Meet the Cast: Ms. Metropolis!

Welcome to the second installment of Meet the Cast. Today, we will talk about a most unlikely idea that turned into my favorite character in City of Heroes.

Meet Ms. Metropolis!

Defender of Paragon

IC info:

One of many various outfits

Ms. Metropolis is one of the Nuclear 90; 90 children from around the world all born in one year with an unusual mutation that gives them natural magnetic nuclear fusion reactors for hearts, and the ability to channel energy from their internal reactor for a variety of super powers.

Like many of the Nuclear 90, Ms. Metropolis uses her powers for the betterment of mankind as a hero. She focuses the energy generated from her heart  to increase her physical strength and toughness, able to stand up to even the mightiest of foes, take hits that would knock a building down and even lift up a battle tank with ease.

Rebecca ready for a night of gaming...

Yet, with all her strength, Ms. Metropolis doesn't let it get to her head. She has yet to kill a single person, often pulling punches and stopping herself before any real harm is done. It's said that she has never gone into any combat using all of her ability, instead letting her foe make the first move in terms of escalation.

Ms. Metropolis projects herself as happy and carefree. She is often found in Pocket D, slurping down a large milkshake (She loves them all!) or in Atlas Park, helping new heroes find their feet. In truth, Ms. Metropolis is burdened by the responsibility of protecting the city and it's citizens.

...Or a night out on the town.

Ms. Metropolis's secret identity is Rebecca Sweets. Rebecca studies Journalism at Paragon University. While Ms. Metropolis is a bright and outgoing type, Rebecca keeps to herself, and enjoys video games, anime and role playing games. The real person under both facades is a mix of both. A kind-spirited, good-hearted person who is burdened with having to balance her hero life, and the life of a 20 year old.... Who also enjoys a good role playing game time to time.


OOC Information:

I've been accused of taking the name from Superman. While the name is similar to the fictional city, I had the name before the character was created.

Ms. Metropolis started off very differently then what you see here. She was originally one half of a super team from the 1920's in Chicago and was a magic defender. (The other half being Lady Spectacle, who was a scrapper) Long story short, they were two statues, who thought they were the real heroes from the 1920's. The RP was fun but didn't last long so I shelved both heroes.

Ms. Metropolis in Champions Online

After a bit of playing, I decided I wanted to create a 'classic' and iconic hero in City of Heroes. Up until then, most of my heroes were more the dark heroes. So, turning to the most iconic hero that I knew (Superman) and using others as well (Wonder Woman) I created a hero in that same vein. Taking the name from my old hero, Ms. Metropolis was created.

I had never played a tank before. I mostly stuck to scrappers and blasters. It was really a learning curve with her but I started to really enjoy her staying power in a fight. I loved being able to charge into a group and not really have to worry about being healed. She is a blast to play, even today.


I created Metro before they release the Willpower set. If it had been out when I made her, she would have been a willpower/super strength tanker. But I'm happy with the set she is today. Metro turned out to be my second and last level 50 toon, and the first one to reach +1. I enjoy running the end game content with her but sadly I have no idea what I'm doing for them. And no body wants to have a noob tanker :-D

Ms. Metropolis is my only character that was also created successfully in Cryptic's second MMO, Champions Online. I say successfully because while I tried in attempt to recreate several heroes from City of Heroes in Champions Online but they did not translate well. (Paralaxis was a mess in Champions) Because of this, her story also includes the role play she had in Champions online, but without all the copy-written stuff from the Champions universe.

This was the most enjoyable aspect of CO for me. Able to lift up cars and tanks.

Ms. Metropolis is also the first character I have that has had art done of her. My last birthday, my girlfriend surprised me with an amazing set of pictures she had commissioned for me, after a lengthy email scavenger hunt. She picked Metro's Classic hero outfit. Speaking of, Metro has over 45 different outfits as of this writing. Of course she doesn't have all of them at once, I just have them saved in the costume designer.

Art by CelticBolt. Check him out on dA.

Starting off as just a living statue, this character turned into my main hero, and a real blast to play. I hope you enjoyed this as much as I enjoyed writing it.

Stay tuned for more!