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WINTER IS COMING Special on Aisle 2!
Really? Nick Fury...with a secret agenda? You don't say. - Winter Soldier
WINTER SOLDIER
PL11
OPL: 11;
SPL: 6;
DPL: 11;
FWPL: 8;
HP: 1
Real Name: James Buchanan Barnes
Age: 91
Height: 6-0
Weight: 260
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown
Skin: Fair
Race: Human
Identity: Public
Alignment: Hero
Status: Active
Occupation: Adventurer
Base of Operations: Mobile
Team Affiliations: JLAXI; SHIELD; Stormwatch
ABILITIES: STRENGTH 4 [7], STAMINA 5, AGILITY 5, DEXTERITY 6, FIGHTING 14, INTELLECT 3, AWARENESS 4, PRESENCE 2
SKILLS: Acrobatics 8 (+13) [
Agile Feint], Athletics 7 (+11/+14), Close Combat [Unarmed] 1 (+15), Deception 8 (+10), Expertise [Assassin] 10 (+13), Expertise [Military] 10 (+13), Expertise [Spy] 10 (+13), Insight 9 (+13) [
Assessment, Combat Clarity*], Intimidation 8 (+10), Investigation 10 (+13), Perception 8 (+12), Persuasion 5 (+7), Sleight of Hand 2 (+8), Stealth 11 (+16) [
Hide in Plain Sight, Skill Mastery], Technology (+3), Treatment 2 (+5), Vehicles 5 (+11)
ADVANTAGES: Agile Feint, Assessment, Beginner’s Luck, Combat Clarity* (1), Defensive Roll (2),
Diehard, Equipment (7), Evasion (1),
Great Endurance, Hide in Plain Sight, Improved Aim, Improved Critical (2) (Short Blades, Firearms), Improved Initiative (1), Jack-of-all-Trades, Languages (3) (German, Russian, French, Japanese, Mandarin, Spanish, 4 others, Base: English), Power Attack (3) (Guns, Short Blades, Unarmed), Precise Attack (1) (Ranged, Cover), Quick Draw, Ranged Attack (8), Skill Mastery (1) (Stealth), Takedown (2), Tracking
POWERS:
Super Soldier/Infinity Serum Enhancements: Immunity 4 (Aging, Intoxication, Disease, Poisons), Enhanced Advantages 2 (Diehard, Great Endurance), Speed 2 (8 mph/120 fpr), Leaping 2 (30 ft), Regeneration 2 (1/every 5 rounds); 12 pts
Bionic Arm: 19 pts Traits, Removable (-4 pts); 15 pts
Bionic Strength: Enhanced Strength 3 (Flaw: Limited to Left Arm); 3 pts
Sensory Array: Variable 1 (5 pts Traits, Flaw: Limited to Senses); 6 pts
Bionic Blasts: 9 pt Array; 10 pts
Electric Stun: Affliction 10 (Electric; Resisted by Fortitude; 1st: Impaired, 2nd: Stunned, 3rd: Incapacitated, Flaw: Inaccurate); 9 pts
EMP: Nullify 10 (Resisted by Fortitude, Electronics; Flaw: Inaccurate); 1 pt
EQUIPMENT:
(35 pts)
Body Armor Costume: Protection 2; 2 pts
Binoculars: Feature 1 (+5 Perception [Visual at Distance]); 1 pt
Night Vision Goggles: Senses 1 (Darkvision, -2 Perception); 1 pt
Restraints: Feature 1 (Toughness 5, DC20 Sleight of Hand); 1 pt
Parabolic Microphone: Feature 1 (+5 Perception [Auditory at Distance]); 1 pt
Heavy Pistol: Ranged Ballistic Damage 4; 8 pts
Knife: Piercing Strength-Based Damage 1, Dangerous; 2 pts
Rebreather: Immunity 2 (Suffocation, Flaw: Limited -20 Rounds of Oxygen); 1 pt
Arsenal: (17 pts)
Fragmentation Grenades: Ranged Burst Area Ballistic Damage 5, Extra: Burst Area (30 ft radius); 15 pts
Assault Rifle: Ranged Multiattack Ballistic Damage 5; 1 pt
Sniper Rifle: Ranged Ballistic Damage 5, Dangerous, Extended Range (50/100/250); 1 pt
OFFENSE:
Initiative +9
Bionic Arm +12 [Electric Stun Affliction +10; EMP Nullify +10]
Close Attack +14 [Right Arm Knife +5, Critical 18-20; Left Arm Knife +8, Critical 18-20]
Unarmed +15 [Right Arm Unarmed +4; Left Arm Unarmed +7]
Ranged Attack +14 [Sniper Rifle +5, Critical 18-20; Assault Rifle +5, Critical 19-20,
Multiattack; Heavy Pistol +4, Critical 19-20]
Special Attack [Frag Grenades +5,
Area Burst]
DEFENSES:
Dodge +14 [DC24] Parry +14 [DC24]
Toughness +8 (+6 without Defensive Roll), Fortitude +8, Will +9
COMPLICATIONS:
Disability: He is without his left arm due to the injuries sustained in the fateful fall in 1945 that nearly killed him.
Enemy: Red Skull, Grand Director, Batroc the Leaper, Many former KGB members that were involved in the Winter Soldier program.
Guilt: He has lots of guilt over his actions at the Winter Soldier while under control of the KGB.
Relationships: He is tight with Steve Rogers, his girlfriend Black Widow, and the Falcon.
Responsibility: He feels it is his responsibility to take care of the sleeper agents left over from the Winter Soldier program and to try and make up for what he did as the Winter Soldier while controller by the KGB.
Weakness: In his time as the Winter Soldier, he was programmed with shutdown phrases that Doctor Faustus and others have acquired knowledge of.
Abilities 86 + Skills 57 (114 ranks) + Advantages 39 + Powers 27 + Defenses 16 = 225 / 225
Build Comments: I think the Captain America: The Winter Soldier was a HUGE turning point in the Marvel U and for superhero movies in general. Yes, the Dark Knight was more gritty crime drama than superhero movie, but I feel like Winter Soldier was the first time a superhero movie was created as a sub-genre within the genre. It was a political thriller being led by superheroes which led to a space opera being led by superheroes with Guardians of the Galaxy, a heist movie led by a superhero in Ant-Man and so on.
And the movie wouldn’t have worked if the Winter Soldier didn’t work and Sebastian Stan rocked it. It took the character to a new level in the greater Marvel U and he went from an also ran for me to one my favorite characters. I loved his run as Cap a few years back and the latest book with him and Hawkeye looking for the “deceased” Black Widow has been way better than it should be. I really amped him up skill-wise and ability wise since apparently the Infinity Formula worked on him similar to how it worked on Mockingbird. He should be a fun play.
Secret Origins: James Buchanan Barnes was born in Shelbyville, Indiana in 1925. He is an orphan, the son of a soldier killed in training at U.S. Army Camp Lehigh in Virginia just before the United States' entry into World War II. As a result, he was unofficially adopted by the camp as a mascot. Nicknamed "Bucky", he takes to wearing a uniform and becoming savvy with the ins and outs of military life, even though he was a teenager. It was at Lehigh that he met and befriended Private Steven Rogers, who by all appearances is the clumsiest soldier in the camp. This was at the same time that reports of the then-mysterious Captain America begin to appear in news magazines, and Barnes eagerly devoured the accounts of this new hero.
In 1940, Bucky accidentally walked in on Steve Rogers changing into his uniform, thus discovering his friend was Captain America and insisted that he join him. He underwent extensive training and was assigned to be Captain America's partner. The military justified putting a 15-year-old in harm's way by using him as a symbol to rally the youth of America.
The Story so Far: They fought the Red Skull together, and Captain America accepted Bucky as his partner. Together, Captain America and Bucky fought Nazis both at home and abroad, as a duo and as part of the superhero team known as the Invaders. Barnes also teamed up with the sidekicks of other heroes in a group called the Young Allies. Additionally, Bucky was the organizer of the flashback World War II super-team the Liberty Legion, set between the formations of the Invaders and the post-war All-Winners Squad. He was also briefly one of the Kid Commandos at this time. Bucky served as an advance scout for Captain America and the Invaders, often being assigned tasks that none of the heroes could be seen doing.
In the closing days of World War II in 1945, Captain America and Bucky tried to stop the villainous Baron Zemo from destroying an experimental drone plane. Zemo launched the plane with an armed explosive device on it, with Rogers and Barnes in hot pursuit. They reached the plane just before it took off. Bucky unsuccessfully tried to defuse the bomb, and it exploded in mid-air before reaching its intended target. He was believed to have been killed in action, as Rogers was hurled into the freezing waters of the North Atlantic. Rogers' body, preserved in suspended animation in a block of ice, is found decades later by Superman.
General Vasily Karpov and the crew of a Russian patrol submarine found Bucky's cold-preserved body missing one arm. Bucky was revived in Moscow, but suffered brain damage with amnesia as a result of the explosion. Scientists attached a bionic arm, upgrading it over the years as technology improved.
Programmed to be a Soviet assassin for Department X, under the code name the Winter Soldier, he is sent on covert missions involving assassination, becoming increasingly ruthless and efficient as he kills in the name of the state. While a Soviet agent, he also had a brief relationship with The Black Widow. The Winter Soldier was kept in a cryogenic stasis when not on missions, and as a result has aged only a few years to a young adult since the closing days of World War II. In 1968, the Winter Soldier was sent to kill Professor Zhang Chin, whom he had met in World War II. Unfortunately, he was pinned down by an intangible being called The Man with No Face, though he was able to escape.
On assignment in the United States in the 1970s, he suffered a breakdown and went missing for days after assassinating his target. It has also been revealed that as the Winter Soldier he aided in Wolverine's escape from the Weapon X laboratory and later murdered Itsu, Wolverine's wife at the time, seemingly killing their unborn son Daken who survived the attack after being cut from his mother's womb.
In the present day, the Winter Soldier seemingly killed the Red Skull and Jack Monroe (Nomad) under orders from former Soviet general Aleksander Lukin, Karpov's former protégé. Winter Soldier launches a terrorist attack on Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, killing hundreds, and charged the Cosmic Cube which Lukin sent him to retrieve. He kidnapped Sharon Carter, an agent of the international espionage agency S.H.I.E.L.D. and a former lover of Steve Rogers. Upon her rescue, Carter told Captain America that Winter Soldier looked like Bucky. S.H.I.E.L.D. chief Nick Fury confirmed the Winter Soldier's existence, but cannot ascertain his identity.
Captain America tracked down and confronted the Winter Soldier. Upon gaining control of the Cube, he told the Soldier, "Remember who you are". Regaining his memories, Bucky became overwhelmed by guilt over his past actions, crushing the Cosmic Cube and teleporting away.
He reappeared shortly afterward in London, England, where he helped Captain America fend off a terrorist attack. He asked Nick Fury for employment and new equipment following the loss of his bionic arm. Following the events of the superhuman Civil War, Winter Soldier helped Fury plan the escape of an arrested Steve Rogers. Before the plan can be implemented, however, Rogers was assassinated.
Considering registration architect Tony Stark (Iron Man) as ultimately responsible, Winter Soldier planned to kill Stark in revenge. Deducing that Stark will oversee the appointment of a new Captain America, Winter Soldier stole Captain America's shield from S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Black Widow so that it cannot be handed down. Ultimately, he heads to Kronas' headquarters, where Lukin revealed he is the Red Skull and has the evil psychiatrist Dr. Faustus attempt unsuccessfully to brainwash the Winter Soldier.
After escaping from Faustus and being captured by S.H.I.E.L.D., Barnes learned from Executive Director Tony Stark that Steve Rogers had left Stark a letter asking Stark to watch over Barnes and that the Captain America mantle should continue. Stark suggeste that Barnes become the new Captain America. Barnes agreed only if Stark guaranteed him complete autonomy. As this arrangement is illegal under the Superhuman Registration Act, Stark keeps his support of the new Captain America secret.
Barnes' first major adventure as the new Captain America has him, Falcon, Carter and S.H.I.E.L.D. fighting against the original Red Skull and Dr. Faustus who have revived the 1950s Captain America in a plot to secure one of their pawns attaining the U.S. presidency. Barnes and his allies succeeded in aborting the Skull's plans, and Barnes saved the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates from assassination, winning public applause. The adventure ends with Barnes accepting himself and addressing himself now as "Captain America". He also restarted his relationship with Black Widow.
During the Secret Invasion storyline, after most of the other heroes have fallen as the Skrull invasion of Earth continues, Captain America was seen watching Thor defend a group of civilians in Central Park. Later, after a brief confrontation with Thor, he joined the other assemblage of heroes, the Mighty Avengers, the New Avengers, the Initiative, the Thunderbolts, Nick Fury and his Secret Warriors, Young Avengers, and the Hood's group, in battle against an army of Super-Skrulls led by Queen Veranke herself.
After the events of the Invasion, Barnes discovered that the remains of Jim Hammond, the original Human Torch, have been recovered and studied by the United Nations. The body was stolen by Professor Zhang Chin who used the Torch to create a virus to exterminate half the Earth's population. Teaming up with Namor, they stopped Chin and made sure that Hammond receives a proper burial. Later, he joins the New Avengers and offers his home as a base of operations. He later participated in the search for Luke Cage and Jessica Jones' child, Danielle. He was considered a possible team leader but turned it down because he did not have the proper team experience.
Some time later, Barnes finds out from Sharon that she did not really kill Steve. As explained by Doctor Zola to Norman Osborn, Rogers was trapped in a fixed position of time and space. But since Sharon ruined the machine that was supposed to bring him back, Steve was reliving his own past. Barnes and Black Widow attempt to steal the device from H.A.M.M.E.R. but are captured. Osborn sends the Black Widow back to Sharon with an ultimatum: either she turns herself in, as Osborn had implicated her as Rogers' second shooter, or he'll kill Barnes. Barnes was then sent into the custody of the Thunderbolts who told him that he'll be inducted into their group once Rogers is brought back. However, Barnes is secretly freed by Ant-Man and then rescued by the Falcon. Barnes then teams up with Clint Barton, Natasha Romanoff, the Falcon, Hank Pym, and the Vision to save Sharon. The group intercepted the Red Skull's ship beside the Lincoln Memorial and attacked. The Red Skull had already taken over Steve's body, and Barnes attacked him. The two battled while Hank saved Sharon and the others battle Crossbones and a squad of M.O.D.O.K.S.. Sin shot Barnes in the shoulders, giving the Skull the opportunity to take Captain America's shield. He pinned Barnes to the ground and cut off his cybernetic arm with the shield. However, inside Steve's body, Steve prepares to kill the Red Skull to keep him from doing any more evil in his body. The Skull's consciousness left Steve's body and returned to his robotic body. Hank and Sharon manage to cause the Skull's body to enlarge in size, and after Steve takes back control of his own body leads an attack, Vision used the Skull's ship's weapons to destroy the Skull.
During the Siege, Barnes is alongside Steve's team of heroes. Barnes, still in his Captain America suit, pulled Rogers aside just before they were about to leave for Asgard. Barnes told Rogers that they should "skip the argument" and insisted that Rogers use Captain America's shield. Rogers takes the shield. After the events of the Siege, Rogers returned the shield to Barnes and retires his uniform, leaving Barnes as the only Captain America.
Barnes was a member of the main Avengers team formed in the aftermath of the "Siege" storyline. He was then put on trial for the crimes he committed as the Winter Soldier. He was found not guilty in an American court, but Russian officials took him away, having convicted him of crimes against the state and claiming that he had gone rogue and killed two civilians. But as Sharon Carter and Black Widow discovered, Barnes' victims were connected to Russia's Department X's Red Room division. He escaped imprisonment with help from Black Widow and returned to the USA, however it was decided he was too tainted by events to be allowed to continue as Captain America.
During the events of Fear Itself storyline, Barnes took up the Captain America identity again, but was apparently killed in battle with Sin, in her Skadi form. He survived because he had been injected with the Infinity Formula. With the world believing him dead he returned to his former identity of Winter Soldier to perform special jobs behind the scenes relating to his earlier days as the Winter Soldier. Only Rogers, Nick Fury, Cecil Stedman, Black Widow and the highest level SHIELD operative know the truth of his "death."
Characterization: Bucky, like many others, looks up to Steve Rogers. He has a great deal of respect for Steve, but Bucky is also ashamed of what he has done as Winter Soldier. Bucky has shown signs of aggression whilst depressed and has also redeveloped a relationship with Black Widow. He feels great guilt over what he has done as the Winter Soldier and works to try and redeem himself or make up for his deeds the best he can.
Friends and Foes: He and Steve Rogers remain close and he and Black Widow remain in a romantic relationship.