| Freedom Force |
[03 Aug 2013|10:12pm] |
In the wake of ever expanding mutant drama across the globe and at home, the United States government has reactivated the Freedom Force program, bringing together a team of mutants directly under their control.
The Colonel
Real Name: Col. William Abernathy
William Abernathy's family has a long history of serving in the military, and he was not different, proudly serving in the army and eventually reaching the rank of Colonel. He was also a mutant, something he did not keep secret from his superiors. As his abilities were only moderate, this was not seen as escalating anything into a super-human arms war and he was allowed to continue to serve with distinction. This made him the ideal candidate to lead the new Freedom Force. Col. Abernathy is a straight shooter and a honest man, but he believes in the rightness of his government and the chain of command, perhaps a little too much.
Powers: Col. Abernathy possesses super-human strength (the ability to lift one ton under optimal conditions), super-human reaction times, mild super-human speed (able to run at 75 mph for sustained periods), and super-human stamina. He wears lightweight body armor and a sidearm.
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Blaster
Real name: Joseph Franklin
Joseph Franklin grew up poor in Harlem, to a single mother. But he pushed himself upward and outward through education, and looked to heroes like Luke Cage and the Falcon as his inspiration, eventually becoming a police officer. His powers manifested in his early teens and he largely preferred not to use them, but occasionally made small concessions on that when lives were on the line. Though a young officer, he had already earned several decorations. The government was well aware of this, and made an offer to him to make an even bigger different and be even more like his heroes.
Powers: Joseph possesses the ability to produce powerful blasts of concussive force from his hands. Through training and careful application of this power, he has learned to use his blasts to propel himself through the air in a manner somewhat similar to flight, though he cannot use his abilities offensively when doing so.
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Dove
Real Name: Madeline Collins
Madeline's abilities--some of them anyway--were obvious from the minute she was born, coming into this world with feathery wings sprouting from her back. But she was loved and accepted, and did well for herself in life. She pursued her own ambitions to help others, working for her state's parks department in the search and rescue unit. This garnered just enough national attention for the government to snap her up.
Powers: Though she does possess large wings, they are not the source of Madeline's ability to fly, instead being used just for steering and propulsion. She's actually a tactile telekinetic, able to lift herself and anything she can touch, up to the weight of a small car.
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Blaze-Master
Real Name: Donald Connors
A former NYPD firefighter, Donald Connors used his abilities secretly to help in his job, a job he was good at and liked. He had no intentions of being a super-hero or making any kind of mutant waves. His fellow ladder crew were aware of his abilities, but to them it didn't matter; he was a firefighter first, a mutant second. SHIELD, of course, was already aware of him, and this made it easy for the government to recruit him for the Freedom Force project. Not his first choice of options... but he also had a lot of gambling debts, debts that they could make disappear and keep some leg-breakers off his back.
Powers: Donald possesses flame-generation and manipulation powers similar to the Human Torch.
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Psyche
Real Name: Alica Macking
Alica is a former Secret Service agent, who used her powers in the line of duty and was a trusted member of the current and previous administration's personal security detail. Uncomfortable with some of the current shifting policies in Washington, she saw the offer to join the new Freedom Force as a way to prove that mutants were not dangerous.
Powers: Alica is a high level telepath, with all the skills implied.
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Builder
Real Name: Alejandro Garcia
Former FBI agent, whose tenure was unremarkable, Alejandro declined to use his abilities while serving, believing it would draw undue attention to himself. The world being what it is, several highly placed individuals knew about it anyway. The offer to join Freedom Force was a welcome step up in further serving his country, though he remains somewhat suspicious of it all and what the government's further intentions were.
Powers: Alejandro possesses the ability to generate solid energy constructs, ranging from simple things like force fields and force bubbles, to more complex structures.
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Gemini
Real Names: Lin and Ling Choi
These Chinese-American twin sisters formerly worked as private investigators in Los Angeles, where people didn't much care if you were a mutant or not, and they were pretty damn good at it, and they'll tell you that. They've agreed to work for the new Freedom Force in exchange for using the government's resources to solve a mystery from their own past...
Powers: At any given time, the sisters possess a wide variety of mutant powers, including super-human strength (class 75), super-human speed (770 mph), invulnerability, energy blasts from the hand, flight, and super-human senses. However, only one of them can have the ability at any given time. Fortunately, though, they possess the ability to trade the abilities back and forth, mixing and matching as they desire. They also possess a limited psychic link.
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