At 13:55 3/18/2004 -0500, David McMillan wrote:

  > One rather ludicrous suit was even modeled after a North American
  > porcupine.  If she hadn't been so concerned about the obvious
  > security breach of her computer system, she would have burst out
  > laughing at the silly design.

    ....if that's a reference, I'm not getting it.  It does sound silly,
though.
    Actually, it almost sounds a little bit like the Hunters from HALO, but
I doubt that's what you were aiming for.

         Actually, I helped Bob write that portion of the epilogues, and
the suit in question was that of the Porcupine, aka Alex Gentry, a
supervillain wanna-be who never really managed to succeed in anything.
He always fumbled in the clutch, screwing things up at the last moment.
A rather "Charlie Brown" sort. Sad, really.

         Eventually, he decided to just SELL his damned suit to the highest
bidder, and leave the "costumed extremist" field permanently, but before
he could carry out those plans, he became involved in a operation with
the Avengers. He offered to serve as bait to help the Avengers, in a
desperate attempt to get at least a LITTLE respect in the
supervillain/superhero community. That's all he wanted, really. To be
_respected_.

         Sadly, during the ensuing firefight, due to the damage to his suit
Gentry was impaled on one of his own quills when he fell. Apparently, the
quill went into his heart, for the injury proved fatal Diamondback escaped,
but Captain America defeated the other three Society members. Captain America
found Gentry dying and in despair. Gentry said that "I'm going to die as I
lived... one big loser." Captain America tried to reassure Gentry, told him
he had helped him defeat three Serpent Society members, and that therefore
Gentry was a hero. But Gentry refused to believe the Captain's kind words,
saying that he, Gentry, was "nothing" and had led a worthless life. Captain
America replied that Gentry had proved to be a worthy opponent, but it is not
known whether this compliment mattered to Gentry, for he expired seconds later
without having said another word.

         In tribute to Gentry, Captain America had him buried in a grave 
reserved
by the Avengers for those who have fallen in battle, and put his battlesuit on
exhibit in Avengers Mansion, labeled "Battle Armor of the Porcupine -- Honored
Foe of the Avengers".

         That's about it. A sad man. 



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