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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Victim" data-source="post: 808939" data-attributes="member: 78">Maybe there's a synergy bonus on the taunt from something.  Toki beat me to it.Sorry, I was planning on doing my background and such last night, but my face to face game lasted a long time, finally.Real Name: Michael EvansCode name: SecurityAlpha Base: To whom did this abandoned underground base belong?  Alpha Base is an hidden underground complex that links into a number of access tunnels that emerge at various points in the city.  The complex was apparently abandoned following the "incident" in LA and the backlash against costumed criminals and crime fighters that followed.  After discovering one of the entrances while jogging - an area of repeated power use produced a lingering field that disrupts EM signals, Mr. Evans appropriated the apparently undiscovered base for his own use.  The original equipment had been removed, but Michael moved some equipment into place, using his savings and engineering contacts to aquire items.  A Mr. Fusion generator, computer system, some rapid prototyping gear, and up to date security systems, among other things, have been installed.  However, a decorator has yet to be hired; so visitors find unadorned (except maybe by disks and print outs) walls, floors and ceilings of concrete gray, in addition to the security systems.Erikson-Xavier Sciences Group:  Following the retirement of most superheroes/villains into civilian life, people with unusual abilities began entering business.  Megacorporations, not planning on rejecting potential profits, began to wonder on how to best utilize these super skilled individuals.  Can the super science gadgets used by former heroes be mass produced, and if so, then how?  What value does a mutant with magnetic powers add to the production of electrical equipment?  How can security be maintained against incorporeal, mind reading, invisible, etc supers?  2 firms developed special expertise in the field of harnassing or countering paranormal abilities.  After 7 years, the firms consolidated since much of the initial hurdles had been overcome and the market no longer supported 2 companies.  The Erikson-Xavier Sciences Group employs consultants trained in normal engineering and science disciplines who also keep up to date on superscience developements.Mary Evans: Mary is Mike's younger sister.  She's a corporate attorney for Vasta Corp (hehe).   She's pragmatic, ambitious, and arrogant, but is pretty nice once you get to know her.  After the death of their parents in LA, Mike became her legal guardian for a while and still continues to check up on her.  She attempts to discourage his interference.  In order to clear up a point on laws regarding self defense, Mike recently sent a vid mail.  At first, he just thought that she was busy.  Not thinking much about it, he checked the laws from a different source (and then tested his armor). But after her absence from work, he begans to get a bit suspicious that something more serious is going on.  Especially with all the kidnappings in the news.</blockquote>

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