Brief Introduction: When Malibu comics came out with their Ultraverse universe I immediatley became a fan. The year was 1993 and for all the crap that was going on in the world at that time it seems like a quaint and docile period of time compared to the "NEW NORMAL" that we live in today in the 21st century.

Around 1995-96 I began to convert Ultraverse characters for use in the MSH:RPG. I am proud to say that I did this prior to the knowledge that Marvel had designs on taking over Malibu Comic's properties. One day I read in Previews that there was going to be this wild crossover where heroes and villains of the Ultraverse would meet Thor and Loki from the Marvel Universe.

In those days I was much more innocent. I actually thought that this would be a good thing. And for the short term it was. The GODWHEEL mini-series wherein Thor and Loki cross into the Ultraverse was well done. Next thing you know Silver Surfer and Rune are duking it out...then HOLY SMOKES the freakin' INFINITY GEMS are "stolen" from the Marvel Universe and end up on Ultraverse Earth which leads into all sorts of weirdness.

But then somewhere along the line artists, writers, and creators were vanquished by big buisness and bottom lines and profit margins. Today what remains of the Ultraverse is back issue boxes where you can find #1's and Glow-in- the-Dark covers at 3 for a dollar. This of course is great if you really want to start checking this alternate universe out. The real tragedy is that so many of these characters were so well conceived and fun to know about.

HARDCASE

Fight: INCREDIBLE (40)
Agili: AMAZING (50)
Stren: UNEARTHLY (100)
Endur: MONSTROUS (75)
Reaso: GOOD (10)
Intui: EXCELLENT (20)
Psyce: REMARKABLE (30)
HEALTH: 265
KARMA: 56
Popular: as per campaign
Resourc: as per campaign

KNOWN POWERS:

*Body Resistance: Amazing v. physical, energy, fire,force and electricity.
*Invulnerability: Class 1000 v. Cold based attacks, cold environments, and cold generation.
*Life Support: Unearthly
*Flight: Monstrous ( 30 areas per turn in atomosphere; Can achieve Space Flight @ 20,000 mph)


TALENTS: Professional Movie Actor (member of Screen Actors Guild), Martial Arts B,C, and D, Streetwise.

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS: Male, Caucasian, Height 6'4" Weight: 265 lbs. Hair/Eyes: Blonde/Blue.

COMMENTS:
Real Name is Tom Hawke and his identity is public.
Tom Hawke moved to Los Angeles from the small town of Sebastpool, California. Tom's parents were English, and Tom spent his youth growing up in England. His desire to find work on the silver screen drove him to America, where he ended up delivering pizzas to make a living--but then something changed.
One day during a casting session he was bombarded by the Jumpstart Effect and obtained invulnerability, ultra-strength and flight. But not even this dramatic event could effect his acting skills and he still did'nt get the part.
Eventually , Tom tracked down three others who had also gained ultrapowers, and the four formed the ill-fated Squad.
The Squad was the first "official" ultrateam. They were Hardcase, Forsa, Starburst, and DJ Blast. For the first six months they battled violent criminals with the sanction of the city officials. Nothing could stop them or s
o they thought. Then they were encountered by NM-E, a vertiable nanotech monster.

It started in Forsa's house and ended in tragedy. Hardcase attacked first and was thrown through the roof. Forsa threw NM-E in the same direction wiht his psionic powers. NM-E quickly crippled DJ Blast and ripped the limbs off of Forsa. Starburst was put into a coma.

Hardcase attempted one last attack, but DJ Blast warned him off and used all of his explosive energy to kill the creature. Unfortunatley it killed DJ Blast also.

Tom lost confidence in his abilities as a hero and it took him two years to get thru the grieving process.

Now his confidence is back. He has actually made a few Ultra-Action Movies. And even though a villian might shout at Hardcase " YOUR MOVIES SUCK!", Hardcase takes it in stride as he K.O.'s the goon and replies "Everybody's a critic",

Because he treasures his privacy so much that he bought a mobile home and put it in a secluded spot down by the river.



....THIS JUST IN....FROM ALLADIN ULTRAHUMAN ASSESSMENTS DIVISION...
As Hardcase, actor Tom Hawke is an extremely dangerous individual. He has been involved in two separate intrusions that have resulted in thousands of dollars in damages to Alladin operations.
Hardcase seems to have a high degree of government paranoia and an apparent dislike for our organization in particular. This may be a problem in the future. Unfortunately Hawke is a public figure and we can't risk assassination at this time... END TRANSMISSION



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WARSTRIKE

Fight: INCREDIBLE (40)
Agili: AMAZING (50)
Stren: REMARKABLE (30)
Endur: AMAZING (50)
Reaso: GOOD (10)
Intui: REMARKABLE (30)
Psych: EXCELLENT (20)
HEALTH: 170
KARMA: 60
Popular: as per campaign
Resourc:REMARKABLE


KNOWN POWERS:

*Body Resistance: Excellent (20) v. blunt, edged, electricity, energy, force, heat, and toxins.
*Regeneration: Incredible (40) {if using UPB rule then Warstrike regenerates 50 health in 1-1/2 minutes ( 15 turns ) which also = 3-1/3 health per turn.
*Precognition: Excellent rank with the following clarifications:
1) May be used once per day at full rank; each subsequent use decreases the rank by -1CS down to a minimum of Feeble.
2) The range of the precognition is severely handicapped. The Game Judge rolls 2d10. The result is the number of MINUTES that Warstrike can see into the future. The Game Judge must be well prepared when this character is involved in a scenario or campaign.
3) Warstrike sees a clear and vivid "picture" however, what he sees does not always make immediate sense to him.

WEAPONRY:

Brandon Tark (a.k.a WARSTRIKE) has a vast fortune of funds available to him because he parleyed his life savings into great wealth using his Precognition power at several Las Vegas casinos. The player running Warstrike should be permitted to carry any weaponry that the Game Judge approves via Resource checks and campaign availability.

Money talks...and goes "BLAM! BLAM! BLAM!",

TALENTS:
Martial Arts A,C, & D, Wrestling, Marksman, Explosives, Vehicles, Tracking.


PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Male, caucasian, 6'5" @ 225 lbs. Hair/Eyes: Blond/Green.

COMMENTS AND HISTORY:

Brandon Tark was just your average ordinary guy until he realized that he could see into the future several minutes in advance of an actual event. So he did what any other upstanding fine American would do...he took all of his life savings out of the bank and bought a one way ticket to Las Vegas!

After turning his small savings into countless millions, Tark wanted greater challenges.

He used his fortune to augment his body with wetware and created the persona of WARSTRIKE--gun for hire; no job too big or too dangerous.

Playboy by day and thrill-seeking mercenary for hire by night. But even assassins have honor, and none more so than him.

Why does he do it? Ecstasy. That's what Warstrikes abilities are to him. To feel his adrenaline pump through his body; to go "on the wire" and have his sixth sense kick in; to put himself in danger time and time again. Like an addiction, he places himself in one certain-death situation after the next only to feel the adrenaline surge and his ultrapowers take over. These are the things that Warstrike lives for...but is he controlling the powers, or are they controlling him?

Warstrike is a human contradiction. He loves big guns and Renaissance art. He's the civilized savage. Nothing means more to him than human life--and nothing means less.

.....THIS JUST IN...FROM ALLADIN ULTRAHUMAN ASSESSMENTS DIVISION... PRIORITY ALERT!!!! CODE RED!!!! REPEAT CODE RED!!!

GENERALLY CONSIDERED A MERCENARY AND OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE ULTRA KNOWN AS MANTRA. WARSTRIKE HAS ALWAYS BEEN RANDOM BUT HIS BEHAVIOR HAS BEEN ESPECIALLY DEVIANT LATELY.

IT IS QUITE POSSIBLE THAT HE HAS REACHED A CRITICAL LEVEL AND WOULD BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IF HIS MENTAL FACILITIES ARE SUFFERING.

HE HAS YET TO ATTAIN ANY NOTABLE PUBLIC EXPOSURE. IN LIGHT OF THIS, HIS PERMANENT ERADICATION WOULD GUARANTEE NO FUTURE INTERFERENCE.

ALL OPERATIVES: INITIATE VIVA OMEGA.

...END TRANSMISSION.



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CHOICE

Fight: REMARKABLE (30)
Agili: INCREDIBLE (40)
Stren: EXCELLENT (20)
Endur: INCREDIBLE (40)
Reaso: EXCELLENT (20)
Intui: INCREDIBLE (40)
Psych: REMARKABLE (30)
HEALTH: 130
KARMA: 90
POPULAR: as per campaign
RESOURC: REMARKABLE

KNOWN POWERS:
1)True Flight: Amazing rank (25 areas per combat turn)

2)Ability Boost Selection: Choice can select EITHER
her STRENGTH OR ENDURANCE rank
to AMAZING (50). She can only use
one abliity at a given time and only
a duration of three (3) combat turns.
She may switch to the other
physical ability or maintain the
current selection by repeating the name
after the third turn. Her HEALTH score
is not adjusted by these increases.

EXAMPLE: If Choice commands "Strength!", then her Strength rank boosts to Amazing (50) from Excellent (20) for three combat turns. If she desires to maintain this boost then she must repeat the command prior to the fourth turn. Alternately, Choice could switch to "Endurance" if that would be needed in lieu of Strength.

3)Power Selection: Choice is capable of using any single
one of the following powers at a
given time( SHE MAY NOT SELECT A POWER IF AN ABILITY IS CURRENTLY BOOSTED & SHE MUST SPEAK THE NAME OF THE POWER; treat this as a psychological limitation):

INCREDIBLE(40)Rank:

*Force Beams (eyes)
*Force Field (provides life support)
*Power Detection (limited range: 1 area))
*Sonic Scream


REVEALED TALENTS:

Professonal Model and Spokesperson for the CHOICE CORPORATION (She is named after the Corporation, not the other way around.), Acting.



HISTORY AND COMMENTARY:

WHAT THE PUBLIC KNOWS (or THE COVER STORY)

She's beautiful, she's multicultural, she's got legs that stop traffic, she's supposed to have Ultra powers that rank her right up there wiht Hardcase, and her smile has made Diet Zing cola the nation's top soft drink.
She's Choice , the living symbol of the Choice Corporation. A superwoman, the role model who can do it all.
She is the latest example of a new twist on an old idea--the corporate hero. But whereas in the past corporate heroes have been actors and athletic stars, this new breed of spokesperson is more than just a representative of a corporation...she's the PRODUCT of her corporation.
Choice seems modeled to thit every hotbutton a marketing department could imagine. She is the perfect public relations tool, the living embodiment of her parent corporation, inseperable from the world-wide business concerns she represents.
Yet while she is the most public of Ultrahumans, she remains strangely unknown. the parent corporation jealously guards the true identity or their most public spokesperson. Exactly where was the multicultural Choice born? Does she have a "real" name? What kind of contract must Choice Corp. offer to convince Choice to sign over her very identity to the corporate good? The only comment from Choice Corp.: " The Choice Corporation must guard sensitive proprietary information",. Indeed. Is this the wave of the future. Look out non-Ultra actors and models...your days are numbered! -----Article from Ultra Monthly #1.


WHAT CHOICE HERSELF KNOWS:

When she opened her eyes, she realized that she did not know who she was anymore. What's more, the strange men in the operating room had some control over her. She felt a sense of dread, for whatever deal she had made, it was one worthy of the devil.

They told her that her name was DAWN TURNER. They told her that she now had Ultra powers. They did not have to tell her that she no longer had free will; it seemed to be lost along with her memory.

Although her will was restrained, this did not prevent her from wanting to escape. All she had to do was plan...and wait.

She endorses everything from soft drinks to electric shavers. During the filming of one of her many Choice Toothpaste commercials she met the Ultra- powerhouse Hardcase. There was something good and right about meeting the actor turned hero who still acted in overbudgeted superhero movies.

Shortly thereafter a super-secret organization named Aladdin attempted to force Choice, Hardcase, and an Ultra-group called The Strangers to join with them. The Ultras rebelled forcing Aladdin to call the fight a draw. Choice as well as the others are now on Aladdin's watch list. And since the incident, Choice is beginning to get glimpses of her memory back.

She still earns money as Choice Corps spokesmodel, but now they know that she is beginning to understand the power that is at her command and so they are being a whole lot nicer these days.
___________________________________________________
THE REST OF THE STORY. (This information should be for a Game Judges eyes only. If you are a player and want to run Choice, then this info will only serve to spoil any cool surprised that your GJ can cook up for you. You have been warned.)
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Dawn Turner's real name is Amy Tran. She was a homeless teen who immigrated from Vietnam in hopes of finding her father. She was picked up off the streets and became part of the MK-Ultra experiment for Aladdin. Later she was chosen to become Bob Dixon's personalized ultra-spokesmodel for the Choice Corporation. Her memory was erased, and she was given ultrapowers.

Things were working out fine until repressed memories began to come back to her. Subconsciously she sought out Hardcase's help, NOT KNOWING THAT SHE HAD ONE-HALF OF STARBURST'S (Hardcase's comatose lover; see the History under the Hardcase entry) BRAIN AND BRAIN CELLS FROM FORSA (again see comments under the Hardcase entry, specifically the "Squad").
____________________________________________________________
It is up to the Game Judge if he wants the player running Choice to have this knowledge. It is also up to the Judge if he wants to introduce the romantic sub-plot that develops between Choice and Hardcase.

PERSONAL COMMENTS: Choice is a powerful and interesting female superhero that can be a joy to run if the player so doing can handle the mystery and complications that surround her character.



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" Thursday morning, 8:45 A.M.--just another workday in San Francisco...until a bolt from the blue struck the Powell Street cable car and changed the lives of all 59 paying customers! AND ME!

People on the cable car became the Strangers...I was just collateral damage--serious collateral damage. But it was the first strange step toward becoming THE NIGHT MAN!

The doctors could'nt remove the shrapnel without doing worse harm. Already my eyes would'nt dilate, making it hard to see in the daylight. My brain's sleep center was destroyed, so I never shut off--and I could "hear" evil thoughts!

What would you do? Tell yourself it a hallucination and walk away? Or would you know you had to do something--anything--to save the woman that a man I passed on the street "say"/think "SATURDAY NIGHT SHE DIES!---SCREAMING...!"

I think that most of us would do what I did. There are lots of people with Ultrapowers now, and I'm not one of them, but I took my damage and made it my strength! Add a costume and I became the man who cleans up at night-----
THE NIGHT MAN", --------Johnny Domino.


THE NIGHT MAN

FIGHT REMARKABLE (30)
AGILI INCREDIBLE (40)
STREN EXCELLENT (20)
ENDUR INCREDIBLE (40)
REASO EXCELLENT (20)
INTUI INCREDIBLE (40)
PSYCH INCREDIBLE (40)
HEALTH 130
KARMA 100
POPULAR 30 (as Johnny Domino); 6 (as Night Man)
RESOURC Successful Jazz Nightclub musician (Typical to Good)

KNOWN POWERS:

DETECT EVIL THOUGHTS AND INTENT @ Amazing rank: This power is a combination of Life Detection, Telepathy, Precognition, and Danger Sense. Night Man can "hear" the evil thought, know from whom it came, know for certain that the thought will become deed if not stopped, and if the evil intent is directed at him he can react as if he had combat sense. The power is both passive and active. The Game Judge decides when the player should roll a Power FEAT whenever Night Man is on patrol or simply walking down the street in his public identity.

NOCTURNAL: Johnny Domino does not ever need to sleep. Fortunately for Mr. Domino this will not ultimately drive him insane because the same affect responsible for eliminating his need for sleep protects him from sleep deprivation. His body does however need rest based upon his Endurance rank.

NIGHT VISION: Night Man sees in darkness as if it were a well-lit room or clear, sunny day. If encountering foes that use Darkforce powers, consider the rank of his Night Vision to be Incredible. HOWEVER, his vision in daylight is considered to be Poor.

EQUIPMENT: 1) Night Man has suction cups attached to his costume's knee areas and nestled wihtin the palm area of his gloves. These devices allow him to have Remarkable Wall Crawling.
2) Remarkable strength climbing cable with grappling hook. Can be used to restrain foes. If he resorts to using the hook as a weapon consider it an Edged Attack that can do Typical (6) damage, but pushed to Good (10) if he puts all of his muscle behind the attack.


KNOWN TALENTS:

Professional Jazz Muscian (actually makes a living!), Martial Arts C and E, Acrobatics.


HISTORY/COMMENTS:

Johnny Domino had a black belt in Aikido by the age of 14, but Aikido teaches avoidance of conflict, so Johnny never encountered true violence until an auto wreck drove a piece of metal into his brain. Aikido could'nt help him, but his will to live did--so, after recovering, he discovered that he could now sense impending evil, live without sleep, and see in the dark as if it were a clear day.
Behold, the most mysterious ultrahuman of all-----THE NIGHT MAN!


........this just in.....ALADDIN ULTRAHUMAN ASSESSMENT DIVISION.......

THE NIGHT MAN HAS SO FAR MAINTAINED A SECRET IDENTITY. DUE TO THE FACT THAT HE HAS YET TO CONFLICT WITH OUR GOALS, WE HAVE YET TO CONCENTRATE ON HIM. HE HAS CONFLICTED WIHT J.D. HUNT, HOWEVER, AND HUNT'S NU-WARE IS AN ALADDIN AFFILIATE.

THE NIGHT MAN SEEMS TO HAVE LITTLE IN THE WAY OF ULTRAPOWERS , THOUGH HIS ABILITY TO INVOLVE HIMSELF IN LIFE-THREATENING SITUATIONS ALMOST AS SOON AS THEY APPEAR IS PUZZLING............END REPORT.....HAVE A NICE DAY!



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WHO HE IS AND HOW SHE CAME TO BE:

Mantra was once the eternal warrior, Lukasz--until his soul was reincarnated in a woman's body!
Although Lukasz was an expert warrior fighting for fifteen centuries in the service of the chaotic-good wizard Archimage, his life took a shocking reversal. Suddenly the mighty Lukasz' secret I.D. is Eden Blake, single mother of two.

The reason he is now a she is due to the outcome of a battle between Archimage (the Good) and his evil and more powerful brother, Boneyard (Necromancer Supreme).

For 1500 years these bros have been the principal figures in the struggle of good v. evil in their home dimension. Boneyard through his necromantic sorceries has been able to bestow immortality upon the knights loyal to him; Archimage reincarnates his knights.

Finally Archimage was by defeated Boneyard and made him his prisoner. All of the good knights were slaughtered before their liege could perform the necessary reincarnation rituals. All but his most valiant knight, Lukasz.

In desperation, Archimage played his last trump--to cast the proud male soul of Lukasz into a female body, rife with potential for mysticism. Archimage also placed arcane knowledge into Lukasz's mind. To further protect Lukasz, the woman he chose also lives in anohther dimension: ours.

Why? Archimage's thoughts are his own. And for reasons we may never know he needed to place Lukasz inside a female body.

Now calling himself Mantra (play on words/mystical expression; she is really a man, etc.,), she strives to perfect her sorcerous abilities before her enemies find her. Just as soon as she figures out how to wear high heels.


MANTRA

Fighting----REMARKABLE(30)
Agility-----EXCELLENT(20)
Strength----TYPICAL (6)
Endurance---GOOD (10)
Reason------GOOD (10)/REMARKABLE(30) regarding Mystic Arts
Intuition---REMARKABLE (30)
Psyche------AMAZING (50)
HEALTH------66
KARMA-------90
RESOURCES---GOOD
POPULARITY--TYPICAL (As Eden) GOOD (As Mantra)

Known Powers:

SORCERY AS POWER SIMULATION (Monstrous if wearing Archimage's Armor; Amazing if not armored): The sorcery that Archimage imbued Mantra's mind with allows her to perform the following spells within a 6-second time frame. This makes her sorcery function similiarly as a Power Ring worn by certain heroes in yet another portion of the Multiverse.

*AIR CONTROL: She can MANipulate air and wind as ranged attack weapons & create air shields.
*FLIGHT: Mantra can attain Remarkable airspeed (15 areas = 225 mph) She may fly and continue to use other sorcerous powers. This flight is usable on others, permitting her to carry up to 7 people. Any more is subject to a Red Sorcery FEAT with the Game Judge setting the upper limit.
***Phasing: While in flight she can phase thru non-living objects (Remarkable or less material). No harm can come to the object that she phases thru, AND she is NOT immune to attacks due to this side effect of her flight spell. Others she has under her flight spell CANNOT phase.

*EARTH CONTROL: She can lift up to 50 tons of earth, and create weapons of earth (damage = material strength), create shields,and finally entrap opponents (mat.str = intensity of the hold).
*HEAT GENERATION (limited): She can create shields of flame or shoot flame blasts with a range of only one area.
*WATER CONTROL (limited): Mantra can form water into any desired shape (shields, battering rams) and can disperse water elementals.
* THE STANDARD MYSTIC BOLT, MYSTIC SHIELD,MYSTIC FORCE FIELD, & DETECT MAGIC: As per MSH rules.

Equipment:
Archimage managed to interdimensionally transport a mask and body armor to Mantra. She also has come into possesion of the Sword of Fangs. These three items appear to Mantra upon her willing them to do so. Magic...you either love it or hate it!!!

BODYARMOR: (1) Sorcery Boost: Mantra can cast her spells with Monstrous abiltiy and effects when she summons this armor to cover her body.

(2) Incredible (40) protection. This rating can be added to any personal protection spell she casts.
The material strength is Shift Y vs. it's own destruction.
The mask is treated the same as the armor.

(3) Unearthly ability to dimensional travel, however, limited to travel between the Earth dimension, Archimage's dimension, and the Godwheel.

SWORD OF FANGS: Incredible (40) edged damage and made of Shift-Y material for purposes of its own destruction and the ripping and tearing of other materials. With the flat of the blade, Mantra can do only Good (10) blunt damage.

Remember, Lukasz has been outright killing evil knights for 15 centuries. However, he has never been a cold-blooded murderer. The Sword of Fangs will only be used as a last resort, and if Mantra kills someone with it all Karma is lost (as per MSH rules)

Revealed Talents:
Martial Arts A, B, C and E. Any medievial type weaponry (+1CS). He is becomming a good mother.

.....this just in....ALLADIN ULTRAHUMAN ASSESSMENT DIVISION...

SUBJECT OF THIS REPORT IS THE ULTRA KNOWN AS MANTRA--TRUE I.D. UNKNOWN. SUBJECT IS APPARENTLY ABLE TO CONTROL EARTH, AIR, FIRE, AND WATER AND PROJECT OFFENSIVE BLASTS OR DEFENSIVE SHIELDS OF CONSIDERABLE POWER. SUBJECT WIELDS A SWORD WHICH SEEMS TO MATERIALIZE AT HER WILL. IT IS UNKNOWN IF THE SWORD POSSESSES ANY OTHER PROPERTIES.

SUBJECT'S POWERS SPECULATED TO BE MYSTICAL IN NATURE. SHE IS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS AND VIEWED WITH CAUTION... END OF REPORT.

Personal Comments: It takes one hell of a male roleplayer to run Mantra. Players under the age of 21 should probably not portray Mantra.
Female roleplayers need to remember that although Mantra is physically a female, she has been a 100% hetero-male for 1500 years and for a player to change that attitude would be unfair to what makes Mantra so interesting to run. Malibu's writters kept it clean, but she was attracted to females.
As a good & noble warrior at heart, she realized that the kind of relationship that would please her would only serve to complicate her life further. In addition to being charged with raising Eden Blake's two childern, there was the possibility that Lukasz would one day leave Eden's body and that Eden's "mystically hybernating" soul would return to it. Springing a surprise significant other upon Eden would not be proper. Afterall, she did not ask for this situation either.

Game Judges and Players who enjoy "Days Of Our Lives" meets "Age Of Apocalypse" type campaigns should find Mantra a real plus to their adventures.



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THE STRANGERS

ATOM BOB (Bob Hardin)

F------A-------S-----E-------R------I-------P
Rema Rema Good Rema Rema Rema Good
30------30-----10------30-----30------30-----10

Health: 100 Karma: 70 Resources: Typi Popularity: Good (10)

Known Powers: Please note that the following powers affect solids, liquids, gases and energy, including magic.
These powers also provide him with defenses that are reflexive/subconscious in their immediate and automatic activation.
All of this came from the "Jump-start" energy that struck 70 people in a rail car one fateful day in San Francisco , California.

ELEMENTAL CONVERSION: Monstrous(75)
TRANSMUTATION: Monstrous (75)
MOLECULAR REARRANGEMENT: Monstrous (75)
MATTER MANIPULATION: Monstrous(75)
HYPER-INVENTION: Incredible (40)

Examples of Power Stunts: Transformed pavement below him while in free-fall to an air cushion bag; Rummaging through a dumpster for scrap metal and transformed garbage into a flying sled that traveled at Incredible airspeed; He transformed the sounds of an alien LANGUAGE into English as the words left the speakers' mouths so that Bob and the other Strangers could understand what was being said about them!

Other Powers:

Body Alteration (Self): Healing--Good rank. He manipulates his own atomic structure to regenerate wounds and damage.

Revealed Talents: Physical Education and Science teacher, Acrobatics, and Physics.


ELECTROCUTE (Candy Daniels)

F-------A-------S-------E-----R-----I------P
Exce Amaz Incr Amaz Typi Exce Rema
20-----50-----40----50------6----20----30

Health: 160 Karma: 56 Resources: Poor Popularity: Good (10)

Known Powers:

ROBOTIC CONSTRUCTION: Originally constructed to resemble a beautiful female to act as both bodyguard and sex toy for the leader of a huge corporation, her powers were augmented by the " Jump-start" energy that turned flesh and blood humans into Ultras. She also became self aware, hence her Intuition and Psyche scores. However she is still immune to telepathy, and of course disease, aging, and toxins.

ELECTRICAL GENERATION and CONTROL: Monstrous (75) with a 5 area range. She can generate a personal force field of Monstrous intensity or cover an entire area with Amazing (50) protection.

CLASS 1000 INVULNERABILITY: Electricity

EMPATHY: Remarkable rank. Sense another persons emotional state, one person per round vs. any appropriate force fields or screens (if any).

Revealed Talents:

Complete and advanced carnal knowledge. Combined with her empathic power this makes her the perfect lover, yet she has been chaste since she became self-aware. Ironically, she does have feelings for Mantra, who is a man trapped inside a woman's body. Sheesh! Or should it He/Sheesh?



GRENADE (Hugh Fox)

F-------A------S----E-------R-------I------P
Amaz Typi Incr Rema Good Exce Typi
50------6----40-----30-----10----20----6

Health: 126 Karma: 36 Resources: Poor Popularity Good (10)

Known Powers:

HUMAN GRENADE: He can create an explosion from parts of his body. The range of these explosions are relative to the damage intensity behind them. His hand causes Good (10) damage to a target in the same area. He can create an explosion from his chest that does Incredible (40) damage out to targets within two areas. He can go all out and generate an Unearthly explosion (his version of going "nova" ) out to targets within three areas. This forces him to be unable to produce explosions for 1 to 10 rounds. He prefers the Incredible blasts from his chest.

A note about his Fighting Rank: Not even he knows why suddenly he has the raw ability of some of the world's greatest hand to hand combatants. This too is a side effect from the energy that struck him, his good friend Bob Hardin (Atom Bob) and Candy Daniels (Electrocute).

Revealed Talents: Student.

Note: He has got it bad for Candy. At first it was total lust, but over time he has found that he cares for her and his feelings have matured into a genuine unrequited love. He will do anything for the team, and will gladly blow himself up.


LADY KILLER (Elana La Brava)


F------A--------S--------E----R----I-------P
Good Rema Poor Exce Typi Exce Good
10-----40-----4-----20------6----20-----10

Health: 74 Karma: 36 Resources: Incredible Popularity: Incredible (40)

Known Powers:

UNIQUE POWER--ULTIMATE SKILL and MARTIAL SUPREMACY: Shift-X!!!!!She can hit anything that she aims at regardless if it is in slugfest or ranged. She can throw anything (ala' the villain Bullseye) and essentially has only a 10% chance of missing!

UNIQUIE POWER--EVASION: When Elana executes an Evade, she does so as if she had Monstrous Fighting Ability, not her "natural" Good rank.

ABILITY BOOST, ALWAYS ON: Agility was Good prior to the "Jump-start". It is now ranked as Incredible.

Equipment: 1) Fashionable Scarf: Actually a whip that does up to Remarkable damage, but only Typical Strength Grappling.
2)Designer Skirt: A net with Remarkable Grappling capability.
3)Designer Body Tights: Body Armor that provides Good (10) protection vs. all attacks except for attacks aimed at her head.
4)Customized Earrings and Belt Decorations: Throwing Stars doing Excellent edged damage.
5)Fashionable Hip Chains: Metal whips that do Incredible damage and have Incredible Strength Grappling.

Revealed Talents: Note--Her Shift-X combat ability is a power

World renown High Fashion designer with contacts with all major glamor magazines. Leadership


SPECTRAL (Dave Castiglione)

F--------A-----S-------E------R------I------P
Good Exce Good Exce Good Good Good
10------20-----10-----20-----10----10----10

Health: 60 Karma: 30 Resources: Excellent Popularity: Excellent (20)

Known Powers:

UNIQUE POWER---SPECTRAL ENERGY SHEATH: Spectral is able to cover himself in one of seven different colors, one at a time. Each color provides a power at Amazing Rank unless noted otherwise:

RED: Berserker Rage and Iron Will: Fighting and Strength become Remarkable but his Reason and Psyche become Feeble. The duration is for the length of the combat, so Dave does not go into this mode unless it is the only way to resolve a fight, hopefully in his and his teammate's favor. Once combat has ended, the rage does not totally leave his mind for [1 to 100] X 6 Seconds i.e., 6 seconds to 10 minutes. Then the abilities return to normal. Teammates and innocent bystanders need to give him some space.
The Iron Will is at Amazing Rank and is explained in the UPB page 70, M16/Iron Will.

BLUE: Water Control and Water Freedom
GREEN: Plant Growth and Healing
VIOLET: Class 1000 Invulnerability to Heat, Cold, Radiation, and Sonics
ORANGE: Fire Generation and Fire Control
YELLOW: True Flight and Air Control
INDIGO: Body Resistance

Revealed Talents: Owner of a three generation family bakery buisness.

YRIAL (Yrial)

F------A----S--------E-----R-----I-----P
Exce Incr Rema Exce Incr Incr Rema
20-----40-----30-----20----40---40----30

Health: 110 Karma: 110 Resources: Poor (Incredible) Popularity: Good (10)

Known Powers: She was not affected by the "Jumpstart". She is from an ancient and hidden race from planet Earth.

SORCERESS: Incredible Rank but can be increased to Monstrous if the spell is cast immediately after releasing a life-force (Blood Sacrifice). The type of the life form can be a bird, squirrel or rat. . .does not need to be of human origin.

Personal Spells:
Flight and Shield

Universal Spells:
Eldritch Bolt, Mental Probes, Mind Blast, and Force Blast. She has generated ice, and perhaps (Game Judge's discretion) generate other elements as well. . .(fire, air, & earth). There was never any such spells shown in the books.

Dimensional Spells:
The Blood Sacrifice written about above. It is offered to the gods of her people, who reside on an island that defies gravity and is hidden by magical clouds high, high above the Pacific Ocean. It is an ancient and hidden civilization.

Revealed Talents: Mystical Origin


ZIP-ZIP (Leon Balford)

F-------A-----S-------E-------R-----I-------P
Exce Unea Feeb Good Typi Good Typi
20-----100----2-------10-----6-----10-----6

Health: 132 Karma: 22 Resources: Feeble Popularity: Good (10)

Known Powers: Here is what the "Jump-start" did for Leon:

HYPER-SPEED: Class 1000. He is too quick to be imagined. He easily dodges bullets, and runs across water. As an example of his great speed, he investigated a HUGE miltary complex between the last two syllables in the word "In--ves--TI--GATE".
His power stunts include creating tornadoes to carry objects.
He does not create sonic booms when he runs, even at his highest portrayed speeds.

An attacker needs a Red Ranged attack FEAT to hit Zip-Zap while he is moving at his tremendous speeds, and a Yellow Slugfest FEAT to hit him in melee. . .however,
He can substitute the Class 1000 Hyper-Speed for Fighting when Evading Slugfests and Grapples, and for Dodging when attempting to totally avoid Ranged attacks and Charge attacks.

Revealed Talents: Pick pocket.



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Great stuff. I loved the Ultraverse and hated what Marvel ended up doing to it.

Will you be adding more characters to this list? Some villains would be nice.

Thanks Thrudjelmer! I will add the other superteam- The Solution - tomorrow. As far as villains Death Dance, Book, Gate, Outrage, & Casino will be posters in the next day or two. You can find my writeup of Prime character in the Old Profiles

Very nice. Did Nightman have a tazer in his own series of Malibu comics though? I recall him (or a clone, the miniseries was weird) using one in the Nightman/Gambit mini.



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The Nightman in the Nightman/Gambit miniseries was a copy (but not an actual clone) of the original Nightman before he got some kind of power boost through Celtic magic, as I recall.

Some of these stats look like mine. I don't remember what I named the html file so I haven't found it yet.

THE SOLUTION

Team Leader: Tech
Team Members: Tech, Shadowmage, Vurk/Outrage, and Dropkick
Base of Operations: Japan
Group Affiliations: None

When the powerful Dragon Fang Triad took control of Hypersonic, Lela Cho's electronics firm, the young woman used her money to form a team of ultras to take it back. This team is The Solution. When they aren't fighting the Dragon Fang, the team makes money by taking on cases from other people. They specialize in dealing with Ultras, which are a growing international menace. No matter what the task or job, always remember: If you have a problem, they have the solution!

TOP SECRET: EYES ONLY! INTERCEPTED FROM THE ALADDIN ULTRAHUMAN ASSESSMENTS FILE:

This organization appears to be very useful to us if the need arises to engage a third party for activities requiring plausible denial. The group consists of two technologically enhanced ultras and two "magically" enhanced ultras. They seem to have a connection to the mysterious Diskworld mentioned in the Moon Entity's download (Ref Prime file U-1982). This makes them extremely lucrative prospects.


TEAM STATISTICS

TECH (Real Name: Lela Cho) Description: Female 5'8" 130# ; brunette with lapis-blue eyes, definite Chinese/British extraction; attractive.

Lela Cho was born to a rich family in Hong Kong. Her father died when she was 23 years old and she inherited his successful Hong Kong electronics firm Hypersonic, a major electronics manufacturer.
Those plans went awry when the company was stolen from her by the Dragon Fang Triad. Lela Cho did not give in so easily. Instead she used her residual wealth to enhance herself with wetware and form the ultrateam,
The Solution, to fight the Dragon Fang and return what is rightfully hers.
The wetware she received is from the company NuWare and with these implants she can communicate and contol electronic machines mentally.


FIGHTING AGILITY STRENGTH ENDURANCE REASON INTUITION PSYCHE
----30--------30--------20-----------30------------30---------40----------30
Health: 110 Karma: 100 $: Remarkable. Popularity: 10

Equipment:

1)Wetware Implants: (a) Incredible rank ability to tap, merge, obstruct , and command computers mentally.
(b) Excellent Infravision and Excellent protection from light-based flash attacks. Her enchanced vision permits her to target with her weaponry as if she had the Marksman talent. There is no range penalty when she throws or shoots.

2) Body Suit: Excellent (20) protection from physical, heat, edged, energy and force attacks

3) Weaponry: Tech carries two blaster style hand guns and may use both in combat at the same time, firing with each hand. Each weapon has two settings. . .one for armor piercing .44 magnum bullets with an autofire option and the other for releasing a concussive force beam.

The .44 Magnum Armor Piercing Options--- Single shot: Reduces Body Armor by 2CS and does Excellent (20) Shooting damage. If both are fired at the same target the damage is Remarkable (30)
.44 Magnum armor piercing autofire (10 shot burst): Reduces Body Armor by 2CS and does Remarkable (30) damage resolved on the Edged Attacks table. If both are fired at the same target then the damage is Incredible (40). Range is 3 areas.

The Force Beam: Incredible (40) concussive force, 3 area range. 100 charges per weapon. She carries two power packs (one per weapon) for reload.

Tech's skill with her custom made handguns: +3CS to hit due to Weapon Specialist talent and her enhanced vision. Range penalties do not apply, nor do darkness due to infravision (unless negated).
She will use deadly force (bullets) against targets that will just not go down via spinning backfists or force beams.

TALENTS: Leadership, Business, Computer tinkering and repair, stealth, Martial Arts B and C. Weapon Specialist with custom made firearms and Marksmanship due to wetware.

ROLEPLAYING NOTES: Intelligent and strong willed, feminine but not sexy or obtrusive. She is tough, brilliant and the driving force of The Solution. She is driven to stamp out corrupt, vile, and unethical industrialists and govenrment officials.



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SHADOWMAGE
Real name: Eara. Physical Description: 5'6" 110# female with pasty white skin and long white hair. Eyes: Emerald green. Facial features: Similiar to mythological elves, including pointed ears. Dresses provocatively by most Earth-based civilization standards. Impressive physical condition; exotic looks and considered attractive. She is from the race of the Aerwa, an inter-dimensional race.

THE AERWA: They are the denizens of the Wold. While they are technologically advanced, they also have roots deep within magic--and this magic is the basis for their technology. The cities of the Aerwa are either entirely organic or carved from rock using magic, The Aerwan have powers of magici, including telepathy, foresight and psychometry. The Aerwans share their region of the Wold with the vile, warmongering Darkur. The two races are mortal enemies and have been since the earliest of recorded histories.

Her Story: During her rite of adolescence, Eara chose the path of a Rune mage. Progressing quickly, she became one of the champion mages of her people. When she was commanded to marry the Aerwan , Hiron--someone who she could never marry because of a secret hatered that they shared--Eara fled to Earth. Upon arrival, she found herself in the middle of World War I. It was during this era in history that she first used her powers against mankind. Decades later, she responded to an ad in a shop posted by Lela Cho and became a founding member of The Solution.



FIGHTING AGILITY STRENGTH ENDURANCE REASON INTUTION PSYCHE
40---------40--------20-----------40------------20--------40----------75
Health: 140 Karma: 135 $: She is a member of The Solution. Popul: 10
Ground Move: 3 areas



KNOWN POWERS: Aerwan Magical Spells

Astral/Magic Detection: Monstrous
Resistance to Magical Attack: Incredible (40)
Emotion Detection: Incredible
Charm Person or Animal: Incredible [must use hands and speak]
Flight or Levitation: Incredible [must use hands and speak]
Animal Control: Incredible [must use hands and speak]
Eldritch Energy Bolts: Amazing (50) [must use hands and speak]
Force Shield: Amazing (50), can cover one area [must use hands & speak]
Mind Blast: Incredible (40) [must use hands and speak]
Animate Object: Amazing [must use hands and speak]
Precognition: Incredible [must use hands and speak]

REVEALED TALENTS: Aerwan and Earth occult lore, All Earth languages.

Roleplaying notes: Bright mind, mysterious, careful in thought and fearless in deed. Loyal and brave.

Shadowmage often makes "spell cards". These are like large playing cards with a single, one-shot spell inscribed on it--anybody who can pronounce the runes (all Solution members are familiar with them) can trigger the spell.
The cards are stored with spell effects that range between Excellent and Remarkable, and if there is any duration involved the time is approx. 15 minutes.
She will make those if she anticipates a need to cast several simultaneous spells ( such as flight while invisible). She has made up cards for Solution members who are going on solo missions. She usually makes up 4 or 5 cards.

Once while on a solo mission, Dropkick had cards that had Explosion, Charm, Magic Shield, and something akin to the D&D spell "Feather Fall".

These rune cards help make The Solution members even more of a threat to the villians that they face.
The only down side is that if captured by a foe who understands Aerwan Rune Sign, the cards can be used against the ones who originally carried them.



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DROPKICK

Troy Wilde

Fighting_____REMARKABLE
Agility_______INCREDIBLE__SDI Speed: 6 [2,4,6,8,10,12]
Strength____REMARKABLE
Endurance___EXCELLENT___Health: 120___Ground Move: 2 areas
Reason_____EXCELLENT
Intuition_____EXCELLENT___Initiative: +2 (+3 with Martial Arts E)
Psyche______EXCELLENT___Karma: 60___Res: 20___Pop: 20


Known Powers:

AUGMENTED CHI BLAST: +1CS to unarmed slugfest damage or Incredible (30) damage if fired as a ranged attack. Range is same area. The appearance of this power is much like the glow that surrounds the Marvel Universe hero named Iron Fist.
Whenever Dropkick uses his chi he must make a Green Endurance FEAT or lose 20 Health due to fatigue. He recovers Health lost this way during non-combat activity at the rate of 20 per three minutes.

WET WARE SENSES: Telescopic vision @ Typical rank. Each of the following @ Incredible rank: Radio communication, Thermal vision, and Ultra-vision.

Equipment:

FOREARM DEFENSE BRACERS: Improves Dropkick's Evade tactic by +1CS v. slugfest attacks. Combined with his Martial Arts B, he Evades as if his Fighting were ranked at Amazing. They are constructed of Amazing material, but cannot be used as a blunt weapon.

Revealed Talents: Acrobatics, Detective, Martial Arts [ A, B, C, D, and E],
_______________Driving.

Notes: Dropkick is a superb martial artist combatant. His chi blast is a result of wet-ware technology provided to him by his lover and leader of the Solution, Lela Cho (a.k.a. Tech). These implants also are what give him the aforementioned sensory powers.

History: Troy Wilde was kidnapped from his parents as an infant and since before he could walk was trained in the martial arts. The ones who kidnapped and trained him are unknown.
At the age of 27 he became a mercenary. He was introduced to Lela Cho, the heiress of the Hypersonics Corporation. She had been kicked out of power by a group named the Dragon Fang Triad.

Troy took Lela to a secret meeting place hidden by a pub in London, England. This location was a place where various Ultras met. It is there that Troy and Lela met and became friends with Shadowmage and eventually met and recruited Vurk (a.k.a. Outrage).

When Troy's eyes were crushed by the assassin named Casino, Troy agreed to let Lela pay for him a new set of eyes. He also agreed for other wet-ware enhancements.
He took the codename "Dropkick" and then the team called themselves The Solution.

Roleplaying Dropkick: He is a calm, experienced and well-rounded mercenary. His contacts range from the worlds of high finance to underworld loan sharks to other mercenaries and some low-level occultists.
He can be quite the knight in shining armor. He will do a freebie , ala "The Equalizer" for innocent people particularly if children are involved.
He will take brutal revenge against anyone who mistreats a child.

He is relaxed and easy going and extremely helpful. He can however act extremely macho if needed for intimidating someone for information.



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VURK (a.K.a. OUTRAGE)

Vurk was one of the greatest spies of his native dimension, The Wold. When Vurk was double-crossed and forced to kill a ranking officer in the Darkurian army, he became a hunted man. Forced to flee to Earth, he became a drifter and occasional criminal. His luck took a turn for the better when he saw an ad for a trouble-shooter at the mysterious Darke Shoppe in London. Filling the need, he met Lela Cho along the way and became a charter member of The Solution.

Vurk is the "relaxed" form of Outrage, and his human appearance is very deceptive. Vurk is much stronger than an ordinary man and has heightened senses. As a member of the violent and mysterious Darkurian race, Vurk has a hot temper and a love of action. Whenever he deems it necessary he morphs into his Outrage form.

STATISTICS ( ratings appearing after a ":" are applied when Vurk morphs into his alien looking Outrage form)

F: Amazing (50)
A: Remarkable (30): Amazing (50)___
S: Excellent (20): Amazing (50)
E: Amazing (50)____________Health: 150 to 200___Ground Mv: 3 areas.
R: Excellent (20): Poor (4)
I: Amazing (50) : Excellent (20)____
P: Incredible (40)___________Karma: 110 but his morphing into Outrage _________________________costs him 36 Karma points.
Resources: He is a member of The Solution
Popularity: 4

KNOWN POWERS:

As Vurk or Outrage: Infrared Vision (Incredible), Hyper Olfactory (Amazing), Magical Detection (Incredible), Resistance to Magic (Incredible), Morph/Shapechange from Darkurian to Humanoid (Remarkable if FEAT required by Judge)

As Outrage only:
(1) Natural Weaponry---Claws and Fangs (Incredible [40] edged and slashing damage with Amazing material strength.
(2)Growth (Excellent or up to 18' in height)
(3)Body Resistance ( Amazing [50] vs. cold, energy, electricity, heat, and physical attacks)
(4)Resistance vs. Disease (Shift-Y)
(5)Tracking (Incredible)l
(6)Stealth (Remarkable)
(6)Communicate with Animals (Remarkable)

REVEALED TALENTS: The Darkurian equivalent of Martial Arts A and E, Wold occult and mystic lore, Espionage, and Hunting.

Roleplaying Notes: " rough around the edges" type of personality. Until one gets to know him and earn his trust he seems to be anti-social. His outburst of rage are also fearsome and unexpected until one appreciates that this is a common Darkurian trait. Moody and easy to anger. The opposite of Dropkick's easy-going attitude.

The Darkurian Race from The Wold:

The Darkur are inhabitants of the Wold. They are black magic oriented and are an altogether warlike and sadistic race. They are ruled by King Q'Zon , who is both ferocious and regal. The Darkur have two physical forms, the first is the relaxed state. In this form, they appear very human. In their action state, they transform into hideous forms. The Darkur live to kill and conquer and are mortal enemies with the Wold's other dominant race, The Aerwa.

Vurks friendship with Shadowmage (Eara, a Aerwan):

Earth has provided Vurk and Eara the neutral territory that they both needed to nurture a truce and trust.
They are excellent allies and teammates. They demonstrate something that both of their perspective races back in The Wold absolutely detest: Peace between the two races.



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Hi Ty, I double checked and you are correct regarding FASERIPS & POWERS. FOR Electocute, Grenade, Zip-Zap, Llady Killer, Yrial & Spectral! I have an alternate Electocute and alternate FASERIP for Atom Bob tomorrow. Long story short: I have ring binder loaded with Ultaverse characters. Yous got mixed with mine. When I read your post I looked at the character sheets. I noticed two Electrocutes & two Atom Bobs. MEA CULPA. We cool?

Atom Bob's FASERIP as per SecretDefender.

F: 30 A: 40 S: 30 E: 50 R: 10 I: 40 P: 30.

ELECTROCUTE (as per SecretDefender)

F-30
A-40
S-20
E-50
R-10
I-40
P-30

Health: 140
Karma: 80

KNOWN POWERS:

Electrical Generation: 75
Force Field: 50 (can cover an entire area)
Resistance v. Electricity: Class 1000
Gravitational Manipulation: 40
Absorption (Electricity-limited): 40 - Candy can absorb up to 40 points of electricity (per round) and each point restores one point of health; excess electricity points are resisted.

REVEALED TALENTS:

Business, Fashion, The Kama Sutra.



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Great write-ups! I always have a special place in my heart for the Ultraverse.