Post by Liam A. MacArthur V on May 12, 2009 0:46:09 GMT -5
To: Liam A. MacArthur V, CEO MacArthur Enterprises
From: Dr. Edward C. Knightley M.D.
Subject: Research And Development - Genetic Manipulation of Power Users
The Four Horsemen
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After initial research and experimentation into genetic manipulation of the human genome, we have successfully adapted our findings to produce approximately nineteen specimens with only four of note. Further research into these four has proved advantageous into assessing their strengths and weaknesses if any, we can now safely say that MacArthur Enterprises has triumphantly developed four Omega-level power users that rival all in their power classification.
At this point Mr. MacArthur, i can without hesitation give my approval to implement the last leg of your project before unveiling them to the masses and if i may say the candidates you personally selected to test these four's abilities was well rounded. On a side note, should i clear out Joshua's office?
Sincerely yours,
Dr. Edward C. Knightley M.D.
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General
Project: Orion
Age: 27
Blood Type: A
Gender: Male
Height: 5'10" (178cm)
Weight: 155lbs (70.31kg)
Race/Ethnicity: Caucasian
Power(s)
Technopathy: Orion possesses the ability to actively receive and store all forms of electronic data and transmissions in his mind. He does so passively, in a manner that does not interfere with the regular transmission, and can receive electronic signals over a great distance; even isolating him in a rural area will not completely shut out the information. Orion has an infinite storage capacity in his mind, containing every piece of information he has been exposed to.
Orion also posseses the talent for inventing mechanical devices, backed up by the ability to visually perceive mechanical energy in action. This power allows him to instinctively recognize the potential and functional uses of any machine or technological device in his visual range, a skill that combined with his natural intelligence gives him the ability to conceive, design and build highly-advanced mechanical devices; and operate, modify and disassemble existing technology or create countermeasures for it. Orion's superhuman talent for invention does not mean that he is of a superhuman intellect, even a genius at invention must for the most part consciously work out the theoretical principles behind the invention and then the design of the invention itself through a series of logical steps. In Orion's case, however, many of these logical steps are worked out by his subconsciousmind. Hence, Orion himself might not be entirely aware of exactly how he figured out how to create an invention of his. Sometimes, he must disassemble a device he has made to even figure out how it works.
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General
Project: Zephyr
Age: 27
Blood Type: B+
Gender: Male
Height: 6' (182cm)
Weight: 150lbs (68kg)
Race/Ethnicity: Caucasian
Power(s)
Natural Flight: Zephyr's primary power is that of natural flight, due to his large feathered wings. His wings have superhuman strength, and they have a very flexible skeletal structure that enables him to press them to the back of his torso and legs with only the slightest bulge visible under his clothing. His bones are hollow, his body processes food more efficiently than a normal human body and does not store any excess fat, and he possesses a greater proportionate muscle mass than normal. As a result, his strength, speed, agility, endurance, reflexes, eyesight, and hearing are at their peak. Elements of his anatomy are comparable to those of birds. His superhumanly sharp eyes can withstand high-speed winds which would damage the average human eye. His lungs can extract oxygen from the air at high velocities or altitudes, and he can cope with the reduced temperatures at high altitudes for prolonged periods of time, giving him a greater-than-normal capacity to endure low temperatures in areas such as the Arctic.
While he generally flies below the height of clouds, Zephyr can reach almost twice this height with little effort. At his absolute maximum, he can reach the highest recorded altitude of a bird in flight — about the height above the sea level of Mount Everest — but he can only remain that high for a few minutes. Although flight is as natural a mode of transportation for Zephyr as for a bird, he can only fly nonstop under his own power for around half a day.
Air Manipulation: Zephyr also has the psionic ability to manipulate flame by shaping it as he desires, increasing or decreasing its heat, intensity, and size. He can psionically manipulate the flame to do whatever he desires, and sometimes induces it to take semi-solid form as an animate flame being (these creations, though capable of movement and of grasping or carrying solid objects, are not alive and do not think or act on their own). The degree of Zephyr's concentration necessary to manipulate a flame being is directly proportional to the being's size, power, and flame.
Though he cannot be burned by a flame which he is manipulating, Zephyr can be harmed by any fire that he does not mentally control. It has been documented that he must be able to see a flame in order to take control of it (hence limiting his mental influence to approximately 100 yards). Any of Zephyr's fiery creations will immediately revert to ordinary flame if he turns his interest from it.
Weapon?
(Ignore it! The pic was the best one suited to my tastes and there was no way to remove the guandao without compromising the image. So again, there is no weapon.)
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General
Project: Cronus
Age: 27
Blood Type: A+
Gender: Male
Height: 6'4" (193cm)
Weight: 200lbs (91kg)
Race/Ethnicity: Caucasian
Power(s)
Dilustel Armor: Cronus' metallic shell, or "skin", is called Dilustel. Nathaniel is able to coat himself with the metal, either partially or totally. Cronus' symbiosis with the metal is such that even partially armored he is able to access the Quantum Field.
Quantum Field Manipulation: Cronus's metal skin is tied into the Quantum Field, which enables him to absorb and manipulate theoretically infinite amounts of energy, the amount of which he can use is, limited by his will power and imagination. Cronus' energy absorption power is second only to Helios, he is able to absorb any form of energy and store it in his person. Cronus can fire and control energy of any form. He commonly manipulates his energy into force field bubbles, or explosive 'bombs', but the most common form is a simple blast. Over the years, Cronus has become an expert at his energy manipulation and he can fire from any point on his body, although he usually uses his hands for ease of aiming. He can fire in multiple directions at once or from every point of his body at once. Several times he has "detonated", releasing a massive amount of energy at once, destroying objects within an certain radius. On more than one occasion he has used his ability to manipulate all forms of energy to prevent a foe using their own powers such as Zephyr and Orion.
Dimensional Transportation: Cronus has the ability to create glowing green, circular dimensional portals, which people and objects can travel freely through to emerge from a partner gate at a location he himself defines mentally (it is also possible to make the trip in reverse, travelling from the partner gate to the original gate). The open portals can also work to displace projectiles and even enemies that threaten him.
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General
Project: Helios
Age: 27
Blood Type: AB-
Gender: Male
Height: 6' (182cm)
Weight: 175lbs (79.5kg)
Race/Ethnicity: Caucasian
Power(s)
Energy Blasts: Helios has the ability to absorb ambient cosmic energy into the cells of his body, transform it in an unknown manner, and release it as waves of energy that heat the air in their path enough to turn it into plasma. (Plasma is a super-heated state of matter consisting of charged subatomic particles.) These waves will emanate from his body in all directions unless he purposefully tries to channel them in a single directions, usually along the length of his arms. Helios is himself immune to the intense heat he creates. Whether he is immune to intense heat from other sources is not yet known.
Despite past experiements on the subject, the energy that Helios releases is not truly a concussive force. When Helios strikes an object with the waves of intensity of hot plasma, the sudden vast jump in temperature will often cause objects to shatter, explode, or seemingly disintegrate, and an observer might therefore wrongly think that the object had been struck by a concussive force. Should Helios direct his energy at the lowest level, he can project it towards a human being and his target will suffer a severe headache but will not burn up.
Helios' body is constantly in the process of absorbing cosmic radiation. When each of his body's power-storage cell enclaves reaches its capacity, excess cosmic energy is thereafter absorbed and immediately re-emitted in negligible quantities. Upon the total expenditure of all his available energy, it takes Helios' body about 16.5 hours to recharge to its peak level. The act of concentration involved in releasing his energy in anything other than an omnidirectional wave is physically exhausting for Helios if he continues it over an extended period of time.
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