The Progeny

OOC Notes

The Progeny is a super group much in the vein of THE TEEN TITANS and YOUNG AVENGERS. It is usually a bit more light hearted fare with the usual teen angst and melodrama that can sometimes follow. The members of The Progeny are all between 15 and 19 years of age and work together to fight city or world threatening terrors all while hoping to get at least a 'B' on their history midterm exam the following day. The team is very much a 'capes and tights' type group like THE PROTECTORS OF THE WORLD and look to gear their adventures towards that type of notion. They do not murder, steal or start crimes... they might, however, skip school once in a while. I mean, someone has to stop Therakiel, right?

We are not freely soliciting applications unless specified somewhere. This policy of 'please don't come to us, we will come to you' is so that the players can focus more on the role playing and less on the 'business side' of handling the super group. The Progeny is comprised mostly of veteran players who are comfortable with each others play style. From time to time open events will occur which anyone can be part of. In the event of an opening, it will be on a public forum for those to look into. This allows players who are not officially part of the team to still join in on the hijinks. We also enlist a 'no alts' policy and soft cap of roughly twelve members so everyone is familiar with the characters and no one feels left out or 'out of the loop' with what is going on.

The Progeny uses the PROTECTORS OF THE WORLD sub forums. To know more about these teen sensations, please click the logo below!

History

The Progeny were formed by a gathering of the old guard of New Vigil alongside new teen heroes who had never worked within a team before. Lash, known as Olevia Alvarez, had chosen to bring together a number of her old team mates for a reunion party. Several of them decided to meet at the downtown teen hotspot known as 'SWING'. As they chatted, little did they know others who possessed special talents were also there. They also could not guess in their midst was an alien princess whose life was in jeopardy as those she associated with attempted to assassinate her. The heroes quickly stepped into action, bringing their talents together in order to defeat an alien militia as well as save the princess. As she departed, the teens exchanged notes and ideas. They realized that they worked well together and the victory would have not had been possible unless they had done this as a single unit. Thus they formed The Progeny, whose purpose was for these young heroes to combat all kinds of menaces they may not be able to individually.

Currently the Progeny is in its infancy, still understanding each other and their roles on the team. Time will tell their story.

Arcade-O-Rama

The team began its first few weeks spending far, far too much time at Darren's Pizza near downtown Millennium City. It was the 'go to' spot for many of the Progeny and the de facto headquarters, for lack of a better place. While it was good for them to have a place to unwind, it was also unhealthy to eat that much grease and the owners were not fond of Kid Ballistics's insistence at showing off his new weapons every time he arrived. It was quickly realized by some on the team that a place with a bit more permanence was required.

The team has ended up utilizing ARCADE O RAMA as their base of operations. Popular in the 1980s, it fell into disrepair after the Battle of Detroit. It is located in a rougher area of Westside and is in a five story brick building. It was purchased through the city as a joint venture through an invented, third-party identity that does not actually exist except on paper. The inside is partially rehabbed at the moment due to the financial assistance of some of the more wealthy individuals on the team. It contains working pinball machines and arcade games that the public can enjoy and doubles as a 'real' establishment that brings in money. It is a local place for teens to hang out, be safe and socialize. The first two floors are the arcade section. The third floor is a warehouse area for spare games in their inventory or ones broken requiring service as well as an office for the property and business. The fourth floor is home to several studio apartments that the team can use if they desire, though they have not been fully rehabbed. The fifth floor is gutted and not in use.

The lower level is where the team spends most of its time. It is the former lair of the villain known as The Pinball Wizard who was brought to justice by Lash and New Vigil member Whitecloak. Realizing that it was just sitting there, empty, the heroine brought it to The Progeny's attention that it could be used as a base of operations by them. Though it needed a bit of elbow grease at the time, the team agreed on it. The lair is accessible though a side panel off the upstairs first floor gaming room or a tunnel that leads out by the docks in Westside.

Arcade O Rama has the following in its lower level:

• Social Hub. There is a decently sized area where the team can congregate and socialize. An 80 inch flat screen television with sound system gives them a good 'night at the movies' with leather sofas and a love seat. A few newer arcade games have been pulled down here as well so that the team can play games without having to go mingle with others if they do not want to. There is a 'Trophy Room' area located upon its far wall that is a large shelving unit.

• Living Quarters. There are six rooms located in the underground area that have been re-purposed as living rooms. They are not large, about twelve feet by twelve feet each. If there are members who need to 'get away from it all' or just avoid their parents for the time being they can go here. Some members do live here permanently and as such have decorated their room to their own specific taste.

• Kitchen/ Dining Area. It is mostly just a side galley area off the Social Hub, but its a small area that people can fix food and eat in relative peace.

• Gymnasium. While not extremely large or state of the art, it allows most members to get a work out in that will be beneficial.

• Tech/ Science Room. This room is basically for Cobalt Crush, Stegoboy and Ace. It allows them to store, work on and test gadgets and other devices that they may use now or in the future. Several prototypes exist in here in various states of creation. It is decently outfitted and contains several things that mirror the labs in the Millennium City Police Department's Science Division.

• Computer Hub. An area off of the Social Hub as well, this contains the computer systems that monitor upstairs, the downstairs lair, Millennium City alerts and world wide alerts. There is a system in place that will connect to the MCPD or UNTIL for updates if they are needed. It regulates the functions of the lair and protects the team from intrusions with defense systems.

• Hangar. This actually is a large area that connects the lower lair of Arcade O Rama with the tunnel system that leads out to the Westside docks. The team stores personal vehicles of items there.

Roster

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Ace

Name: Ace
Abilities:
Flight Suit, Gadgeteer
"Insert fun quote here"

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Black Ice

Name: Oliver Black
Abilities: Chemistry Skills, Cryokinesis, Mutant Physiology, Parkour
"If you think about it, I am without question the coolest member of the team, yeah?"

Oliver Thomas Black was born in London, England, on January 13, 1997. He lived a typical middle-class childhood in the United Kingdom, until his genetic mutation manifested during puberty.

Nowadays he mostly goes by the alias of Black Ice, a teenage mutant with the ability to create and control ice in all of its forms.

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Blue Freedom

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Cait Sith

Name: Tybalt
Abilities: Veils, Shapeshifting, Feline Agility and Senses, Spellcasting
"What else would you expect? I am a cat, after all. A talented cat of course, but a cat nonetheless."

Cait Sith is a cheshire cat, the 13th son of a cheshire cat who calls himself the King of Cats. While most of his siblings and family are tricksters in nature, serving as heralds and agents for various factions of the faerie dimension, Cait's whims and desires have him spending most (if not all) of his time in Millennium City. He is the black sheep in his family since he genuinely wants to help people with no strings attached. Playful, curious, this aloof creature has decided that he will put his abilities to good use by becoming a super hero.

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Cobalt Crush

Name: Nicholas "Nick" Turchino
Abilities: Eidetic Memory, MCMAP Training, Acrobatics Training, Basic Forensics and Law Training
"It's about the big picture. That's why we're here. That's what we're doing."

Nick began his superhero career at the age of 10 after he discovered his best friend Rachael was attacking the local gangbangers as "Crush Girl". She helped design his original costume and the two were a dynamic duo through the freshman year of High School. During these years he began learning MCMAP from his father as a form of self defense as he had explained his bruises from his vigilante work on bullies at school. During his freshman year of high school, Rachael was brutally assaulted and died, in a rage he tracked down the three boys from his school that were responsible and would likely have killed them had the police not stopped him from doing so. He was sent to Juvie for two years for assault and after being released his family moved to Millennium City to start fresh, he joined several super groups, and on his 18th birthday he officially started working at Lithium Labs where he is in charge of preforming the live field tests of their inventions and gadgets before they are sent to be produced and sent to Police and Military groups around the country.

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Heartbeat

Name: Taffi
Abilities': Tidal arterial field & flow generation
"Aliens shaking their booty! Aliens...having fun...wait is this right?"

Rescued from an ARGENT lab, the Malvan Heartbeat has been learning to adapt to a new world around her. Taffi attends The Bracen Institute and is a junior. She has grown a lot since her time in the ARGENT lab, and has made a lot of friends while still undergoing therapy through UNTIL to fix the Stockholm Syndrome she suffers after many years in captivity. Taffi learned a lot from her leaders Charity and Galactigal, and has learned to work within a team structure. She is a bit silly, and still is amazed at the world around her. She has significant electromagnetic powers and is still training to become better at helping her team.

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Kid Ballistic

Name: Sidney Mason
Abilities: Weapons Expert, Weaponsmith, Mercenary Training
"There's nothin' loose about this cannon."

He's been gunnin' since he was a youngin', and he shows no signs of stopping. Kid Ballistic, Paragon of the Pistol, Baron of the Bomb, Master of Munitions, etc. He was raised abroad to be a soldier of fortune, but lucky for Millennium City, the gunslinger fights crime now. Yes, he shoots people. No, they don't die. Yes, he blows things up. No, he doesn't pay for them. It's all in a day's work; some heroes shoot fire, others just shoot.

Toeing the line between "My hero!" and "My car!", KB thrills to his new profession. Unlike some of the other "Progeny", he's on the job full-time; he lives off a small war chest and has no school to fret over. KB will never admit it, but he has a lot to learn. Not just about crime fighting, but people, property rights, and this "normal" life he keeps hearing about.

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Lash

Name: Olevia Alvarez
Abilities: Super Strength, Invulnerability, Flight, Magical Abilities
"Do you think this costume makes my butt look big?"

Lash is Olevia Alvarez, possessor of the powers of the Celestial Dragons. Olevia is the resident popular girl and fashionista at Grace Memorial High School. She came to have her abilities purely by happenstance. During vacation to visit the Great Wall of China, she witnessed their national hero, LONGWANG, be murdered by an adversary. Mysteriously his abilities and powers passed into her, granting her great strength. Taking on abilities she never asked for, Olevia nonetheless has made an attempt to do some good with the mystical traits bestowed to her. Try as she might, though, Olevia's skills in wielding them often backfire. A former member of New Vigil and associate of the Young Renegades, Lash now fights alongside the Progeny in order to perhaps better her skills as a crimefghter.

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Maverick

Name: Aaron "Ace" Wildemann
Abilities: Nitroverse Attunement, Superspeed, Altered Perception
"Baby, I'll take you on a ride you'll never forget."

After a freak accident involving his brother's car and an experimental superfuel said brother had developed, Ace found himself flung into another dimension known as the Nitroverse, only to emerge again on the opposite coast, now possessing incredible superpowers as a speedster. Capable of speeds closing into Light-speed and being almost invulnerable while in motion, the youngster has taken a quick liking to his new potential as a Superhero and can't wait for his chance to shine. Cocky and with a Never-say-die attitude, he throws himself headlong into the hero scene, rushing ahead at full speed and refusing to hit the breaks until the ride is over.

He currently lives with his brother, a genius physicist who first discovered the idea of the Nitroverse. Because of his findings and a position at Harmon Labs, his brother has made quite the fortune and Ace is currently living it large at his brother's expense. A typical frat boy, Ace leads a frivolous and costly civilian life, with expensive cars, villas, cruises and clubs.

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Recluse

Name: Ryan Stenberg
Abilities: Enhanced Strength and Regeneration, Several Spider Attributes, Organic Chains, Neurotoxin
"I still don't get why people are so scared of spiders."

One night's stroll can really change a man's life. At least, if that man is named Ryan Stenberg. After getting into another fight with his parents over his falling grades and his 'care-free' attitude towards it all, the youth stormed out of his house to clear his head. Waling along the ragged streets of Westside, a series of unfortunate events hit the boy all at once. Bitten by a stray Brown Recluse spider and smacked in the face by a rouge object from outer space, Ryan awoke to a whole new look, one that didn't seem to want to come off.

Given strange new abilities, and a startling appearance, Ryan finally has a solid excuse on why he doesn't have to go to school. He's going to be a hero...right after he swings around the city a few more times.

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Stegoboy

Name: Allen Stone
Abilities: Super Strength, Super Durability and Endurance, Genius Level Intelligence

Son of the world famous Palaeontologist Walter Stone, Allen became a hero completely by accident. During a dig of amber fossils, Allen discovered that one of the workers was in league VIPER. In an attempt to thwart their plan, he become a human/stegosaurus hybrid from the injection of irradiated Dinosaur blood extracted from the amber. Armed with super strength and durability Allen was sent to Millennium City to live with his uncle who worked in Bioengineering to possibly find a cure, with zero success. With his new abilities the logical thing to do according to Allen, was to use his new powers for the betterment of mankind, enter the Stegoboy.

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Missions

• Old Vigil, New Problems: When Olevia Alvarez, Lash, decides to host a New Vigil reunion party it brings out several teen heroes to meet and share some memories. It also brings some new allies, who are needed when an alien war breaks out in SWING, the newest teen club in Millennium City! The heroes are tasked with saving the life of an alien princess and helping her potentially resolve a conflict that could destroy her world! Afterwards, the youths realize that maybe New Vigil's time may have passed... but the PROGENY has just begun. (-Featuring: Cait Sith, Lash, Heartbeat, Stegoboy, Ace, Cobalt Crush, Recluse, Blue Freedom, Kid Ballistic, and Black Ice)

• Fast Times At Westside High: The Progeny are enlisted to save Westside High as it becomes overrun with gangs. Not just any typical gang members either, but teens exhibiting control of super speed and kinetic energy! Is the experimental serum that they've stolen to possess these powers a danger to the public... or themselves? (-Featuring: Black Ice, Heartbeat, Recluse, Lash, Maverick and Silver Scar)

• No Place Like Home: Lash uses pizza as a ploy to get the team to see what she hopes is their new base of operations. Arcade O Rama, in Westside, may not be the prettiest, but they learn that when it actually has everything today's super hero needs to get by its not such a bad prospect after all. (-Featuring: Cobalt Crush, Heartbeat, Lash, Silver Scar, Recluse, Maverick, Kid Ballistic and Black Ice)

• The Peril of the Pinball Wizard!: TBA

Enemies

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