Battalion
(Profile #2 - Later)
Context
This is the second part of King’s profile. Thus, it should be read directly after the first part of the Battalion character profile.
Background
- Real Name: Jackson King.
- Marital Status: Single.
- Known Relatives: Isaiah, aka Despot (Father, deceased), Malcolm, aka Strafe (Brother), Mary (Mother).
- Group Affiliation: StormWatch.
- Base Of Operations: Skywatch.
- Height: 6’3” Weight: 210 lbs. Age: 36.
- Eyes: Brown Hair: Bald
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Powers and Abilities
Battalion is a seedling whose powers are derived from telekinesis. They are amplified by his Cyber-Tran suit and focused by his special guns.
The most common manifestation are powerful physical blast and protective shield. However, he’s also been known to wipe an enemy’s mind. He also has more limited telepathic powers enabling him to communicate with his teammates, read minds and detect opponents’ presence.
As a member of StormWatch field operatives, he received solid combat training by the hands of Backlash.
History
Jackson’s Seedling’s powers comes from his father. Mr. King was in the closest range to the Comet as he was in the UN Monitor One satellite.
Battalion became a field officer of StormWatch as a young man and proved himself to rise to the rank of field leader.
StormWatch is the UN’s supernatural crisis response organization. In the Wildstorm universe, the UN is secretly a menacing worldwide conspiracy led by gun-toting, paranoid “Secret Masters”. While they are heroes, the operatives of StormWatch are quite ruthless. They do not hesitate to violate the rights of a country in order to advance the agenda of the UN.
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StormWatch One, StormWatch Two
He first led StormWatch Prime, to the displeasure of Flashpoint who wanted the job. That lasted until the 1991 Gulf War when Flashpoint, Nautika and Sunburst were reported MIA. Weatherman Bendix disbanded StormWatch Prime and created StormWatch One (Battalion, Diva, Fuji, Hellstrike, Winter). Jackson was field leader for StormWatch Two, the heavy fire support (Cannon, Fahrenheit, Ion and Lancer).
Their most fearsome opponents at that time were the MERC. It was led by Deathtrap, a mercenary who could match Battalion in combat. During a skirmish about embargoing renegade state of Gamorra, StormWatch One leaned that the MERC where holding the missing members of StormWatch Prime. Battalion ordered his team to go and free them, despite direct orders of the Weatherman.
The mission was successful, and StormWatch Prime was operational quite quickly after that. But this unsponsored operation provoked a diplomatic incident. Weatherman Bendix covered Battalion and lost his position. Synergy took it from there. At this time Jackson and her were having a relationship, and it went pretty sour after her promotion.
Despot
A time traveller took Jackson to his future. That was to show him how his father, driven insane by his tremendous powers and calling himself Despot, conquer the world with his WarGuard. The WarGuard was a team of super powered villain that StormWatch kept on the ice. This was so they could release them in case they faced too powerful a threat.
In the prelude of the “Wildstorm Rising” episode Battalion was reported MIA. He was caught in a nuclear explosion whilst attempting to contain it. The WarGuard was released at the end of the “Wildstorm Rising”.
But Jackson was not dead. He emerged from hiding to confront his father. Battalion defeated Despot with help from Spartan, the former WildCATs leader whose body was left behind after his former teammates left for Khera. The battle cost the life of Diva and Spartan (who had no spare body to reincarnate).
When Bendix reshaped StormWatch SPB teams into Prime, Red and Black, Battalion was put aside from field duty because of his involvement with Synergy. He stated that love was too dangerous a feeling to let it go on the field so he appointed him as combat trainer (to his strong displeasure).
Description
Battalion is a big tough Black man. He shaves his head.
His first suit comes straight from Space 1999, his second suit from NASA’s Apollo astronauts, and his latest from Tron.
Personality
Jackson his completely dedicated to his teammates. He can put his life, and damn well his career too, to get them back home sound and safe. He lost too many good people to let it happen again. So, the mission is something, but it doesn’t overthrow his loyalty to his men.
Nevertheless, he’s ruthless and does not feint at killing his deadly enemies when he estimates they deserve it.
DC Universe History
After some discussion with Sean and Jim, an interesting possibility would be that the Guardians only existed in the 70’s, and that StormWatch is a newer incarnation of that team, replacing the JLI as the UN-sponsored team.
Game Stats — DC Heroes RPG
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Battalion (just before “Change or Die”)
| Dex: 07 | Str: 05 | Bod: 06 | Motivation: Responsibility of Power |
| Int: 09 | Wil: 11 | Min: 12 | Occupation : StormWatch Trainer |
| Inf: 09 | Aur: 08 | Spi: 09 | Resources {or Wealth} : 010 |
| Init: 027 | HP: 110 |
Powers:
Chameleon: 05, Force Field: 07, Life Sense: 05, Mental Blast: 06, Mind Blast: 05, Mind Probe: 05, Telepathy: 07
Bonuses and Limitations:
- Chameleon does not changes clothes (-2) and only works to hide his features (-2).
- Mental Blast has No AV and defaults to Int (-1/-0).
- Mind Blast is lethal (-1).
- Can attack through Force Field (+2).
Skills:
Charisma*: 09, Detective (Law): 07, Gadgetry (Building): 04, Martial Artist*: 07, Military Science (DR, FC, Cammo): 07, Vehicles: 04, Weaponry: 04
Advantages:
Free Access, Iron Nerves, Leadership, High UN Security Clearance, Scholar (UN procedures).
Connections:
StormWatch (High), UN (Low), Synergy (High).
Drawbacks:
Authority Figure, Dependent (Strafe, 0 pt), Unluck.
Equipment:
- CYBERTRAN SUIT [/BODY/ 07, Power Reserve (Mental/Mind Blast, Force Field, Telepathy, Life Sense): 08, R#2].
- Psi Gun (x2) [BODY 5, Accuracy (Mental Blast): 09, R#3, Note : R# failure is out of ammo].
Source of Character: StormWatch, Images Comics (Wildstorm Universe).
Helper(s): Philip John Mason, Jackson, William A Peterson, Sébastien Andrivet.