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For a caring medical practitioner, having to watch so many people being burnt to death and not being able to do anything to prevent it was highly traumatic, so she's currently suffering from a form of PTSD.


Will that effect her ability to tend to Flare?

Speaking of headquarters, where would people like the home base to be located? In the desert, the antarctic, orbital space station, seabed observatory, artificial island, transdimensional sentient spaceship in near-Earth's orbit..?

Unsurprising, I think a solid rock mesa in Arizona would be lovely and too shielded for detection.

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Nickelback: "He knows too much. Activate the bomb!"


rush99999: FOOL! YOU DARE CHALLENGE A USER?! *The bomb detonates but doesn't even leave a scratch* YOU SHALL PAY DEARLY FOR YOUR INSOLENCE! *Nickelback is then forced to listen to Tiny Tim's Living In the Sunlight for 10 hours*.
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How would t he negeting of super-powers affect the people who's super powers are biologically natural?
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How would t he negeting of super-powers affect the people who's super powers are biologically natural?

She's a cyborg, whose power drains Energy from all attacks and abilities which target her, and who can drain Energy from targets by touching them. She wouldn't so much negate your ability to use your powers, it's just that while she's nearby the powers wouldn't have the results you intended them to have.

Callsign: Nickelback
Real Name: Aina Garcia Fernández de Sanchez
Role: Blitzer
Stats: 60 / 25(35) / 40(50)
Energy: 10
Power Origin: Tech
Power Set: Military Powerhouse
Abilities:
  • LIfe Drain - Energy Cost: X
    Grabbing hold of her enemies, Nickelback drains them of their strength and vitality. If unpowered this ability may drain Energy from one target upto Nickelback's Attack rating. If powered Nickelback draws Health out of the target instead, upto the amount of Energy used to activate the ability. In either case the target is left Exhausted for two turns afterwards and may not regenerate any Energy by conventional means.
  • Seal - Energy Cost: 8
    Concentrating her powers on a single target Nickelback may make a surgical strike, immediately inflicting the Sealed status effect and removing one of their traits for the duration of the engagement. The exact nature of this strike depends on what trait is being targeted but could include disarming an opponent, disabling their gear, removing a limb, performing a lobotomy or any other action which would be appropriate to rendering that target's trait nonfunctional.
  • Battery Pack - Energy Cost: X
    Since there's not always a hand enemy around to leech her excess Energy into Nickelback carries a plentiful supply of suitable power cells to use instead. Nickelback may transfer any amount of Energy into a Power Cell and pass it to one of her team mates. The team mate may either store the Cell for later use or immediately use it to restore Energy equal to the amount stored to their own supply.
  • Regenerating Flux - Energy Cost: X
    By channelling her Energy into herself Nickelback can heal her body, recovering from almost any wounds which have been inflicted on her. She instantly regains Health five times the amount of Energy used to activate this ability.
Traits:
  • Power Siphon
    Nickelback draws Energy from her surroundings, even that used to power her enemies' attacks. Any attack or ability which would affect Nickelback is negated and the Energy used to activate it is absorbed by Nickelback instead.
  • Generator
    Constantly producing excessive amounts of Energy, Nickelback gains +4 Energy per turn and may exceed her maximum Energy capacity when producing or capturing Energy by any means.
  • Overload
    Whenever Nickelback finds her Energy reserves over had natural capacity she bleeds off the excess. While at base she transfers the Energy into portable storage cells, but on the battlefield she simply directs it into her enemies in a far less benign manner. At the end of her turn any Energy stored over Nickelback's maximum may be converted to a single energy-based attack which may be directed to hit any number of targets, dividing the total Energy between all those chosen.
  • Command and Control
    As the head of AEGIS Nickelback always has a plan in mind and knows how to coordinate her troops to their fullest in combat. While she a member of the party all party members gain double their normal XP.
  • Armoury Keys
    As she runs AEGIS Nickelback has access to all the latest military hardware from all around the world. While she's a member of any party all members of that party gain a +10 Attack Armed status effect and a +10 Defence Armoured status effect, unless they already have better gear equipped.

Race/Species: Spanish, Self-governing AI Construct
Gender: Female
Sexuality: ?
Age: You really want to try asking her that question?
Morality: Lawful(?)1; Neutral
Terms of Service: Volunteer(?)1
1 - Since Nickelback runs AEGIS she always follows the organisation's rules, although she has a tendency of making them up or changing them whenever she wants. She also works for herself, and so doesn't need to be paid and is fully committed to the organisation.
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Interesting abilities and traits. I didn't think of X energy for cost.
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Interesting abilities and traits. I didn't think of X energy for cost.

@rush99999 has. Several of Rocksmith's abilities have scaling effects based on the amount of Energy he uses to activate them.

Nickelback is a Meta-killer, she's designed to be able to easily defeat any character whose combat is based around overuse of skills. Against simple, highly-trained humans, with high stats but few powers, she'd be far more vulnerable.

Having said that though, with Defence of 35 and the option to heal at least 25 points each turn (if she concentrates on using Regenerating Flux all the time) she'd still be a monster to take down. Basically you'd have to hit her for 96 damage before taking into account any other buffs or team bonuses she may have in order to take her out with a single hit, without using any abilities to boost your own attack (since they wouldn't work against her.)
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Okay, I'm opening the door for new mission proposals. If anyone has an idea for what they'd like to face next, and a boss/nemesis they'd like to go up against, please feel free to PM me with ideas.

I already have options from @SimplyJohn, @KabenSaal and @Eklispe and the Hell's Bitches were Rocksmith's nemeses, but if any of you have other ideas or scenarios you'd like to propose feel free to drop me a line.

Also for the next mission Nightingale's going to be busy escorting the Hell's Bitches back to base and helping them settle into their new home so won't be available for action, but Nightbeast, Ironside and Fandancer are all now available to act in support instead.



Will that effect her ability to tend to Flare?

Only if he gets burnt and she needs to heal him, so probably not.
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Also for the next mission Nightingale's going to be busy escorting the Hell's Bitches back to base and helping them settle into their new home so won't be available for action, but Nightbeast, Ironside and Fandancer are all now available to act in support instead.


I vote Nightbeast.
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I vote Nightbeast.


Same.
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Might be best to decide on the mission first, just in case one of the others would be better suited to the assignment. :)
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Might be best to decide on the mission first, just in case one of the others would be better suited to the assignment. :)


In that case, I vote going on the London steam bot mission.
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I vote for fandancer... for no apparent reason. *grabs camcorder*
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Ohh! I have a cool idea. How about, some sort of 'Home Ground' buff for missions happening in the countries that opertives originate from. Rocksmith and Deimos in England, Bumblebee in Scotland, Psy in South Africa, Heretic in Asia and Vex in Japan. It's just an idea, right now, and Geni would have to chain it up and make it squeal work out the system bits, or just reject it. But, I think it's a cool idea.
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Ohh! I have a cool idea. How about, some sort of 'Home Ground' buff for missions happening in the countries that opertives originate from. Rocksmith and Deimos in England, Bumblebee in Scotland, Psy in South Africa, Heretic in Asia and Vex in Japan. It's just an idea, right now, and Geni would have to chain it up and make it squeal work out the system bits, or just reject it. But, I think it's a cool idea.


It's a nice idea, but a little unfair how you've worded it at the moment. Asia covers about 30% of the planet, while the separate countries are much smaller. Even comparing Scotland to South Africa would be a bit of a difference.

Perhaps if we made it based on continents instead of countries? That way Rocksmith, Bumblebee, Deimos, Nightbeast and Ironside would get a bonus in Europe; Brick and Nightingale would get a bonus in North America; Heretic, Vex and Fandancer would get a bonus in Asia; Psy-Warp would get a bonus in Africa; Sigma would get a bonus in... umm, Automata? And Void and Flare would get a bonus in wherever the hell they're from.

We just need to recruit some Brazilian fashion models with metahuman powers to cover South America, an Aussie Sheila with an incredible rack ability for Australasia and then a superpowered penguin for the team mascot to cover Antarctica.

I don't suppose Flare's from South America and Void's from Australasia by any chance?

Unless you want to use the 6 continent model, in which case Brick and Nightingale would get bonuses anywhere in the Americas.

In other news, here's some details on the AEGIS home base:

Avalon, The Fortunate Isle


An ancient mystical floating island discovered by AEGIS with the help of a mystic named Morgan in the Bermuda Triangle. After much negotiation with the local Council of Nine, a group of ageless sisters1 whose connection to the Realm Beyond the Mist allows them to shift the island into the mystical realm, AEGIS managed to gain permission to build a military outpost on the island. At first this was merely a watch station with the duty of monitoring the mystical realms against incursions into the material realm, but slowly over time, with the backing of the Council of Nine, the base became AEGIS's centre of operations.

Protected by the semi-sentient Caliburn, a weapon system capable of bisecting every molecules in any target anywhere in its line of sight, the base houses the Forge of the Ancients, a nanotech facility capable of producing practically any piece of equipment the organisation could require, under the observing eye of Ironside, the Chief Forgemaster, a product of the Forge herself. Military control of the island is technically in the hands of the Council of Nine, however most day-to-day affairs are dealt with by their proxy Nickelback, a self-aware AI Construct created by the Forge to ward it from the growing tide of metahumans appearing in the world.

The island hovers above the ocean at a high of 2000 feet (600 metres) by means of a series of ancient lodestones located around the lower levels of the island, but is also locked in place by the stones, preventing the island from moving geographically. The stones do not seem to interfere with the island's ability to move dimensionally however, which allows the Council of Nine to transport the island to the Realm Beyond the Mist in times of danger. Or transport it back to the material world if under attack from the mystical one.

A sacred vault is located in the centre of the island, beneath the chambers of the Council of Nine, where a great treasure is said to be housed, and while the sisters spend most of their time within the vault when not in council they have swore not to speak of its contents until the time comes that the people of the land require it most.
1 - Morgan, Moronoe, Mazoe, Gliten, Glitonea, Gliton, Tyronoe, Thiten and Thiton

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An ancient mystical island [...] in the Bermuda Triangle.


Glad to see you used my idea as well as @KabenSaal's.
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@rush99999

I also threw in some suggestions from @SimplyJohn, such as the 'Death Star laser' for defence. :)
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Void is American-English
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We just need to recruit some Brazilian fashion models with metahuman powers to cover South America, an Aussie Sheila with an incredible rack ability for Australasia and then a superpowered penguin for the team mascot to cover Antarctica.


Brazilian pyromancer

Ausie powerhouse

Arctic anarchist
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Brazilian pyromancer


I just found someone to be Flare's next blind date.
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