Editing User:Damage3245/Colin Wallis/Synopsis (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 persumably 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" />

Colin works 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>

After Legend gave his introductory speech Armsmaster took over the briefing to explain to the gathered capes how Dragon's armbands worked. He questioned [[Miss Militia]] about [[The Travelers]] when they stood with those who have faced an Endbringer before. He was assigned to lead a group of capes who think they can harm Leviathan in hand-to-hand combat alongside [[Chevalier]].

During the battle, Armsmaster provides tactical advice and orders, and eventually maneuvers things to set himself up in a one-on-one duel with the Endbringer itself.

Tired, but gloating and taunting, Armsmaster appears to be fighting Leviathan and winning due to his new disintegration weapon and his numerous tinker devices giving him countermeasures for much of what Leviathan attempts. Then Leviathan ups his game, tearing the storm sewers up and out of the street and pinning Armsmaster to the ground, tearing off one of Armsmaster's limbs.

Skitter, who had been watching the fight, arrives and administers first aid as best she can. Armsmaster claims that she was dead. Shortly afterwards, [[Lady Photon]] arrives to take Armsmaster to receive proper medical attention.