Here's another iffy one:
Name: Impulse. There are actually three people, two brothers and a sister, who use this name, individually or together. That is, any of them will say, "I am Impulse," rather than, "I am part of Impulse," but if acting together, they say, "We are Impulse."
Power: A very specialized telekinesis, accelerating a single small object at high G's in a straight line. There's no capability to change the course once the projectile is launched, so it's like shooting, except Impulse's mind is the gun. The degree of acceleration possible falls off rapidly as the surface area (not the mass) of the accelerated object increases: a 10mm ball bearing can be boosted to relativistic speeds within about a kilometer, making it deadly against even main battle tanks; a baseball would burn up completely from friction before it could ever hit relativistic velocity, partly because its rate of acceleration is so much less; and an average human can only be propelled away from Impulse as if being shoved by someone very large and strong (but not superhumanly so).
Touching the object is necessary to launch it, and both the brothers and the sister are in the habit of holding the intended projectile on the palm of a hand and raising it to his or her face level with a gesture that looks sort of like blowing a kiss (making sure they're aiming correctly). Once launched, Impulse can either continue to make the object accelerate, out to about two or three kilometers, or let it simply become a ballistic projectile while Impulse either launches another or does something else entirely.
They have no ability to combine their power for a greater range or degree of acceleration. They don't need to work together, but prefer to do so in order to guard each other's backs.
The power has no utility except for assassination or mass destruction. That -- combined with what comes under "Usual takedown" -- is why I feel they're B-list rather than A.
Usual takedown: These three are very arrogant, selfish, and greedy. They perceive themselves as nobility and most other people as stupid, worthless commoners -- peasants or serfs. They're the sort of self-proclaimed aristocrats who make other people want to see to it that the guillotine is in good working order. Although they're capable of being pleasant if they try -- and quite good-looking, all three of them -- they generally bother to turn on the charm only with someone they're trying to get into bed. Sooner or later, they infuriate just about everyone who tries to work with them, and these people try to either kill or betray Impulse. (They haven't been quite foolish enough to anger Zeta Prime, regarding him as a more powerful aristocrat.)
On the other hand, snitching on them to the law does little good, because where's the physical evidence? How do you prove it was a telekinetic who shot down the Prime Minister's jet or blew up his limousine?
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Big Brother is watching you. And damn, you are so bloody BORING.
Name: Impulse. There are actually three people, two brothers and a sister, who use this name, individually or together. That is, any of them will say, "I am Impulse," rather than, "I am part of Impulse," but if acting together, they say, "We are Impulse."
Power: A very specialized telekinesis, accelerating a single small object at high G's in a straight line. There's no capability to change the course once the projectile is launched, so it's like shooting, except Impulse's mind is the gun. The degree of acceleration possible falls off rapidly as the surface area (not the mass) of the accelerated object increases: a 10mm ball bearing can be boosted to relativistic speeds within about a kilometer, making it deadly against even main battle tanks; a baseball would burn up completely from friction before it could ever hit relativistic velocity, partly because its rate of acceleration is so much less; and an average human can only be propelled away from Impulse as if being shoved by someone very large and strong (but not superhumanly so).
Touching the object is necessary to launch it, and both the brothers and the sister are in the habit of holding the intended projectile on the palm of a hand and raising it to his or her face level with a gesture that looks sort of like blowing a kiss (making sure they're aiming correctly). Once launched, Impulse can either continue to make the object accelerate, out to about two or three kilometers, or let it simply become a ballistic projectile while Impulse either launches another or does something else entirely.
They have no ability to combine their power for a greater range or degree of acceleration. They don't need to work together, but prefer to do so in order to guard each other's backs.
The power has no utility except for assassination or mass destruction. That -- combined with what comes under "Usual takedown" -- is why I feel they're B-list rather than A.
Usual takedown: These three are very arrogant, selfish, and greedy. They perceive themselves as nobility and most other people as stupid, worthless commoners -- peasants or serfs. They're the sort of self-proclaimed aristocrats who make other people want to see to it that the guillotine is in good working order. Although they're capable of being pleasant if they try -- and quite good-looking, all three of them -- they generally bother to turn on the charm only with someone they're trying to get into bed. Sooner or later, they infuriate just about everyone who tries to work with them, and these people try to either kill or betray Impulse. (They haven't been quite foolish enough to anger Zeta Prime, regarding him as a more powerful aristocrat.)
On the other hand, snitching on them to the law does little good, because where's the physical evidence? How do you prove it was a telekinetic who shot down the Prime Minister's jet or blew up his limousine?
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Big Brother is watching you. And damn, you are so bloody BORING.