Young Justice est. 2020 iCheck

[Omega Man]

The Justice League in the year 2020 began accepting new recruits into their ranks. Batman's former sidekick Nightwing, as well as retired League member Zatara's daughter were now members of the League albeit with a special mission. To take young heroes and metahumans and train them to one day become members of the League while keeping them on the right path. Many of the kids are outcasts. Some are even alien. Each sponsored by a member of the Justice League. What will come of this Young Justice program? And is Midway City (formerly Hawkman's home) really in need of an entire team of superhumans?

Join Nightwing and Zatanna, along with ten recruits, on an adventure that will pit us against the remains of Hawkman's rogues gallery that will unleash Hell on Earth. The only cannon younger characters are the two mentors so anything is possible. You wanna recreate Aqualad and rename him Aquaboy? Have at it. Want a Leaguer to choose an original character to be in the group? That's what I'm hoping! Characters based on existing material as well as complete originals welcomed. At this point though no sidekicks have been around. Superboy never existed, there's no Kid Flash, etc. Your characters will have to have something in common with the Justice League Sponsor though, be it similar personality, similar MO, operate in the same city, etc.

About the Mentors:

Nightwing - He's been training with Batman now for the better part of five years. If everyone in the League is between 27-35 years old, Grayson would just be entering his 20's. He took the alias Nightwing less than a year ago and took Batman's spot in the League after tagging along for a handful of JL missions as Robin.

Zatanna - Similar to the animated series, Zatarra was a member of the JL before his daughter. Like Nightwing, she took her father's place on the League roster after he officially retired from superheroics. Z is also just now entering her 20's, but has already made a name for herself fighting back the demons from the Chaos Dimension as well as joining Constantine for a few supernatural adventures. She recently had a handful of shows in Vegas that set her up for the next few years as far as her bank accounts were concerned.

My character will be based in Metropolis and sponsored by Superman. Below is a list of JL 2020 members and as characters are accepted they'll be listed next to their sponsors taking that particular sponsor off the table. Nightwing and Zatanna will also get to sponsor a couple young heroes.

JL 2020:

Superman --- ANAD Steel
Wonder Woman --- Wonder Girl
Booster Gold ---
Flash --- Accelerate
Vixen --- Stinger
Aquaman ---
Captain Atom --- Bombshell
Black Lightning --- Sun Fist
Red Tornado [F] ---
Nightwing --- Gargoyle
Zatanna ---

If you've read this far know that the tone of this RP will be similar to that of the popular animated series that's about to get a new 3rd season. I'm gonna shoot for something more PG-13 with strong language out the window, it just doesn't suit the theme well. I'm gonna insist on High Casual standards, if you can't get a couple paragraphs and a little dialogue in each post then just move along. A post a week in the IC is all I'm gonna ask of players, and to keep up with random game chatter and superhero discussion in the OOC once in awhile to let us know you're still alive and aware the game's moving forward. Here's the Character Sheet requirements if anybody wants to see this happen.

Name -
Alias -
Age - [16-22 years only]
Sponsor -
Personality - [three words best describing your character]
Experience - [anywhere from a few weeks up to two years]
Powers -
Weaknesses -
Appearance - [description or pic, I'll make a few micros I'm sure...]
BRIEF Bio -
Notes - [this can be how you met your mentor, just don't get too long winded]
SAMPLE POST - (2 paragraph minimum w/dialogue) --- added 4/5/17

So who wants to kick some supervillain ass and try to become members of the Justice League proper?

~KL~

[rocketrobie2]

I'm up for some YJ action!

[DrewVonAwesome]

Either I bring back an old friend...



Or I make a new Kid Flash...

[Prints Avoid]

This definitely looks interesting. If I decide I have the time for this I'd like to join in

[ProjectOdin]

Nice to see you, @DrewVonAwesome. I am for sure interested in this! YJ is on of my all-time favorite shows, I was so excited to hear it's getting a third season (Especially if it's going to be done by Netflix!) so I'd definitely be interested in a good RP.

[Omega Man]

Anybody have any ideas who they'll have as a sponsor?

~KL~

[Prints Avoid]

I like the idea of a kid who wants to do good getting tangled up in all of Booster Gold's publicity stints and merchandising deals

[rocketrobie2]

No clue yet. Maybe Zatanna or WW?

[Weird Tales]

I'm interested. I really want to use Starro Jr for this

Name - Starro Jr
Alias - Bright Star
Age - 16
Sponsor - Green Lantern
Personality - Smart, determined and hot-headed
Experience - 1 year
Powers -
Telepathy: Starro Jr communicates through the use of telepathy.

Energy Absorption: Starro can absorb all forms of radioactive and electrical energy.

Energy Projection: He can discharge energy in the form of beams in case his power ring is empty of power.

Flight: Jr can fly at high speeds in both space and the air.

Green Lantern Power-ring: As a member of the Green Lantern Corp, Starro Jr can create hard light constructs through the use of his willpower and the strength of these constructs are determined by the power of the ring user's will.
Weaknesses - His race is very weak against garden lime. Since he is a small Starro spawn, Jr is not very durable without his power ring to protect him with energy barriers. If his ring runs out of power or he loses it then he will no longer have access to the abilities of a Green Lantern and has to recharge with a power core.
Appearance - He is about the size of a golden retriever dog. When using his power ring his body glows bright green and the symbol and uniform of the Green Lanterns appear on him.

BRIEF Bio - darkness. That was all I remembered when I first awoke in the ocean off the coast of gotham city. I was all alone and I remembered being so afraid. But then the sun rose over the water and I felt its warmth and light wash over me. The sun made me no longer afraid and I willed myself out of the water. I soon discovered what I could do and what I was. I am Starro Jr and this is my story.

Starro Jr is a spawn of the starfish like alien known as Starro and was sent to earth as a scout for seeing if the world was good for conquest. When he arrived on the planet, Jr was struck by debris from a battle going on between a hero and a villain, causing him to lose his memories and purpose. After awaking in the waters of Gotham city, Jr found himself on a strange world with no idea of what he was suppose to do. After spending months observing and studying the earthlings, he decided to help do some good of his own.

His first attempt at fighting a villain did not go well and he was almost killed in the process, but he didn't give up. He was afraid of being alone and in darkness, but his will kept him going with his work as a crime fighter. During one of his battles, he would have died, but he overcame his fear and then a glowing green ring came down from the sky. Starro Jr of earth, you have shown the willpower to overcome great fear. Welcome to The Green Lantern Corp. it said to him and when it attached to one of his tentacles, he felt a great power rush through him.

With his new ring and powers he was able to easily beat his foe and Jr became the Green Lantern of earth. Starro Jr wants to do his best and he hopes to become a great hero.
Notes - Starro Jr met Hal Jordan after being taken to Oa to train and Hal took him under his wing.

[Omega Man]

Or I make a new Kid Flash...

@DrewVonAwesome

I'd like to see what you could do with a new Kid Flash. I started to go with my multi-man Ditto again before deciding I wanted a fresh start with a new YJ game. I think a good origin could be tying a kid to the 'Citizen Speedsters' that were in the Rebirth Flash comics where a dozen or so citizens in Central City got superspeed. Could've happened to a smaller degree and you could've been like... one of three or four new Flashes?

~KL~

[Omega Man]

@Weird Tales Green Lantern isn't in the League listed in the OP for a very specific reason, so any type of Lantern character won't work here.



^^^^ After the initial arc.

~KL~

[Weird Tales]

@Weird Tales Green Lantern isn't in the League listed in the OP for a very specific reason, so any type of Lantern character won't work here.



^^^^ After the initial arc.

~KL~

@The Kid Lantern

what happened to green lantern?

[Omega Man]

@Weird Tales He was killed and his ring was taken. Mongul is gonna pull something of an Infinity Gauntlet but with rings...

~KL~

[Number One]

@The Kid Lantern Are those the only sponsors we can choose from, or can we use people like Static or Blue Beetle (Reyes)?

EDIT: Or Bumblebee.

[Omega Man]

@The Kid Lantern Are those the only sponsors we can choose from, or can we use people like Static or Blue Beetle (Reyes)?

EDIT: Or Bumblebee.

@Just The Wind

Yeah those are the only sponsors. Though if you wanted a character like Static, Black Lightning would be his sponsor. I could see Vixen sponsoring a Bumblebee type character as well as Booster Gold sponsoring a Beetle-styled character.

~KL~

[Prints Avoid]

as well as Booster Gold sponsoring a Beetle-styled character.

~KL~

@The Kid Lantern

I was going to ask if there was a particular reason Booster Gold was included but not Blue Beetle

[Omega Man]

@Prints Avoid He's there specifically to sponsor somebody similar to Blue Beetle or somebody from the future like himself perhaps. Or just any other character seeking fame...

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Name - William 'Will' Wayde

Alias - Steel II

Age - 19

Sponsor - Superman

Personality - intelligent, quiet, confident

Experience - six months

Powers -

Will possesses no superhuman powers. He is an exceptionally gifted intellect that specializes in various fields of engineering. Graduating both high school and technical college in record time, he built bullet proof armor whose computerized pneumatic exoskeletal joints gave him superhuman strength in the form of electro-magnetic field generation. He also uses his tech to electro-magnetically propel himself through the air in the form of 'Super Jumps', as regular flying makes him sick.

Faceplate systems include broadband communications array, VDU readouts for environmental controls, and retractable thermal vision lenses.

Hammer Abilities

Remote-controlled
Can alter trajectory or stop mid-throw
Polarizing inertial dampers within hammer increase inertia relative to distance hurled
Magnetically attaches to back of armor.
Segmented handle telescopes into locked position.

Weaknesses -

Exhaustion will always be the bane of his existence. Vision based and noise based attacks, as well as mental attacks affect him the same as anyone. Enchanted weaponry Trumps tech and any alien Super DNA laying around as well.

Appearance -



BRIEF Bio -

Wayde was your average software developer working at Steelworks when he stumbled on the secret of his boss... that he was once the ally of Superman called Steel! Will worked for weeks building part of his own tech enhanced armor before revealing to his employer that he knew about his secret identity. It had been a couple years since John Irons stopped trying to be a hero to focus on his company and raising his youngest daughter Natasha who was still just fourteen. Irons began mentoring Wayde when not actually at work and mentioned Superman looking for a recruit for some new League outreach program of sorts. Wayde was the first person Irons thought of.

Over the last five months, William Wayde had put himself out there to try and gain some attention. There was an all new and all different Steel running around. Surely nobody would confuse him with the last one... he didn't wear a full suit of armor and doesn't have a cape. Then again sometimes people look past certain things and their own stupidity takes over.

Will eventually caught his break weeks ago when going up against the villain Deadline who was a mercenary hired to kill a reporter at the Daily Planet: Clark Kent.

Notes - Steel caught Deadline setting up to take down Clark Kent and a fight ensued. After getting away from Perry White, Superman finally hit the scene. However, Will had already managed to completely take down the mercenary. The hammer was just too much for the guns and ammo to be effective. Seeing firsthand what the kid was capable of was enough to know John Irons did right by this kid. Superman explained the Young Justice program and Will accepted the invite. Really... who could turn Superman down?

SAMPLE POST -

Clark Kent was in the office of Perry White, editor of the Daily Planet. The older gentleman had been going off on the disguised Kryptonian, for chasing a story the editor told him to stay away from. The last time Intergang was pursued a city was left in ruins thanks to a giant humanoid machine, and dozens of craters were left throughout the town, and several branches of STAR Labs across the nation suffered damage and a total of four casualties. Clark could hear the mercenary setting up for a kill. Perry's office was the least populated part of the building, so Superman stayed put and didn't act alarmed. He half listened to the editor tearing into him as he used his X-Ray vision to look at the scene outside. It was 4 pm on a Tuesday. That's when the all new Steel hit the scene.

"What's the matter with you, Kent? Am I boring you?" Perry White asked standing up from his office chair.

"No... no it's not that Mr. White. I just thought I heard something outside..." the nervous sounding Clark responded.

Outside...

"That's a nice gun, bet it's not for paintball!" Steel screamed after landing on top of the neighboring building where the merc was setting up.

The masked teen threw his hammer and destroyed the large gun and the hammer hit the ground on the far side of the rooftop. The globe on top of the Daily Planet could be seen behind the mercenary and the fallen hammer.

"You think I only brought one gun?!" the man screamed, "I'm DEADLINE, the HUMAN WEAPON!"

He came in close quarters and fired a couple shots in between a flurry of punches that just bounced off the kid's armor. When Will pulled back to throw a knockout punch he was shocked to see his enemy phase through the attack leaving the new Steel off his guard and on the ground.

"That armor's not half bad kid. Might make a buck off it once I ace you and this reporter..." Deadline joked aiming his pistol in the back of the teen head where the face-plate didn't cover.

"You'd get more for the hammer, idiot..." Steel responded, "Return." and as the last word escaped his mouth the hammer lifted itself from the ground and flew back towards the two men knocking the assassin out cold before resting in the hand of the teen inventor.

Three minutes had gone by. Maybe four. Clark Kent finally escaped the fury of his editor in chief. The reporter rushed to a storage closet and then flew out of the window just in time to see the young hero standing over the merc and crushing the last of his guns.

"You're that kid John was telling me about aren't you?" Superman asked.

"This guy phased through an attack earlier, you might wanna call somebody before he wakes back up..." Steel said in a disguised voice calmly.

"So do you know John or is there some other kid running around in a Steel suit and using a hammer?" Superman asked again touching down on the rooftop within arms reach of Deadline and the new Steel.

"I'm sorry Superman, I'm just trying to stay calm and not go geek mode. I'm a big fan." Will replied trying to keep his cool, and stand a little taller in the presence of greatness.

"It's good to finally meet you..." Superman began, extending his hand for a shake and quickly getting the hand of Will's, "Did John tell you anything about the program...?"

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~KL~

[Number One]

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N A M E :

Karlie Lee

A L I A S :

Stinger (Or simply Sting)

A G E :

17

S P O N S O R :

Vixen

P E R S O N A L I T Y :

Energetic, Flirty, Spunky

E X P E R I E N C E :

Eight Months

P O W E R ( S ) :

M E T A H U M A N A B I L I T I E S :

■ SHRINKING:Karlie was born as a meta-human with the ability to shrink down to nearly microscopic size. As a result of this, Karlie's strength and speed increases as she becomes smaller, her cells becoming denser further increasing her durability as well.
At her smallest size, roughly 0.4 in (5mm), Karlie's strength is increased by a factor of ten meaning that even at the size of the average honey bee, Karlie can toss a full grown man. A feat that she could not do at her normal size. Likewise, Karlie, when shrunk, is durable enough to withstand a bullet (although doing so would be equal to being hit by a car) and fast enough to run at speeds which would be on par with fifty miles per hour (80 kph), however due to her size, this is actually proportionately. If her normal stride takes her roughly two feet forward while standing over five feet tall, then when shrunk, Karlie's stride only carries her 0.16 of an inch. Therefore Karlie would only be covering a distance of eight miles in an hour at her shrunken size.

S U P E R S U I T A U G M E N T A T I O N S :

■ FLIGHT: As moving around at 0.4 inches tall isn't very efficient, Karlie possesses a supersuit which augments her metahuman abilities. The most notable method which the suit augments her is in the creation of hardlight translucent insectoid wings. These wings grant Karlie the ability to glide when normal sized and when shrunken allow her to fly at speeds of up to a hundred miles per hour. Unlike her running speed, this does compensate for her size meaning that even at 0.4 inches tall, Karlie is covering a distance of a hundred miles in an hour.

■ PARALYSIS: The gloves on Karlie's suit are able to harness her natural bio-electricity and create a powerful shock which can inflict paralysis within her foes. This shock can be used in melee combat or can be extended to a ranged attack. In order to create a ranged attack, Karlie must put her hands together and combine the bio-electricity from both hands in order to create enough polarity to electro-magnetically launch the shock at a distance. She often humorously does this while creating a finger gun.

■ FORCE-FIELD CREATION: As Karlie's wings are good for little else before gliding in her normal size, she can manipulate them to act as a force-field to protect not only herself but any allies in her immediate vicinity. These hardlight wings are capable of taking severe abuse and may even be able to withstand a few consecutive blows from a Kryptonian before shattering. In the event the shield is shattered, the suit will need time to recharge before it can produce another shield or wings.

W E A K N E S S ( E S ) :

■ SUIT DEPENDENCY: Karlie's greatest weakness is a dependency on the abilities of her suit and without it can come across as a lost or even useless to the others. While she would still have her metahuman abilities, Karlie constantly underestimates them due to not being quite as flashy as the other heroes.

■ OVER CONFIDENCE: As Karlie has a technologically advanced super suit, she can come across as over confident, rushing into battle unprepared and often not listening to the advice of others. With her abilities to both shrink and fly, Karlie often gets the idea in her head that's she's impossible to hit and believes herself to be invincible for that reason.

■ ENERGY LIMITS: Karlie is limited on energy in two ways. One her suit can only recharge so quickly and as such both her flight time and the abuse her forcefield can take is limited. The suit is powered both by Karlie's bio-electricity and solar energy although it does have a reserve power source in the event that the team is forced to fight in a place the sun can not reach. Karlie's bio-electricity is a fairly constant and consistent power source although it also is used to fuel her attacks and furthermore is directly connected to her health. If Karlie starts losing a fight, her energy levels will begin to drop and will drastically do so if she's severely injured or rendered unconscious.

■ MORTALITY: When Karlie's metahuman abilities are not in use she has the same durability, strength and otherwise human attributes as every other Tom, Dick and Harry (wel maybe not that Dick) on the planet. As such, if she's caught off guard or out of costume, Karlie is rather easy to send into early retirement if not kill.

A P P E A R A N C E :

Out Of Costume

Costume

B R I E F B I O :

Born in New Carthage, growing up within New York, Karlie was surrounded by average people everyday. It was because of this that the young girl realized from a young age she was anything but normal. Discovering her metahuman abilities fairly young, Karlie kept the secret to herself until one day she used her abilities to seek revenge on a bully who had tormented a friend. Realizing that Karlie had been the one to stand up for her, Karlie's friend, a girl by the name of Brice Palmer, invited Karlie over and the two became close inventually becoming best friends. As best friends do, Karlie showed Brice her abilities and although sworn to secrecy, Brice did what often young people do and told Karlie's secret in front of both her parents and her uncle Raymond. While Sydney Palmer and his wife brushed off Karlie's abilities as the workings of Brice's imagination, Raymond took his niece seriously and reached out to the girls.

Venturing to the lab of Dr. Raymond Palmer, Karlie demonstrated her abilities. While neither girl knew they stood in the presence of the Atom. Raymond went to work, designing a simple suit for Karlie to use which would play off of her abilities. The story of Karlie's budding friendship with Brice was all Ray needed to here to convince him that Karlie would use the suit responsibly and while there was some initial hiccups including Karlie crashing more than once as she learned how to use the wings to fly. Karlie would even go so far as to impress the Leaguer, Vixen as the two had an impromptu team up leading to Karlie's admittance into the Young Justice Initiative.

N O T E S :

■ After winning an invitation to the New York Fashion Show, Karlie enthusiastically attended the show featuring world renowed super model, Mari McCabe. While attending the show, the dreaded Kite-Man attacked having snuck several specialized kites into the show in the guise of dresses. When the models started to fly away, Karlie jumped into action, scrambling for her suit. Much to her surprise, the superheroine Vixen was also on the scene and the two joined forces. Appreciating the team up, Vixen put Stinger forth for membership to the new Young Justice initiative.

S A M P L E P O S T :

The lights, sounds and even smells of New York City overwhelmed Karlie's senses as she looked up at the convention center in front of it. Handing her tickets to the attendent, Karlie was admitted to the show as she walked inside, shifting the bag on her shoulder that contained the costume from Mr. Palmer. Finding her seat, Karlie sat down, pulling her phone out as she updated her Twitter in anticipation of the show. Firing a message to Brice, Karlie held the phone up as the screen flashed for yet another perfect selfie to add to her Instagram. A vibration let her know that not only had Brice received her message but also replied as a Snapchat of her pouting face filled the screen of the phone. A slight giggle escaped her lips as she put down the phone, the familiar sound of Taylor Swift's voice filling the room as the show began.

Models began to walk down the catwalk as Karlie's eyes went wide at the new and almost exotic designs. Mari McCabe walked down the middle, show how outshining either of the gorgeous models on either side of her. No matter how soft her skin looked, her eyes were still fierce, like an animal was inside her waiting to get out. Exiting the catwalk, the trio was replaced by another set of models. Unlike the last three, these three wore long gowns, almost bordering on sail like.

"Those are ugly." Karlie muttered to no one in particular with a small laugh as murmurs of agreement came from either side of her. Suddenly, the dresses flailed out as the models screamed in surprise. Going rigid, the dresses embodied a sail as they began to lift the models into the air, the ceiling of the auditorium suddenly opening as the silhouette of a man on a kite waiting on the edge.

"Fear not my pretties, for today you win the chance at being the bride of the dread Kite-Man!" The villain cackled with glee as Karlie made a fist.

"Not today." She said in a hushed tone, grabbing her bag and vaulting out of her chair among the shocked audience. Rushing for the nearest bathroom, Karlie didn't even bother to ensure it was the woman's as she rushed through the door, her shirt already over her face as she suddenly came to a halt at the sound of a deep cough. The collar of her shirt came up over her eyes as she found herself looking up at a male. The urinals on the wall only further confirmed her worst fear that this was the men's bathroom.

"Please honey, they're only boobs. Ain't no one in here interested in them." Came the reply of the man with an obvious lisp. Karlie couldn't help but roll her eyes as obvious relief filled her. She thanked her lucky stars that Kite-Man had decided to attack a fashion show instead of a monster truck rally.

"S'cuse me." Karlie said sheepishly as she ducked into a stall. Dropping her pants, the girl pulled the suit out of her backpack as she struggled to fit into the tighter armor. At this rate, Kite-Man and his 'brides' would be gone before she even had her butt covered.

"Knew I shouldn't have had pizza last night." The girl cursed as she pulled the goggles over her head. Shrinking, she popped the wings out of the back of the suit and flew out of the bathroom, passing through the door grate and back towards the auditorium.

[Number One]

@The Kid Lantern My sheet is finished now.

[Burning Kitty]

@The Kid Lantern you know I am down for this. You know my Wonder Woman daughter will be showing up.

Got to make some changes to her backstory.