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Black Lotus:

Chinese sorcerers for the Seattle Chinese Tong. They appeared in ancient China where they were rumored to once control the Emperor. Destroyed, they evidently survived as an underground organization dedicated to magic. They already had the skills when the power returned to Earth. They have long fought the Imperial Dragons and have evidently moved to America to escape them.

They appeared at a the fight on the docks and their apparent goal was the seizure of the Ice lab and they are the probable origins of the drug Ice. Driven off by Gamma Force.

Gamma Force encountered a second time when sent to raid a Black Lotus installation at the direction of the Queen of the Ice Pagoda. The Queen wanted a dimensional portal to her realm closed. This required the recapturing of the crown of the Ice King and the placing of the Black Lotus sorcerers in the hurt locker. In return, the Queen freed Freejack who fell into her realm as the result of his experiments. This raid dealt a serious blow to the organization as it destroyed one of the their remaining Chinese strongholds, freed Dragon Knight from their control, lost them the artifact known as the Crown of the Ice Kings, and cost them them the sorcerer known as Blood Dragon.

The highest ranking members of the Black Lotus are eunuch sorcerers. 

Real Name: Organization.

Status: Villians, directly contacted.

Allies: Seattle Chinese Tongs,

Enemies: Seattle Seolpa Ring. Imperial Dragons

Weaknesses: Good left hook. Best if you hit them while they are laughing maniacally.

Dragon of Dreams:

A powerful psychic and member of the Imperial Dragons. She is the youngest (about 17) and least experienced member of the group. She is very shy because she doesn't want to accidentally overhear any thoughts that are constantly buzzing at the back of her mind.

Real Name: Unknown.

Status: Nominal ally.

Allies: Celestial Dragon, Emperor of China

Enemies: Black Lotus

Weaknesses: Lack of fine control over her abilities. Youth and inexperience.

Dragon Knight:

Leader of the Chinese Imperial Dragons, an elite superhero group. Known as an excellent tactician. He is a swordsmaster that wields a pair of energy dragon swords that can be either concussive or killing. His knowledge of tactics and a cybernetic HUD makes it almost impossible to surprise him. (Except when Black Lotus sorcerers are doing the surprising.)

Mech Man went toe to toe with him while he was being mind controlled by a Black Lotus sorcerer

Real Name: Unknown

Status: Nominal ally.

Allies: Emperor of China

Enemies: Black Lotus

Weaknesses: Vulnerable to surprise while outside of his armor. 

Dragon Turtle:

The technical genius of the Imperial Dragons, she developed all of their powered armor. She flies a mini anti-grav tank with massive armor and weapons. Primary weapons are twin gatling lasers capable of 180° arcs of fire. Inside the tank she wears a light suit of powered armor, just in case. She went to school in America.

Real Name: Unknown

Status: Nominal ally.

Allies: Celestial Dragon, Emperor of China

Enemies: Black Lotus

Weaknesses: Wears glasses, probably nearsighted without them.

Flint:

Part of an established Seattle heroic duo. Flint has an incredibly tough body and while in physical contact with his brother he can project beams of energy. His friendliness to Gamma Force could disappear as we take more and more of the camera time. Care must be made to never treat the duo with anything less then respect either in public or private. See Steel. Was hospitalized when he threw himself off of a tall building into a power transformer. He was possessed at the time by the being known as Skindancer and was about to kill his brother. Instead of landing the final blow, he regained partial control of himself and did the only thing he could think of to stop himself. Nightshade has invested time into helping his healing prosess. He is telepathically linked at a deep level with his brother.. 

Real Name: Unknown

Status: Ally.

Allies: Gamma Force

Enemies: Skindancer.

Weaknesses: Incredible ego. Public ID and business interests. Very emotionally close to his brother.

Golden Dragon:

Brother of the Emperor and the only member of the Imperial Dragons that does not wear armor because his body is covered in fine golden scales and he possesses the strength of a dragon. He is a master martial artist with the ability to project chi blasts, leap amazing distances, and move almost unseen. The covert op man of the group. He is a monk (and therefor bald) who has given up all worldly ambition and devoted himself to the service of his emperor and his art. An amazingly peaceful and centered man.

Real Name: N/A

Status: Nominal ally.

Allies: Celestial Dragon, Emperor of China

Enemies: Black Lotus

Weaknesses: Emperor of China is his brother.

Icestorm:

Energy projector with control over ice and the ability to absorb heat from targets. Was working aboard the Kwinis Company freighter. Suspected as being the primary creator of Ice in that lab. Taken down by Highwire and Freejack. Along with the Crown of the Ice King, Icestorm was later given over to the Queen of the Ice Pagoda as part of her majesty's terms in freeing Freejack. Against the queen's wishes, Highwire traveled back with Icestorm and the crown. He later appeared on top of a nearby mountain.

Real Name: Unknown.

Status: Unknown, as she will be a servant of the Queen of the Ice Pagoda if/when she returns. Allies: Seattle Seolpa ring. Queen of the Ice Pagoda.

Enemies: Seattle Chinese tongs.

Weaknesses: Once addicted to Ice.

Imperial Dragons:

Premiere superhero group of reformed China. Members include Dragon Knight, Golden Dragon, Mystic Dragon, Dragon of Dreams, and Dragon Turtle. Almost all of them wear powered armor that enhances their strength, senses and grants flight. Each of them is also trained in at least one form of martial arts. Several years ago the group helped the Emperor instate a constitutional/socialist monarchy in China.

The IDs have an extremely fast flying saucer/plane/thing that is made of a form of plastic (maybe) that can change shape. The ships surface seemed a bit warm and sometimes you felt like it was watching you. This plane avoids all normal detection technologies.

Real Name: N/A

Status: Nominal ally.

Allies: Celestial Dragon, Emperor of China

Enemies: Black Lotus

Weaknesses: See individual profiles.

Kwi (Ghost):

An invisible martial artist. He appeared during the fight on the docks for the Ice lab. Likes to martial throw his larger opponents. Capable of throwing both Flint and Steel.

Real Name: Unknown.

Status: Villian, directly contacted. Not apprehended.

Allies: Seattle Seolpa ring.

Enemies: Seattle Chinese tongs.

Weaknesses: Unknown.

Lambert, Janine

Local psychic with a surprisingly high accuracy rate. Currently a patient at a local mental institution as she seems unable to handle her revelations. She seems to be tuned into the plans of Skindancer. Initial contact with her has been established by Nightshade.

Real Name: N/A

Status: Tentatively friendly.

Allies: None, but a potentially useful resource for Gamma Force.

Enemies: Men with funny coats aka the mental institution faculty.

Weaknesses: Normal human outside of her unpredictable psychic powers. Possibly nutty as a loon.

Magistrate Chun:

Majordomo of the Queen of the Ice Pagoda. Has demonstrated the ability to read minds, and is apparently an honorable being. All communication with the Ice Realm and the Queen should be handled through this one.

Real Name: N/A

Status: Neither ally nor enemy.

Allies: Queen of the Ice Pagoda.

Enemies: Probably denizens of the Realm of Fire.

Weaknesses: Suspect a weakness to fire.

Mystic Dragon:

An ancient Chinese sorcerer... in powered armor. A member of the Imperial Dragons, he claims to be hundreds of years old due to the elixir of immortality. He is the rascal of the group "People my age can't be tight-asses, we'd break..", but still a kindly grandfather figure (ok maybe a bit lecherous, but not much).

Real Name: N/A

Status: Nominal ally.

Allies: Celestial Dragon, Emperor of China

Enemies: Black Lotus

Weaknesses: Fairly straightforward manner towards women. This mild form of lechery may just be an act however.

Ninja:

Appeared and interfered with both the Seolpa ring and Chinese tong agents during the battle of the docks. Tactics seemed aimed at reducing the strength of both sides. During the battle they displayed incredible leaping powers and stealth abilities. They also appeared to be highly skilled in the martial arts and the use of their short sword.

Real Name: N/A

Status: Unknown.

Allies: Unknown. Possible links to the Japanese criminal organization known as the Yakuza. Must investigate further - hard to break fingers if they've already cut them off.

Enemies: Seattle Chinese tongs. Korean Seolpa Rings.

Weaknesses: Must always attack heroic martial artist one at a time, even thought they have him outnumbered and surrounded.

Queen of the Ice Pagoda:

Absolute ruler of the Elemental Plane of Ice. Follows a Chinese motif. Bowing, scraping and other forms of respect are not only expected but required before a being that could snuff your life without a second thought. If her realm she is more powerful then Maelstrom and has the ability to plunge the Earth into Ice Ages on a whim. She has the villain Icestorm under her power.

Real Name: N/A

Status: Beyond ally or threat. 

Allies: Needs none.

Enemies: Suspected enemies with beings of the plane of Fire. Sorcerers of the Black Lotus.

Weaknesses: Suspected weakness to Fire. 

Seolpa Ring:

The crime organizations of the Koreans, the Seattle ring is engaged in a fight with the local Chinese Tongs for control of the underworld and the lucrative drug trade. The rings are definitely linked to the new Asian street drug, Ice.

Real Name: N/A

Status: Street organization. Gamma Force is directly responsible for their loss of the floating Ice lab.

Allies: Icestorm, Kwi., Kiwinis Company (business)

Enemies: Seattle Chinese tongs.

Weaknesses: Unknown.

Skindancer :

Demon. Apparently this entity is a lieutenant for Belial. It has been involved in a series of serial killings in the Seattle area with the suspected intent of opening another gateway to Hell and/or extending Belial's area of influence. The demon has displayed incredible senses, supernatural toughness, the ability to manipulate the skin of his targets in an area effect, and the ability to possess people at a distance. Recognized Imp and called him brother. Was both surprised and angry to see Imp strike him. Good job Imp.

While powerful, Gamma Force can take him in a straight up combat. Unfortunately, it's ability to simply possess another body makes this tactic counter productive, as the demon will simply take over another innocent.

Real Name: Unknown. Current body's name: Jake Manason

Status: Villain. Directly contacted.

Allies: Unknown. Can summon demonic allies. Suspect that those summoned are the animated bodies of his victims.

Enemies: Gamma Force, Flint and Steel.

Part of an established Seattle heroic duo. Steel has an incredibly tough body and while in physical contact with his brother he can project beams of energy. His friendliness to Gamma Force could disappear as we take more and more of the camera time. Care must be made to never treat the duo with anything less then respect either in public or private. See Flint. Got the snot pounded out of him while his brother was possessed by the demon Skindancer. He simply would not fight back. He is telepathically linked at a deep level with his brother.

Real Name: Unknown.

Status: Newfound ally.

Allies: Gamma Force

Enemies: Skindancer.

Weaknesses: Incredible ego. Public ID and business interests. Very emotionally close to his brother.

Tongs:

The crime organizations of the Chinese, the Seattle tongs are engaged in a fight with the Korean Seolpa rings in Seattle.

Real Name: N/A

Status: Street organization. Interfered with their attempt on the Ice lab.

Allies: Chinese sorcerers.

Enemies: Seolpa Rings.

Weaknesses: Unknown.

Malestorm Scientist:

Unknown person working for Maelstrom, probably a scientist. Was involved in Maelstrom's super serum experiments. Only known description is of a balding Caucasian male with an eye patch. Current location: Manhattan Island.

451:

Top level villain working for Maelstrom. Has the ability to control and create fires hot enough to melt hardened steel. Current location: Manhattan Island.

Angel:

Villain, once worked for Maelstrom. Powers included flight, martial arts, tough skin, and a light based energy attack. Deceased.

Belial:

Arch-demon from Hell, overlord of Lost Angeles. 'Nuff said. Current location: Lost Angeles.

Blood Dragon:

A sorcerer of the Black Lotus. He briefly held Dragon Knight under his control while he guarded the portal to realm of the Elemental Plane of Ice. His powers included mind control, force fields, slow teleports, and energy blasts. Taken out by Gamma Force and the Imperial Dragons. Upon his death, he transformed into a large oriental dragon of, guess what, blood. Also defeated by Gamma Force and the Imperial Dragons.

Caine:

Villian working for Maelstrom. Powers include incredibly durability, regeneration, and the ability to rot flesh and cause disease at a touch. Current location: Manhattan Island.

Celestial Dragon:

The new Emperor of China and former member of the Imperial Dragons. He is also known as the Eternal Dragon. Unlike many of his predecessors he interacts with the people regularly and does not hold himself aloof from them. Also unlike most of his predecessors, he can transform into a rather large and powerful dragon. His brother is the martial artist known as Golden Dragon.

Crackshot:

Villain, once worked for Maelstrom. Powers include accuracy, agility, and tough skin. Uses various firearms. Location last seen in Texas during a bank hold up. Current location: Unknown.

Darkness:

One of a pair of African mercenaries. Partner is Ghost. They are named after a turn of the century pair of lions that went on a killing spree. Darkness is an African sorcerer who uses darkness fields to disorient his opponents while his partner kills them. Current location: Africa.

Doorway:

Top level villain working for Maelstrom. Has the ability to teleport continental distances by himself, or to teleport a group of people across a city. Current location: Manhattan Island.

Ecstasy:

Villain, once worked for Maelstrom. Powers included hypnosis, and a limited form of mind control. Deceased.

Ghost: 

One of a pair of African mercenaries. Partner is Darkness. They are named after a turn of the century pair of lions that went on a killing spree in Africa, killing over one hundred rail workers. Ghost can turn invisible and has access to high tech military grade weapons. He is also proficient with spear. Current location: Africa.

Hearse:

Top level villain working for Maelstrom. Powers include growth, armor and strength. Deceased.

Hellfire:

Villain. Known for his highly destructive attack on Washington DC using weapons of fire and darkness. Extremely dangerous. He fended off everything that came at him until doing battle with SilverAngel. Current location: Unknown

Jackpot:

Villain working for Maelstrom. Powers include energy projection, speed, and an ability to manipulate probability towards her favor. Current location: Manhattan Island.

Legion:

A hive-mind demon. Recently emerged in LA during the massive fighting occurring there.

Lion: 

Hero. Known as the first hero to be jailed on manslaughter charges for his superhero activities. Current location: Unknown.

Maelstrom:

Ruler of the island of Manhattan. Big Black himself. Extremely dangerous. Can summon and control weather phenomenon up to an including surrounding Manhattan Island with a hurricane. Current location: Manhattan Island. 

Meteor:

Villian. Has flight and the ability to transform into a fully metallic form. His M.O. is to dive in on a bank from orbit, calling the bank on his way down to warn them. He then crashes into the bank and robs from the rubble. Has also committed extortion against cities, threatening key city blocks with the arrival of a Meteor. Current location: Unknown.

Meth:

Villain, once worked for Maelstrom. Powers include flight, agility and speed. Current location: Unknown.

Nimbus:

Hero. The first hero to be caught on film, he has the ability to control wind and water and can transform into a cloud himself. Noted for his fight with a being of fire over L.A. Current location: Outskirts of LA, helping survivors.

Nexus:

Powerful teleporter. Member of the federal covert ops superhero forces. She is capable of teleporting entire groups of people across the city.

Patrolmen:

Superhero group based near LA. Members include Victorious, Valiant and Vigilant. Less then a year old. Every member uses power armor.

Samedi:

Top level villain working for Maelstrom. Voodoo priest. Second in command of the Storm Lords. Current location: Manhattan Island.

Shavani Legion:

An alien race. Currently has a treaty with the UN.

Sho' Nuff:

Criminal boss of Harlem. A martial artist with a 'fro. Has a loose agreement with Maelstrom.

SilverAngel:

Hero. A woman with silver wings and a weapon made of light. Died while defending Washington DC from a villain called Hellfire. Her actions pushed through legislation granting a legal status to the activities of heros. Deceased.

Storm Knights:

Maelstrom's organization of agents, enforcers, and new super villains. The fighting arm of the Storm Lords.

Storm Lords:

A group of supervillians and other criminals working for Maelstrom that have their fingers in numerous criminal activities around the world.

Sub-zero: 

Top level villain working for Maelstrom. Has a wide range of ice and temperature related powers. Current location: Manhattan Island.

Supertrooper:

Hero. Based near LA. Member of the California Highway Patrol. 

Titan:

Hero with growth, incredible strength and density. Based in St. Louis. 

Valiant:

Hero. Member of the Patrolmen.

Victorious:

Hero. Member of the Patrolmen.

Vigilant:

Hero. Member of the Patrolmen. Has a fire based energy attack.

China:

Now a constitutional monarcy under the rule of the Celestial Dragon. This progress occured after the technological superiority granted the Chinese after an alien ship crash landed in China, and the technology was recovered. 

Crown of the Ice Kings:

Created by the Queen of the Ice Pagoda for her mortal monarch, it was lost to Earth millenia ago. It found it's way into the hands of the Black Lotus who used it to open a portal to the Elemental Plane of Ice in order to manufacture the substance that later became the street drug known as Ice. It was returned to the Queen after being recovered by Gamma Force.

Damnation:

Street drug from L.A. Incredibly addictive, invariably fatal. Early on it gives users and incredible feeling of euphoria, power, and loss of restraint. Advanced stages of addiction are known as the Burns and include hallucinations of horrifying scenes, high fever, and spontaneous combustion. Has two versions. The second and most recent version delivers a stronger kick, and doesn't cause death as rapidly.

A key ingredient in the creation of Damnation is rumored to be the blood of an actual demon.

Dante, Inc:

Creators of a failed super soldier serum.

Ice:

Asian street drug that lowers the user's body temperature to approximately 60° yet leaves the user alive. Very recent arrival in the states. It was initially offered at a low price to hook people, and since then supplies have dried up, raising the price. Suspect that the scarcity is due to more then just good marketing.

Initial speculations that Ice is manufactured using a sliver of crystal from the elemental plane of Ice is confirmed by Gamma Force's encounter with the Queen of the Ice Pagoda. Given the difficulty of obtaining the core ingredient, widespread distribution of Ice as a serious drug is limited, and somewhere there is a powerful sorcerer with an interest in creating this drug. It is known that the Black Lotus are responsible for creating it, but that the Seolpa Rings are the ones actually selling it as a street drug.

A primary (if not the) vital link to the manufacture of Ice was shut down when Gamma Force raided and destroyed a Black Lotus temple and stole away the Crown of the Ice Kings to be returned to the Queen of the Ice Pagoda.

Kwinis Company:

Korean company that owned the freighter that had the Ice lab and the small fusion powerplant. Strongly suspected that this company is a Seolpa ring sponsor.

Los Alamos National Labs.

Large, but not nuclear, explosion occurred there recently. 

Salvation:

Only known cure for Damnation addiction. Initial treatment is successful 90% of the time, but there is a 2% casualty rate at the moment of treatment. Further treatments and usage of Salvation have a lower success rate and a corresponding increase in fatality percentage.

Gamma Force Team Members

Freejack:

Scientist with an awesome speed. Has a twisted little guardian angel that had better leave the local soldiers alone. Needs to not play with nuclear reactors anymore.

Highwire:

Has flight, agility, a high level of reflexes and a knowledge of martial arts. Previous drug addict with little concern for his current teammates. 

Imp:

Demon from Hell. Has a pitchfork and energy attack. Only member of the team with worse attitude about life then Highwire.

Mech Man:

Football player with an alien suit of armor. Has an incredible strength and ability to absorb damage. Spent a little too much time on the line without a helmet.

Nightshade:

Witch from an upper class debutante background. Very good at team reinforcement.

Pulsar:

Team leader with a highly accurate and devastating energy attack. Bureaucrat. Currently assigned elsewhere.

Col. Nathaniel Truett

Colonel placed in charge of Gamma Force and the powered infantry. Nazi who will have a heart attack within a month of retirement from the military.

Powered Infantry

Squad of soldiers using the experimental and primitive powered armor. The powered armor is to attempt to allow these guys go against super powered beings. And these guys volunteered for this job.

SuperTrooper and the Patrolmen

SuperTrooper (Jerry Maxwell)

Jerry was always stronger, faster and tougher than any other kid while he was growing up. When he was in High School that demon stuff happened in LA, and Jerry began to change. The changes started slowly, but then two years ago while Jerry was in the police academy, the changes accelerated. Maybe it was the radiant magical energy from LA or maybe Jerry is just a mutant like so many others, but now he is incredibly fast, strong and tough. Jerry joined the Highway Patrol who put him to work in the special crimes division, he became SuperTrooper and has been working to put criminals in jail since.

Vigilant (Frank Devorak)

Frank is an engineer in the employ of Obermeyer industries, for the last several years he has helped Dr. Obermeyer build the Patrolmen's suits. He volunteered to wear one to help work out any problems in the field. Frank is totally devoted to Obermeyer and will do everything in his power to make sure things go well for the Patrolmen. New suits are on their way, two more should be complete by year end. For now Frank has to try to control the other two Patrolmen who have proven unstable at times. He has recommended that his employer discontinue the current recruiting policies, but doesn't know whether his advice will be taken. Frank will not use his claws on any living sentient being, unless it's a demon from hell of course.

Valiant (Dr. Joel Kuhlman)

Joel Kuhlman was a brilliant surgeon, then out of a clear blue Southern California sky Hell came to call. Joel was one of the lucky ones, he survived. But being paralyzed from the waist down wasn't Joel's idea of being lucky. He spent the next five years in a hell of his own, trying to relearn the basic skills he needed to live. Then a man named Obermeyer offered him a chance to not only walk again, but to strike back at the demons that had crippled him. Obermeyer told him of the armored suits he was designing, and he told Joel of his need for strong men with strong minds. Now he can not only protect others, he could attain revenge. Joel jumped at the chance, and was soon in training as the second Patrolman.

Victorious (Rodney Jones)

Six years ago, hell appeared in LA. Six years ago, Rodney's life changed forever. Rodney was found by National Guardsmen wandering just outside of LA, his wife and two children killed by the demons that took over the city. After years of virtual imprisonment in mental institutions and several foiled suicide attempts, a man came to visit Rodney. Obermeyer offered him a chance to lash out at the demons and perhaps prevent more lives from being ruined like his. Rodney jumped at the chance, and for the past year he has wrecked his revenge on his hated foes as Victorious, first of the group now called the Patrolmen.

Information on William Obermeyer

William Obermeyer

Age:64

Naturalized Citizen