Originally Posted by
Powersurge
Hmmm
1) Guardian (Mac)
2) Sasq.
3) Northstar
4) Aurora
5) Shaman
6) Snowbird
7) as periodic supporting cast -- Major Mapleleaf Jr. in his pops Mountie costume and working with the RCMP (duh).
As for a story ... I'd like to do something with some rogue Epsilons. Maybe Alpha Flight has once again got the boot, and for sometime the government has concentrated on developing the Epsilon program ... elite human soldiers in hi-tech battle armour similar to SHIELD's Mandroids.
However, reminscient of certain events in Canada's not too distant military past, various non-military people got wind of some of the training/hazing techiniques that went into training would-be Epsilons, and so, while the program wasn't scrapped, its personel was given a complete overhaul ... replacing the "bloodthirsty" killers with armed social workers.
Unfortunately, for the people of the world, those "blood thirsty killers" weren't inclined to graciously bend over and take the shaft, so about a dozen of them, having caught wind of this overhaul, went rogue ... stealing their battle armour, weaponary, and also an experimental teleportation launch-pod (think "the Fly", but more advanced and bigger) ... that sends certain predetermined weights and/or genetic signatures to virtually any location on the Earth, with port-parameters and return functions available via remote controls.
So, with these guys, dubbed the Renegades, on the loose, perhaps prepping for a little payback, or some (more) thievery before launchhing careers as hi-tech, international mercs for hire, Alpha Flight is called in on contract to apprehend them, or at least push them out of Canada.
We could also brining in another batch of rogue Epsilons I made up called the Powermongers. This was a trio of green recruits who had just made it through the hazing and received their first orders -- to guard an experimental battle-vest, when the "Renegades" went rogue. They took a cue a attmepted to make off wit hthe battle-vest. On their way out, one fo them used the battle-vest and eneded up puncturing a gas canister that poured its contents over his two buddies ... and gave them superpowers. It may also have made the lot of them slightly unbalanced and given to anger, rages and uncontrollable violent outbursts.