THE WILD PACK
Created By: Marv Wolfman & Gene Colan
First Appearance: Silver Sable & The Wild Pack #1 (June 1992)
Role: Mercenaries, Back-Up Guys, Gunfighters
Group Affiliations: The Wild Pack
PL 7 (70)
STRENGTH 2 STAMINA 3 AGILITY 4
FIGHTING 9 DEXTERITY 5
INTELLIGENCE 2 AWARENESS 2 PRESENCE 2
Skills:
Acrobatics 2 (+6)
Athletics 4 (+6)
Deception 3 (+5)
Expertise (Mercenary) 5 (+7)
Intimidation 2 (+4)
Perception 2 (+4)
Stealth 1 (+5)
Technology 2 (+4)
Vehicles 1 (+6)
Advantages:
All-Out Attack, Equipment 6 (Gear), Improved Aim, Improved Critical (Guns), Quick Draw, Ranged Attack 3, Teamwork
Equipment:
"Spy Gear" (5-10 points)
"Body Armor" Protection 1 (1)
"Guns" Blast 6 (Extras: Multiattack) (18) -- (19)
- AE: "Grenades" Blast 7 (Extras: Area- 30ft. Burst) (Flaws: Limited Uses) (Diminished Range -1) (13)
Unarmed +9 (+2 Damage, DC 17)
Guns +8 (+6 Ranged Damage, DC 21)
Initiative +4
Defenses:
Dodge +9 (DC 19), Parry +9 (DC 19), Toughness +3 (+4 Body Armor), Fortitude +4, Will +3
Complications:
Motivation (Money)- Mercenaries do work for pay, though some may be more (or less) willing to work pro-bono if the cause is just.
Total: Abilities: 38 / Skills: 22--11 / Advantages: 15 / Powers: 0 / Defenses: 7 (70)
-The Wild Pack is a mercenary group led by Silver Sable, and were introduced in her forgotten 1990s solo book. Granted, it's not a bad idea to have a big-time Mercenary Book in a universe populated by super-humans, especially when "Gun Guys" became in vogue thanks to The Punisher, but this was like scraping the stuff UNDER the bottom of the barrel. After the book was cancelled, the Wild Pack basically kind of vanished (because who's gonna remember all the generic regular guys under Sable's command when even SHE goes five years between appearances?). A new version popped up when she returned from her seeming demise, and was made up of entirely new members.
-Primary Wild Pack members were Silver Sable, The Sandman and Battlestar, all of whom had appeared in prior years- this left the group very disparate in power, since Battlestar & Sandman were super-strong (and Sandman was EXTREMELY powerful), and Sable was a pretty elite Secret Agent type, so the other players were kind of mediocre by comparison. At PL 7 and WAY under-pointed, they're not terribly great against super-human adversaries, but they make decent Mooks given that individually they're only a bit below a low-level Super-Villain.
Wild Pack Members:
Larry Arnold- PL 7 (70): A generic guy.
Doug Powell- PL 7 (70): Generic Guy #2.
Karl "Crippler" Striklan- PL 7 (71): Power Attack [1]
-A psychotic masochist who enjoyed torture (both torturing others and being tortured himself). He utilized "Cobrabration", a retractable club.
Amy Chen- PL 7 (80): Intelligence 3, Awareness 3, Fighting 10, Accurate Attack, Expertise (Streetwise) 4 (+6), Stealth 2 (+7) [10]
-A Vietnamese girl who was sold into slavery and rape as a child, then killed her captors and escaped to general assassin and mercenary work. She often utilized blades as weapons, and was strongly hinted to be a lesbian in the days when comics kind of tip-toed and implied those things with jokes rather than directly stated them for GLAAD credibility. Of the crew, she's possibly the only one who might deserve PL 8 status.
Raul Quentino- PL 7 (77): Intelligence 4, Expertise (Criminal) 2 (+6), Expertise (Science) 4 (+8), Technology 6 (+10) [9]
Lightbright (Obax Majid)- PL 8 (93): Flight 4 (60 mph), Heat Blast 8, AE: "Calming Glow" Affliction 8 (Will; Entranced/Compelled) (Extras: Area- Visual Perception) (Flaws: Limited Degree, Limited to Calm) [25]
-A Somalian rebel and a mutant, Obax was discovered and hired by Silver Sable, and seemed to be a big part of the attempt by the book's creators to create a big new character. Oddly, she was seen years later opposing the Superhuman Registration Act in a quick one-shot appearance.
Foxtrot, Juliet, Romeo, Tango, X-Ray- PL 7 (70): The new Wild Pack, all taking their names from "Radio Language" callsigns for letters.