All the Kings Horses: Part Six
And at long last, here is the full team reveal! I love these characters and I am excited for what comes next. I hope you do too.
There is a good chance that some world building and rules details will not make it into this arc due to pacing issues, so I will try to cover questions in the comments and add some information in the posts as we move through the story.
What is the class system (Spartan, Apollo, Omega, etc)?: These classifications are indicators of power source and estimated power level in Andromeda X. Here is a quick breakdown:
Spartan Class – are tech-based heroes. No manifested powers but their gear places them in range upwards of Apollo class.
Apollo Class – Metahumans with manifested X chromosome configuration. This is the “average” power-level with a bit of ebb and flow with regards to power.
Omega Class – The most powerful class of Metahuman with rare triple X chromosome manifestation. For reference, Omegas are the Wonder Woman, Thanos, and Thor-level metas.
I DO have notes for other class levels as well, but for now I am going to focus on the characters in this arc.
HOVER-TEXT: Chronodome? Disco Nova? OMG. What the fuck are you doing here, Brian? This comic has really gone down hill.
I RIDE AND DIE FOR DISCO NOVA
DISCO NOVA
Looks more like David Lee Wrath to me.
I wish there was an upvote system to this chat cause David lee Wrath deserves all of them.
They all suit their players so well!
I want to know more about “Apollo Class” and “Spartan Class”!!
Based on context clues so far, my guess is “Spartan Class” refers to the Batman-esque heroes: those with a lot of skill or tech, but not “superpowered”. This would imply that “Apollo Class” refers to characters with at least some degree of superpower or superhuman ability.
Personally, I’m more interested to discover if there are more classifications than these, and if they somehow denote power levels.
This
This some more.
This also.
It’s like the 80’s Saturday morning cartoons just walked up and game me a hug. Love it.
Ok, I’m gonna be that guy Brian, sorry about this: it’s ‘en route’, not ‘in route’.
(at least according to merriam-webster. I double checked to make sure I wasn’t being a *complete* twat – just a bit of one.)
I like to give people leeway when speaking. You can go with the original French “on root,” or the Anglicised “in rout.” I can see where someone who knows that phrase mostly from hearing it spoken in its Anglicised form, but not encountering in often in written form, will make that spelling shift. But, do NOT let me hear you say “on rout” or “in root.” I mean, those are just painful.
But it’s still spelled ‘en route,’ just like noerartnoe sez.
“en” is not pronounced “on”. It’s a nasal vocal that doesn’t exist in English, so I wouldn’t call “on” “original French”… I cannot even be sure that it was really used in France before/in 1779 (didn’t found this use of “en route” in Trevoux’s 1742 dictionnary but rather “prendre sa route à /vers”), or how it would have really been pronounced. I mean, 30% of the French language changed spelling between 1740 and 1762 reforms, and it’s only in 1835 that a regional variant decided that the whole country should write “ois” “ais” as it was pronounced /É›/ in this (eastern) region whereas most of the country stil pronounced some kind of /wÉ›/ or even /we/… so some uncertainty could remain without problem.
Furthermore, we gave English language desport and it came back to us as sport, we gave tenetz/teneys and it came back as tennis, so we maybe shouldn’t really care about an original spelling/pronounciation of ours…
If by “Going downhill”, you mean “bringing the awesome”, then I’m with the mouseover text.
#TeamDiscoNova
I am all kinds of hype for this.
Disco Nova? Sooo…Does that mean he’ll kill ’em all with his fancy Disco moves?
So, it looks like Sam is playing some sort of awakened Wonder-bot (a la Vision *sorta*)?
If so, that makes me super happy!
I absolutely love Disco Nova’s outfit, and cannot wait to see what kind of mayhem these bad asses release on the world. 😀
It’s apparent that a lot more work went into that Star Shirt than simply pasting a flat image in there. Nice!
Am i the only one who hopes he has cosmic sourced funk powers?
I’m hoping for something between Black Canary and Boney M.
And lasers.
You forgot to add Dazzler in there.
Dazzler IS “and lasers”!
Well, he already had the Magnum P.I. shirt. Why not the ‘stache as well? 😀
Also an Ulim, a robot, a superpowered cowgirl, and a guy whose outfit looks like a rift in space and time.
This team just gets more awesome the more I read! 😀
I’m concerned about a game setting where an entire party would choose just two classes. Maybe Carlos has some balance issues to work out?
I think the class thing is meant to be a power scale type of deal tbh? Not sure
Bingo.
I am going to write up a supplemental post with some of the classifications/world lore that do not make the cut in the actual story due to time/pacing.
Reactions in order left to right;
“Okay, robot dude, always gotta have a robot dude…”
“Oooo, Charlie’s playing one of the aliens, sweet…”
“That is a swole gal, got damn”
“…” “…” “YES.”
Oh. My. God. Disco Nova.
YUSSSSSS!
Disco guy damn well BETTER have dead goldfish in the heels of his shoes.
And be accompanied during the assault by a band playing his theme music? 😉
He IS the band!
I gotta admit, while “Disco Nova” is hilariously awesome sounding (and looking!) I’m low key squeeing over Bronco’s LACK of “the most common superpower”. She’s got boobs, but they’re subtle, instead of looking like her tits should get an initiative bonus for arriving several seconds ahead of the rest of her (I’m talking about YOU, Power Girl! 😛 )
Bronco looks like most of her chest is muscle, and in a pretty obvious bruiser type, that makes me VERY happy, for some reason.
I guess I am going to be that guy, but I love that one of the guys is playing a Robot and another is playing an Ulim. What’s the point of having droids and aliens races in Star Wars if you don’t put them in good roles for the cast afterall…
Hng.
I _really_ love Bronco’s design.
I do have a thing for muscular women but daaaayum.
The others are immensely cool, but damn.
I am really proud of her design and how I plan to write her personality. I am happy you dig her and she gives you FEELINGS.
Agreed. I love that she’s built like a freaking tank, not a Barbie doll with muscles.
Okay, let’s see…
Hollywood – looks like I was right, his schtick is infiltration and disguise. Illusions and holograms.
Maxwell-5 – thinking Gizmoteer. Swiss army knife, has the tool for the job.
Desuna – hard to tell. Gonna go with ‘party cleric’ though.
Bronco – Brick. Aww yeah.
Disco Nova – Guessing Blaster and status procs, flash attacks.
Also, can we commend the villian on NOT having face-obscuring uniform helmets?
Having been shield-bashed and stabbed by a spear (honestly!) in the face whilst wearing a faceless helmet, I have since become a proponent of full-face protection. It just makes sense.
This is freaking awesome XD, keep it up
I’m in love with Disco Nova and Bronco…
Disco Nova is the most Brett thing ever.
I approve, carry on!
I like that Sam is playing a robot called Maxwell. Sneaky Sam & Max reference or unintentional greatness?
Ahem.
squuueeeeeeeee!
That is all.
Can I be “that guy”? It’s en route, not on route.
Can’t wait to see where this goes. This is giving me early City of Heroes vibes and I absolutely love this.
I might have just missed something in an earlier comic, but have we seen Brett’s character yet? Or is that being saved up for a big reveal?
Far right of the splash panel, bottom of the page.
Thanks. Somehow I got Brett and Charlie mixed up.
Omega Class is the Divine Class?!?!
Godly class, I guess technically. maybe not so much that they have divine power so much as jsut they could probably take on a dozen Apollo Class people at a time.
Maaaannnnn, Disco Nova is totally the type of Super Hero I would make, not gonna lie.
So we have two Spartan Class, three Apollo Class, and an Omega Class. I’m excited!
Who’s the Omega?
King Cronos – Spartan
Professor Wonder – Spartan
Hollywood – Spartan
Maxwell 5 – Spartan
Desuna – Apollo
Bronco – Apollo
Disco Nova – Apollo
Don’t think we ever saw the classification for Meltdown or Downtown.
Downtown – Support Staff / Pilot
Meltdown – Apollo Class
Man, I gotta say, I love how you make the characters of the games into actual characters, rather than just the players dressed in costumes. As a gamer, I really appreciate that.
I think ‘The stache’ is going to need it’s own character sheet.
“Hey guys! I just took a Weapon Focus feat!”
In what?
“IN MUSTACHE!”
How…how does that even work?
“Lemmie show you.” *twirls mustache* *all foes within 30 feet are dazed for one round* “That’s how you do it.”
I love the classification system: especially the Spartan one. It makes sense that automatons or cyborgs are labelled by something similar to the Spartoi Dragon-tooth soldiers that Cadmus sowed into the Earth. As for the Apollo classes … yeah, they do seem to be the general superhero archetype: muscular, power, and fine specimens of at least humanoid achievement.
I wonder if Superman would count as an Omega, or he is even beyond that?
“Triple X chromosome?” Like in triple x syndrome? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_X_syndrome
I saw Disco Nova, and immediately thought it was Charlie playing him. Then I read the thing. And it made me squee to think what Brett is gonna do with that amazing character concept. He’s going to have fun with this. And friggin’ Bronco, man. That character design is TIGHT. A comic book style woman that not only out-meat’s the boys, but doesn’t have tits bigger than her head. Brian, you are the man. I love these characters.
Chrono king loses thematic style points for not having his minions dressed as clock knight