Dr. Anomaly

If the mass of $1.00 worth of antiprotons (at these rates) were converted completely into usable energy, it would net us 1/1000 of a joule -- enough to heat 1/4 of a gram of water by 1/1000 of a degree C. This means it would cost more than the current U.S. government's annual budget to generate enough energy this way to light a 60-watt light bulb. Yeah, though we can produce antimatter at will these days, and though antimatter is the most destructive substance known, the trivial quantities produced do indeed mean that good ol' fission & fusion will remain much more practical for weapons for some time to come, barring a massive breakthrough of some kind.

I can't reccomend the old Mystic Masters supplement enough for this...the house/base in there had some truly neat ideas. You can rip them off even if your group is technically-oriented instead of mystically inclined. You might also take a look at DC's Blue Devil comic...during the later run, the hero discovered that a closet in his brownstone had a connection to the House of Wierdness, the counterpart to the more famous House of Mystery.

Fermilab produces antiprotons (basically an ionized anti-hydrogen nucleus) in medium-energy collisions of protons with a lithium target at the rate of 50 billion antiprotons per hour!. The antiprotons so produced are stored in the Antiproton Source Containment Area (a circular magnetic confinement torus) until needed for high-energy experiments in the Tevatron collider. The cost? Taking average Fermilab operating expenses into account, it cost about $1.00 (yes, just one dollar) per 6 million antiprotons produced. Now it does indeed take more effort to make atoms of anti-hydrogn, and you can't keep hold of them, since these atoms are electrically neutral and not readily subject to magnetic confinement...meaning that once atoms are produced, they tend to leave the confinement ring and annihilate with ordinary matter. Clearly working with ionized anti-nuclei is much easier, and also much less expensive.

Heh. Obviously this thread is rapidly becoming "deletium." If you don't know what that is, go read User Friendly...you'll be glad you did!

Q: What can we expect if WOTC unexpectedly buys DOJ Games? A: PI r sort of rectangular...

It was called a 'tasp', wasn't it?

Q: Hey, I had to get the pizza out of the oven with SOMETHING, didn't I? A: Needs salt.

Yup! As a matter of fact, I was thinking of that crossover when I did this. I didn't bother to list ALL of them, either...I also did the dead, retired, honorary, and so forth members...Dog Vidar, anyone?

Q: Give 3 good examples of 'zero.' Alternatively, what are three examples of imaginary numbers? A: Cobalt.

Quite right! (I'm an old Legion fan myself.) As for female 'powerhouse' characters...don't forget that Light Lass went back to being Lightning Lass at the end of the LSV-Orando story arc. And pre-Crisis, what about Supergirl? Granted they're the exception rather than the rule. Oh...and as much as I loathe post-Boot, there's also Thunder.

Yup, I do...I remember it quite fondly, actually. As a matter of fact, about 6 months ago the PC in my solo Champions game (based in the Legion of Super-Heroes universe) was dimension-hopping, and ended up dropping into a Fuzzy Animal version of the Legion. We had: Legion of Super-Animals: Real Name Hero Name Animal Rokk Finn Cowsmic Boy bull Imra Sardine Saturn Gull seagull Garth Razz Lightning Lark lark Luornu Purr-Go Replicator Rabbit rabbit Reep Wiggle Chameleon chameleon Grim Allon Colossal Boar boar Squirrel Docks Brainy-Quack 5 duck Lar Sand Mon-Eel eel Jo Knaw Ultra Bear bear Thom Kallor Star Fish starfish Salu Dig-Me Shrinking Violet flower Jan Baa-rah Element Lamb sheep Ayla Razz Light Lark lark Wingya Wazzo Phantom Gull seagull Duck Morgna Sun Bear bear Woodchuck Taine Bouncing Bunny rabbit Tenzil Phlem Matter-Eater Goat goat Purra Nal Dream Grrrrl cat Val Armor-dillo Karate Kid goat Prohawktra Princess Prohawktra hawk Panda Nolan Iron Horse horse Tasmia Mammal Shadow Lassie dog Condo Saltlick Chemical King of the Beasts lion Brin Lobo Timber Wolf wolf Drake Burrow Wildfryer chicken Dogstar Dogstar winged dog Blocade Blocade elephant Croc Foccart Invisible Squid squid Hissa Nal Snowmage cat Legion of Substitute Heroes: Real Name Hero Name Animal Brek Bannin Polar Bear polar bear Staq Mavlin Firefly firefly Drura Sehpt Infectious Rat white rat Ral Benem Chlorophyll Kid kudzu vine Peter Dursin Porcupine Pete porcupine Dag Wentim Rock Dove pigeon Ulu Vakk Color Kid goat Lydda Jath Night Owl owl They ended up fighting off an invasion of Earth by Pulsecat Stargrave and the Duck Circle. Oh...the name of my player's character? Hidden Dragon! Fits right in, doesn't it...?

I suppose you could do it by mixing a bit of iron into the water before freezing it, and then use magnetics. Since iron is present in the body already, it shouldn't stand out immediately after the ice melts, right?

Q: What does the fine print on the Addams family car's mirrors say? A: The truth itself, when it can be used, is the best lie of all.

Q: Why did Mr. Shatner return this hairpiece? A: No, derailing a thread isn't the same as a train wreck, but it can produce almost as many screams. Just returning us to the 'topic'/style of the thread...

Yup, Garnder Grayle was the guy the (in the retcon) project leader called "the statistically average soldier, not outstanding in any way." That's something *I'd* want to hear myself called...not.

Q: What was the last thing Methuselah said? A: Yes, Mr. President, it's "Declaration of War: The Short Form".

Q: What crime, sir, did you accuse this tribble of committing? A: Warp sleaze, Mr. Sulu! Er, wait, I meant...

True enough. A while back, in the Legion of Super-Heroes campaign I'm running, I did the equivalent of a 12-issue maxi-series with a double-length 13th issue wrap-up that featured the return of Darkseid. I called it the "Judgment Night" cycle. The climax of it I stole from the DC/Marvel crossover of years back, where Darkseid tried to breach the Wall around the Source and gain infinite power. In this case, he constructed a version of the Concetrator from an LSH story of way back (draws all the power in the universe to one spot for a brief but VERY destructive effect) and tried to use it to breach the Wall and soak up the energies of creation that would be released as a result. The Legion (including the PC) didn't manage to do enough damage to the Concentrator in time to prevent its firing; it breached the Wall, making a small crack through which that awful energy came flooding out. Darkseid got knocked out of the path by Mon-El. The PC (who was a super martial artist with a magic sword defined as an Indestructible Focus) did a Missile Deflect/Reflect ON THE ENERGY OF THE SOURCE, spearing it into Darkseid...but in the process propelling him backwards into the breach in the wall. He was fused into/over the breach, sealing it, and becoming an inanimate part of the Wall forever, a monument to...and of...himself. Not only did I have to applaud the player for original thinking, but also for shear guts...she honestly expected the power of the Source to destroy her blade and probably her character in the process of being reflected. Never one to disappoint, I didn't let the bravery go without "consequences"; the PC got to add a Distinctive Feature to her sheet: Does Not Cast A Shadow. I reasoned that, having been exposed to the Light of the Source itself, no other light would ever again be able to cause a shadow to be cast by that character.

Anyone remember the Atomic Knights? DC later retconned that post-apocalypse storyline into a VR simulation the government was running in the mind of a volunteer soldier kept in a sense-dep tank, but he subconsciously took over the simulation and turned it into a semi-Thundarr-the-Barbarian post-apocalypse fantasy world.

Q: What do you plan to give your wife on your honeymoon? A: Hot side hot, cold side hot...no, wait...

Oddly enough, several years ago when I was first setting up my Champions world, I was creating heros, villains, and teams for a number of countries. One team I did was ANZAC, a loose affiliation of 12 low-to-mid powered heroes from Australia and New Zealand. I also decided that the most powerful hero in my world, the "Superman" of this world, if you will, would be Australian. I named her Southern Cross!

Q: So, what's the premise behind this new "McDonalds: The MegaCorp Wars" RPG? A: No, *six* feet!

Q: I'm sorry, dear, but he's rabid; don't you see he's got to be shot? A: Alka-Seltzer

Q: Doggone it, these 'Monkey Motels' just aren't as effective as Roach Motels! How do I get rid of this infestations of gorillas? A: Whip me, beat me, make me write bad checks!

Q: Ginger, why are you so snappish today? A: Ever since last Tuesday.