SteelCold

How did you know my wife had a corgi??
 

Adding to the NPCs as Nothere and Cancer have done:
 
The Loudmouthed Jerk
 
Trevor Nelson is the guy you find in practically every workplace; in line at the QuikShop; sitting a table over in the restaurant; or in the seat next to you on a four-hour flight. He lives by the maxim, "The Squeaky Wheel Gets The Grease," and figures that the squeakier you are, the more grease you get. 
 
As the only son of a successful and semi-famous trial lawyer, Trevor grew up with a silver spoon in his mouth, and thus he feels entitled to whatever he wants.  In his mind, others exist mainly to serve him and he's not afraid to let them know this.  Heaven forbid that you make a mistake while serving him.  He will insist on speaking to your boss and demanding (in a loud and condescending voice) that you be fired and he gets whatever he wants for free.
 
Unfortunately, between his dad's connections and his own (Trevor is a high-ranking VP at a local bank), he has enough pull to make others' lives miserable if he really wants.  And since he doesn't see the point of making empty threats, Trevor really will call a company's CEO trying to get a low-level employee fired.  (Well, he'll have his secretary make the call since that's what they're there for; he'll just get on the line long enough to make sure the deed gets done.)
 
 
 
 
QUOTE:  "In this world there's movers, and there's losers.  I'm a mover.  You're a loser.  It's as simple as that.  Now bring me my order.  Chop chop."

The Police Officer 
Roberto Barrera is a rookie cop. Fresh out of the Academy, Roberto is one of those guys the department is happy to show off to prove its "commitment to diversity." Roberto is okay with that, as long no one assumes that's how he got into the academy. He worked darn hard to qualify, and he takes pride in it. That pride does not equate to arrogance, however. He tips his hat to women and older citizens as he walks by wishing them good day. He is happy to provide directions. Officer Roberto patrols on foot as much as allowed, thinking it will keep him in touch with the people he's protecting.
 
He's never met a super powered individual, and like a lot of red blooded American guys, the sight of a good looking woman in spandex is liable to cause his jaw to hit the floor before he recovers and tries to pick it up again. Officer Barrera has that odd mix of courage and optimism that may drive some heroes crazy even if they take a liking to them. He'll volunteer to be a decoy if a hero needs it despite the dangers, and it may take a moment for him to realize that shooting a villainous Brick a second time isn't going to work any better just because you step closer for the next firing. In short, he may yet get himself killed, but he'll also be the sort to save a life. A bit wet behind the ears Roberto maybe, but he's got the potential to be a great cop.
 
Roberto comes from a large family, lower middle class, and in contrast to the police officers who've had family members in previous generations in the Force, is the first member of his family to put on the blue. They're a squabbling, loving, often voice raising mess of a clan, and while his mama fusses to him about staying safe to the point of embarrassing him, most of them are proud of him.
 
 
 
 
QUOTE: "You need to start using your head. They may call it a 'five fingered discount' but it can land you in jail for months and cost a fortune in legal fees. No, I'm not arresting you, but we are calling your mother right now. Yes, 'I gotta'"

The EMT
Theo Jamal Morton is a huge black man with a deep voice and an easy smile. He's a giant, but he's a gentle one, and that serves him well as a top notch Emergency Medical Technician. For a big guy, he moves pretty fast, and a superhero might see Theo race across the street to get a fallen citizen to safety at risk of the EMT's own life. Now, Theo is human, so the superhero might also hear him cursing at any near blast, but the point is the big guy values the lives of innocents as much as any superhero out there. 
 
Anyone getting to know Theo in his off time will find he's quite extroverted, warm and friendly. He's currently dating but doesn't have a regular boyfriend yet. His family isn't crazy about his sexuality, but hasn't spurned him either. He likes Hip Hop, but admits a weakness for Johnny Cash "And really, show me a man who doesn't like one Johnny Cash song, and I will show you someone I cannot trust" . He considers himself apolitical, and would prefer to discuss almost anything else.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
QUOTE: "Hey, stay with me. You're going to be okay."

The Fire Chief
Benjamin J. Rusk is proud, very proud, of his firefighters.  As Fire Chief, he's got good reason to be proud. The city's fire fighters have truly earned the title "Bravest" again and again facing not just regular fires, but having curbed and contained those started by superhumans. Rusk projects a stern but protective father image to his "boys", and the gray haired man with trim crew cut and mustache looks the part. Always dressing ten years out of style, while the man gets some light jokes his way from the men and women who work under him, those same firefighters have been known to threaten a beat down on anyone else making insulting comments their Chief's way.
 
For his part, Rusk can come down hard on his men on the rare times they screw up, but he'll also go to bat for them against city officials, reporters who question their efficiency, and corporate big wigs who want preferential treatment for their buildings compared to the lower class residential areas. And he listens, somehow knowing which guys are having wife troubles, which ones are struggling to make the rent, and while he doesn't handle their problems openly, sometimes those same people find hours changed to buy them time with loved ones, or given a 'bonus' (From Rusk's own pocket not that he'd say that). 
 
 
 
 
 
QUOTE: "You guys are heroes eh? That's nice. So are my boys. Now, let's talk about this arsonist."

The Doctor
Dr. Changchang Wei is the best damn surgeon in the city. As her name implies, she's Chinese, from Hong Kong originally, but she's since gotten American citizenship.  She studied medicine at the finest schools, and was in the top five percent of her class. She could tie a slip knot blind folded around any blood vessel you care to name. She's really that good and her services can be hard to get thanks to demand. Almost anyone who knows about the medical scene knows all this.   What they don't know is she offers her services to superheroes. It's her own form of vigilante activity. The laws would require her to report bullet wounds and the like to the authorities, which would naturally place a superhero's identity in jeopardy (at least if anyone tried even a minimum of detective work). Changchang keeps it all under the table at a private clinic that only a handful know about. Exactly what started her on this path is unsure, but the masked men and women whose lives she's saved are grateful for it.    They've shown that gratitude by paying her in scalpels that are made of materials that can cut even super skin, and other medical equipment that's state of the art. Admittedly, as they enhance Dr. Wei's chances of saving them the next time, its somewhat self serving, but it is the form of payment Dr. Wei prefers. Well, that and she reserves the right to lecture her patients with a great deal of snark (Her sharp tongue can also cut through super skin, albeit it metaphorically) and suggestions they save her some hassle by changing to a safer line of work. Repeat customers get it even more fiercely, and she does have them. Surgeons of her caliber do not grow on trees, and some super teams from other cities have been known to emergency rush a fallen team mate to her or vice versa.   Because of this, and because she's smart enough to stay abreast of the unique nature of superhumans; she's actually very in the know of 'who's who' in the super hero set. Dr. Wei would never violate a medical trust, but short of that, she might certainly be able to make a suggestion on how to enlist outside help for a caper that's gotten a bit too big.  
    QUOTE: "You know those superheroes who are bullet proof? Nothing can hurt them? Well, I think we've established you are the other kind. I just pulled out enough titanium shrapnel from your body to make an ashtray. No, no payment needed, but I'm keeping the titanium."

The Crime Boss
Caspar Brown remembers it like it was yesterday. A child from a war torn African country, he had been adopted by a kindly and affluent American couple. Oh, what a wonderland the US seemed in comparison to the horrors back home. His two new parents, and their daughter, seemed determined to win him over. They were rich, they were powerful, and their hearts were pure.   How little that all meant. Caspar remembers his adopted sister's hat getting caught by a stiff wind and blowing into the alleyway behind the playhouse. He recalled them going to retrieve it, and yes, he clearly remembers the man who held up the Browns at gun point, and then shot them in cold blood. Had their murderer's gun not jammed, he and his sister would have surely joined them.   While his sister cried over the bodies, Caspar watched the gun man flee, and at that young age, he had his epiphany.  It was all about power. A king could shine his crown all he wanted, but if the man with the sword next to him wanted him dead, he would be. The noblest heart could be stopped by a piece of lead tearing through it, and all those good deeds wouldn't protect it. No one was ever safe, not really.    The best way to defend against monsters was to become the biggest monster out there. Taking his share of his inheritance, Caspar went around the world, learning the many methods of monsterdom. He learned how to fight, of course. Perhaps he'd never been the greatest, but he was a black belt twice over. He learned how to earn one's trust, and then betray them. He learned how to make money both legally and otherwise. He learned as much as he could about everything, really. Knowledge is another form of power, after all.   And then he returned to the city and put his plan in motion. Covertly funding street gangs under the nickname "Mr. Ghost", outfitting them with weapons, he watched as entire neighborhoods tore themselves apart in gang wars... and then he stepped in and saved those same neighborhood as Mr. Caspar Brown, wealthy philanthropist. Of course, he wasn't stopping the crime, not really, he was stream lining it, hiding it, and making it more efficient.  People didn't really care about decency, they wanted order, and he gave it to them. Who cares about murder in the streets if it only involves a prostitute? Who cared if the system for maximum penalties and minimal rehabilitation meant those who entered in criminal activities had no where to go but down? By playing both Sinner and Saint, Caspar has forced the poor and desperate into his umbrella, while using surgical strikes (Such as drug addition, blackmail, and bribes) against those in power.   To this day, few know that Mr. Ghost and Caspar are one in the same. However, that does not mean the city is truly his. There are contenders for the title of top crime boss, at least two others that rival his power. He plays along, speaks of respecting territory and the like, but it's only a matter of time before he makes his move. Mr. Ghost will be king of all monsters, and he will have both the crown and the sword.  
  QUOTE: (As Caspar Brown) "People have mentioned that I am hard on crime. They say I hold vengeance in my heart for what happened to my parents in that alley. But I do not do what I do to avenge my pain. I do it so no other eight year old child will experience what I have. I do it to keep the monsters in the shadows where they belong."   (As Mr. Ghost) "You think you can stop me? Stop me from what? You think if you strike the head from the snake the body will die, ,but no. We are not one body, we are, each and all of us, monsters to the core, held to common purpose by my will for I am the King of the monsters here. This city would tear itself apart if not for my holding the reins. You should be grateful."

Charity Worker
Jamie Clements has a hard road ahead of her. The thirty three year old woman runs the regional charity Hope for the Hated, and the charity's name is no exaggeration. It seeks to draw the public's attention to the plight of former convicts who cannot get jobs once they've served their time. It campaigns to 'Ban the Box', that check list on job application forms where you have to admit your previous criminal past, on the ground it makes it harder for ex-cons to even start the interview without being rejected. It has taken the extremely unpopular stance of loosening restrictions on sex offenders who have served their time and where they may live since many, in Jamie's view, are being driven into homelessness and away from the very support groups they need to hold strong.  And yes, she and the charity try to raise money for supervillains, not just hoping to get them jobs, but the therapy many of them need. Teenage supervillains are often tried as adults even for non violent crimes due to their powers, another thing she works to change.
 
None of that is cheap, and it takes donations. So Ms. Clements finds herself holding her hand out on behalf of those many in society would prefer to see gone forever, time served or not. Compared to other Charities, Hope for the Hatred struggles, but she and those with her believe its a struggle worth fighting. She shows up at town council meetings, organizes protests, and calls up strangers in charity drives fully aware she's got a high probability of being told she's going to burn in hell for helping "monsters". 
 
No one said the right thing was easy, she tells herself, and doubles down. Her cause has cost her her marriage, and custody of her kids (Her ex convinced a local judge that his wife's charity work would endanger them). But she's seen other folks lose more because of one mistake. So she fights.
 
Like many others in the city, she respects and admires what superheroes try to do. She doesn't see them as enemies at all. However, she'll be the first to get between a hero and a former Stronghold Jailbird if she feels that ex-supervillain is just trying to get his life together. And yes, she'll have the chutzpah to ask if a hero would like to help out some of the same criminals he/she put away now that they're legit.
 
 
 
 
QUOTE: "Whatever you think of Scott... and his name is SCOTT, not Shatterzone, not 'scum', he's served his time, he's cleaned up his act, and he wants a second chance. You're a hero, right? If you believe in redemption, you won't try to deny him that."

Skipping "Boyfriend/Girlfriend" as that would require specific PCs
 
The Burglar/Thief 
Melody Clifford used to turn heads, and is still a damn fine looking woman at her age who stays fit. Back in the day, she was none other than the notorious cat burglar Lace. As Lace, she flirted with masked heroes on the roof tops and danced with danger as she took her latest prize home. Then? Well, to paraphrase a movie, she got her foot caught in the door. One costumed gent in particular didn't just ignite her passions, she found herself in love with the nuisance.   At first she fought it, but eventually, she gave in, and gave up her old life. For a year or two, she adopted the name Shadow Vixen and even worked with her new love... and it was fun. But then, well, the jerk knocked her up (He pointed out, in that annoying way of his, that it did take two to tango) and that was that for a few years.
 
And darn it, if she wasn't deliriously happy! Melody discovered she loved her kids (That's right, she had more than one) and even grew to like some aspects of being a housewife (Not that she would ever admit it). Time slipped away from her, and suddenly she wasn't as good as she used to be. 
 
Neither, sadly, was her husband, but that didn't stop him from heroing. "Soon" he would say "I'll quit soon", but then he stumbled onto a plot by a villain, and then soon would never come. Melody had to come in and identify her husband's body.  She saved her tears for when she was alone. That was five years ago. Now, she seems to have recovered from her grief, and while on the straight and narrow, she exudes a certain playful confidence still. She's come to this city to make new memories and be closer to one of her children who lives her now as an adult.
 
Or so she claims
 
 
 
 
QUOTE: "A t-tech 3001 security system takes a full three seconds to kick in the back up generator, plenty of time if you know what you're doing"

The Bail Bondsman 
Robert Gates is one of those rare breed, a bail bondsman who will deal with superpowered individuals despite the risks involved. Of course, making sure men and women of such power show up for court is no easy feat, but Gates has found an elegant solution. He hires ex-super criminals who have served their time, offering them legitimate jobs as bounty hunters now tracking down their former peers who jumped bail. Since former convicts rarely have an easy time of getting work once they go straight, more than a few have taken him up on it with mixed results. 
 
A smart cookie, Gates has added another profit making element to the deal. He's outfitted his employees with body cameras, and now you too can watch 'Gates' Keepers' the Reality Show (Think "Dog the Bounty Hunter" but with powers sort of ). Bounty Hunters, and the immense powers they're granted in some areas, are controversial enough, but some folks think that Robert has actually taken on flight risks in hope they jump bail just to keep the show going! He denies this, but ratings are definitely up.
 
 
 
 
QUOTE: "Hey, Hero. If you're really worried about him running, here's my number. Why hunt him down for nothing when you could get a paycheck for it?" 

The Athlete 
Tomasina "Tomtom" McElroy is the wrong gender, and she plays the wrong sport; otherwise you'd know who she is. Still, she came to the city to play; that's not a metaphor, this city is one of the few member cities of the National Women's Soccer League in the United States. The sport is struggling here, despite hopes that Americans would come around and it might bring in some revenue, but it sure isn't for lack of skilled athletes. Tomasina "Tom Tom" McElroy is good, very good. She's the kind of Forward any thinking Goalie dreads, and is in a tie for leagues most goals for season. Within the small group that follows the sport, she's a rock star! But among 90% of folks, even in town, few would know her name. 
 
Now, if she'd been born male and playing "real football" , she'd be making money hand over fist and have more endorsement deals than you could shake a stick at. Is she bitter about that? Well, she'd be lying if she said it didn't bug her now and then, but she's got her Bronze Olympic medal from years ago, and how many people can say that? Now she's playing professionally in a game she loves, and she's getting by. What's to gripe about really? 
 
While she does date now and then, her focus is on her sport career. Athletes often have a limited set of prime years, and she doesn't want to waste a one of hers. In short, any guy pursuing her will have to accept that he's going to be on the bench a lot and she maybe away in other states on games that will be lucky if they get seen on Youtube.
 
Still, she tries to be a good role model for girls and young women in the city, and is a spokeswoman for Breast Cancer awareness since her own aunt lost her life to same.
 
 
 
 
QUOTE: "Get me an opening and I'll kick the ball so hard the factory that manufactured that goal will feel it."

Freefall (Helena "Helen" Paladino)
 
STR 13   12- Lift 150 kg; 2½d6 HTH damage
DEX 14   13-
CON 13  12-
INT  13   12-  PER Roll 12-
EGO 11    11- 
PRE 13   12-   PRE Attack: 2½d6
5 OCV
5 DCV
4 OMCV
4 DMCV
4 SPD  Phases: 3, 6, 9, 12
5 PD    Total: 5 PD (0 rPD)
4 ED    Total: 4 ED (0 rED)
5 REC
25 END
10 BODY
22 STUN
Characteristics cost: 75
 
Movement: Running: 14m
Swimming: 4m
 
Powers:
 
Gravity Alteration Powers:
 
Vertigo: Suppress DEX, CON, OCV, and DCV 3d6, Expanded Effect (four Characteristics simultaneously; +1½) (50 Active Points); Costs Endurance (-½), No Range (-½). 25 points.

Zero G Jumps: Leaping +40m. 20 points.

Gravitic Adaptation: Environmental Movement (Zero-G Training). 6 points. Cost: 51

Skills:
3 PS: Police Officer 12-
3 CK: Hudson City 12- 
2 KS: Criminal Law And Procedure 11-
2 WF: Small Arms 
3 Bureaucratics 12-
3 Combat Driving 12-
3 Concealment 12-
3 Conversation 12-
3 Criminology 12-
3 Deduction 12-
2 Language (Italian, Fluent. English native.)
3 Persuasion 12-
3 Shadowing 12-
3 Streetwise 12-
1 Familiarity with Paramedics 8- 
 
Cost: 40

Perks:

2 Fringe Benefit: Local Police Powers
1 Fringe Benefit: Weapon Permit
6 Contacts (Organization Contact: Hudson City Police Department (HCPD)) 11-
 
Cost: 9
 
Powers and Skills Cost: 100
Total Cost: 175.

Cop Gear: As a "typical" Hudson City patrol cop, Paladino is issued the following standard gear:
Uniform, badge and hat
Glock 21 .45 ACP handgun with two extra ammo clips
Kevlar body armor (Level II-A (partial suit) [DEF 7], Activation Roll 11-)
1 set of handcuffs
Flashlight
Tonfa
Pepper spray

Complications:

5 Distinctive Features: Policeman's Uniform and Badge (Easily Concealed)

10 Hunted: HCPD (Frequently, Mo Pow, NCI, Limited Geographical Area: Hudson City, Watching)

5 Negative Reputation: Traitor (Frequently, Limited to other Metas.)
 
15 Public Identity: First of the Metas to register with the government. (Frequently, Major)

10 Subject To Orders: HCPD (Frequently, Minor)
 
Total Complication Cost: 45 (50)
 
History: In an alternate universe somewhere nearby our own, there was a massive solar flare which somehow "awakened" the recessive genes of several hundred people within Hudson City, granting them superhuman abilities although they are mostly low level compared to what is shown in the movies and comic books.
 
Policewoman Helen Paladino was among those affected by the flare and found herself with the power to manipulate gravity though its effects involved the decreasing of mass (by making herself lighter to perform extremely high leaps and causing people she touches become "light headed"). Disdainful of the whole silly comic book fetishes that appeared once the Metas (as those transformed were now called) began to draw attention, Helen refused to run around in her underwear, preferring instead to publicly register with the government and join the HCPD Supercrimes Division in order to monitor Metas and investigate crimes involving them.
 
 

Kriegsmarine.
 
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/7015/kriegsmarine

Some odd choices for me as all the good movies were already picked.
 
1. Broadwalk Empire (Not a movie but still...)
2. The Sting (1973)
3. Dick Tracy (1990)
4. Rise of the gargoyles (a 2009 movie from SYFY)

Welcome back to the Silver age people.
 

"Why do heroes need to be good looking or have slick costumes? Not me! I don't need any fancy fire-powers or being able to read minds. Yea, sure, some of those heroes like to get all sneaky-like or show off there super-ultra power and wow the crowd. I say 'Big deal!'.  I say you just need to get the job done and the people will call you a superhero. With my powers of super-belching, I can blow away just about anything I see. So says Captain Uncouth!"
 
 

Major League Eating was holding it's biggest event bringing back it's top champions in a huge showdown of competitive eating. Unfortunately someone in marketing came up with the idea of naming the winner the Greatest Eater in the Universe. This garnered the attention of the Bloatarian known as Garlbulbank The Gluttonus who teleported into the event from his orbiting warship and forced his way into the contest. He easily bested Kobyashi, Chestnut and Stonie and was all set to claim his prize, and destroy the planet as a consequence of daring to not invite him, when HE arrived. Wearing a simple mask and a red cape he strolled up and sat at the table and pulled a plate of food forward. Garlbulbank balked at this challenge, but allowed it. 11 hours of intense eating later and Garlbulbank admitted defeat when one of his twelve stomachs burst. He teleported away filled with shame and in intense pain. The masked man burped lightly and began to walk away. The press called after him asking who he was. He raised his mask as a timely gust of wind sent his cape billowing majestically "Oh you can just call me....Dave."

He is Norman Smith, once the superhero known as Captain Crusader who retired after nearly a quarter of a century fighting crime. Retirement did not suit him however as he grew old and fat while his superpowers deteriorated. Ten years into his retirement and the birth of his fourth child, a full scaled invasion by the alien Skorrans was launched and almost all of Earth's superheroes as well as its villains were killed along with nearly a billion humans. Thus large parts of the planet fell before the alien invaders.
 
Save for Captain Crusader who was at first reluctant to join in the fray but finally flew into the skies when the atrocities caused by the aliens grew too much to ignore and in the meantime occasionally fighting against bouts of survivor's guilt.
 
At one time the sight of an overweight man in outdated long johns was a cause for great amusement among the superhuman community.
 
Now with the virtual annihilation of said community, no one including the Skorrans and the human traitors who serve them was laughing at Captain Crusader anymore.

He is Norman Smith, once the superhero known as Captain Crusader who retired after nearly a quarter of a century fighting crime. Retirement did not suit him however as he grew old and fat while his superpowers deteriorated. Ten years into his retirement and the birth of his fourth child, a full scaled invasion by the alien Skorrans was launched and almost all of Earth's superheroes as well as its villains were killed along with nearly a billion humans. Thus large parts of the planet fell before the alien invaders.
 
Save for Captain Crusader who was at first reluctant to join in the fray but finally flew into the skies when the atrocities caused by the aliens grew too much to ignore and in the meantime occasionally fighting against bouts of survivor's guilt.
 
At one time the sight of an overweight man in outdated long johns was a cause for great amusement among the superhuman community.
 
Now with the virtual annihilation of said community, no one including the Skorrans and the human traitors who serve them was laughing at Captain Crusader anymore.

He is Norman Smith, once the superhero known as Captain Crusader who retired after nearly a quarter of a century fighting crime. Retirement did not suit him however as he grew old and fat while his superpowers deteriorated. Ten years into his retirement and the birth of his fourth child, a full scaled invasion by the alien Skorrans was launched and almost all of Earth's superheroes as well as its villains were killed along with nearly a billion humans. Thus large parts of the planet fell before the alien invaders.
 
Save for Captain Crusader who was at first reluctant to join in the fray but finally flew into the skies when the atrocities caused by the aliens grew too much to ignore and in the meantime occasionally fighting against bouts of survivor's guilt.
 
At one time the sight of an overweight man in outdated long johns was a cause for great amusement among the superhuman community.
 
Now with the virtual annihilation of said community, no one including the Skorrans and the human traitors who serve them was laughing at Captain Crusader anymore.

He is the golden age superhero Silver Bullet. He was a simple policeman who found an enchanted suit which is lined with magic and silver. It enhances his strength and speed when he wears it. And because of the silver in stratistic locations, it protects him from supernatural evil and allows his unarmed punches to destroy werewolves and vampires.
 
He spent the early golden age fighting gangsters and supernatural evil. Later, Natzies, gangsters,  supernatural evil, and fifth colomest. 

Bullet Train
 
James Tally, age 45, enjoyed his job working in the train industry. He'd been fascinated with trains since his youth so it was only natural that he decided to get a job in that area. Being outdoors, checking on tracks, repairing trains, he loved it all. However, being outdoors at night is not always kind to people. On one particular evening, James saw - and felt - a meteor strike nearby. This was a once in a lifetime chance to see a meteor, and maybe get his photo in the paper. He went to the edge of the strike and took a look. The meteor was much smaller than he thought it'd be: perhaps a meter across at most with the strangest, light-blue glow to it. He understood the glow could be radiation and tried to leave. Unfortunately, he'd already been exposed and couldn't move. Moments later, he felt weak and within a minute, fell unconscious into the small crater on top of the meteor.
 
After waking up in the hospital and staying a few days, James was ready to get back to work. He felt fabulous and better than he had in over a decade. That was when he discovered his powers: he ran to work the ten miles distance in a little over a minute before he knew how to regain control. He'd read the stories about superheroes and their powers; the realization that he'd gotten powers was incredible! After he got home, he took a month's leave of absence and tested himself: he had to know what his powers were or he could devastate something, or someone. He was superhumanly strong, strong enough to lift over ten tons but his ability to run dwarfed even that. With the help of Dr. Helena Amory, the superhuman power expert, he was able to find he could run approximately 500mph.
 
He decided to take up the mantle of becoming a superhero, to help people in need in the fastest of ways, as Bullet Train.

I am going to give Quackhell the win.

Quanton The Ionic Man
 
Dr. Horatio Blevins was working with CERN at the Large Hadron Collider when aliens known as the Reavers released the Cascade Effect in the Earth's atmosphere. In Blevins case he absorbed energy from the LHC and due the Cascade gained the ability to manipulate matter at a subatomic level. He shortly thereafter transformed himself into a physical marvel and when asked joined with the other people granted abilities from the Cascade to form the Luminaries. He along with other members Rosewood, Old Jo, Blitzbreaker, Speed Round and Nautilus defeated the Reavers and now stand as the Earth's ultimate defenders.