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[CENTER][sup][color=ADD8E6]"I nearly died trying to save the world once... I’m not going to let you doom it now."[/color][/sup][/CENTER]
[INDENT][INDENT][i]While not the first superhero, Captain America used to be a pinnacle of U.S. military propaganda in the Second World War. His face was littered over recruitment posters and magazines. He was an icon of freedom in a time in which tyranny threatened all. Keeping with the traditional story, however, he disappeared for decades until a few years ago. Upon his discovery and revival by SHIELD, Steve Rogers was turned into an agent of SHIELD in a post 9/11 era.

This is a Steve Rogers who fought along a variety of prominent heroes in WWII. He fought alongside Wonder Woman, and had the original Howling Commandos under his command. His backstory is an amalgamation of the initial Marvel continuity (in particular, the MCU since it cleans things up well) with the added flavor of the DC Universe’s WWII era heroes. The primary arc will pick up in the current year, with Captain America having been back in action for about three years.[/i][/indent][/indent]
[COLOR=1E90FF][INDENT][B][SUP][SUB][H3]C H A R A C T E R   M O T I V A T I O N S   &   G O A L S:[/H3][/SUB][/SUP][/B][/INDENT][hr][/COLOR][INDENT][INDENT][i]This character is designed to deal with themes of patriotism and security, while deconstructing the idea of a government body such as SHIELD trying to protect the world in an era with drone technology and super villains, and where the lines between good and evil aren’t as clear cut. While there are remnants of Hydra that Cap has to hunt down, not all solutions to problems are as simple as punching Nazis. He will work with a Nick Fury’s Howling Commandos to deal with serious threats to the world’s security. His first major arc will be dedicated to tracking down and discovering HYDRA’s operations persisting to this day following a terrorist plot in Italy.

Cap will have to either learn to simply follow the orders he’s given in defense of his country, or stick by his rigid belief in truth, justice, and the American way.[/i][/indent][/indent]
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Steve Rogers: Captain Steve Rogers, the original Captain America, now operates as a SHIELD operative in the Howling Commandos known as "The Captain." He is not the only Captain America. After Steve Rogers' disappearance, Isaiah Bradley served as Captain America during the Korean and Vietnam Wars. During the late Cold War and early 2000s, William Nasland served as Captain America. He retired in 2008.

[b]Supporting Cast:[/b]
Nicholas Fury: The Director of SHIELD and personal leader of the Howling Commandos, an elite task force designed to snuff out remnants of HYDRA and counteract global threats of terrorism.

Tony Masters: The only mutant in the Howling Commandos, Tony Masters is capable of learning and mimicking anyone’s fighting style. He is the newest member of the team.

Natasha Romanoff (Black Widow): A former Russian Spy personally recruited by Nick Fury. She is an exceptional hand to hand combatant, and perhaps the most formidable intelligence operative SHIELD has on hand.

Sharon Carter: Captain America’s personal handler within SHIELD, and member of the Howling Commandos. Formerly served as an Air Force pilot, but was recruited into SHIELD due to her lineage.

Jeffrey Mace: Jeffrey Mace serves as the director of SHIELD after a history of serving as an agent of the CIA and SHIELD before climbing the ranks to Director following the events in 2001. Was in consideration for the Super Soldier project to serve as Captain America, but was passed over in favor of William Nasland.

Sam Wilson: An air force pilot and the grandson of the second Captain America.


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Red Skull (Johann Schmidt)
Baron von Strucker
Heinz Kruger
Baron Heinrich Zemo
Johann Fennhoff
The Tinkerer (Phineas Mason)
Trauma (Terrance Ward) [Deceased]
The Gauntlet (Sgt. Joseph Green) [Deceased]
Timeslip (Rina Patel)
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[COLOR=1E90FF][INDENT][B][SUP][SUB][H3]S A M P L E   P O S T:[/H3][/SUB][/SUP][/B][/INDENT][hr][/COLOR][hider=Reunion][INDENT][INDENT][i][center][img] https://seeklogo.com/images/S/s-h-i-e-l-d-logo-F89847BD30-seeklogo.com.png [/img][/center][COLOR=00aeef][INDENT][B][SUP][SUB][H3]S T.  C H R I S T O P H E R  M E M O R I A L  H O S P I T A L [/H3][/SUB][/SUP][/B][/INDENT][hr][/COLOR][sup][color=darkgray]11:21, 20 days after Revival  |  Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA[/color][/sup]

Steve took a deep breath as his hand hovered in front of the door. He was cradling a vase containing a sunflower bouquet in his left arm, but found he couldn’t move. He didn’t know what exactly to expect in there. The last time they saw each other was the day the plane crashed. It was the day Steve Rogers disappeared, along with his best friend and sidekick James Buchanan Barnes. Steve nearly jumped when he found his body had instinctively pushed the handle down and the door forward. He needed to see his close friend and comrade again just one last time. 

The room looked unnaturally sterile, a far cry from the sorts of hospitals he had been in growing up. Strange machines, similar to the ones he had been plugged into, seemed to crowd around a sleeping figure. Through the tangled mess of tubes and wrinkles, it was hard for Steve to recognize the person who fought alongside him over seventy years ago. He slowly entered the room, gently closing the door behind him and placing the flowers by the windowsill on the opposite side of the room. A chair had been left next to the dying veteran, which Steve quickly occupied.

The patient’s eyes slowly and sleepily fluttered open. Steve’s voice was soft, but with the slightest twinge of hesitance. [color=1E90FF]”Always alert… even after all these years.”[/color]

Those blue eyes focused in on Steve’s face, and a smile formed under an unkempt white mustache. [color=orange]”Ahhh shit, I must be dead.”[/color] His words were almost immediately followed by a rather deep and raspy cough and a grimace. Once you reach a certain age, it seemed that even existence was painful.

Steve reached his hand over to hold Dugan’s. [color=1E90FF]”You aren’t dead yet, you old bastard.”[/color]

The two men spent the entire day talking. Every half hour or so a nurse would swing by to check on the patient and make sure his needs were taken care of, but Steve refused to leave his old friend’s side. Dugan told stories of how the war ended, and how the Howling Commandos went on to fight in Korea and Vietnam. He served briefly as an SSR Chief in Los Angeles between wars, but kept demoting himself whenever there was a chance to fight. Dugan even served as the Secretary of Defense near the end of the Cold War. To say the least, Dugan served his country well.

[color=orange]”Once the attacks on September Eleven happened, I was too old to fight and nobody wanted to listen to an old coot like me. They wanted to march in and destroy the whole damn Middle East in the name of freedom. SHIELD believed in the war too. Mace, Fury, and all them other heroes saw this is a chance to try out their new tech.”[/color] A coughing fit interrupted the old man’s ramblings.

Steve gave a small nod, but his eyes could not meet Dugan’s. He took a deep breath. [color=1E90FF]”Fury has recruited me to train and serve as an agent of SHIELD.”[/color]

The silence was deafening. The old soldier’s eyes turned towards the ceiling, and it took perhaps a minute before Dugan let out a sigh. [color=orange]”The war... it’s different now, Rogers. They have drones and computers and robots to fight the war. You don’t owe this world anything. You died saving it once.”[/color]

Steve stood up from his chair and arched his back to stretch. He placed his hand on his old comrade’s shoulder and gave a reassuring squeeze. [color=1E90FF]”I can’t squander this second chance, Dugan. I watched the news. This world needs heroes. Now more than ever.”[/color][/i][/indent][/indent][/hider][/HIDER]
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[color=00aeef][h3]Volume 1: A Man out of Time[/h3][/color]
[INDENT]
Issue #1: A Brave New World[INDENT][i]
[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4867187]Chapter #1: Army of Shadows[/url]
[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4868846]Chapter #2: The Cruel Sea[/url]
[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4871125]Chapter #3: Fury[/url]
[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4872326]Chapter #4: War of the Dead[/url][/i][/indent]
Issue #2: When in Rome[indent][i]
[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4873822]Chapter #1: The Search[/url]
[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4874942]Chapter #2: Unbroken[/url]
[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4875803]Chapter #3: Grave of the Fireflies[/url]
[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4877030]Chapter #4: Ballad of a Soldier[/url]
[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4880545]Chapter #5: Lost Boundaries[/url]
[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4881697]Chapter #6: Kings go Forth[/url]
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Issue #3: Werewolf of London[indent][i]
[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4888027]Chapter #1: Home of the Brave[/url]
[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4890815]Chapter #2: DownFall[/url]
[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4893630]Chapter #3: The Stranger[/url]
[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4896426]Chapter #4: Cross of Iron[/url]
[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4897596]Chapter #5: Come and See[/url]
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Issue #4: Tinkering with Time[indent][i]
[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4904230]Chapter #1: South of the Border[/url]
[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4905916]Chapter #2: Allied[/url]
[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4906706]Chapter #3: Enemy at the Gates[/url]
[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4908767]Chapter #4: Battleground (Absolute 2 for 1: Part 1)[/url]
[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4908767]Chapter #5: From Here to Eternity (Absolute 2 for 1: Part 2)[/url]
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Season 1 Crisis Tie-ins and Epilogue[indent][i]
[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4913335]Chapter #1: So What'cha Want[/url]
[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4927787]Chapter #2: Fight for Your Right[/url]
[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4939875]Chapter #3: Sabotage[/url]
[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4945985]Crisis Tie-In[/url]
[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4950944]Chapter #4: Sure Shot[/url]
[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4949317]Epilogue[/url]
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