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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
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Real name: Diana Moore Flowers
Eyes: Green
Hair: Brown
Height: 5
ft. 6 in.
Weight: 120
lbs.
Occupation: Intelligence agent
Base: London, England |
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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
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Real name: John Tiberius Remington
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Brown
Height: 6 ft. 1 in.
Weight: 200 lbs.
Occupation: Bounty hunter
Base: New York City |
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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
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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 |
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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).
More characters to come