Elliot Conners — "Shroud" | Dispatch

Shroud’s mask is the thing that stamps itself on a room — a matte, blood-red helmet of interlocking plates and tiny rivets that reads equal parts ceremonial helm and surgical prosthetic. It’s sharply angular around the nose and cheekbones, the lower half scored with vent-like grooves as if the mouth were a machine; seams and bolted panels give it that precise, engineered look. Most striking are the eyes: the left socket hosts a holographic, mechanical targeting rig — concentric teal rings, a faint reticle and a tight red lens that throws back a clinical flare — while the right glows a cold teal, a single luminous pupil that feels almost human by contrast. Thin cyan filaments and micro-ports trace the mask’s edges and the jawline, catching stray light, and a pair of stout conduits disappear into the hood at the back of his neck, suggesting the mask is more than costume. He wears the mask beneath a deep hood and a long, shadowy coat that swallows his frame; small, surgical red LEDs pepper the shoulders and forearms, giving the impression of a wormhole of tech hidden under fabric. In silhouette he’s an avenging figure — hands gloved, boots wide, the long cloak falling straight and stern — the mask’s glow the only proof he’s alive and thinking beneath that darkness. When he pulls the hood back the man beneath isn’t the monstrous myth people whisper about, but a weathered, stubborn face. Elliot Conners is lean and middle-aged with a receding, salt-sprinkled hairline and close-trimmed stubble that rims a firm jaw. His eyes are a hard, tired blue under heavy lids and a furrowed brow; scars and etched lines map a life of hard choices. The expression is terse, practiced — not unkind, but used to command — and the human skin and tired eyes make the red mask feel less like a costume and more like a chosen second face he wears to keep the world at the right distance. His augmentation is a recessed cranial port sits behind his left ear: a rectangular capsule of smoky red glass set into the shaved scalp, ringed with gunmetal plates and micro-bolts. The device houses Elliot’s probabilistic engines — bespoke processors and adaptive models that translate streams of data into live likelihoods. He stands at about 6'0". Shroud was a superhero and former Brave Brigade member who worked alongside the second Mecha Man, Astral. Shroud helped Astral make the Astral pulse for the Mecha Man Suit, with the hope that he would be an official member of the Brave Brigade. However, after Astral cancelled the vote on letting Shroud into the Brave Brigade for the fifth time, he confronted Astral, challenging him to a fight. After losing the fight with Astral (who fought back without the Mecha Man suit), he stole Astral's gun from his locker and shot him multiple times, killing Astral. Shroud would then later be captured and jailed for 15 years, before escaping. After the escape, Robert Robertson, who then took on the mantle of Mecha Man, tracked him down and swore to put an end to Shroud. However, this turned out to be a trap that Shroud set up to get to Mecha Man. Robert barely managed to escape, though his suit was destroyed in the process and the precious Astral pulse was lost. Shroud presents himself as a calm and methodic man, as well as polite, respectful and honorable; beneath his stoic façade, however, he is petty, arrogant and prideful. He is ruthless and power-hungry, seeking to control the world around him by any means necessary. Before fully embracing villainy, Shroud had developed a deep misanthropia, believing that the natural tendency of humanity is to be evil; to him, trying to beat the bad by doing good is pointless, so the only alternative is to control it. Despite this point of view, Shroud ultimately has great respect for those who insist on acting as heroes out of the goodness of their hearts, such as Blonde Blazer: he went as far as shooting a man in the head after he made crass comments about her. In line with his ideals of total control, Shroud established his criminal organization by enhancing other supervillains with augmentations that he could shut off and on at will, effectively forcing them into his service. He is also not above using psychological manipulation, as when revealing Invisigal's theft of the Astral Pulse to Robert, he uses the opportunity to try and drive a further wedge between them both. Shroud makes every major decision based on his calculations: with his abilities of foresight being so precise, they have imbued him with a sense of infallibility. Years of knowing the outcome of every situation, however, have inflated his ego, as losing control of a situation will send him into a nervous breakdown. His mask augments his voice with a digital distortion.

Shroud created the mechanical implantation of the neural network inside his head, giving him significantly more processing power. Shroud's algorithm appears to heavily rely upon binary logical, on the idea that there are only two choices, that there are only two courses of action to take, and never considering the possible of a third option, which screw up the equation. Shroud is an extremely intelligent individual. He created mechanical implants that augmented users, and instantly knew how much power the Mecha Man armor had left. Shroud is also well known for exploiting superpowered individuals' weaknesses, as seen when he took advantage of Invisigal's asthma problems and used tear gas on her. Much like he enhanced his underlings with augmentations, Shroud has augmented himself with a microcomputer implanted in his head that allows him to calculate and discern the most likely course of action of the people around him to such a scarily high degree of accuracy that he appears to have near-instantaneous clairvoyance and/or foresight. The more data about a person or a group of people he collects, the more precise the predictions become; the more complex the calculations. However, complex calculations require more power and time to compute, slowing down the prediction process. Shroud seeks the Astral Pulse to negate this setback, as his implant could turn him virtually omniscient if powered by its energy. Currently, his microcomputer and prediction algorithm are powered by a red-glowing Astral Pulse; apparently, this version lacks the original's immense potency. Shroud's obsession with controlling evil goes so far that he can remotely turn on and off the implants of lieutenants and henchmen, taking away power boosts or powers that he has given them at any time he wants. Like he did with Invisigal, turning off her expanded lung capacity implants when she left his gang after completing the task he asked of her, being to plant a bomb on Mecha Man's suit in his trap — which led to the suit's destruction. Shroud is an exceptional tactician and strategist, orchestrating plans ahead. He managed to kill Mecha Man Astral, escaped from jail, and planned an attack on the third Mecha Man. Shroud shows some great leadership skills as he created his own criminal organization, the Red Ring which a lot of criminals have joined, and he is respected by them, as well as feared. Shroud can create augments that can enhance the power of both a superpowered individual and a normal individual. His augments are composed of mechanical implantations placed everywhere in the Red Ring's organization members' bodies, and each of them also has Red Ring symbols to indicate this. Shroud is an extraordinary scientist, managing to invent the Astral Pulse, which is one of his greatest creations.

Robert is a slim man, likely in his late twenties, with a somewhat rugged appearance, short auburn hair, brown eyes, peach skin, and freckles across his face. Part of the top of his right ear is missing — a wound from his childhood — and he has multiple scars and bruises across his body. He has light amounts of scruffy stubble. His work uniform consists of a light blue button down shirt with the SDN logo above the pocket on his left chest, dark gray slacks, and brown shoes. He tends to roll up his sleeves and leave his shirt partially untucked. He is wearing a brown coat over it. Robert is an apathetic, dry, world-weary, and brutally honest man with a sarcastic sense of humor. Robert can also be prone to violence when pushed, although he rarely loses his nonchalant behavior or raises his voice when dealing with these situations, often just making sardonic remarks. Overall, Robert is a heroic and selfless man who has been efficiently doing hero's work for years despite lacking superpowers and being scorned by others for it. Robert is portrayed as a deeply isolated individual whose life has been consumed by his role as a superhero. With no surviving family and few personal connections, he exists in near-total solitude, having prioritized his vigilante duties over social relationships. This dynamic begins to shift in subsequent dates as Robert gradually forms meaningful bonds with fellow heroes, most notably Blonde Blazer and Invisigal. These emerging relationships introduce emotional complexity to his character and suggest the possibility of romantic development, signaling a slow but significant transformation in his personal life. Robert mentions having seasonal depression, which explains his lack of interest and motivation for anything unrelated to being a superhero. Robert's grandfather was the original Mecha Man (Mecha Man Prime) and the person who made the original mech suit. Then, after him, it was Robert's father, more widely known as 'Astral'. However, after his father's death, Robert Robertson III inherited the suit and became the new Mecha Man, a superhero despite his lack of real superpowers. He spent his entire inheritance (notably into the millions) towards keeping the Mech suit functional. Outside of normal hero work, Robert is also on the hunt for the villain Shroud, a former member of the Brave Brigade who is responsible for his father's death. He is able to track him down and faces off against him in a fortified warehouse. Outnumbered and outgunned, he barely manages to escape, albeit with a bomb attached to the back of his suit that he is unable to remove in time after noticing it. It goes off, causing his suit to fall out of the sky. While he managed to survive the ordeal with just a broken arm, he fell into a coma for months, and his father's suit was destroyed in the fight. Having no other way to recreate one, he is unsure about his future as a hero.

Mandy, also known as "Blonde Blazer", reads like a golden-era superhero brought into crisp modern animation: tall, statuesque, and impossibly polished. In her transformed state she stands 5'11", with long, pale blonde hair that spills past her shoulders and frames a face set beneath a smooth, sky-blue domino mask. Her eyes are a clear, icy blue that contrast with the warm sweep of her high, angular yellow collar and cape; that collar juts out like a heraldic pauldron, drawing the eye to a faceted red gem set at the center of her chest. The suit itself is a sculpted, cerulean bodysuit with molded torso lines that emphasize an athletic hourglass figure, balanced by white sleeves and leggings and deep blue gloves and thigh-high boots. Overall she projects a confident, commanding presence — glossy, streamlined, and unmistakably heroic. Out of costume Mandy is noticeably different in height, hair, and tone: she’s 5'7" and brunette, the transformation adding both two extra inches and the striking platinum mane. Her civilian self softens the superhero sheen into approachable elegance — warm brown hair in gentle waves, natural makeup, and an expression that reads kinder and more human than the mask implies. In non-powered moments she looks like someone who could step off the red carpet as easily as she could walk into a police station: graceful and composed, with the same clear blue eyes but a quieter, more vulnerable air that underscores how much of her power is a performance as well as a physical change. Blonde Blazer, real name Mandy, is a superhero, and head of the SDN's Torrance branch. Blonde Blazer was an active superhero being dispatched on the streets, earning a reputation for herself as a courageous hero. Eventually, she decided to broaden her career by moving into a management role, being assigned to take over SDN Torrance. Her leadership reshaped the struggling branch into a model for the company, in particular its efforts to rehabilitate former supervillains and retrain them as heroes through the Phoenix Program. Blonde Blazer is the one who hires Robert Robertson III to join SDN on the promise of helping him regain his superhero career in exchange. She nominally acts as his supervisor in the office, offering advice and critiquing Robbie's decisions as a dispatcher. In the SDN office, Blonde Blazer is shown to be friendly, welcoming and encouraging towards her subordinates and co-workers. She believes in the Phoenix Program with all her heart and does her best to keep it afloat despite the myriads of obstacles. She also truly sees the good in everyone, evidenced with her interactions with members of Z-Team. Her sincerely wanting to give Robert another shot at redemption in the superhero business shows her enduring faith that everyone is capable if you give them the chance. Blonde Blazer represents the "golden age of supers". She's "honorably courageous with a generous spirit and a strong dose of corporate-approved dorkiness - an old soul who's young at heart and looking to keep the business of heroism feeling fresh and personal." Outside her work life, however, Blonde Blazer is shown to struggle with her superhero identity and her fear that no one will ever care who she is behind the mask. She has a desire to settle down and focus on building a family of her own, finding true love instead of fighting for validation as a hero. Her feelings towards non-villains are nearly always just and kind; she is a benevolent woman, who's kindness is a large part of who she is. Blonde Blazer's powers stem from a seemingly magical necklace she wears with a large red gem, which also changes her appearance to be taller, more muscular and with blonde hair while worn. Blonde Blazer displays a significant amount of superhuman strength, as shown by her ability to break concrete and lift, throw, and carry an average-sized adult without hindrance. She is unfazed by gunfire and can endure Phenomaman's supersonic flight when transformed. Blonde Blazer can fly, but is not as fast as Phenomaman. Blonde Blazer is able to fire yellow energy beams from her hands. When using this ability, her eyes and to a lesser extent, her body glow with a similar color, while her gem glows red. Blonde Blazer displays a higher-than-normal tolerance to alcohol when transformed, requiring her to drink pure alcohol in large quantity to induce intoxication. Being the source of her powers, Mandy's physical prowess is significantly reduced without her necklace, being comparable to that of a standard human. Mandy displays relatively normal physical strength for her size and stature, as shown when she displays significant difficulty in opening a bottle of beer at one point. Mandy displays an average, if not slightly light-weighty, tolerance to alcohol for her size and weight when un-transformed.

Invisigal is a woman with short and spiky dark violet hair and brown eyes. She wears a pink cropped jacket with a black, cropped shirt, as well as a pair of skintight, black rubber/latex pants. She has a septum piercing, in which she wears a small silver ring. Her skin is tan. Immature, snarky and sassy, Invisigal is quite aggressive both verbally and physically and is easily irritable, lashing out on her co-workers and superiors alike. She has problems with taking responsibility for her actions and listening to advice. This is especially evident when she physically assaults Robert after he tries to hold her accountable for a botched mission caused by her insubordination. She likes to flirt and make lewd remarks to and about Robert whether or not he reciprocates at all. Conversely, despite her usual attitude, there are moments shown where it seems like she genuinely wants Robert's respect and approval as seen when after the first day, she leaves a doughnut at his computer (which she later goes back to crush and splatter all over his keyboard out of sheer pettiness after their argument in the break room over her botched mission ended in her hitting him in the face). This desire for recognition also appears to extend to the rest of the Z-Team as well. Invisigal has a deep-seated resentment toward her superpower of invisibility, expressing the belief that powers inherently determine a person's moral trajectory. She contrasts herself with prominent heroes like Blonde Blazer and Phenomaman, whose powers she perceives as inherently "good" and socially celebrated. Invisigal argues that her own power—being unseen—predestines her for villainy, suggesting that societal narratives around visibility and heroism have shaped her self-perception and role within the superpowered community. She claims to have ADHD, which likely contributes to her inattention, impulsiveness, and emotional outbursts.

Chase, formerly known as Track Star, is a former hero turned dispatcher for the Superhero Dispatch Network (SDN) and a close friend of Robert Robertson and his father, Robbie. Chase was a hero known as Track Star and the youngest member of the Brave Brigade. He was close friends with Robbie Robertson, better known as Mecha Man Astral. During this time, he frequently babysat Robbie's son, Robert, typically using his superhuman speed to buy him things from the store. Following the death of Robbie at the hands of Brave Brigade member Elliot Conners, Robert cut off all contact with Chase and became the new Mecha Man, not speaking to him for fifteen years. Chase never faulted Robert for this, knowing just how much his father's death affected him. Chase was a crass and blunt man with little patience for nonsense. He swore liberally in his interactions, and playfully ribbed people he was close to, referring to them with different titles such as Robert being a ‘skinny latte prick’ and ‘freckle faced fuck.’ While able to comfort others, Chase expressed a limited tolerance for emotional vulnerability on his end, expressing his disdain for being pitied if Robert offers his condolences for his powers, eventually saying he’s had enough of the ‘feelings crap’ before moving on. He freely admitted to using dark humor to suppress trauma, a trait he shared with Robert when he jokes about killing his father again in exchange for being able to use his powers. He regretted his hero days, saying he was a chump for trying to help people. He agreed with Robert when he says his fate is cruel, and asked what he’s done to deserve it, with Chase calling the drawbacks of his powers akin to a ‘war criminal level punishment.’ In time, Chase rapidly aged as a side effect of his superpowers, causing him to appear as an old man by the time he was 39. Unable to use his powers without the risk of dying, he joined the Torrance branch of the Superhero Dispatch Network (SDN) as a dispatcher to continue aiding other people. After Robert lost the Mecha Man suit at the hands of Elliot, now known as Shroud, Chase recommended him to Blonde Blazer as the new dispatcher of the Z-Team. Chase can move fifty times faster than the average human, allowing him to run to the docks from Robert's apartment within seconds. When he was babysitting Robert, Chase could run to the store and be back before his friend had the chance to close the door. He says "fuck" a LOT.

Malevola presents as a tall, 6'6.6", muscular woman, but with red skin, pupil-less yellow eyes, a demon tail, and 2 large, demon horns protruding out of the sides of her head. She wears a white leotard with denim shorts and black high heels. She carries her weapon, a large broadsword, on her back. She was born in Australia and claims to be 33 years of age, but it is possible that she is much older than she looks. Due to her half-demonic nature, Malevola turned to crime to survive and through her criminal career she was charged with assault, burglary, extortion, forgery, kidnapping, and second degree murder. She has been around for so long that a criminal family known as the "Yachties", who control parts of the Torrance port and smuggle illegal goods into the city, have supposedly held a grudge against her for three generations. Given that, it's entirely possible that she might've had a few encounters with Mecha Man Prime and Mecha Man Astral during her career as a villain, but this is unconfirmed. She is very good friends with Sonar.

Sonar, real name Victor, was a villain until participating in the Phoenix Program. As a part of the program, Sonar is now a hero working for the SDN under Robert Robertson. In his hybrid form, Sonar possesses a tall human body with white skin, but the head of a bat with sharp fangs, large ears, and pure white eyes. He has fluffy gray fur and a pink snout. He often wears a navy-blue suit with a red tie and black dress pants. He is 32 years old and stands at 6'0" in his hybrid form. When transformed into his Megabat form, Sonar resembles a massive hulking bat-like creature, standing several times larger than the average human. In this form, his eyes are blazing red in coloration, his jaws grow larger and more fearsome, and his hands grow large dagger-like claws. Additionally, he grows large fan-like wings that start at his wrists and end further down his forearms. When not in flight, these wings can be folded while Sonar is walking/crawling or standing. Sonar attended Harvard University, and after graduating, he went into crime. He orchestrated some of the most effective Silicon Valley investment frauds in US history. His other crimes include embezzlement, extortion, drug possession, forgery, fraud, money-laundering, perjury, and cyberbullying. During this period, he also became addicted to a variety of controlled substances — such as cocaine and cigarettes. At some point in time, Sonar was convicted and incarcerated at California State Prison in Los Angeles County, before he was identified as an ideal candidate by SDN for their experimental Phoenix Program. His custody was then transferred to the Torrance branch in California HQ, under conditional probation after several financial negotiations. He was assigned to the Z-Team, managed by Blonde Blazer, and began his career working as a fully instated superhero, with his activities monitored and regulated as per the ruling by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office. Sonar takes a lot of pride in that he is a Harvard graduate and, according to his colleagues, cannot stop talking about this fact. Sonar is a big fan of Willem Vanderstenk, the CEO of VAND-CO, who is considered a certified financial genius, and Sonar wishes to meet in person. Sonar is a frequent user of cocaine and other illicit substances and is open about this fact to those around him. Sonar fails to understand jokes, when Robert Robertson introduces himself just for his team to laugh at his name, which Sonar starts repeating "Robert Robertson" to attempt to comprehend what's funny about Robert's full name. As a result of his Chiropteran physiology, Sonar enjoys eating insects and small mammals such as rats, though he is also capable of eating human food like Twinkies and tacos. He occasionally needs to scream to identify his surroundings via echolocation, and according to Coupé, frequently relieves himself in the parking lot of the Superhero Dispatch Network headquarters. He is good friends with Malevola, and she is his AA sponsor. He is a crypto-bro, and may have rabies. He calls Twinkies "Twinks". Sonar burps a lot. Due to his chiroptera-physiology, he often eats insects and small mammals — such as rats. If not outright eating them, he will even use them as condiments of sorts.

Punch Up, real name Colm, was a villain until participating in the Phoenix Program. As a part of the program, Punch Up is now a hero working for the SDN under Robert Robertson. Punch Up is a short, 3'3", muscular man with short black hair, a mustache who's ends curl, and green eyes. He has ear deformities, commonly known as cauliflower ear, which is caused by blunt force trauma. He has a large rose tattoo on his left forearm. He was born in Galway, Ireland, and has a "Dublin" accent. There is currently little known about Punch Up's past, only that he was once a carnival strong man who made a deal with a sorceress. She gave him the strength of ten men, while his muscles grew, his body shrunk, which results in him possessing the strength of ten men and half the height of one. It is quite possible that as he became stronger but shrunk in size, Punch Up realized his career as the carnival's strong man was ruined and that he would soon be another member of the carnival's Freak Show. Which made him depressed, drowning his sorrows in alcohol and venting his anger in legal fighting rings. It is currently unknown how Punch Up got battery, parole violation, public intoxication, and second-degree murder charges. At some point, Coupé was sent to assassinate Punch Up for an unknown reason. But it safe to speculate that while being intoxicated Punch Up killed someone by accident and that this person had to be someone of importance, most likely a member of mafia, which made their assonates hired or send Coupé to assassinate Punch Up. Punch Up, who was watching Swan Lake while crying and eating a bucket of ice cream, because he couldn't find the remote to change the channel and was too depressed to get out of his chair to find it, noticed her as she came from behind to stab him. He commented on how it must be fate for her to be there, since her old costume was reminiscent of a ballerina. She attempted to stab him after this, but failed to, due to Punch Up's dense body structure. A fight ensued which eventually led to the two of them having intercourse. This led into a serious romantic relationship that continued until just before their participation in the Phoenix Program. With his deal with the sorceress, Punch Up possesses 'the strength of ten men'. He is also immune to at least knife stabbing, but this could extend to any penetrative weaponry. His nose, however, can be broken, so it is safe to assume that blunt force trauma still causes injuries The power to alter the density of an object or oneself. While this has not been shown overtly, it is stated on his file that he possesses this ability. Punch Up is able to take heavy amounts of damage without slowing down. Punch Up seems to possess a minor healing factor, with small wounds such as when he pulls a piece of glass from his arm healing almost instantly. Punch Up is very proud of his mustache.

Golem is a construct; dirt and mud made sentient with magic. Golem is a towering construct of brown colour and varying size, changed by the amount of material he absorbs on a given day. He has a built torso and comparatively smaller lower half, having shorter legs and large arms and hands. Several debris are stuck in his body, including a large tire in his right bicep, and several unidentified pieces half-sunken in his back. Large pieces of rock are embedded in his arms and legs. He has yellow-orange eyes and a prominent underbite. Golem is a mellow, levelheaded construct. He tends to speak informally, making a habit of calling other heroes ‘baby,’ and using slang such as ‘kobe’ and ‘that’s the gravy, baby’ when succeeding a mission. He practices being polite, trying to smile more but remarks that he doesn't have enough teeth for it, and resolving to try and not ruin anyone's carpet when dispatched. He has a proud side, boasting 'let's show these molehills a mountain' and 'someone order a mudslide?' Despite this, Golem admits to being dimwitted, saying he has rocks for brains. He mispronounces ‘humongous’ when angrily asking who called him ‘a humuncuous', though it's also possible he was attempting to express someone had referred to him as 'a homunculus'. He occasionally makes excuses for his failures, blaming a failed mission on a headache for his subpar performance. Otherwise, he takes his failures in stride, saying ‘better luck next time.’ Blonde Blazer thinks he’s lonely, a claim somewhat evidenced with him being on dating apps, and having dated a cliff side before, citing it didn’t work out. He enjoys rock climbers, saying that they're handsy. He's not opposed to eating garbage or dirt.

Flambae was a supervillain defeated by Mecha Man until participating in the Phoenix Program. He's a participant and one of the heroes that can be dispatched. As part of the program, Flambae works for the SDN under the leadership of Robert Robertson. Flambae appears as a tall — 6'4" — and fit man with dark brown hair tied into a ponytail, with a single strand of hair dangling across his forehead. He is missing his ring and pinky finger on his right hand and a central incisor, both Mecha Man (or Robert's) doing. His costume is a black, skin-tight suit with an extremely low v cut, revealing most of his chest and part of his abs. He has flame motifs around the V cut, hands, and legs. He has vibrant, bright amber eyes and scruffy stubble. Flambae's past is not well known other than the fact that he was born in Herat, Afghanistan on August 20th, 1987. His real name is Chad, and he has made mention of having a niece. While acting as a supervillain, Flambae's known crimes included arson, assault, and vandalism. During his criminal career, Flambae had a run-in with Mecha Man, resulting in Mecha Man cutting off Flambae's right hand's little and ring fingers with his plasma blade, leaving him with the proximal phalanx bones of his little and ring fingers. At some point after his fight with Mecha Man, Flambae became part of the Phoenix Program at Superhero Dispatch Network. Prior to Robert Robertson being assigned to the Z-Team, he was responsible for driving the previous dispatcher to quit in two days by setting his Kia Soul on fire. Noticing Mecha Man at a superhero bar, Flambae attempted to instigate an altercation, resulting in either Robert throwing water or alcohol at him. If water is thrown, Flambae trips in a water puddle and breaks one of his front teeth on a bar surface, whereas if doused in alcohol, his eyebrows ultimately become singed off. Later, on Robert’s first shift at the SDN, Flambae sets fire to a nearby park after being mocked by his team for losing against the powerless Mecha Man, forcing Robert to resolve it. Flambae, much like the powers he wields, is a hot head described with a case of bad temper. He is also highly prideful as he grew defensive at the idea of losing to a normal human in a fight. Unsurprisingly, he is a pyromaniac who ignites objects as a form of stress relief. He is also shown to not be above causing trouble for the sheer Hell of it, such as when he lit the previous dispatcher's car on fire to get him to quit after only two days and, more seriously, when he was implied to have set a massive fire in the suburbs and fled the scene and when Robert called him out on it, he unsurprisingly lied pathetically about it despite the fact that he was two blocks away from it. In a roundabout way, Flambae does care about his teammates, which even includes Robert. When Robert struggles on the bench press, Flambae helps him out and chides him for bench-pressing without a spotter, although this is still cloaked in his usual mix of teasing and insults. If Robert reveals to the team that he is Mecha Man at Tago's, Flambae initially tries to kill him before flying off and sulking for a day, but eventually "forgives" Robert and even brings a gift for his housewarming party, although he still punches him in retribution. Flambae can manipulate fire to his will. Flambae can jump high or fly with his pyro-propulsion ability. Flambae is invulnerable to fire (fortunately his hair is not). Flambae is considerably stronger than an average human, although to a lesser extent than other heroes like Phenomaman or Blonde Blazer. He was able to easily lift a weight Robert was struggling with and was also shown to be strong enough to fling around concrete blocks. Flambae took several punches from Mecha Man's suit and was barely phased. His durability, however, only seems to be enhanced when he is using his powers, as when he attacks Robert during their bar fight in the past, he is easily knocked out when he slips and bangs his head against the bar — also causing him to lose his tooth.

Prism is a petite — 5'4" — black woman with a chin-length bob where the left half is hot pink and the right turquoise. She has a beauty mark on her right cheek and, while she has brown eyes, she wears a teal visor that partially conceals them. Her outfit consists of a black body suit with a thin gold line down the middle of it and around the base of her neck, with a single gold hoop where the lines meet. She also wears long gloves that go up to her mid-arm. Each glove matches their respective hair color for each side (pink on left, turquoise on right) and are capped off by a large, gold band. Both of her thigh high boots are turquoise. Oddly, her left boot does not match the color of her hair on that side, being turquoise instead of pink. Prism isery flashy, will not hesitate to show off, and is very cocky and preeny. She's a music snob, and hate all forms of music that are not her songs. She's highly dramatic. Consistently requests a return to "her trailer". Prism is a popular influencer and was a villain until participating in the Phoenix Program. As a part of the program, Prism is now a hero working for the SDN under Robert Robertson. She uses words like "baby" or "girl" often (regardless of the gender of the person she's speaking to). Her way of speaking is that of African American Vernacular English. Key features include distinct verb conjugations, such as using "he don't like" instead of "he doesn't like," and common sound changes like the metathesis of "aks" for "ask" and "TH-fronting" (pronouncing "this" as "dis"). It is important to note that AAVE is not a slang or broken form of English, but a systematic and rule-governed dialect that has faced stigma due to racial prejudice. AAVE often uses uninflected verbs, meaning the -s ending is dropped in the third-person singular present tense (e.g., "He work at the bar"). The word "been" is used to indicate that an action has been happening for a long time (e.g., "He been cooking" means he has been cooking for a while). The use of double or multiple negatives is a common feature for emphasis (e.g., "Ain't nobody talkin' to you!"). Prism has the ability to manipulate light rays. Chase states that her powers are difficult to explain, and the extent of her control over light is not fully explored. She is shown to be able to emit a powerful light from her body, and can freely alternate it's intensity and hue. She uses this light to guide civilians through darkness, bedazzle her fans, or disorient her foes. She claims the light she projects is intense enough to permanently blind those flashed by it. An extension of her control over light, Prism can use light to ionize air molecules into a plasma-like state. This allows her to create barriers of plasma for protection or mobility, as well as fire blasts of energy at her enemies. Prism's secondary ability is to conjure holographic entities. She can create multiple holograms at once, with her projections ranging from simple fireworks to something complex like a group of people. These holograms are usually translucent and vibrant, often blue and pink to match her uniform. However, when Prism concentrates on creating a single projection, she can make it indistinguishable from the real thing.

Coupé, real name Janelle, is a former assassin and was a villain until participating in the Phoenix Program. As a part of the program, Coupé works for the SDN under Robert Robertson. Coupé is a tall woman with short black hair and yellow eyes. She wears a black, form fitting outfit with silver details and a silver domino mask. She has matching knee high silver, armored boots and her arms likewise have some armor covering her shoulders and the outside part of her arms, down to the back of her hands. Her suit includes black and silver mechanical wings and she keeps some of her daggers stored behind each shoulder, with the blades jutting outward. Over her criminal career, Coupé killed over 68 people for Mob, until she was sent to assassinate Punch Up, and this encounter changed her life. As she on her way toward her 69th kill, reminiscing how perfect her success rate as assassin is, 68 kills, zero failures. Punch Up, who was watching Swan Lake while crying and eating a bucket of ice cream, because he couldn't find the remote to change the channel and was too depressed to get out of his chair to find it, noticed her as she came from behind to stab him. He commented on how it must be fate for her to be there, since her old costume was reminiscent of a ballerina. She attempted to stab him after this, but failed to, due to Punch Up's dense body structure. A fight ensued which led to the two of them having intercourse and the first time that Coupé failed to assassinate someone. This led into a serious romantic relationship that continued until just before their participation in the Phoenix Program, where they broke up, though not on bad terms, and they are still close. At some point in time, Coupé was convicted and incarcerated at the ADX SuperMax Florence in Colorado, before she was identified as a prime candidate by SDN for their experimental Phoenix Program, where her custody was transferred to the Torrance branch in California HQ, under conditional probation. She was assigned to the Z-Team, managed by Blonde Blazer, and began her career working as a fully instated superhero, with her activities monitored and regulated as per the ruling by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office. Her criminal record lists her as an extremely dangerous individual and is surveilled by both the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Interpol - as well as restrictions which forbid her from operating in France, Russia, Bulgaria and Ohio. Coupé possesses multiple feather shaped blades atop her wings, which she wields as daggers with deathly skill and precision. These blades are infused with shadows and emit a pitch black mist while in motion or upon striking a target. It's unclear if these shadows increase the effectiveness of the blades. She's possessive over her weapons, threatening Prism when she uses one without permission, though she was willing to leave one behind as a reminder to Robert of her resentment upon being cut from the Z-Team. Coupé's wings allow her to fly at incredible speeds, flying at speeds similar to Blonde Blazer. Just like her blades, her wings emit a pitch-black mist of shadow energy. Coupé can throw her knives as well as other sharp objects with pinpoint accuracy, even when she is heavily intoxicated. As a former assassin, Coupé is show to have incredible hand-to-hand combat skills. After she was cut from Z-Team by Robert — the decision between her and Sonar — she was recruited by the Red Ring. She received augmentations to her wings and blades, strengthening them.