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KOTC Database Category:   GENTLEMEN'S ADVENTURERS SOCIETY

An informal society composed of heroes past and present, who meet periodically within the Empire Club in Manhattan. Many of its core members occasionally keep their hands in as part of The Old Guard.




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TEAM MEMBERS CURRENTLY IN DATABASE:

    NAME     :  BLACK PHANTOM
    MORALITY :  Hero
    STATUS   :  Semi-Retired.
    TYPE     :  Martial Artist
    GROUP    :  The Freedom Brigade. Member of the Gentleman's Adventurers Society.
    TACTICS  :  Experienced superhero. Martial Artist. Armed with a gas gun.


    NAME     :  BLIND JUSTICE
    MORALITY :  Hero
    STATUS   :  Deceased, 1970s
    TYPE     :  No Data.
    GROUP    :  No Data.
    TACTICS  :  No Data.


    NAME     :  CAPTAIN STRONG
    MORALITY :  Hero (Responsibility of Power)
    STATUS   :  Mostly Retired.
    TYPE     :  Brick
    GROUP    :  The Super Squad. Member of the Gentleman's Adventurers Society and Old Guard.
    TACTICS  :  The powerhouse of his age, Captain Strong is believed to have been perhaps the strongest man to have ever lived. His combat style was straightforward, using power to make up for a lack of finesse.


    NAME     :  CAPTAIN THUNDER
    MORALITY :  Hero
    STATUS   :  Deceased, April 21, 2001.
    TYPE     :  Brick
    GROUP    :  Formerly with the Hero Collective / Justice Machine.
    TACTICS  :  Captain Thunder believes that subtlety and misdirection are for villains and wimps. He uses his tremendous speed and strength to perform unstoppable move-throughs and fly-bys. Defensively, Captain Thunder is also a very tough customer, though he is vulnerable to Flash attacks and dispels intended to strike at his mystical origin.


    NAME     :  COMET, THE
    MORALITY :  Hero (Responsibility of Power)
    STATUS   :  Mostly Retired.
    TYPE     :  Blaster
    GROUP    :  While primarily an independant operator during his prime, he is now active as a member of the Gentleman's Adventurers Society and The Old Guard.
    TACTICS  :  Golden Age Blaster. After he was struck by stellar matter and gained the power of Red Beams, he was capable of utilizing this power in as many ways as his creativity could inspire. His power has one flaw; an inability to counter items or effects that are Green.


    NAME     :  CRIMEBUSTER, THE
    MORALITY :  Neutral (Vigilante)
    STATUS   :  Believed deceased.
    TYPE     :  Gadgeteer
    GROUP    :  Sometimes worked with the Nighthunter.
    TACTICS  :  Classic trenchcoat vigilante equipped with a variety of gadgets.


    NAME     :  CRUCIBLE
    MORALITY :  Hero (Protect the Innocent)
    STATUS   :  Deceased, November 2000.
    SECURITY :  REVOKED
    TYPE     :  Blaster
    GROUP    :  Founding member of The Knights of the Coast
    TACTICS  :  Crucible is enthusastic, but impulsive and has a tendency to over-commit fostered by years of encountering only second-rate villains. Tragedy in his past has caused him to strongly value the lives of innocents over all, and he has a large self-destructive streak. In battle he relies as much upon intuition as logic, and uses the full range of his flame multipower. Defensively, Crucible is weaker, and often gets injured in the line of duty.


    NAME     :  DIGITALIS
    MORALITY :  Neutral (Pursue Knowledge)
    STATUS   :  Deceased, 1972.
    TYPE     :  Gadgeteer
    GROUP    :  Independant.
    TACTICS  :  No Data.


    NAME     :  DR. ARCANA
    MORALITY :  Hero
    STATUS   :  Retired.
    TYPE     :  Mystic
    GROUP    :  Former associate of the Super Squad. Member of the Gentleman's Adventurers Society.
    TACTICS  :  The Gentleman Conjuror of the Super Squad. His powers required both incantations and gestures to perform and he wielded a variety of focii.


    NAME     :  DOLLAR BILL
    MORALITY :  Hero
    STATUS   :  Deceased, 1973.
    TYPE     :  Martial Artist
    GROUP    :  Independant.
    TACTICS  :  The sworn protector of the financial sector of the city up until his death.


    NAME     :  THE GOLDEN AVENGER [II]
    MORALITY :  Hero
    STATUS   :  Active (as Maverick)
    TYPE     :  Martial Artist
    GROUP    :  Independant(?) Formerly of the Super Squad, later leader of the Minute Men on the Eastern Seaboard. Former member of the Gentleman's Adventurers Society and one-time head of the Strikeforce X program.
    TACTICS  :  A formidably-skilled martial artist, Maverick is also a tactician of note and capable of instantly assessing the weaknesses of those he faces. He makes for a tough target for his opponents, although if struck he has only a moderate ability to withstand harm.


    NAME     :  HYDRO
    MORALITY :  Reformed Villain
    STATUS   :  Deceased, May 2001 (November 1939).
    SECURITY :  Guest (L1)
    TYPE     :  Brick
    GROUP    :  Enrolled in the Strikeforce X program under the supervision of DeSalvo. Associated therefore with the Knights of the Coast.
    TACTICS  :  His partially-fluid nature grants Hydro the ability to absorb a considerable amount of damage and to stretch his form to strike at an unexpected distance. His physical attacks are backed by the pounding fury of the sea itself and he has a control over water which he can use to incapacitate a foe.


    NAME     :  HYPERION
    MORALITY :  Hero
    STATUS   :  Mostly Retired.
    TYPE     :  Brick
    GROUP    :  Former (informal) associate of the Super Squad. Chairman of the Gentleman's Adventurers Society and believed to be amongst The Old Guard.
    TACTICS  :  Flying brick.


    NAME     :  LIBERTY BELLE
    MORALITY :  Hero (Patriot)
    STATUS   :  Mostly Retired.
    TYPE     :  Martial Artist
    GROUP    :  Formerly associated with the All-Star Squadron. Member (former chairman) of the Gentleman's Adventurers Society and part of The Old Guard.
    TACTICS  :  A champion athlete, skilled in hand-to-hand combat and possessed of super-strength when the Liberty Bell rang. Active during WWII, she has been retired for decades.


    NAME     :  NIGHTHUNTER, THE
    MORALITY :  Hero
    STATUS   :  Retired.
    TYPE     :  Martial Artist
    GROUP    :  Sometimes worked with the Crimebuster. Member of the Gentleman's Adventurers Society.
    TACTICS  :  An excellent hand-to-hand combatant, armed with a billyclub / swing stick that he used to great effect. Worked with canine sidekicks.


    NAME     :  ORION
    MORALITY :  Hero
    STATUS   :  Missing (Class III - Probation)
    TYPE     :  Blaster
    GROUP    :  Formerly with the Hero Collective / Justice Machine. Former member of the Gentleman's Adventurers Society.
    TACTICS  :  The former tactical leader of the Hero Collective, Orion has stepped aside to let Captain Thunder lead the new organization. Possessed of a human lifetime's training among the D'Kai, he has almost as much combat experience as the rest of the Collective put together. Although not possessed of the same degree of brute force as some of his comrades, his Power Cosmic multipower gives him an extraordinary degree of flexibility, from straightforward attacks, to Flashes and Entangles. On defense, Orion possesses moderate DV and SD, but has the intelligence not to push them too far.


    NAME     :  QUICK, JOHNNY
    MORALITY :  Hero
    STATUS   :  Deceased.
    TYPE     :  Speedster
    GROUP    :  One-time member of the All-Star Squadron
    TACTICS  :  No Data.


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