This is pretty cool, Mal. I want to take a closer look at the original GURPS material now.
Is there a subcommittee whose acronym works out to BUNGA? Just curious
Also, if you have a need for some stock characters, I've got a trio I tend to stick in whenever Australia and New Zealand need some representation. I have no idea why they get left out of superhero media so often...
* Platypus Man is the main "team face" as he's good looking to "handsome guy you know" levels but not supermodel or movie star intimidatingly so. His actual powers are minor, faster than normal (not combat time fast, but "minutes instead of hours" fast) healing, able exert himself and/or hold his breath for an extended time, and to extend spikes from his heels and palms which can also inject an extremely painful but not actually toxic venom. Still potentially dangerous for someone with heart or breathing issues, but neither are exactly common in the supervillain community, and he mostly uses martial arts and "Charles Atlas superpowers" trained physicality in all but the most intense combat situations. His costume is styled after the Australian national flag with an overall blue body suit plus bracers and boots, the Southern Cross constellation on the chest (which also includes ballistic armor and specifically trauma plates positioned to stop shots aimed for the stars making up the pattern,) a Union Jack wrapped over and around the right upper chest and shoulder, and a large seven pointed star belt buckle. Generically tanned skin tone and brown hair that could fit in the genealogy of most of the northern hemisphere.
* Argent Wombat, a very beautiful woman of Aboriginal ancestry, generally the team leader in action but awkwardness around large groups or unfamiliar people makes her leave as much of public interaction as possible to the extrovert Plat. Roughly standard brick package with necessary secondary powers TTK/friction control to leverage it into motorsports-level super speed and manipulating large, heavy items with what normal physics says should be inadequate leverage or structural integrity to have them not just flip or tear apart. Silver costume with adjustable-fit armor over an inner bodysuit, not so much because she needs it (though it's nice to have suspenders AND a belt for those occasions when being super tough is still not quite tough enough) as that she can easily support the extra mass without having her mobility impacted, and it's easily transferred to a rescuee or other VIP without so much durability if necessary.
* Tassiewolf, a shape changer who can adopt a wide variety of forms (gender traits optional) but usually sticks to a Tasmanian Wolf theme for branding purposes. The main limit on their form aside from needing to fall on the human-to-canid spectrum is that it has to be actually biologically viable and shifting takes a few minutes of concentration to make sure that will be the case, with a resulting in-depth physiological knowledge that makes them an excellent first responder or veterinarian and able to heal their own body with ease. Cannot shift clothing with themself, but has a utility belt style bigger-on-the-inside supergadget pack which typically has several outfits of various sizes and styles (including a couple suitable for their teammates) along with normal first aid supplies and and crimefighting/investigation items like zipcuffs and evidence bags. More likely to just omit private parts and grow a coat of fur than to actually use a costume when heroing. Does not have a "base form" they revert to if knocked out or compelled via magic/supertech/etc., just remaining in (and possibly unable to shift from, if under a sustained effect) their current form. Has the expected "animal powers" gruff attitude occasionally compounded by the "medic who has had enough of your shit" gruff attitude, but is notably indifferent to gender, ethnic, or species based slurs let alone innocent conversational mistakes, whether or not they currently apply to the form Tassiewolf is using.
Their team nemesis is supposedly The Dreaded Emu, but I've never given that one more than the name.
(06-24-2025, 07:56 PM)M Fnord Wrote: The UNSC, like every other part of the UN, has the right to establish its own secondary groups. Over the course of 78+ years the UNSC has generated an absurd number of subcommittees for all sorts of issues. Included in this roster is the Committee on Permanent Peacekeeping Forces (COPPF).
Is there a subcommittee whose acronym works out to BUNGA? Just curious
Also, if you have a need for some stock characters, I've got a trio I tend to stick in whenever Australia and New Zealand need some representation. I have no idea why they get left out of superhero media so often...
* Platypus Man is the main "team face" as he's good looking to "handsome guy you know" levels but not supermodel or movie star intimidatingly so. His actual powers are minor, faster than normal (not combat time fast, but "minutes instead of hours" fast) healing, able exert himself and/or hold his breath for an extended time, and to extend spikes from his heels and palms which can also inject an extremely painful but not actually toxic venom. Still potentially dangerous for someone with heart or breathing issues, but neither are exactly common in the supervillain community, and he mostly uses martial arts and "Charles Atlas superpowers" trained physicality in all but the most intense combat situations. His costume is styled after the Australian national flag with an overall blue body suit plus bracers and boots, the Southern Cross constellation on the chest (which also includes ballistic armor and specifically trauma plates positioned to stop shots aimed for the stars making up the pattern,) a Union Jack wrapped over and around the right upper chest and shoulder, and a large seven pointed star belt buckle. Generically tanned skin tone and brown hair that could fit in the genealogy of most of the northern hemisphere.
* Argent Wombat, a very beautiful woman of Aboriginal ancestry, generally the team leader in action but awkwardness around large groups or unfamiliar people makes her leave as much of public interaction as possible to the extrovert Plat. Roughly standard brick package with necessary secondary powers TTK/friction control to leverage it into motorsports-level super speed and manipulating large, heavy items with what normal physics says should be inadequate leverage or structural integrity to have them not just flip or tear apart. Silver costume with adjustable-fit armor over an inner bodysuit, not so much because she needs it (though it's nice to have suspenders AND a belt for those occasions when being super tough is still not quite tough enough) as that she can easily support the extra mass without having her mobility impacted, and it's easily transferred to a rescuee or other VIP without so much durability if necessary.
* Tassiewolf, a shape changer who can adopt a wide variety of forms (gender traits optional) but usually sticks to a Tasmanian Wolf theme for branding purposes. The main limit on their form aside from needing to fall on the human-to-canid spectrum is that it has to be actually biologically viable and shifting takes a few minutes of concentration to make sure that will be the case, with a resulting in-depth physiological knowledge that makes them an excellent first responder or veterinarian and able to heal their own body with ease. Cannot shift clothing with themself, but has a utility belt style bigger-on-the-inside supergadget pack which typically has several outfits of various sizes and styles (including a couple suitable for their teammates) along with normal first aid supplies and and crimefighting/investigation items like zipcuffs and evidence bags. More likely to just omit private parts and grow a coat of fur than to actually use a costume when heroing. Does not have a "base form" they revert to if knocked out or compelled via magic/supertech/etc., just remaining in (and possibly unable to shift from, if under a sustained effect) their current form. Has the expected "animal powers" gruff attitude occasionally compounded by the "medic who has had enough of your shit" gruff attitude, but is notably indifferent to gender, ethnic, or species based slurs let alone innocent conversational mistakes, whether or not they currently apply to the form Tassiewolf is using.
Their team nemesis is supposedly The Dreaded Emu, but I've never given that one more than the name.
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