Young Justice est. 2020 iCheck

[Number One]

Citizen Cold... Jr.

[Hillan]

IDK about a team with two speedsters though. The only other type of recruit I could see coming from the Flash would be something like your Kid Rogue in game's past.

~KL~

@The Kid Lantern

Two Robins (Or one Robin and a former robin) is never a problem. Nor is one Superman-esque character, and one Wonder Woman-esque character. Rufus's lack of Speed Force connection makes him unique enough to offer interesting opportunities, without redundancies.

However, if it would put you at ease, I could make Flash his sponsor, Flash sponsoring him, much to his own dismay. I was gonna change my choice of sponsor, anyway, as I don't think Black Lightning is the right fit.

Edit: And Barry would take on just about any Meta as his sidekick and help them out.

[Omega Man]

His Kid Rogue had a very Capt. Cold look to him actually, just in green LOL. I think it was for one of the original YJ games I mentioned earlier even...

~KL~

[Hillan]

His Kid Rogue had a very Capt. Cold look to him actually, just in green LOL. I think it was for one of the original YJ games I mentioned earlier even...

~KL~

@The Kid Lantern

I want to assure you I never did any such thing and you're misremembering / confusing me for someone else, by the way.

[Number One]

Edit: And Barry would take on just about any Meta as his sidekick and help them out.

@Hillan

Is the Flash, Barry in this RP @The Kid Lantern? I, personally was operating under the assumption it was Wally.

[Hillan]

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Is the Flash, Barry in this RP @The Kid Lantern? I, personally was operating under the assumption it was Wally.

@Just The Wind

Oh yeah. I suppose that's also worth bringing up. Not that it changes my point very much.

[Omega Man]

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Two Robins is never a problem. Nor is one Superman-esque character, and one Wonder Woman-esque character. Rufus's lack of Speed Force connection makes him unique enough to offer interesting opportunities, without redundancies.

However, if it would put you at ease, I could make Flash his sponsor, Flash sponsoring him, much to his own dismay. I was gonna change my choice of sponsor, anyway, as I don't think Black Lightning is the right fit.

@Hillan

That's currently my only concern with the CS as is. He goes from knowing the Question, to meeting Black Lightning, then getting a suit from Jay Garrick. It would make things less convoluted if Flash was his sponsor and he got the suit from Flash.

And I gotta disagree about the doubling up of character archetypes. One of my main issues with the YJ animated series was how they introduced a new Robin but then also a more seasoned Batgirl on the team. And the current JL comics irritate me because they have two Green Lanterns on the team now just to help further promote two characters the universe really didn't need [even for diversity's sake, cause the GL's are already diverse]. In past games I've had more than one vigilante character on the team [I think it began as 3 or 4 actually] and it was a mess, as well as more than one tank. If it was more of a case like the original YJ comics when the Ray joined and his superspeed was played up despite Impulse already being on the team it wouldn't be a problem. They both had speed but the Ray could fly, project energy constructs, absorb energy, become energy, etc.

There's room for power overlap here and there, but I'd never put Kid Flash and Impulse on the same team, or Robin and Batgirl. Unless of course it was a Flash Family RP or a Bat Family RP LOL

~KL~

[Omega Man]

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Is the Flash, Barry in this RP @The Kid Lantern? I, personally was operating under the assumption it was Wally.

@Just The Wind

It would be Barry. At this point there have been no Kid Flashes unless somebody makes one. So no Wally.

~KL~

[Hillan]

I'll alter my sponsor to Flash, then.

Barry or Wally?

Edit: Ninja'd.

[Number One]

But Wally is Lord and Savior.

[Omega Man]

@Just The Wind He's *my* Flash too, but Barry's the icon. Like when Kyle Rayner replaced Hal Jordan as GL, I collected Wally as the Flash for YEARS. Everything from the Waid run all the way up through everything Geoff did before ending the series and making Bart older and THE Flash for five minutes. I didn't like how they played it with Wally's two kids, but hey... nothings perfect. The Rogues became more badass fighting Wally, the Speed Force was created/explained, and more alternate Flashes were introduced like Bart Allen, John Fox, and Jessee Quick. Only thing Barry has on him is a cool job...

~KL~

[Hillan]

Changes have been made to my sheet.

[Number One]

@The Kid Lantern CSI is a pretty cool job... But yeah Wally is by far a better character although admittedly I rarely like him in most media. On Young Justice he's one of my least favourite characters. The version on The Flash TV Series is awful.

EDIT: @The Kid Lantern, on your profile page you have different iterations of this RP listed. Do you have links to them so I can read them? Just want to see what sort of stuff happened in the past.

[Omega Man]

@Just The Wind I'll send them in a PM. Though I should go ahead and mention this new RP has nothing to do with the others. It also got a bit gore-y for a bit when I had to start writing characters out.

~KL~

[Number One]

@Just The Wind I'll send them in a PM. Though I should go ahead and mention this new RP has nothing to do with the others. It also got a bit gore-y for a bit when I had to start writing characters out.

~KL~

@The Kid Lantern

Sounds good, either way it'll give me a good idea of what to expect from you as a GM in terms of plots and scenarios.

[Omega Man]

Eh, my writing 3 years ago compared to today is quite different I'm sure. But I can roll with the flow and adapt the game however I need to once things get rolling. There will be a lot less gore in this RP as well. Those first couple got downright brutal with the Deathstroke impersonator.

~KL~

[Western Robot]

I've taken a minor canon character and pretty much turned her into an OC here.

Bombshell

Name - Amy Sue Allen

Alias - Bombshell

Age - 17

Sponsor - Captain Atom

Personality - Resentful, Guilty, Scared

Experience - A short crime spree before being captured.

Powers - She is coated by an alien metal, the same as Captain Atom. She is nearly invulnerable to blunt force, has a measure of superhuman strength (enough to lift and throw a small car), and can fly. She can also shoot weak energy blasts.

Weaknesses - She is unable to remove her metal skin as it is still bonding to her. If it is cut or pierced in any spot on her body, her powers will temporarily shut down while it repairs itself.

Appearance -


BRIEF Bio - Before she became Bombshell, Amy Sue was a girl running with the wrong crowd. After she became unwittingly involved in a murder committed by her friends, Amy Sue was sentenced to a youth detention facility. Before she was incarcerated, a shady group offered to erase all records of her crimes in exchange for her participation in their experiments. She was accepted, and the group tried to recreate the procedure used on Captain Atom. They were partially successful, but they were unable to fully connect her to the quantum field Captain Atom uses. This resulted in her weaker energy powers.

Instead of releasing her like they said they would, the group kept Amy Sue in containment so they could study her before repeating the experiment. After a couple months, Captain Atom discovered the group, and raided their labs. Amy Sue, now calling herself Bombshell, managed to escape during the confusion, and went back to her hometown, hoping to find help with her old friends. When the first one she visited got scared and tried to run away, Bombshell snapped and started attacking random buildings. Captain Atom was able to catch her and calm her down. Once he got the full story from her, he took pity and decided to invite her to the team forming in Midway City.

Notes - She'll start out as essentially a weaker Captain Atom, with the potential to fully bond with her powers and stand as his equal.

Sample Post

"Are you ready, Bombshell?" asked Captain Atom.

Bombshell looked over to him. She'd heard of him before the experiment, but had never cared enough to look him up. Now she was supposed to be his sidekick or something. He'd told her a bit of his past when they'd first met, and it was pretty close to hers. An outsider would consider his worse—he lost decades, she lost months—but Bombshell didn't think like that, and she didn't think Captain Atom thought that way either. They were just kindred spirits. The difference was, he was innocent.

Bombshell though back to the question. Was she ready to meet these people? From what the Captain had told her, these guys were going to be her teammates until she became an official Justice League member or retired. She answered, "As ready as I'll ever be."

"It took you a minute to answer. Are you sure you're prepared? You haven't given yourself very long to recover from your imprisonment."

"I feel best when I'm doing something. Meeting the team, beating up bad guys, saving people, it's all better than moping around in my room."

"You know, I felt the same way," he said with a smile. "Let's head in."

Captain Atom held the door open, and Bombshell entered. It was time to meet the team.

@Western Robot

I've added in my sample post.

[Omega Man]

@Hillan Got you confused with Natty. That only happens with you guys who have your own micros LOL. Just now found his CS from the first YJ 2020 reboot...

Apologies! LOL

~KL~

[DrewVonAwesome]

A C C E L E R A T E

Name: Rufus Charlie Spectre

Alias: Accelerate

Age: 18

Sponsor: The Flash

Personality:Driven, Intelligent, Obsessive

Experience: Two years

Powers:

Kinetic Manipulation:
Unlike the Flash and his fellow speedsters Rufus is not connected to the speed force. His abilities comes from his metegene and he is able to generate, amplify and manipulate kinetic energy around and within himself. Using this energy to perform a large amount of superhuman feats.

Super Speed:
His most notable use for his kinetic manipulation is his speed. He generates and absorbs kinetic energy at all times, using it to increase the vibrations within his cells and greatly increasing the work load his cells can handle allowing him to move at super human speeds. He's able to run at speeds reaching, and exceeding Mach 4.

Super Strength:
More akin to enhanced strength. Rufus's strength is above that of regular humans as to prevent his body from breaking into small pieces while moving at super speed. It's a biproduct of the massive influx of kinetic energy in his body.

Super Reflexes, Agility and Dexterity:
When the energy hits his brain all of his senses becomes hyper alert, allowing him to follow a speeding bullet with his eyes and catch it with his teeth. His superhuman dexterity is the product of him practicing his agility while moving at super speed.

Genius Intellect: Rufus can read at approximately 60 times the speed of the quickest readers of mankind. Allowing him to take in great amounts of information in no time. Thus he's a genius ranking among the smartest young minds in the world.

Super durability: Rufus heals no where near as fast as the Flash family, but due to him constantly absorbing and generating kinetic energy he is able to mitigate a lot of physical damage to his body, allowing him to feign super durability. He's been shown to be able to handle getting hit by Superboy in the face without breaking a bone.

Energy Management: While it is completely possible for him to use his powers to overcharge objects with kinetic energy to increase their durability or even cause them to become unstable, so unstable they would explode he rarely does that as he thinks it's highly unreliable. He can even use his abilities to generate a kinetic shield – or rather, to increase his own kinetic shield onto his surroundings, allowing him to shield allies. It is also possible for him to transfer some of his kinetic energy to another person, giving them a part of his power for a limited time.

Hero training: Rufus has been trained by the Urban Shaman of Hub City, The Question. Vic Sage taught him basic martial arts, detective work and interregation techniques. His training was mostly how to make sure to always use his powers to be a thorough as possible. Recon's the most important part of any mission. Information is key.

Weaknesses:
Winding up:
Rufus needs time to achieve the full arsenal of his powers. The longer a fight goes on, the more powerful he gets. He's severely weakened at the start of a fight, due to not having had a chance to generete, absord, or steal enough kinetic energy.

Fatigue:
Due to not having a connection to the speedforce, his power reserves are highly limited. Channeling kinetic energy drains him greatly and he often has to rest after a superhero outing. Consuming upwards two hundred thousand calories a day. Him being without a connection to the speedforce means he is unable to perform a lot of the feats members of the Flash family could.

Active Powers:
Rufus has to manually activate his powers. They are not always active. He is susceptible to being surprised, attacked while sleeping, etc.

Personality Traits:
Rufus is a smartass, superiority complex and convinced he does not really need a team. He believes himself smart and strong enough to not have to rely on others, and is as such awful at teamwork. He's quick to anger whenever someone challenges his authority or credibility and never admits to being wrong. Claiming to always hold the objective viewpoint, at times being a massive hypocrite.

Appearance:


His tunic was gifted to him by Jay Garrick, the only memeber of the Flash family Rufus can kind of stand. It's resistant to friction, and as such is one of the few articles of clothing Rufus can don while in costume. His hat is a cheap 20 dollar trucker hat he spray painted an A on, one of many identical ones he owns as he goes through quite a lot of them.

His goggles were a gift from his sponsor, they're a high tech piece of equipment. Armed with a Heads Up Display, GPS, Speedometer and Smart functionalities, making it possible to connect it to Rufus phone or communicator.

BRIEF Bio:
Born in Hub City. His father a blue collar worker, his mother died when Rufus was but a child. He didn't have an easy childhood, his father being a single parent and not particularly wealthy. Rufus turned to petty crime, joining a gang at 16 to help provide for himself and his father. He was caught by the faceless detective, given a thrashing by The Question, and as Question was gonna cuff him and haul him off to the cops, his powers showed for the first time, and he ran. Faster than he ever had before.

With his newfound powers, he got a new lease on life. He left his ways of petty crime behind. Using his new abilities to finish top of his class in high school a year too early, and getting accepted into the finest colleges while working as a super fast hero on the side. While using his powers, he attracted the attention of The Question, once more and become his student, learning the ways of crime fighting from the Big City Shaman.
Notes:
Jay Garrick, the aging Flash tried to recruit Rufus, but the young man's dislike of the Flash family meant he would not be joining their merry men of speedsters. Question taught him all he could, but at the end of the day, Vic's just a man, nothing more and nothing less. He could not teach him about speed or the physics behind his powers, and once the Hub City Speedster made a big enough name for himself, The Flash, Barry Allen, got in contact with him, trying to put himself in the young man's good graces.

Rufus begrudingly follows Flash's directive from time to time, they're far from student and teacher, or partners, and even farther from being friends. But Rufus does recognize that there are certain things The Scarlet Speedster can help him with, and if it comes at the price of living in symbiosis with the crimson comet, he will have to bite the bullet.

SAMPLE POST:
The car bumped on the dirt road, a pot hole had been the culprit. The truck kept going without much of a hitch. The driver's head turned behind them as the sirens were heard behind them. A sports car blew past them followed by four police cruises. The driver looked at the passenger and scoffed. "You gonna catch that?" He asked. The man's name was Harvey, and next to him was his son, Rufus.

Rufus nodded. "I probably should, shouldn't I?" he looked at his dad whom pulled the car over. "You have a disguise?" And Rufus shook his head.
"Neh. I would only need that if they actually could get a look at me." His dad smiled
"Take this." He said, handing Rufus the yellow trucker hat and the black shades. Rufus took them and looked back at his dad.
"Cheers pops." He said, putting on the hat and the shades, the turned the cap around on his head a bang of his hair poking out of the cap as he took off a cloud of dust being left behind him.

"Damn that kid's fast." Harvey said to himself, scoffing.
Following the sound of the sirens Rufus soon caught up to the cops, the three minute run had given him enough juice to easily outrun the sports car. The black and yellow streak his clothes left as he sped by the police cruises letting them know that their job was finished. Speeding up next to the driver's window, Rufus sent his fist through the window, knocking the driver unconscious. He unlocked the door and opened it, getting in he pushed the knocked out driver to the passenger seat and slowed the car down to a skidding halt. As soon as the car had stopped he vanished in a blur again, not before leaving a burning A in the hood of the car with his hand.

@Hillan

Yeah I guess I didn't want to join......

[Number One]

@DrewVonAwesome What about your stretchy guy you posted initially? No point in pouting! Always other ideas to play.