Astral

ANDERSON, Elizabeth Marder

ANDERSON, Mirry

ANDERSON, Eric(Tempest)

ANTI-PSI

ATRAL PROJECTION

ASTRAL SPACE

ANDERSON, Daniel

BENSON, Anne

BENSON, Neil

CRYOKINESIS

CADRE

CLAIRSENTIENCE

COVENANT, Allen

COLONY, The

DELEON, James

DYNAMAX

DUFRESNE, Jen(Agony)

DARE, Nicole

DEFCON ONE

DEFRESNE, Wolf

DREAMWALKING

FORT DELIVERANCE

FEEB

GESTALT

HAUPTMAN, Harvey(Overman)

HUGO, Javier

HARRAKIN

HALLATRIS

JOHNSON, Rene

Jove

KYRIAN

LOKAR

LOKAR SHOCKBEASTS

MAGIC

MAR'HAS'VARAK

MUTSAFA, Thomas-Peter

NULL-PSI

NEW ONES

OMEGAS

OWEN, Cornelius

ODDS, The

PYROKINESIS

PULSE, Project:

PSYCHOKINESIS

RUSSELL, Jack

RIFT

REBECCA

STEELE, Jean-Luc

SYMSEK, Chip

SESTUS

SIRECOM

SEEKERS, The

STORMKILLER

SYMSEK, Brian(Eye of Justice)

SHARRA

TELEKINESIS

TELEPATHY

TAZAKLES, Jarvin

TRIGGER, The

TATRIS

TELEPORTATION

VESPER

VITALONGAE

THE WOLDA

WARSTRYKE

WARNER, Isaac(Stingray)

WREXXAKT

Astral

a member of Jarvin Tazakles' Havoc Squad, a team of Omegas who did his dirty work.

ANDERSON, Elizabeth Marder

A genius in Omega Genetics, Elizabeth Anderson was Jarvin Tazakles' willing accomplice and lover, and the doctor responsible for the original shape of Project: PULSE. She was married to Eric Anderson Sr. and was the mother of Danny and the adoptive mother of Eric. She and her husband died at the hands of Dynamax security, when Tazakles began to fear that she was about to turn on him.

ANDERSON, Mirry

Danny's partner, a strong telepath with empathic healing abilities and a General Practicioner with several years experience in Combat Medicine (As well as a year residency in a Chicago ER). Unlike Danny, Mirry attempts to think the best about people, but she's quite capable of taking hostile action if called for.

ANDERSON, Eric(Tempest)

Recently 'triggered', his Omega already shows the potential of being the most powerful ever seen. He is the adopted son of Beth and Eric Anderson and therfore Danny's brother.

ANTI-PSI

The psionic ability to negate or neutralize other psionic powers.

ATRAL PROJECTION

The ability to seperate the mind from the body and have it move independently.

ASTRAL SPACE

The zone of "Space" where telepathy occurs. It does not actually exist in a physical sense, and can only be reached by telepathic means.

ANDERSON, Daniel

One of the world's premier Telepaths, Danny Anderson was the founder of and leader of 'The Colony' and remains one of the preminent paramilitary minds with Omega powers.

BENSON, Anne

Harvey's granddaughter, Anne has his impressive physical powers plus telepathy and telekinesis. Anne has a naive but earnest morality and a refusal to kill which may be her greatest power—or, in a world of violence, her greatest weakness.

BENSON, Neil

Younger brother of Anne and grandson of Harvey "Overman " Hauptmann. Neil resented his grandfather and the pressures of his family, but can't deny his roots ever since he triggered Omega powers during the stress of the Invasion. He has Harvey's powers of strength, speed, and invulnerability. Benson fought beside the Paint Crew in Baltimore and has slowly been shedding his attitude to become a full-time Omega hero. But don't call him Overboy.

CRYOKINESIS

The ability to slow molecules with the mind, thus causing cold effects to occur.

CADRE

This team was formed by Jean-Luc Steele when he defected from SIRECOM to fight Cornelius Owen. They were radical terrorists willing to do anything to further their pro-Omega cause. Members included Rift, a Native American teleporter; Rebecca, a sadistic Brazilian telepath; Vesper, who controlled light; Jove, a mentally-disabled giant; and Warstryke, a Syrian commando outfitted with cybernetic parts and a force- field generator.

CLAIRSENTIENCE

The ability to sense without using one of the five senses, even at range. Clairvoyance is the Clairsentinence ability of sight. Analogs for all the other senses (taste, touch, smell, hearing) exist, as well for senses no human has.

COVENANT, Allen

Noted parapsychologist and scholar of the arcane, Allen Covenant has spent much of his recent history tracing the connections between magic and psychic phenomina.

COLONY, The

The former terrorist cell led by Danny Anderson, The Colony (named in a moment of rare whimsy for a compound in Danny's least favorite movie, THE HOWLING) was dedicated to the preservation of Omega lives and the downfall of Dynamax and Jarvin Tazakles.

DELEON, James

An Omega with the strange intuitive power of invention, Jimmy DeLeon is Danny Anderson's best friend, as well as the one man who never treated Eric any differently before or after he gained his powers. Unhappy that his Omega does all the work, Jimmy wishes he could understand the science behind the amazing inventions he designs.

DYNAMAX

Biogenetics/Omega Countermeasures corporation founded by Jarvin Tazakles, Dynamax started in the late 70's when Tazakles and his college friend Javier Hugo graduated from college. At first Dynamax specialized in high-tech derived from classified contracts to study the Omega, but eventually Jarvin's hunger for power caused them to go down shady research paths, leading to the vivisections of Project: PULSE, wherein kidnapped Omegas were cut apart to attempt an understanding of their powers.

DUFRESNE, Jen(Agony)

Jen possesses superhuman strength, speed and resistance to injury, rapid healing, and limited Telepathy that is capable of projecting pain messages.

DARE, Nicole

A longtime agent of Cornelius Owen. She shot Jack Russell, inadvertantly triggering his Omega immortality.

DEFCON ONE

The predecessor to the Seekers, this team of SIRECOM Omegas operated in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Its members went on to become some of the most important players of the present-day Omega universe: Jean-Luc Steele, Wolf Dufresne, Wes Hickman, and non-powered agent Dan Carter. The team also included psychic Cheryl Logan, who died in Defcon One's greatest battle against the Fix, and Harlem detective John Soul, who apparently died but actually had a different fate.

DEFRESNE, Wolf

Former member of Defcon One, the SIRECOM team of Omegas from the late 70's, Wolf DuFresne has the Omega power to animate the inanimate. Past uses of this power have included giant robots, a milk truck, a boiler, the floor of a consulate, and the defense system of a pill manufacturer. Wolf's daughter, Jen DuFresne, did not inherit these abilities.

DREAMWALKING

The uncontrolled use of Telepathy while sleeping in order to visit other sleepers dreams.

FORT DELIVERANCE

A prison complex designed specifically to hold Omegas.

FEEB

Omega slang (after feeble) for a non-Omega.

GESTALT

The telepathic ability for a Psi to link minds with another Psi, combining the power and minds of both.

HAUPTMAN, Harvey(Overman)

Born with Omega strength, speed, and invulnerability, Harvey was the secret inspiration for the comic-book hero "Overman." But when he volunteered for the army in World War II, he was jailed out of fear of his powers. Eisenhower eventually released him to fight in the European theatre.

HUGO, Javier

Co-founder of Dynamax corp who later retreated to head of security. A powerful but untrained telepath, he remained ignorant of the Black Labs.

HARRAKIN

Human term for the race who call themselves Tisalth de Harrakiel'. The Harrakin are derived from human beings taken from Earth at some unknown time in Earth's past (possibly several million years ago, although a scale of several hundred thousand is more likely.) and altered by the harsh conditions and experimentation of the race they later named Wrexxakt. The Harrakin are a caste society who dominate a large interstellar empire, often fighting amongst themselves, and recently attempted to open relations with Earth, the planet they see as their homeworld. This led to the recent Harrakin War. Current opinion on the next stage in human/Harrakin relations is up in the air. They hate and have nearly exterminated the Wrexxakt as a race. Harrakin have, almost to a member, psionic powers, varying in intensity from nearly human to very powerful, and a racial stratification based on these powers.

HALLATRIS

Emperor of the Harrakin, father of Kyrian, and Eric Anderson 's grandfather.

JOHNSON, Rene

"Niece" of Allen Covenant who was triggered while performing a Tarot card reading. Her powers, being symbolically linked to the whole of human conciousness, allowed her to become the avatar of the Mass Mind . After insisting that she kill all the Harrakin, Rene broke off from the Mass Mind and it went in search of a new avatar. She and Eric Anderson have a "thing."

Jove

A member of Cadre.

KYRIAN

Son of Hallatris and father of Eric Anderson. He was the Harrakin who originally found Earth.

LOKAR

Name for a race derived from exiled Harrakin sixty-thousand or more years ago, the Lokar are seemingly insane and supposedly masters of genetic engineering.

LOKAR SHOCKBEASTS

Genetically engineered troops' used by the Lokar in military encounters.

MAGIC

In the Omega Universe, magic is anything that relates to the symbolic conciousness of humanity and draws power from it. It can take the form of activating an Omega, calling upon spirits, manipulating the Mass Mind in the astral plane, or using a ritual to harness the mind's power without being an Omega. In reality, magic is simply another means to the same end that the Omega reaches.

MAR'HAS'VARAK

Now the Harrakin Throneworld.

MUTSAFA, Thomas-Peter

He has Pyrokinetic abilities which drove him from his native Kenya, and his near-death at the hands of Dynamax prevented him from becoming an architect, as he had wished. Thomas-Peter often acts as either fire-support or leader of a team action, and his strong sense of self and will have often allowed him to pull victory out of a disasterous situation. He likes to draw little sketches of the other Omegas he meets.

NULL-PSI

The power to absorb others PSI -Abilities in an attempt to neutralize them, this power is a hybrid of Psionic Vampirism and Anti-Psi .

NEW ONES

The first humans to express PSI, also known as some of our earliest gods.

OMEGAS

The basic definition of any superbeing in this universe (at least on Earth). Omegas tend to have varying psionic powers that do not conform easily to hereditary or dynastic lines, although such do happen. Omegas are latent in 12.5 percent of the current human race, and are a one in a million rarity at present, although more have been born in this century than in any previous one.

OWEN, Cornelius

The government official who sentenced Harvey Hauptmann to prison, Owen's paranoid fear of Omegas later led him to found SIRECOM .

ODDS, The

The Omega Defence Division, Britain's super-team. Members: illusionist Selkie, psionic brain-scrambler Ravebuster, spirit-conjuring sorceror Boleskine, energy thrower Fusion, and the mysterious vigilante Blackfriars.

PYROKINESIS

The Psychokinetic abilty to agitate molecules, causing heat and fire effects.

PULSE, Project:

The infamous series of experiments conducted by Dynamax in the late 80's and early 90's that led to the formation of The Colony and the ultimate downfall of Dynamax Inc. Executed by Elizabeth Marder Anderson, MD, these vivisections and dissections allowed for a great understanding of the anatomical structure of Omegas...at a terrible cost in lives. Approximately 117 people died in the Project: PULSE laboratories, most of them low powered Omegas who couldn't escape.

PSYCHOKINESIS

The most common Psionic ability (only telepathy comes close), Psychokinesis is another umbrella term that covers all the ways to effect the physical universe with the mind. Electrokinesis, Photokinesis, Pyrokinesis, Cryokinesis, Telekinesis, Teleportation, and many other types of Psychokinesis exist. Any ability to affect the physical world with psionics, no matter how bizarre, is a Psychokinetic ability.

RUSSELL, Jack

A new Vitalongae.

RIFT

A member of Cadre.

REBECCA

A member of Cadre.

STEELE, Jean-Luc

Steele was once a top SIRECOM agent and leader of their 1980 Omega team, Defcon One (Legacy #29). Steele quit when he learned of Owen's secret agenda, and has spent the rest of his life fighting Owen and fascist authority in general. He has currently assembled the Cadre, a team of radical Omegas bent on changing the social order by any means necessary (Cadre #1-3). The other members are Rebecca, Jove, Warstryke, Vesper, and the teleporter Rift. Steele has an antagonistic relationship with the Seekers, and many tense alliances with Anne Benson, but in the end he and the other Omegas usually cooperate against their common foes.

SYMSEK, Chip

Older brother of Brian Symsek.

SESTUS

Once one of the Harrakin refugees to Earth, and leader of their diplomatic legation to the UN, Sestus' life changed forever when he was enslaved by the aging nihilist called the Fix . Her powers boosted his power but enslaved his mind, and Sestus received such a heavy dosage that the effect was permanent. He became mentally deranged, and easily manipulated by Tatris . Sestus was Tatris' chief henchman and the impersonator of Tempest, until he received his just desserts from the real Tempest in the Tisaridron.

SIRECOM

(Special Intelligence Resources Command) A shadowy agency founded by Cornelius Owen and others to assert U.S. government control over Omegas . Owen ran the agency with absolute power—even after forced into retirement, he ran it through proxies. In the late 90s director Brenda Washington started fighting his control.

SEEKERS, The

Sponsored by the government SIRECOM agency the Seekers official aim is capable of neutralizing, capturing and training rogue or emergant psis.

STORMKILLER

Obstensibly aimed at defeating Tempest should he ever desire to take action against the world's governments, and later re-aligned to deploy against the Harrakin threat, Stormkiller really exists to fulfill Cornelius Owen 's desire for power. In the aftermath of the Harrakin War it has been disbanded, but many of its agents were personally loyal to Owen and the group may still function privately.

SYMSEK, Brian(Eye of Justice)

A feeb from Calhoun GA, a former Dynamax employee, laid off from Fort Deliverance, and, oh yeah, the Eye of Justice. With advanced video equipment, has recorded many important and personal crimes from Dynamax murders to religious militants. Gained a reputation as a mysterious Atlanta-based video vigilante. Presumed by many to be an Omega . This mystique was fanned in part by the cynical manipulations of a tabloid journalist who made the EYE a household name to further his own interests. Brian's older brother is Chip, and childhood friend is Greg Austin, who still works for the Fort.

SHARRA

Daughter of Tatris and a firm supporter of Eric (Tempest) Anderson (Harrakin).

TELEKINESIS

The Psychokinetic abilty to move things with thought alone.

TELEPATHY

The psionic abilty of Mind to Mind contact, and far more. Telepathy is the second most common psionic ability. This ability includes Psychic surgery, Astral Projection, Psychic Vampirism, Dreamwalking, Illusion casting, and Telescanning (rapid telepathic searching of other minds to find specific information).

TAZAKLES, Jarvin

Jarvin Tazakles was the head architect behind Dynamax Inc. as well as one of the more powerful telepaths ever born. From College, Tazakles used his telepathy to bend people to his will, corrupting and controlling those he found necessary...or desireable...or both. He bedded Elizabeth Anderson, wife of his best friend Eric Anderson Sr. and sired Danny. Jarvin had alliances with Cornelius Owen (which didn't preclude the occasional assasination attempt) and was the man who dreamed up the infamous vivisections of Project: PULSE.

TRIGGER, The

The Trigger, intended to eliminate all intelligent life on earth, it now gives psionic power to those who inherit it.

TATRIS

Son of Hallatris who was the leader of the rebel contingent that originally came to Earth ( Harrakin). Father of Sharra.

TELEPORTATION

The Psychokinetic ability to travel from point to point without traversing the space between.

VESPER

A member of Cadre.

VITALONGAE

A secret organization of immortals. They were formed in 205 B.C. and meet at least once at the end of each century. All members must be immortal, though it can be through any number of means. The Vitalongae's only firm law is that no member can directly harm another. The immortals' intrigues have spanned the centuries, and often become entangled in mortal affairs. Notable members include Hannibal, Jack Russell, and Antigone.

THE WOLDA

Draconic mages who live at peace with the universe.

WARSTRYKE

A member of Cadre.

WARNER, Isaac(Stingray)

Ex-pro wrestling champion known as Stingray and once one of Allen students in college. His physiology has been changed after being the recipient of many binding rituals.

WREXXAKT

Not their real name...in fact, what they think of themselves, if they think of themselves at all, is not known. The Harrakin name for this race, formerly known as The Masters, means nothing in particular: it is the telepathic sound of an attempt to say every obscenity in Harrakin at once. The Wrexxakt abducted numerous life-forms, including humans, from the planet Earth at some indeterminate time in the past and brought them to Mar'has'varak, which is now the Harrakin Throneworld. On this radioactive ball of rock, they allowed the pre-Harrakin, or Sh'uggurth, to spread, requiring them to perform illogical labors that benefitted no one. It was later learned by Harrak, the first H'R'Djagtal of the Harrakin, that the Wrexxakt did not know the Harrakin were living things. (See Tempest Annual #2: Time's Hammer) Most have been killed in a prolonged war with the Harrakin, and the rest are lost.