Background
Griffin Gogol was a simple plumber who underwent hypnosis by an
elderly psychiatrist who couldn't afford to pay him for the work he
did for him. Little did Gogol know the psychiatrist was actually an
alien from an other planet. While he was using his hypnosis to help
Griffin quit smoking he also unlocked his innate superhuman powers
otherwise known as his “Ultra Potential”. Unfortunately while
removing his smoking habit, the alien either accidentally or
purposely instilled in him a phobia of fire. Gogol would now faint in
its presence. Fortunately Doc Samson helped him get over his fear of
fire.
After failing as a super villain he decided to become a superhero
first by trying to become a member of the Defenders but like a number
of other heroes present at the time he decided not to be a member. He
has know some success as a solo hero, as a member of the Initiative
and other team ups with the likes of Thor.
Description
Although it's hard to tell by some of the ways he has been drawn
sometimes. he is roughly the size of most male superheroes. He has
short, brown hair and brown eyes. Captain Ultra wears a very odd
costume that seems to be armoured to a degree or somehow
“technologically enhanced”. The legs and belt are a gold color
as well as....forget it. Look it up for yourself. The costume is just
so full of colour and features that describing it properly taxes my
patience.
Powers
Gogol's Ultra potential has been unlocked granting him super
powers. Among them includes basically an over all physical
enhancement including super human strength, endurance, durability,
speed, agility and reflexes. He can lift at arms length over his head
9 tons. According to one of the versions of “The Official Handbook
of the Marvel Universe” as far as his endurance and durability they
should be on par with Spider Man, so he can probably function at peak
ability for several hours and is at least bullet resistant if not
bullet proof and can survive falls from great heights and blows from
super humanly strong opponents.
As far as his agility goes, he is capable of feats of agility
greater than a human can possibly do but still not to the point of
someone like Spider Man. In terms of speed once again following the
Handbook he should be able to move at peak speeds of up to 110 mph
and have reflexes capable of permitting him to react at those speeds
or if nothing else they should be faster than what is possible for
what any human could have but still not on par with the likes of
Spider Man or the mutant and former Avenger Quicksilver. I have read
a Marvel Age issue where he is depicted creating balloon animals at
super speed as well as crawling along the ground at super speed in
order to sneak up on a subject while he was out of costume.
His uncommon physical enhancements include the ability to see
though opaque items. It is said that he can see through opaque
objects as thick as 18 inches up to 60 feet away. His other
unconventional physical power includes his “Ultra Breath” that
can produce “great concussive force”. It's limits are unknown.
He is also capable of flight of at least up to 60 mph hour. His
handbook entry puts him in a category that tops out at 170 miles per
hour, the maximum known speed for any flying bird not counting power
diving like a falcon does. Also he (and the clothes he wears) can
become intangible permitting him to pass through solid objects and
permitting solid object to pass through him.
Although I'm not familiar with them he apparently has super human
resistance to mind control and an “Ultra Voice”. I can't say what
they mean by ultra voice but I would assume it means he can use his
voice in super human ways like making it louder like he was using a
megaphone or maybe even being able to speak in frequencies of sounds
that humans can't hear. Who knows. It could also mean that he can
mimic voices and other sounds. He apparently has the power to tell
“Ultra Jokes” and now has a career as a stand up comedian so
maybe he can imitate different voices and sounds.
Theoretically he has more powers than those mentioned thanks to
his ultra potential but they are the only ones he has displayed so
far. He is essentially a comedic rip off of Superman so he could
theoretically exhibit all of his powers even if only at a far lower
power level.
If I was Captain Ultra
I had to give this some thought. This power set would make me
powerful but not so powerful that a well organized and armed group
couldn't defeat me. So for that reason anything I would do I would do
in disguise. Okay it's true that I wouldn't completely stick to that.
I would walk in and out of my house using the intangibility without
using the door without thinking about it. Of course at some point I
would probably remember to fly out underground and pop out when I'm
far enough away. I'd use the “X-Ray” vision power to navigate
while underground. In fact I just might “Bugs Bunny” it
everywhere. Maybe adopt a “Mole Man” identity. There would be a
lot of moments of me wearing a fin on my head moving through the
ground with my head just out of the ground a little saying “Nuh-nuh,
nuh-nuh, nuh-nuh,” chasing someone along.
Ultra-Breath would be my favorite use of the power set. A lot of
“I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house down!” I live
in the cold, cold north so it would be a great for “snow blowing”.
Yep the joke makes itself. It would be great for “crowd control”.
I'd use it to knock back multiple attackers if it came down to it. It
would also be good for single attackers as well. Punch, punch, woosh!
Sending my attacker flying back. It would also be good for
distractions. Blow at the ground and dust and debris would swirl up
and distract people from my movements permitting me to make an
escape.
I would adopt an identity that wasn't to outrageous as in having a
colorful costume and cape. Instead I would wear dark clothes along
the lines that Simon did as “Super Hoodie” in the television show
“Misfits”. He wore black clothes including a hoodie and black
cycling pads/armor including a visor and mask face protection. I
would play down my super human attributes as best as I could. No
point in “letting the cat out of the bag” if I don't have to.
I wouldn't go out of my way to “fight crime” but if the
situation presented itself I couldn't see myself looking the other
way without at least investigating it. Then I'd most likely detain
the perpetrators until the proper authorities showed up.
Thinking about it this is one of those power sets where I would
think I would be careful but then having the power and using it would
make me less cautious. Thinking about having powers and having powers
are two different things. Having super human physical attributes and
being able to become intangible would go a long way towards making me
feel invincible. After a few times of effortlessly “incidentally”
taking out a number of “criminals”, I would probably end up
feeling more confident and would become a local “guardian”
patrolling my neighborhood on a daily basis. Running off gangs and
other organizations trying to move into my “protectorate”.
The possibilities for fighting crimes are of course numerous with
this power set. Carrying off get away cars. Provoking armed
assailants to waste their bullets as they passed harmlessly through
me maybe even striking each other making it safer for the police to
apprehend them. Looking into potentially hidden rooms to see if
kidnap victims are there. Catching victims thrown off of high
perches. Blowing out fires set by arsonists before they get too big.
I would be able to do all those things.
I can't forget the possibility of Ultra Jokes and Ultra Voice.
This would be awesome. Getting a bunch of criminals laughing as a
distraction. Maybe do a whole routine. Maybe use a number of “cutting
jibes” to demoralize the criminals getting them to give up on
themselves and turn themselves in or even prevent the crime in the
first place. The ultra voice would enable me to make sure my words
would make it to their audience.
Hmm...Maybe public speaking would be an idea...
Thanks for reading
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Monday, March 18, 2013
If I Was A Composite Super Being New Mutants Version - part 2
Once again I wasn't completely thrilled with my entry. So I'm
deciding to expand the entry.
I think I would go with the faking being a wolf demon. I'd find some kids who think it's cool to worship demons. I'd crash among them using Cannonballs powers and when the smoke clears I'd make sure to use Wolfsbane's powers to be in transitional wolf form acting injured. I'd tell them I'd need to feed and use Karma's possession power to zone them out and tell them that meant that I had fed. I would tell them that if they wanted to have my services that they would have to show their fear and then I would use Mirage's power to show it
Of course there would be a demand of tribute in return for services. I think the most common service I would offer is the “high” of experiencing your greatest desire even if only temporarily. The next most common service would of course be giving rides via flight or some kind of wagon/dog sled conveyance. Next would be intimidation. Either as a wolf-man, wolf, using Mirage's fear power or even just taking over a subject making them seem to pass out when “my master” wanted to show their strength over them.
I would establish a set of “taboos” that would dictate the terms of my services. “Divine interference” comes with conditions. Any “malevolent request” requires an “equal act of benevolence” to balance the karmic debt. Killing would be forbidden since the only act to balance to taking someone’s life would be sacrificing one's own life. Also it would go against divine law for a divine being to take a non-divine life.
If nothing else my excuse if I couldn't do something would be that being cast from Heaven reduced my power and invincibility. Of course I would also say, “Do I look like a genie to you?”
Basically my demon ways would of course be a scam to make me money and get me stuff but ultimately it would teach my masters to be better people or if nothing else learn to balance their behavior.
Thanks for reading
I think I would go with the faking being a wolf demon. I'd find some kids who think it's cool to worship demons. I'd crash among them using Cannonballs powers and when the smoke clears I'd make sure to use Wolfsbane's powers to be in transitional wolf form acting injured. I'd tell them I'd need to feed and use Karma's possession power to zone them out and tell them that meant that I had fed. I would tell them that if they wanted to have my services that they would have to show their fear and then I would use Mirage's power to show it
Of course there would be a demand of tribute in return for services. I think the most common service I would offer is the “high” of experiencing your greatest desire even if only temporarily. The next most common service would of course be giving rides via flight or some kind of wagon/dog sled conveyance. Next would be intimidation. Either as a wolf-man, wolf, using Mirage's fear power or even just taking over a subject making them seem to pass out when “my master” wanted to show their strength over them.
I would establish a set of “taboos” that would dictate the terms of my services. “Divine interference” comes with conditions. Any “malevolent request” requires an “equal act of benevolence” to balance the karmic debt. Killing would be forbidden since the only act to balance to taking someone’s life would be sacrificing one's own life. Also it would go against divine law for a divine being to take a non-divine life.
If nothing else my excuse if I couldn't do something would be that being cast from Heaven reduced my power and invincibility. Of course I would also say, “Do I look like a genie to you?”
Basically my demon ways would of course be a scam to make me money and get me stuff but ultimately it would teach my masters to be better people or if nothing else learn to balance their behavior.
Thanks for reading
Thursday, March 14, 2013
If I was an Original New Mutants Powered Composite Super Being
To reiterate
I distinguish composite super beings from "power mimics" like the Super Adaptoid or Amazo who gain their powers from being exposed to other super beings because they only have the specific power sets of a specific group of super beings and cannot just acquire more like the two androids mentioned can.
For me the appeal of a composite super beings is similar to the appeal of power mimics. When you have the combined powers of a super team you can use it in ways that individual team members can't no matter how cooperative they are. Like the Super Skrull combining Mr. Fantastic's stretching with the Thing's superhuman strength to use the super strength in places where it's difficult to reach. Something the two can't do as individuals. Mr. Fantastic can reach but he lacks the super strength. The Thing has the strength but lacks the reach.
As a composite super being you can mix and match the powers of the composing super beings or use only individual's power sets at a time or none at all.
Background
The original New Mutants were a team of adolescent mutants brought together by Charles Xavier (Professor X) who was under control of the Brood Queen at the time. However before his possession he had contemplated creating a new team of young mutants not for combat purposes like the X-Men but strictly as just students learning to use their powers. His choice of recruits were Sam Guthrie (Cannonball), Danielle Moonstar (Mirage all though originally Psyche), Roberto da Costa (Sunspot), Xi'an Coy Mahn (Karma), Rahne Sinclair (Wolfsbane). They were primarily chosen because they were being targeted by the White King of the Hellfire Club Donald Pierce who actually had Sam Guthrie already working for him.
They went on a number of adventures before Charles Xavier was freed of the control of the Brood Queen. After his release he decided to keep the team together and forbidding them to go on missions and into combat until they graduated. Of course that never stopped them from going on adventures.
Description
The New Mutants originally wore the standard X-Men uniform. A black body suit with a broad yellow vertical stripe on the chest and yellow trunks. It was accessorized with yellow gauntlets, yellow boots with folded cuffs and a red belt with the X-Men symbol for a buckle consisting of a red circle with a large black “X” in it against a yellow back ground.
Cannonball
As described in If I Was Cannonball Sam Guthrie is a tall, thin, blond haired, blue eyed, male. They went out of there way to play up that he was a hillbilly there fore they originally drew him as awkward and not quite handsome as super beings are usually drawn..
Mirage
Danielle Moonstar is originally drawn as a coltish, tallish, native-american girl (Cheyenne I believe) with long dark hair and dark eyes. She personalized her uniform with hide boots and a headdress with feathers. She eventually evolved into the teams “Hot Girl”.
Sunspot
Roberto is a short, although athletic, Brazilian boy with dark skin, hair and eyes. His hair is naturally curly/wavy and he keeps short but not severely short so you can see the natural wave or curl to it.
Karma
Xi'an Coy Mahn is an averaged height (for a North American anyway) Vietnamese female with short dark hair and dark eyes. She was often portrayed as severe looking. Of course given the troubles that dogged her, her whole early life it makes sense to portray her that way.
Wolfsbane
Rahne Sinclair is a short, petite (5'2”, 110lbs) Scottish girl with red hair and green eyes. Her hair is originally portrayed as very short, almost fuzzy, similar to the length of wolf fur. This apparently a consequence of her mutant power. She has often complained that it wouldn't grow any longer than that. In her lupin and transitional form her fur was a reddish-brown color. Her costume was made of “unstable molecules” and would transform into a collar when she transformed into her “beastly” forms.
Powers
I am going with their powers as they were originally, before they underwent various modifications by either further forced mutation, magical enchantment or plain old had to be made more powerful to carry a comic book.
Cannonball
Cannonball possesses the power to project himself in flight via a “thermal chemical” propulsion method leaving behind him a “contrail” similar to a rocket. His max speed (at this time anyway) was 150 miles per hour and could generate enough thrust to carry at least over a ton of weight in flight. He flew with Sunspot who was carrying a small van or covered truck. I would say he could fly with greater weights since he didn't seem to stressed by it and frankly a vehicle that size would way more than a ton but then when a weight is bothered to be stated in a story it is because they are implying that it is the actual weight of the object. It's not specified how long he can fly for but it does quickly become his primary mode of transportation permitting him to fly across a city the size of Brazil while carrying a small truck or van.
When he activates his thrust and for up to possibly a minute after his thrust is turned off he generates a “blast field” that protects him and whomever he is carrying if he so chooses from the damage of a collision or the general damage that would normally be incurred in flight. It protected him from such things as a collision that destroyed a full grown tree, blasting through stone to free trapped minors and multiple shots from energy based weapons used by Hellfire Club security. Not to mention the strain of carrying over a ton of weight with him in flight using only one arm.
Mirage
Mirage's primary power is to draw the image of a subjects worse fear or greatest desire from their mind and manifest them as animated three dimensional holograms. She doesn't know what the images are going to be before they appear. She can't just probe a mind. These images are clearly holograms to those that they aren't drawn from but for those they are drawn from they are very, very real. The full range of the power isn't know but she can at least do it within line of site and has used it to draw her flying horse to her.
She possesses a secondary power that permits her to telepathically communicate with animals and understand them. She uses this most often to communicate with her teammate Wolfsbane while in her wolf forms. Once again the full range of the power isn't know but it does function as a handy communication device when they are separated on missions in large compounds so I'm going go with it is at least possible within line of sight. I will say that it does not extend into the hundreds of miles since she couldn't find Rahne when they were separated in different parts of the Asgardian continent.
Sunspot
Sunspot has the power to grant himself super human strength by drawing power from solar energy. In his earliest appearances he is strong enough to split a large boulder in two with one blow and is capable of toppling a sentinel (a giant mutant hunting robot). He is said to be able to lift 25 tons at arms length over his head at this period in his career. However his strength level is dependent on the amount of solar energy he is exposed to. Under normal conditions on Earth he has the above listed strength but in a setting with a greater sun or more suns he would be stronger.
A consequence of his elevation in strength is an equal elevation in his resistance to injury if for nothing else but to permit him to function with superhuman strength without damaging himself. He has of course survived blows from super strong opponents and falls from great heights and even being hit by an eighteen wheeler at one hundred miles per hour. He was even trampled by horse without suffering harm. However this does not necessarily translate into a greater resistance to temperature extremes, diseases or toxins. He would still require aid to survive in hostile environments such as a scuba tank for breathing while underwater and a spacesuit for surviving outside of the atmosphere.
There is no specific information on how long he can manifest his solar powered strength. It is of course based on how much solar energy he has stored. I'd wager initially he could store enough energy to function in super strength mode for as long as he could function in normal strength mode. Of course when he runs out of solar energy he has to be exposed to sunlight to recharge his strength. Instead of just resting and letting his strength rebuild by his body processing more “food based fuel”. This would basically mean that after a few minutes of full exertion he would run out of stored energy. However this soon grew into at least tens of minutes of full exertion giving him something resembling superhuman stamina.
He is constantly absorbing solar energy even at night without it being apparent. However when he activates his super strength this process accelerates and his skin and hair no longer reflects light making him appear to be completely black except his eyes and the inside of his mouth which seem to become luminescent. Dust particles that pass close to his body also become darkened making him seem to be surrounded by a corona of black spots from which he derives his name Sunspot. His exact rate of absorption isn't really specified but it doesn't really seem to take him long to recharge his strength in day light. In fact in day light one could assume he could remain in super strength mode for extended periods of time.
Karma
Karma has the ability to take over one or more subjects' bodies (usually people) by psionic means. Sort of how you control a video game character or a puppet. More a remote control capacity then an actual possession. She isn't left defenceless as she would be if she actually left her body and took over her target's body. She can however see through the subjects eyes as well as experience their other sensory input. This permits her control a subject she has caused to leave her sight.
The consciousness of the subjects themselves are repressed while controlled. They enter a dreamlike sleep and have no memory of being controlled. If she retains control of a subject for too long their personality begins to overwhelm hers. The time is not specified but I would imagine it is long enough for her to be useful. She is still in control but she starts to act according to their personality instead of hers. The more subjects she controls at once the harder it is to keep them all under control.
Because of how her power works the subject of her control can function clumsily at first as she gets accustomed to how their body works. Also given that there is no specifications about the range of the power one can assume it is at least as far as visual range.
Wolfsbane
Simply put Wolfsbane can transform into a wolf. The wolf form itself is not super wolfish (it will be eventually due to forced mutation). It has the same abilities and limits of a similar sized wolf except for two exception. The first is that as a wolf she retains her human intelligence and self awareness. She does however act more “wolfish” in wolf form. I would assume because although she has human intelligence the wolf form has wolf instincts instead of human ones. The second exception is that her wolf form can see into the ultraviolet and infrared spectrum even though real wolves cannot.
A second element of her wolf transformation power is that she can adopt a “transitional” form where she possesses both the advantages of her human and wolf forms. As an example she can use human speech in transitional form even though she can't in wolf form. Her wolf form is larger than her human and consequently she is also larger in her transitional form. She is ten inches taller in this form. This has the advantage of giving her more muscle mass making her stronger and more durable although not super humanly so.
How long she can remain in each form isn't stated but one would assume the longer she is in wolf form the more she will act like a wolf because she will grow more accustom to functioning with wolf instincts.
If I was an original New Mutants powered composite super being
With Cannonball's powers
Once again for this power set I'd become a sky writer and play “Rocket Man”. However there's a different thing I would do. Thrust being a big component of the power set I'd build myself a “flying shell” that I could use as a cargo carrier or even a passenger carrier. I'd supply the thrust and the shell would provide the lift. Even if it wasn't perfectly secure the blast field should theoretically protect the shell while I'm flying it.
With Mirage's powers
It's funny that I would get more out of her secondary power than her primary power. I would become an animal trainer or at least a pet psychiatrist. I would use the primary power as a reward/punishment tool. Also I would get a pet and between the pet and this power set I would have my own personal security system.
With Sunspot's powers
I think with this power set you go into the entertainment industry. Most likely entertaining at kids parties. Lifting the parents cars and tying metal things into knots. Doing all this combined with the appearance the power set provides will make you a lot of money I'm sure.
With Karma's powers
In a lot of ways this power set isn't my cup of tea. I don't like to force people to do things against their will. Then on the other hand it's right up my alley as well. The ability to stop someone without hurting them does appeal to me and the dark side of me would love to be able to order people around like puppets. Of course being me I would use this power set for “non-violent” conflict resolution. “Stop punching yourself” of course would have a whole new appeal to me as I make someone hit themselves to subdue them.
Then it dawns on me. Synchronized sports or at least personal training. Get certified as a personal trainer and offer people a work out while they zone out. I would make the body go through the work out and their minds would be free. This would build their “muscle memory” even if not their conscious memory. They could acquire some new skills without even knowing it. I would definitely do that. My slogan would be “Do you find exercise too tedious? Let me do it for you while you relax.”
With Wolfsbane's powers
This is my “take back the night” power set. I spend a lot of time at night in wolf form running around exploring. Using my transitional form to get me into places I couldn't because of the limitations of the wolf form. I'm not saying I'd go running out into the forest but rather in urban settings. It would be my excuse to exercise more. Running through the darkened cityscape, able to see into the shadows, the cool breeze blowing through my fur. I would love that. I'd do much like a real wolf would. I'd get to know the town I live in by smell as well as the cities I regularly visit. If nothing else it would be my excuse to find new places to visit during the day with friends.
In Combination
Combining all of the powers I might even play at being a “demon” werewolf. I'd live in an old abandoned building and use Mirage and Karma's powers to show I have power over souls. Wolfsbane's powers would govern my wolfish appearance. Cannonball's powers would show I have power over “hellfire” and Sunspot's powers would show that my true power lies in darkness.
Combining Wolfsbane, Mirage and Sunspot's powers I would do as I would as Ursa Major. I would accompany people hunting. Probably track down the prey and carry it out if it got stuck in otherwise inaccessible areas. Of course it would be easier to track then with Ursa Major since aside from enhanced senses the “animal telepathy” also helps. This would also help me steer those hunting towards the old and sick deer rather than the healthy ones. Of course given that I could sense the animals thoughts I would have those asking me to help them hunt take the time and give thanks to their potential prey before letting them actually hunt them.
Combining Sunspot and Cannonball's powers I would use them haul freight in short hauls. As long as it didn't exceed my ability to carry it, I would be a great delivery service.
Combining Karma and Mirage's powers I would hire myself out to help people get over their greatest fears. Mirage's main power would of course permit me to determine what there fear is Karma's power would let me “sedate” the person if they couldn't deal with what was happening in the therapy. I would take them over and send their consciousness into a dream like state while I kept them from hurting anyone accidentally should they panic and become dangerous.
Thanks for reading
I distinguish composite super beings from "power mimics" like the Super Adaptoid or Amazo who gain their powers from being exposed to other super beings because they only have the specific power sets of a specific group of super beings and cannot just acquire more like the two androids mentioned can.
For me the appeal of a composite super beings is similar to the appeal of power mimics. When you have the combined powers of a super team you can use it in ways that individual team members can't no matter how cooperative they are. Like the Super Skrull combining Mr. Fantastic's stretching with the Thing's superhuman strength to use the super strength in places where it's difficult to reach. Something the two can't do as individuals. Mr. Fantastic can reach but he lacks the super strength. The Thing has the strength but lacks the reach.
As a composite super being you can mix and match the powers of the composing super beings or use only individual's power sets at a time or none at all.
Background
The original New Mutants were a team of adolescent mutants brought together by Charles Xavier (Professor X) who was under control of the Brood Queen at the time. However before his possession he had contemplated creating a new team of young mutants not for combat purposes like the X-Men but strictly as just students learning to use their powers. His choice of recruits were Sam Guthrie (Cannonball), Danielle Moonstar (Mirage all though originally Psyche), Roberto da Costa (Sunspot), Xi'an Coy Mahn (Karma), Rahne Sinclair (Wolfsbane). They were primarily chosen because they were being targeted by the White King of the Hellfire Club Donald Pierce who actually had Sam Guthrie already working for him.
They went on a number of adventures before Charles Xavier was freed of the control of the Brood Queen. After his release he decided to keep the team together and forbidding them to go on missions and into combat until they graduated. Of course that never stopped them from going on adventures.
Description
The New Mutants originally wore the standard X-Men uniform. A black body suit with a broad yellow vertical stripe on the chest and yellow trunks. It was accessorized with yellow gauntlets, yellow boots with folded cuffs and a red belt with the X-Men symbol for a buckle consisting of a red circle with a large black “X” in it against a yellow back ground.
Cannonball
As described in If I Was Cannonball Sam Guthrie is a tall, thin, blond haired, blue eyed, male. They went out of there way to play up that he was a hillbilly there fore they originally drew him as awkward and not quite handsome as super beings are usually drawn..
Mirage
Danielle Moonstar is originally drawn as a coltish, tallish, native-american girl (Cheyenne I believe) with long dark hair and dark eyes. She personalized her uniform with hide boots and a headdress with feathers. She eventually evolved into the teams “Hot Girl”.
Sunspot
Roberto is a short, although athletic, Brazilian boy with dark skin, hair and eyes. His hair is naturally curly/wavy and he keeps short but not severely short so you can see the natural wave or curl to it.
Karma
Xi'an Coy Mahn is an averaged height (for a North American anyway) Vietnamese female with short dark hair and dark eyes. She was often portrayed as severe looking. Of course given the troubles that dogged her, her whole early life it makes sense to portray her that way.
Wolfsbane
Rahne Sinclair is a short, petite (5'2”, 110lbs) Scottish girl with red hair and green eyes. Her hair is originally portrayed as very short, almost fuzzy, similar to the length of wolf fur. This apparently a consequence of her mutant power. She has often complained that it wouldn't grow any longer than that. In her lupin and transitional form her fur was a reddish-brown color. Her costume was made of “unstable molecules” and would transform into a collar when she transformed into her “beastly” forms.
Powers
I am going with their powers as they were originally, before they underwent various modifications by either further forced mutation, magical enchantment or plain old had to be made more powerful to carry a comic book.
Cannonball
Cannonball possesses the power to project himself in flight via a “thermal chemical” propulsion method leaving behind him a “contrail” similar to a rocket. His max speed (at this time anyway) was 150 miles per hour and could generate enough thrust to carry at least over a ton of weight in flight. He flew with Sunspot who was carrying a small van or covered truck. I would say he could fly with greater weights since he didn't seem to stressed by it and frankly a vehicle that size would way more than a ton but then when a weight is bothered to be stated in a story it is because they are implying that it is the actual weight of the object. It's not specified how long he can fly for but it does quickly become his primary mode of transportation permitting him to fly across a city the size of Brazil while carrying a small truck or van.
When he activates his thrust and for up to possibly a minute after his thrust is turned off he generates a “blast field” that protects him and whomever he is carrying if he so chooses from the damage of a collision or the general damage that would normally be incurred in flight. It protected him from such things as a collision that destroyed a full grown tree, blasting through stone to free trapped minors and multiple shots from energy based weapons used by Hellfire Club security. Not to mention the strain of carrying over a ton of weight with him in flight using only one arm.
Mirage
Mirage's primary power is to draw the image of a subjects worse fear or greatest desire from their mind and manifest them as animated three dimensional holograms. She doesn't know what the images are going to be before they appear. She can't just probe a mind. These images are clearly holograms to those that they aren't drawn from but for those they are drawn from they are very, very real. The full range of the power isn't know but she can at least do it within line of site and has used it to draw her flying horse to her.
She possesses a secondary power that permits her to telepathically communicate with animals and understand them. She uses this most often to communicate with her teammate Wolfsbane while in her wolf forms. Once again the full range of the power isn't know but it does function as a handy communication device when they are separated on missions in large compounds so I'm going go with it is at least possible within line of sight. I will say that it does not extend into the hundreds of miles since she couldn't find Rahne when they were separated in different parts of the Asgardian continent.
Sunspot
Sunspot has the power to grant himself super human strength by drawing power from solar energy. In his earliest appearances he is strong enough to split a large boulder in two with one blow and is capable of toppling a sentinel (a giant mutant hunting robot). He is said to be able to lift 25 tons at arms length over his head at this period in his career. However his strength level is dependent on the amount of solar energy he is exposed to. Under normal conditions on Earth he has the above listed strength but in a setting with a greater sun or more suns he would be stronger.
A consequence of his elevation in strength is an equal elevation in his resistance to injury if for nothing else but to permit him to function with superhuman strength without damaging himself. He has of course survived blows from super strong opponents and falls from great heights and even being hit by an eighteen wheeler at one hundred miles per hour. He was even trampled by horse without suffering harm. However this does not necessarily translate into a greater resistance to temperature extremes, diseases or toxins. He would still require aid to survive in hostile environments such as a scuba tank for breathing while underwater and a spacesuit for surviving outside of the atmosphere.
There is no specific information on how long he can manifest his solar powered strength. It is of course based on how much solar energy he has stored. I'd wager initially he could store enough energy to function in super strength mode for as long as he could function in normal strength mode. Of course when he runs out of solar energy he has to be exposed to sunlight to recharge his strength. Instead of just resting and letting his strength rebuild by his body processing more “food based fuel”. This would basically mean that after a few minutes of full exertion he would run out of stored energy. However this soon grew into at least tens of minutes of full exertion giving him something resembling superhuman stamina.
He is constantly absorbing solar energy even at night without it being apparent. However when he activates his super strength this process accelerates and his skin and hair no longer reflects light making him appear to be completely black except his eyes and the inside of his mouth which seem to become luminescent. Dust particles that pass close to his body also become darkened making him seem to be surrounded by a corona of black spots from which he derives his name Sunspot. His exact rate of absorption isn't really specified but it doesn't really seem to take him long to recharge his strength in day light. In fact in day light one could assume he could remain in super strength mode for extended periods of time.
Karma
Karma has the ability to take over one or more subjects' bodies (usually people) by psionic means. Sort of how you control a video game character or a puppet. More a remote control capacity then an actual possession. She isn't left defenceless as she would be if she actually left her body and took over her target's body. She can however see through the subjects eyes as well as experience their other sensory input. This permits her control a subject she has caused to leave her sight.
The consciousness of the subjects themselves are repressed while controlled. They enter a dreamlike sleep and have no memory of being controlled. If she retains control of a subject for too long their personality begins to overwhelm hers. The time is not specified but I would imagine it is long enough for her to be useful. She is still in control but she starts to act according to their personality instead of hers. The more subjects she controls at once the harder it is to keep them all under control.
Because of how her power works the subject of her control can function clumsily at first as she gets accustomed to how their body works. Also given that there is no specifications about the range of the power one can assume it is at least as far as visual range.
Wolfsbane
Simply put Wolfsbane can transform into a wolf. The wolf form itself is not super wolfish (it will be eventually due to forced mutation). It has the same abilities and limits of a similar sized wolf except for two exception. The first is that as a wolf she retains her human intelligence and self awareness. She does however act more “wolfish” in wolf form. I would assume because although she has human intelligence the wolf form has wolf instincts instead of human ones. The second exception is that her wolf form can see into the ultraviolet and infrared spectrum even though real wolves cannot.
A second element of her wolf transformation power is that she can adopt a “transitional” form where she possesses both the advantages of her human and wolf forms. As an example she can use human speech in transitional form even though she can't in wolf form. Her wolf form is larger than her human and consequently she is also larger in her transitional form. She is ten inches taller in this form. This has the advantage of giving her more muscle mass making her stronger and more durable although not super humanly so.
How long she can remain in each form isn't stated but one would assume the longer she is in wolf form the more she will act like a wolf because she will grow more accustom to functioning with wolf instincts.
If I was an original New Mutants powered composite super being
With Cannonball's powers
Once again for this power set I'd become a sky writer and play “Rocket Man”. However there's a different thing I would do. Thrust being a big component of the power set I'd build myself a “flying shell” that I could use as a cargo carrier or even a passenger carrier. I'd supply the thrust and the shell would provide the lift. Even if it wasn't perfectly secure the blast field should theoretically protect the shell while I'm flying it.
With Mirage's powers
It's funny that I would get more out of her secondary power than her primary power. I would become an animal trainer or at least a pet psychiatrist. I would use the primary power as a reward/punishment tool. Also I would get a pet and between the pet and this power set I would have my own personal security system.
With Sunspot's powers
I think with this power set you go into the entertainment industry. Most likely entertaining at kids parties. Lifting the parents cars and tying metal things into knots. Doing all this combined with the appearance the power set provides will make you a lot of money I'm sure.
With Karma's powers
In a lot of ways this power set isn't my cup of tea. I don't like to force people to do things against their will. Then on the other hand it's right up my alley as well. The ability to stop someone without hurting them does appeal to me and the dark side of me would love to be able to order people around like puppets. Of course being me I would use this power set for “non-violent” conflict resolution. “Stop punching yourself” of course would have a whole new appeal to me as I make someone hit themselves to subdue them.
Then it dawns on me. Synchronized sports or at least personal training. Get certified as a personal trainer and offer people a work out while they zone out. I would make the body go through the work out and their minds would be free. This would build their “muscle memory” even if not their conscious memory. They could acquire some new skills without even knowing it. I would definitely do that. My slogan would be “Do you find exercise too tedious? Let me do it for you while you relax.”
With Wolfsbane's powers
This is my “take back the night” power set. I spend a lot of time at night in wolf form running around exploring. Using my transitional form to get me into places I couldn't because of the limitations of the wolf form. I'm not saying I'd go running out into the forest but rather in urban settings. It would be my excuse to exercise more. Running through the darkened cityscape, able to see into the shadows, the cool breeze blowing through my fur. I would love that. I'd do much like a real wolf would. I'd get to know the town I live in by smell as well as the cities I regularly visit. If nothing else it would be my excuse to find new places to visit during the day with friends.
In Combination
Combining all of the powers I might even play at being a “demon” werewolf. I'd live in an old abandoned building and use Mirage and Karma's powers to show I have power over souls. Wolfsbane's powers would govern my wolfish appearance. Cannonball's powers would show I have power over “hellfire” and Sunspot's powers would show that my true power lies in darkness.
Combining Wolfsbane, Mirage and Sunspot's powers I would do as I would as Ursa Major. I would accompany people hunting. Probably track down the prey and carry it out if it got stuck in otherwise inaccessible areas. Of course it would be easier to track then with Ursa Major since aside from enhanced senses the “animal telepathy” also helps. This would also help me steer those hunting towards the old and sick deer rather than the healthy ones. Of course given that I could sense the animals thoughts I would have those asking me to help them hunt take the time and give thanks to their potential prey before letting them actually hunt them.
Combining Sunspot and Cannonball's powers I would use them haul freight in short hauls. As long as it didn't exceed my ability to carry it, I would be a great delivery service.
Combining Karma and Mirage's powers I would hire myself out to help people get over their greatest fears. Mirage's main power would of course permit me to determine what there fear is Karma's power would let me “sedate” the person if they couldn't deal with what was happening in the therapy. I would take them over and send their consciousness into a dream like state while I kept them from hurting anyone accidentally should they panic and become dangerous.
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If I was the original Spider Woman
Background
At a year old Jessica Drew and family moved from England to Wundagore Mountain. Her father worked there with fellow geneticist Herbert Wyndham who would later become the High Evolutionary. Several years after their arrival Jessica developed radiation poisoning from exposure to uranium. Her father injected her with a formula based on the recuperative powers of spiders to grant her immunity to the radiation. Wyndham then put her in a genetic accelerator of his own design to help speed up the process. Unfortunately the process was still very slow so the accelerator slowed down her ageing process. She woke up decades later alone for some mysterious reason with no memory of her past. Her power manifested a short time later. Upon first manifesting she accidentally unleashed a “venom blast” killing her boyfriend. From then on she led a complicated life becoming a member of several clandestine organizations including Hydra and S.H.I.E.L.D.
After her stint with Hydra she developed the superhuman persona of Spider Woman and became a superhero. She is the one who fished Carol Danvers out of the river after Rogue dumped her there when she permanently stole her powers and memories.
Description
She is a tall, athletic woman with green eyes who dies her long auburn hair black. She wears a red body suit including a mask and cowl with eye lenses similar to Spiderman. The suit is trimmed in black and has various yellow accenting pieces including gloves and boots.
Powers
Her basic physical attributes are on par with Spiderman's including her flexibility, agility and speed including reflexes. However where as he can lift 10 tons at arms length over his head, she can only lift 7 tons. Of course given that the serum was designed to impart her a spider's immunity to toxins, drugs and radiation her immunity to these things far exceeds his. Also like Spiderman, she can cling to walls using electrostatic attraction with similar capacity.
Unlike Spiderman she has superhuman hearing instead of his precognitive “spider sense”. Aside from just greater acuity, she also has a greater range of frequencies she can hear. Also unlike Spiderman she produces pheromones that can cause fear or cause attraction or repulsion depending on the targets gender and mood.
She can also generates bio-electricity that she can project as “venom blasts” which manifest as green burst of electricity that generally effects a target's nervous system. She generally only projects them with enough “charge” to stun a target but when fully charged she can project a full blast equal to 1/10th of a lightning bolt. After that she would be depleted of venom blasts and would have to wait for her stores to build up again.
She also posses the very unspider-like ability to glide on wind currents. Or at least tiny spiders do this by catching breezes with “spider lines”. To be honest she can fully fly now and not just glide but I prefer the gliding idea so I'm going to stick with that version of the power.
If I was the original Spider Woman
The first order of business for me would be parcour. Wall crawling and gliding with the addition of super agility and super strength enhanced mobility and even super stamina and durability. You can bring the sport to whole new levels. Sky scrapers and monuments become new places to play. I guess that I'd be combining parcour with base jumping. Mind you I could also go flight suit jumping without the flight suit or parachute.
Okay so I would start a web show. “The All New Adventures of Darth Hunter” I would prowl the city dressed like a “Sith” doing “Force Gymnastics” (the “super parcour” mentioned above). I'd blast people with the venom blasts as though they were “Force Lightning” but it would be people who would be willing or if I came across people who needed a good shocking. Then I would do things like move people's cars around or even stack them using my super strength. I would use the pheromones to manipulate people as though it were some “Jedi Mind Trick”. Of course the pheromones are about the attraction and repulsion based on the gender that finds you attractive or feels you are competition. So essentially women would enjoy my presence but men would experience fear in it. Not sure how that would really work out. Spiderfan.org claims that she controls her pheromone emissions so I guess I could use it like a Jedi mind trick. All this would be filmed by someone of course. Not sure who I'd get. Maybe someone with a R/C helicopter mounted camera so they could catch up with my roof hopping.
Aside from that I would participate in a lot of marathons and shows like Ninja Warrior and Wipeout. That's probably how I would make a living. I'd keep the winnings for these competitions and use at least part of it to film more videos.
Ultimately this is a power set that either turns you into a hero or a villain. Like I said with my Wonder Woman entry the temptation to follow racing police cars or to intervene when I see something dangerous going on is too great for me. I'd use “The All New Adventures of Darth Hunter” as a cover for my super heroing. Also spiders are predators so I would probably “prey on evil”. Especially using the pheromone power to extract information or to intimidate a possible adversary.
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At a year old Jessica Drew and family moved from England to Wundagore Mountain. Her father worked there with fellow geneticist Herbert Wyndham who would later become the High Evolutionary. Several years after their arrival Jessica developed radiation poisoning from exposure to uranium. Her father injected her with a formula based on the recuperative powers of spiders to grant her immunity to the radiation. Wyndham then put her in a genetic accelerator of his own design to help speed up the process. Unfortunately the process was still very slow so the accelerator slowed down her ageing process. She woke up decades later alone for some mysterious reason with no memory of her past. Her power manifested a short time later. Upon first manifesting she accidentally unleashed a “venom blast” killing her boyfriend. From then on she led a complicated life becoming a member of several clandestine organizations including Hydra and S.H.I.E.L.D.
After her stint with Hydra she developed the superhuman persona of Spider Woman and became a superhero. She is the one who fished Carol Danvers out of the river after Rogue dumped her there when she permanently stole her powers and memories.
Description
She is a tall, athletic woman with green eyes who dies her long auburn hair black. She wears a red body suit including a mask and cowl with eye lenses similar to Spiderman. The suit is trimmed in black and has various yellow accenting pieces including gloves and boots.
Powers
Her basic physical attributes are on par with Spiderman's including her flexibility, agility and speed including reflexes. However where as he can lift 10 tons at arms length over his head, she can only lift 7 tons. Of course given that the serum was designed to impart her a spider's immunity to toxins, drugs and radiation her immunity to these things far exceeds his. Also like Spiderman, she can cling to walls using electrostatic attraction with similar capacity.
Unlike Spiderman she has superhuman hearing instead of his precognitive “spider sense”. Aside from just greater acuity, she also has a greater range of frequencies she can hear. Also unlike Spiderman she produces pheromones that can cause fear or cause attraction or repulsion depending on the targets gender and mood.
She can also generates bio-electricity that she can project as “venom blasts” which manifest as green burst of electricity that generally effects a target's nervous system. She generally only projects them with enough “charge” to stun a target but when fully charged she can project a full blast equal to 1/10th of a lightning bolt. After that she would be depleted of venom blasts and would have to wait for her stores to build up again.
She also posses the very unspider-like ability to glide on wind currents. Or at least tiny spiders do this by catching breezes with “spider lines”. To be honest she can fully fly now and not just glide but I prefer the gliding idea so I'm going to stick with that version of the power.
If I was the original Spider Woman
The first order of business for me would be parcour. Wall crawling and gliding with the addition of super agility and super strength enhanced mobility and even super stamina and durability. You can bring the sport to whole new levels. Sky scrapers and monuments become new places to play. I guess that I'd be combining parcour with base jumping. Mind you I could also go flight suit jumping without the flight suit or parachute.
Okay so I would start a web show. “The All New Adventures of Darth Hunter” I would prowl the city dressed like a “Sith” doing “Force Gymnastics” (the “super parcour” mentioned above). I'd blast people with the venom blasts as though they were “Force Lightning” but it would be people who would be willing or if I came across people who needed a good shocking. Then I would do things like move people's cars around or even stack them using my super strength. I would use the pheromones to manipulate people as though it were some “Jedi Mind Trick”. Of course the pheromones are about the attraction and repulsion based on the gender that finds you attractive or feels you are competition. So essentially women would enjoy my presence but men would experience fear in it. Not sure how that would really work out. Spiderfan.org claims that she controls her pheromone emissions so I guess I could use it like a Jedi mind trick. All this would be filmed by someone of course. Not sure who I'd get. Maybe someone with a R/C helicopter mounted camera so they could catch up with my roof hopping.
Aside from that I would participate in a lot of marathons and shows like Ninja Warrior and Wipeout. That's probably how I would make a living. I'd keep the winnings for these competitions and use at least part of it to film more videos.
Ultimately this is a power set that either turns you into a hero or a villain. Like I said with my Wonder Woman entry the temptation to follow racing police cars or to intervene when I see something dangerous going on is too great for me. I'd use “The All New Adventures of Darth Hunter” as a cover for my super heroing. Also spiders are predators so I would probably “prey on evil”. Especially using the pheromone power to extract information or to intimidate a possible adversary.
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Sunday, March 3, 2013
If I had Doctor Spectrum's Power Prism
Background
The Power Prism is an alien crystal artifact used by Joseph “Joe” Ledger an American astronaut from an alternate reality in Marvel Comics. While in space he encountered and rescued a version one of that reality's “super skrulls”. In gratitude the skrull now known as Skymax gave it to him. Joe would adopt the costumed identity of Doctor Spectrum and become a member of the superhero the Squadron Supreme along with Skymax. The prism was eventually shattered by the Black Archer and became embedded in Joe's body. For purposes of this blog we will be dealing with the power prism pre-shattering.
Description
The Power Prism resembles a palm sized, cut, clear gem.
Powers
The power prism is essentially Marvel Comics answer to Green Lantern's power ring but nowhere near as powerful and it is accompanied by fluctuating color light instead of just green. However like the power ring the user's will power and imagination does effect the over all use and effectiveness of the prism (or at least marveldirectory.com would have you believe that). Also like a power ring the prism can be commanded at a distance and seems to only obey one wielder at a time.
The prism seems to have been created if for nothing else to manipulate gravity and electromagnetic energy (including light of course). Its possessor can use it to fly even in excess of the speed of sound in and out of atmosphere as well as providing appropriate protection to its wielder at the same time so the flight would not adversely affect them. They can use it to project energy blasts of heat, light and/or concussive force and possibly other forms. It can be used to create “solid light” constructs that respond to its wielder's will and defy gravity. Doctor Spectrum has created a construct similar to a barge large enough to carry stacks of hundreds of food crates to various cities in the United States in the course of a day without showing any difficulty in doing it. With some effort the constructs were strong enough to contain the nuclear powers of Doctor Spectrum's deceased teammate Nuke. The constructs can be made into objects as complex as a luxurious bed including blankets, sheets and pillows comfortable enough to sleep on for an extended period of time.
Aside from the uses in the first paragraph the prism can be used as a communication tool including communicating along conventional radio frequencies but he has also used it to “summon” the rest of the Squadron to their satellite base by what seems to be telepathy.
The prism has also been used to perform non-energy manipulating feats such as erasing the memories and removing the powers of the super intelligent mutant known as Brain Child. It has been used to permit its possessor to pass through solid barriers as though they were intangible and has been used to control mechanical devices.
I haven't seen all the ways that Doctor Spectrum has used the prism I would imagine given the above listed uses of it and the fact that it is meant to be a power ring equivalent I would guess that the prism is capable of doing almost anything it can generate the power to do and that its wielder understands how to accomplish.
If I had the Power Prism
I'd practise with the prism daily to make sure I cement my control over it. Part of my practise would be carving myself a home/H.Q. in a mountain with its power. It would also include using it to mount itself in a wand, similar to how a Jedi makes his or her light sabre through use of ingenuity and force related discipline. Maybe make it my own “sonic screw driver” or maybe an imitation of the original Starman's (Ted Knight) Cosmic Control Rod. Regardless it would be a wand-like device. I would also use the same technique to create a mock suit of “power armor” should I be required to engage in serious combat. I mean the Earth-31916 power prism was a propulsion device tied into the ship that brought that reality's Hyperion to Earth. So why can't it power a suit of armor?
One of the reasons for building a home/headquarters in a mountain is that it would help me prepare for my plan to use the prism primarily in the mining industry. I would use it more often for searching for mineral deposits but I would also use it for actual mining. Cutting out rock faces and moving the materials up to the processing machines doing it in a way far less dangerous than using explosives and if there was a problem I could get myself out of there. If nothing else I would just make myself intangible and fly out. I mean I could pull other people out the same way à la Alan Scott Green Lantern. Just get them in a “power bubble” and float up them through the ground.
An other way I would use it is to move supplies and equipment that is often shipped by truck often on dangerous routes like ice roads and unstable cliff sides. I would be careful to at least not tip my hand by acting like I could only use the prism as a sensor device and have a vehicle shell that I would move around using “light constructs” hidden inside them. Maybe I would just make vehicle shaped light constructs to transport the supplies.
When I think of it I might just build myself a “ship” that I can “attune” the prism to. This way I could cover my use of the prism by saying they are features built into the ship. Then I could hire the ship out for exploration and research and of course transport.
Also I couldn't deny it. I would be very tempted to play superhero. I'd have more than enough power to do it. I'd probably wear the fore mentioned “power armor” and use that as my cover. Not sure where I'd spend most of my time patrolling though. The world is a big place and there is always something going on somewhere.
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The Power Prism is an alien crystal artifact used by Joseph “Joe” Ledger an American astronaut from an alternate reality in Marvel Comics. While in space he encountered and rescued a version one of that reality's “super skrulls”. In gratitude the skrull now known as Skymax gave it to him. Joe would adopt the costumed identity of Doctor Spectrum and become a member of the superhero the Squadron Supreme along with Skymax. The prism was eventually shattered by the Black Archer and became embedded in Joe's body. For purposes of this blog we will be dealing with the power prism pre-shattering.
Description
The Power Prism resembles a palm sized, cut, clear gem.
Powers
The power prism is essentially Marvel Comics answer to Green Lantern's power ring but nowhere near as powerful and it is accompanied by fluctuating color light instead of just green. However like the power ring the user's will power and imagination does effect the over all use and effectiveness of the prism (or at least marveldirectory.com would have you believe that). Also like a power ring the prism can be commanded at a distance and seems to only obey one wielder at a time.
The prism seems to have been created if for nothing else to manipulate gravity and electromagnetic energy (including light of course). Its possessor can use it to fly even in excess of the speed of sound in and out of atmosphere as well as providing appropriate protection to its wielder at the same time so the flight would not adversely affect them. They can use it to project energy blasts of heat, light and/or concussive force and possibly other forms. It can be used to create “solid light” constructs that respond to its wielder's will and defy gravity. Doctor Spectrum has created a construct similar to a barge large enough to carry stacks of hundreds of food crates to various cities in the United States in the course of a day without showing any difficulty in doing it. With some effort the constructs were strong enough to contain the nuclear powers of Doctor Spectrum's deceased teammate Nuke. The constructs can be made into objects as complex as a luxurious bed including blankets, sheets and pillows comfortable enough to sleep on for an extended period of time.
Aside from the uses in the first paragraph the prism can be used as a communication tool including communicating along conventional radio frequencies but he has also used it to “summon” the rest of the Squadron to their satellite base by what seems to be telepathy.
The prism has also been used to perform non-energy manipulating feats such as erasing the memories and removing the powers of the super intelligent mutant known as Brain Child. It has been used to permit its possessor to pass through solid barriers as though they were intangible and has been used to control mechanical devices.
I haven't seen all the ways that Doctor Spectrum has used the prism I would imagine given the above listed uses of it and the fact that it is meant to be a power ring equivalent I would guess that the prism is capable of doing almost anything it can generate the power to do and that its wielder understands how to accomplish.
If I had the Power Prism
I'd practise with the prism daily to make sure I cement my control over it. Part of my practise would be carving myself a home/H.Q. in a mountain with its power. It would also include using it to mount itself in a wand, similar to how a Jedi makes his or her light sabre through use of ingenuity and force related discipline. Maybe make it my own “sonic screw driver” or maybe an imitation of the original Starman's (Ted Knight) Cosmic Control Rod. Regardless it would be a wand-like device. I would also use the same technique to create a mock suit of “power armor” should I be required to engage in serious combat. I mean the Earth-31916 power prism was a propulsion device tied into the ship that brought that reality's Hyperion to Earth. So why can't it power a suit of armor?
One of the reasons for building a home/headquarters in a mountain is that it would help me prepare for my plan to use the prism primarily in the mining industry. I would use it more often for searching for mineral deposits but I would also use it for actual mining. Cutting out rock faces and moving the materials up to the processing machines doing it in a way far less dangerous than using explosives and if there was a problem I could get myself out of there. If nothing else I would just make myself intangible and fly out. I mean I could pull other people out the same way à la Alan Scott Green Lantern. Just get them in a “power bubble” and float up them through the ground.
An other way I would use it is to move supplies and equipment that is often shipped by truck often on dangerous routes like ice roads and unstable cliff sides. I would be careful to at least not tip my hand by acting like I could only use the prism as a sensor device and have a vehicle shell that I would move around using “light constructs” hidden inside them. Maybe I would just make vehicle shaped light constructs to transport the supplies.
When I think of it I might just build myself a “ship” that I can “attune” the prism to. This way I could cover my use of the prism by saying they are features built into the ship. Then I could hire the ship out for exploration and research and of course transport.
Also I couldn't deny it. I would be very tempted to play superhero. I'd have more than enough power to do it. I'd probably wear the fore mentioned “power armor” and use that as my cover. Not sure where I'd spend most of my time patrolling though. The world is a big place and there is always something going on somewhere.
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