First Row, First Column of the big pic.
THE FREEBOOTER I (Kent Digger)
Hgt: 6'2"
Wgt: 245 lbs.
Role: Captain America Rip-Off
PL 8 (124)
STRENGTH 3
STAMINA 4
AGILITY 5
FIGHTING 11
DEXTERITY 4
INTELLIGENCE 2
AWARENESS 3
PRESENCE 3
Skills:
Acrobatics 5 (+10)
Athletics 7 (+10)
Deception 2 (+5)
Expertise (Soldier) 6 (+8)
Insight 3 (+6)
Intimidation 3 (+6)
Investigation 4 (+7)
Perception 5 (+8)
Persuasion 1 (+4)
Stealth 1 (+6)
Vehicles 1 (+5)
Advantages:
Diehard, Equipment 3 (Guns & Soldier Gear), Evasion, Fast Grab, Great Endurance, Improved Critical (Unarmed), Improved Initiative, Improved Trip, Leadership, Move-By Action, Power Attack, Ranged Attack 6, Takedown, Teamwork, Well-Informed
Offense:
Unarmed +11 (+3 Damage, DC 18)
Guns +10 (+4-5 Ranged Damage, DC 19-20)
Initiative +9
Defenses:
Dodge +12 (DC 22), Parry +11 (DC 21), Toughness +4, Fortitude +6, Will +8
Complications:
Motivation (American Freedom)
Total: Abilities: 70 / Skills: 36--18 / Advantages: 22 / Powers: 0 / Defenses: 14 (124)
Origin: Kent Digger was a GI whose squad leader was bought out by the Nazis and led the team into a trap, where he too was killed. Disgusted, Kent faked his death and hid away behind enemy lines, deciding to stand for a better example as an American superpatriot, wearing a costume to take out criminals and Nazis alike. The Freebooter was a tall, well-built young man, square-jawed and frequently grim. He wore a green uniform with red gloves, buccaneer boots, and overshorts. He always wore a green mask.
-Kent Digger was in his 20s when World War II broke out. Desperate to fight, he became a G.I., and was one of thousands of troops in the American portion of the conflict in Europe. One day, after several months overseas, Malcolm Bridges, his unit's commanding officer, was bought out by the Nazis, who planned on leading the team into a trap. As Malcolm and Kent's unit went into a town they believed to be abandoned, the Germans opened fire, cutting down the entire unit. Malcolm attempted to get away, but Kent chased him, realizing what had happened. When a German sniper spotted Kent, he assumed both were Allied soldiers, and had his own unit gun them down. Malcolm was killed in a hail of bullets, and Kent was severely injured.
-Kent snuck away and had his wounds nursed by friendly villagers miles down the road. His unit was presumed killed in action to a man, rendering him legally deceased. He used this understanding to fashion a new identity- The Freebooter, a man who represented American values behind enemy lines. Since even the army could be corrupted, Kent believed that himself as a solo operative could be better than as a soldier, and he engaged in a one-man war on the Nazis throughout Europe.
-He quickly became known as a scourge, and joined the Legion of Liberty in its first mission against the Nazis. He was it's longest-serving member, and was known to be a member for the entire duration of the war. His actions and distinctions are many, and his teammates remember him as one of the best of their number. He soon came to realize that Bridges was an outlier, and that most in the army were good people.
-Though he touted himself as a paragon of American ingenuity and morality, he discovered a secret drug compound (which would today be known as steroids) being created by a scientist forced to work for the Nazis, and secretly was given these drugs for years during the war, in order to make himself stronger and faster. The Nazis never suspected one of "their" scientists was feeding the enemy the instrument of their undoing.
-The Freebooter's actions are recorded until the end of the war. In the final months in Europe, Freebooter attempted to defeat a platoon of German tanks inside the country's borders. Overeager, he tossed grenades down several holes, but was knocked dizzy by one of the resulting explosions. Before he could recover, he was run over by one of the only surviving tanks. The Germans held his body until the city they were defending fell, and it was returned to American hands. His identity was discovered as a result, and he was buried as a national hero, with full honours. The American government has subsequently engaged in the "Freebooter Program", creating many more Freebooters, each serving them as a willing soldier.
"Real-Life Comics": The Freebooter was a minorly successful Captain American rip-off in 1942, but never enough to gain his own book, and was thus a constant fixture in the Legion, going away in 1945. His death in 1945 was retroactively added as a morality tale about his steroid addiction (and a take on the Captain America mythos), and the few other spring-ups of the character post-WWII and in the 50s were taken, like Cap, as "replacement" Freebooters used by the U.S. government, one of which turned into a super-villain during a Legion crossover in the '60s, and another whose descendant was a modern-day Freebooter, in a short-lived attempt at WWII nostalgia in a Legion remake. There hasn't been a Freebooter seen for years.
Jab's Notes: The Freebooter is another "Generic" super-hero, one looking a lot like how I pictured Flagman. I threw some Cap stuff in there, while also making him one of the longer-lasting Legacies, though largely to a set of jobbers, as horrible fates befell most of them.
OTHER FREEBOOTERS
There have been several other notable individuals known to have donned the Freebooter's name and uniform. They are as follows:
THE FREEBOOTER II
Full Name: Clark Paulson
Hgt: 6'1"
Weight: 200 lbs.
Hair: Brown, short
Age: 30 years old at death
Occupation: Government agent
Status: Citizen of the United States, deceased
Group Affliliation: None
Known Relatives: Peter Paulson (son)
Appearance: Freebooter II wore a costume identical to the Freebooter before him.
Description: Clark Paulson was hired by the United States government to take on the mantle of the Freebooter following Kent Digger's death. He was a solo operative exclusively, taking on Communist agents at home and abroad. It is known that he fathered a son, Peter, during this time. After only a few years of operation, he was discovered as an undercover spy by a communist cell, and executed.
THE FREEBOOTER III
Full Name: Dane Stelmach
Hgt: 6'2"
Weight: 225 lbs.
Hair: Brown, short
Age: 45 years old at death
Occupation: Government agent, Super-Villain
Status: Citizen of the United States, deceased
Group Affliliation: None
Known Relatives: None
Description: The third Freebooter was Dane Stelmach, hired much like the first, to combat communist agents. His success record was not high, however, and the government retired the Freebooter name for several decades. His failure tortured him mentally, however, and he grew insane. In the 1960s, he made an attempt on the lives of the Legion of Liberty (see Legion of Liberty), becoming a mass supervillain. He was defeated by a regrouping of the Legion of old, alongside the Legion of Light (see Legion of Light). While attempting to sacrifice the lives of the Legion of Light in Times Square of New York City live on television, he was tossed onto the electrical array he was using to power the cameras and lights, electrocuting himself.
THE FREEBOOTER IV
Full Name: Peter Paulson
Hgt: 6'0"
Weight: 190 lbs.
Hair: Brown, long
Age: 28 years old at death
Occupation: Government agent
Status: Citizen of the United States, deceased
Group Affliliation: Legion of Liberty (1970s)
Known Relatives: Clark Paulson (father)
Description: Peter is the son of Clark Paulson, the failed Freebooter of the late 1940s, who was killed upon being discovered by Communist spies. Peter, desperate to rekindle something of his father, who died when he was a baby, asked the government to make him the new Freebooter. The government agreed after some prodding, since the Freebooter Program was deemed a failure years beforehand, and Peter began training. He joined the revival of the Legion of Liberty soon after it's inception and was a well-liked member. Serving for several years, he was killed during a mission against an alien menace. His teammates buried him with honours, sadly recalling the many deaths under the Freebooter name.
THE FREEBOOTER V
Full Name: Carla Hammerstein
Hgt: 5'8"
Weight: 140 lbs.
Hair: Blonde, long
Age: 26 years old at death
Occupation: Government agent
Status: Citizen of the United States, deceased
Known Relatives: None
Description:[/b] Carla Hammerstein was trained as the fifth Freebooter, after the death of Peter Paulson. The first female Freebooter, she served the U.S. government with distinction, also joining the Legion of Liberty. She served for two years on the team, before the Great Martian War. While the team was under attack by a Martian Imperator, she leapt onto it's back and tried to gouge out it's 'eyes'. It responded by snaking a tendril behind it, severing her spinal cord. She did not survive for more than a few seconds afterwards.
THE FREEBOOTER VI
Full Name: Unknown
Physical Descriptions: Unknown
Occupation: Government agent
Status: Presumably an American citizen
Known Relatives: None
Description: The identity and career of the fifth Freebooter are unknown. It is merely known that there was one, and this individual never met or dealt with the Legion of Liberty in any way. It is not known if this person is still alive.
THE FREEBOOTER VII
Full Name: Unknown
Hgt: 5'9"
Weight: 145 lbs.
Hair: Brown, short
Age: Unknown
Occupation: Government agent
Status: American citizen
Known Relatives: None
Description: The current, seventh Freebooter is a female operative joining the modern incarnation of the Legion of Liberty. She has been shown as a thrill-seeking, exciteable individual, nontheless extremely competent and eager to please.
Strength Level: All the Freebooters possess strength equivalent to athletically-built individuals who engage in regular intensive excercise.
Powers and Abilities: Rather than focusing on hand-to-hand combat, all the subsequent Freebooters after the first have developed not only martial skills in fistfighting, but an array of weapons and gadgets, usually venturing into such realms as grappling hooks, stun-guns, standard firearms, and more.
. I'm not even sure if the printer one works with markers or paint.
