Joseph Marko

Hey Lyta

Sun, 26 Jan 2014 02:50:17 GMT

Though he was now pretty much living in London full time as part of Excalibur (for now, anyway. Joe had never been real good with having much purpose or direction in life), having a magical teammate made getting back home to the Mansion pretty easy. Besides, even though he'd been able to train up his replacement in how most of the things around the Mansion actually worked, there were still some things he did better than anyone else. Not too many people could rewire a room, assemble furniture, fix the engine on Rolls, and rewire a Danger Room console.

....He was reasonably certain now that the place wouldn't burn down without him.

Still, he had a couple things he wanted to remember to pack to take back with him, including a couple books he wanted out of the library. So that's where he was off to.

Part One of My Confessions

Wed, 20 Nov 2013 01:48:39 GMT

Though he was now pretty much living in London full time as part of Excalibur (for now, anyway. Joe had never been real good with having much purpose or direction in life), having a magical teammate made getting back home to the Mansion pretty easy. Besides, he had to train up his replacement in how most of the things around the Mansion actually worked. Not too many people could rewire a room, assemble furniture, fix the engine on Rolls, and rewire a Danger Room console.

....He hoped the place wouldn't burn down without him.

In the meantime, though, he'd headed back to his own room to pack up a few things he hadn't been able to take last time.

Sat, 12 Jan 2013 00:12:31 GMT

Player Name: Dylan
Email: you've got it
Aim: you've got it

Name: Joseph Marko
Description: Joseph is tall, close to seven feet tall, well-muscled, with shaggy dark hair and what seems like a perpetual amount of stubble on his face.
Age: 26
PB: Tom Welling
Relatives: Cain Marko (father), Linda Lane (mother), Charles Xaiver (step-uncle), Lilandra (step-aunt), Starbridge (step-cousin)

Powers: Joseph is not a mutant, instead, his powers are entirely magical (albeit second generation magic) in origin. As the son of Cain Marko, he possesses theoretically unlimited super-strength and invulnerability, as well as the ability to further supplement that invulnerability with a magical force field. Once he's set himself in motion, he is virtually impossible to stop through force. He generally does not tire, nor require food, water, or air.

Abilities: Joe is a self-taught carpenter, electrician, mechanic, and plumber, and is quite capable of even working with advanced technology like the Shi'ar tech that runs the X-Mansion.

Weaknesses/faults: Joseph is particularly vulnerable to psychic attacks, not possessing armor or a helmet like his father did.

More importantly, where his father's powers were dependent upon destruction and aggression, Joe's abilities are strongest when his mind his clear and he is at peace. The less focused and angrier he gets, the less powerful he becomes, bottoming out at still being physically tough (ie, shrugging off a punch from a normal person) and about as strong as Spider-Man.

Likewise, his momentum can be taken advantage of or redirected, and he can be knocked down or around if he is not actively prepared to resist an oncoming force.

Backstory: Always a thug and always in it for the money, Cain Marko nevertheless found himself growing a conscious when would-be employers began asking him to do things that even he would have found questionable, such as kidnapping a defenseless old woman (Madam Web) or bringing down the World Trade Center. It appeared that even the unstoppable Juggernaut has his limits. This growing moral center irritated his long time friend and partner, Black Tom Cassidy, and eventually led to the dissolution of their partnership.

Cain himself opted to turn himself in the authorities, voluntarily. Rather than imprisonment, the government opted to draft him into SHIELD, using him as part of an anti-super-villain task force. Much to his surprise, however, he found his powers slowly starting to wane. Though they could not be stripped from him completely, Cytorak could indeed strip his avatar of his unstoppableness, if he would not behave in the manner he wished. But even with the loss of some of his might, Cain was actually a happy man, for he had found love in a woman named Linda Lane, the lawyer who had first negotiated his plea agreement with SHIELD. It was Linda who even convinced him to bury the hatchet with his step-brother, leading to Cain briefly becoming a member of the X-Men. When Joseph was born and his powers waned further, Cain retired from heroics, opening a bar in Manhattan.

Joseph, meanwhile, eventually discovered that some of the magic that had made his father the Juggernaut had passed to him. To Cain’s chagrin, he enrolled at Xaiver’s, eventually becoming something of a fixture and older brother figure to many of the kids. He briefly left to pursue higher education, though that did not last. On the other hand, he displayed a natural aptitude for mechanics and made himself into a reliable pit-crewman for the X-Men, when not lending his strength to the cause or assisting with Danger Room sessions.

Events, however, will be bringing him into a new fold and a new team.

How do you plan to introduce the character to the game: Exal plot

What are you planning to do with this character?: No specific plans. Joe's the team's Big Guy

What do you want to see happen with this character?:

Sample post: http://www.scribbld.com/community/marvel_nextgen/tag/inactive+-+joe+marko

Mon, 02 May 2011 01:34:02 GMT

Technet
The Technet are a group of interdimensional bounty hunters, willing to work for anyone, if the price is right. Their failure rate is somewhat high, but in the right circumstances, they are more than capable of getting the job done.

Partycrasher

Partycrasher is the son of the interdimensional bounty hunter Gatecrasher, who menaced the original Excalibur and Captain Britain. The identity of his father is not known and anyone with an ounce of sense prefers not to even think about it due to the mental pictures involved. He is determined to make his mother proud of his accomplishments (and even has a bit of an inferiority/persecution complex because of her domineering ways), and to that end, has formed his own Technet.

Powers: Partycrasher possesses vast super-strength and durability, as well as having access to various pieces of extradimensional technology. When he is able to overcome his various psychosis, he is a reasonable, though not great, leader and strategist.

Courage

Ostensibly the Technet’s second in command, Courage speaks in a particularly archaic form of his native language that is translated as Shakespearian style English. A reasonably honorable individual, he tries to steer Partycrasher’s more despicable tendencies, but usually ends up getting hit for his trouble.

Powers: Courge is a master swordsman and wields a sword which can also fire energy bolts.

Quill

Quill speaks in a chittering, meeping language that no Earthman can understand, while the other members of the Technet appear to understand him just fine. The others often note how insightful he is, as well as speaking highly of his poetry.

Powers: Quill possesses the ability to fire razor-sharp quills from his body, which quickly regenerate.

Mitey Might

Standing only six inches tall, Mitey Might is very sensitive about his size and will perceive just about any use of words like “small, little, tiny, miniscule, etc” as insults and will go berserk on the person using them. Saying he has a hair trigger temper is putting it mildly.

Powers: Despite his small size, Mitey Might’s molecules are very densely packed, giving him tremendous durability and close to class 100 strength.

Spudd

To call Spudd unintelligent is an insult to the unintelligent. This large, slow-witted, lumbering member of the Technet needs a nametag just to remember who is he. Nevertheless, his abilities make him a vital part of the team.

Powers: Spudd possesses the ability to teleport across interdimensional distances by opening warps in the fabric of space and time. Spatial calculations are the one area in which he is actually quite intelligent. He possesses significant strength and durability due to his bulk.

Optic

When Optic speaks, he pronounces “I” as “Eye”, though how anyone can tell this in a non-print based universe is not understood. As long as the money is good, he’s happy to be a member of the Technet.

Powers: Optic can fire a variety of beams from his singular eye, the total list of which has not been documented, but has include a heat ray, a freeze ray, a tractor beam, a paralyzing ray, a simple light beam, a concussive beam, and many more.

Bonk

Bonk, who “HAS NO INDOOR VOICE”, is a loud, oafish brute of a warrior, who is utterly lacking in planning skills beyond “hit it until it stops moving.” He’s also the most likely to challenge Partycrasher when things are going poorly.

Powers: Bonk possesses super-strength and durability, the full extent of which is not known.

Jell-Belle

One of only two female members of the Technet, Jell-Belle speaks a gurgling language that only the other members of the Technet understand. She seems to have affection for Slimer, which is returned.

Powers: Jell-Belle possesses the power to to "soften" her opponents -- to the point where their bodies stretch and distort out of control -- with a touch. This affect is temporary and at its longest, has only lasted an hour, usually fading much earlier. Jell-Belle floats around by an unknown means.

Shroom

The slow speaking Shroom is an intelligent fungal-based lifeform, and compared to his more high strung teammates, is very relaxed. This often causes them to become mad at him, escalating when he won’t return their anger.

Powers: Shroom can release spores which induce a hallucinogenic-like state in those who come into contact with it. He is immune to his own spores and cannot control or predict what a person exposed to them might see. The effects usually last no more than a half-hour, depending on the constitution of the person exposed and the duration of the exposure.

Slimer

The croaking, frog-like Slimer is largely a coward, preferring not to enter the fight until his special abilities are needed. He appears to be in a relationship of some kind (best not to ask questions) with Jell-Belle.

Powers: Slimer possesses the ability to create mass quantities of a sticky slime-like substance that resists tearing, slicing, or temperature extremes, making it very good for trying people up. He also possesses great leaping ability, the ability to climb walls, and something of an amphibious nature.

Hoarder

Mixes his sentence order, Hoarder does. True to his name, he is. Greedy, he is, desirous of many things. Occasionally gets to keep, he does, prisoners taken after proof of capture given.

Powers: Hoarder possesses the ability to shrink anything he touches, to a maximum of 1/72^nd its original size, with a progressive decrease in strength. This power is somewhat slow to take effect—to reduce a 6 foot tall man to 6 inches in height would take approximately five minutes of sustained contact. Though he can make this effect permanent, the effects wear off in a five minutes of time per one second of contact ratio under normal circumstances.

Prysm

The chilly, cold-hearted Prysm, resembling a gemstone with arms and legs, is the team’s science expert, handling technical issues as they come up.

Powers: Prysm possesses the ability to absorb and redirect any form of energy directed at him.

TI-81

This prissy robot functions as the team’s accountant, calculations odds of success and their profit margin. He rarely enters battle, preferring to serve in an advisory role, though occasionally enough yelling and threats from Partycrasher will compel him otherwise.

Powers: TI-81 possesses vast calculating power, able to deduce odds and do other calculations at lightning speeds with significant multi-tasking capabilities. He possesses flight capabilities and other built-in weapons, but rarely uses them.

Lepidop

Giggly and flighty, this insectoid member of the Technet will attempt to hit on virtually any male in existence (except for her own teammates), and seems to have unusual success in that regard. Of course, the males tend not to last long afterwards…

Powers: Lepidop possesses flight by means of her natural wings, and produces significant pheromones which promote attraction and lust in males around her (the effect and intensity of which varies depending on a number of biological factors). She also possesses the ability to drain mental energy from her foes with a touch, causing a loss of consciousness and, in stronger doses, temporary memory loss after consciousness is regained.

The Uncanny X-Mas

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:40:26 GMT

Hey, Santa?

If it's not too much trouble, how about fixin' it so Dad and Uncle Chuck don't get into a big fight at the Christmas party? Especially over how Uncle Chuck has me "cutting the grass and fixing broken sinks"?