The Claw-Phase 2

Real name: Todd Ticket
Affiliation: The Claw and Intellect Defense
Temperament:
ON THE STREET:
Calm, publicly shy, determinded, stumbles over words, likable, funny, good-natured, kind, but unlucky with girls.
AS THE CLAW:
Steel-worker turned gymnast, strong, agile, brave, unafraid of heights, quick-thinking/reflexes, and persistant.
Weapons/Equipment:
CLAW:
Retractable uni claw, able to fire and connected to the housing unit by a magnetic-bond version of a tractor beam. Claw contains multiple dual-directions ‘hinges’ for versatility.
TRACTOR BEAMS:
Claw is fired off with a combination of electromagnetic/harmonic repulsors. The repulsors are specifically tuned to the claw’s harmonic frequency so that they will pull back or launch out, instead of attracting/retracting anything else.
BLADED BOOTS:

ION CANNON 'SHOCK BALLS':
Interior of housing unit also contains 1 rapid-firing ion cannon, capable of rendering electronic equipment worthless and living tissue unconscious.
HELMET:
Helmet includes various filtering/analyzing/sensory-boosting/scanning equipment.
Ticket can target with his eyes by looking at his target. External speakers and internal functions are all voice activated.

ADDITIONAL WEAPONS:
Dual, wrist mini-LAW’s on chains under his street clothes.
Strange, alien-based laser rifle.
Preferred Strike:

After many adventures Ticket gains the scientific know-how from an enemy who is strong in the various sciences and who has mental powers. He was given scientific knowledge from a mental bond-gone wrong during a battle with Mind Wipe.

Little does he know the origins of the alien laser and the connection it will later lead him to-his biggest challenge from deep in space!

New Project: Lashline

Lashline

Real name: Erika Shearer
Affiliation: Intellect Defense
Temperament: Ex-military vet. Mean, rude, and bitter due to the loss of her right arm above the elbow from her previous military experience. She also hates men due to the bad behavior from her previous military assignments (her superior officer was a big, bad jerk). She is almost unethical in her behavior and tactics.
Weapons/Equipment: Wears a cable-rapelling/grappling lashclaw on her right arm above the elbow.
HOOK CLAW: Sharpened, the boomerang-shaped claw can be fought with in hand to hand combat situations or fired at enemies from a distance.
FIRING THE CLAW: A thin, filament cord is wound tight in a quick-release spool near the base of the elbow. With small explosions it can be shot out and used as a grappling hook or weapon, which can be swung from. Maximum 2 city block range. Able to carry only 2 people (Lashline included). Stronger than Todd’s mini-L.A.W.s but not by much.
Skills/Abilities: MARTIAL ARTS EXPERTISE: As an ex-military vet Lashline is versed in various forms of hand to hand combat. Or, in her case, hand to claw combat.
Preferred Strike: Fire off hook-claw into opponent and then pull them into her awaiting elbow-uppercut.

Recruited by Prof. Cloward to replace Ticket after he wound up in the hospital. Prof. Cloward was ready to scrap the whole L.A.W. line of products and go back to the drawing board… until Todd woke up with a better design!
Feeling guilty for trying to replace Todd, Prof. Cloward never told him that he was going to replace him… until The Claw met Lashline in battle!

Sable Blade

Real name: Blair Yamasaki
Affiliation: The Claw and Intellect Defense
Temperament: Patient, strong, good-natured, willing to help, cautious, direct
Weapons/Equipment: His equipment came from Lyonell’s Laboratories. Phase-blades only hurt living tissue so they would not hurt undead monsters.
The frequency harmonies in the phase-blades repel each other like the opposite polar ends on a magnet. As such, 2 phase blades will NOT pass through each other! (Perfect for sword duals!)
FLOATING: Sable Blade is dressed in an anti-gravity harness that subdues the laws of gravity and physics, allowing him to create all types of aerial acrobatic tricks – even hang in midair.
The anti-gravity harness supports his injured back and allows him to do martial arts. Without his harness on he is incapable of martial arts feats. With it – he is the best!
BLADE SWORD: The phase-sword is an energy blade that passes through solid matter – but disrupts the energy sequence between nerves – stunning an opponent where it touches them! Also works on machinery.
ENERGY CROSSBOW: The gauntlet-crossbow is an energy-compound device that builds, stores, and launches a fistful of destructive energy from a virtual reality, energy-compression gauntlet system. One gauntlet stores the firing energy – the other draws and releases it. The further the draw the more powerful the blast. (The system does not contain a crossbow ‘string’ – it is virtual.) Both gauntlets also allow super-blast punches if desired/necessary.
Skills/Abilities: Lifetime, avid follower of martial arts. Holds black belts (some are double degree) in judo, tae kwon do, karate, shotokan, aikido, and fung fu.
Preferred Strike: Two-fingered punch to the throat. Swift, simply, easy, powerful... and the opponent can't talk back.

A Martial Arts instructor who injured his back during an ally fight.
During a martial arts competition he defeated his opponent, who was a sore loser. Following the martial arts competition he and his classmates cornered him in an ally and beat him almost to death. He doctor gave him the bad news: he would never be able to do martial arts again.
Down-on-his-luck, he was walking home one day when he came across a strange site: an unmarked black van had overturned and a group of people were fighting in the street. Despite his back injury he joined to assist and was able to stop the attackers using only his cane and his arms.
However, when the fight was over the people he thought he was defending also ran away from him, leaving him with the van and its contents.

What he found inside was technology hardware he’d never seen before. Fearing it would be stolen he took it home. After curiosity turned to experimenting he discovered that he could defy the laws of nature, gravity, and physics – allowing him to once again enjoy the benefits of martial arts like he’d never been able to enjoy before!
He planned to return the items to the scene of the crime but a series of adventures kept him from returning them immediately. By the time he returned to the scene the van was gone – along with any clue of who to return the items to.
Now armed with his phase-blade and gauntlet-crossbow he guards the night street’s dark ally’s-putting an end to any other attackers.

He currently teaches a martial arts hand-to-hand course at Fleetwood University.