Editing Shortcut (section)

==Abilities and Powers==
Shortcut has a [[mover]] power that seems to be a type of controlled spatial distortion,<ref name="1.1e3">He stepped down from the pole of his battleaxe and set foot on the road.  Pavement splashed as if he’d stepped in a puddle.  More splashed and rippled as he moved his axe in a circle around him.<br/><br/>When he took a step and moved, it was faster than I could track.  I could see the splash that followed behind, a cresting wave that quickly settled, leaving only a faint wavy pattern in the road as it dissipated. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2017/09/11/daybreak-1-1/ excerpt] from [[Daybreak 1.1]]</ref> this spatial warping was accomplished by drawing out circles with his polearm and then stepping on the affected space to propel himself forward.<ref>Moose stepped forward, and Shortcut took a step to meet him.  The road distorted, space rippling and appearing like water, spray and all, and he leaped forth at Moose’s side.  Shortcut was there, pole in motion, the blade at the end making the end heavy even as he used the dull side to connect with the back of Moose’s leg.<br/><br/>Moose didn’t go down, and swatted in Shortcut’s direction.  Shortcut disappeared, appeared again, swinging.  This time the blade was more apparent.  Moose was forced to take a step back. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/03/06/shadow-5-4/ Excerpt] from [[Shadow 5.4]]</ref>

He surfed on the blade that allowed him to move at an unbelievable speed.<ref name="1.1e1">Behind me, it seemed.  A man in costume.  It was a good outfit, too, more in the dollars that had been put into it than in terms of looks, but that was personal opinion.  Partial discs of metal seemed to intersect his body, forming a look where he looked like a blender caught mid-whirl, axe blades and metal rings jutting from his breastplate, armguards, leg armor, and even his face, with blades running along one brow and cheekbone to frame one eye.<br/><br/>There were heavier blades at his hands and feet, such that it looked like he shouldn’t be able to walk or even stand without difficulty.  As it was, he had one end of his long-handled axe resting on the ground, the length of it bowing beneath his weight as he perched on it, one arm outstretched to one side, hand gripping the head.  He was crouching on the thing while it rested at a diagonal, in a way that looked like he’d wipe out if the end of the weapon lost traction on the roadtop. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2017/09/11/daybreak-1-1/ excerpt] from [[Daybreak 1.1]]</ref>

He is one of Advance Guard's more mobile members. While retreating he was among the last to be evacuated by the team teleporter.

As a [[Titan]], his abilities are hugely upgraded. He is capable of dropping into the ground as if it were liquid, doing a large amount of damage to everything around himself. He can move through the ground rapidly.<ref>He dropped into the ground like it was water, producing a liquid ripple that shook buildings, street, and cracks in reality.<br/><br/>I heard the reactions, the shouts.<br/><br/>His upper body sticking out of a crack between realities, he reached out to sweep nine people and part of a fallen building off of a section of street and into the crack. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2020/01/18/infrared-19-5/ Excerpt] from [[Infrared 19.5]]</ref>

===Equipment===
Axe blades galore. Uses a pole arm to move around.<ref name="1.1e1"/>