Major Tom 2009

OK, here's my take on the remaining two members of the DoS that you mentioned -- Becca Peacebill and Paul Luka: Becca looks like she does because I figured that she was a homage to Little Orphan Annie (whose guardian was Daddy Warbucks), while Luka looks like someone who works the extreme fighting circuit when he isn't kicking pirate booty all over the place. Major Tom 2009

Thanks for the pointer. Major Tom 2009

Screaming Alice: Major Tom 2009

Lady Skunk: Major Tom 2009

Gobi: Major Tom 2009

Pretty Flamingo: Major Tom 2009

Here's a couple of others; first up is Lady Skunk: And here's Screaming Alice: Major Tom 2009

What thread is this PDF on exactly? Major Tom 2009

Where the Nautilus is concerned, the '80s TV show The Return of Captain Nemo had an episode where Nemo revealed that his sub had a laser weapon (even if he didn't call it that). As for the Albatross, why not make it a gigantic extreme-high-altitude balloon-borne airship with thrusters that can operate at such altitudes (and able to support fighters and other aircraft types like the Helicarriers do)? Major Tom 2009

Dragonknight, an English superhero: Major Tom 2009

I think that I'd want someone with a higher survival quotient than the good Count, considering that one of his would-be victims managed to outsmart him and canceled his hunting license -- permamently. Major Tom 2009

Have you settled upon the membership of the DoS yet? Major Tom 2009

As far as other members of the Cabal go, you could always add Dr. Moreau (or his son); this Victorian Age Teleois could provide the organization with animal-men assassins and/or soldiers for its use. Major Tom 2009

The name of the Man with the Golden Gun was Scaramanga, and the German mastermind's name was Mabuse. Major Tom 2009

Drisana Varmandali, the daughter of fiendish Hindu mastermind Akash Varmandali: Major Tom 2009

Colonel Sebastian Moran (mentioned at the start of this thread) was part of Moriarty's organization; indeed, he was the primary villain in the first story of Sir Arthur's second series of Sherlock Holmes stories, in which he attempted to kill Holmes following his defeat of Moriarty at Reichenbach Falls. In the novelized UNCLEverse, Moran was sent to kill Holmes by The Computer (an AI of sorts designed by Moriarty -- referred to as the Professor -- and constructed after his demise by the surviving members of his organization using the technology of the Victorian Age); after Moran failed in his mission, The Computer revealed to the organization that it had expected Moran to fail, and had sent him on his mission in order to remove what it considered to be a weak link in the organization's chain. Major Tom 2009

Let's see...Professor Mortuary could be a serial killer in the vein of the Tall Man from the Phantasm film franchise, while Don Quotie could be a nuisance villain who uses famous quotes out of context from how they were originally used ( ). Major Tom 2009

If nothing else, it'd make for an interesting (Spanish) twist on the Dorian Gray story, only instead of a portrait that showed the effects of his many sins -- the portrait aging while its owner remained young -- it would be Don Quixote's fears that would survive to take on a life of their own, and continue to exist after the Don's physical demise. Major Tom 2009

I don't recall seeing a reference to the organization you're talking about in CU, but I can always take a second look. As for Dr. Phibes' assistant, her name was Vulnavia (a trivia bit here: there were two different actresses who played the part in the films; when the original was expecting a child, they had to find a new actress to fill the part). Where Dr. Moriarty is concerned, there was an article in a 1983 issue of Dragon Magazine ("Tracing the THRUSH's Nest"), in which the "good" Doctor is given credit for having posthumously created THRUSH (Technological Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and the Subjugation of Humanity), the evil super-agency from the TV series The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Major Tom 2009

Here's a power-armor character that I was originally going to post over on steriaca's Jet Justice/DoS thread -- Skybolt: The idea behind the Skybolt armor was that it was intended to be a small-scale adjunct to the high- altitude, Mach 3+ reconnaissance aircraft (such as the SR-71 Blackbird) used by the U.S. intelligence community. To this end, the most advanced technologies -- both mundane as well as those verging on the superheroic -- were incorporated into the design. The heart of the flight system is the dual PDWE (Pulse Detonation Wave Engine) thruster pack mounted on the back of the armor. Using liquid methane for fuel, the thruster pack is capable of propelling the armor through the air at velocities approaching Mach 5; the fuel also serves as coolant, protecting the operator from the extreme heat generated by its velocity. It also aids in reducing the effects of high heat on the alloys which make up the outer shell of the armor. The outer shell itself is made up of the same alloys used in the construction of the SR-71, plus several highly-classified exotic alloys (rumors that the alloys are of alien origin continue to persist to this day). The fuel system was the only part of the armor's design that was proving to be insurmountable for the armor's design team, due to the lack of sufficient space for fuel storage -- until a genius scientist with expertise in extradimensional technology was able to provide the team with a means to equip the armor with an extradimensional "fuel tank". Basically, the armor would draw upon its liquid methane fuel from a fuel tank located in an extremely-classified, top-secret location by means of an extradimensional link built into the suit itself. Because Skybolt was intended as a high-altitude recon unit, it was equipped with the most advanced high-resolution sensors available; these sensors are capable of "looking at" their target coordinates from outside the boundaries of the country that they happen to be in. Due to the absence of weapons on the armor, the only real option for the operator is to withdraw from the area at maximum speed, while its onboard ECM/ECCM provides protection from surface-to-air missile systems. Skybolt's life-support system is not unlike those used by astronauts, in that it protects its operator from the hazards of operating in high-altitude environments -- low air pressure, extreme cold, etc. -- for the duration of a mission. A g-suit is worn by the operator as well, in order to protect him (or her) from high g-forces resulting from evasive manuevers. Major Tom 2009

The Dragon's original appearance was in the 4th Ed. book The Ultimate Super Mage (a download from the Hero Games online store, and written by Dean Shomshak, IIRC -- I got my copy not long after it became available in the store; I don't know if it's even still available or not). As for the one question that I would've asked about MH, you've already answered it (the part about made-up mythoi -- the pantheon that was touched upon in the Elric of Melnibone [is that how it's spelled??], and which was in the original 1st Ed. of the Deities and Demigods book). Major Tom 2009

Let's not forget mild kleptomania here -- remember, he'd swiped a general's gun (and was perfectly willing to let Radar take the blame for it) in one of the episodes. Major Tom 2009

Here's my take on Pretty Flamingo: And here's Gobi: Major Tom 2009

Perhaps you could invest in some depossession software, or enlist the aid of a technologically-savvy priest to perform an exorcism upon the cursed animatronics? Major Tom 2009

Here's a nightmare from ancient times, upgraded to supervillainous standards -- courtesy of Hades (from the 4th Ed. sourcebook The Olympians) -- the Stymphalian: Missing the "good old days" when his fellow Olympians threw challenges at the heroes of ancient Greece both to test them and to entertain themselves, Hades -- lord of the Underworld -- decided that it was long past time to revive the practice. Enlisting the aid of the sorceress Circe, Hades chose his subject -- a par- ticularly cunning and sadistic criminal -- and had him transformed into an avian horror, one possessing the powers of the legendary Stymphalian birds, which the hero Hercules had slain as part of his Twelve Labors. Once the criminal had adjusted to his transformation, Hades sent him out into the world to wreak havoc, and sat back to enjoy the show. Needless to say, he's been more than satisfied by the results. One thing that Hades didn't anticipate happening, however, was that the Stymphalian -- when he wasn't terrorizing innocent people and battling superheroes -- has lately begun to abduct young women from around the world, and imprisoning them within his secret lair deep within a mountain; once he has enough, he intends to use them to create a race of beings like himself. The other members of the Pantheon of Olympus, having only recently discovered this threat, have begun to send warnings to the heroes of the modern age, mostly in the form of dreams. Only time will tell if these warnings can be acted upon in time to avert this threat. Major Tom 2009