The Armstrong Academy (2.0) Freshman Year (IN SESSION)

Today is a big day in Paragon City, as young hopefuls from around the world find themselves gathering at the gates of the Armstrong Academy for the chance at becoming the next generation of heroes, should they pass the entrance exam. Along with all the potential students, a large crowd of onlookers have gathered for the chance to spot some of their favorite professional heroes who've joined the ceremony, either as faculty, or to potentially scout their future side-kicks. It's truly a sight to behold and is one of the most exciting times to be in Paragon.

As students arrive they're ushered into an organized area in which they can view the ceremony to come. There we see hundreds of young heroes making friends, showing off their powers, and blowing off nervous energy.

Suddenly, an anthem begins to play, the crowd grows silent, all looking towards the front entrance of the Academy. The outline of a large figure stands at the top of the steps and their voice cuts through the crowd.

Armstrong: Who is ready to meet the heroes of tomorrow, today?

The crowd is silenced, but you can all feel an energy rippling through them. The figure walks forward to reveal Alexander Armstrong, a massive ape in a fine tailored suit. On his face, a wide-grin that stretches from ear to ear.

Armstrong: I said... WHO IS READY TO MEET THE HEROES OF TOMORROW, TODAY?!!!

The crowd begins to cheer, through the chaos of their wild energy a chant begins to form.

Crowd: ALWAYS FIGHTING! ARMSTRONG! ALWAYS WINING! ARMSTRONG! HE'S OUR HERO! HE'S... ARMSTRONG!

Armstrong lets out a large, belly-laugh to the chant and flexes at the crowd. They cheer more in response which results in more laughter from the large man. As this continues more heroes step down from the entrance, joining Armstrong, and the crowd reacts accordingly.

Crowd: Look! It's Headspace! She's my favorite! I'd let her read my mind anyday!

Crowd: Is that Jet Jaguar? Oh my god it is! He smiled at me! Did you see that? Jet Jaguar smiled at me!!!!

Crowd: Living Transcript is such a dreamboat and he has the coolest powers! That's right! Go Living Transcript!

Crowd: The Metropolitan AND Terror Raptor?! I HAVE YOUR POSTERS ON MY WALL

The professional heroes smile at the crowd and play into their entrances, Headspace keeps her intimidating glare held strong on her face, Jet Jaguar continues posing and flexing, the Metropolitan fires off a rocket into the sky and Terror Raptor waves enthusiastically. This could continue forever, but we don't have the time for that, and neither does Armstrong, and so...

Armstrong: Young heroes! You stand before me in hopes that one day, you will stand beside me! In battle! Saving the world! I can tell that many of you are fostering a burning spirit and you want to let it out! Isn't that right?!!

Several of your classmates respond with joy and passion, some of them even try playing to the crowd like the professionals did.

Armstrong: HAH-HA! GOOD! However, before we can begin, we must take you inside for a written exam, as every good hero needs a strong head on their shoulders!

He looks down at you all and you swear he's making eye-contact with each and every one of you.

Armstrong: If you can prove you're tough enough mentally then we put you into the practical exam! There you'll enter a simulated city in the midst of a disaster. Inside you'll find foes designed by the technological hero... UPGRADE! Defeat as many of them as you can while keeping the city safe to prove that you've got what it takes to be a student at the ARMSTRONG ACADEMY! Show us your fighting spirit! Become a hero of tomorrow, today!!!!

The crowd lets out another loud cheer and the to the Academy open. Several of the Pro Heroes such as The Metropolitan, Headspace and UPGRADE usher you inside, smiling at you and encouraging you as you enter. You're guided to a large lecture hall, given a pencil and a test, and then take a seat.

Once you're seated The Metropolitan takes the stage.

The Metropolitan: Answer the questions as honestly as you can. Don't hold back, okay? Once you're finished, hand them in to me. When everyone has completed this portion of the exam we'll send you into the simulated city to begin part two.

He waits at the front, overseeing the exam. It's time for you to begin!

All of the exam questions are essay questions, no multiple choice, no true or false. You can tell that they really want to learn more about who you are and why you're here.

At the top of the test, written in big letters, is an order -- NO CHEATING.

Question 1: How would you classify your hero style?

Question 2: What is your power and/or abilities? Why do you think they are useful?

Question 3: You're told to help with evacuation duty, but you know the foe the other heroes are fighting is weak to your power(s)/fighting style. What do you do?

Question 4: What is more important? Saving the day as quickly as possible, or making sure you take as much precaution to do as little damage as possible to the surrounding area? Why?

Question 5: What type of villain scares you most? If villains don't scare you, what does?

Question 6: What type of power do you wish you had? What is your least favorite power?

Question 7: Why do you want to be a hero?

Question 8: Do you prefer working alone or with a team? Why?

Question 9: What is your greatest asset? Why would other heroes want to work with you?

Question 10: If you didn't get into Armstrong Academy, what would you do?

Once you're finished, head to the front of the lecture hall and hand your exam to The Metropolitan. There is a waiting area for you to sit in when you're done, you can chat with other students who've also finished.

Question 1: How would you classify your hero style?

When I fight it's done mostly through simple brute force, though I do have a natural talent for grapples. Thanks to my toughness I can also act as a physical shield for those who need protecting.

Question 2: What is your power and/or abilities? Why do you think they are useful?

Very strong, very tough. My abilities may not be flashy but raw physical superiority never goes astray in a fight.

Question 3: You're told to help with evacuation duty, but you know the foe the other heroes are fighting is weak to your power(s)/fighting style. What do you do?

I'll reluctantly continue to help with evacuation duty. The only time this would change is if the other heroes were in serious danger and I had to step in to save them.

Question 4: What is more important? Saving the day as quickly as possible, or making sure you take as much precaution to do as little damage as possible to the surrounding area? Why?

It depends. The thing I care most about is protecting the people who can't protect themselves - if that means prolonging the fight and taking more damage myself than that's what I'll do, and if it means ending the fight quickly at the expense of damaging the surrounding area then that's what I'll do. I'm happy to accept the consequences for either.

Question 5: What type of villain scares you most? If villains don't scare you, what does?

The only thing I fear is not being strong enough to protect the people around me.

Question 6: What type of power do you wish you had? What is your least favorite power?

Well I've never really been hurt since my powers first surfaced, but I expect that to change if I make it into this school. I believe my toughness is my greatest attribute and would want to continue to increase it as much as possible, so some type of accelerated healing would be extremely useful. I don't have a least favourite power, as any power can be useful in the right hands.

Question 7: Why do you want to be a hero?

Because other people aren't as fortunate as me. They need protecting and I have the power to do so. I want to save everyone.

Question 8: Do you prefer working alone or with a team? Why?

Alone. The less risk of anybody other than me getting hurt, the better.

Question 9: What is your greatest asset? Why would other heroes want to work with you?

Like I said earlier, my toughness is my greatest asset. Hopefully I could take the hits for other heroes to make their job easier.

Question 10: If you didn't get into Armstrong Academy, what would you do?

Go back to fighting gangs on the street I suppose, but I'll never stop trying to get stronger until I can be a true hero.

1. Question 1: How would you classify your hero style?
   1. I'm a lawful neutral/neutral good kind of guy. The safety of the people is important, but so is taking down the threats. So long as there's action, I'm there.
2. Question 2: What is your power and/or abilities? Why do you think they are useful?
   1. I make stuff. Good stuff. Then I throw it. Really well. I got this thing in me, too. Forcefields, energy discharge, limited magnetism, the works. Combine all of that, and you get a crazy mid/long range fighter with some decent versatility.
3. Question 3: You're told to help with evacuation duty, but you know the foe the other heroes are fighting is weak to your power(s)/fighting style. What do you do?
   1. I can probably do both. With my accuracy, I can ricochet things onto foes and the like while helping people get to safety.
4. Question 4: What is more important? Saving the day as quickly as possible, or making sure you take as much precaution to do as little damage as possible to the surrounding area? Why?
   1. Why not a bit of both? Minimize the damage, but minimize the threat. There's no reason to go with just one. If one is to be picked, though, human lives are more important than some buildings. So saving the day.
5. Question 5: What type of villain scares you most? If villains don't scare you, what does?
   1. The type of villain who stops at nothing. And bunny rabbits. Those things are the worst.
6. Question 6: What type of power do you wish you had? What is your least favorite power?
   1. Powers are boring. Who needs powers? Skills > Powers, always. My least favorite power... I don't really have one. I can make anything work.
7. Question 7: Why do you want to be a hero?
   1. Help the people, protect the little man. There are people in danger everywhere, many places without heroes, and that's where I want to go.
8. Question 8: Do you prefer working alone or with a team? Why?
   1. A team. We keep each other safe, cover each other's weaknesses, and get work done far faster than we would alone.
9. Question 9: What is your greatest asset? Why would other heroes want to work with you?
   1. Throwing things. You give me anything, and I can throw it. I'm also kind of a genius, so people come to me for help with things.
10. Question 10: If you didn't get into Armstrong Academy, what would you do?
    1. Be disappointed and try again next year.

Question 1: How would you classify your hero style?

A: I'm not a hero, the closest thing I've done to hero work is save a cat from a tree.

Question 2: What is your power and/or abilities? Why do you think they are useful?

A: I Don't really consider it to be a power but my laugh is so annoying that it can physically hurt people, crazy right? Anyway, I'm hoping that I can control this better.

Question 3: You're told to help with evacuation duty, but you know the foe the other heroes are fighting is weak to your power(s)/fighting style. What do you do?

A: Well my laugh would probably hurt the people I'm evacuating since again, can't control it. So I would just evac.

Question 4: What is more important? Saving the day as quickly as possible, or making sure you take as much precaution to do as little damage as possible to the surrounding area? Why?

A: My Dad was a lawyer so the second one.

Question 5: What type of villain scares you most? If villains don't scare you, what does?

A: Any villain that uses a deadly weapon like a knife or gun or just someone with powers scares me. If they had omnipotent powers I would be more scared though.

Question 6: What type of power do you wish you had? What is your least favourite power?

A: Telekinesis for sure, hands-free combat man. I hate powers that don't protect you, sorta like amine currently

Question 7: Why do you want to be a hero?

A: I just want to be a good person, not really a hero type.

Question 8: Do you prefer working alone or with a team? Why?

A: I hate working, but working in teams is easier.

Question 9: What is your greatest asset? Why would other heroes want to work with you?

A: I dunno.

Question 10: If you didn't get into Armstrong Academy, what would you do?

A: Go see a doctor, get my throat checked.

Question 1: How would you classify your hero style?

I am not a hero, and I am not about style. I am someone who has suffered tragedies. I came here because Mr Armstrong's cousin convinced me that I should give the life another chance.

I have helped people once with my powers though. During an investigation which I was working on when I was an intern to a law firm, the house we were in collapsed, possibly due to someone's plan. I helped my fellow investigators get out by holding a structure to keep it from falling on top of them.

Question 2: What is your power and/or abilities? Why do you think they are useful?

I have not tested my powers much so I don't know their limits. But from what I know, I am very strong, I have lifted cars over my head. And I am very hard to damage, fell off 200 feet with just scratches. I am also nearly immortal. I can regenerate myself and heal from damage. I healed a broken knee in seconds. Ever since I got my powers, it looks like I can heal from nearly any damage.

In addition to that, I have trained in combat with a great fighter, and I know some good fighting techniques, including the knowledge of human pressure points.

My powers can be very useful. My strength allows me to hold heavy structures, so I can help save people from faling objects (like mentioned in previous question), or I can carry multiple people on my back away from dangerous places. My healing factor allows me to go on more dangerous missions without the risk of dying.

Question 3: You're told to help with evacuation duty, but you know the foe the other heroes are fighting is weak to your power(s)/fighting style. What do you do?

I do not have any preference set in my mind, so it might depend on the situation. But I would much rather prefer to save people than fight unless the villain is threatening people, in which case I will go for the villain.

Question 4: What is more important? Saving the day as quickly as possible, or making sure you take as much precaution to do as little damage as possible to the surrounding area? Why?

Whatever saves more lives. Whatever saves more lives of people who have nothing to do with this senseless war.

Question 5: What type of villain scares you most? If villains don't scare you, what does?

I have never faced any kind of "supervillains" as most of heroes around here, but it is life, and the dark side of humanity that scares me. I have been a victim of life several times. I have been victim of losing loved ones to senseless wars which they had nothing to do with.

Question 6: What type of power do you wish you had? What is your least favorite power?

I wish I could go back in time and stop that fire in my house that killed my parents, so time travel.

I do not have a "least favourite" power. But I am not sure if I like my healing power. I have failed to kill myself many times due to it, and it doesn't decrease the pain and suffering I go through.

Question 7: Why do you want to be a hero?

I do not know. I want to give life a third chance. I would want to prevent someone from experiencing tragedies like I did.

Question 8: Do you prefer working alone or with a team? Why?

I would prefer working alone. I am ugly, people dont' like to talk to me, and I am equally as afraid to talk to people. When I see a beautiful girl nearby, I'm afraid to look at her so as not to scare it away. And even if someone cares to talk to me, I cannot hold a conversation. I become awkward, I freeze sometimes. I run out of words, I stumble and slutter. I cannot think of something to say.

But I have worked with teams, such as during my internship, I have gone to investigations with teams. I talked and coordinated with them.

But once I get "comfortable" with someone, I am very open with talking to them. I will share all my secrets and do my best to help them even if it hurts me.

Question 9: What is your greatest asset? Why would other heroes want to work with you?

I am not sure if the other heroes will want to work with someone as ugly and shy as me, but my strength and nearly inability to die can be great asset almost everywhere. I have also worked on some investigations and picked up some skills.

Question 10: If you didn't get into Armstrong Academy, what would you do?

Probably trying to kill myself.

Question 1: How would you classify your hero style?

Answer: I am a Gadgeteer and Technology Master. I use my gadgets and technology and intelligence to undermine and defeat Villains, while saving as many people as possible

Question 2: What is your power and/or abilities? Why do you think they are useful?

Answer: I have a Super Brain. I understand science, engineering, and robotics to a vast extent. My minds power goes far beyond just scientific understanding, however.

I think this is useful because I can invent gadget and technology that help me fight Villains and save lives.

Question 3: You're told to help with evacuation duty, but you know the foe the other heroes are fighting is weak to your power(s)/fighting style. What do you do?

Answer: I continue the evacuation until all civilians are out of harms ways. Then I return to fight the Villian, if possible.

Question 4: What is more important? Saving the day as quickly as possible, or making sure you take as much precaution to do as little damage as possible to the surrounding area? Why?

Answer: Making sure innocent people don't get hurt is the #1 priority. If I know that no innocent people will get hurt in the process, I'd be more incline to cause damage to the surrounding area if it helps me defeat the Villain. That being said, property damage should be avoided when it is possible.

Question 5: What type of villain scares you most? If villains don't scare you, what does?

Answer: Magic users. They defy Universal Laws and Scientific Theorems!

Question 6: What type of power do you wish you had? What is your least favorite power?

Answer: I wish I had the power of Magnetism. I often wondered if it would be possible to create a combat suit powered by the perpetual motion of the metallic molecules. By off setting the polarity of certain molecules the suit would constantly generate it's own power forever! It is only theoretically possible. Unfortunately, I have not figured out the technology needed to array the polarities in such a manner. But with the power of Magnatism it would become possible!

Part 2 answer: I once saw a villain who could regurgitate bugs that then followed her will. That would have to be my least favorite power.

Question 7: Why do you want to be a hero?

Answer: Ive looked up to Heroes ever since I was a kid. They are extremely cool, and a force for good in the world. I

Question 8: Do you prefer working alone or with a team? Why?

Answer: I would prefer a team as long as it has a well coordinated leader, and a clear chain of command. Having different members with different powers and skills makes a team more prepared for different situations, but if there is no clear leader the effectiveness of the team can be nullified.

Question 9: What is your greatest asset? Why would other heroes want to work with you?

Answer: My intelligence is my greatest asset. Other heroes would want to work with me because I bring a wide variety of skills and knowledge that are useful in many situations, as well as cool gadgets.

Question 10: If you didn't get into Armstrong Academy, what would you do?

Answer: Doctor

Question 1: How would you classify your hero style?

Precise and effective

Question 2: What is your power and/or abilities? Why do you think they are useful?

Abilities are as follows: Detailed martial arts, retractable arms, and a bulletproof/powerful body. With retractable limbs I am able to keep a safe distance away if need be and quickly take down any threat.

Question 3: You're told to help with evacuation duty, but you know the foe the other heroes are fighting is weak to your power(s)/fighting style. What do you do?

Do as I am told. The other heroes are heroes are for a reason the can handle themselves. I must first evacuate the civilians, then help the heroes in applicable.

Question 4: What is more important? Saving the day as quickly as possible, or making sure you take as much precaution to do as little damage as possible to the surrounding area? Why?

Neither every situation requires a different strategy. Some need be ended asap, for instance a bomb threat while others such as lowly bank robbers don't need excessive force. One must use the strategy that best fits the situation.

Question 5: What type of villain scares you most? If villains don't scare you, what does?

The ones who have nothing to lose. Who lash out like a wounded beast. Those villains don't act under certain guidelines. Some villains have a code or such, you can work around that reason. But not these, unpredictable, willing to do anything. Also magnets scare me.

Question 6: What type of power do you wish you had? What is your least favorite power?

The power of empathy or telepathy, to communicate at a such a primal level and truly understand the other person. As for my least favorite shape shifting or growing extra limbs even powerful regeneration, the unnatural unsightly event of flesh molding and moving in such a way brings what I can only describe is disgust.

Question 7: Why do you want to be a hero?

Because Humans gave me life, and its my duty to protect, making sure no harm comes their way and even save them from themselves if need be.

Question 8: Do you prefer working alone or with a team? Why?

Much like before it all depends. A stealth mission is suited for a single person and large battle is best used with a team help ensure victory again it all depends.

Question 9: What is your greatest asset? Why would other heroes want to work with you?

My desire to protect human life. Killing is 99% of the time never the answer only by working with in the best interest of the human race. Other heroes would find me easy to work with.

Question 10: If you didn't get into Armstrong Academy, what would you do?

Take care of my broken brother

Question 1: How would you classify your hero style?

Answer: The fun yet troubled kind. In all seriousness im not sure if i am a hero i just know that the powers i was born with could be abused. My parents didn't have powers, i want to be able to protect those who don't have powers from being preyed upon by those that do have powers

Question 2: What is your power and/or abilities? Why do you think they are useful?

Answer: i have a sonic cry which has many uses including regulating my vocal cords so my voice sounds "sweeter" it makes people more likely to side with me. This is useful for a lot of things i can subdue people with deadly force if necessary or i can diffuse situations without anyone getting hurt. I also have the ability to fly making transportation a non-factor

Question 3: You're told to help with evacuation duty, but you know the foe the other heroes are fighting is weak to your power(s)/fighting style. What do you do?
Answer: I evacuate the city... my powers could be more useful saving people who are in danger. At the end of the day saving the lives of the innocent is more important than taking the bad guy down.

Question 4: What is more important? Saving the day as quickly as possible, or making sure you take as much precaution to do as little damage as possible to the surrounding area? Why?

Answer: It can depend on the situation ultimately the objective is to save as many lives as possible. If more lives are saved by taking precautions then do that, however if there's a time constraint like a bomb you must act quickly.

Question 5: What type of villain scares you most? If villains don't scare you, what does?

Answer: The kind that kills people for fun, there's no reasoning with them there's no rationality. They do it because they can and that's terrifying

Question 6: What type of power do you wish you had? What is your least favorite power?

Answer: I already have the power i wish i had, i honestly can't think of what my life would be without flying and i have all the tool necessary to do what i want. My least favorite power is teleportation it just feels useless to me without some other kind of power or enhancement

Question 7: Why do you want to be a hero?

Answer: Like i said to protect those who don't have powers.

Question 8: Do you prefer working alone or with a team? Why?

Answer: No preference if i get the job done better alone then alone, if the job can be done better with a team than we work together. It makes no difference to me.

Question 9: What is your greatest asset? Why would other heroes want to work with you?

Answer: you mean besides the ones i was born with? well i guess my versatility i can slot into a bunch of different roles whatever the team needs. Other heroes should work with me because i can support them in many ways

Question 10: If you didn't get into Armstrong Academy, what would you do?

Answer: Probably keep working with my brother Daryl. it was his idea for me to come here.

Question 1: How would you classify your hero style?

"I guess I would be considered a vigilante, I'm not exactly trying to be a hero, just right my wrongs."

Question 2: What is your power and/or abilities? Why do you think they are useful?

"I'm mostly machine at this point, I got some skills downloaded directly to my brain from some guy. Must have been a Soldier given what I can do."

Question 3: You're told to help with evacuation duty, but you know the foe the other heroes are fighting is weak to your power(s)/fighting style. What do you do?

"I end the fight."

Question 4: What is more important? Saving the day as quickly as possible, or making sure you take as much precaution to do as little damage as possible to the surrounding area? Why?

"I try to make as little noise as possible, I don't like to be seen."

Question 5: What type of villain scares you most? If villains don't scare you, what does?

"Humans."

Question 6: What type of power do you wish you had? What is your least favorite power?

"I wish I could shed my humanity completely, become full technology."

Question 7: Why do you want to be a hero?

"I don't know if I do."

Question 8: Do you prefer working alone or with a team? Why?

"I generally prefer working alone or in pairs. I don't like a big group."

Question 9: What is your greatest asset? Why would other heroes want to work with you?

"I'm the perfect scout."

Question 10: If you didn't get into Armstrong Academy, what would you do?

"I couldn't really say, I'm not sure what I'm doing now."

1. I shoot to kill Handle situations so they never happen again.

2. I can get #$%faced, high, or shot up really well. Can also turn most things into a weapon. Once took out a guy with a pencil.

3. Do the evacuation while sniping him. I can multitask.

4. Always better to get the job done quick. Especially in this line of work.

5. Only thing that scares me is that thing with the weird mop hair. Got cold shivers just looking at it.

6. X-ray vision is a must have. A power's a power. I take what I can get.

7. It was either this or something worse. Might as well try out my sister's old school.

8. Alone.

9. I can be decisive. Though I doubt anyone will want to work with me.

10. Be stuck working for Father.

• Question 1: How would you classify your hero style?

I ain't no b*tch.

• Question 2: What is your power and/or abilities? Why do you think they are useful?

I've got fire hands and a black belt in street karate. I think I don't gotta explain why.

• Question 3: You're told to help with evacuation duty, but you know the foe the other heroes are fighting is weak to your power(s)/fighting style. What do you do?

I'll kick his ass and let one of the other heroes help those fellas get out.

• Question 4: What is more important? Saving the day as quickly as possible, or making sure you take as much precaution to do as little damage as possible to the surrounding area? Why?

I'mma do it fast, unless there's some really cool sh*t nearby.

• Question 5: What type of villain scares you most? If villains don't scare you, what does?

The gay ones.

• Question 6: What type of power do you wish you had? What is your least favorite power?

I wish I had shapeshifting. You have no idea how many times I've been pulled over since my skin turned black. And teleporters can bite me, f*cking losers.

• Question 7: Why do you want to be a hero?

To retire early as a government employee, what'd ya think.

• Question 8: Do you prefer working alone or with a team? Why?

Teams, I guess. If you're by yourself, you never know if someone'll steal your kidneys while you're passed out on the street.

• Question 9: What is your greatest asset? Why would other heroes want to work with you?

I'm a doctor, believe it or not, so I can patch you up. Not to mention I've got whatever you need in my pockets.

• Question 10: If you didn't get into Armstrong Academy, what would you do?

Become a self-employed... chemist. Probably.

Question 1: How would you classify your hero style?

Directive - Solve enigmatic obstacles others cannot.

Question 2: What is your power and/or abilities? Why do you think they are useful?

• Data Log - H.O.L.M.E.S posses keen data processing of surrounding and living organisms to help deduct otherwise irrational scenarios
• Data Log 2 - H.O.L.M.E.S recently fitted with left arm weapon capable of bullets, flamethrower, and missile. Still in testing staged

Question 3: You're told to help with evacuation duty, but you know the foe the other heroes are fighting is weak to your power(s)/fighting style. What do you do?

Directive clear - Cease all other operations and obey orders.

Question 4: What is more important? Saving the day as quickly as possible, or making sure you take as much precaution to do as little damage as possible to the surrounding area? Why?

Preferred Directive of FBPR

Question 5: What type of villain scares you most? If villains don't scare you, what does?

Protocol #2 - Villains capable of corrupting software are most threatening, avoid at all cost

Question 6: What type of power do you wish you had? What is your least favorite power?

N/A

Question 7: Why do you want to be a hero?

Directive given by Creators

Question 8: Do you prefer working alone or with a team? Why?

This unit is better equipped to work alone as programmed in field operations.

Question 9: What is your greatest asset? Why would other heroes want to work with you?

Information Gathering

Question 10: If you didn't get into Armstrong Academy, what would you do?

Return to creators - Continue to support police force.

Question 1: How would you classify your hero style?

practical trying to eliminate risks to civilians and structures.

Question 2: What is your power and/or abilities? Why do you think they are useful?

Martial arts and wires. Provides versatility in multiple scenarios.

Question 3: You're told to help with evacuation duty, but you know the foe the other heroes are fighting is weak to your power(s)/fighting style. What do you do?

Get the civilians to safety as possible then join the fight against the enemy.

Question 4: What is more important? Saving the day as quickly as possible, or making sure you take as much precaution to do as little damage as possible to the surrounding area? Why?

You should end the fight quick while keeping casualties to a minimum as a prolonged fight increases casualties.

Question 5: What type of villain scares you most? If villains don't scare you, what does?

My family

Question 6: What type of power do you wish you had? What is your least favorite power?

Probably something that can increase mobility.

Question 7: Why do you want to be a hero?

To prove to my family that I'm not a waste

Question 8: Do you prefer working alone or with a team? Why?

Probably alone due to lack of social skills

Question 9: What is your greatest asset? Why would other heroes want to work with you?

Probably my brains. I can use my wires in different ways and I can think of solutions to difficult problems.

Question 10: If you didn't get into Armstrong Academy, what would you do?

Probably go back to training and inventing to become a hero via another method.

Question 1: How would you classify your hero style?

I was an assassin for a long time, against my will. But nowadays, I like to think of myself as a peace keeper. I always try to collect wayward souls peacefully and with talk; before resorting to violence.

Question 2: What is your power and/or abilities? Why do you think they are useful?

Technically I'm what is called a Collector. A being of the shadow realm. But a more synonymous term for it would be something of a Grim Reaper.

I have learned a lot about dark magic from my father and his studies. And a significant amount more from this cursed sword I carry. But I also know a lot of digital, mechanical, and electrical engineering. Even studies on nanotechnologies, and other technologies that were being experimented on by my mother before...well....you know.

I am a being of shadow, and I walk among the dead as much as the living. I feel I can not only help those living in need; but I can also help those lost souls who also need to obtain peace.

Question 3: You're told to help with evacuation duty, but you know the foe the other heroes are fighting is weak to your power(s)/fighting style. What do you do?

Trust that the other heroes know what they are doing. If I look back and they're failing, I can always assist. No point in evacuating if the bad guy is just gonna catch back up and slaughter people anyway.

Question 4: What is more important? Saving the day as quickly as possible, or making sure you take as much precaution to do as little damage as possible to the surrounding area? Why?

Speed is almost always best. The only exception is scenarios where recklessness could cost more lives. I would bring down an entire skyscraper to save 1 life if I knew nobody else could get hurt.

Question 5: What type of villain scares you most? If villains don't scare you, what does?

Telepaths and masterminds. Those who can control the will of others are scary. It's hard to know if the henchmen you are fighting are truly evil, or just more innocents being manipulated.

Question 6: What type of power do you wish you had? What is your least favorite power?

I wish I was physically more powerful. Faster, regenerate, strong, more durable, that sort of thing. Oh well, I guess.

Telepathy is my least favorite power. Such an invasion of privacy.

Question 7: Why do you want to be a hero?

I've already done so much evil in the world, and I've already lost my life. I only wish to make my unlife more productive, and more pure.

Question 8: Do you prefer working alone or with a team? Why?

I've always worked alone; but my recruiter asked me "But why? Do you really want to?"

To be honest, I think I'm more comfortable alone; but maybe I shouldn't be.

Question 9: What is your greatest asset? Why would other heroes want to work with you?

I'm smart I guess. Most things just always seemed to come easy to me. I would hope that is something people look for.

Question 10: If you didn't get into Armstrong Academy, what would you do?

I have a path for my life. With or without the Academy. This is merely a means to walk that path more effectively. If it doesn't pan out, then I will take the slow way.

Question 1: How would you classify your hero style?

Well, this question couldn't be more vague... "The kind that prefers subtlety and infiltration over epic battles."

Question 2: What is your power and/or abilities? Why do you think they are useful?

Hmm... Perhaps I should keep my night time hobbies a secret for now... "I can manipulate sand to form virtually any object I want. It's good for combat, utility, and even restraining people."

Question 3: You're told to help with evacuation duty, but you know the foe the other heroes are fighting is weak to your power(s)/fighting style. What do you do?

Who writes these stupid and vague questions? There's barely any context here, how is anyone supposed to properly answer this crap? "Well, I would have to be in that situation and judge it for myself."

Question 4: What is more important? Saving the day as quickly as possible, or making sure you take as much precaution to do as little damage as possible to the surrounding area? Why?

"I'd prefer to do as little damage as possible." Less paperwork that way... "The safety of civilians should always be the primary concern!"

Question 5: What type of villain scares you most? If villains don't scare you, what does?

I doubt a villain could ever show me something I haven't already seen in one dream or another. I suppose my greatest fear, would be losing the ability to sleep or dream. But would that answer give too much away? Hmm... "I can't say I've ever encountered anything truly frightening."

Question 6: What type of power do you wish you had? What is your least favorite power?

"I'd love to be able to project illusions. It would help with misdirection and infiltration." I'd be able to show people their worst nightmares, even in the real world.

"As for least favorite, never really thought much of it."

Question 7: Why do you want to be a hero?

"To help people of course!" It seems like the most exciting real world job I could go with. Not much else can compete with the dream worls.

Question 8: Do you prefer working alone or with a team? Why?

"Alone is best, I am not very good with others." Less witnesses that way.

Question 9: What is your greatest asset? Why would other heroes want to work with you?

"I can easily bind and restrain people, as well as make just about any tool I wish at the drop of a hat."

Question 10: If you didn't get into Armstrong Academy, what would you do?

"I'd prefer not to think about."

Question 1: How would you classify your hero style?

I donate to animal shelter a lot if that counts.

Question 2: What is your power and/or abilities? Why do you think they are useful?

Oh, I'm not too special Sir Hiss does all types of cool stuff though.

Question 3: You're told to help with evacuation duty, but you know the foe the other heroes are fighting is weak to your power(s)/fighting style. What do you do?

Don't really know... I'd try to do whatever seems right at the time as best I can but it really depends...

Question 4: What is more important? Saving the day as quickly as possible, or making sure you take as much precaution to do as little damage as possible to the surrounding area? Why?

Id try to do both if I could.

Question 5: What type of villain scares you most? If villains don't scare you, what does?

A lot of things scare me to be honest. Knives, fire, Natalya's dad and I'd most would assume most villains would probably scare me too.

Question 6: What type of power do you wish you had? What is your least favorite power?

I'm pretty happy as I am right now. I don't know what specifically but I do wish I was just a little bit better than I am right now.

And the last thing I want is to make people angry or hurt

Question 7: Why do you want to be a hero?

To help people and stuff.

Question 8: Do you prefer working alone or with a team? Why?

Working in a team, I guess... I really don't like being lonely

Question 9: What is your greatest asset? Why would other heroes want to work with you?

Umm I don't know. I can kinda sing well i guess.

Question 10: If you didn't get into Armstrong Academy, what would you do?

Hopefully I do but I suppose I'd have to go back home if I don't...

Please let me in, I don't wanna go back home...

Question 1: How would you classify your hero style?

I use my skill with a blade to deal with opponents quickly and efficiently vis swift movements.

Question 2: What is your power and/or abilities? Why do you think they are useful?

I can create a night infinite amount of swords, each of which can have different properties. However I prefer to use a longsword above all.

Question 3: You're told to help with evacuation duty, but you know the foe the other heroes are fighting is weak to your power(s)/fighting style. What do you do?

Head towards the enemy, but go on a pathway that would allow me to save people whilst heading in the enemies direction.

Question 4: What is more important? Saving the day as quickly as possible, or making sure you take as much precaution to do as little damage as possible to the surrounding area? Why?

So long as no one/anything vital to the are's survival is around, take the quickest route possible, as what is destroyed I can help rebuild. Should civilians be around however, I will take precautions to minimise damages.

Question 5: What type of villain scares you most? If villains don't scare you, what does?

No villain in particular scares, my only fear is that my teacher may be sending me down the wrong path without me knowing it.

Question 6: What type of power do you wish you had? What is your least favorite power?

The ability to know where anyone is at any point in time. My least favourite power is anything that requires the deceit and/or harm of others in order to be effective.

Question 7: Why do you want to be a hero?

So I can be strong enough to face my teacher 2 years from now, as well as figure out where my parents went.

Question 8: Do you prefer working alone or with a team? Why?

Alone, my fighting style is more effective in a 1v1 scenario, and I'm not very good when it comes to talking to other people.

Question 9: What is your greatest asset? Why would other heroes want to work with you?

My ability to adapt to different situations within the act of combat, and my extensive training gives me the knowledge I need to assess what my opponents are capable of.

Question 10: If you didn't get into Armstrong Academy, what would you do?

Continue training or travel around the world, searching for my parents.

And Broken Bownes walks away from the Armstrong academy, silently, avoiding others gazes, to nobody knows where. Will he become a hero, or a villain? Or something else? Nobody knows. Will he return next year? Nobody knows but he is not ready this year, he realizes that and walks away.

• Question 1: How would you classify your hero style?

The world is broken. It needs a solution. I am that solution. I have seen the flaw of the Way of Adam. I will end the corruption of this world. The system of corruption will be excised like a cancer and from it's bloated corpse a new utopia must arise. If it starts small, that is a necessary process. I hope that those who follow me do so out of respect and not fear. There will always be those who fear, but the fight is not against them, the fight is to earn their trust. Violence is a tool that should never be abused.

• Question 2: What is your power and/or abilities? Why do you think they are useful?

I am the man who can be anyone. I can break any door, pick any lock, and topple buildings. The application of this power is not only possible in the usage as a hero, but even in many fields that would be considered unsavory. I do not wish to use them in this way.

• Question 3: You're told to help with evacuation duty, but you know the foe the other heroes are fighting is weak to your power(s)/fighting style. What do you do?

I help the civilians. Heroes are trained to fight, to put their lives on the line. They can last until the civilians have escaped.

• Question 4: What is more important? Saving the day as quickly as possible, or making sure you take as much precaution to do as little damage as possible to the surrounding area? Why?

It varies from situation to situation. If a villain is focused on collateral damage, he must be stopped as quickly as possible and salvage what you can.

• Question 5: What type of villain scares you most? If villains don't scare you, what does?

Few villains are truly terrifying. The inhuman monsters prevalent in our society are an acceptable evil. They act as is their nature, I do not hate the tiger because it is hungry, but I will slay him if he strikes against me or my people. The villain that is terrifying is one that destroys for destruction's sake. He cannot be reasoned with or rehabilitated, and the only option is removal from society, sometimes even permanently.

• Question 6: What type of power do you wish you had? What is your least favorite power?

Truly, if there was one thing I lack, it would be my inability to travel long distances. Teleportation would be most suitable for my needs. If there was a power I dislike, it would be the mental manipulations that are seen at times. It is not productive to control a mans mind. Loyalty must be won, not torn from man.

• Question 7: Why do you want to be a hero?

I want to change the world. I want there to be a world where heroism is not only applauded, but expected. Altruism is the greatest thing a man can have, the desire to serve his fellow man. However, if their is something I find distasteful in the life of a hero, it is that many expect that they should not have to work outside of their protective duties. With the number of heroes and empowered people, we are not needed as warriors at all times.

• Question 8: Do you prefer working alone or with a team? Why?

I am used to working alone, however, I wish to work with a team. I know I have weaknesses, and the best way for me to overcome them is by working with others.

• Question 9: What is your greatest asset? Why would other heroes want to work with you?

My skills allow me to see the weaknesses of others, this makes me suitable for leadership or support. Using my abilities, I can help other heroes to overcome their weaknesses, and to become stronger servants of the common man.

• Question 10: If you didn't get into Armstrong Academy, what would you do?

My dream is to begin my own nation. If I were not here at Armstrong Academy, I would seek other ways to build a reputation of a trustworthy leader. Perhaps I would earn the money to start my own farm, in order to create a self-sustaining community.

Question 1: How would you classify your hero style?

I don't really have a hero style yet.

Question 2: What is your power and/or abilities? Why do you think they are useful?

My abilities is my bond with my Beaver-pig called Ripmaw. Well he is more of a brother than a pet to me. The two of us are able to work together and fight as one mind. While I don't have any special abilties, Ripmaw is able to control the Earth and can dig extremely fast. He also has sharp claws and tusks

Question 3: You're told to help with evacuation duty, but you know the foe the other heroes are fighting is weak to your power(s)/fighting style. What do you do?

I would send Ripmaw to deal with the Foe while I help with the evacuation. My connection with Ripmaw means we don't always have to be next to each other. We can split up and deal with different issues.

Question 4: What is more important? Saving the day as quickly as possible, or making sure you take as much precaution to do as little damage as possible to the surrounding area? Why?

Saving the day is more important. You need to stop the villain by whatever means possible, sometimes that means forgetting about the surrounding area.

Question 5: What type of villain scares you most? If villains don't scare you, what does?

The ones that can mind contol others. I don't know how to deal with that ability.

Question 6: What type of power do you wish you had? What is your least favorite power?

Super speed. If my martial arts has taught me anything, it's that speed more often than not can trump anything else.

Question 7: Why do you want to be a hero?

To help others. Given my skills and powers being a hero seems to be the best way to accomplish that.

Question 8: Do you prefer working alone or with a team? Why?

I prefer working alone. Most people aren't able to work with Ripmaw cause he scares them or they don't understand how he communicates.

Question 9: What is your greatest asset? Why would other heroes want to work with you?

You get two heroes for the price of one with me.

Question 10: If you didn't get into Armstrong Academy, what would you do?

Try get into a different hero school.

The last of the students hand in their exams to The Metropolitan and enter the waiting room where those who finished early have had some slight confrontation, that can be summed up to, accidental use of power, purposeful use of power, flirtation gone awry, and some rivalries being formed. Not long after the last student enters the waiting area do we see The Metropolitan enter, he gives a nod to Absolute Crane and Crane stands up.

ABSOLUTE CRANE:Alright. It looks like you're all moving onto the practical portion of the exam. If you struggled with the written portion, then I assure you, you won't pass the practical exam.

Several students whisper to one another, is it excitement? Is it fear? It's likely a little of both.

ABSOLUTE CRANE: Through these doors is the entrance to our simulated city. It's where all of our students can practice heroics and train their abilities with no restraint on power usage. I'll let you know this much. The city itself is alive, a hero named URBAN LEGEND, their powers manifested and they became one with the concrete and metal that made up this portion of Paragon City. Since they're alive they can manipulate the city at will. They can also feel the thoughts of the people inside. If anyone of you tries to hurt another participant then you'll be stopped before you can say "Timbuktu."

At this some of the more "passionate" students glare at one another. Smoke begins to rise from Jackson Royce's ears once more.

ABSOLUTE CRANE: Now your task is simple. Survive an attack on the city. Our resident engineer, UPGRADE, has built realistic citizens and villains that'll be inside the city. When the villains attack there will be city-wide destruction. You can choose either to evacuate the civilians, combat the villains, or both. We encourage you to show us what you've got and why we should accept you into our Academy. So don't be afraid to go all out. Don't worry about where foes go when you defeat them, URBAN LEGEND will be absorbing their components and weaponry. If you see a fellow participant go down don't even think about taking their stuff.

Several more students begin to murmur to one another about the exam.

ABSOLUTE CRANE: Oh and one more thing. UPGRADE's villains will be going all out themselves. They won't hesitate to hurt you. If you're going to be a hero you need to understand the risks that come with it. If you don't think you can handle those risks I advise you to leave. Now.

At this the room grows silent. ABSOLUTE CRANE smiles. Nobody leaves.

ABSOLUTE CRANE: Now that's what I like to see. Good luck in there.

The doors open and you're ushered inside. It's time for the exam!

You all walk through the double doors into the simulated city -- there's a big billboard within the city that monitors the status of each participant. On the billboard you can see the following score keepers for each potential student:

• Villains Defeated: 0
• Civilians Saved: 0
• Status: A

You all continue walking until you hit the center of the city.

Simulated Civilians walk all around you, people in suits rush to work, parents walk with their children, people walking their dogs. It feels just like a real city, you find yourselves almost forgetting you were in a simulation, but this bliss is limited, as suddenly you hear several explosions throughout the city. People around you scream as chunks of buildings fall from the sky, vehicles swerve into one another, and several figures rise from the destruction with smiles plastered on their faces.

A city wide attack has begun and it's time for the heroes to step in!

Combating Villains

If you choose to fight the villains then you must explain (with feats of your character) how you would beat at least one them, as if you were in a CAV match. You may team-up with other players if you'd like; if this is the case, make a post together.

If you think you can take down more than one, state how many you think you can handle. There is a point system after all...!

Here are the villain(s) stats & images of the villains:

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Villain ALPHA (1 Point)

A human looking foe who is covered in blood and wields an upgraded fireman's ax. These villains are terrorizing individual citizens and are laughing at their fear. They are many in number and seem to the foot soldiers of the villainous force.

• Body: Captain America
• Skillset: Punisher
• Power: None
• Gear: Adamantium Fireman's Ax / MCU Captain America Shield

Villain BETA (3 Points)

A large humanoid with enhanced musculature. They are preoccupied with causing as much destruction as possible. Many of them are lifting large chunks of rubble and are throwing them at buildings and vehicles to make it harder for people to flee.

• Body: MCU Luke Cage
• Skillset: MCU Luke Cage
• Power: FOX Wolverine Healing Factor
• Gear: None

Villain CHARLIE (2 Points)

A robotic looking fighter with a variety of weapons and other hazards. They are seeking out heroes and are interfering with rescue attempts.

• Body: Sonny (I, Robot)
• Skillset: Terminator T-800/T-850 (Films & Comics)
• Power: None
• Gear: Bloodshot Nanites / Mark III Repulsor Gauntlet (MCU Iron Man)

Villain DELTA (3 Points)

A cybernetic humanoid; similar activities to villain ALPHA, only less taunting and more aggressive.

• Body: Gorgon
• Skillset: Batman / Omega Red
• Power: None
• Gear: Omega Red's Tendril's

Saving Civilians (1 Point Per Civilian)

If you do not think you can take down one of these villains, or, you think that saving civilians is just as important as defeating villains, then you can try to evacuate the city.

If you choose this option make a post explaining how you could avoid the fight(s) and how you would convince citizens to come with you in a moment of panic. If you had to escape from a villain (choose one) and explain how your powers/equipment help you do so.

You allowed this before, so I assume it's fine to use it.

I don't remember Sonny having any defence against EMPs, so the body shouldn't be able to resist it by itself. Bloodshot Nanites can do some bs stuff, but, as far as I know, they're used in people's bloodstreams, not in actual robots, so it having feats of letting someone's body resist an EMP would be a bit weird.

Not sure how a robot would use it, or if it'd be able to resist an EMP that way tho.

Generic avoiding fights i want to

I can fly, and i can fly at a pretty decent speed, so i think i can rather easily avoid fights i don't want to... only Charlies have a decent shot at getting me and i think i can handle outflying their one ranged attack.

Saving the First Group of Civilians

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since Siryn can use her scream to send multiple cars flying i think destroying the rubble isn't too far out of the question

Siryn was also able to send Strong Guy flying through a decently sized hole so i think Destruction wise i'm packing what i need to (I can also show her literally ripping a Sentinel in half but im gonna save that for Charlie)

as for shields because i did mention them

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Siryn can put up big shields and reflect Sentinel blasts back at them, so its pretty nifty to have when say you have Charlies with repulsor beams running around

Voice Regulation

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1. this is an explanation of how she does it
2. she makes a copy agree with her
3. It even works on Spider-Man, who has some of the highest willpower in marvel.

Saving AJ

again destroying the rubble and keeping AJ and the civie safe should be explained by above, plus Jenny likes AJ so she'd really put effort into it.

Destroying the Charlie

Now i already showed Siryn hurting baseStrong Guy which is pretty impressive, and should cause some problems to Sonny. However i really feel like compounding on this.

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she was able to literally rip a Sentinel in half and that's actually pretty impressive considering the kind of energy those things are usually capable of taking, and these Sentinels were displayed as more advanced than the big bulky one's we are used to.

AND, Siryn's scream can liquefy circuitry

so those repulsor gauntlets are gonna get fried, might actually affect the nanites too but i know they are microscopic and there are a lot of them so if i target the arms and legs while he's still recovering from my original scream it should put him out of commission. serves him right... down with robots :P

Defeating Alpha's and saving Civilians

so again Cap's body isn't too troublesome and they lack particularly good ranged options, someone like me who is flying and can't really be hit by melee weapons isn't gonna have a problem here, only the Charlies pose any real threat, as long as i stay high enough i can avoid Deltas, Betas, and Alphas.

Then i just use my voice to calm the civies as i fly them out. i don't know the time limit thing but given how easily i can put the Alpha's down and i can fly and calm citizens. I quite imagine i could rack up a good point total doing this tactic.

I also can clear out any rubble being tossed around for funsies and if any Charlies feel like taking another shot at me it basically goes the same way i can dodge/deflect their shots and then put them down

So what's going happen first is that Uliana's going to try to calm the crowds and keep get them out in an orderly fashion by having Sir Hiss write the words "Stay Calm" on the buildings. This will repeat that phrase, hopefully calming down some of the civilians(1)(2) She will also attempt to catch any falling civilians by having Sir Hiss write "Boing" on the ground where they would fall, creating a makeshift trampoline. Avoiding the robots shouldn't be too hard. Uliana's pretty quick on her feet and has phenomenal acrobatic skills to boot which will be further enhanced with Sir Hiss's control of the environment. If robots get too close a simple "woosh" or "boom" would likely widen the gap between them and Uliana and if they get really close, they will hopefully become disoriented by various sound effect.

OOC: For the record, this is Kyoko whilst de-powered, and she's still able to make these kinds of hops that can cover the distance of buildings casually.

OOC: Kyoko's ability to weave through bullets that are being altered in their pathway should give Tanjiro the speeds to outright blitz the CHARLIEs and BETAs, dodge through the repulser blasts (I don't really remember anything that could put them above bullet speed iirc), and give the ALPHAs some serious trouble.

And as for the DELTAs, this is where Assassin's insane skill comes into play, as despite admitting to having quite a large physical disadvantage against Saber, on top of her having precognition level instincts (more on that later if needed), he's still able to hold his ground through raw skill. An insane showing of skill if I do say so myself, which should show that at the very least, Tanjiro can defend himself against the heavier units, and either make a run for it, or hold them off until other heroes come along and finish the job.

And Kyoko's ability to one-shot opponents way larger than herself should give Tanjiro the strength to do some serious damage.

I'm sure people would trust Romero, given he has a very trusting face. In addition to that, I've got Fistigons that can create fire constructs, allowing me to motion people away from the scene much like when a movie theater's lights go out.

After a few people follow them, herd mentality should make everyone just head out the way I show, and I can follow them like a shepherd, offering emotional support and, of course, defense.

As for evading one of the betas, it should be easy for an alpha gamer such as myself. First off, I have a speed advantage over them.

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In the time it takes Bando to strike twice, Hanafusa moves like a blur and lands a total of 13 hits. And these aren't just blind strikes either, since he's targetting very specific pressure points along his arm and chest as he's punching.

In addition, Bang's martial art, Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist, is meant for repelling and deflecting attacks. As Tanktop Master puts it after fighting Garou...

Here's Garou applying it against Metal Bat, who might've one-shot him with a single strike if he could land any.

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I'm aware this isn't Bang, but they use the same style and, in addition to Bang having kicked Garou's ass, Superalloy Darkshine has outright stated that compared to him, Garou is "far from perfect."

Notice again the "repelling all my attacks."

This should mean the BETA's can't really hurt me in H2H (though I can't really hurt them too bad either lol) which is their only option, and I can escape with my superior speed.

The first thing I do is create a bunch of sand in the sky that says "Evacuation Here!" with an arrow pointing to where I am.

As you can see here:

I am capable of generating a lot of sand in the sky, so writing a clear and visible sign should be easy.

Once people start heading towards my location, I'll bring the sand cloud down so that everyone breathes it in and falls a sleep:

From there, I'll use the sand generated from their dreams to create more sand and generate them into nightmares:

Which will proceed to carry them off for evacuation. With this strategy, I should be able to evacuate entire streets full of people all at once. This is easily the most efficient evacuation method here, and I should be able to completely blow everyone away in points with this alone.

Especially since, I can probably make a self-sustaining system out of it once people see that the sand is carrying people off to safety.

Once, I have evacuated everyone in the vicinity or I have a self-sustaining system going (which, again, should be doable in seconds), I can start targeting the 3 point BETAS.

https://youtu.be/Wodd0XRNmbI?t=6 If you slow that video down to 25%, you can see that my character is not only capable of dodging rifle shots, but also moving at comparable speeds to them.

With that, I should be able to pretty much spam sand projectiles like this:

MCU Luke Cage is far too slow to defend against the sleep projectiles (especially with no weapons) and FOX Wolverine has no feats against mystical sleep magic. I should essentially be able to blitz.

Since the BETAs are focused on destroying buildings, they should be extremely easy to track down, and far too distracted to notice me sneaking up on them.

Especially since I can ambush them by turning into a shadow:

Even without the shadows, my stealth skills are more than enough to get the drop on the BETAS. Juzuu's main enemy are Ghouls. Ghouls are capable of not only hearing footsteps off in the distance, but also learn someone's very nature:

That is extremely impressive. Far more than the scans you chose for the Bloodshot nanites

Here Juzuu casually gives Ayato an SS class (the second highest danger rating) ghoul the slip:

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Not only is Ayato an SS ranked ghoul, he's also one known for his superb hearing. Here he gains the complete layout of a room with just his hearing:

Yet, Juzuu is able to straight up houdini him.

I'm not really going to try too hard to get any of the bonus monsters. If a troll gets too close to me or one of my evacuation areas, I'll try start shoving sand in it's face until it either falls asleep or gets smothered to death.

Since we're both physical tanks with healing factors, this is essentially a battle of strength, skill, endurance, and speed. Fortunately, I win on three of those four fronts, and the other is quite irrelevant to this particular fight.

Strength wise Cage is exceedingly strong, but that stat is Arc's bread and butter, and something she easily outshines Cage in.

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She's strong enough to crater a wall by one-handedly choke slamming a vampire into it before yeeting them across a street with enough force to launch him through the wall and have him carry that momentum to completely destroy the classroom he was thrown into, before breaking both the floor and wall on the other end of the room. This on its own is above what Cage should be capable of doing by feats, but I'll show one more to solidify it.

Here she busts a pretty large hole in a wall on top of leaving huge gashes in the ground with a claw swipe. Note that although Nia doesn't have her claws yet, the claws simply turn her strength into cutting attacks. The damage done is down purely to her strength.

With the feats Cage has durability wise he can take a lot of punishment but he is by no means immune. In almost all the large fights he's had against people with similar strength to himself (Diamondback, Iron Fist, Bushmaster, etc) he's been battered pretty badly, even if he ultimately wins. As an example, although he's obviously mostly fine after this hit from Bushmaster it's enough to take the wind out of him. My point is that Beta's absolutely going to be feeling and being hurt by my punches. This is important due to my skillset.

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Kirei's fighting style utilises Chinese Martial Arts and specifically targets the inside of his opponent instead of the outside. In short, his punches, so long as you feel them, are going to deal far more damage to your organs than any other area. Note that in these scans Shirou's body was quite literally made of swords and Kirei's punches were still damaging his organs directly.

Kiritsugu experienced surprise for the second time in a few short seconds.

The space between them was a little over five steps. The tall Executor took a slight step forward, shortening this seemingly safe distance. This step, which sneaked toward the enemy without announcing its speed, was called ‘the moving stance’. It was also one of the dangerous secret skills of Baji Quan.

Kiritsugu shuddered, as the tall, frock-clad figure glided forward. Kirei's reached Baji Quan's optimum distance, and his fist drove toward toward the enemy with the power to reach infinity in all eight directions.

Kirei stepped forward. The concrete floor boomed under the impact, and the heavily planted forward fist slammed into Kiritsugu’s chest like a rock. Using the ‘Eight Postures of the Buddha Guards’ style, the sheer force of Kirei’s strike was like a grenade exploding in Kiritsugu's chest. Kiritsugu’s body, which took the full force of the blow, flew through the air like a strand of hay, and slammed into the support pillars that crowded the room. He never had the chance to defend himself. His thoracic cavity crumpled beneath Kirei’s iron fist, and his lung and heart were pounded into a mash of meat.

Here's a quote of Kirei's style in action, where a solid punch instantly crushes Kiritsugu's heart and lungs into 'a mash of meat.' What I'm getting at is that Cage's durability here isn't much of an issue, and his skin isn't going to be much help to him either as my damage is instead going to destroy his organs.

Now, he does have a healing factor which gives him a fair amount of staying power but you must know that Fox Wolverine's healing has never healed damage on the level of mushed organs. He's been laid out pretty heavy from stuff like this, and damage to his stomach does affect him quite heavily and takes a fair amount of time to heal. With enough internal damage, his healing factor is going to get taxed and at that point, he's out for the count.

Aiding me in this beat down is, once again, Kirei's skill. Kirei objectively far, far outstrips Cage skill wise.

“Time Alter: Triple Accel!”

Kiritsugu leapt toward Kirei as he uttered the forbidden spell. His unpredictable acceleration caught Kirei off-guard. One blow from the hardened walnut wood snapped Kirei’s right radius and ulna. The Executor's right arm was destroyed.

As he struck with his right hand, Kiritsugu drew the dagger by his waist using his left. With one eye and one arm ruined, it didn’t matter how great Kirei’s martial art skills were; victory would belong to Kiritsugu as long as he continued to move at three times his top speed. Using Innate Time Control in this way would ordinarily be suicide, but thanks to the protection of Saber’s sheath, he could now use it to its full potential as a strategic weapon.

Kirei dodged the upward stab as the dagger was removed from its sheath, and used his left arm to block the downward slash and backhand horizontal swing Kiritsugu followed up with. However, with these three attacks, Kiritsugu shifted around to Kirei's left hand side, into Kirei’s blind spot. As long as he stayed on the left side of the enemy, Kiritsugu would have all the chances in the world to strike Kirei down from his blind spot.

Kiritsugu’s sharp blade sliced closer, but Kirei didn’t turn; instead using the left side of the body to block every swing. Turning would have been pointless; his broken right arm could not possibly block Kiritsugu’s dagger. Thus, though it disadvantageous for Kirei to use his left side to defend himself, he had no other choices.

The dagger attacked continuously, flickering through the air with a chilling light. No regular human would have been able to even see Kiritsugu’s movements; only the lighting-like residual images the dagger left in its wake. Kirei, though, blocked every attack using just his left arm. Kirei, who easily defended himself even when faced with attacks made at three times the speed of normal humans, terrified Kiritsugu. There were a few attacks that even Kirei would never have seen coming with his eyes, but the Executor’s left arm defended him, as if it could see every swing.

“Could this be the idea of ‘hearing’ a move?!”

Kiritsugu only had a vague impression of this phrase. Some schools of martial arts thought that when a martial artist had reached a certain state in his skills, he wouldn’t need eyesight to detect the enemy’s movement. He could predict the opponent’s next move purely on the brief moment when his arm blocked that of his opponent.

The attacks from his blind spot had also been rendered pointless, then. Since the attacks were coming from a static location, Kirei could block them even if he couldn’t see them. This man’s skills made him someone who wouldn’t be at a disadvantage even when put under the duress of speed.

Kirei is skilled enough to deflect someone too fast for him to track properly with one hand while also being completely blind in the only eye that would allow him to see his opponent. While Cage is decently skilled for a street brawler, he is nowhere near this tier, and it's been shown that Cage is actually quite predictable, which is what allowed Bushmaster to outfight him in CQC. That, combined with Kirei's insane skill and predictive ability, should mean that the Beta doesn't really have a hope of tagging Nia during this fight.

Speed wise Nia wins quite handily as well due to being able to move at FTE speed. Cage has zero feats anywhere close to this tier of speed.

Endurance wise, Avalon healing allows Nia to heal from fatal injuries:

Kiritsugu was surprised that he was still alive. He had already been prepared to die when Kirei drew near. Kiritsugu’s heart and lungs had indeed been completely destroyed, and all he should have been able to manage was a final, feeble struggle. But the fatal injury had healed, moments before his oxygen-deprived brain would have begun to die. Kiritsugu, of course, knew of no healing magecraft powerful enough to heal injuries like this. Nonetheless, he immediately understood what was going on. The Noble Phantasm, Avalon. The holy relic that had summoned Saber; the sheath of the holy sword, which had protected Irisviel’s body for so long.

Irisviel had separated the sheath from herself, giving him the miraculous sword sheath that protected its wielder from any harm, and prevented them from aging. Kiritsugu, Saber’s true Master, could obtain prana from Saber, and so exert the sheath's powers as if he were its true wielder. Kiritsugu had heard of its ability, but had never seen it with his own eyes. He had not expected the sheath to be able to heal fatal injuries. Though still shocked at the power of the sheath, Kiritsugu began to consider battle tactics the moment he realized that he had been revived. He left his eyes closed, and suppressed the urge to cough as his body regained its ability to breathe, and played dead, waiting for the chance to launch a surprise attack.

The healing is admittedly far from instant but all the same, it gives Nia an awful lot of staying power in a brawl. On top of this, she does have a fair amount of raw durability as well.

All in all, the Beta is outstripped in almost every area, and due to the massive skill difference the one area that he wins in, endurance, isn't going to be too relevant as he's not gonna be tagging Nia. Even if by some miracle he does tag her Nia still has quite impressive healing in her own right and can tank a solid number of hits. Cage is also superior in terms of raw lifting strength, but I also don't believe that to be too relevant to this fight, especially with Nia's advantage in striking.

Once the Betas healing has been sufficiently taxed Nia can take her time finishing it off to make sure it doesn't come back. She could crush its organs repeatedly to ensure it or crush his head with enough force. The choice is up to her, really.