Chapter 3: Daze | 22
xmung on Dec. 31, 2010
Dianne drops a hint about another facet of policing in a super-heroed world… “Psy-division”… indicating that individuals with powers are on the police payroll in specific roles. Like Dianne, they would be plain-clothes, non-costumed, non-secret identity individuals. Part of my reasoning for this is that for some people, powers or not, they want a day job and prefer something like police work, or rescue work over battles, etc. For others, their powers and/or skills aren't up to par for Magellan. No doubt, unlike Dianne, there would be powered individuals in police/security/emergency/armed forces around the world secretly harbouring a grudge that they didn't get a cadetship.
um… warning… tomorrow's page is a bit unpleasant… :(
Happy New Year!
AzuJOD at 5:59PM, Jan. 1, 2011
I believe telepaths would be useful the police force, as they could easily get a confession out of someone. Also, technopaths would be useful in fighting cyber crime.
xmung at 11:01AM, Jan. 1, 2011
"Artefact" is Australian. I liked the concept of the Marvel MAX comic "Alias" which introduced Jessica Jones into the Avengers Universe (even though I didn't like the overall execution of it... notably the decompressed storytelling and the apparent need to use f*** f*** f*** all the time). Showing someone who had powers but chose to be a private investigator rather than a super hero (mainly because she sucked at being a super hero when she tried it) seemed rather novel at the time.
alschroeder at 8:12AM, Jan. 1, 2011
Artefact? Is that an Australian spelling? Usually it's rendered in the US as artifact. It's kind of silly that most people in comics who get powers become either heroes or criminals. Surely some just try to leave normal lives. Only a small minority of the population are law officers or criminals...