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Outfits stay unnamed until the villain roster is designed.","kaiju":"Kaiju are Harrow bioweapons left behind after the Fall, still surfacing in rivers, reservoirs and tunnels.","species":"Harrow (the invaders; Titan is a deserter). Vessk (a people the Harrow conquered and bred as trackers; Mantis). Some heroes are unexplained: Dread, Venom.","second_fleet":"Canon endgame hook: the Fall was a scouting force. A far larger fleet is coming. Known only to Brainwave (who saw it in a prisoner's mind) and Gravitas (who has measured it)."},"heroes":[{"name":"Echo","slug":"echo","real_name":"Elise Voss","power":"Hyper-acoustic perception and sonic pulses","primary_role":"Recon","secondary_role":"Rescue / Intel"},{"name":"Backdraft","slug":"backdraft","real_name":"Marcus Vale","power":"Fire generation and fire-jet flight","primary_role":"Combat","secondary_role":"Mobility"},{"name":"Vanish","slug":"vanish","real_name":"Maya Serrano","power":"Optical and sensor invisibility","primary_role":"Stealth","secondary_role":"Recon / Mobility"},{"name":"Haymaker","slug":"haymaker","real_name":"Jonah Mercer","power":"Super strength","primary_role":"Combat","secondary_role":"Rescue / Defense"},{"name":"Spectra","slug":"spectra","real_name":"Lena Mori","power":"Hard-light constructs and flight","primary_role":"Combat","secondary_role":"Control / Defense"},{"name":"Hex","slug":"hex","real_name":"Nadia Graves","power":"Probability and curse manipulation (with rebound)","primary_role":"Control","secondary_role":"Recon / Stealth"},{"name":"Bulwark","slug":"bulwark","real_name":"Darius Cole","power":"Superhuman durability and a force-reduction field","primary_role":"Defense","secondary_role":"Rescue / Combat"},{"name":"Rig","slug":"rig","real_name":"Rafael \"Raf\" Ortega","power":"Genius engineer in a modular exosuit","primary_role":"Tech","secondary_role":"Combat / Defense"},{"name":"Volt","slug":"volt","real_name":"Andre Tran","power":"Generates electricity and EMPs","primary_role":"Combat","secondary_role":"Tech / Control"},{"name":"Frost","slug":"frost","real_name":"Callum Whitlock","power":"Ice manipulation, tied to emotion","primary_role":"Control","secondary_role":"Defense / Rescue"},{"name":"Gravitas","slug":"gravitas","real_name":"Dr. Chidi Okafor","power":"Localised gravity manipulation and flight","primary_role":"Control","secondary_role":"Rescue / Recon"},{"name":"Boombox","slug":"boombox","real_name":"Dante Reyes","power":"Sonic blasts and vibration fields","primary_role":"Control","secondary_role":"Charisma / Combat"},{"name":"Ricochet","slug":"ricochet","real_name":"Theo Bennett","power":"Redirects his momentum off any surface","primary_role":"Mobility","secondary_role":"Stealth / Combat"},{"name":"Patch","slug":"patch","real_name":"Dr. Amara Singh","power":"Healing touch (transfers the pain to her)","primary_role":"Medical","secondary_role":"Rescue / Support"},{"name":"Fuse","slug":"fuse","real_name":"Evan Rook","power":"Creates and controls explosive charges","primary_role":"Combat","secondary_role":"Control / Tech"},{"name":"Mirage","slug":"mirage","real_name":"Celeste Sorel","power":"Illusions","primary_role":"Stealth","secondary_role":"Control / Charisma"},{"name":"Mantis","slug":"mantis","real_name":"Aisha Okoye (given name)","power":"Alien reflexes, climbing and heightened senses","primary_role":"Stealth","secondary_role":"Mobility / Combat"},{"name":"Titan","slug":"titan","real_name":"Simone Reed (assumed name)","power":"Size and mass increase","primary_role":"Rescue","secondary_role":"Defense / Combat"},{"name":"Jetstream","slug":"jetstream","real_name":"Kai Chen","power":"High-speed flight","primary_role":"Mobility","secondary_role":"Rescue / Recon"},{"name":"Luck","slug":"luck","real_name":"Priya Nair","power":"Probability shifts in her favour","primary_role":"Recon","secondary_role":"Wildcard / Social"},{"name":"Grudge","slug":"grudge","real_name":"Victor Kane","power":"Grows stronger as he absorbs punishment","primary_role":"Combat","secondary_role":"Defense"},{"name":"Nightshade","slug":"nightshade","real_name":"Silas Thorne (born Silas Pruitt)","power":"Shadow concealment and shadow-stepping","primary_role":"Stealth","secondary_role":"Mobility / Recon"},{"name":"Gargoyle","slug":"gargoyle","real_name":"Gabriel Stone","power":"Stone transformation, gliding and wall-clinging","primary_role":"Defense","secondary_role":"Rescue / Combat"},{"name":"Siren","slug":"siren","real_name":"Isabelle Sorel","power":"Emotional influence through her voice","primary_role":"Charisma","secondary_role":"Control / Social"},{"name":"Anchor","slug":"anchor","real_name":"Mateo Torres","power":"Inertia and anchoring fields","primary_role":"Defense","secondary_role":"Rescue / Combat"},{"name":"Warp","slug":"warp","real_name":"Juliet Cross","power":"Short-range teleportation (self and one other)","primary_role":"Mobility","secondary_role":"Rescue / Recon"},{"name":"Junkpile","slug":"junkpile","real_name":"Milo Granger","power":"Intuitive technopathy; 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he always knows where everyone is.","path":"Navigator","unlock":"locked"}]}