If I had the Makluan Rings

Background
The Makluan rings were create by the Makluans, a race of dragon-like extra-terrestrials. A Makluan ship crashed on Earth thousands of years ago and gave rise to the legends of asian dragons. Most notable of those who crashed is Fin Fang Foom. These Makluan were rebels among their species who renounced their peoples peaceful ways. The Mandarin later found the rings while searching the “Valley of Spirits” where their ship crashed and used them to embark on a career of super villainy that ranked him right up there with the likes of Doctor Doom and MODOK.

The rings are some of the most powerful devices on the planet. The way the rings were described in an earlier depictions one might make the assumption that the rings powered the ship the Makulans came to Earth in.


Description
The ten Makluan rings are gold bands with their own unique facets on them. Various artists have depicted them in various ways so I won't go into a full description of each various design they have chosen to draw them with.


Powers
All the rings are a source of very powerful energy and with some kind of mental interface with their wearers (they are controlled by their wearers thoughts). It would seem the rings are designed in such a way as not to harm their wearers when they are in use. Also the rings can emit their power from any point on the ring. Generally that's the front of the ring, meaning projected outward perpendicular to the facet but that has not always been the case. The rings have been depicted projecting their energies parallel with the finger it is on while the Mandarin was pointing with it.

The full range and power of the rings are never actually stated (except where stated below) but by guessing based on at least one confrontation the Mandarin had with Iron Man and the Makluan at the same time, the range of the rings seem to be in hundreds of feet.


Ring 1
The “ice blast” ring emits waves of cold at intensities determined by the wearer's will. It can drop temperatures down to as low as near absolute zero. The air ices up as the wave passes through it.


Ring 2
The “mento-intensifier” ring amplifies the wearers “psionic energy”. This allows its wearer to mentally dominate a subject essentially given them mind control/super hypnotism powers including the ability to send their thoughts to the targets mind. This ring effects one person at a time and only within a range of 10 feet.


Ring 3
The “elctro-blast” ring permit its wearer to project “electric blasts” at intensities determined by the wearer's will.


Ring 4
The “flame blast” ring emits infrared rays at intensities determined by the wearer's will. The air in the path of the beam will often ignite depending on the intensity of the heat.


Ring 5
The “white light” ring emits energy from the electromagnetic spectrum at intensities determined by the wearer's will. Aside from just emitting visible light the ring can also create blinding flashes and “holograms”.


Ring 6
The “black light” ring creates areas of darkness that absorb light.


Ring 7
The “disintegration beam” ring emits a beam of energy that dissolves the connections between atoms and molecules of objects causing them to disintegrate. It takes 20 minutes to recharge between uses. It doesn't cause nuclear explosions when it dissolves atomic bonds.


Ring 8
The “vortex beam” ring causes the air to form into high speed vortexes (essentially tornadoes and other conical air phenomena like dust devils) that can be controlled by the wearer's will. The vortexes can be used as weapons, as a means of levitating objects or even to achieve flight. The ring seems to have the ability to prevent its wearer from spinning while in an air vortex and also keeps it's wearer from being buffeted by debris. I would suspect that flight by air vortex may actually be an intended use of the ring.


Ring 9
The “impact beam” ring emits concussive, sonic/vibratory and magnetic forces at intensities determined by the wearer's will. The magnetic force can be used to attract or repel objects.


Ring 10
The “matter rearranger” ring can be used to alter matter for feats such as transmutation (has turned air into poisonous gas) as well as to alter it's state (made gasses solid and turned water into vapor) and to force chemical reactions or even arrest them. If for nothing else the Mandarin used it to change his clothes into his costume.


If I had the Makluan Rings

I think that with these rings I would become a vagabond. I would travel the world earning my keep using the rings to repair things or essentially solve any problem I can help with. I would be “The man who dropped out of the tornado”. Here one day, gone tomorrow. Moving on to new adventures. Never looking back. Yep life on the road.

The mento-intensifier ring would be my hypno therapy tool. I would provide people with help with their mental states. Phobias, bad habits, memory recovery and so forth. If nothing else I would “implant” aversions in the minds of people who are victimizing others. Maybe use it to keep them still long enough to see the world from their victims perspective.

The vortex ring would be my primary defence ring. A small tornado sweeping people up and throwing them aside works or even creating a wind barrier type “force field”. Other than that I would use it for moving large amounts of debris and cleaning up things like mud slides, avalanches and floods.

The white light ring would be my multifunction utility ring. If nothing else it's a flashlight. I could even use it to generate ultraviolet light to see things that are only illuminated by such light. Filtering lenses like the kind used by forensics labs could be used to make even more use of the properties of ultraviolet light to detect and find things. Even if the ring doesn't generate lasers it is equipped with any number of potentially dangerous wavelengths of light to use: radio waves (microwave ovens use radio waves to cook), gamma rays, microwaves and so on.

I would suspect that the ring can function as a one way communication device. If it can generate holograms based on its wearer's will then it can at least theoretically also be able to broadcast audio radio wave messages maybe even a full audio/visual broadcasts. These broadcasts would be analog signals I would expect. Digital receivers wouldn't be able to display them unless I used something to convert them into digital signals. Once I had my conversion method I would have my own inexpensive way to create broadcast that I can put on the net, maybe for money, maybe even create full length movies.

I would try to find a way to use this as a two-way communication device. Possibly have a device that can read the rings emissions permitting me to use it as scanner or even radar. I would also cook with it.

The matter rearranger ring is another very functional ring. It could mend clothes, dry clean them and alter them as needed. It could also do the same for your home and vehicles. Some times super villains just waste their powers. I would use it to transform scrap materials into an awesome and creative houses for people who were homeless. In disaster areas I would use it to purify water especially after floods where water becomes polluted from sewage and other contaminants.

The impact beam ring would be my personal “side arm”. It would also be my “work horse” ring. In terms of personal protection force beams are of course awesome defaults attacks especially against inanimate objects. Sonic and vibratory waves are useful for shaking objects apart and causing them to explode from shaking. Their also good for negating those vibrations when they are caused by someone else. Sonic waves are also a good way of subduing a subject by hitting them with painful noise. The magnetic attraction/repulsion capacity would be my “vehicle stopper”. I would either stop a vehicle by holding it is place by using the attraction effect or crushing it on impact with the repulsion effect. I would also use it as a “rail gun” projecting metal projectiles at targets.

In terms of non-combat use, the impact ring could be used to move objects around or holding things in place when needed. Vibrations, sonic or otherwise could be used therapeutically. Heck they can be used to removes the knots from necklace chains.

The black light ring is my hiding ring. Surround an area in darkness and let people pass you by. Remember it absorbs light and energy so active night-vision devices and radar won't be able to find you. Nor will passive night-vision. Sonar should still work as well as other vibration based detection methods. I would mostly use it forgiving me a good and dark place to meditate or to just think of things.

The disintegration beam ring would be my ring of last resort. If something is so difficult to deal with or so dangerous that it needs to be completely destroyed then I would deploy it. I'm not sure what would fall under that category.

The ice blast ring is very useful for flash freezing food and freezing patients to make surgery easier to survive. In fact it would be good for keeping harvested organs cool while being transported. I's also use to make ice rinks and solidify bodies of water so they can be crossed without sinking. This is especially important for transporting goods in trucks on “ice roads”.

The fire blast ring would be used primarily for heat. I'd make my own sauna for relaxation or to break up ice flows that would otherwise cause floods.

I would use the electro-blast ring as a source of electricity. Charge up some batteries, power the shelters I would create for myself or vehicles I might also make. I mean it generates electricity. It just makes sense. Of course it's also the world's greatest joy buzzer. I'm not sure how I would use it as a power source but I did take a year of electrical engineering (I say “year” loosely) and of course my dad and my brother are electricians so I'm sure we could come up with something.

Thanks for reading