| It is the time of Empires and Kings. Five major factions
rule eighty percent of the world. Hostility between these nations is
tempered only by continued threat of the unchecked use of super-powered
operatives. As each nation continues to expand its own sphere of influence,
non-aligned countries are absorbed in a wave of imperialism that has
existed for over 200 years. The African continent, the Caribbean, and
the moon become political battlefields for these five empires to wage
wars of subversion and conquest.
It is 1998.
In the Far East, the Japanese Empire, under the rule of Emperor Nakamoto,
controls most of East Asia and the Pacific Islands. Their historical
enemy, Russia, has taken control of the rest of Asia and the Middle
East under his majesty, Czar Piotr XIV. Once enemies, now allies from
necessity, the Prussian Empire under the leadership of Kaiser Stefan
II rules Central Europe. To the west, the Eternal French Empire commands
the rest of Europe, Northern Africa and Quebec. Under the rule of King
Charles XIX, the EFE poses the greatest threat to world peace.
It is this peace that has become the responsibility of the United States
of America, under the current administration of President Fred Dalton
Thompson and his Vice President, General Colin Powell. Providing a blanket
of freedom and democracy to the millions living in the seventy-six United
States and her territories, the Questors have vowed to protect American
lives from all enemies, foreign, domestic, alien or supernatural. Their
adventures, spotlighted in a weekly television program called "In
Quest Of" have become a staple of American family life.
The Questors are:
Vice Grip (Steven
Olson)
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Team leader and strong man, Vice
Grip was sent from a parallel Earth to this one by the same mysterious
artifact that gave him his powers. Vice Grip is the main character
of a comic book by the same name and is the favorite of children
across America. He is perhaps the strongest man on the planet.
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Sabot (John Millhouse Roosevelt)
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A highly decorated military officer, and a direct descendant of
Theodore Roosevelt, Major Roosevelt led a Mobile Infantry force
known as the "New Rough Riders" into French
occupied Cuba and liberated the island and freed many American vacationers
being held
hostage. Soon afterward, his Rough Riders were sent to investigate
an alien spacecraft that
had gone down in Nebraska. Determining the aliens to be hostile,
Roosevelt sacrificed
himself as his men made their escape from the area. In an ensuing
firefight, Roosevelt
inadvertently damaged the craft's main power system and was immersed
in an unknown
radiation. That accident left him with the ability to fly at incredible
speeds and withstand
injury through impact. Taking the name "Sabot" as an insult
to the French, he joined the
Questors where he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
He serves as the team's
executive officer and tactical commander.
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Blackwing (Jonathon Other)
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Another visitor from a different dimension, Blackwing is a supernatural
investigator. Originally calling himself Jubellon (a shortened version
of his real name in the other dimension),
he changed his name to Blackwing after gaining mild vampiric powers
in a battle with the
French Empire's most deadly operative, Marquis de Marson. Recently,
Blackwing has left the
team on a leave of absence after an unprovoked brawl with the Confessor
and denouncing Sabot as an "imperialist" on an installment
of "In Quest Of..."
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Confessor (Richard Cross)
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Father Richard Cross gave up his career as a Navy chaplain when
he killed a man in self-defense. He was soon visited by God in a
vision which told him that his penance would be to walk the earth
for seven years serving as the vengeance of the Lord. Completing
his charge, the Confessor joined the Questors and continued his
mission dispensing justice both at home and abroad. |
Mandarin (Michelle Lee)
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Born in American-controlled Hong Kong to mainland Chinese emigrants
escaping Japanese
occupation forces, Michelle Lee was recruited early on by the CIA
based on her exceptional
language skills and athletic ability. After training, she was posted
to French occupied North
Africa posing as a member of an international Red Cross team to
help war survivors. Discovered as a member of the CIA by the French
Secret Service, the Quay d'Orsay, Michelle Lee
was subjected to several mind control experiments aimed at turning
enemy agents against
their governments. The experiment resulted in unlocking Michelle's
own latent mental
abilities. Using these new talents to escape, she made her way back
to American territory
where the CIA trained her in the use of these abilities and honed
her fighting skills. She joined
the Questors shortly after, taking the code name Mandarin. |
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