Union Jack I [Invaders]

Identity: Brian Falsworth

Group Affiliation: Member of the Invaders

Base of Operations: Falsworth Manor (just outside London), England

First Appearance: INVADERS #18 (as Mighty Destroyer); INVADERS #19 (as Union Jack)

Side: Good

Sex: Male

Age: 20

Height: 6'

Hair: Brown

Eyes: Brown

Level: 6th

Experience: 20,000

Training: +1 Damage with HTH Combat

1. Body Power (Super-Soldier Formula): The varient Super-Soldier formula that Union Jack has metabolized, has enhanced all of his bodily functions to the peak of human efficiency (+12 bonus to Initiative). He also gains the following powers:
a. Heightened Agility A +10
b. Heightened Endurance A +10
c. Heightened Strength A +5
d. Speed Bonus: +15" ground.

2. Heightened Charisma A +10

3. Heightened Defense (Combat Training): -4 to be hit.

4. Heightened Expertise (Combat Training): +4 to hit with HTH combat (this includes HTH weapons and firearms).

5. Natural Weaponry (Combat Training): +7 to Hit (includes Training Bonuses), +9 Damage (includes Training Bonuses).

6. [OPTIONAL] Lightning Control: After Union Jack's encounter with Thor's hammer, he gained the ability to fire bolts of electricity from his hands. Range 48", 2d8 Damage, PR 4/attack. To Short Out: PR 4/attempt, 48" Range, 48% chance of success.

7. [OPTIONAL] Weakness (Low Self-Control): Union Jack can only electrify his hands and as such, he cannot electrify his whole body (no Electrical Defense). While he can attempt to short out electrical equipment, he hasn't mastered his Lightning Control power enough to be able to take control of electronic devices.

Weight: 235 lbs. Basic Hits: 5 Agility Mod: Nil

Strength: 16 Endurance: 24

Agility: 24 Intelligence: 14

Charisma: 20 Reactions from: Good: +3 Evil: -3

Hit Mod. (1.2) (3) (2.5) (1.1) = 9.9 Hit Points: 50

Damage Mod.: +3 Healing Rate: 3.5

Accuracy: +4 Power: 78

Carrying Capacity: 767 lbs. Basic HTH Damage: 1d8

Movement Rates: 79" ground.

Det. Hidden: 10% Det. Danger: 14%

Inventing Points: 8.4 Inventing (42%):

Origin and Background: (British) The original Union Jack was Montgomery, Lord Falsworth, a British nobleman who became a secret costumed operative for the British government during World War I. Clad in a costume resembling the British flag (the "Union Jack"), Union Jack himself personified the fighting spirit of Great Britain even as Captain America would symbolize America's ideals and fighting spirit during World War II. As the British government intended, the mysterious masked figure of Union Jack also struck terror in the minds of the Germans, who came to dread his one-man commando-style actions against them.
In the later days of World War I Union Jack often operated a a member of a team of costumed operatives from America, Britain and France, known as Freedom's Five, who battled against the Germans.
Towards the very end of the war Union Jack had grown disillusioned with war due to the bloodshed he had witnessed. In one of his final wartime missions, Union Jack was assigned by British Prime Minister David Lloyd George to investigate a series of murders of prominent British subjects many of them important military leaders. Union Jack finally found the culprit, the vampire Baron Blood, who served the German cause. Unknown to Union Jack, the masked Baron Blood was actually his own younger brother, John Falsworth. Union Jack fought the vampire and stabbed him with a silver blade, forcing him to flee and thereby thwarting Baron Blood's attempt to murder a leading Member of Parliament.
A few weeks later, World War I ended. Union Jack was officially retired from active service by the British Government. Montgomery Falsworth eventually married, had two children, Brian and Jacqueline, and came to lead the life of a peaceful country squire.
In 1938, Lord Falsworth was outraged at British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlin's policy of appeasement towards Adolph Hitler's German regime. Falsworth's son Brian, however, was an isolationist and pacifist and disagreed with Lord Falsworth's views. The arguments between the two grew more heated a time passed, until finally Brian left home because of them. Shortly afterwards, the Germans released photographs showing Brian Falsworth and his best friend Roger Aubrey with Hitler himself; both Brian and Aubrey publicly supported appeasement of Hitler's regime while they were in Germany.
Lord Falsworth was appalled and saddened by this development. War between Britain and Germany broke out, and his wife, Lady Falsworth, died in the Blitz of 1941, when a German bomb fell on a London hospital where she was doing volunteer work.
Early in World War II Brian Falsworth and Roger Aubrey tried to leave Germany. The Nazi government was unwilling to risk the possibility that Falsworth and Aubrey would reverse their anti-war positions, and a Gestapo chief in Hamburg, Germany tore up their passports. Falsworth lost his temper and attacked the Gestapo chief, only to be imprisoned. Aubrey then became violent and was likewise made a prisoner, but he was finally turned over to the Institute of Nazi Science, where he was brainwashed and subjected to experiments that transformed him into Dyna-Mite, a man less than a foot tall.
Brian Falsworth was imprisoned in Hamburg in the same cell as the German biochemist Eric Schmitt, who had concocted a variant of the Super-Soldier formula that was used to turn Steve Rogers into Captain America. Dying, Schmitt asked Falsworth to keep the sample of the formula he had concealed on his person from falling into Nazi hands. Falsworth took the disguised flask, drank its contents, and was immediately physically enhanced by the formula. Falsworth escaped the prison and became a costumed fighter of Nazis within Germany itself known as the Mighty Destroyer.
In England in 1942, Lord Falsworth and his daughter Jacqueline befriended the Invaders, a team of costumed champions serving the Allied cause much as Freedom's Five had done during World War I. Lord Falsworth again donned the costume of Union Jack in order to help the Invaders battle the returned Baron Blood, and was made an Invader himself. However, in a battle between Union Jack and Baron Blood in a cave beneath the Falsworth estate, the vampire hurled a massive boulder at Union Jack, crushing his legs and leaving him permanently crippled. Union Jack managed to pry the boulder off his legs, and then the huge rock struck Baron Blood, knocking him backwards. The vampire fell onto sharp stalagmites, which impaled his body, killing him.
Lord Falsworth's career as Union Jack was over, but as a result of being bitten by Baron Blood and then receiving a blood transfusion from the original Human Torch, an android, Falsworth's daughter Jacqueline became the superhumanly powerful Spitfire and joined the Invaders herself.
Lord Falsworth, Spitfire, and Dyna-Mite parachuted into Nazi Germany in the hope of finding a means of restoring the brainwashed Dyna-Mite's memory. Lord Falsworth knew that Dyna-Mite was Roger Aubrey and hoped that once Aubrey's memory was restored, he could reveal what happened to Brian Falsworth. Lord Falsworth and Dyna-Mite were captured by the Germans but were rescued by the Mighty Destroyer, who revealed his true identity to his father and was reconciled with him. Lord Falsworth suggested that Brian adopt the costume and name of Union Jack, and Brian agreed.
Meanwhile, Spitfire and her fellow Invaders had been captured by the Germans and were to be executed by a firing squad under the command of Hitler himself. Brian Falsworth, as the second Union Jack, came to the Invaders' rescue, and the Invaders, Lord Falsworth, Dyna-Mite, and the new Union Jack all escaped back to Britain. There a captured Nazi scientist restored Aubrey to his true height. Aubrey, whose memory had finally fully returned, adopted Brian Falsworth's previous identity of the Mighty Destroyer and returned to Germany to continue battling the Nazis there. Brian Falsworth, as the new Union Jack, became a member of the Invaders.
Later, Hitler succeeded in contacting the Asgardian thunder god Thor and deceived him into aiding the cause of the Germans, the descendants of the people who had once worshipped him, in the current war. Thor therefore clashed with the Invaders and nearly killed the second Union Jack with a blast of lightning from his enchanted hammer. Learning that Hitler was evil, Thor vowed to aid him no more, and withdrew most of the electricity in Union Jack's body back into his hammer, somehow restoring him to health in the process. The second Union Jack now possessed the superhuman power to discharge electrical bolts from his body. It is not known how long Union Jack retained this power. The second Union Jack was still a member of the Invaders when World War II ended on the European front.
Note: Origin and Background text is from "The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #20" (Deluxe Edition) and is used without permission.

Areas of Interest: Inheritor & Scholar (WWII History)

Training Bonuses:
1st Level: +1 Accuracy with HTH Combat
2nd Level: +1 Damage with HTH Combat
3rd Level: +1 Accuracy with HTH Combat
4th Level: +1 Damage with HTH Combat
5th Level: +1 Accuracy with HTH Combat
6th Level: +1 Damage with HTH Combat
7th Level: +1 Accuracy with HTH Combat

Legal Status: Citizen of the United Kingdom with no criminal record

Notes: Union Jack carries two weapons. The first was a steel dagger with a 6-inch blade (+2 to Hit, HTH +1d4 Damage), which he strapped to his left hip. The second was a Webley .455 caliber pistol (+3 to Hit, Range Ax6", 1d8 Damage, 6 shots), which he carried in a tied-down flapped holster on his right hip.

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	Identity: Brian Falsworth
	Group Affiliation: Member of the Invaders
	Base of Operations: Falsworth Manor (just outside London), England
	First Appearance: INVADERS #18 (as Mighty Destroyer); INVADERS #19 (as Union Jack)
	Side: Good
	Sex: Male
	Age: 20
	Height: 6'
	Hair: Brown
	Eyes: Brown
	Level: 6th
Experience: 20,000
Training: +1 Damage with HTH Combat

*1. Body Power (Super-Soldier Formula):* The varient Super-Soldier formula that Union Jack has metabolized, has enhanced all of his bodily functions to the peak of human efficiency (+12 bonus to Initiative). He also gains the following powers: a. Heightened Agility A +10 b. Heightened Endurance A +10 c. Heightened Strength A +5 d. Speed Bonus: +15" ground.
2. Heightened Charisma A +10
*3. Heightened Defense (Combat Training):* -4 to be hit.
*4. Heightened Expertise (Combat Training):* +4 to hit with HTH combat (this includes HTH weapons and firearms).
*5. Natural Weaponry (Combat Training):* +7 to Hit (includes Training Bonuses), +9 Damage (includes Training Bonuses).
6. [OPTIONAL] Lightning Control: After Union Jack's encounter with Thor's hammer, he gained the ability to fire bolts of electricity from his hands. Range 48", 2d8 Damage, PR 4/attack. To Short Out: PR 4/attempt, 48" Range, 48% chance of success.
7. [OPTIONAL] Weakness (Low Self-Control): Union Jack can only electrify his hands and as such, he cannot electrify his whole body (no Electrical Defense). While he can attempt to short out electrical equipment, he hasn't mastered his Lightning Control power enough to be able to take control of electronic devices.

Weight: 235 lbs.	Basic Hits: 5	Agility Mod: Nil
Strength: 16	Endurance: 24
Agility: 24	Intelligence: 14
Charisma: 20	Reactions from: Good: +3 Evil: -3
Hit Mod. (1.2) (3) (2.5) (1.1) = 9.9		Hit Points: 50
Damage Mod.: +3	Healing Rate: 3.5
Accuracy: +4	Power: 78
Carrying Capacity: 767 lbs.		Basic HTH Damage: 1d8
Movement Rates: 79" ground.
Det. Hidden: 10%	Det. Danger: 14%
Inventing Points: 8.4	Inventing (42%):
Origin and Background: (British) The original Union Jack was Montgomery, Lord Falsworth, a British nobleman who became a secret costumed operative for the British government during World War I. Clad in a costume resembling the British flag (the "Union Jack"), Union Jack himself personified the fighting spirit of Great Britain even as Captain America would symbolize America's ideals and fighting spirit during World War II. As the British government intended, the mysterious masked figure of Union Jack also struck terror in the minds of the Germans, who came to dread his one-man commando-style actions against them. In the later days of World War I Union Jack often operated a a member of a team of costumed operatives from America, Britain and France, known as Freedom's Five, who battled against the Germans. Towards the very end of the war Union Jack had grown disillusioned with war due to the bloodshed he had witnessed. In one of his final wartime missions, Union Jack was assigned by British Prime Minister David Lloyd George to investigate a series of murders of prominent British subjects many of them important military leaders. Union Jack finally found the culprit, the vampire Baron Blood, who served the German cause. Unknown to Union Jack, the masked Baron Blood was actually his own younger brother, John Falsworth. Union Jack fought the vampire and stabbed him with a silver blade, forcing him to flee and thereby thwarting Baron Blood's attempt to murder a leading Member of Parliament. A few weeks later, World War I ended. Union Jack was officially retired from active service by the British Government. Montgomery Falsworth eventually married, had two children, Brian and Jacqueline, and came to lead the life of a peaceful country squire. In 1938, Lord Falsworth was outraged at British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlin's policy of appeasement towards Adolph Hitler's German regime. Falsworth's son Brian, however, was an isolationist and pacifist and disagreed with Lord Falsworth's views. The arguments between the two grew more heated a time passed, until finally Brian left home because of them. Shortly afterwards, the Germans released photographs showing Brian Falsworth and his best friend Roger Aubrey with Hitler himself; both Brian and Aubrey publicly supported appeasement of Hitler's regime while they were in Germany. Lord Falsworth was appalled and saddened by this development. War between Britain and Germany broke out, and his wife, Lady Falsworth, died in the Blitz of 1941, when a German bomb fell on a London hospital where she was doing volunteer work. Early in World War II Brian Falsworth and Roger Aubrey tried to leave Germany. The Nazi government was unwilling to risk the possibility that Falsworth and Aubrey would reverse their anti-war positions, and a Gestapo chief in Hamburg, Germany tore up their passports. Falsworth lost his temper and attacked the Gestapo chief, only to be imprisoned. Aubrey then became violent and was likewise made a prisoner, but he was finally turned over to the Institute of Nazi Science, where he was brainwashed and subjected to experiments that transformed him into Dyna-Mite, a man less than a foot tall. Brian Falsworth was imprisoned in Hamburg in the same cell as the German biochemist Eric Schmitt, who had concocted a variant of the Super-Soldier formula that was used to turn Steve Rogers into Captain America. Dying, Schmitt asked Falsworth to keep the sample of the formula he had concealed on his person from falling into Nazi hands. Falsworth took the disguised flask, drank its contents, and was immediately physically enhanced by the formula. Falsworth escaped the prison and became a costumed fighter of Nazis within Germany itself known as the Mighty Destroyer. In England in 1942, Lord Falsworth and his daughter Jacqueline befriended the Invaders, a team of costumed champions serving the Allied cause much as Freedom's Five had done during World War I. Lord Falsworth again donned the costume of Union Jack in order to help the Invaders battle the returned Baron Blood, and was made an Invader himself. However, in a battle between Union Jack and Baron Blood in a cave beneath the Falsworth estate, the vampire hurled a massive boulder at Union Jack, crushing his legs and leaving him permanently crippled. Union Jack managed to pry the boulder off his legs, and then the huge rock struck Baron Blood, knocking him backwards. The vampire fell onto sharp stalagmites, which impaled his body, killing him. Lord Falsworth's career as Union Jack was over, but as a result of being bitten by Baron Blood and then receiving a blood transfusion from the original Human Torch, an android, Falsworth's daughter Jacqueline became the superhumanly powerful Spitfire and joined the Invaders herself. Lord Falsworth, Spitfire, and Dyna-Mite parachuted into Nazi Germany in the hope of finding a means of restoring the brainwashed Dyna-Mite's memory. Lord Falsworth knew that Dyna-Mite was Roger Aubrey and hoped that once Aubrey's memory was restored, he could reveal what happened to Brian Falsworth. Lord Falsworth and Dyna-Mite were captured by the Germans but were rescued by the Mighty Destroyer, who revealed his true identity to his father and was reconciled with him. Lord Falsworth suggested that Brian adopt the costume and name of Union Jack, and Brian agreed. Meanwhile, Spitfire and her fellow Invaders had been captured by the Germans and were to be executed by a firing squad under the command of Hitler himself. Brian Falsworth, as the second Union Jack, came to the Invaders' rescue, and the Invaders, Lord Falsworth, Dyna-Mite, and the new Union Jack all escaped back to Britain. There a captured Nazi scientist restored Aubrey to his true height. Aubrey, whose memory had finally fully returned, adopted Brian Falsworth's previous identity of the Mighty Destroyer and returned to Germany to continue battling the Nazis there. Brian Falsworth, as the new Union Jack, became a member of the Invaders. Later, Hitler succeeded in contacting the Asgardian thunder god Thor and deceived him into aiding the cause of the Germans, the descendants of the people who had once worshipped him, in the current war. Thor therefore clashed with the Invaders and nearly killed the second Union Jack with a blast of lightning from his enchanted hammer. Learning that Hitler was evil, Thor vowed to aid him no more, and withdrew most of the electricity in Union Jack's body back into his hammer, somehow restoring him to health in the process. The second Union Jack now possessed the superhuman power to discharge electrical bolts from his body. It is not known how long Union Jack retained this power. The second Union Jack was still a member of the Invaders when World War II ended on the European front. Note: Origin and Background text is from "The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #20" (Deluxe Edition) and is used without permission.
Areas of Interest: Inheritor & Scholar (WWII History)
Training Bonuses: 1st Level: +1 Accuracy with HTH Combat 2nd Level: +1 Damage with HTH Combat 3rd Level: +1 Accuracy with HTH Combat 4th Level: +1 Damage with HTH Combat 5th Level: +1 Accuracy with HTH Combat 6th Level: +1 Damage with HTH Combat 7th Level: +1 Accuracy with HTH Combat
Legal Status: Citizen of the United Kingdom with no criminal record
Notes: Union Jack carries two weapons. The first was a steel dagger with a 6-inch blade (+2 to Hit, HTH +1d4 Damage), which he strapped to his left hip. The second was a Webley .455 caliber pistol (+3 to Hit, Range Ax6", 1d8 Damage, 6 shots), which he carried in a tied-down flapped holster on his right hip.