Name: Kate Anapin
Codename: "Radarᴋ" ("Small-caps ᴋ, please. I definitely didn't just come up with this on the spot, no, it's... really serious and... important to me." She rolls her eyes.)
Age: 20
Sex: Female
Appearance: Five-foot-six, long brown hair, brown eyes, bad posture. Wears sweatpants and a hoodie with a picture of a giant stylized eye on it. Has a dorky pair of big round spectacles.
Bio: Kate and her brother Robin grew up together on the outskirts of Orient - close enough to a local college for her to actually go there - and they've lived such thoroughly typical, non-superpower-infested lives playing video games and getting mad at each other that they don't really have a good point of comparison. And then she found out she had superpowers, decided 'hey, maybe I could become a superhero with these', and reluctantly let the overhyped Robin join the Infinites with her.
Powers: Kate has the ability to detect and track surface-to-air missiles within a radius of up to sixty kilometers, including over the horizon. This does not extend to any other type of missile, even if it happens to be launched from the ground at an aerial target; it has to have been designed for that purpose. With a bit of luck, she can piece together the missile's type of tracking mechanism as well, not that it helps much.
RP sample: You may recall my old account from
Mars Needs Windex or other endeavors.
Describe your abilities: "So... uh... this is going to sound dumb, but one time while I was on vacation I got this weird pinging noise in my head from a really specific direction. Looked outside, and, uh... missile test, I think? Like, do I have something that lets me track missiles? I think I might."
Why did you become a superhero: "That's a superpower, right? That's not something anyone else can do? ...without electronics? ...I mean, if having a superpower distinguishes superheroes from regular heroes, I just have to figure out how to help people and then I'll be a superhero. Sounds cool."
What are your goals for the future: "Get the superhero thing down, get some recognition, and then finish my math degree so I can move out of this dump and figure out some sort of better thing to be doing."
(Why is this character with the Minnesota Infinites. In other words, why do they kind of suck?): How many surface-to-air missiles are there in Minnesota?
How would you describe your talents?: "There's the missile thing, I guess. I can also beat my brother at pretty much every game both of us play, even when he goes ahead and cheats.
"...oh! Math degree! Good at that stuff. I get plus and minus confused sometimes, but I'm not bad with, uh, any differential equations you need me to solve."
(What about your character's talents make them a D-lister?) Captain Calculator might have a tough time mathematically outwitting her, but literally any random schmuck can beat her to a pulp - or, better yet, just conduct their plans without worrying about her getting to the scene fast enough to intervene.
What are your strengths?: "Hey, didn't we just do this question? No, strengths are different? Okay, fine... uh... I'm probably pretty smart by some weird educational standard. Like, in the sense of general intelligence, learning, something like that.
"...yeah, go ahead and pencil me in as 'big nerd'. I know the look on your face."
What are your weaknesses?: "I don't really know my way around town; I... don't go outside a lot. Oh, and if you need me to move equipment or lift rubble off people or something, you're out of luck."
(Any other flaws? Maladjusted personality? Social issues? Unmarketable aspects?): "Hey, KTS, why isn't she in the military with that power?" There's a lot of way more qualified people who aren't in the military either. She's lazy, prone to binges of various sorts, and has little personal drive beyond "okay, better follow along with all these other idiots", and is very,
very far from physically capable enough for any of that disciplined stuff.
Why should you if given the opportunity be allowed to advance in the Infinites?: "I hear that some of these superhero teams hire people who don't actually have... superpowers? I do, so if you're going to promote someone, pick my sort of person. I mean, sure, that excludes my brother, but he probably shouldn't be trusted with a promotion anyway."
(Why does the press hate or ignore you?): She has exercised her powers a grand total of one time and provided proof to zero people. Nobody else on the planet currently believes her beyond "okay, yeah, you might have that power, but who cares?"