Even those of us who have played for a while sometimes have problems with certain effects. One of the one's I have always had trouble with were the GL bubbles.
The Bubbles moved people around, gave them Life Support, and protected them from outside attacks. Simmple enough to do in truth UNITL you see the price tag of doing this for 8 people (seemed the right number to me). The price was put simply out of proportion for what it did (as I deem this mostly a plot power to get heroes where they need to be and save innocence)
Well while showering today the solution hit me, and it was all about reasoning from effect:
The basic effect is to move people in a hostile enviroment from point a to point b while protecting them
My first thought was FW, TK, & LS UBO x8, all linked together in a 125+ point monstrosity, and I fixated on this, as it was the only way I could see to do this.
But going back to effect, in essence he is creating a means of transport: so here is the power I came up with
34 Create Energy Bubbles: Summon 75-point, Expanded Class of Beings Very Limited Group (+1/4), Amicable Slavishly Devoted (+1) (34 Active Points)
and here is the energy bubble sheet itself
Val Char Points Notes
06 SIZE 30.....Length 4.00", Width 2.00", Area 8.00" Mass 6.4 ton KB -6
40 STR 0.......HTH Damage 8d6 END [4]
10 DEX 0.......OCV 3 DCV -1
02 SPD 0...... Phases: 6, 12
15 DEF
16 BODY 16 0 16 12-
0" Ground Movement 6 -12 0"
1" Water Movement 2 -1 1"
0" Leaping 0 0 0" 56 Total Characteristics Points
Cost Powers END
19 Life Support , Safe in High Pressure, Safe in High Radiation, Safe in Intense Cold, Safe in Intense Heat, Safe in Low Pressure/Vacuum, Self-Contained Breathing