Lightwave Supporting Cast
Real Name: Aurora Drake.
Occupation: Junior high school student.
Identity: Secret.
Legal Status: Citizen of the United States with no criminal record, still a minor.
Other Aliases: Rory, 'Rora.
Place of Birth: Fort Washington, Long Island, New York.
Marital Status: Single.
Known Relatives: William Robert (father), Madeline Beatrice (mother); Robert "Bobby" (alias Iceman), Ronald "Ronnie" (brothers).
Group Affiliation: Xavier Institute student body.
Base of Operations: Xavier Institute for Gifted Youngsters, Salem Center, Westchester County, New York.
First Post-Reboot Appearance: UNCANNY X-MEN ANNUAL #1.
History: Aurora Drake is youngest sibling and only sister of the X-Man known as Iceman. Her powers only manifested recently, right before she enrolled at the Xavier Institute for Gifted Youngsters, where her brother had recently graduated from. Because of her powers, she is one of the few students to commute rather than live at the school.
As Lightwave, she was one of the students to assist the X-Men in the defense of the school against the Juggernaut. She has since occasionally come to their aid, although the X-Men's leader, Cyclops, prefers to wait for Lightwave to further grow into her power before calling for her assistance. However, she and some of her classmates spent the summer "sidekicking" for the superhero Prime, secretly their classmate Kevin Green, a refugee from another universe trapped in this one.
Age: 13.
Height: 5' 0".
Weight: 102 lbs.
Eyes: Blue.
Hair: Brown, worn in a waist-length tail.
Uniform: As a student of the Xavier Institute, she trains while wearing the black bodysuit with red and black circle-X shoulder pads, yellow boots, and yellow belt with a rectangular red buckle styled with a black X that are standard issue to students. When assisting the X-Men, "sidekicking" for Prime, or operating on her own, she wears a light blue bodysuit with a yellow star burst on her left side, a yellow thigh-high pattern on the right leg, and a yellow pattern across the chest, a yellow half-mask, a light blue left boot, and yellow right boot.
Strength Level: Lightwave possesses the normal human strength of a girl her age, height, and build who engages in regular exercise.
Known Superhuman Powers: Lightwave possesses the ability to generate intense light from her body. She is able to form lasers, concussive beams of solid light, and flashes of light which can blind or disorient others. She once produced a shield of solid light in front of her which absorbed a blow from the Juggernaut, though the feedback from the blow staggered her. As she is still young, she is still learning all she can do with her powers; she has yet to learn more subtle or artistic uses.
In addition to these light-based powers, Lightwave can fly at speeds up to 400 mph; she is able to immediately accelerate up to around 100 mph from a standing position. Theoretically she may one day be able to fly at the speed of light. When in flight, she is surrounded by an aura of light energy that protects her from harm due to friction and most impacts.
She is immune to the effects her brother's cold generation; she will still be affected by his ice and snow.
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| ST: 10 [0] | HP: 10 [0] | Speed: 6.00 [0] |
| DX: 12 [40] | Will: 12 [5] | Ground Move: 6 [0] |
| IQ: 11 [20] | Per: 12 [5] | Air Move: 12/52/208 [0] |
| HT: 12 [20] | FP: 12 [0] | SM: 0 |
| Dmg: 1d-2/1d | BL: 20 lbs. | |
| Dodge: 9 | Parry: 9 | DR: 12/4* (uniform) + 20 (slams or solid light shield) |
| Block: 10 | IT:DR: /20 (solid light shield only) | |
Languages: English (Native) (Native Language) [0].
Cultural Familiarities: Western (Native) [0].
Advantages: Affliction (Blinding Flash) 4 (HT-3; Disadvantage: Blindness, +50%; Increased 1/2D Range ×10, +15%; Reduced Range ×1/5, -20%; Sense-Based (Target's): Vision, +150%; Variable, +5%; Elemental: Light, -10%; Mutant, -10%) [112]; Affliction (Bright Flashes) 4 (HT-3; Incapacitation: Daze, +50%; Increased 1/2D Range ×10, +15%; Reduced Range ×1/5, -20%; Sense-Based (Target's): Vision, +150%; Variable, +5%; Elemental: Light, -10%; Mutant, -10%; Alternative Attack, ×1/5) [23]; Burning Attack (Laser) 4d (Accurate +5 (Acc 8), +25%; Armor Divisor (2), +50%; Increased 1/2D Range ×5, +10%; Reduced Range ×1/2, -10%; Variable, +5%; Elemental: Light, -10%; Mutant, -10%) [32]; Crushing Attack (Concussion Beam) 4d (Accurate +5, +25%; Increased 1/2D Range ×5, +10%; Reduced Range ×1/2, -10%; Variable, +5%; Elemental: Light, -10%; Mutant, -10%; Alternative Attack, ×1/5) [5]; Damage Resistance 20 (Force Field, +20%; Limited Defense: Slam Damage, -60%; Elemental: Light, -10%; Mutant, -10%) [40]; Damage Resistance 20 (Directional: Front Only, -20%; Force Field, +20%; Hardened 4, +80%; Requires Active Defense, -40%; Elemental: Light, -10%; Mutant, -10%) [120]; Enhanced Move (Air) 2 (Air Move 52/104 mph; Cosmic: Instantaneous Acceleration, +50%; Mutant, -10%) [56]; Enhanced Move (Air) +2 (Final Air Move 208/416 mph; Mutant, -10%) [36]; Fit [5]; Flight (Mutant Psionic, -10%) [36]; High Manual Dexterity +2 [10]; Injury Tolerance (Damage Reduction /20) (Accessibility: Only When Using Directional DR, -10%; Force Field, +20%; Elemental: Light, -10%; Mutant, -10%) [180]; Light Talent 2 [10].
Perks: Dabbler (Biology def+1, Geography (Political) def+1, History (One Specialty) def+1, Literature def+1, Mathematics (Pure) def+1, Research def+1, Typing def+1, Writing def+1) [1]; Illumination [1]; Immunity to Iceman's Freezing Hazard Fatigue Attack [1].
Disadvantages: Code of Honor (Hero's) [-10]; Overconfidence (12) [-5]; Pacifism (Cannot Harm Innocents) [-10]; Social Stigma (Minor) [-5]; Wealth (Struggling) [-10].
Quirks: Congenial [-1]; Cooperative [-1]; Dual Identity [-1]; Nervous Ranter [-1]; Questions Her Sexual Orientation [-1].
Skills: Aerobatics (H) DX+1 [2] – 13*; Area Knowledge (NJ/NY/CT Tri-State Area) (E) IQ+0 [2] – 12; Carousing (E) HT+0 [1] – 12; Computer Operation/TL8 (E) IQ+0 [1] – 11; Current Affairs/TL8 (Popular Culture) (E) IQ+1 [2] – 12; Flight (A) HT+2 [2] – 14*; Innate Attack (Beam) (E) DX+3 [2] – 15*; Musical Instrument (Single-Reed Woodwind) (H) IQ-1 [2] – 10; Navigation/TL8 (Air) (A) IQ-1 [1] – 10; Shield (Force) (E) DX+4 [4] – 16*.
Starting Spending Money: $2,000 (20% of Starting Wealth).
* Includes +2 from Light Talent..
Role-Playing Notes:
Lightwave is your typical junior high school student. She idolizes her older brother, yet often wants to operate out of his shadow, being known for her own efforts rather than as "Iceman's kid sister".
| DX | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TL | Weapon | Damage | Reach | Parry | Cost | Weight | ST | Notes |
| – | Punch | 1d-3 cr | C | 12 | – | – | 10 | |
| – | Brawling Kick | 1d-2 cr | C, 1 | n/a | – | – | 10 | |
| INNATE ATTACK (BEAM) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TL | Weapon | Damage | Acc | Range | RoF | Shots | ST | Bulk | Rcl | Notes |
| – | Blinding Flash | HT-3 aff | 3 | 20 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | [1] |
| – | Bright Flashes | HT-3 aff | 3 | 20 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | [2] |
| – | Concussive Beam | 4d cr | 8 | 25/50 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | |
| – | Laser | 4d (2) cr | 8 | 25/50 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | |
Notes:
[1] Afflicts the Blindness Disadvantage.
[2] Afflicts the Dazed Incapacitation effect.
Design Notes:
1. Canon import time ahoy! Talk about obscure! Lightwave originated in the final episode of the 1981-83 series Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, entitled "Mission: Save the Guardstar", as Aurora Dante, Iceman's half-sister who worked for SHIELD. She never migrated over to the comics, nor was she ever mentioned in the movies, where Bobby had a non-mutant brother. The image I used is one of two standing full-body shots from the episode, run through an AI to trim out the background.