From Handbook of the Union Universe

"Feel the bite of the Astral Viper!"
Astral Viper
Player: @Spurr
Origin:	Confidential
Archetype:	Defender
Level:	20
Primary Set:	Empathy
Secondary Set:	Psychic
Epic Set:	Confidential
Personal Data
Real Name:	Confidential
Identity:	Secret
Aliases:	None
Species:	Presumed Human
Date of Birth:	Confidential
Age:	Confidential
Height:
Weight:
Build:
Eye Colour:	Yellow
Hair Colour:	Blue
Skin Complexion:	Orange/yellow with scales.
Distinguishment:	Reptilian hybrid facial features.
Medical Status:	Confidential
Financial Status:	Confidential
Religion:	Confidential
Sexuality:	Confidential
Marital Status:	Confidential
Known Relatives:	Confidential
Biographical Data
Nationality:	Confidential
Ethnicity:	Confidential
Legal Status:	Active Hero
Place of Birth:	Confidential
Education:	Confidential
Occupation:	Confidential
Group Affiliations:	Longbow, Infinity Foundation.
Base of Operations:	Infinity Foundation
Residency:	Paragon City
Known Powers
Psychic powers
Known Abilities
Confidential
Equipment
Confidential
Awards and Collections
Confidential
Licenses and Certificates
Hero license
IC Accessibility of Article
Longbow,Hero Corps,PPD, Infinity Foundation.

Contents 1 Introduction 2 Affiliations 3 Personality 4 Motivation 5 Powers 5.1 PPD datafile designation "Astral viper" 6 Vulnerabilities 7 Equipment 8 Character History 9 Trivia

[edit] Introduction

My third character for the Infinity Foundation Supergroup, Astral was initialy created as a "role play lite" PuG filler, but after some line up problems in the foundations mission team I decided to add him to the roster. Like Mercy Knight, I had no clear idea of what this character was ment to be, other than a name and some power ideas, thankfully after one session his background had appeared as had his personality.

Astral was also one of my few characters to turn up to GG (along with Summer Boy Damselfly, but never really spent the time to become a regular there.

[edit] Affiliations

He is a member of the Infinity Foundation a group that studies technology and super beings. He was for a short time a member of Longbow, but was dismissed due to his inability to work as part of a Longbow unit and lack of "team spirit".

[edit] Personality

On the surface Astral is brash,impulsive, irreverant and a compulsive womaniser. But if you take the time to dig deeper you find that he is suprisngly driven with a need to help people, protecting himself from being hurt with his brash persona. That is not to say that he is not without some obvious flaws, his sarcasm and lack of respect for many authority figures led to his dismissal from Longbow.

[edit] Motivation

Unlike a lot of heroes, Astral is not a pretty person. And deep down seeks to find the acceptance and respect that he and his family were denied when he was young. One of his main goals is to make the world safe from the Rikti menace, as a psychic being he is greatly at risk from their attacks.

[edit] Powers

Attributes
	Statistic	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
	Fortitude
	Stamina
	Speed
	Melee
	Blasts
	Support
	Control

[edit] PPD datafile designation "Astral viper"

Astral Viper is a Gamma class non-terrastrial Psychokinetic , with bias towards empathicaly interacting with animated beings. He has manifested most standard abilities associated with this form of interaction ranging from low level emotional control to macro-biological control and modification.

Though these powers are primairly beneficial and in great demand by many, it must be clarified that these demonstrated powers are only a small selection of abilities that a Gamma class can call upon. Like many Psychokinetics he can cause aggressive wounds and damage in biological and non-biological targets, these effects can be manifested at ranges up to 150yds or longer, these attacks often cause complications such as fatigue, confusion and loss of consciousness.

Full details on his auxiliary powers are not available, though it is suspected that he is able to call upon the magical arts. Certainly it would fit that a denzien of the astral realm should be able to, but so far he has expressed no interest in the magical arts and psychic probing does indeed back that up. (yeah I know, using a mind-ripper to read another mind-ripper, doesn't sound to reliable does it? But its all we have)

Aside from those two groups of powers Astral is imbued with more inate abilities that appear to be a result of his origins, somehow he is able to shift himself out of phase with the physical world, enabling him to travel at great speeds that would not normaly be achievable, it is highly likely that he may be able to use this ability to fully enter the astral realm.

Astral Viper is also on our lists of clairvoyants,clairaudients, psychometrists and telepaths that can be called upon during an investigation if needed.

His dismissal from Longbow and non-terrastrial origins nessecitate that he makes himself available for full evaluation and testing every month, untill it is ascertained that he is no longer considered a potentile threat. (I know we dont have the full facilities or time to babysit a cape, thankfully that's Hero Corps job, we just have to bring him in if he's late. Which reminds me, he is a psychic so get yourself equiped with mental barries, or he will take a walk through your brain).

--Whith the resurgance of the Rikti menace he must make himself available every two weeks, orders just come from the City.-- ---End Report---

[edit] Vulnerabilities

Though he is an astral entity, he is still flesh and blood being open to attack from pyhsical and energy based threats. His psychic strengths are also his main weakness, like many such people he shines like a beacon to those creatures or people who wish to hunt or subdugate psychics.

[edit] Equipment

Jet pack. Suicide pack- This is a small pack of lethal toxins that he was given by the City in the event of his capture by Rikti forces, he is to take his own life to prevent the alien threat from gaining another potent psychic asset. Comunications device.

[edit] Character History

[edit] Trivia

Astral was dismissed from Longbow after using his powers to make a line of agents dance like monkies on a hot plate. Astral has to make himself available for assesment by the city every month (or two weeks while the rikti are about),this is to make sure he is not turning into an eeeeeeeevil villain, or at risj of losing control of his powers.