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Super Armor Salvager
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Power Armor Blaster
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STATUS: ACTIVE: Makeshift is currently an active member of the team.
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A former PRIMUS R&D tech, Pete Mazza was tired of being a nobody so he copied
the plans to the captured Ankylosaur armor and built a version for himself, plus
some bits from other suits he had studied or salvaged bits from.
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Quitting his job, he traveled to California to pursue reports of the power armored
villainess Mantara robbing pleasure cruises in the San Diego area. Suiting up for
action for the first time, he laid a trap for her by surveilling cruises in the
bay until she struck one. Catching the pirate unawares he was able to defeat her,
and turned her over to authorities after swiping some bits from her armor suit.
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Deciding he liked San Diego, Pete found a nice semi-secluded home to rent in the
hills near Balboa Park, and settled in to integrate new capabilities based upon
Mantara's suit into his armor.
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"This baby sells itself! It's got a little bit of everything!"
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A few weeks later, his improvements complete, he was puttering around in the basement
he was converting into a small lab when he heard an superbattle alert on the local
news. There were reports of VIPER battling an unknown super on the USD campus. Consulting
a local map he realized that this was relatively nearby. If he hustled, he might
get there in time to do some good!
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Hustling to the scene, he arrived in time to save the "unknown super", who turned
out to be Apex, from capture and to get in some parting
shots as a VIPER 8 Team plus Ogre and Lazer made their escape. Prior to the wrongdoers
fleeing, the two heroes were making an impression of themselves, Apex going toe
to toe with Ogre, and Makeshift shooting everthing that moved and trading shots
with Lazer.
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In the aftermath the two rookie heroes exchanged information and resolved to "do
it again sometime".
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In the weeks to follow the duo independently investigated clues they had gathered
from VIPER's attack and periodically shared their findings with each other.
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Meanwhile in the media there was speculation on whether San Diego had gained a pair
of new superheroes or if they were just passing through. When both Makeshift and
Apex appeared several weeks later at the AEGIS trials, rumors began to fly that
they were in San Diego to stay. Many local hero afficiandos are ecstatic to have
some fresh talent in the area, and there has been a fair amount of buzz on various
internet message forums about them. Only time will tell if the rookie heroes live
up to the expectations or not.
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