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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Shadow" data-source="post: 4925126" data-attributes="member: 16760">Portland ProtectorsThe Portland Protectors are a regional team based in Portland, Oregon but deputized by the state of Oregon to fight crime throughout the state.  They are paid officials of the state, and as such have the highest possible level of registration with the state government, though they have varying levels of federal registration.  The state of Washington permits the Protectors to operate in the southwest portion of the state, and indeed they and Shadow-Force have sometimes joined forces.The Protectors have a limited ability to open teleportals.  They do not have the range to make it all the way from Portland to Seattle, but they can make it to a point not far south of Tacoma.  (Apparently the portals take too long to set up for it to be feasible to make two jumps in a row.)  It is unclear which member of the team creates these portals, though FAQ has denied involvement.  The official position of the team is that the teleportals are vital to team security and thus kept secret.The roster of the Protectors is:MokeWhisperThunderwingFAQSilver SirenMoke is a human paragon, excelling in every respect without being fully superhuman in any.  He is at peak human development in strength, speed, health, intelligence, charm, and so on.  The highly-respected leader of the group, Moke lives by the humorous slogan, 'Thou shalt always have a backup plan,' and indeed, usually several.  (He and the Phantom got along quite well...  As for Erebus, Moke didn't fully approve of his methods, but was always friendly.)Moke's "costume" appears to be ordinary blue-collar work-clothes - flannel shirt, jeans, work boots - but they are apparently made of something other than ordinary cloth and leather, as they stand up to super-battles handily.  He is a big believer in hard work, fair play, and honest living, and is prone to lecture if given half a chance.Moke refuses to explain his codename.  When asked what it means, he simply says, "Me."  When asked why he chose it, he says, "Well, that's a rather personal question, don't you think?"Whisper is the telepath of the group.  Her name comes from the fact that her mental 'voice' sounds like whispering.  She has the somewhat unusual abilities of extending mental protection to those around her, and of paralyzing people with mental commands.  She has a limited form of mind control, essentially amplified persuasion.  Somewhat frail, she tends to stay at the back of the group.Thunderwing is the grandson of a Native American Golden and Silver Age hero, Thunderbird.  His powers are simple:  He is a "flying brick".  Unlike his grandfather, he cannot call upon thunderstorms, at least as yet.FAQ:  Cyberkinetic.  Super-genius.  Gadgeteer.  Twit.  FAQ is 19 years old, and universally conceded to be insufferably full of himself.  He is infatuated with Silver Siren, who treats him like a kid.  While his inventions are invaluable to the group, he tends to regard physical combat as beneath his dignity.For all that, though, FAQ does donate a large fraction of his state salary to setting up science scholarships for disadvantaged youth.Silver Siren is that rarity, a female gadgeteer.  [For whatever reason, super-scientists have a strong tendency to be male in this universe.  The GM has intimated there are thought-out reasons for this.]  She wears powered armor capable of flight, but specializes heavily in sonics otherwise.  (She has admitted to borrowing the jetpack design of her suit from another hero.)  While narrow in scope, her inventions display an almost unprecedented command over sonic phenomena.  Her codename comes from the fact that she uses sonics to make her voice extraordinarily compelling and persuasive.----------------------Mention should also be made of an independent Portland hero who often works with the Protectors:Lightning Lass is an altered human with control over electricity.  She has first-level federal crimefighter registration.  She and Thunderwing display close friendship with each other;  tabloid speculation is rife that they are romantically linked, though there is no real evidence of this.</blockquote>

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