[OOC] Superman: Red Son [A DCAU RP]

[Hitman]

Imagine a world where Superman was not the American hero. Imagine a world that is, in fact, quite the opposite of what everybody would expect.

What if Superman's spacecraft landed in Ukraine instead of Kansas? What if Superman was no longer the great American icon...but a Soviet hero?

Year: 1980
Location: Washington DC, United States

"Mr. President! Mr. President!" News reporters and journalists flocked around the podium. In the distance was the White House, an impressive building, along with the Capitol Building. Standing at the podium was a tall, stately, and bald man, wearing a suit and tie. Standing next to him was a slightly younger man, with orange hair and green eyes. Right next to the man was a woman, with long black hair and shapely figure. Men in sunglasses stood nearby, watching over the crowd, dubious stares hidden beneath their shades.

A journalist began to speak, holding a microphone to his mouth. "Today marks the inauguration of Lex Luthor, former S.T.A.R Labs employee and LexCorp founder and CEO as President of the United States of America, running with James Olson, former CIA agent. This day...hold on, he's about to speak!"

The cameras all focused on soon-to-be President Luthor as he cleared his throat, before speaking.

"Good morning, fellow Americans...today is an important day. Today is, yes, the day of my inauguration and ascension into this renowned office. But today also marks the anniversary of our official enmity against our communist enemy, the USSR. Ever since the public reveal of Superman, an alien, to be working for the Communist Party in Russia, America has delved into panic, madness. He posed a threat that we could not match. During my time on STAR Labs and as CEO of LexCorp, I have been investigating ways to defeat this enemy. And now, as President of the United States, I believe I have the tools necessary to defeat Superman and the USSR. I promise you, the American people, that we will prevail against the Soviet Union, like we have our enemies in the past."

Luthor continued to speak to the crowd, about relationships with allies that also opposed the rapid spreading of the USSR ever since Superman took the reigns, about advanced missile technology, and about domestic improvements to economically usurp the Soviet Union. However, as soon as the long inaugural speech was over, he quickly retired to the Oval Office, where he grabbed the phone and immediately made a call.

"Mrs. Waller? Yes. Begin Phase 1 of our plan. Yes, the Anti-Superman plan. We must show him the United States will not be pushed around any longer."

Location: Moscow, Russia

The man known as Superman descended from the skies, landing on a metal podium. Cheering people, all healthy and clean, surrounded him. Superman was a handsome being, slick black hair neatly parted, shining teeth. he wore a grey suit, with a red cape flowing majestically in the wind and a Soviet Union symbol plastered on his chest.

He began to speak in fluent Russian. "Brothers, sisters, today marks another day since I have led the Soviet Union. It has been a wonderful few years. And I intend for it to be just as wonderful for every passing one. Since I have led our nation, we have eliminated hunger. We have eliminated crime. We have eliminated poverty. We have eliminated unemployment." Superman did not mention they had eliminated freedom, but he felt no need to.

"Some people have questioned my loyalty to the Soviet Union." He scoffed. "Those people will serve no purpose in the future. However, I promise I will remain a firm supporter of the Soviet cause. I promise to be a champion of the gentle laborer. I promise to fight for Stalin, for socialism, and the international expansion of the Warsaw Pact." The crowd cheered.

"And if you remain loyal to me, I promise I will bring the new President and the United States down to their knees, begging for mercy from the Soviet Union!"

Guidelines

This is not a canon continuation or anything of the actual Red Son comic strip. It simply borrows the central idea and some of the characters- namely Lex Luthor, Jimmy Olson, Lois Lane/Luthor, and of course Superman. Feel free to be just about any character other than those, as long as the fit into the story. OCs are allowed- feel free to make them, so long as they fit in with the story.

No overly mature themes and please put in effort, blah blah you get the drill.

Any questions about the universe that's already established, feel free to ask.

Character Sheet

Name:

Superhero Identity: (if applicable)

Age:

Gender:

Allegiance:

Occupation:

Appearance:

Personality:

Backstory:

Equipment:

Powers/Skill/Abilities:

Other:

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Add stuff, but you can't take anything away. Go nuts! Just stay within reason, please.

You can take any character you'd like and reimagine them. Reimagining is good in this universe.

Have fun. ;)

((Oh and post them in the OOC before the Character one kthx)

[Scarescrow]

@Agent 47 one question, is there suicide squad in this world?

[The Narrator]

Artyom Kryukov

Артём Крю́ков

Superhero Identity: Aquaman

Age: 26

Gender: Male

Allegiance: The Soviet Union and Superman

Occupation: Hero of the people, Champion of the worker

Appearance: A muscular young man with blond hair. He is quite tall and has blue, piercing eyes. He wears a grey armor and red trousers and boots. His armor has the emblem of the soviet union painted on it.

Personality: Always a loyal citizen of the glorious soviet motherland and a heroic defender of the common worker. Artyom will happily help his comrades in any time of their need and follows superman without any form of question.

Backstory: Artyom grew up in a small ukrainian fishing village. His father was a lighthouse keeper who never talked to the boy about his mother. Through the years however it was clear that Artyom was different, he was faster and stronger than any of the other boys and was always drawn to the sea. This did not go unnoticed for long and in time the locals called the young boy Мальчик на озере, The boy of the sea.
One day his father answered the question that was bugging the child for so long, his mother came out of the sea. Artyom was not contend with such a weak answer and decided to search for her himself. He spend months in the sea, traveling through Istanbul and through the Mediterranean, never finding anyone like him or anything but legends. He found something different however, poverty and oppression.
The young man decided to make a difference, like Superman.
When he came back to the Ukraine the authorities were already waiting for him. Wanting to see the wonderboy for themselves. It took not long until he was made a new Hero, The Aquaman. He met his childhood hero superman and knew immediately that he would follow him wherever Superman would go.

Equipment: -

Powers/Skill/Abilities:
-Amphibious Nature
-Superhuman Strength
-Superhuman Stamina & Durability
-Superhuman Speed & Reflexes
-Enhanced Senses
-Marine Telepathy

Other: t.b.a

[The Narrator]

@Agent 47 I will work on the char more tomorrow, just my basic idea.

[Hitman]

@Agent 47 one question, is there suicide squad in this world?

@Scarescrow

I hadn't really established that. I would say yes, but not necessarily with the original Suicide Squad members.

[Scarescrow]

ok

[Burning Kitty]

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[Neo Is Delight]

I'll have a character up soon...ish...I'm a bit slow at these things. xD

[Scarescrow]

@Agent 47 Can you look over mine to see if anything needed to change? Thanks.

The Mad

Vladimir Voynich the II

Appearance

Human Appearance:
Dressing Appearance:.

Age:Somewhere from 32
Gender: Male
Allegiance: United States of America
Height: 195 cm without suit. 198 cm with suit
Weight: 75 kg without the suit. 75.5 kg with the suit.
Killcount: 505 (at least 312 civilians, 143 officers, and 50 soldiers)
Citizenship: American
Occupation: Leader of Bloodhound cult, Special Soldier for United States
Personality: The man can be called as a sadistic, with many traits of psychopathic. The man laughs for no reason or mumbling to himself in the corner. But Vladimir spent most of his time in the room, testing his magic and reading books, mainly autopsy and philosophy. Despite his gender, Vlad does not seem to possess desire of mating under any form with anything.

Individual's Power:Corruption Magic
Regenerative Healing Factor (Advance level)
Curse Manipulation
Force-Field Generation

Main Appilication : Corruption Madness
Corruption Manipulation
Dark Element Manipulation
Taint Generation

Biography:

“...some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.” Michael Caine

Valdimir Voynich the II was raised in an orphanage. His mother died when giving birth and his father was a victim of a violent riot against the government. He only lived in the orphan for few years until he was adopted by a family by the age of nine. It was only a few months later that the neighborhood found the parents were killed and no sign of Joshua.

About 7 years later, a cult started to appear, worshipping a god called Rnakna. Coincidently the number of missing people increasing with the group activity. It did not take long for the police to connect the dot and attack a small barn, a few miles away from the city. Inside, they found a kid with similar characteristics of the missing boy seven years ago. Out of fifteen cops that were fully armed and deployed on that day, none walk out that barn. The scence of the battle was gruesome, with scattering limbs and internal organs. But one thing worth notice was the sixteen years old child was taking his time to slaughter these people as their time of death were different from each other.

It took them at least 12 years to track down this monster and bring him down to see Waller. From then, Vladimir Voynich had been under her lead for 2 years. The reason she was able to control him was unclear. ( She controlled him by placing a liquid nitrogen bomb in his head, able to freeze everything to near absolute zero. The thing will also denate if sign of removing is detected.)

Side note: Vladimir Voynich had a pet snake. He called it Me.

snake pet " Me"

[AngelofOctober]

So I changed somethings around, it will be the Germans who try to create a being to stop the Russian's Superman. But instead they create something less then a superhero. And America steals it from them, and continues the project. Only to realize whatever they created is a fucking monster.

[Hitman]

everything looks good so far.

[Neo Is Delight]

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Name: “Elvira is called Elvira.”

Superhero Identity: “Elvira is Elvira. Does Elvira need a secret identity?”

Age: “Elvira’s...age? Elvira doesn’t know...” (About twelve-ish)

Gender: “Elvira is a she. Does Elvira look like a boy? Should Elvira wear makeup?”

Allegiance: “Elvira does what the scary woman says.” (Aka America, following Waller’s orders)

Occupation: “Elvira is supposed to be working?! Elvira needs to go find a job then.”

Appearance: “Can you not see Elvira? Did Elvira turn invisible?! Elvira is worried!” The first thing to note about Elvira is that she’s albino. This means her skin is pale, unless she’s been in the sun, in which case she’s probably red as a tomato; her hair is white, long, and unkempt; her eyes are red. Beyond that, her fashion consists of a worn dress, bare feet, a couple padded gloves. For accessories, she has four spiked bracelet, one on each ankle, and two holding her gloves on her hands, and a collar of similar design.

Personality: “Elvira likes candy, puppies, kitties, butterflies, stuffed an-” Let the narrator handle this one Elvira. In one word, most people would either describe her as ‘cute’ or ‘odd’. On one hand, she’s like most every kid. She likes anything cute, and adores sugary treats. On the other hand, she refers to herself in third person, and can be known to give people too much information. She is talkative, and always honest, a bad combination if you decide to share any secrets. To top it off, she’s prone to quick changes of the mood, not really in a ‘mood swing’ sense, but more like it’s easy to make her mad, or sad, or any of her emotions really. This can result in her being even more talkative than usual, or giving people the silent treatment, or as some have come to call it ‘oh thank god’.

Backstory: “Elvira was raised in a white room with lots of stuffed animals. Elvira found a shiny eye in one of their stomachs once, but it was gon the next day. Is Elvira crazy?”
Elvira’s history isn’t clearcut. Her origins are unknown, and it isn’t even really known if she’s entirely human. She was found one day by the government agency with her little robot partner when she was three, when they tried to catch the strange girl, they were fully armed and even had a tank. She broke the tank, and then fell asleep. Since then she was raised in a small white room, taken out daily for training and tests. Waller was the head of this program, intending to use her as a weapon to defeat the Russian’s best weapon, though after numerous tests found this to be an unlikely scenario, given her weak durability.
With using her as a full on weapon of war out of the question, she was instead used as a weapon for smaller things. Like breaking up drug rings, and other internal conflicts. Though she was never given any formal combat training, and instead was just told to ‘hit that’, so as to avoid any rebelling. Of course she still did plenty of that, being a kid and all, but she was usually kept happy and unrebellious with new gifts of cute stuffed animals.

Irrelevant funny story

Elvira was once given what everyone else perceived to be an extremely ugly stuffed animal. She swore it was the most adorable thing, and carried it everywhere. A new government agent working at the facility she was being raised in saw it, insulted it, and even tried to throw it away. He was found about a mile away from the facility...luckily he was a powered individual, with superhuman durability so she just knocked him out. “Elvira still hasn’t forgiven that awful man. Fluffers is the cutest thing Elvira ever owned.”

Equipment:
-Fluffers- “Elvira loves Fluffers. Elvira is sure Fluffers loves her too.” One of Elvira’s many stuffed animals, though unlike her others, this one is often traveling with her. Most people find it to be ugly, and the fact that it’s been worn down over the ages doesn’t help any, but to Elvira, it is her most prized possession. Try and throw it away if you dare.

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Powers/Skill/Abilities:
-Big things come in small packages- “Elvira hit’s hard. The scary woman says Elvira can only hit who she says to though.” Elvira doesn’t have any overly special power. She just has enhanced strength. Meaning, if she hits you, you’re going to feel it. Her total strength is said to be greater than Superman’s, but as she lacks the durability to match she can’t hold out in a fight for very long.
-Cinder- “Elvira likes Cinder. Cinder is Elvira’s friend.” ‘Cinder’ is the little floating robot she carries with her. Cinder is a simple little robot, it doesn’t try to emulate emotions, rather it just floats alongside Elvira, observing and recording everything around it. It has a mini flamethrower built into it for self defense, fuel source unknown.
-Sturdy but Brittle- “Elvira can hit, but doesn’t like to be hit. Elvira doesn’t like the pain.” Put simply, she can use her strength to it’s fullest potential, without shattering every bone in her body when she does. Does that seem overpowered and unfair? Not at all. Because her bones are only resistant to her own strength, not external force. She’s actually rather brittle, and it doesn’t take super strength to exploit this. For example, while she might be theoretically able to stop a moving vehicle with her strength, the external force of the vehicle hitting her would still crush her, so she would have to be a little more creative and make a small crater for it to fall in, instead of trying to stop the vehicle itself.

Other: N/A for now

[Burning Kitty]

I just noticed the first post mentions it is 1980. Is that the year the RP takes place? If so I will probably need to edit out Power Girl's smartphone and tablet and some other things.

Also I saw no mention of the German anti-Superman monster in the opening post.

[AngelofOctober]

I am working on a sheet for another RP. And am also a little busy in real life. I haven't forgotten though. Nekrig will be born soon enough.

[Burning Kitty]

@Agent 47 it's been a while, this still on?

[Scarescrow]

@Agent 47
Well, I think I'm gonna leave. Because the GM had not update anything new about the current thread status. And it seems this is dying. So sorry, but I think I will pull from this.
Thank you

[Burning Kitty]

I'm leaving this as well @Agent 47 clearly abandoned it.