Description: The Type Delta Subversion Android is one of Mechanon’s primary “stealth” weapons.
It’s an android that looks, sounds, feels, and acts just like a human being. Mechanon has even built systems into it that simulate humanity to medical scans (such as CTs and MRIs) — you’d have to literally cut it open to find out that it’s really a machine.
Mechanon also has a few even more advanced androids that can actually change shape! Their
“flesh” and “skin” are made of special mimetic plastics of Mechanon’s own invention and can be instantly “molded” into a new form by a signal from the android’s computer brain.
Neither form of the Type Delta comes with any built-in weapons. They’re faster and stronger than ordinary humans, though, so they can hold their own in ordinary fights.
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Val Char Cost Roll Notes
15 STR 5 12- Lift 200 kg; 3d6 HTH damage [1]
15 DEX 10 12-10 CON 0
11-15 INT 5 PER Roll
12-0 EGO 0 —
10 PRE 0 11- PRE Attack: 2d6 5 OCV 10
5 DCV 10 0 OMCV 0 0 DMCV 0
4 SPD 20 Phases: 3, 6, 9, 12 8 PD 21 Total: 8 PD (8 rPD) 8 ED 21 Total: 8 ED (8 rED)
5 REC 1
0 END -4 15 BODY 5
— STUN — Total Characteristics Cost: 104 Movement: Running: 12m
Cost Powers END
33 Seemingly Human: Images to Sight, Hearing, Touch, and Radio Groups, -10 to PER Rolls 0 Reduced Endurance (0 END; +½); Self Only (-½), Set Effect (simulate humanity, see text; -1)
15 Robotic Form: Does Not Bleed 0
10 Robotic Form: No Hit Locations 0
45 Robotic Form: Takes No STUN 0
7 Robotic Form: Reduced Endurance (0 END; +½)
on STR 0
6 Robotic Form: Reduced Endurance (0 END; +½)
on Running 0
1 Robotic Form: Reduced Endurance (0 END; +½)
on Leaping 0
1 Robotic Form: Reduced Endurance (0 END; +½)
on Swimming 0
24 Robotic Form: Resistant (+½) for 8 PD/8 ED 0 24 Structural Support Field: Power Defense (8 points) 0
15 Hardened Visual Sensors: Sight Group Flash Defense
(5 points) 0
15 Electronic Countermeasures: Radio Group Flash
Defense (5 points) 0
30 Heavy: Knockback Resistance -10m 0 10 Emotional Control: +20 Presence
Only To Protect Against Presence Attacks (-1)
35 Robotic Form: Life Support: Total 0 20 Shielded Radio Link: Mind Link, specific group of up to
any 16 minds, No LOS Needed 0
Invisible Power Effects (Fully Invisible; +¼); Only Can Be Maintained With Others Who Have Mind Link (-1), Flashed As Radio And Hearing Groups, Not Mental Group (-½)
20 Encrypted Transmitter: Detect Broadcast Spectrum Of Transmissions 12- (no Sense Group), Concealed (-8), Increased Arc Of Perception (360 Degrees),
Transmit 0
49 Self-Destruct Mechanism: RKA 6d6 [1nr]
NND (defense is ED Resistant Protection defined as a force-field or the like; +1), Does BODY (+1), Trigger (encrypted radio signal from self or base; +¼); Self Only (-1), 1 Charge which Never Recovers (-4) Talents
3 Absolute Range Sense 3 Absolute Time Sense 3 Bump Of Direction 5 Eidetic Memory 3 Lightning Calculator
6 Speed Reading: x100 times normal speed 20 Universal Translator
12-Skills
20 Various Skills programmed into Android for its mission Total Powers & Skills Cost: 423
Total Cost: 527
400 Matching Complications (75)
10 Physical Complication: can be affected by Mental Powers that affect either the Human or Machine class of minds (Infrequently, Slightly Impairing)
25 Psychological Complication: Loyal To Mechanon (Very Common, Total)
20 Vulnerability: 2 x STUN From Gravity, Magnetic, Or Force Attacks (Common)
Total Complications Points: 55 Experience Points: 147
OPTIONS
Cost Power
63 Form Mimicry: Shape Shift (Sight, Hearing, Radio, Smell/Taste, and Touch Groups, any humanoid shape), Imitation, Instant Change, Reduced Endurance (0 END; +½)
3 FemBot: Striking Appearance +1/+1/d6
118 n Menton Hero System 6th Edition
Background/History: Throughout the world, the Medinas of Spain are renowned as wealthy cattle-owners and industrialists. For centuries they’ve been one of Spain’s most prominent families, with relations among the crowned heads of Europe and an open invitation to the most exclusive social events. What no one knows, and the Medinas have always taken great pains to conceal, is that since shortly after World War II the family has offered its unswerving loyalty and obedience to Albert Zerstoiten, better known to the world as Dr. Destroyer. Neither Destroyer nor any Medina has ever revealed why the family pledged itself to Destroyer’s service, but the fact of it remains.
(Though since Dr. Destroyer’s been “dead” since 1992, the family’s been left to chart its own destiny without him... a state of affairs more than one Medina prefers to serving a world-conquering madman.)
In 1968, Pacorro Medina took over as head of the family upon the death of his father, Sebas-tiano. Though young, Pacorro had a good head for business, and a fine appreciation of family tradition. He recognized the need to breed sons, to continue the family line unbroken and ensure that the family businesses would never leave Medina hands. He courted and won the hand of Raquel Herrera, considered the most beautiful young woman in Spain.
In 1970, Raquel gave birth to fraternal twins, a boy Alejandro and a girl Isabella. They were the joy of their parents’ lives — until the day Dr.
Destroyer discovered latent psionic potential in both of them. He commanded Pacorro and Raquel to turn the children over to him, and without hesitation they obeyed.
For Alejandro and Isabella, the next ten years were a blur of studies, experiments, tests, and procedures. Destroyer brought the full force of his intellect and technology to bear on the problem of unlocking the twins’ psionic powers. Finally, after a decade of research, he succeeded. Isabella gained mental powers the equal of other powerful psionics. Alejandro, for reasons Destroyer could not fully explain, gained much, much more — so vast were the powers Destroyer unleashed within him that from that day to this, he remains the most powerful human psionic in existence.
Destroyer wasted no time putting his newest assets — codenamed Menton and Mentalla — to work as spies and assassins. Despite their youth and inexperience, they spearheaded his attempt to take over the United States in 1980, and though that scheme failed he found their performance more than adequate. The twins spent many years in his service, content with the responsibilities and perquisites they enjoyed, but never truly happy serving another — their powerful minds were not susceptible to Destroyer’s “loyalty treatments” the way ordinary humans’ are. Alejandro in particular chafed under the Doctor’s command, though he never showed it openly. Why should one so powerful as he serve anyone, even Destroyer?
In 1992, when Destroyer faked his own death to go underground (destroying Detroit in the process), Alejandro saw his opportunity. With all the world looking for Destroyer to make sure he was truly dead, Destroyer didn’t dare to hunt down one renegade servant, no matter how powerful — to do so would unacceptably jeop-ardize the success of his overall scheme. Accord-ingly, Menton defected from Destroyer’s organiza-tion and set out to conquer the world for himself.
Although he’s launched many schemes to rule humanity, the one that came closest to succeeding was his 2005 effort to manipulate the people of Guamanga into electing him their president.
Using that country as a power base he could have quickly taken over many other nations, and eventually Earth. Unfortunately for him, a secret UNTIL mission distracted him enough to let a disguised Rakshasa get close enough to shoot him point-blank in the head with a blaster pistol! His Psychokinetic Shield saved his life, but he was left badly injured and in a coma. He was soon placed in “hot sleep” in Stronghold.
And he might have remained there for the rest of his life... but in July 2009, he suddenly awak-ened. It’s unclear whether his capsule malfunc-tioned, was sabotaged, was accidentally shut off, or what else happened — he himself doesn’t know, and doesn’t really care. After opening the capsule and realizing where he was, he quickly used his mental powers to take over key Stronghold personnel and made his escape. To cover his tracks he freed most of the other inmates, resulting in the so-called “great Stronghold break-out of 2009.”
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marshal-ling his strength, establishing a resource base, or simply relaxing and enjoying himself. Wherever he is and whatever he’s doing, he’s bound to try to conquer the world again sometime in the near future. More than a few superheroes and law enforcement officials worry about just how much behind-the-scenes control he may already exert over various world leaders....
Personality/Motivation: Menton makes no secret of his general contempt for the rest of humanity.
He considers everyone else on Earth, up to and including the most powerful politicians, busi-nessmen, and master villains, his inferior. To him, other people are just puppets to control and manipulate as he chooses. He enjoys displaying his “superiority” by inflicting various petty and not-so-petty cruelties on other people, like Mind Controlling them to do things that get them fired or divorced, forcing women to obey his whims while retaining full awareness of what they’re doing (and then changing their memories of his appearance so they accuse someone else of the crime), and so forth.
Menton is easily offended by anyone who harms or insults him, and quite willing to go out of his way to make such people suffer for their impudence. He’ll use his powers first to uncover a hero’s Secret Identity, then to ruin his civilian life, and finally, after he’s toyed with his victim long enough, to reveal what’s been done and then kill him.
Quote: “Struggle as you will, you can never with-stand the power of my mind.”
Powers/Tactics: Menton is without a doubt the most powerful human psionic alive today.
He makes the members of PSI look like mental weaklings by comparison, and even his own sister doesn’t possess powers that come close to his. (There are some indications that his niece Estefana, daughter of his younger brother Casi-miro, may possess powers equal to or even greater than his own, but she hasn’t manifested any psionic abilities yet.) He can take control of some-one’s mind, create absolutely convincing illusions in another person’s mind, read or alter thoughts and memories, and paralyze or blind someone by shutting off parts of the victim’s mind. His powers can affect not only other humans, but animals and the strangest of alien minds with equal ease.
Additionally, Menton has a broad suite of psychokinetic powers. These include not just moving objects with mental power but creating force-shields and screens of psychokinetic energy and levitating/flying psychokinetically. Perhaps his most advanced power of this type is the ability to transform his body to energy and “move” it some-where instantly (i.e., Teleportation). However, other than that he’s never demonstrated any other matter transmutation powers or related abilities.
Menton’s mind works with such strength and swiftness he can take extra Actions with just his mental and psychokinetic powers. In game terms, he has +4 SPD that only allows him to
make mental attacks and Actions. He gets a Phase on Segments 2, 6, 7, and 11 in which he cannot take any physical Actions, just mental ones. If he Aborts one of his five normal Phases, he loses any mental Action in the Phase in which he Aborts; if he’s already taken a “mental Phase” in a Segment, he cannot Abort to a physical Action in that Segment.
For all his power, Menton is a subtle man not prone to combat. He prefers to work behind the scenes, to control others and get them to do his bidding instead. If forced to confront someone, he prefers to Mind Control one foe to attack another, thereby removing two enemies from contention. If angered (such as when he’s injured), he’ll resort to using psychokinetic powers to inflict harm.
Resources: Menton doesn’t maintain an organiza-tion the way most other master villains do. His
“bases” are permanently-reserved suites in the most expensive and exclusive hotels in the world, where harems of beautiful women await his whims and the best chefs prepare whatever food he might desire. His “followers” are whoever he happens to be controlling, either with his mind or more banal methods such as money.
Associates, Allies, And Adversaries: Menton doesn’t enjoy cordial relations with anyone else in the underworld. His overweening arrogance and insistence on possessing absolute authority in any situation keep potential allies away, and his general scorn for “lesser” humans prevents him from seeking any out.
Even though Dr. Destroyer’s been “dead” since 1992, Menton still hasn’t gotten over his hatred of him. If he ever learned Destroyer were still alive (he thinks Shadow Destroyer is an imposter, since he knows Zerstoiten would never use magic), he’d do what he could to either correct that situation, or alert the world to it in the hopes superheroes would do it for him. He and the Destroyers hate each other and have fought inconclusively once or twice (largely due to the fact that Gigaton and Rakshasa can use Destroyer’s technology to protect the team from Menton’s powers to some extent; without that he could defeat them easily).
When PSI temporarily split apart during the 2000s, several of its members, including Mind Slayer, went to work for Menton. He doesn’t blame them for “leaving” his service after he was incar-cerated, and might be willing to help them with a plan if approached properly. He regards them as mental midgets, though — an attitude some of them resent.
The only person Menton has any true affection for is his sister, Mentalla. Because of that he some-times helps her and her comrades in Eurostar, though he considers most members of the team arrogant fools.
For more on the Medina family, see CU 154.
Campaign Use: Menton is a master villain of conspiratorial bent. In most scenarios, the PCs should never be quite sure if he’s really behind a particular plot, or if it’s someone else altogether.