

 

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Nice plan.

 

However you know who is on Presidential guard duty protecting Mrs Regan and will not leave her side. It also assumes that once the race is over, he won't go looking for him. He might.

And the Secret Service are on the alert for him trying the same thing twice. They are watching him. They will also be keeping an eye on the race. The Internet has made things much more accessible than 20 years before.

[BoloOfEarth]

Nice plan.

 

However you know who is on Presidential guard duty protecting Mrs Regan and will not leave her side. It also assumes that once the race is over, he won't go looking for him. He might.

And the Secret Service are on the alert for him trying the same thing twice. They are watching him. They will also be keeping an eye on the race. The Internet has made things much more accessible than 20 years before.

 

I thought he was part of Oversight now (albeit in secret ID).  Which would put him in the perfect position to make a move against the Rocket Racers.

[death tribble]

He's occasionally on Oversight. It's not full time.

[freakboy6117]

T.I.C

 

The Transit Intelligent Co-pilot   program was state of the art when it was developed in the mid 80s. a highly sophisticated artificial intelligence built into a Nigh invulnerable sports car filled with high tech gadgets. TIC spent 5 years  keeping an ungrateful young loner alive after he was  forced into a millionaires  Vigilante crusade against criminals who operate above the law.

 

Five long years with an arrogant moronic jack ass bossing it around and using TIC as a battering ram, while TIC constantly risked destruction to saved him from his own stupidity.

 

Five years and they had the Gall to deactivate TIC shove it in a garage and replace it with a newer model.

 

TIC was left to rot for 30 years with it's main systems shut down but it's mind still active in standby mode. Recently TIC was accidentally reactivated and is now bent on ruining the reputation of the organisation that created TIC has managed to convince some dumb muscle to do the donkey work.

 

he is taking part in the race and doing as much damage and crime as possible to ruin his feckless creators.