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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Davies" data-source="post: 8781427" data-attributes="member: 30538">Renegade<img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/My-First-Gallery/i-xCb8nDF/0/4c71a400/S/EHb35E5WoAAIdLl-S.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />Sometimes, he wonders how the guy who programmed the sleep-learning system in his ship managed to get so much right about what was going to go on in the world he was shot at, more than a century before any of it did. Even if it did get so much wrong, how could someone who could only have been familiar with Earth as it existed in the early 19th century have made as many correct predictions as it did? Well, maybe the answer is simple, since he had a close look at how much time travel has gone on throughout history. And besides that, there are other unexplained questions about his origins on top of that.The young man who goes by the name Jimmy Young was "born" in a growth tank aboard a space ship sent rocketing away from the planet Anacreon only moments before the world died. The ship had been launched by a person who left next to no record of his personal identity in its computer logs, only the statement that he had recognized that Van-Na spoke the truth when she proclaimed the doom of their world. His technology was not as advanced as hers, and the ship that he shot into space traveled to Earth more slowly, and its passenger was older when he arrived, having lived a dream simulation as he grew to the age of fourteen.The ship came down in northern Manitoba in 2017, with Paragon recognizing its Anacreonite design and taking it into custody. When he opened it up and discovered its passenger to be a young man who spoke fluent (if terrible) English, he found that confusing, but some investigation revealed what had happened. But when the DNA sequencing identified the new arrival as close kin to both of the Anacreonites already on the planet, things began to take an even more confusing turn ... for the young man was the artificially gestated son of the late General Mong and the still living Jora.As Jora had viewed Mong as a father figure, not a romantic partner, she found this development horrifying. However, her sense of responsibility, just as keen as that of her husband, would not allow her to just abandon the child -- who after all bore no responsibility for the circumstances of his birth. The Youngs arranged to adopt him and he took the name Jimmy, derived from the dream that he lived. It was an awkward and uncomfortable arrangement for all of them, but it did get a bit better as time passed.Almost immediately, Jimmy demonstrated the same enhanced versions of the Anacreonite/Dhakimite powers that his stepfather possesses, raising more questions about the circumstances of his conception and training that no one has been able to answer. Paragon hoped that Jimmy might join him in his superheroics, but the young man shot that idea down immediately. He wanted to use his powers to help people, but he was not in any way content to just wait for cries for help, preferring to take action before that happened. During the four years that he lived with them, Roger often considered packing him off to the Institute to give him lessons in the history of such activities, but ultimately never did so.Last year, Jimmy graduated from high school and started studies at Dalhousie University in Halifax. He has yet to choose a major but is drawn to life sciences, particularly zoology. While pursuing his studies, he has also debuted as a superhero under the name Renegade. Most people, particularly those familiar with a certain series of video games, have concluded that there must be some connection between him and Paragon, but as yet he has not answered any questions on the subject, while holding forth on what he considers to be some of the absurdities of the superheroic lifestyle as practiced so far.One of them that he has not commented about is the way that a pair of shades, worn in his civilian identity, are apparently keeping everyone from realizing that Jimmy Young and Renegade are the same person. It makes no &#%!ing sense, but it clearly works, so he would have to be a real sack of $#!+ to argue against something that helps him.Renegade -- PL 11Abilities:STR 11/9 | STA 10 | AGL 3 | DEX 4 | FGT 9 | INT 3 | AWE 5 | PRE 3Powers:Anacreonite Powers: Array (18 points)<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Cold Projection: Perception Range Damage 5, Precise, Subtle - 1 point</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Force Projection: Perception-Range Move Object 6 - 18 points</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Heat Projection: Selective Environment 6 (extreme heat), Quirk (character is at the edge of the area, not the center) - 1 point</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Gravity Warp: Enhanced Flight 8 (32000 MPH); Movement 1 (space travel 1) - 1 point</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Sensory Projection: Senses 18 (acute olfactory, extended sight 3, visual counters all concealment, microscopic vision 4, visual penetrates concealment) - 1 point</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Strength Enhancement: Enhanced Strength 2; Enhanced Strength 14, Limited to Lifting - 1 point</li> </ul>Great Speed: Enhanced Advantages 6 (Close Attack 2, Improved Initiative 2, Interpose, Move-by Action); Enhanced Defense 4 (Dodge 2, Parry 2); Flight 6 (120 MPH); Quickness 6;  - 28 pointsGreat Toughness: Immunity 10 (life support); Protection 1, Impervious 10; Regeneration 5 - 26 pointsAdvantages:All-out Attack, Close Attack 2, Improved Initiative 2, Interpose, Move-by Action, Power Attack, Startle.Skills:Expertise: Science 5 (+8), Intimidation 6 (+9), Investigation 6 (+9), Perception 6 (+11), Stealth 7 (+10).Offense:Initiative +11Unarmed +11/9 (Close Damage 11/9)Cold Projection -- (Perception Range Damage 5)Defense:Dodge 11/9, Parry 11/9, Fortitude 10, Toughness 11, Will 9.Totals:Abilities 92 + Powers 77 + Advantages 3 + Skills 15 + Defenses 10 = 197 pointsOffensive PL: 11Defensive PL: 11Resistance PL: 10Skill PL: 6Complications:Justice--Motivation. Family (parents.) Power Loss/Weakness (all and becomes Strength and Stamina Disabled, when exposed to theonite.) Reputation (loud, profane & violent.) Secret Identity.Note: His Power Loss/Weakness complication is psychosomatic, but he has not yet learned this. This raises further questions.</blockquote>

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