Aberrant: Aberrant: CC: Nova Philes

[Alex Green]

Matt "Smith"

Strength: 5

Speed: 5

Intelligence: 5

Offence: 5

Defense: 4

Versatility: 6

Birth Name: Matt

Nova Name: None yet.

Country of Origin: USA

Occupation: None.

Powers: Matt's powers revolve around his very potent ability to control electrons. He can use this ability to control and create electricity, restructure matter, teleport, and absorb raw quantum energy. Combining teleportation and restructuring matter further allows him to create clones of himself.

Background: Mostly unrevealed. It appears Matt recently joined the homeless when he destroyed his home during his eruption. Although infused with vigor from being a nova (meaning he can pass for a younger man), he is in his 40's. Matt gets very evasive when talking about his background and appears to be hiding something, or perhaps from someone.

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Since no one else has started this for CC, I thought I would. See the previous thread on philes for how to stat yourself, I'll use Matt as an another example.

Strength: 5

Intelligence: 5

Matt's Strength and Intelligence are both easy and obvious. No megas so just the baseline listing.

Speed: 5

Speed was tough, he isn't any quicker than a baseline, but he has basic suite flight and a very weak teleport. I put him at a strong 5, baseline max. It wouldn't take much experience for him to jump to 7.

Offence: 5

Offensively he doesn't have any direct offense powers, but the suite EC(Electricity) gives him an unmastered 2[10] lethal bolt, and the storm technique would be pretty grim. I put him at a strong 5, baseline max.

Defense: 4

Defensively he has clone, teleport, and two unmastered +2 soak techniques. A one bullet life expectancy, but unlike most baselines he does have some options and a little soak. Defense is a weak 4.

Versatility: 6

His powers are very versatile, he has no aberrations, and has a diverse skill base. He also has no money, no social connections, no megas, and no soak. Sounds like a strong 6.

[phoenix]

Noooooo! I just wrote a couple of paragraphs, but the backspace ate them.

Hokay.

Edward Chambers

Strength: 2

Speed: 7

Intelligence: 2

Offense: 5

Defense: 7

Versatility: 6

Birth Name: Edward Chambers

Nova Name: None chosen

Place of Origin: Boston

Occupation: Performer

Powers: Edward Chambers was a street magician and freelance performer in Boston before N-Day, when his show was interrupted by a drunk driver. He seems to have only survived the crash through eruption, causing him to develop incredible reflexes and protective shielding, and the ability to fly. Further, his eruption granted him greater performance talent and made him in general more likable, and gave him the ability to create incredibly realistic holograms. Every use of his powers is accompanied by the illusion of a thick, dark smoke emanating from him or surrounding their point of focus (as in his force field's defenses).

Background: Eddie worked as a street conjurer at the time of his eruption, and that is the focal skill of his career. However, he is also a relatively competent knife thrower, hypnotist, and musician.

[Archer21]

Jimmy Sinclair

Strength: 6

Speed: 7

Intelligence: 4

Offense: 5

Defense: 4

Versatility: 5

Birth Name: James Alexander Sinclair

Nova Name: None Chosen

Place of Origin: Portland, OR

Occupation: Programmer

Powers: An obsessive fan of nature shows and the Discovery Channel, Jimmy led a fairly uneventful life, until a work-sponsored camping trip changed everything. Accidentally falling into a small lake, he was stuck in the muddy bottom and almost out of air when he erupted. His oxygen-starved brain drifting back over his life, he remembered the incredible survival abilities and instincts of the creatures he'd watched so often on tv.

Jimmy now demonstrates a remarkable range of animal-inspired abilites. As strong as a bear, agile as a monkey, swift as a cheetah, and able to survive almost any adverse environment. He can also change his skin colors like a squid, grow claws from hands and feet, ahere to walls like a gecko, and emit a soft glow similar to deep-sea fish. Jimmy's most notable(to him anyways) powers are his radically increased senses. Sight, smell and hearing are now incredibly acute, even allowing him to hear broadcasts through radio waves!

Background:

Jimmy Sinclair, couch potato extraordinaire. At least, that was his nickname. Everyone else thought it rolled off the tongue nicely; everyone except Jimmy, that is.

In his heart of hearts, he could admit they were right. He was stuck in a dead-end job, had just about no social life, and spent the majority of his spare time playing computer games or watching Discovery Channel.

One day at work, he overheard some co-workers discussing a company sponsored camping trip. Normally, Jimmy wouldn't have given even half an ear to the conversation, but Becky(the totally hot chick who sat in the cubicle next to his), was enthusiastically agreeing to go, saying how much she loved camping.

Now Jimmy had been trying to get a date with Becky for a few months now, with no luck. She was really nice about turning him down, but he knew she just wasn't interested. Becky always ended up with the real manly, fitness and outdoorsy types...looking down at his rather doughy stomach, he knew he just didn't have a shot.

But here was his chance! Washboard abs or no, Jimmy's exhaustive trivia knowledge about nature(gained from countless hours of watching television) would be sure to impress her. Plus, going camping might show her how outdoorsy he could be.

So, the little voice screaming about the bear that would assuredly eat him was shoved to the back of his mind, and Jimmy signed up for the camping trip. He didn't even worry about the waiver against suing the company, in case he was eaten by a bear or something.

The day of the trip, he was up bright and early, festooned with camping gear of all shapes and sizes that the REI salesman had said was all essential to roughing it. Jingling and jangling, he made his way to the van; his coworkers hid their snickers behind their hands. Waking up early wasn't exactly Jimmy's normal routine, so he slept during the trip out to the campsite.

Finally, he awoke. Trying to surreptitiously wipe away the drool leaking from the corner of his mouth, he noticed his co-workers had already gotten out of the van and were pitching tents. Giving thanks that Becky wasn't around to see the puddle of saliva under his chin, he quickly got out of the van and stretched, then went to set up his tent.

Bt the time the tents were complete, the sun was starting to go down, and they group gathered around a newly started campfire to make some S'mores. The conversation was light and happy, Jimmy tried a few times to insert a witty comment or observation on nature, but everytime he looked at Becky, his mouth dried up and nothing came out.

Frustrated with himself, he went to bed.

The next morning, the camp guide(just the kind of guy that Becky loved to date), roused them all early for a hike to a nearby lake. Jimmy gamely gathered his clanking collection of gear, and set out with the others. After about 2 hours of uphill hiking, Jimmy's woefully out-of-shape body just wouldn't go any more. Sinking down onto a boulder on the side of the trail, Jimmy wearily waved for everyone to keep going. The camp guide started to tell Jimmy that the group would have to wait, he wasn't allowed to leave anyone behind or alone, but Becky interrupted. Putting on her sweetest face, she convinced the camp guide that Jimmy would be just fine, as long as he just stayed on the trail, he could make his own way back to camp. Eager to save face, Jimmy agreed, and shrugging, so did the guide. The rest of the group continued on, and Jimmy sat on his rock, keeping the fake smile in place till Becky was out of sight.

Eventually, the call of nature drove Jimmy up off his butt and into the surrounding woods to do his thing. A few minutes later, Jimmy zipped up and headed back to the trail. Unfortunately for Jimmy, the light in the forest had started to dim, and he couldn't seem to find the trail back to camp. Still, confident at least in his ability to navigate with his new and trusty compass, Jimmy started off on his adventure.

Trekking through the woods soon proved harder than Jimmy thought, and he was soon horribly lost. Another few hours passed before he could admit this sad fact to himself. Taking a moment to think, he remembered something useful from one of the many Discovery Channel episodes he'd seen. He looked for the highest point in the surrounding landscape, and scrambled up the steep hill to try to get his bearings.

Reaching the summit, he mentally patted himself on the back for his ingenuity. Starting to look around, a glint in the sky, almost like a bright star in the sky above him caught his attention. Squinting, he was trying to discern what it was, when his foot suddenly slipped. Pitching forward, his arms flailed wildly, trying to regain his balance, but to no avail.

A girlish shriek echoed through the woods as he plummeted towards the lake below. Feet first, he plunged into the icy water, his momentum carrying him straight into the thick mud at the bottom. Panicking, Jimmy thrashed around trying to escape, it felt like his legs were trapped in concrete! Rapidly running out of oxygen, Jimmy saw the blackness starting to cloud his vision. His mind raced frantically, oddly, replaying in a blur all the episodes in last night's Discovery Channel marathon. A last bubble of precious air escaped his lips, and Jimmy Sinclair erupted.