Editing Colin Wallis (section)

===Story Start===
After pumping [[Lung]] full of tranquilizers and welding a steel cage around him, Armsmaster used his Halberd's grappling hook to scale to the top of the building that an [[Taylor|unnamed bug girl]] had taken refuge on. He confirmed that she wasn't going to attack him before talking about what had happened that night as well as the threat of consequences to her if she took the credit for taking Lung down. Because of this, Skitter asked him to keep her involvement with Lung's capture secret and they amiably parted ways.<ref>[[Gestation 1.6]]</ref>

Lung's arrest did not go well for Armsmaster. When he took Lung back to the local Protectorate HQ (to be held until the villain's trial by teleconference), Lung was under the effects of Skitter's insects. As Skitter's bugs had injected Lung with a near-lethal dose of poisons, Lung almost died as his powers wore off and his regeneration could not heal him faster than the poison was hurting him. Armsmaster was subject to an investigation. Over the course of two days, he lost command of his team, had his Halberd and power armor confiscated and taken apart for inspection to ensure that he had not been using lethal poisons, and was interrogated as to the circumstances of Lung's capture. This was the first blemish to his otherwise exemplary record.

Armsmaster met with Skitter at her request, although his demeanour was consequently colder than it had been on their initial meeting, though he was grateful for the information she was able to give him on Tattletale. They argued over her plan to infiltrate the [[Undersiders]], and he revealed the consequences arresting Lung had had for him. It was presumably around this time that Armsmaster pushed the [[PRT]] to look into the Undersiders' backgrounds. They identified [[Regent]]'s old identity as Hijack.<ref>"What do you know about how I grew up?" Regent challenged him.<br/><br/>"I know what the Protectorate knows.  Not long after Lung was brought into custody, Armsmaster began pushing for details on your group.  Staff at the PRT offices were tasked with looking through old criminal records and reports of lesser known parahumans, trying to find parallels.  Find if perhaps a supervillain in another area perhaps moved to Brockton Bay, changing their names, costumes and methods.  They found '''you'''." - [ Excerpt] from [[Tangle 6.8]]</ref>

After the Undersiders [[Battle at the Bank|robbed the Brockton Bay Central Bank]], Armsmaster met with the [[Wards]]. He looked at the information that they were compiling about the Undersiders before noting that [[Tattletale|Tattletale's]] section was nearly empty. He wanted [[Panacea]] to tell them what she had observed about the villain's powers, but the younger hero hadn't gotten her thoughts in order. When he attempts to push the issue, [[Miss Militia]] tells him it's fine.<ref>[[Interlude 3]]</ref>

Armsmaster was present at the [[Battle at the Gallery]] alongside the rest of his team when the Undersiders hit it. He disables their stolen [[containment foam]] sprayers with electromagnetic pulses. He orders [[Bitch]] to call off her dogs before explaining that he had studied the Undersiders' powers, allowing him to construct countermeasures to each.<ref name=":4" /> During the battle, he displayed telepathic shielding that blocked [[Regent]]'s ability, a variation on his EMP that acted as a bug-zapper, echolocation that could see through [[Grue]]'s darkness, and a powerful flail that disabled [[Tattletale]], [[Grue]], and Bitch's dogs. He also claimed that he had prediction software that could anticipate Bitch and her dogs based on footage of them.

During the fight, Tattletale employs her power against him, figuring out some of the tools in his Halberd and claiming that all of his subordinates despise him; he instantly disables her with his Halberd. Although he and [[Miss Militia]] seem to have the Undersiders dead to rights, he orders her to use a less lethal weapon when the Undersiders imply that the two of them are engaging in brutality, allowing Regent an opportunity to disable her and Grue to blanket the room in darkness. He battles and defeats Grue and Bitch's dogs.

After the rest of his team are disabled, he refuses [[Skitter]]'s quiet offer of a truce, stating that he plans to simply arrest her. In response, Skitter swarms him with seven hundred hornets, manages to wrestle his Halberd from him, and throws it over the side of the building. The Undersiders rescue Skitter and escape. Skitter deliberately leaves her message to leave in place to mock Armsmaster.<ref name=":0" />

As the Undersiders recuperate in an alley, however, Armsmaster tracks them down - along with [[Dauntless]]. With his Halberd once more in his hands, Armsmaster demands the surrender of the Undersiders. Armsmaster has had Dauntless wear earbuds to prevent him from hearing Tattletale. They fight and Armsmaster pursues them into a parking garage where he is promptly ambushed by the [[Travelers]], [[Circus]] and [[Trainwreck]]. Armsmaster is then left beaten, bloodied and unconscious; Trainwreck picks up Armsmaster's Halberd and crushes it, covering the unconscious hero in the debris of his own weapon.<ref name=":1" />

In light of recent actions and poor performance, he was to be demoted as Protectorate leader and transferred over to [[Chicago]].<ref>She stood there, paging through the folder of paperwork, stunned.  “Where are you going?”<br/><br/>

“Chicago.”<br/><br/>

Hannah broke into a smile, “Chicago!  That’s fantastic!  A bigger city, a bigger team!  Where’s Myrddin being moved?”<br/><br/>

“He stays in Chicago.”<br/><br/>

Hannah shook her head, “But…” she trailed off.<br/><br/>

The hard look on Colin’s face was telling enough. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/02/28/interlude-7/#comments Excerpt] from [[Interlude 7]]</ref> He, erroneously, believed it to be because of his meager talent in politics.<ref>“It’s the politics,” Colin spoke, leaning back, “I’m good at this.  Better than most, if you don’t mind me boasting.  Everything I bring to the table, I worked my ass off for.  But when it comes to shaking hands, managing people, navigating the bureaucracy… I’m not good at it, won’t ever be.  Because of that, I’m getting demoted, and I can probably give up on ever being in charge of another team.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/02/28/interlude-7/#comments Excerpt] from [[Interlude 7]]</ref>

Colin worked through the entire night with Dragon. He took to the task with grim determination.<ref name="7.x">[https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/02/28/interlude-7/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 7]]</ref>