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Amy Kwitny (Earth-93060)

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Early Life[]

Born in Vietnam, Amy Tran Kwitny was the result of a brief affair between her soldier father and Vietnamese mother during the Vietnam War. When her mother was killed in a bombing run on her village, she made her way to America, hoping to find her father. Instead, she wound up living in various shelters.[2] Selected as part of the MK Ultra phase of development by Aladdin, she was subjected to several mind control experiments which erased her memory, then set free and tracked.[1]

When UltraTech first developed its corporate spokesman, Prototype, the Choice Corporation decided to follow its lead and develop its own Ultra spokes-model. When Choice Corporation CEO Bob Dixon decided he wanted someone off the street that could be groomed and controlled, his friend J.D. Hunt offered to help, using his company, NuWare, who had made progress in creating Ultras. While early experiments only lead to physical enhancements, progress made by Aladdin had shown that other enhancements were possible. With the only active Ultras at the time being the Squad, Aladdin was desperate to get them for experimentation. While plans were made, they ultimately proved pointless when the creature NM-E attacked the group, leaving DJ Blast dead, Forsa seemingly dead, and Starburst in a coma. Aladdin discovered Forsa's body half-a-mile away (unconscious; though he died soon after) and took it to their research facility in Groom Lake for study, where they managed to isolate the portion of his brain that controlled his powers. An agreement between NuWare and Aladdin was then made, resulting in them pooling their information.[1]

Rounding up the MK Ultra subjects, Kwitny was chosen from them because of her appealing looks. Cosmetic surgery was performed to remove the epicanthic fold, but otherwise she was left physically unchanged. When the only unharmed member of the Squad, Hardcase was busy filming a movie, undercover agents from Aladdin abducted his fiance, Starburst, from her hospital bed, taking her back to Groom Lake and then taking certain pieces of brain tissue from her. Putting Kwitny under the knife, they removed sections of her brain and replaced them with sections from the brains of Starburst and Forsa along with biochips in an early wetware experiment.[1] The brain tissue from the Squad members gave her her powers (along with the additions of super-strength and enhanced senses), but the biochips imposed limitations, preventing her from using her powers for more than an hour, then requiring her to wait two hours before using them again, and forcing her to name the power she wanted to use. Putting her through a series of tests following the surgery, the experiment was found to be a success and her past was erased from her memory, and several "back door routines" (key phrases that would place her under the control of the speaker) were implanted. Confident that her powers were working, Aladdin and NuWare released her into the custody of Bob Dixon, who gave her a costume she was conditioned to always wear. Dixon then began using her as both a spokes-model and a mistress, similar to how J.D. Hunt used his android Candy.[1]

Her work as a spokes-model initially met with great success, with the Choice Corporation using her to advertise numerous products they produced. Their initial plan called for an eventual staged incident that would make her powers public, but her conditioning began failing, causing her to vaguely remember names and begin disobeying Dixon's orders. On her way to a remote facility in Brazil, she escaped and returned to Los Angeles where the dormant memories of Starburst led her to the home of Hardcase.[1]


Meeting Hardcase[]

Dodging Interceptors (men in powered armor) sent by the Choice Corporation, she arrived on Hardcase's balcony. They fended off the Interceptors[3] and decide to pay a visit to the Choice corporation. They are ambushed by The Omega Team, whom they defeat.[4] Teaming with The Strangers, Choice and Hardcase attempted to infiltrate the Groom Lake Base of Aladdin (thinking Aladdin was responsbile for sending the creature that killed the Squad, NM-E, but were captured.[5] After an escape and battle, Atom Bob threatens to erase Aladdin's data unless they agree to a "non-agression pact" with Hardcase, Choice and the Strangers.[6]

Returning to Los Angeles, Hardcase and Choice visit the Choice Corporation. Due to her conditioning, Choice could not speak publically against the Choice Corporation, but could speak to Hardcase in private. After a night on the town, Hardcase is nearly killed by Hardwire[7] but he is held off by Choice, who rushes Hardcase to a hospital. The two later defeat him.[8]

Break-Thru[]

Choice and Hardcase meet with The Alternate, who tells Hardcase where his powers come from, and who sent the NM-E after The Squad. She tasks them with retrieving an object from the moon, and in return she will give them each five million dollars and help Choice find out where her powers came from. Choice and Hardcase are introduced to their teammates for this mission, The Solution. They return to Hardcase's home, and a tidal wave[9] heads towards the beach. They manage to save some civilians in nearby houses, but many are killed. The Alternate reappears and brings them to the ship that will take them to the moon.[10]

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Powers

  • Wetware Implants: Choice was engineered to be an Ultra spokesmodel for the Choice Corporation. She received several abilities due to the basic nano-technology wetware package developed thanks to Rex Mundi, and the brain tissue of Ultra members of the Squad, Starburst and Forsa, giving her a version of their powers as well. Her abilities include:
    • Strength
    • Senses
    • Force Beams
    • Shields
    • Flight
  • Choice's Ultra powers are voice-activated, making her an otherwise normal woman until she speaks aloud one or more of the above words/phrases. Once activated, she has access to any ability for one hour at a time. After the hour is up, she cannot reactivate that ability for another two hours.

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