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<blockquote data-quote="Davies" data-source="post: 8546466" data-attributes="member: 30538"><p><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: red">Sakigake/先駆け</span></span></p><p><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/My-First-Gallery/i-vj3DMs3/0/921e2bd4/M/Akechi.Goro.full.2975842-M.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Almost as long as people have been searching for methods to reliably create superpowers, they have also been searching for ways to <em>enhance</em> the abilities of existing superpowers. This latter quest has been somewhat more successful than the former, especially after the psionic technology developed by Franklin Zane began to proliferate in the mid-1970s. Able to turn someone who had flashes of empathy into a full mind-reader or enhance psychokinesis able to move pounds into a talent moving tons, the technology was used by government sponsored projects in Russia, Israel and -- most recently -- Japan. Even with this particular technology, supposedly well understood, there are individual examples that defy ready understanding, cases where the limits of what was thought possible are not so much exceeded as exploded. Such is this case with Sakurai Soichiro, who now operates under the alias Sakigake, or "Pioneer".</p><p></p><p>Orphaned in one of the daikaiju attacks of the late nineties, the seven year-old Sakurai was rescued by researchers from what would become the Yokoyama Group, at that time part of the same nebulous government agency that became Project Super-Giant. Five years later, he tested positive for psychic powers -- demonstrating a telecommunication ability -- and "volunteered" to undergo implantation with psionic implants that would enhance his powers even further. They did this, exceeding the expectations of the researchers, and Sakurai envisioned himself as leading a group of his fellow psionic soldiers against the daikaiju, replacing what he saw Chokyojin, whom he viewed as woefully inefficient.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, no other experimental subject achieved the same level of enhancement as Sakurai, leaving him increasingly isolated. He was given missions, but nothing nearly as grand as he had hoped, instead operating in a subtle and covert manner. Sakurai seemed to come to terms with this operational strategy, and when the Yokoyama Group broke away from the Project in 2004, he went with it as one of its field operatives. A year later, he received his first major assignment, to monitor a high school girl named Nagase Aya, who had been identified as possessing latent capabilities of vast potential. It was enjoyable, as he soon grew fond of Nagase despite her eccentricities.</p><p></p><p>And then, before things could go too far, a self-serving moron wrecked the entire operation by revealing the truth to Nagase, making her powers manifest! (Sakurai has heard stories about some alternate version of Nagase showing up, but regards them as nonsense.) Before the Group could sweep in and take charge of her, Nagase was shipped off to a school in Wales, of all places. The entire affair was the first real failure that Sakurai had ever experienced, and he did not take it, nor the insults he received because of it, at all well. He found himself increasingly obsessed with Nagase, monitoring her activities at the Academy as best he could, and scheming to have her return to Japan and join the Group as its masterpiece -- its Queen, really.</p><p></p><p>His schemes did not go unnoticed by other members of the Group, notably by the members of a small cabal who referred to themselves as 'the Vision'. Unsatisfied with the efforts of the Group to control superpower and mystical activity in Japan, they had reached the conclusion that the only way to accomplish their goals was to become transhuman superpowers themselves. Sakurai was the ideal example of what they hoped to accomplish, and they now invited him to join them. He accepted with a false smile.</p><p></p><p>Ever since then, Sakigake has worked tirelessly to advance the goals of the Vision, who have since broken from the Yokoyama Group. He is the effective leader of the cabal, though some of the original membership still vacillate between being rivalry and alliance with him. They continue to pursue a vast variety of superpower creation methods, many of which would probably be considered crimes against humanity. Sakigake does not care; humanity is nothing more than the stock from which a finer, better superhumanity will be born under his benevolent guidance.</p><p></p><p>The Isekai no Miko, Nagase Aya, remains a key to these dreams. The Vision are well aware that the habitable worlds near Earth are largely occupied by other species, and that the cost of making other worlds habitable would be likely prohibitive. Thus, expansion across interstellar space is unfeasible, but expansion across the multiverse is a much more workable outcome, if an individual who can travel to such worlds joins their cause. This utilitarian goal is the only reason he remains fixated on her. Not out of any issues from his youth. Definitely not. Nope.</p><p></p><p><strong>Sakigake -- PL 11</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Abilities:</strong></p><p><strong>STR</strong> 2 | <strong>STA</strong> 3 | <strong>AGL</strong> 4 | <strong>DEX</strong> 2 | <strong>FGT</strong> 3 | <strong>INT</strong> 2 | <strong>AWE</strong> 4 | <strong>PRE</strong> 5</p><p></p><p><strong>Powers:</strong></p><p><strong><em>Basic Telepathy:</em></strong> Mental Communication 1 (100 feet) - 4 points</p><p><strong><em>Enhanced Telepathy:</em></strong> Mental Communication 4 (planetary); Comprehend Languages 2; Mind Reading 9 - 42 points</p><p><strong><em>Psychotronic Force Field:</em></strong> Sustained Impervious Protection 10, Subtle - 21 points</p><p><strong><em>Psychotronic Powers:</em></strong> Array (39 points) <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> <strong><em>Crushing Telekinesis:</em></strong> Linked Perception Range Affliction 7 (Resisted by Will; Hindered & Vulnerable, Defenseless & Immobile), Extra Condition, Limited Degree; Linked Perception Range Damage 6 - 1 point </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> <strong><em>Focused Telekinesis:</em></strong> Damaging Move Object 13 - 39 points</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> <strong><em>General Telekinesis:</em></strong> Flight 7 (250 MPH); Perception Range Move Object 7, Dynamic, Precise, Subtle - 2 point</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> <strong><em>Mental Blast:</em></strong> Perception Range Damage 9, Resisted by Will, Subtle - 1 point</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> <strong><em>Mental Burst:</em></strong> Perception Range Burst Area Damage 7, Resisted by Will, Subtle - 1 point</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> <strong><em>Telepathic Domination:</em></strong> Perception Range Cumulative Affliction 9 (Resisted by Will; Dazed, Compelled, Controlled), Dynamic, Insidious, Subtle - 2 points</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> <strong><em>Telereception:</em></strong> Remote Sensing 9 (all senses), Medium (conscious unshielded human mind), Subtle 2 - 1 point</li> </ul><p><strong><em>Shielded Mind:</em></strong> Impervious Will 10, Limited to Mental Effects - 5 points</p><p></p><p><strong>Advantages:</strong></p><p>All-out Attack, Benefit 4 (multimillionare), Connected, Improved Initiative, Move-by Action, Power Attack.</p><p></p><p><strong>Skills:</strong></p><p>Deception 5 (+13), Expertise: Business 8 (+10), Expertise: Politics 8 (+10), Intimidation 7 (+12), Perception 7 (+11), Persuasion 8 (+13), Ranged Combat: Telekinesis 7 (+9).</p><p></p><p><strong>Offense:</strong></p><p>Initiative +5</p><p>Unarmed +9 (Close Damage 3)</p><p>Focused Telekinesis +9 (Ranged Damage 13)</p><p>Crushing -- (Perception Range Damage 6 and Will 7)</p><p>Domination -- (Perception Range Will 9)</p><p>Mental Blast -- (Perception Range Will 9)</p><p>Mental Burst -- (Perception Range Burst Area Will 7)</p><p></p><p><strong>Defense:</strong></p><p>Dodge 9, Parry 7, Fortitude 5, Toughness 13/3, Will 11</p><p></p><p><strong>Totals:</strong></p><p>Abilities 50 + Powers 115 + Advantages 9 + Skills 25 + Defenses 18 = 217 points</p><p></p><p><strong>Powers:</strong></p><p><strong>Offensive PL:</strong> 11</p><p><strong>Defensive PL:</strong> 11</p><p><strong>Resistance PL:</strong> 8</p><p><strong>Skill PL:</strong> 8</p><p></p><p><strong>Complications:</strong></p><p><strong><em>Power--Motivation. Extremely Overconfident. Intolerant</em></strong> (mundanes.) <strong><em>Obsession</em></strong> (Warpwitch.) <strong><em>Secret Identity.</em></strong></p><p></p><p><em>Note: Except for <strong>Basic Telepathy</strong> and <strong>Shielded Mind</strong>, all his powers have both the Psychic and Technological descriptors, and can be affected by anything that affects either.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Davies, post: 8546466, member: 30538"] [size=150][color=red]Sakigake/先駆け[/color][/size][color=red][/color] [img]https://photos.smugmug.com/My-First-Gallery/i-vj3DMs3/0/921e2bd4/M/Akechi.Goro.full.2975842-M.jpg[/img] Almost as long as people have been searching for methods to reliably create superpowers, they have also been searching for ways to [i]enhance[/i] the abilities of existing superpowers. This latter quest has been somewhat more successful than the former, especially after the psionic technology developed by Franklin Zane began to proliferate in the mid-1970s. Able to turn someone who had flashes of empathy into a full mind-reader or enhance psychokinesis able to move pounds into a talent moving tons, the technology was used by government sponsored projects in Russia, Israel and -- most recently -- Japan. Even with this particular technology, supposedly well understood, there are individual examples that defy ready understanding, cases where the limits of what was thought possible are not so much exceeded as exploded. Such is this case with Sakurai Soichiro, who now operates under the alias Sakigake, or "Pioneer". Orphaned in one of the daikaiju attacks of the late nineties, the seven year-old Sakurai was rescued by researchers from what would become the Yokoyama Group, at that time part of the same nebulous government agency that became Project Super-Giant. Five years later, he tested positive for psychic powers -- demonstrating a telecommunication ability -- and "volunteered" to undergo implantation with psionic implants that would enhance his powers even further. They did this, exceeding the expectations of the researchers, and Sakurai envisioned himself as leading a group of his fellow psionic soldiers against the daikaiju, replacing what he saw Chokyojin, whom he viewed as woefully inefficient. Unfortunately, no other experimental subject achieved the same level of enhancement as Sakurai, leaving him increasingly isolated. He was given missions, but nothing nearly as grand as he had hoped, instead operating in a subtle and covert manner. Sakurai seemed to come to terms with this operational strategy, and when the Yokoyama Group broke away from the Project in 2004, he went with it as one of its field operatives. A year later, he received his first major assignment, to monitor a high school girl named Nagase Aya, who had been identified as possessing latent capabilities of vast potential. It was enjoyable, as he soon grew fond of Nagase despite her eccentricities. And then, before things could go too far, a self-serving moron wrecked the entire operation by revealing the truth to Nagase, making her powers manifest! (Sakurai has heard stories about some alternate version of Nagase showing up, but regards them as nonsense.) Before the Group could sweep in and take charge of her, Nagase was shipped off to a school in Wales, of all places. The entire affair was the first real failure that Sakurai had ever experienced, and he did not take it, nor the insults he received because of it, at all well. He found himself increasingly obsessed with Nagase, monitoring her activities at the Academy as best he could, and scheming to have her return to Japan and join the Group as its masterpiece -- its Queen, really. His schemes did not go unnoticed by other members of the Group, notably by the members of a small cabal who referred to themselves as 'the Vision'. Unsatisfied with the efforts of the Group to control superpower and mystical activity in Japan, they had reached the conclusion that the only way to accomplish their goals was to become transhuman superpowers themselves. Sakurai was the ideal example of what they hoped to accomplish, and they now invited him to join them. He accepted with a false smile. Ever since then, Sakigake has worked tirelessly to advance the goals of the Vision, who have since broken from the Yokoyama Group. He is the effective leader of the cabal, though some of the original membership still vacillate between being rivalry and alliance with him. They continue to pursue a vast variety of superpower creation methods, many of which would probably be considered crimes against humanity. Sakigake does not care; humanity is nothing more than the stock from which a finer, better superhumanity will be born under his benevolent guidance. The Isekai no Miko, Nagase Aya, remains a key to these dreams. The Vision are well aware that the habitable worlds near Earth are largely occupied by other species, and that the cost of making other worlds habitable would be likely prohibitive. Thus, expansion across interstellar space is unfeasible, but expansion across the multiverse is a much more workable outcome, if an individual who can travel to such worlds joins their cause. This utilitarian goal is the only reason he remains fixated on her. Not out of any issues from his youth. Definitely not. Nope. [b]Sakigake -- PL 11 Abilities: STR[/b] 2 | [b]STA[/b] 3 | [b]AGL[/b] 4 | [b]DEX[/b] 2 | [b]FGT[/b] 3 | [b]INT[/b] 2 | [b]AWE[/b] 4 | [b]PRE[/b] 5 [b]Powers: [i]Basic Telepathy:[/i][/b] Mental Communication 1 (100 feet) - 4 points [b][i]Enhanced Telepathy:[/i][/b] Mental Communication 4 (planetary); Comprehend Languages 2; Mind Reading 9 - 42 points [b][i]Psychotronic Force Field:[/i][/b] Sustained Impervious Protection 10, Subtle - 21 points [b][i]Psychotronic Powers:[/i][/b] Array (39 points)[list] [*] [b][i]Crushing Telekinesis:[/i][/b] Linked Perception Range Affliction 7 (Resisted by Will; Hindered & Vulnerable, Defenseless & Immobile), Extra Condition, Limited Degree; Linked Perception Range Damage 6 - 1 point [*] [b][i]Focused Telekinesis:[/i][/b] Damaging Move Object 13 - 39 points [*] [b][i]General Telekinesis:[/i][/b] Flight 7 (250 MPH); Perception Range Move Object 7, Dynamic, Precise, Subtle - 2 point [*] [b][i]Mental Blast:[/i][/b] Perception Range Damage 9, Resisted by Will, Subtle - 1 point [*] [b][i]Mental Burst:[/i][/b] Perception Range Burst Area Damage 7, Resisted by Will, Subtle - 1 point [*] [b][i]Telepathic Domination:[/i][/b] Perception Range Cumulative Affliction 9 (Resisted by Will; Dazed, Compelled, Controlled), Dynamic, Insidious, Subtle - 2 points [*] [b][i]Telereception:[/i][/b] Remote Sensing 9 (all senses), Medium (conscious unshielded human mind), Subtle 2 - 1 point[/list] [b][i]Shielded Mind:[/i][/b] Impervious Will 10, Limited to Mental Effects - 5 points [b]Advantages:[/b] All-out Attack, Benefit 4 (multimillionare), Connected, Improved Initiative, Move-by Action, Power Attack. [b]Skills:[/b] Deception 5 (+13), Expertise: Business 8 (+10), Expertise: Politics 8 (+10), Intimidation 7 (+12), Perception 7 (+11), Persuasion 8 (+13), Ranged Combat: Telekinesis 7 (+9). [b]Offense:[/b] Initiative +5 Unarmed +9 (Close Damage 3) Focused Telekinesis +9 (Ranged Damage 13) Crushing -- (Perception Range Damage 6 and Will 7) Domination -- (Perception Range Will 9) Mental Blast -- (Perception Range Will 9) Mental Burst -- (Perception Range Burst Area Will 7) [b]Defense:[/b] Dodge 9, Parry 7, Fortitude 5, Toughness 13/3, Will 11 [b]Totals:[/b] Abilities 50 + Powers 115 + Advantages 9 + Skills 25 + Defenses 18 = 217 points [b]Powers: Offensive PL:[/b] 11 [b]Defensive PL:[/b] 11 [b]Resistance PL:[/b] 8 [b]Skill PL:[/b] 8 [b]Complications: [i]Power--Motivation. Extremely Overconfident. Intolerant[/i][/b] (mundanes.) [b][i]Obsession[/i][/b] (Warpwitch.) [b][i]Secret Identity.[/i][/b] [i]Note: Except for [b]Basic Telepathy[/b] and [b]Shielded Mind[/b], all his powers have both the Psychic and Technological descriptors, and can be affected by anything that affects either.[/i] [/QUOTE]
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