Editing The Major Malfunctions (section)

==History==
===Background===
All of the Malfunctions [[Trigger|triggered]] as kids, and got in touch online to form a team, dropping out of school to be heroes.<ref>“We got in touch online.  All of us got our powers young- it was Caryatid and me at first.  Finale a year later.  We had different names then, obviously,” Withdrawal said. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/07/28/beacon-8-8/ Excerpt] from [[Beacon 8.8]]</ref><ref name="8.7" /> Prior to [[Gold Morning]], the Major Malfunctions mainly wandered between three small towns in North Dakota, but had no luck finding any [[villains]]. By Gold Morning they had been operating for four years. Nevertheless, against the odds, they stayed together as a hero team.<ref name="8.7">A painfully slow search online brought up some images of kid heroes with terrible costumes.  They’d been small timers before Gold Morning, small town ‘heroes’ who’d rotated between three middle-of-nowhere towns in North Dakota looking for villains or criminals.  Four years of activity and they hadn’t found any.<br><br>It would have been easy to dismiss them, or to disparage them.  They had dropped out of school to be heroes and had no wins.  The lack of education was clear in the spelling errors.  It worried me a bit that their referral had come from ‘Super Magic Dream Parade’, the loopy team from Boston, who had apparently heard about what we were doing and passed on word.<br><br>The Major Malfunctions were teenagers now and they’d been kids when they’d triggered.  They’d stayed heroes across six years, and they’d stayed together.<br><br>That had to count for something. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/07/24/beacon-8-7/ Excerpt] from [[Beacon 8.7]]</ref>
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===[[Gold Morning]]===
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===Post-[[Mathers Compound Assault|Fallen fall]]===
The Malfunctions eventually settled in a tent city, where other teams hadn't claimed jurisdiction, but remained disconnected from other teams and continued to be largely inactive as a hero team.<ref name="8.9" /> With a referral from the [[Super Magic Dream Parade]], the Major Malfunctions became part of the growing hero collaboration network spearheaded by [[Breakthrough]].<ref name="8.7" /> [[Antares]] met with them and assigned them to keep an eye on one of the suspects at the prison.<ref>“This is the person you’ll be keeping an eye on.  The people who attacked the stations might be working with him, or they might be looking to force him to do what they want.  I’ll send you the details, along with his schedule.  Keep an eye out, discreetly if possible.  If there’s weird activity around him, pay attention to that.  Maybe he’s already being watched by someone else.  If he sneaks out at night or goes to meet people, we want to know who.  Get all the information you can.  Pictures, license plates, addresses.”<br><br>“Bit of a problem,” Caryatid said.  “I can’t hold bring phones or cameras with me.  They get chewed up by my form.”<br><br>“We’ll figure it out,” Withdrawal told her.  To me, he said, “We’ll do it.  You can count on us.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/07/28/beacon-8-8/ Excerpt] from [[Beacon 8.8]]</ref><ref>Tristan spoke, “We’ve got people keeping an eye out for the zealots that are operating around the prison, Auzure is keeping an eye on the prison medical, Sveta’s guys will track some key guards, now the Major Malfunctions- who did we give them?”<br><br>“I gave them the response team leader,” I said.  “If things get bad and the anklets don’t work, his people are the ones who suit up and go in.  If the anklets do work, he’s one of two people who sign off on pulling the trigger.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/07/28/beacon-8-8/ Excerpt] from [[Beacon 8.8]]</ref>

The Malfunctions later began their stakeout, with some supervision from [[Fume Hood]]. Some shenanigans apparently occurred when they realized that they hadn't brought food, but the situation eventually was resolved.<ref>“I was talking with Fume Hood and the Malfunctions,” Sveta said.  “The Malfunctions started their stakeout and realized they didn’t bring food.  It was a whole thing.”<br><br>“They’re okay?”<br><br>“I sent someone their way.”<br><br>“And Fume Hood?”<br><br>“She’s fine.  She was with the Malfunctions for a bit, then went her separate way, keeping tabs on someone from our A-list of concerns.  She’s been at this for a while, hasn’t she?” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/08/11/beacon-8-12/ Excerpt] from [[Beacon 8.12]]</ref>

Later they called in about developments and were visited by [[Goddess]]-aligned [[Antares]] and [[Byron Vera]]. Their second target, [[the Pharmacist|prison pharmacist]],  was meeting with [[Teacher]]'s agents. Heroes tried to inform [[Wardens]], but ran into communication interference and had to fight through Teacher's thralls in attempt to capture the pharmacist by themselves.<ref>[[Gleaming 9.4]]</ref> 

Although [[Caryatid]] sustained some burns and the pharmacist escaped, they successfully disabled and  apprehended numerous Teacher's agents thank to [[Finale]].<ref>[[Gleaming 9.5]]</ref>

===Post-[[Goddess' Takeover]]===
The Malfunctions together with [[Fume Hood]] accompanied [[Breakthrough]] on their investigation of the [[Navigators]]' ambush. In subsequent ambush [[Withdrawal]] and [[Caryatid]] were wounded.<ref>Finale’s wail formed the bulk of the background noise.  I spared a glance, even though I didn’t want to see.  Her teammates were hurt, not dead.  They looked as concerned about her being upset than she was about them being shot, but they didn’t have a lot of strength to communicate to her when she was this loud. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/12/08/polarize-10-13/ Excerpt] from [[Polarize 10.13]]</ref>

Withdrawal, Caryatid, and Fume Hood were helping during [[The Wardens]] attempt to stop [[March]] from reaching [[Brockton Bay]] time-bubbles. Withdrawal and Caryatid were almost killed by March.<ref>[[Heavens 12.all]]</ref><ref>[[Heavens 12.x]]</ref>

===Post-[[Time Bubble Pop]]===
Malfunctions were left out of anti-[[Teacher]] operations by their own desire.<ref>[[Breaking 14.2]]</ref> However, once the first Wardens' attack disappeared, the older members of the team joined [[Breakthrough]] in the second assault on [[Teacher]]'s Compound.<ref>[[Dying 15.1]]</ref>

===Post-[[Attack on Teacher]]===
[[Withdrawal]] started considering [[Fume Hood]] a part of the team.<ref name="II17.x">[[Sundown 17.x]]</ref>

They were stationed on the [[Cheit]]-Gimel border alongside five other capes from the team [[Towline]].<ref name="II17.10">[[Sundown 17.10]]</ref> Which placed them right in the way of Contessa.

===[[The Ice Breaks]]===
They were assigned in the same group as [[Breakthrough]], [[The Undersiders]] and [[Deathchester]], and stationed in the ruin of Mathers compound between [[Titan Eve]] and [[Titan Oberon]].<ref name="II18.2">[[Radiation 18.2]]</ref> Later, when the titans had to be distracted from each other, Malfunctions took on themselves to protect [[Lookout]], while she made her scans, and shortly evacuated with her.<ref name="II18.4">[[Radiation 18.4]]</ref>

The Major Malfunctions joined [[The Wardens]]' assault on [[The Simurgh]].<ref name="II20.1">[[Last 20.1]]</ref>

===Ward Epilogue===
After the events of the second apocalypse, the team gained a new member in [[Harbinger V]].<ref>[[Last 20.e3]]</ref>

They were invited to [[Vista]]'s 18th birthday party.<ref name="II20.end">[[Last 20.end]]</ref>

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