MysteryBroom

Task Force: Sentinel - Occult Covert Operations

Currently working on my character :) gonna go for the stealthy/clandestine operator approach
Will have it up by tomorrow

Task Force: Sentinel - Occult Covert Operations

Hey I'm very interested in joining :)

On a sidenote, are you @StormWolf from RPNation? If you are, perhaps you don't remember me but I was also part of your Occult roleplay on RPNation

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Hey people, sorry I haven't been so active recently :/ been very busy with preparing for school, requirements and all.
Hope I didn't miss too much :) I'll be posting my part two soon, sorry for the delay and everything

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C O A S T C I T Y /// U N I T E D S T A T E S:

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^{May 5, 2019 - 2000 hours | Giovanni's -Docks Area}

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The rain dropped ever so slightly on the pavements of Coast City. They were expecting a slight drizzle, but now it seems that there is a downpour on its way. When it rains, it pours; that is the case for tonight’s shady characters.
Just around the pier area, there is a place that pier workers frequent in the dead of the night. A pub by the name of “Giovanni’s.” Throughout its existence, it has always maintained a certain repertoire with the folks coming from the sea and CCPD. As they say, birds of a feather, flock together. All those years of illegal importing, smuggling, human trafficking, and gun running have all been deeply rooted in the docks. Up front, it is the lifeblood of the city’s commerce and trade. But behind the curtains lie dark secrets that politicians and crime lords have agreed to maintain. Of course, time to time rumors start leaking to the media about corruption running deep in the piers but how can the city shut down its number one source of business tax? They can’t, they can only hope to slow down the bleeding.
Until now, Giovanni’s place has become a hub of sea faring criminals. Whether they smuggle in or out, it doesn’t matter. Without someone to fix the jobs for you it would be a slow death. That is why Giovanni exists; it’s like an illegal job fair full of people who should’ve been behind bar years ago.

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The rain keeps pouring down. Earlier it was meek, now it’s like pouring down a barrage of bullets straight down into the city. From the streets, you can hear nothing but the symphony of a storm letting loose. Concrete and asphalt filled with water, patter with every droplet that adds to its collective. Light posts struggle to let their shine break through the walls of downpour in their way. The result is a beautiful, diluted light that paints the night with a touch of yellow or white.
The streets are lonely now; everyone has gone home to avoid the weather. But one figure in particular, is putting extra hours to keep the city safe. Staying far above ground to watch as the night goes by and his prey slowly fall into his trap.

" C’mon… where are you now? You’re gonna be late.”

Manta thinks to himself as he looks at the parking lot in front of Giovanni’s; spacious, it wasn’t like ordinary pubs that only had the curb to serve as parking. Giovanni’s place is special because of many things, one of them is that parking lot full of exotic cars and stolen vehicles that makes policemen stake out all night. It’s rare you ever see the place not filled with such antics. From the building opposite to the pub, an apartment complex, everything looks so clear albeit for the rain blocking out important details. One of details is crucial: license plates. He's been staking out this joint for hours now, staying hidden in that rooftop either ducking down or using his camouflage.

“That’s got to be you… no doubt, that van screams trouble.”

A black van drives up from the rain, just a few yards off the main road. It’s headlights look like a dim ball of light pacing through the weather. It finally finds its way to the parking lot entrance with its tires struggling to find traction in the soaking wet asphalt. It was very incognito: black paint and black tint, in these conditions it was difficult to see. Luckily for Manta he has those special night vision visors in his helmet to help him see.
“I see you. Black van. Lisence plate: 6ZSJ266, Cali state. They must’ve swapped out the engine as well. Only one way to find out.”
As the van pulls up to its spot, two men exit out the front seats. The rain started pouring on their denim overalls and started pulling out a couple of rain coats from the back seats.

Manta pulls out his long-range sound antenna to eavesdrop on their conversation. Pointing the antenna at their general direction, static comes out into his helmet. He turns a few knobs around his antenna gun to adjust the sound and voila! Voices, not so clear, but it just needed a bit more adjusting.

“buzz… buzz… Did… did you see if anyone was following us?”
“Yeah, of course I did.”
“Are you sure?”
“Of course I am. There’s no way anybody can see our ride at a time like this.”
“That’s not the point dumbass… we’re driving into Gio’s with a stolen van.”
“Pfft, you’re worrying too much.”
“Hmph, you two ought to be worrying.” Manta zooms into the scene but their baseball caps is hiding the impressions on their face. Even the night vision has a hard time sneaking a peek at the angle Manta is working with.

“Sun tattoo, left hand… which one of you has it?” Zooming even further, Manta looks of the only clue he has on knowing who is who.

“Hey, relax man. If you start acting spooked now, the boss might think you’re a soft pussy and pull us out of the job. Or worse.”
“Oh yeah? Last week, Lawrence got jumped on his way to the hideout. I don’t want that shit happening to us.”
“Chill, alright dude? You’re gonna make me look embarrassed in there. I got half a mil' riding on this job. Besides, we’re packing.”

The two proceed to take out a small firearm from the back of the van. A revolver for one of them and a sawed-off shotgun for the other.
Manta uses this opportunity to find that tattoo, it’s his only lead. He zooms in quickly to their hands and finds a faint impression of a sun on the hand of the man on the right side of the van.

“Bingo. So you must be Kendrick ‘The Pinch’ Antone. And the other guy must be your accomplice: Gordon Hays. What are you up to, Kendrick?”

Kendrick and Gordon make their way into the pub, their boots splashing water across the puddles between them.
The neon lights ahead of the two. ‘Welcome To Giovanni’s,’ ‘Beer & Spirits,” “No Pets Allowed,” were their only source of light as they moved closer to the entrance.

The door swings open and the two drenched criminals squeak their way into the crowded bar. Filled with hard rock music, the smell of nicotine and a lot of booze. A lot of scruffy faces. Faces that have seen either the wrong end of a jail cell or years of sea travel, no in between.
“Hey, Trey! Two Glenfiddichs, straight! One for me and the kid.” Kendricks exclaimed to the bartender. Before making their way to the counter, they dry themselves up and set aside their coats along with the other dripping garments. As they fix themselves they close the doors behind them and Manta loses sight of his quarry.

“Time to get a better view.”

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@Tackytaff Manta's city is Coast City :)

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Oh damn, sorry about that. I really really thought this was the OOC you guys were mentioning. Thank you for informing me :)
I had fun reading your IC though

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Sorry I'm a bit late to the party. I just found out about this OOC like right now after going through the iCheck and I wasn't part of the Discord. Will be posting soon.

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I've done some edits on Manta. Instead of being a reservist, he will start of as a solo character then along the way, maybe a member of the JLU will come looking for me since I am wearing the former terrorist's gear.

Manta,just Manta

Player Name: MysteryBroom

Primary Character: Manta

Secret Identity: Jackson O'Reily (he has changed his original name to this, the reason can be found in bio)

Status: Solo at first then will be sought out (or hunted) by the JLU

Age: 27

Day Job: Works a design engineer and design consultant at Atlas Design and Engineering Firm

The Black Manta Suit

- Superhuman Strength: Gives the wearer the strength equal to that of Aquaman or any Atlantian who are significantly stronger than humans.
- Durability: the suit is temperature regulating and can withstand extreme temperatures. It is also bulletproof and is highly resistant to impacts. It can withstand damages but persistent blows can damage the wearer's body since it will absorb some of the shock. It can also survive the depths of the ocean and withstand enormous amounts of pressure. The suit neither wears or tears. However, it can be destroyed via an enormous amount of force.
- Superhuman underwater mobility: Gives the wearer incredible speeds when swimming or diving water. The speed can be similar to a torpedo shot underwater but at much greater speeds.
- Camouflage: The suit can change its colour depending on the surroundings if the wearer wishes. It also conceals the wearer’s body temperature and wards off any infrared vision.
- Artificial gills and oxygen system: Allows the wearer to breath in oxygen underwater for an indefinite amount of time. When out of the water, the oxygen recycling system can supply the wearer with oxygen if he is lacking any.

The Black Manta Helmet

- Durability: it shares the same degree of durability as the main suit has. It is made up of an advanced metal alloy and protects the wearer from trauma. It neither wears or tears
- Augmented sight: the helmet is equipped with all technological means of enhancing one’s sight. This includes night vision, binoculars, magnifier, infrared, thermal, and X-ray vision.
- Laser eyes: the helmet can shoot lasers out the eyes which are streams of particles which can be as hot as the sun or greater.
- Speech augmentation: manipulates the voice of the wearer to conceal the real vocals.
- Signal receiver and broadcaster: the helmet can pick any signal from any spectrum at any bandwith. As well as broadcast at specific spectrums at any bandwith. This ability is restricted by distance however. It cannot pick up signals too far and cannot broadcast signals at great distances.

Other Gear and Equipment

- Harpoon gun: a custom harpoon gun. It shoots diamond-tip harpoons which are attached to titanium cable. Sharp and durable.
- Two short swords: A pair of short swords which are made from an advance titanium alloy. Lightweight, sharp, durable and rust-free.
- Prototype trident: not Aquaman’s trident, this is a ordinary trident made from experimental carbon nanotubes which mean it has the strength of and resilience of diamonds and can be used as an excellent conductor. It does not have any magical properties.
- The Manta Sub: The good old Manta Sub that Black Manta used. It comes equipped with essentials like life support, a medical bay, torpedos, guns and other arsenal, and etc. The Sub is also powered via a thermonuclear reactor in its engine.

Weaknesses

- He is human, any major injury would gravely wound him or kill him.
- As for the suit, it is not resilient to magic. It also has lots of electronic components which means when dealt with a large current of electricity, the suit could malfunction. Or worse, the electric shock could cause brain failure, heart failure or even full organ system damage.
- The suit doesn’t provide any means of augmenting stamina or respiratory abilities. In short, the wearer can get tired or fatigue after activities.
- Jackson has suffered bouts of hallucinations due to his past of drug abuse. This has challenged his mental state to be able to focus since the hallucinations occur randomly. These days, the hallucinations are about his friends who were killed by the pirates.
- Short sighted, he can’t see well without glasses or contact lenses. He has modified the helmet to help him see clearly.
- A huge weakness of his: he is a novice at combat experience. He relies solely on his suit and decent physique. Side note, he is a terrible shot.

Skills

- A damn good engineer with a master’s degree to boot. He his great at structural design.
- Excellent swimmer
- Great cook, he has taken a specialty in sea food.
- Pretty good at scrabble

suit and appearance

Underneath the suit, he is 6' with a light brown skin and black hair. He prefers a clean shave and his hair is always cut short.

Sorta brief bio

Jackson Raymond O’Reily, born from a rich, elitist family, from day one he was spoiled rotten. His father, a industrialist, his mother is a logistics tycoon. He had the whole world on a silver platter and everything he wanted was given to him in a whim.

At college, he went to Ivy league and took engineering just to continue his family legacy of engineers. Once finishing his bachelor’s degree, he took his father’s yacht and went on a cruise around the seas with his friends. Every day was a whole new party from dusk till dawn. They’ve taken their travels to every major port and harbor they could find and party some more. But his fortune would soon turn against him, when they ventured out to open seas and found themselves at the mercy of pirates. They took Jackson and all his friends hostage for ransom.

They held them hostage and awaited ransom. However, this process took weeks on end and this tested the patience of the captors and before long they were surrounded by navy and military forces. Outraged, the pirates began executing their prisoners including Jackson and their bodies were thrown to the sea. Luckily for Jackson, he survived his wounds and drowned into the depths slowly.

On the brink of death, he saw a flashing red light coming closer to him. He thought it was another sea creature or Death ready to greet him. But no, it was the Manta Sub. As it took Jackson in, the sub’s medical bay treated his wounds and revived him. It is revealed to Jackson that the original owner of the Manta Sub, Black Manta, had found peace and given up quest. He instructed the Sub to find “a new captain” since the Sub must have a captain. He took the sub back home, in secret of course, he used his wealth and time to pursue a higher education in engineering and repair the contents of the sub including the suit.
Feeling guilty for the lost of his friends, he disappeared from his home along with the sub, cut off all times of money and reputation, changed his family name and got a job. He has gone to Gotham’s docks where he believes he can make something good out of himself.

Story Arcs with supporting cast

- The Dim, Deep Water [Solo]: Manta investigates a number of illegal shipments coming in and out off Coast City. Within the cargo are components to a possible chemical weapon to be transported to a radical cult living in the city's sewers.
- Last Week's Fish [Team-up or JLU mission]: When rumors of Black Manta resurfacing after a long hiatus, Amanda Waller and her newly-formed Suicide Squad has been sent to apprehend Manta regardless of his side on the law. Manta now faces against the original Manta's former ally and friend, King Shark along with other members.
- Et Tu, Manta? [JLU Mission: The original Black Manta has resurfaced, or so it would seem. H.I.V.E members have located Manta Subs and Manta Suits around the world and have begun replicating its technology. Once their army of Mantas have been raised, they formed an underwater base of operations. Not much is known but their eyes are set on the magical city of Atlantis.

The Dim, Deep Water: None for this

Last Week's Fish: Any other JLU member who wants to collab, King Shark, Amanda Waller, Enchantress, Rick Flag

Et Tu, Manta?: H.I.V.E villains like Jinx, Gizmo, Mammoth or any other, King Shark, Mera or Aquaman.

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Repost
Here's my close to canon rendition of Aquaman's nemesis (it's not really him) who is now good.
@Omega Man or @WXer I changed his city to Coast City and removed Killer Croc from the story arc and replaced him with King Shark :)

Manta,just Manta

Player Name: MysteryBroom

Primary Character: Manta

Secret Identity: Jackson O'Reily (he has changed his original name to this, the reason can be found in bio)

Status:Reservist JLU

Age: 27

Day Job: Works a design engineer and design consultant at Atlas Design and Engineering Firm

The Black Manta Suit

- Superhuman Strength: Gives the wearer the strength equal to that of Aquaman or any Atlantian who are significantly stronger than humans.
- Durability: the suit is temperature regulating and can withstand extreme temperatures. It is also bulletproof and is highly resistant to impacts. It can withstand damages but persistent blows can damage the wearer's body since it will absorb some of the shock. It can also survive the depths of the ocean and withstand enormous amounts of pressure. The suit neither wears or tears. However, it can be destroyed via an enormous amount of force.
- Superhuman underwater mobility: Gives the wearer incredible speeds when swimming or diving water. The speed can be similar to a torpedo shot underwater but at much greater speeds.
- Camouflage: The suit can change its colour depending on the surroundings if the wearer wishes. It also conceals the wearer’s body temperature and wards off any infrared vision.
- Artificial gills and oxygen system: Allows the wearer to breath in oxygen underwater for an indefinite amount of time. When out of the water, the oxygen recycling system can supply the wearer with oxygen if he is lacking any.

The Black Manta Helmet

- Durability: it shares the same degree of durability as the main suit has. It is made up of an advanced metal alloy and protects the wearer from trauma. It neither wears or tears
- Augmented sight: the helmet is equipped with all technological means of enhancing one’s sight. This includes night vision, binoculars, magnifier, infrared, thermal, and X-ray vision.
- Laser eyes: the helmet can shoot lasers out the eyes which are streams of particles which can be as hot as the sun or greater.
- Speech augmentation: manipulates the voice of the wearer to conceal the real vocals.
- Signal receiver and broadcaster: the helmet can pick any signal from any spectrum at any bandwith. As well as broadcast at specific spectrums at any bandwith. This ability is restricted by distance however. It cannot pick up signals too far and cannot broadcast signals at great distances.

Other Gear and Equipment

- Harpoon gun: a custom harpoon gun. It shoots diamond-tip harpoons which are attached to titanium cable. Sharp and durable.
- Two short swords: A pair of short swords which are made from an advance titanium alloy. Lightweight, sharp, durable and rust-free.
- Prototype trident: not Aquaman’s trident, this is a ordinary trident made from experimental carbon nanotubes which mean it has the strength of and resilience of diamonds and can be used as an excellent conductor. It does not have any magical properties.
- The Manta Sub: The good old Manta Sub that Black Manta used. It comes equipped with essentials like life support, a medical bay, torpedos, guns and other arsenal, and etc. The Sub is powered by using the ocean currents and pressure differences to turn the generators in its engine room.

Weaknesses

- He is human, any major injury would gravely wound him or kill him.
- As for the suit, it is not resilient to magic. It also has lots of electronic components which means when dealt with a large current of electricity, the suit could malfunction. Or worse, the electric shock could cause brain failure, heart failure or even full organ system damage.
- The suit doesn’t provide any means of augmenting stamina or respiratory abilities. In short, the wearer can get tired or fatigue after activities.
- Jackson has suffered bouts of hallucinations due to his past of drug abuse. This has challenged his mental state to be able to focus since the hallucinations occur randomly. These days, the hallucinations are about his friends who were killed by the pirates.
- Short sighted, he can’t see well without glasses or contact lenses. He has modified the helmet to help him see clearly.
- A huge weakness of his: he is a novice at combat experience. He relies solely on his suit and decent physique. Side note, he is a terrible shot.

Skills

- A damn good engineer with a master’s degree to boot. He his great at structural design.
- Excellent swimmer
- Great cook, he has taken a specialty in sea food.
- Pretty good at scrabble

suit and appearance

Underneath the suit, he is 6' with a light brown skin and black hair. He prefers a clean shave and his hair is always cut short.

Sorta brief bio

Jackson Raymond O’Reily, born from a rich, elitist family, from day one he was spoiled rotten. His father, a industrialist, his mother is a logistics tycoon. He had the whole world on a silver platter and everything he wanted was given to him in a whim.

At college, he went to Ivy league and took engineering just to continue his family legacy of engineers. Once finishing his bachelor’s degree, he took his father’s yacht and went on a cruise around the seas with his friends. Every day was a whole new party from dusk till dawn. They’ve taken their travels to every major port and harbor they could find and party some more. But his fortune would soon turn against him, when they ventured out to open seas and found themselves at the mercy of pirates. They took Jackson and all his friends hostage for ransom.

They held them hostage and awaited ransom. However, this process took weeks on end and this tested the patience of the captors and before long they were surrounded by navy and military forces. Outraged, the pirates began executing their prisoners including Jackson and their bodies were thrown to the sea. Luckily for Jackson, he survived his wounds and drowned into the depths slowly.

On the brink of death, he saw a flashing red light coming closer to him. He thought it was another sea creature or Death ready to greet him. But no, it was the Manta Sub. As it took Jackson in, the sub’s medical bay treated his wounds and revived him. It is revealed to Jackson that the original owner of the Manta Sub, Black Manta, had found peace and given up quest. He instructed the Sub to find “a new captain” since the Sub must have a captain. He took the sub back home, in secret of course, he used his wealth and time to pursue a higher education in engineering and repair the contents of the sub including the suit.
Feeling guilty for the lost of his friends, he disappeared from his home along with the sub, cut off all times of money and reputation, changed his family name and got a job. He has gone to Coast City’s docks where he believes he can make something good out of himself.

Story Arcs with supporting cast

- The Dim, Deep Water [Solo]: Manta investigates a number of illegal shipments coming in and out off Coast City. Within the cargo are components to a possible chemical weapon to be transported to a radical cult living in the city's sewers.
- Last Week's Fish [Team-up or JLU mission]: When rumors of Black Manta resurfacing after a long hiatus, Amanda Waller and her newly-formed Suicide Squad has been sent to apprehend Manta regardless of his side on the law. Manta now faces against the original Manta's former ally and friend, King Shark along with other members.
- Et Tu, Manta? [JLU Mission: The original Black Manta has resurfaced, or so it would seem. H.I.V.E members have located Manta Subs and Manta Suits around the world and have begun replicating its technology. Once their army of Mantas have been raised, they formed an underwater base of operations. Not much is known but their eyes are set on the magical city of Atlantis.

The Dim, Deep Water: None for this.

Last Week's Fish: Any other JLU member who wants to collab, King Shark, Amanda Waller, Enchantress, Rick Flag

Et Tu, Manta?: H.I.V.E villains like Jinx, Gizmo, Mammoth or any other, King Shark, Mera or Aquaman. Other JLU members can join.

EDIT - made changes the GM's wanted me to make regarding my submarine and some clerical errors.