CAPT.
TURBINE & NODE CITY
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CAPT. TURBINE
THE HERO
POWERS & ABILITIES
BIOGRAPHY
WHO IS CAPT. TURBINE?
Stephen Bossridge (He/They pronouns) says
they never meant to be superhero. They were
just a frustrated tech developer building
gadgets for one of Node City’s many meg-
acorporations, and building the Quantum
Turbine was just a way that they could break
out on their own terms. And when they put
on the Turbine suit, and ran from rooftop to
rooftop? Just a tech demo in a live environ-
ment, nothing more.
The thing is… when they say that they “never
wanted to be a superhero?” Stephen Boss-
ridge is lying. He knew exactly what he was
doing. They knew when they turned the
Quantum Turbine into a Turbine Suit. He
knew when he leapt through that window,
and kept those Phylotech runners from
destroying plans for a low-cost renewable
energy system. They certainly knew when
they made the rocket boots (you know
EXACTLY what you’re doing when you make
rocket boots). And now… well, the rest is
history..
STRONG SUIT
WHAT CAN CAPT. TURBINE DO?
• Enhanced Strength, Speed, and
Reflexes: Bossridge engineered
the Quantum Turbine wireframe
suit, a sort of limited-use momen-
tum-based time machine (he would
scoff at that description, but we
don’t have 14,000 words to explain
it in full) which allows the wearer
to exert exponentially more energy
in a given period of time without
exhaustion. In short, it allows you
to move faster, push harder, and
lift more in a pinch. Just be careful:
It burns out quick.
• Rocket Boots: “Okay. I can explain
this.” There are probably perfectly
good reasons for someone to build
rocket boots that don’t involve “I
want to be a superhero.” Stephen
just cannot think of any.
• Gadgets, gadgets, gadgets: “Look,
you live in a cyberpunk city, making
cyberpunk gadgets for a living, you
keep a few on-hand.”
HOW DOES CAPT. TURBINE HELP
NODE CITY?
• Be the Smiling Face and Friend
to Those Who Need It (Strong
Suit: hearts): At the end of the day,
Stephen doesn’t know if it’s pos-
sible to make a meaningful stand
against the megacorps. Best you can
do, they figure, is look after people
and help everyone he can and keep
as many people as possible from
getting hurt. And if they make life
a little bit more difficult for some
stuffed suits in some distant sky-
scraper along the way... he can live
with that.
NODE CITY
THE CITY
The City of Tomorrow is Here Today (Unfortunately). A sprawling megalopolis, the tech capital
of the world. Home to several massive conglomerates, modern-day megacorporations capable
of buying and selling the world, and the lives of the people of Node City, several times over.
NEIGHBORHOODS OF
NODE CITY
Patch (Hearts): The young, hip cultural
center of Node City. Nicknamed “Patch”
because like a software patch, its storefronts
are always changing, always updating on the
whims of some hotshot developer.
• Locations: High-rise apartments
that bleed into corporate office
parks; a recently rebranded coffee
shop; one of seventeen different
frozen yogurt shops
Old Node City (Diamonds): Massive tene-
ment houses and crowded apartment build-
ings, backed by crumbling infrastructure and
corrupt landlords. And yet, despite all that,
Old Node is defiantly joyful, with music in
the air, street fairs, and rooftop gardens.
• Locations: The local diner (every-
one has a usual order); A semi-legal
rooftop garden; a raucous local art
fair and music festival
Park Avenue (Clubs): Office “park,” specifi-
cally. A winding web of generic office build-
ings, standing where the thriving downtown
district used to. Clean to the point of soulless-
ness, an empty shell of commerce standing
on the grave of culture.
• Locations: An awful eyesore of an
office park, another awful eyesore
of an office park, yet another awful
eyesore of an office park
The Glasshouse District (Spades): A moniker
as literal as it is metaphorical. Known for its
luxurious condos, with their signature floor-
to-ceiling windows (literal glass houses) This
is where the CEOs live, locked in a constant
stalemate, forever terrified of throwing the
first stone.
• Locations: A confusing art gallery;
a rich executive’s personal gym; the
Node City Statue Garden
THREATS TO NODE CITY
Everything traces back to profit. Every super-
villain is someone trying to get one over on
the megacorps. Nearly every heist, every
robbery, every break-in is a megacorp trying
to get one over on another, or someone des-
perate trying to get revenge after the hunt
for profit tore their life apart.
• Runners: Hired mercenaries, blades
in the dark, shadow operatives of the
megacorps’ constant corporate espi-
onage campaigns. They’re trained
to get the job done, regardless of
who gets hurt.
• Techno-supervillains: The side-ef-
fect of a bunch of super high-end
tech floating around is it’s really easy
to strap on a sonic cannon and try
to rob a bank.
• The Cops: All cops are bastards,
but the NCPD are especially, openly
corrupt — moreso than usual, which
is saying something.
• Technology Gone Wrong: Lab
accidents. Nuclear meltdowns. Hor-
rific mutations. If there’s a percent
chance of profit, the megacorps will
take any risk.
CREDITS
• Writing: Jeff Stormer
• Layout: Leo Cheung
• Art: Saly Lockheart
• Sensitivity Consulting: Cole
Burkhardt
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