Jadesong

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I don't know if it's related to the Peanuts thing, and maybe I'm seeing links where there aren't any, but I remember a Netrunner card with the title "I got a rock." I was told it was a reference to some Cyberpunk thing, referring to a corporation with the ability to drop a satelite or meteor onto someone's house from orbit.

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The Netrunner card is the same Easter Egg... it is referencing the Peanuts cartoon.

The event the card refers to is the destruction of Boulder (Denver?), Colorado by the Tycho Mining Corporation on the moon. They used a mass-driver to launch a big chunk-o-Moon at the Earth. (At least that's what I can remember from when I used to run 'Punk. I am sure someone will fact check me and point out if I am wrong.)

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Brilliant, Positron, that is 100% ROFLMAO material right there. I deadpanned to my wife the first time I got this temp power, "I got a rock". *golf clap* Well played, VERY well played.

Heh, I also tend to think of Netrunner and Cyberpunk every time I hear this phrase... was that the 'Urban Renewal' card that had the 'I got a rock' flavor text? I remember the card, once played, thoroughly nuked the bejeebers out of the opposing runner... Kudos to the Heinlein 'The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress' reference poster as well, while Starship Troopers (the original novel, let me be clear) is my favorite Heinlein novel, I have to give a nod to 'Harsh Mistress' and the simple elegance of throwing rocks from the moon. That and the Heinlein short story 'The Long Watch', which is probably my favorite piece of moon-related fiction.

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*Straps on combat boots, laces them up tight*

Okay, that settles it. I am sick and tired of beating these dorks up...it ends now!!!

*produces whiffle bat*

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*cracks knuckles the size of golfballs*

Time to remind these fascist freaks that they lost World War II.

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Wait, who the hell is that helmetless guy in the brown?

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M. BISON!?

Jackson Storm (Justice server)
Secret Identity: None
Origin: Natural
Archetype: Tanker
Powers: Invulnerability, Super Strength
Battlecry: "You don't have what it takes to weather the Storm!"

The Storm name is well-known among wrestlers and strongmen, and Jackson trained from early youth to carry on the family tradition. In the years before the arrival of the Rikti he established himself as an up-and-coming star of the professional wrestling industry; displaying considerable physical ability and a natural easy-going charisma that made him a sensation with the crowd, he rose quickly among the ranks of performance wrestlers with the powerhouse appeal of such signature moves as the 'Storm Warning' hanging suplex and the devastating 'F5' neckchoke. The alien invasion put an end to the showmanship, and with Paragon City and the entire Earth waging a desperate struggle to survive the extra-dimensional onslaught Jackson Storm stepped out of the ring and into the streets to dedicate his talents to defending his fans. Now the overt war is over, but at a terrible cost in heroes, and Jackson has joined the ranks of the hopefuls who strive to uphold the legacy of the valiant fallen. While he exhibits no flashy superpowers he does possess a stunning capacity for absorbing the most brutal punishment, and his charisma serves him well when working with a team of his fellow heroes. Having already experienced success as a larger-than-life personality, he has discovered that the mantle of the superhero is an easy fit on his massive shoulders.

Oh, and he hates Nazis. Seriously, passionately, furiously hates Nazis. Not to mention black magicians or any who would prey on children (Circle of Thorns, I'm looking at you).