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Battle with Geryon

The New Team in Town! - Newspaper Article

Yesterday the people of New York turned on their televisions, only to see live footage of a nine foot tall walking weapon of mass destruction rampaging through the city. Geryon had come again. Shattered glass, burning gasoline, and broken bodies lined the streets as he advanced, barely slowed down by the brave efforts of the NYPD officers. High above the scene helicopter camera crews could only watch the carnage.

At roughly 11:40 AM Freedom Man engaged Geryon for the first time. Along with the NYPD he forced Geryon to stand and fight, thus allowing the civilians to flee to safety. Eighteen of the police officers died in the minutes that followed, from thrown cars or debris falling down from damaged buildings. Moments later the press suffered their first fatalities that day, as Geryon threw a car up at the news helicopter, destroying it and cutting off the live feed. From then on the testimonies are conflicting, backed only by snatches of video taken by civilian cellulars.

Shortly afterwards the Novas from Whitefire Security Solutions arrived at the scene. Their heavy hitters Galatea and Esker Eaves engaged the Geryon after a brief distraction by Fire Shadow, who struck Geryon from behind, but was forced to retreat moments later due to an injury to the leg. Like a group of picadors wearing down a great bull Carter Luso, Melissa Flint, and Zach McAllister launched repeated attacks on Geryon distracting him from Galatea and Esker Eaves.

This distraction would prove dangerous to Geryon, as Galatea closed in and let loose a formidable eye beam attack, cratering Geryon's armour. That very armour had earlier proven impenetrable to anti-tank weaponry. Despite his injury however Geryon remained a formidable opponent, and struck Freedom Man hard enough to punch him through a tall rise building. Though this knocked him out of the fight Freedom Man is made of sterner stuff than most Novas, and survived the blow. At the same time Easker Eaves danced around Geryon, who flailed around failing to get hold of the brilliantly fast Nova who quipped nonchalantly while raining down grenades on the Teragen terrorist. Despite that Geryon kept on fighting, apparently confident that despite the hole in his armour this previously unknown team of Novas could never defeat him.

Moments later the fight came to an end, as Esker Eaves improvised a satchel charge, leapt around Geryon, and threw the satchel charge into the gaping hole that Galatea had made in Geryon's armour. Apparently aware of his impending death the Teragen terrorist entered an amuck state, where he threw cars in every direction, killing even more innocent bystanders. During this same amuck state the second Nova of the day was injured, Fire Shadow had his arm torn off by a thrown car. A few seconds later the satchel charge exploded, killing Geryon, and leaving New York City safe again.

Fortunately for the injured a team of US Army Nova's warped in moments later, providing medical care for Fire Shadow and Freedom Man, while at the same time helping to secure the situation. The only comment we got from them was, "Excellent job! The country could use them."

Shortly the press approached Esker Eaves, who commented that "I think [Geryon] went down like a chump." When asked if he thought it was a hard fight he added, "Nope. We just beat on him until he died." And "My only surprise was that he chose not to kill Fire Shadow." But he modestly refused to take full credit, stating, "[Galatea] put a chink in his armour. I just finished it off."

The stunningly beautiful Galatea modestly announced that, "Everybody worked together." While helping to clear up the debris and finding injured civilians. However Carter Luso, the team sniper, was quick to confirm, "[The wound that Galatea inflicted] is what won us the battle."

None of the team seemed particularly willing to discuss their team mates, generally citing that the team was too new for them to have made up any particular opinion. The only thing we got was a passing remark from Carter Luso, "[Fire Shadow is] a merc. That means a disposable life."

Zach McAllister, the team's leader and the CEO of Whitefire Security Solutions, was quick to comment, "No one [on my team] is disposable if I have anything to say about it."

After recovering enough to make a statement Freedom Man congratulated Whitefire Security Solutions on taking down Geryon, before adding, "[The officers of the NYPD] are the bravest men and women I have ever met. I am honoured to have fought beside them." He has already donated a substantial amount of money to the family and dependents of crippled or slain officers. Doctors expect that he will make a full recovery in a few days. The same is also assumed for Fire Shadow, who is recuperating in the Whitefire compound.

The final death toll is stated at 22 police officers and 30 civilians, though only 28 civilian bodies have been positively identified. Property damages go into the tens of millions.

Charitable donations may be made at www.FreedomManCharity.com.

4chan /n/ Comments

Anonymous File: 585175.avi

Took it with my cellphone camera! New York this morning! That's Geryon!

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Anonymous

There's Novas around killing each other and you... stand still to film it? Do you want to an hero?

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Anonymous

More like trying to be FAEL GUY you could sell this video tape you moron!

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Anonymous

FUCK! This is frigging awesome! Geryon is chucking around cars like crazy and the cops are getting smeared onto the pavement! Wow! Fucking awesome!

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Anonymous

People are getting killed!

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Anonymous

Screw you moral fag!

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Anonymous

Galatea is fantastic, she just blew a big hole in Geryon's armour! Did you see that? Big crater and its still glowing red from the force. Why is she even hanging with the rest of the losers?

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Anonymous

Squirrelman is Furry Yoda! Did you see that? Like half pint suddenly started spinning around shooting guns in every possible direction!

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Anonymous

Furry Yoda!

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Anonymous

I hear that Galatea thinks she comes from another planet.

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Anonymous

Galatea and Squirrelman could kill Geryon without anyone else! Why are they hanging with these lusers?

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Anonymous File: 896585.avi

Check this out! It's a compilation from OpNet like half a dozen recordings. I'm telling you Geryon is nasty, he's really chucking around the cars. I wouldn't stick around to film something like that, especially not when the friendlies come smashing in through the windows.

BTW I hear that Galatea thinks she's an alien too, like supergirl you know. I wish she'd do nood pictures though.

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Anonymous

Is that FAEL SHADOW?

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Anonymous

Yes! AND HE'S DOIN IT WRONG!

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Anonymous

Esker Eaves is awesome, he jumped over Geryon spinning around in the air firing both his pistols! Then he threw a bomb into Geryon's body! This guy is absolutely awesome!

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Anonymous

Furries will think about him when they touch themselves at night!

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Anonymous

Does anyone have noods of Galatea?

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Anonymous

I agree with Carter Luso, they're not superheroes or "elites" they're a bunch of mercenaries! Screw them!

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Anonymous

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Fuck you!

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Anonymous

WHY ARE YOU IN /N/ IF YOU DON'T LIKE ELITES?

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An Analysis of Whitefire Security Solutions

Galatea

Birth Name: Unknown, but goes by the name Caran Steele
Date of Birth: Unknown
Place of Birth: Unknown
Occupation: Elite
Powers: Galatea has the standard set of physical powers: Strength, dexterity, and resilience. Additionally she has the ability to fly and shoot death rays from her eyes. Indeed her death rays are powerful enough to cause permanent damage to Geryon's armour. In short her powers, and appearance, seem remarkably similar to those of Supergirl, whose background she believes she shares.
Background: Very little is known of Galatea's background, apparently she appeared next to some satellite wreckage several years ago. After that she worked as an elite earning some fame and fortune, but her delusions repeatedly got in her way.
Assessment: What limits her marketability (and Team Tommorrow prospects) is her utter conviction that she's from a distant planet that exploded long ago. If this sounds like Superman's origin story then it's because it is. Despite that she is in fact quite rational in all other areas and as the fight with Geryon revealed very deadly as well. Definitely a Nova to look out for.

Esker Eaves

Birth Name: Esker Eaves
Date of Birth: ???
Place of Birth: ???
Occupation: Elite
Powers:
Background:
Assessment:

Fire Shadow

Birth Name: Michael Boddy
Date of Birth: 10 June 1993
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California
Occupation: "Elite"
Powers: Fire Shadow has super human strength and agility, as well as super-human resilience, and the ability to turn invisible. Though he has never submitted to formal testing, analysis of his public feats suggest that his powers are in the lower part of the Nova spectrum. His strength, speed and invisibility make him formidable when facing baselines, but have repeatedly proven inadequate for dealing with other Novas.
Background: Michael Boddy was born into a middle class Californian family. For most of his childhood there were no signs to distinguish him from any other young man with a strong interest in computers, anime, and martial arts movies. During high school his interest in Japanese culture and his self-discipline was sufficient to let him learn Japanese. During high school and college he visited Japan twice, spending a total of three months there.

It is believed that his eruption occurred in 2015, during a bar brawl after a heated argument. The exact circumstances are unclear, however the result was substantial property damage, and four men sent to an intensive care unit.

Shortly after erupting he quit his job and began travelling, earning money in various ways wherever he went. During this period he is known to have learned martial arts and various combat skills, however the details are hazy. For reasons unknown he gave material support to the resistance movements in Burma, killing dozens of Burmese soldiers, and destroying military encampment. A year or so afterwards he left Burma for reasons unknown, and went to Dharmasala where he tried to meet the Dalai Lama. After meeting with a handful of high ranking Lamas he did some minor favours for the exiled Tibetan government. The Chinese government has since declared these actions terrorism, but have not pressed the United States for his extradition.

After leaving Dharmasala and India Fire Shadow visited Japan again, but it is very hard to track his actions during this period. Surprisingly enough for a foreign Nova in Japan he was only briefly mentioned in a few local newspapers. After six months he was legally obliged to leave, and returned to the United States. Once more there is a three month period where there is only limited information, before he signed up with Whitefire Security Solutions.

Assessment: From my contacts in the Elite business I've found that Fire Shadow is generally considered a laughingstock. The average government sees him as unsuitable for stealth missions, mentally unstable, and a very limited threat overall. He is squarely in the lower 25th percentile of combat Novas. This of course explains why he signed up with a newly started mercenary bureau, in other words one desperate enough to allow anyone to sign up.