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[b][Male | 34 | (Cata) | Brovo Team Leader][/b][/center]

[indent][b]Luther 'Insight' Ross[/b] Is a older member of H.A.N.D. selected by the organization's leadership to be the squad leader of Brovo team. He was selected due to his exemplary service during The Great War. Outwardly, Luther appears to be calm, collected and professional - and exceptionally pragmatic. To his friends and superiors he is a very polite, kind, and well-spoken man. Albeit very sarcastic. However, that friendliness evaporates on the job. He's focused, serious, and hardened. When necessary, he'll become a drill sergeant and chew out anyone for their stupid behavior. He most certainly hates failure, and incompetence even more so. He's a very intelligent and tactical man, trained in weaponry and more. He can come up with a plan on the fly. He's very honorable and disciplined - he will not tolerate senseless violence and crimes, but he will do what he has to in order to keep the peace. Keeping the peace means handling the bad apples in the Mutants outbreak. He won't hesitate to strike down any mutants H.A.N.D. tells him to. Innately is a different discussion altogether. His mind is always in a rush, and he's second-guessing almost everything. It bothers him that he's unprepared for absolutely everything, and tries his hardest to think over every possibility of every situation. Which means he sometimes thinks where he needs to act.

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[b]Traits and Abilities[/b]

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[i]Telepathy.[/i] Luther has gained a powerful mental ability from the Cata serum. It's telepathic in nature, but before I can describe that, I have to describe the basis first. Luther can detect minds around him at a wide radius, which more or less acts as a "people sense". With some focus, he can extend the range, but the furthest this has gone is around fifty feet without passing out. It tells him where any minds are, and with a little bit of focus, he can access them (He can access one or more minds at one time). There are plenty of things he can do by accessing a mind. He can do the usual telepath techniques such as reading surface and inner-most thoughts and sending thoughts (Which means by default he can communicate with people without even talking). He can Mind-links between himself and a group of people, which means they can hear each other's thoughts and communicate anonymously. While this ability may seem passive, it is possible for him to launch mental attacks against others. Two ways actually. The first and simplest way for him to attack someone is to flood their heads with random thoughts. Throwing off their focus and possibly overloading their minds with more information than they can possibly contain. The second and more complicated way is a mental blast that sends thoughts, memories, and emotions whirling around, causing severe headaches for a few minutes. Finally, Luther can defend himself against mental attacks of his own. He will always know if someone is entering his head, and can throw up mental barriers that keep people out. He's also cloaked by means of mental-based detection.

While his ability is incredible, it comes with some weaknesses and counters. For starters, those with high enough willpower can resist his mental intrusions and keep him out of their head. If someone were to think a bunch of random thoughts at a time, they can either keep Luther from getting information, or they can overload his mind. A major weakness Luther has is that whenever he uses his telepathy, he opens his mind up. Think of it like a mental flood-gate opening. When he uses his telepathy he begins letting thoughts into his head, and the more he does it (Or if he uses the fancier tricks such as mental attacks), the more thoughts will flood into his mind. Which can cause his mind to overload and suffer physical damage.

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[b]H.A.N.D. Status[/b]

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Luther leads Brovo Team for H.A.N.D. and has personally seen the capture of many mutants. Using his power he is highly capable of predicting what a mutant is going to do next, and has used it to set up communications for his team that are nigh-impossible to eavesdrop on. He was recruited due to his skill, leadership, and how he took initiative when no one else did. From there, he's been deemed compatible with the serum and worked for them for years.

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[b]History[/b]

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Luther didn't exactly have a great childhood. He was born as a young African-American in the southern states where racism runs deep. He lived in a racially segregated community with the rest of the blacks. He had to worry about people like the KKK attacking him wherever he went, and lived hated. Though, his childhood was happy as it could be. He was taught by his parents that race didn't matter, and not to despise the white-man - because that would only breed even more hatred. He held these ideals to this day. Though he spent his childhood longing for more. He wanted to be the best, and have the best education. But America was too segregated. So he bide his time. Hoping that times would change.

The Great War came around by the time he was of age. Many people in his community were stepping up and joining the army to gain the respect of America. Luther trained vigorously to qualify for the army. He was allowed to serve in the army, he still faced discrimination. He took it all in stride as he hoped to serve in a combat position. Luther saw that many African-Americans never fought in combat roles - they were placed in labor roles. He saw it unfit, and worked hard as he possibly could to fight in the army. Even if it meant that he had to brown-nose. However, he was selected for the 92nd Infantry Division, a Division made from African-American soldiers, working under the 367th Infantry Regiment. He, along with a large group of soldiers, were sent to France to fight in the war. He fought alongside French soldiers against the Germans. The Division as a whole weren't that experienced, and thus they received a bad reputation. Regardless, Luther has seen plenty of action, and came out of it alive.

Coming back he was almost driven crazy attempting to reintegrate into civilian life. At this point The Great Migration (Where African-Americans moved from the south northwards) had began. He figured that he'd join in that endeavor, but every time he tried, he failed. War was all Luther knew. It's never been peaceful. So H.A.N.D. offered him a rather important job, which he accepted without a second thought. He was compatible with the Cat serum, and gained superpowers relating to the mind. He worked his way up the organization, capturing and killing mutants that they told him to, until he selected for position of leader of Brovo team.

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[b]Miscellaneous[/b]