Ghost who Walks

You have most of them, here are some ideas: 1) Dolphin-Man Guy who talks to dolphins, via computer. Repeat for Simian-Woman. 2) Remember the prehistoric guy they found frozen in the Alps a few years ago? Some idiot clones him. 3) Don't forget the genius type guy...has all the smart guy talents and skills, but no gadgets. 4) Aliens have supposedly been abducting people for years...why? And if its not aliens, then who has been doing it? And if no one has been doing it, why do all these people think they have been taken? 5) Remember the prehistoric guy they found frozen in the Alps a few years ago? Some idiot clones him. 6) Chainsaws are readily availabe, and useful. (I needed at least 6!)

Heh, their superweaposn and villain lairs are very usable...perfect for my gritty, hardcore, boodfilled and extremely serious campaign. I can probably use it in my other campaign also. The one with people in it.

Keep up the ideas guys, this has been a great help. My original idea of a couple sessions is now mushrooming into a mini-campaign. (long quotes, and stuff follow) Good thought. Well, IMC, a character has finally figured out that VIPER is run by a stranded reptilian alien who plans to hand the Earth over to te aliens. (yes, again with the aliens) VIPER was founded around a century ago, IMC. But they were under a ifferent name then. I prefer to use the NSA for my evil intelligence agency, they are more scary. All sounds good. I haven't had Dr. Destroyer do much lately, he could sell them the armored suits. VIPER is going to commit all 100 of the "Boa Constrictor Clones". IMC, China got bombed by aliens last year. A lot of their infrastructure was damaged. It was in reprisal for the murder of the aliens ambassador during the Warring States Period. (300 BC). Aliens had long memories. They then liberated Tibet, rebuilt a couple temples to Buddha, and left. The only problem with Taiwan getting invaded is that I have already done the "defend the nation" scenario several times before. Also, I want to have a scenario where commandoes attempt to blow up the Three Gorges Dam. Taiwan's general strategy is simple, they want to unbalence and discredit Red China in the eyes of the world. They believe if they can occupy part of Southern China, and get the support of the people, that they can get recognition from other nations as the true China. I hadn't considered using the Warlord until you mentioned it, he would be an excellent candidate. Good thought. To clarify. The main theme of the campaign is about the destruction caused by war, how ambition, greed, and vengence factor into political disputes/war. In part Taiwan's invasion will be motivated by corporate greed and the desire to reclaim past glories. China will be presented as a combination of heroic peasants standing up against capitalism, while their leaders attempt to profit from the situation. Mystics will be a factor. The characters are probably going to be involved when the reigning sorceress supreme (who is also a high ranking communist official) asks for their help. As a side note, Taiwan was part of the Japanese Empire before WWII (for a few decades anyway) . Perhaps something mystical is there that the Japanese used in the past? Will have to do something about the nukes/chemical weapons both sides have. Maybe a powerful entity will show up to take them away, like Taurus of the Zodiac (4th edition). Macau would be a good mage hideout, or maye I can make it Dr. Destroyers new island. Its mostly casinos, I think. Perfect size for a villain "nation". My stock in trade. Was also thinking of giving Taiwan a couple of dragons . I remember one from the original VIPER book. Anybody have ideas for character names/powers? (Have to use that Taiwan Maiden...and Dr. Kirby Lee, President of Taiwan...)

Charocal's main enemy is the Lee family, a family of unscrupulous Chinese doctors. Once a former Olympic skater, Charcoal was captured by them becasue she had the "genetic potential" to be augmented. Every now and then, the Lee's capture her again to subject her to their wicked experiments (Its how the player buys new powers). In this case, that whole scene was done blue booked. I try and have my campaign pass in real time, so a game week = a real week. Often, the players will have minor adventures that they can tell others about. (or they try and keep quiet about, as Charcoal's player was) Yeah Herr Doktor was identical to Doc Smash, except he had a little mustache. Doc Smash invented this extra-dimensional device, and now his double are always causing trouble. In this case Herr Doktor was using the device to kidnap people from alternate worlds, in the hopes it might help him cure his medical condition.

Thanks for clarifying your ideas, KA. I like your rules, for using the power skill. The only thing I would add is that the GM should be able to add powers also. Not often, of course, but on occasion. This could be used in those situations where the character really should have this power...since it fits with his conception. Lightdude getting a flash attack for example. I have used this on occasion, where something has happened in game that should alter the characters powers slightly.

I usually start with a picture actually. I then think who this character might be... From that I figure out his name, powers, background, etc. I do everything on an excel sheets, so I do the disadvantages, skills, and powers all simultaneously. Not sure how much that helps.

Wow, assault, your ideas are almost the same as how I was going to do it. Right down to the anti-communist bias of S. China VIPER. I was thinking of doing a couple of Taiwanese mystics, maybe in some kind of Chinese version of Circle. Or maybe the Taiwanese army has a magical unit, where everyone can do the astral body bit... In any case, I was looking t both sides having a huge number of martial artist/commando types. That way the scenario climax can be a massive kung fu battle in streets of Hong Kong.

(Disclaimer: I came up with the idea eight years ago and had to wait until now to run it for a group of players. So don’t tell me that I stole it from a Twilight Zone episode.) OOC: You stold it from a Twilight Zone episode! Mister Fabulous (NPC Hero): The horror! Pulls the little girl over his knee, and spanks her. Then asks if she is sorry for what she did. If she says she is, all is forgiven. The Fabulous One will then apply his supergenius to the problem of restoring the models to their original state. He hopes they will be grateful for rescuing them. If she says she is not sorry the Fabmeister will then pull off her belt and really lay into her. If she still says she is not sorry, he will have to pull the battery out of the Fabuvan and go after the electric way. If she still refuses to apologize, and say she is sorry...well then Mister Fabulous will have to take her to his lab, and power up the Cerebral Rearrangement Unit. Doktor Grondicus (NPC Villain): Will ask the little girl why the Bambi Dolls do not have "Biff Boyfriends". When she says she has never heard of Biff boyfriends, Doktor Grondicus will tell her where she can get some...at Area 51. Once she her collection of 12" GI-Joes, the Good Doktor will look inside the base to see if his spaceship is there.

I'm working on an idea to have the conflict between China and Taiwan IMC. To make it interesting, the war/conflict will be started by Taiwan. The conflict will start with rebellions in Hong Kong, followed by the landing of Taiwanese troops. (Possibly with metahuman help) Taiwan may have connections to various "criminal" groups in the world. IRL, China considers them criminals after all. China already has enough characters in previous publicatioons that I feel comfortable using them. Taiwan Notes: ~You have a country not recognized by the UN. ~A country founded by a defeated army. ~A country regarded as a "renegade province" by a nuclear power. ~A country with elections, conscription, a fairly large army (Around 270,000) ~This place is crying for a team of stalwarts to rule...er defend it! Place any ideas/comments below:

Have a big enough EMP pulse to fry all the electronics, and the US would pretty much fall apart. Communications hold it together. Or you could go the plague route, like on Jeremiah.

Regarding "Lazy Dragon". Several of my players preferred to play characters that already existed in the Champions Universe, sometimes with a name change. The player who runs Fortress liked Hideous's story, and wanted to play it. Same with "Lazy Dragon". As a hint to what old Champions character he is based upon, his sisters name is "Lin Chow". And yeah, since he got his own planet he has been cultivating a "Ming the Merciless" style rep. Back when he was a PC, he was the same way. I mentioned some of the events they are talking about in an earlier post: http://www.herogames.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10123&highlight=other+earth (Note the above is a shameless attempt to refer people to my earlier post.)

Smaller, as requested.

Another way is to wait until the player has around 10 (or more) points before he spends them. If he has 2 points, he will buy something that costs 2 points...if he has 15, he may buy something wtih 15. I usually like to have something happen to explain a new power appearing, unless it is just another vesion of a preexisting power. The players has to say he is practicing with his new power, for example. Some of my players like to wait until they have a bunch of points, and then they have another mini-origin (done as a scenario). They give me a general idea of what new powers they want, and I construct the scenario around it.

The Knighthawk Monthly Meeting Subject: General Business Monthly Meeting chaired by Caesar Gorilicus Meeting minutes taken by America Woman. Location: World Wide Details: General Business Night Hawk Team members present at meeting: New York: Caesar Riptide Invictus Starburst Burnout Speedmetal Bell Ringer Lady Liberty Paris Arclight Electra Paris Keeper Charcoal Constantinople: Doc Smash America Woman Storm Briar Seattle: Crater Futurion Jolt Shui Ling Embassy: Fortress Lazy Dragon Riptide- O.K. All stations linked for video conference. Caesar- Meeting will now come to order! Riptide- Uhmm..Roll Call….Paris Electra- We read you loud and clear. Riptide- Constantinople. America Woman- Constantinople reads you loud an’ clear. Riptide- Seattle. Futurion- We read you. Riptide- Shui Ling Embassy. Lazy Dragon- Communications are online. Fortress- You guys gotta see Deng’s office, It’s huge. Lazy Dragon- We are having a meeting here, Ron. Jolt- How huge? Fortress- About 9,000 square feet, Gym, Jacuzzi, Ice Pool, Some kind of full motion aircraft simulator. Hell, the closet is bigger than our meeting room! Speed Metal- Wow! Lazy Dragon- Yes, yes now don’t we have some business. Charcoal- How big is his desk? Fortress- There isn’t one, these three dimensional holograms just appear in front of him. Doc Smash- Oh, that sounds way cool! Lazy Dragon- Caeser, shouldn’t you be calling the meeting to order? Caesar- Oh, I….uuggghh…was just think about your holographic office……All right meeting will come to order. America Woman- Meeting has now come to order. This meeting of the Nighthawks has come to order. Caesar is presiding. I, America Woman am Acting Secretary, Charcoal is Sergeant-At-Arms. All East Coast members are in attendance with the exception of Hood. West Coast members are Charcoal, Crater, Futurion, and Jolt. Republic of France member is Paris Keeper. Empire of Shui Ling member is Lazy Dragon. Both are present. Probationary members Star Burst, Invictus and Speed Metal are also in attendance. Captain Thunder is on leave of absence. Also present are Bell Ringer and Lady Liberty from the Philadelphia Liberty Ensemble. This meeting is being held to discuss general organization and mission priorities for the Month of July, 2003. Stormbriar- Charcoal, how come you’re still in France? Charcoal- Well… Paris Keeper- She decided to stay and help me round up that gang of bank robbers using Doberman’s and ultrasonic signals to rob French banks. Charcoal- Yes, I thought… Paris Keeper- I still wish you had told me you were going to get involved. It would have been much safer. Charcoal- I was sure I could handle some trained dogs. I had equipment, backup… Jolt- What happened? Paris Keeper- It was a European Cartel composed of several members. Each of which had their own network of contacts. Charcoal- I’m sure that no one is interested… Paris Keeper- One of the Cartel knew one of Charcoal’s enemies. Charcoal- Lousy Yukari Lee, I don’t think I’ve even met her! Paris Keeper- They were captured and helpless. Arclight- Charcoal helpless? How? Paris Keeper- Well they used this special odorless, colorless gas on Charcoal, then had her suspended in a tank full of liquid while her pilot was trapped in a five sided star on the floor Bell Ringer- Like a PENT-A-GRAM? Paris Keeper- Fortunately, I was able to rescue them. Riptide- Ohh, I wish I’d been there to see that! Charcoal- Yes, Thank you AGAIN Paris Keeper. Now I’m sure we have other business… Caesar- Why is this, the first I’ve heard of this incident? Paris Keeper- I finished the report and have attached the photographic evidence, I’m just waiting for the French Police to e-mail me their report. Charcoal- What PHOTOGRAPHIC evidence? Lady Liberty- May we peruse said evidence? Charcoal- Who are you two Nordic looking blond women again? Lady Liberty- I’m Lady Liberty. Bell Ringer- I’m Bell Ringer. Paris Keeper- I always take photographic evidence. It ensures conviction. Charcoal- Can I see… Starburst- Maybe we should all see, It might be good to compare crime fighting techniques. Charcoal- Don’t…. Paris Keeper- Transmitting. There you see the Dogs, the Training equipment, the suspects… Bell Ringer- Where’s Charcoal’s nude shots? Paris Keeper- Those weren’t necessary for conviction of the suspects that I captured, so I withheld them to save my teammate embarrassment. Charcoal- Paris Keeper, you are an exemplary hero and a role model for all of France. Paris Keeper- Thank you Felicia! Caesar- moving right along! Arclight- Caesar, I didn’t think we had anymore openings. Caesar- Well, The Hood has missed two meetings now. Bell Ringer- Caesar that’s very kind of you, but we aren’t recruits we have jobs. Caesar- Well, you should always keep your options open. Now I understand that you two have good relations with law enforcement and that Bell Ringer can lift 12 tons, while Lady Liberty can lift 50 tons. Would you two have any problem… Lady Liberty- We have jobs. I’m the LEADER of the Liberty Ensemble. Arclight- Just what we need, two more tall blond muscular female……What’s the word? Doc Smash- Amazons? Bell Ringer- Bingo, little man. Doc Smash- Yikes! Lady Liberty- We’re just here at the request of Fortress. We plan to apprehend a mutual adversary tonight. Futurion- So this one’s the zoom? America Woman- There they are. Both of them are there and in focus now. Burn-Out- What’s that bandage on Futurion’s arm. Caesar- Meeting will now come to order! Arclight- Now we just have to wait for Paris. Doc Smash- We’re ten minutes late now, when is Caesar going to call in and start the meeting? Caesar- Can anyone hear me? Stormbriar- I can hear… Caesar- Can anyone, outside of the room that I am in, hear me? Fortress- If Caesar doesn’t start the meeting within 15 minutes of the time he schedule, can we go? Speed Metal- It’s like we can see and hear them but they can’t see or hear us. Charcoal- That’s obvious! Caesar- Riptide, Can you fix this? Riptide- Damn Shui Ling communications equipment, all controls in Chinese. Paris Keeper- I think the blue cable is bad. It’s making a crackle-hum. Riptide- Blue cable? Ahhh here we go. Stormbriar- Wow. Paris Keeper you can “hear†bad cabling? Paris Keeper- Yes, when it’s quiet. Stormbriar- You know, that is so cool… Lazy Dragon- It has been 15 minutes. In Caesar’s absence I would like to… Riptide- Cable replaced. Caesar- Meeting will now come to order! Fortress- It’s about time Caesar. Charcoal- Futurion, Is your arm alright? It looks bandaged. Futurion- Laser surgery, had to have a tattoo removed. Caesar- We had technical difficulties here. Lazy Dragon- Shall I send a technical support crew? Caesar- No need. I have the situation under control. America Woman- Meeting has now come to order. This meeting of the Nighthawks has come to order. Caesar is presiding. I, America Woman am Acting Secretary, Charcoal is Sergeant-At-Arms. All East Coast members are in attendance with the exception of Hood, probationary members Star Burst and Speed Metal are also in attendance. Captain Thunder is on leave of absence. West Coast members are Charcoal, Crater, Futurion, and Jolt. This meeting is being held to discuss our actions and recommendations following the attempted invasion of our dimension by the forces of Nazism. Caesar- What’s the first item on the agenda? America Woman- Item one. Was anyone left behind? Crater- We brought back everyone with two extras Jolt- Extras? America Woman- Yes we brought back an extra too. Two extra’s if you include The Hood. Jolt- How did you get extras? Unless that dimensional gizmo split some of you guy in two like on Star Trek. Doc Smash- No one was split in two. Jolt- So the extras are from the Nazi world. Should we setup some surveillance on them? Caesar- Who do we have as extra? Paris Keeper- The Hood brought back a woman. Speed Metal- Ya, a tall Hispanic Woman. Stormbriar- How did The Hood come back after he was dead? America Woman- She seemed Native American to me. Illya, you’re an expert on racial ethnography, what’s your opinion? Stormbriar- I was preoccupied, I never saw her. Fred- My working theory is that The Hood’s consciousness was trapped in the other dimension after his body died. That’s why he had to return in his other dimension body. Lazy Dragon- This sounds suspicious? Doc Smash- What do you mean, my theory is perfectly sound. Lazy Dragon- No, the woman seems suspicious. Futurion- You’re suspicious of Hispanic women? Lazy Dragon- No, I’m just…. Crater- You’re suspicious of Native American women? Lazy Dragon- This is not what I’m saying. Caesar- Moving right along. Lazy Dragon- No one has debriefed The Hood, we have not heard from him, the one man who knew his secret ID, Captain Thunder, is not available, He was accompanied by a woman we know nothing about, doesn’t anyone else find this suspicious? Caesar- I said “Moving right alongâ€. Lazy Dragon- But… Caesar- I’ll personally debrief The Hood when I get back to New York. Now “Moving right along†besides The Hood and the woman who else came back as an extra? Doc Smash- I brought back an Italian scientist from that world. I’ll vouch for her personally. Crater- Then there’s the cute Asian woman that brought Fortress back. Lazy Dragon- Asian woman! What kind of Asian woman? Fortress- Like Crater said, a cute one. Futurion- I see. Arclight- Hey Deng, Are you suspicious of Asian women now? Lazy Dragon- I have a half dozen meetings every day and none of them are as disorganized as this… Caesar- Moving right along. America Woman what is the next item. America Woman- Item two. Was the enemies’ ability to reach our world been destroyed to the point where it can not be re-instituted? Caesar- All right. Fred was the machine destroyed? Doc Smash- No, but my double said he would destroy it. Lazy Dragon- What? You mean Herr Doktor is still alive and the machine is not destroyed? Doc Smash- How could I kill him? He was…I can’t explain it. Besides I had to leave him alive to destroy the machine after I left. What else could I do? Lazy Dragon- You could have forced the necessary information out of him, I can think of nine methods ranging from drugs to induced pain to psychological blackmail. Then you could have killed him, I can think of 67 ways to do that offhand. Then after sending yourself and everyone else back to Earth you could have destroyed the machine, either by time bomb or paying off a group of thugs to smash it. Doc Smash- Both Captain Star and Hel….I mean Thunder Glory said they would make sure it was destroyed. Herr Doctor was left in their custody. He was helpless; I wasn’t going to murder him. I didn’t want that blood on my hands. Riptide- It must be nice to have clean hands. Arclight- So close, so damn close. Stormbriar- No matter how distorted the reflection, you could still recognize yourself. Paris Keeper- You are much too morbid. We have met the enemy, and left them bloodied on their bellies. If they rise again, they will still fear us. Caesar- Moving right along. America Woman what is the next item. America Woman- Item three. Getting the team back home to New York. Caesar- Right. Charcoal what is the status of your plane? Charcoal- No Gas. The Interior is stripped. The electrical panel has 6 fault lights on. Riptide- I talked to the French government. They’ll put everything back. It should be fine in a couple of days. Charcoal- Thank you, Pamela. Riptide- Anybody who wants back sooner, I can get free First Class tickets on the Concord. I thought I’d stay a couple days and fly back later. Fortress- Yeah, I’ll be staying around here a couple days too. Doc Smash- Here? Fortress- Not in your house, just, kinda, in the area. Doc Smash- O.K. Crater- Is it alright if I stay awhile? I always wanted to see Constantinople. Doc Smash- Sure. Paris Keeper- Unless you need me I’ll be staying here in Paris. Speed Metal- The Concord, Neat. Caesar- Moving right along. America Woman what is the next item. America Woman- Item four. Make sure all debts we have in France are paid. Paris Keeper- One minute, I’ll be back with my VISA bill. Stormbriar- Do we have to pay rent for this furnished suite. Riptide- No, This is my place. Arclight- Riptide, You have an apartment in France? Riptide- It was a gift from the government. I’m not here that often so I let Paris Keeper house sit. America Woman- That’s very convenient. Paris Keeper- I have my VISA bill. Caesar can you write a check for $528.54? Caesar- Uhmmm, All Right. Meeting Adjourned.

One of my players did this, and I thought I would share. Cast: ~Caesar: (NPC) Talking Gorilla who leads the team. Has all the normal abilities of your typical taking gorilla. Also chairman of the International Organization to Evacuate Simians from Afrika. ~Riptide: (PC) Can breath underwater, former Navy Seal. ~Star Burst: (NPC) Based on the classic Champions character, must return to his secret lab daily to recharge his powers. ~Invictus: (NPC) Based on the classic Champions character, altered to be an FBI agent who was assigned to infiltrate the team. ~Burnout: (PC) Russian Fire Projector, wants to be a Rock Star. Sister of Charcoal. ~Speedmetal: (NPC) Kid who turns into living steel, claims to be an adult. ~Arclight: (PC) Vietnamese-American. Army captain who happens to explode and teleport. Dislikes blonds. ~Electra: (NPC) Electrical projector, sister of Jolt. Pasris Keeper: (NPC) Winged bat-like Alien from a stone-age world. Official protector of Paris. ~Charcoal: (PC) Russian Brick. Worlds strongest woman, and secretly a secret agent for Moscow. Member of the West Coast branch of the team. ~Doc Smash: (PC) Teenage genius superhero. Powerful telekinetic. ~America Woman: (NPC) Created in a lab by a recent Democratic Administration to be the ultimate superpatriot. Is the ultimate pacifist, superpatriotic liberal. ~Strombriar: (PC) ex-South African from 1962. Abducted by aliens, stold their technology and brought it back to Earth a few years ago. Can control the weather. Believes minorities are "out to get her". ~Crater: (NPC) Salish Indian who can control earth. Geologist and official superheroine of Texaco. ~Futurion: (NPC) Brazilian security specialist in an armored suit. See Note 2. Aunt of the real Futurion. ~Jolt: (NPC) Electrical projector. See note 2. Cousin of the real Jolt. ~Lazy Dragon: (NPC) One of the greatest martial artists on Earth. ~Fortress: (PC) Superstrong brick, the heartrob of millions. Secretly the ex-villain Hideous with plastic surgery. ~Bell Ringer: (NPC) Philadelphia Hero ~Lady Liberty: (NPC) Philadelphia Hero ~The Hood (PC): an immortal Robin Hood. Really. ~Captain Thunder (NPC): Another electrical projector. No connection to old Champions Hero of same name. Notes: 1) One of the characters traveled back in time to WWI, and helped the Greeks recapture Istanbul, renaming it Constantinople. 2) Both Futurion and Jolt were former PCs, whose players are on hiatus. Their characters were both abducted by aliens, and DNPCs in their life have stepped forward to wear their costumes and maintain their secret identities. The real Futurion is a technical genius, her aunt is not. 3) Shui Ling is another world populated by Chinese, living at a higer technology. Pesky aliens transported them to their world centuries ago, the superhero Lazy Dragon helped liberate them. The player of Lazy Dragon had to move away, this was the big blowout addventure we had before he left. Since then, his character has become an NPC. He is now the emporer of the planet, and plots to liberate China from communists. Regarded as a villain in China.

Lets see, avoiding those who are independently wealthy or work for a living: 1) I had one guy who had a public ID, and wrote "action novels" under a pseudonym. The action novels were based on the teams adventures. 2) The team sells action figures out of a company in Taiwan. They hate their action figures...only the Martial Artist has one who looks good, and thats because he used the power of his Kung Fu to travel to the company headquarters. 3) Their own comic book, which chronicles their adventures. Most of the stuff in the comic book happened several years ago, and the writers often take "creative licence" with it. 4) A wealthy member of the team purchased their headquarters and the parking garage next to it. The lower 20 stories of the headquarters are rented out as office space and stores, while the parking garage yields a tidy profit. (Team helicoptor is parked on its top floor, team vehicles are on its private level) 5) Another Hero has his own magazine. He writes a shor column for it every month, and his name is on the cover. Rather like the other "vanity magazines", like Oprah. 6) At their website, you can view video clips of them in action. $1.99 per download. 7) The lawsuits they file against those who misuse their name, image, or slander against them. All the money is put into a fund that pays for the team. Team members can withdraw a "living expense" check every month if they are willing to life at the base. (and be on call) Thats most of the stuff I remember. Its usually talked about as filler/background when the team has their meetings.

Well if he is really smart, he may just avoid a fight. Buy him Dangersense, and the science "Mathematics". Claim he is able to "Predict Probabilities". X-Ray goggles: He sees the thugs waiting on the other side of the door, and walks the other way. You could also buy him the"World's first cellphone", able to connect to any land-line phone. (its Golden Age!) Its carried in a backpack unit, and weighs 70 pounds...

There is an interesting way to do quasi-military supers who may still have civilian lives. Technically, the US military is prohibited from conducting operations on US soil. They are allowed to operate as advisors/consultants however. So you could have the FBI staking out the VIPER base and doing their wiretap thing. The FBI suspects VIPER is trying toget ahold of WMD, and so the military supers are called in. VIPER starts to wonder why the pizza truck has been parked outside for three weeks. Theysenda guy tyo knockonthedoor. So what do the Heroes do when Boa Constrictor tells him to move the van? Another seldom used route could have the Heroes be known to the generals as supers, but not to the troops. This has the fun of them keeping secret identities (like Navy cook). If the military actually hadsupers working for it, they may want to keep it quiet... You could also try the "Department of Homeland Security Route"

It's OK, it happens. Relax. Breath. Tell us all about it...

Actually he sensed the approach of death. It's part of the necromancer package deal. One more show to add... Ultaviolet: Brits vs. Vampires with a hidden agenda. Correct me if it started as a comic/movie/bathroom grafitti/book.

Sorry for what?

Mister Fabulous (Hero): Hides when he sees the swamp creature, and activated the claoking system on the Fabuvan. He will quietly observe swampboy through his entire transformation by thermal imaging, using the Fabuscope mounted on the left side of the van (not the right side scope, that would be bad). Once Swampboy has left, he will quietly exit his van, and resume dumping hazardous chemicals into the lake, since the damn EPA is watching his lab again. Doktor Grondicus (villain): Pause in attempting to figure out what Mister Fabulous is up to. He would take several digital photos of Swampboy, as well as scribbling down his plate number. He would then use his laptop to hack into the DMV database, and find the owner of the car. (While doing this he will miss finding out what Mister Fabulous is doing) After his breakfast at Denny's the next day, he will head on over to Swampboys hideout and blackmail the swamp monster into helping him. Should Swampboy refuse to help him in his wicked schemes, he will sell the photos to the tabloids, netting a tidy profit.

I think that if a TV show is based on a movie, and has completely different characters, then it qualifies as a seperate creation. Remembered a couple more: Friday the Thirteenth: the Series Despite its name, it had no connection to the movies. Antique dealers sell cursed antiques and must recover them or have their souls taken by the Devil. Poltergeist: The Legcy Started as a movie, but they expanded on the concept so much, I believe they qualify as a seperate event. A secret society battles mystical menaces in San Francisco. Much better than Charmed could ever hope to be.

I do. You *Bleep*. You made me remember them.

Found this online, a pretty good summary of the series. Bionic Six Jack Bennet, a secret agent for the CIA , had taken his family on a trip to the Himalayas. During this trip, Jack is called to duty to investigate unusual magnetic readings. He encounters aliens who are trying to obtain Bertomium, a mineral that can increase bionic abilities and give eternal life to its posessor. In a battle, Jack's family becomes trapped under radioactive snow and they slip into a coma. Not seeing another way to save their lives, Jack permits Professor Sharp to operate on his family. Professor Sharp implants bionics in human beings, and the Bionic Six are born. Doctor Scarab creates his own bionic group from misfits taken from penitentiaries and asylums. In this series inspired by the Bionic Man/Woman, the six members of the Bennet family use their bionic abilities to defeat the evil Dr. Scarab and his cyfrons whose goal is to use science for selfish gain. The family members each have special powers: Meg/Rock-1, with sonic disruptors and super speed; Eric/Sport-1, with magnetic powers; JD/I.Q., intelligent and strong; Bunji/Karate 1, martial artist; Helen/Mother-1, with psionic powers; and Jack, a good cook.