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.
Thanks for reading
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Tuesday, December 21, 2010
If I was Power Princess
Background
Zarda is an Utopian from the home reality of the Squadron Supreme. Utopians are the genetically enhanced off shoot of humanity created by the alien Kree. In Marvel Comics mainstream reality the results of Kree manipulation were the Inhumans. The Utopians are essentially a non-gender biased version of the Amazons of DC comics who Wonder Woman came from. Zarda was meant to be their ambassador. However once the outside world developed nuclear weapons they left Earth but she stayed behind with her husband Howard Shelton and became a member of the Squadron Supreme.
Description
Zarda is a tall, beautiful, statuesque woman with curly black hair and blue eyes reminiscent of the Greek idea of beauty. She typically wears a purple, armored suit based on ancient Greek armor with a super hero twist to it.
Powers And Paraphernalia
Power Princess' physical attributes are superior to human beings to a super human degree. Most notably is her strength, stamina and durability. She can lift 20 tons from the ground up over her head at arms length. She can function at peak performance for several hours and has survived the force from repeated full strength blows from Hyperion (he is at least five times as strong as she is) that had been redirected to her unknown to him. Somehow despite her high resistance to injury she is still vulnerable to blades and bullets made of conventional materials.
Utopians are extremely long lived. Zarda is 500 years old and only appears to be in her mid-twenties. How long they can live for is unknown.
She carries a transparent (if not invisible), virtually indestructible shield made from an unspecified material. It resembles a force field to me. She can use the shield the same way that Captain America uses his. She can deflect bullets and block physical and energy based attacks with it. She can also throw it like Captain America can. With her strength and the durability of her shield, she can use the edge to cut through most materials, including various metals.
The shield is attached to her in some unspecified way. It's depicted as not being attached to her but instead it just kind of floats their as though invisibly attached to her arm. To further add to the confusion it can also be caused to hover in front of her fist in a similar fashion which is most commonly done when she flies but she also used it that way to deflect bullets while shooting an anti-gun commercial.
The shield is also the source of her power of flight. How that works is not well defined. There are plenty of depictions of her flying with it in front of her wind shield fashion as though it's dragging her through the air but I have also seen her depicted using it other ways that would seem to make it difficult to use it as a flight mechanism. She has carried her elderly husband Howard in it like it was a dish or even wearing it on her arm or holding it to her side as a shield is normally carried. Neither position would seems capable of producing the lift or the thrust that her standard flight position is capable of.
If I was Power Princess
What do you do if you're at least 200 times more powerful than a normal human being and armed with advanced weaponry? You join the police force and don't tell anyone about your super powers. So yeah I would become a cop. You can easily chase down criminals and subdue them even if they outnumber you. The superior reflexes mean you can always outdraw a criminal if it comes down to a gun fight. Even though with Power Princess' powers I wouldn't be bullet proof, I would still be very bullet resistant. Mix that with a bullet proof vest and you can surprise the hell out of a shooter who thought they would at least incapacitate you.
The problem of course would be incorporating the shield into the job. If you're permitted to work alone then it's not much of a problem. You just keep it with you and keep it available. With a partner however you have someone wondering why you're carrying a non-regulation weapon. Mind you if you're on the S.W.A.T. team maybe you'd be allowed to use it.
I can't help but think of live action super hero shows of bygone eras. A popular stunt in those shows when a character has super strength was to lift an escaping car by it's hind bumper while its rear wheels spin ineffectually. I can see that being part of the job. A vehicle is trying to escape so I pick it up and hold it while waiting for the perps to give up. Of course in real life they'd just shoot at you to get you to drop it so I would likely end up just flipping the car over to deal with it especially since now cars are mostly front wheel drive instead of rear wheel drive. Ripping doors off a car door to free someone trapped inside or bursting through brick walls were pretty popular things to do which would be helpful as a cop. Although I think I would do what I can to keep property damage to a minimum so I wouldn't be just throwing massive objects around just because I could. Well, I might throw a known offenders car up into the air or over a fence, or through his or her front door just to prove a point but beyond that I don't think I would go on a rampage.
Since this power set comes with "super longevity" I have to explore what I would do in the future. Probably starting in the 23rd century after everyone I hold dear has passed on and I am "alone" in the world. I would turn my attention to being a power in the world. I'd openly use my shield and strength as a masked "hero" while at the same time starting a political movement. The whole thing with being long lived and having no immediate family anymore is that you only have yourself to watch out for. I mean sure you keep friends and allies but it's not the same thing. You can move on. You become one of the "ghosts" that haunts the world. You eventually drop your identity and fall off the grid reinventing yourself from a political stand point whenever you feel like it. Maybe in the 24th century I declare myself "Earth's immortal protector" but who knows where technology and societal values will be. Maybe I become a space explorer if space travel is a viable option then. Maybe at some point I get jaded and become a "supervillain"or an "agent provocateur" changing the world in ways that I would like to see it.
Zarda is an Utopian from the home reality of the Squadron Supreme. Utopians are the genetically enhanced off shoot of humanity created by the alien Kree. In Marvel Comics mainstream reality the results of Kree manipulation were the Inhumans. The Utopians are essentially a non-gender biased version of the Amazons of DC comics who Wonder Woman came from. Zarda was meant to be their ambassador. However once the outside world developed nuclear weapons they left Earth but she stayed behind with her husband Howard Shelton and became a member of the Squadron Supreme.
Description
Zarda is a tall, beautiful, statuesque woman with curly black hair and blue eyes reminiscent of the Greek idea of beauty. She typically wears a purple, armored suit based on ancient Greek armor with a super hero twist to it.
Powers And Paraphernalia
Power Princess' physical attributes are superior to human beings to a super human degree. Most notably is her strength, stamina and durability. She can lift 20 tons from the ground up over her head at arms length. She can function at peak performance for several hours and has survived the force from repeated full strength blows from Hyperion (he is at least five times as strong as she is) that had been redirected to her unknown to him. Somehow despite her high resistance to injury she is still vulnerable to blades and bullets made of conventional materials.
Utopians are extremely long lived. Zarda is 500 years old and only appears to be in her mid-twenties. How long they can live for is unknown.
She carries a transparent (if not invisible), virtually indestructible shield made from an unspecified material. It resembles a force field to me. She can use the shield the same way that Captain America uses his. She can deflect bullets and block physical and energy based attacks with it. She can also throw it like Captain America can. With her strength and the durability of her shield, she can use the edge to cut through most materials, including various metals.
The shield is attached to her in some unspecified way. It's depicted as not being attached to her but instead it just kind of floats their as though invisibly attached to her arm. To further add to the confusion it can also be caused to hover in front of her fist in a similar fashion which is most commonly done when she flies but she also used it that way to deflect bullets while shooting an anti-gun commercial.
The shield is also the source of her power of flight. How that works is not well defined. There are plenty of depictions of her flying with it in front of her wind shield fashion as though it's dragging her through the air but I have also seen her depicted using it other ways that would seem to make it difficult to use it as a flight mechanism. She has carried her elderly husband Howard in it like it was a dish or even wearing it on her arm or holding it to her side as a shield is normally carried. Neither position would seems capable of producing the lift or the thrust that her standard flight position is capable of.
If I was Power Princess
What do you do if you're at least 200 times more powerful than a normal human being and armed with advanced weaponry? You join the police force and don't tell anyone about your super powers. So yeah I would become a cop. You can easily chase down criminals and subdue them even if they outnumber you. The superior reflexes mean you can always outdraw a criminal if it comes down to a gun fight. Even though with Power Princess' powers I wouldn't be bullet proof, I would still be very bullet resistant. Mix that with a bullet proof vest and you can surprise the hell out of a shooter who thought they would at least incapacitate you.
The problem of course would be incorporating the shield into the job. If you're permitted to work alone then it's not much of a problem. You just keep it with you and keep it available. With a partner however you have someone wondering why you're carrying a non-regulation weapon. Mind you if you're on the S.W.A.T. team maybe you'd be allowed to use it.
I can't help but think of live action super hero shows of bygone eras. A popular stunt in those shows when a character has super strength was to lift an escaping car by it's hind bumper while its rear wheels spin ineffectually. I can see that being part of the job. A vehicle is trying to escape so I pick it up and hold it while waiting for the perps to give up. Of course in real life they'd just shoot at you to get you to drop it so I would likely end up just flipping the car over to deal with it especially since now cars are mostly front wheel drive instead of rear wheel drive. Ripping doors off a car door to free someone trapped inside or bursting through brick walls were pretty popular things to do which would be helpful as a cop. Although I think I would do what I can to keep property damage to a minimum so I wouldn't be just throwing massive objects around just because I could. Well, I might throw a known offenders car up into the air or over a fence, or through his or her front door just to prove a point but beyond that I don't think I would go on a rampage.
Since this power set comes with "super longevity" I have to explore what I would do in the future. Probably starting in the 23rd century after everyone I hold dear has passed on and I am "alone" in the world. I would turn my attention to being a power in the world. I'd openly use my shield and strength as a masked "hero" while at the same time starting a political movement. The whole thing with being long lived and having no immediate family anymore is that you only have yourself to watch out for. I mean sure you keep friends and allies but it's not the same thing. You can move on. You become one of the "ghosts" that haunts the world. You eventually drop your identity and fall off the grid reinventing yourself from a political stand point whenever you feel like it. Maybe in the 24th century I declare myself "Earth's immortal protector" but who knows where technology and societal values will be. Maybe I become a space explorer if space travel is a viable option then. Maybe at some point I get jaded and become a "supervillain"or an "agent provocateur" changing the world in ways that I would like to see it.
Thank you for reading.
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