ROYAL ACES



SYNOPSIS

        When the threat of superhuman criminals threaten the national security of the United Kingdom, the government turns to an elite team of highly-skilled metahumans to protect its’ citizens from these impending attacks: the Royal Aces.

        Led by bionic secret agent Daniel Thorne, these crusaders wage a covert never ending war against evil with the fate of Britain and the world hanging in the balance. Its’ roster consists of England’s finest along with gifted foreigners and abandoned patriots looking for redemption. Using the latest technology and their unique talents, these extraordinary deputies for her Majesty’s government are pitted against clear and present dangers so powerful, no ordinary government forces cannot handle them on their own.

        But when a powerful warlord, one who went under the cover of darkness since the times of King Arthur, reemerges to control humanity, the Royal Aces are now that stands in the way between mankind… and Armageddon.

They protect and serve King and country. And they are the only ones you can count on. They are… the Royal Aces.


CHARACTERS
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DANIEL THORNE
American Soldier Real name: Daniel Royalton Thorne
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Blonde
Height: 6 ft.
Weight: 225 lbs.
Occupation: Intelligence agent
Base: London, England
·    Daniel Thorne – Daniel Thorne is the Royal Aces’ field commander and chief strategist. He is an ex-British Intelligence agent for MI5. On a routine undercover mission where he and his team uncovered a plot involving an Irish arms dealer and Eastern European terrorists, his contact’s cover was blown, resulting in a deadly shootout that claimed casualties on both sides, and wounded Thorne, losing his left eye and legs. British government officials, acknowledging Thorne’s loyal and outstanding service record with the service, selected him as a “volunteer” for its’ top secret cybernetics program. He was surgically implanted with cybernetic implants and an artificial robotic eye to replace his lost limbs. But after recovering from surgery, Thorne moved to Scotland where he became troubleshooter-for-hire bringing to justice every criminal and extortionists plaguing the city streets. Knowing giving up on giving him a second chance to work for the government, a former colleague of his at MI5 offered him a position in the newly forced metahuman taskforce, codenamed Royal Aces. Thorne accepts the offer, and now commands his mean team to dangerous missions which the national security of Britain as well as the world is at stake. Thorne is a strict and detail-oriented commander, determined to not let any member of his team screw up a mission. He is an undying patriot of Britain, dedicated his time to protect the national security of his country. He is a seasoned professional with a concern for the helpless and believes in an incorporable justice system, something he finds unfortunate in Scotland Yard’s corrupted police force. He is a helpful and determined individual, never taking a break when doing his job. His favorite hobbies are racing European exotic cars and practicing his martial arts moves. His favorite food is fettuccini in wine sauce. Thorne is implanted with cybernetic implants in his legs and right chest, giving him superhuman agility and reflexes as well as Olympic athletic-level speed and enhanced strength. He cybernetic left eye gives him telescopic, X-ray and night vision capabilities. As a seasoned former MI5 agent, he is an expert in intelligence gathering, undercover work, counter-espionage, small arms and military infantry weapons, and all forms of European and Asian-based hand-to-hand combat disciplines. He is an expert driver and experience aircraft pilot. He is an expert interrogator and studied criminal psychology. He is fluent in multiple languages, including Spanish, French, Italian, Greek, Japanese, and Mandarin Chinese. He is a gifted mechanic and gunsmith. He is also an expert in fencing and bladed (swords, knives) melee combat. His preferred handgun is a Walther P99 or a Browning DBA 9mm.

MISS FLOWERS
American Soldier American Soldier Real name: Diana Moore Flowers
Eyes: Green
Hair: Brown
Height: 5 ft. 6  in.
Weight: 120 lbs.
Occupation: Intelligence agent
Base: London, England
·    Miss Flowers – Miss Flowers, aka Diana Flowers a former British Intelligence operative, Diana now resides in New York City as freelance troubleshooter and investigator, as well as a political activist and part-time nanny. She is now an agent of the British Government’s covert metahuman taskforce, codenamed Royal Aces. Diana was a MI5 field operative in a counter-terrorist sting when they unwittingly stumbled on a rampaging evil wizard tearing the scene where scene were assigned to stakeout. The enraged wizard, losing his mind, uses his powers on an innocent bystander when Diana scarified herself to block the magical force. In a bright flash, Diana emerged with magical powers and subdues the wizard, leaving her unconscious. After weeks in a hospital, Diana’s new magical abilities cause a problematical situation with her intelligence work and were forced by the agency to resign as a precaution for her safety and the safety of her fellow agents. She then moved to New York City, while Diana uses her abilities to work as a part-time nanny, Diana does her best to help out her neighborhood by utilizing her magical powers, along with her deadly hand-to-hand combat skills and experience in fieldwork, to help and protect her clients. It has an old aquitance from her MI5 days who invited her to join the British Government’s new metahuman covert taskforce, Royal Aces. Looking for redemption for her adondoning her former government, she accepted. Diana is beautiful and selfless with a kindhearted, even emotional, sensibility and is driven by a strong sense of justice. Although she needed employment to make a living, she believes that the value helping people in need, and of hard work, not the drive for money, is rewarding. Despite acted refined and displaying an (almost) "perfect" etiquette, she sometimes gets emotional when she fails to protect her friends. Never willing to give up, Diana will fight to uphold justice and to hold what’s dear to her heart. Diana’s favorite hobbies are participating in anti-war political rallies and events, playing the guitar, and playing and singing songs with children. Her favorite food is strawberry upside-down cake. Since her encounter with the evil wizard, Diana gained powers and abilities including flight, spinning teleportation, levitation, manipulation and transformation spells, and the ability to change clothing by mere thought, she also has telepathic and empathic abilities, useful for interrogation situations. In addition, she also gained superhuman reflexes and agility; including dodging bullets in super-speed. She is a highly trained martial arts master, specialized in western and Oriental disciplines (she used to be a hand-to-hand combat instructor at MI5) She is a Cambridge University-schooled expert on navigation, geography, law and criminal justice, political science, and foreign languages. She is an experienced intelligence officer trained on Intel gathering, surveillance, satellite systems, computers, and undercover work.

CALIBER
American Soldier Real name: John Tiberius Remington
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Brown
Height: 6 ft. 1 in.
Weight: 200 lbs.
Occupation: Bounty hunter
Base: New York City
·    Caliber – John Remington was a former US Special Forces operative who ran classified black ops in South America in the mid-1980’s then undercover missions in Eastern Europe and the Middle East. It was in the beginning of the invasion of Afghanistan following 9/11 that will forever haunt him. During a terrorist capture mission in North Kabul, Remington was assigned to support a PMC (Private Military Company)-led squad to infiltration a suspected terrorist hideout, but false information and the fact that the PMC’s commander made a deal with a heroin warlord to what look like elimination of a terrorist cell, but in reality was a village of innocent civilians who were at the wrong place at the wrong time, resulting in the deaths of hundreds. Being partly responsible for the tragic slaughter, Remington quit the military and return home to open a bounty hunting business and assume the codename of Caliber. Expressed by Caliber’s exploits of capturing various criminals and extortionists in America, the British government invited Caliber to join their newly-formed metahuman taskforce, Royal Aces. Since then, Caliber does double duty as a freelance bounty hunter and working part-time for the Royal Aces as their resident weapons expert to get some extra income. Caliber is somewhat hard-edged and anti-social; he is more occupied with cleaning weapons than go to social activities. He also occasionally rude to his teammates, particularity a semi-sexist approach to the team’s female members. Despite that, he compensate his personality flaws with a strong sense of justice and honor. He prides himself on his professionalism, but sometimes acts more like a lone wolf than a team player. He has a lot to learn about teamwork, but when the chips are down, the team can turn to Caliber when they needed him most. His favorite hobbies are target shooting and meditating. His favorite foods are unknown. Being trained as a covert operative and an expert professional soldier, Caliber has encyclopedic knowledge on military and paramilitary weapons systems and small arms. He is also highly trained in Close Quarters Combat (CQC), judo, tae Kwan do and American-style boxing. He is an expert in melee combat and edged weapons. He is an experienced and well-schooled weapons expert with access to conventional and hi-tech weaponry. His preferred combat weapons are assault rifles, machine pistols, shotguns, and grenade launchers. He is trained in advanced driving and is a qualified helicopter and rotary aircraft pilot. He also has experience in survival tactics and covert espionage.

TECHNOKNIGHT
American Soldier Real name: David Collingsworth Knight
Eyes: Hazel
Hair: Blonde
Height: 5 ft. 10 in.
Weight: 169 lbs.
Occupation: Scientist, scientific researcher, inventor, vigilante
Base: London, England
·    Technoknoght – David Knight is an Cambridge-trained inventor who works at a high-tech weapons firm near London. When one night while he helped plant the finishing touches on an experimental infantry combat suit to be tested by the British Military, terrorists infiltrated and seize control of the complex building he is working in. With no police backup to arrive in time, and in total desperation, David is forced to give the prototype suit its’ first “field test”, and used the suit to repel the terrorist intruders. Astonished by his heroics that night, David decided to secretly use the combat suit unbeknownst to his supervisors and while the military is reconsidering whether or not it will be tested in the near future. While he still works in the weapons firm, his “night job” is patrolling the streets of London as a crime fighting vigilante codenamed “TechnoKnight”. After a few years perfecting the suit while protecting the citizens of the city and apprehending various criminals and the occasional pickpocket, a mysterious agent with MI5 noticed David’s adventures, and invited him to join the government’s newly formed metahuman taskforce, the Royal Aces, in return David’s identity and unauthorized usage of the suit will be kept secret to his supervisors and the British Military. David is the team’s resident nice guy and everyman, who rather use a more humanly, non-brutal approach to fighting crime and defending the people with dangerous threats. He uses his technical skills and know-how to aid the team whenever a solution is need to combat some of the technical adversaries they commonly faced. David is also a refined gentleman when it comes to socializing with the team’s female members; respecting their femininity with his gentle demeanor. When in combat, he remains professional and keeps a cool head even under intense pressure. He also has time, between missions, to invent and perfect some of the team’s various gadgets and equipment, and treats it like a hobby. His favorite hobbies are Lacrosse and playing chess with computer opponents. His favorite food is club sandwiches. Technoknight is an expert in chemistry, biology, forensics and mechanics. He is a highly-skilled acrobat and athlete. He is currently trained by the Royal Aces in several martial arts disciplines and non-bladed melee weapons combat. He is also a qualified mechanic and field technician. Technoknight’s combat suit enables him with superhuman agility and reflexes. It is made out of a special material which enable him to withstand extreme hot and cold temperatures and is also has an outer lever made out of flame retardant Nomex. His armor body plating and chest plate is made out of Level II Kevlar which protects him from knife attacks and projectile weapons up to .44 magnum handgun rounds. His helmet contains a GPS tracker, on-screen computer mapping and communications display, a hidden telescopic zoom micro-camera, audio surveillance systems, voice synthesizer and infrared night vision for nighttime operations. His ever-increasing arsenal of hi-tech weapons include wrist shooters that fire mini-indestructible grapple hook wires for up to 50 feet, and a pulse gun that emits a non-lethal stun beam to disable adversaries, but can be converted to lethal settings for use in clearing obstacles or disabling vehicles and mechanical objects. His integrated utility belt contains several additional weapons and equipment including first aid kits, spare grappling hook wire cartridges, smoke bombs, ball-shaped flash bang and stun grenades, mini-cameras, crime scene kits, an underwater breathing apparatus, pepper spray canisters, plastic explosives and detonators, and shurikens (both standard and high explosive).

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