CaptainManbeard

Power Rangers: Scarab Squad

My char sheets are done, IC post should be along tomorrow.

Power Rangers: Scarab Squad

Sorry it took so long, main thread is up. I still need to finish my characters and the intro post, but I got my partial sheets up. I figured there is no need for a powers section since all our suits are pretty similar, and Zeek will explain how they work during the intro post.

https://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/190450-power-rangers-scarab-squad/ooc

Power Rangers: Scarab Squad

Zeek Cranston

Abraham “Zeek” Cranston

Age: 17
Birthday: July 29th
Height: 6’3”
Body Type: Athletic
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Dark Brown
Pronouns: He/His
Orientation: Heterosexual

Voice

Musical Theme

Personality

Zeek can be a bit cocky when it comes to anything hacking-related, and has an obvious anti-establishment mentality. He does have a strong sense of justice, but sometimes that puts him at odds with the law. He has a kind heart and a charismatic flair, and will always stand up to bullies.

Talents & Skills

Software Engineering/Programming
Hacking
Mixed Martial Arts (various styles)
Singing/Guitar/Drums
Polylingual

Biography

Zeek’s parents weren’t around a lot during his early childhood, as his father was an overseas archeologist and his mother worked long hours as a forensic scientist with the LAPD. Because of this, he spent a lot of time around his Uncle Billy, who ran a company called CranstonTech. This is what sparked his early interest in computers.

His first username online was ZeekTheSleek9000, and all his friends started calling him Zeek instead of Abraham and it just kind of stuck. As he grew older, he began delving into hacking and had a few encounters with law enforcement.

When he was twelve, he spent a Summer in juvenile detention for hacking into the server used by a group of local politicians and leaking some compromising information found within. While it was later used as evidence in a criminal trial against the politicians, Zeek still technically broke the law to leak it.

Since then he has been back to juvenile detention multiple times, always for something he views as the greater good and which often results in indictments or resignations of corrupt individuals.

His antics and wise-cracking attitude have often earned him the ire of bullies in school, so he began learning a variety of martial arts to defend himself.

He spent a few weeks visiting his father in Egypt during the Summer before his senior year of high school, where the cloaked Scarabs stowed away in his bags, and the rest is history.

Iris Hassanfield

Iris Hassanfield

Age: 29
Birthday: May 1st
Height: 5’7”
Body Type: Athletic
Eyes: Green
Hair: Dark Brown
Pronouns: She/Her
Orientation: Pansexual

Voice

Delilah Briarwood

Musical Theme

Personality

Iris used to be a somewhat kind person, but after being forced to bond with the Black Scarab against her will, her old personality was completely absorbed into the AI, forming a newer, darker, sadistic persona. She can mimic her old self for the sake of keeping her new powers a secret from associates, but the new Iris is pure evil.

Talents & Skills

Mixed Martial Arts
Expert Marksmanship
Expert Investigative Intuition
Expert Pilot

Biography

Iris enlisted in the Air Force right out of high school, serving as a pilot for a few years. After returning home from active duty, she joined the LAPD as a patrol officer while attending night school to earn a degree in criminal justice. This eventually opened the door for her to become a homicide detective.

Her life was going just the way she wanted it to when one day the Black Scarab came crawling up to her while she was jogging in a park. After being forcibly bonded, she became what the media labeled as the Dark Ranger, and any trace of the old Iris seemed completely gone.

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While I know the Metallic thing is most likely a reference to the Metallic Armor, between it and the beetle theme I can't help but think of Big Bad Beetleborgs and Beetleborgs Metallix

@Duthguy

I was actually envisioning it being extra nano-mass that forms additional armor segments around them and increases the energy in the main Scarabs' Power Cores. While this isn't exactly what I had in mind, it's vaguely similar to the Lion Fire Armor power-up:

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That leaves a bunch open! But, let's go with White, simple and awesome in its own right.

@Keyblade87

Okay, cool!

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Hey if there's any open spots I would absolutely be interested in this!

@Keyblade87

Sure! We could use a sixth ranger XD. What color were you thinking? Assuming everyone goes with what they were discussing, then Red, Black, Blue, Pink, Green, and Orange are taken.

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Sorry about the delay in responding. As far as colors go I kind of really want to go with orange. However if we are sticking to traditional Ranger colors, then I guess green would be fine. For my character concept I wanted to go with an activist girl who writes for the school newspaper, maybe becoming editor in her senior year. It would be cool if she was one of the first to report on the mysterious Power Ranger and Dark Ranger.

@Martian

Okay, cool! You can be whichever color. I know Duthguy had mentioned Green, so if you go with your first choice, then we'd have Red, Blue, Pink, Green, and Orange for a core team of five Power Rangers, and then the Dark Ranger as the first villain.

My character comes from a wealthy and influential family in the city. He is a drag queen, social media influencer, and aspiring actor. He’s president of the schools drama department and does drag queen story hour for the kids at the local library. And he’s gay of course.

There may or may not be family drama with the whole drag queen thing, but I haven’t decided.

@Crimson Flame

Sounds good!

Also, a cool idea I have for power ups down the line is the discovery of a second set of Metallic Scarabs that can bond with our colored ones to make us stronger, adding in lines and segments of gold and silver to our suits.

I should have the main thread with my character sheet up in the next day or two. Since we have five rangers, I think we're good to get started XD.

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If you haven't seen it yet, here's the theme they used for the Once & Always special:



And here's a fan-made version:



And here's their morphs: