Lora'Lai (Peacebringer) The Legendary:
Lora'Lai is a Kheldian peacebringer, a melding of the former cyborg Lora Doubet and the Kheldian Lailumen'otoph.
Lora'Lai (or just "Lora" to her friends) most often comes across as calm, serene, and rational. Though she is
certainly not unemotional. The experience of her ancient Kheldian side lends a perspective and wisdom that belies her apparent age. At the same time, she looks
on the world with new eyes. The Kheldian's experiences temper some of Lora's
faults while her memories help the Kheldian warrior and scholar open up. They truly were a perfect meld, and there
really is no "Lora Doubet" or "Lailumen'otoph" as separate
personalities anymore, they truly are one being named Lora'Lai now.
She has stated repeatedly she has no wish to be a leader, but does her best to back up Evangelia and Shizuru and make their
jobs easier, offering strategic and tactical advice and logistical support. She is the perfect second-in-command or "majordomo". However, despite her
discomfort in leadership roles, Lora has taken tactical leadership more than once and lead teams efficiently and successfully when no other options were
available. Evangelia realized that Lora'Lai was vital to the re-organization and re-building of The Legendary, and quickly bumped her to her position as
one of the co-leaders of the group and Primary Base Architect. She is still somewhat uncomfortable in her role as "one of the top three" however and
defers to the others whenever possible. Whether this discomfort arises from her human or kheldian side she prefers not to say.
- She has a quirky, referential sense of humor, and is quick with a laugh or a smile. But tends not to "combat quip", instead, honing her
concentration on the battle and keeping careful track of situational awareness and calling out targets of opportunity. She doesn't begrudge others if
they have the inclination to talk or joke during a fight, she even enjoys teammate Superball's antics. She simply wants to devote her mental resources to
more important things.
- As befits a Kheldian with powers over light and energy, Lora'Lai can sense power flows on an instinctive level. She can "see" and
"hear" various TV and radio signals, but can only understand information from analog broadcasts. She can "hear" digital cellphone
signals, but only as a stream of binary pulses, and she cannot translate that into anything coherent. Since the Paragon Police Department (PPD) uses digital
signals to it's issued communicators, she must carry one with her physically in order to access the system.
- Her "energy senses" have allowed her to tweak the power flow from the generator of the Legendary base, giving increased efficiency.
- Lora'Lai is also accomplished with computer systems and tries to keep her knowledge as up-to-date as possible.
- She also has an eye for design and in addition to the architecture of the base, she also designed the groups standard uniform.
- Like all Kheldians, Lora'Lai can be quickly felled by Quantum Array weaponry and other sources of Nicti energy that is specially tuned to interfere
with the energy matrix of a Kheldian. Lora has learned to quickly spot Quantum Array guns in the hands of the various villain groups, and takes the
miscreants carrying them out first or points them out to her teammates for them to deal with. Against Nictus Void Hunters and Void Stalkers, Lora is
merciless, and if alone, she will attack wildly, shifting to White Dwarf form if need be to survive close combat in order to smash them.
Cyberman 8 (MA/SR Scrapper) The Legendary:
1963 -- Murdered by criminals, PPD Detective Peter Brady's body was retrieved be Professor Tani and taken to his
laboratory. There, Tani performed an experiment that had failed 7 times in the past. This time, the experiment was successful! Brady was reborn as the
superpowered android Cyberman 8, able to dash at incredible speeds and hit with the force of a sonic boom! Brady dedicated himself anew to fighting injustice
in Paragon City. Successful for many years, Cyberman 8 mysteriously vanished in the early 70s.
2006 -- Excavators in Overbrook found the remains of Cyberman 8 in the partially collapsed ruins of an old supervillain lair.
Taken to D.A.T.A., he was repaired and upgraded with new technology to renew his fight against crime!
Cyberman 8 comes across very much like a "normal Joe". He steadfastly got over most of the existential angst over
his artificial body years ago and came to terms with it. At first, he suppressed much of his outward humanity, though inwardly he was distraught over his
perceived "inhumanity" for many years. Later, after an adventure to a mystical realm that proved to him that he still had a human soul, he
acknowledged his feelings and firmly decided that, although his body and brain were constructed, he himself was still, in any sense that mattered, still
human.
Although still very serious when dealing with villains, he can also crack the occasional joke with a teammate and has an
ironic, dry sense of humor. He is quietly fascinated with the way the world has changed since he last saw it. Personal computers are something completely new
to him, but he takes some pleasure in the fact that he is uniquely suited to learn about them!
In fact, for an android with a positronic brain, he sometimes comes across as a very old-fashioned kind of guy. Almost
chivalrous in the classic sense to women, at least by modern standards. He's occasionally shocked by some of the skimpier fashions some Heroines choose to
wear. (Though he'd never actually express any disapproval. He just chalks it up as yet another in the long list of things he's had to get used to.)
Only one thing brings him into a melancholy state - the fact that most of the people he knew and worked with in his old life
are now old or passed away. He used to depend on Professor Tani for support and technical advice, but he was an old man even back in the 1960s, and is long
passed away now.
He is quickly gaining new friends in the Hero community of Paragon City however. There are so many more heroes now than there
were in his old life. He feels much less alone these days most of the time.
- Although not formally trained, Cyberman 8 can remember what he sees with photographic accuracy if he wishes. He has practiced and incorporated several
moves and attacks from Heroes he has worked with and villains he has fought into his own style of fighting. One of these is a vibratory technique called
"Hertza Haeon" which if performed correctly, will stun even the most powerful of beings momentarily. In combat, he is highly mobile, switching from
one opponent to the next quickly, keeping them off-balance and disoriented as much as possible. In teams, he'll keep an eye out for those playing the
support role and come to their aid if they are pressed. Otherwise, he'll pick out the greatest overall threat and engage it head on, trusting to his
speed and reflexes to keep him safe.
- Being an android designed with speed in mind, Cyberman 8 has phenomenal reflexes. His nervous system is based on light and the flow of electrons rather
than chemical impulses, therefore his time sense is highly sped up compared to a human. When he switches to combat mode, the world literally slows down in
his perspective, and he can move out of the way of oncoming blows with startling ease. He can further "overdrive" his systems to move even faster,
hit more often and be near untouchable. But he must pay a price for this ability. After a few minutes of this, safeties kick in and his power plant is ramped
down to bare minimum in order to cool off, leaving him vulnerable for about 20 seconds
- As an android, Cyberman 8 has an affinity for computers, and since his recovery and upgrades, has had datajack ports built into his hands for interfacing
with various types of computer systems. While in "cyberspace" he can assume the guise of his android form or generate a virtual human body. (In
some advanced virtual realms, it is the closest he can come to feeling utterly human again.)
- His senses are also highly acute. He can hear sounds at both lower and higher frequency ranges than humans. His sight is more acute as well, with both
telescopic and microscopic functions. As well as the ability to see in the infrared and ultraviolet spectrums.
- The possibility exists for further additions to his systems. And he is working with various cybernetics experts (including Looney Toons ) to plan out
future upgrades.
- Peter Brady was an accomplished police detective before his death, and retains those skills and instincts as Cyberman 8. While not a supergenius, his
positronic brain now allows him to sift through mountains of information and intuit connections between pieces of data to come to a conclusion in a fraction
of the time of a normal human.