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{{quote|'''Ellis''': ''...masked adventurers on the run are not going to be pursued, tricked and trapped by their estranged colleagues. Every last one of them is going to be hunted by the combined forces of the US military structure. It is, to my mind, what would always happen — the streets of America would be secured by soldiers and gun emplacements and helicopters against the threat of the flying superhuman. And for those who think I’m being anti-American, consider this: in Britain, we’d just have the SAS kill them in their beds. You people are young, and have not yet learned how to do business.''}} |
{{quote|'''Ellis''': ''...masked adventurers on the run are not going to be pursued, tricked and trapped by their estranged colleagues. Every last one of them is going to be hunted by the combined forces of the US military structure. It is, to my mind, what would always happen — the streets of America would be secured by soldiers and gun emplacements and helicopters against the threat of the flying superhuman. And for those who think I’m being anti-American, consider this: in Britain, we’d just have the SAS kill them in their beds. You people are young, and have not yet learned how to do business.''}} |
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* [[Super Speed]]/[[Good with Numbers]]: Zoe Jump. She has to visualize a set of quantum equations in order to engage her abilities. |
* [[Super Speed]]/[[Good with Numbers]]: Zoe Jump. She has to visualize a set of quantum equations in order to engage her abilities. |
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** Okay, hold on to your hat. First, it's a [[Shout-Out]] - this is the same way [http://theflash.wikia.com/wiki/Johnny_Quick Johnny Quick] activates his superspeed. Second, she describes it as a [[wikipedia:Breakthrough Propulsion Physics Program|Millis Bias field]] activated by [[wikipedia:Observer effect (physics)|mentally completing an equation]]. Only Warren Ellis could take something so ridiculous and make it hard sci-fi. |
** Okay, hold on to your hat. First, it's a [[Shout-Out]] - this is the same way [https://web.archive.org/web/20130521065415/http://theflash.wikia.com/wiki/Johnny_Quick Johnny Quick] activates his superspeed. Second, she describes it as a [[wikipedia:Breakthrough Propulsion Physics Program|Millis Bias field]] activated by [[wikipedia:Observer effect (physics)|mentally completing an equation]]. Only Warren Ellis could take something so ridiculous and make it hard sci-fi. |
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* [[Take Me to Your Leader]]: John Horus says this when he arrives to speak to some army folks, after getting their attention by dropping a fighter jet in front of their base. |
* [[Take Me to Your Leader]]: John Horus says this when he arrives to speak to some army folks, after getting their attention by dropping a fighter jet in front of their base. |
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* [[Taking You with Me]]: {{spoiler|How Tom Noir kills John and Frank.}} |
* [[Taking You with Me]]: {{spoiler|How Tom Noir kills John and Frank.}} |
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