Editing New York (section)

===The Wards===
Rather than a single team, [[the Wards]] in New York have five small ones,<ref name="broken_home">“She came from a broken home,” Miss Militia supplied the information instead.  “She bounced between her mother, her father and the surrogate mother who had attempted to renege on the deal they’d made and keep her.  With the number of times she changed between them and moved, I can’t imagine she has strong ties to the idea of ‘home’.  Even within the Wards… New York has five small teams, and she moved between them as she changed residences.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/05/09/cell-22-3/ Excerpt] from [[Cell 22.3]]</ref> each with their own unique focus. One of these groups is a team known as 'lancers', who specialize in fast response, with members that can either fly or move over rooftops.<ref name="jouster_dump"/> They serve as a forward vanguard and are considered one of the better teams.<ref>“After seeing the Undersiders at work, I started to think we need to be less mix-and-match.  Form teams with specific goals in mind.  New York sort of does that.”<br/><br/>“I know they have a team of ‘lancers’.  Forward vanguard, fast moving.”<br/><br/>“Exactly, and they’re also considered one of the better teams.  Maybe we all need to do that.  Except New York can do it because they’ve got a lot of capes.  Rest of us are making do.  Other team leaders are going for versatility, to cover every base.  I say fuck that.  We build around a concept, a game plan.  Once I decided on that, I went out of my way to ask for Annex, even though another team had already picked him up.  Made my argument, Chevalier gave the a-ok.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/06/08/crushed-24-1/ Excerpt] from [[Crushed 24.1]]</ref> Another group is composed of heavy hitters, who use bikes to travel along subway tracks.<ref name="jouster_dump">“This city sucks to move around in,” Hoyden said.  “Crowds, traffic… how do you get anywhere?”<br/><br/>“We have different sub-teams for different roles,” Jouster said.  “Lancer group for fast response, those of us who can fly or move over rooftops.  Another group of heavier hitters who’re old enough to ride the bikes and licensed to travel the tracks.”<br/><br/>“Tracks?”  Hoyden asked.<br/><br/>“Subways.  You use a computer to help know which tracks you can stay on and when, so you don’t get hit by a train.”<br/><br/>“And the ones who aren’t old enough, or aren’t naturally mobile?”  Tecton asked.<br/><br/>“Foot patrol, or sidekick duty with a Protectorate member,” Jouster said. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/05/25/drone-23-1/ Excerpt] from [[Drone 23.1]]</ref> Younger members, or those without mobility, perform foot patrol or go out together with a Protectorate member.<ref name="jouster_dump"/> Flechette moved between teams as she changed residences.<ref name="broken_home"/>
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|[[Jouster]]
|Team captain.<ref>“You may recognize some of the captains of the respective Wards teams.  Jouster from New York, Vantage from Los Angeles, Tecton from Chicago and Hoyden from Austin.  You know Clockblocker.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/05/25/drone-23-1/ Excerpt] from [[Drone 23.1]]</ref> A [[Blaster]]-[[Striker]] hybrid that can conduct various effects through his lance, who can also use short bursts of superspeed.<ref>Jouster’s blaster-striker hybrid power involved his lance, a power that conducted along the usual channels, only the form it took varied.  He speared through the computer, then swung the blunted side of the weapon at the couch.  The woman rolled out of the way, and energy rippled away from the lance, freezing and shredding cushions.<br/><br/>He could choose the effect, making it fairly versatile.  Concussive blasts, fire, ice, lightning, suction and disintegration, among other things.  Trick was that he had to hit to deliver the effect.<br/><br/>The advantage, conversely, was that he had another power.  With a brief-lived burst of superspeed, he closed the distance to the woman, coming to an abrupt stop just in time to kick her in the midsection. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/05/25/drone-23-1/ Excerpt] from [[Drone 23.1]]</ref> Part of the lancer group.<ref name="grumble"/>
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|[[Flechette]]
|A Japanese-American girl wielding a crossbow. Temporarily transferred to Brockton Bay after [[Leviathan]]'s attack.<ref>Flechette, Lily – A crossbow-wielding cape that originally hailed from New York, joining the Brockton Bay Wards as a temporary member in the wake of recent disasters.  A Japanese-American girl, she wears a deep purple costume with a visor, quiver, and narrow, platinum-white armor panels that flare out at the upper edges and taper at the bottom – mimicking the vague shape of an arrow or darts. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/cast-spoiler-free/cast/ Cast (In Depth)]</ref> Can imbue objects so they can penetrate anything.<ref>She could do other things, but the primary benefit, the easiest thing to do, was making her ammunition punch through anything.  It would glue itself in place on impact, if she had the effect wear off at the right time, and she was very good at timing things.  She could charge the metal of her cleats so they bit into any surface, and though it was too slow to be used defensively unless her foe telegraphed their attacks, she could make her costume frictionless. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-9-sentinel-interludes/9-2/ Excerpt] from [[Sentinel 9.2]]</ref> Part of the lancer group,<ref name="grumble"/> using a grappling hook to move around.<ref>At least this wasn’t so different from the exercise she got on her nightly patrol back in New York.  The problem was that this city was unfamiliar ground.  The buildings didn’t match together well, the skyline was jarring, didn’t flow.  Back home, traveling from rooftop to rooftop wasn’t much harder than running, with the use of her grappling hook to move her every minute or two.  Here, it was a jerky, stilted exercise, slow, awkward, demanding use of the grappling hook for nearly every building. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/04/07/sentinel-9-2/ Excerpt] from [[Sentinel 9.2]]</ref> Defected to [[the Undersiders]] to be with [[Parian]].<ref>“Flechette is stepping down from the Wards program.  She is going to be assisting the Undersiders in the future, helping Parian,” Miss Militia said.<br/><br/>“No!”  Vista said, raising her voice.  “No!  She became a villain?  What… what the ''hell!?''”<br/><br/>“Vista,” Clockblocker said.  “She was in love.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/05/09/cell-22-3/ Excerpt] from [[Cell 22.3]]</ref>
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|'''Shelter'''
|Was going to take over the role of Wards captain before Flechette left the Wards.<ref name="grumble">Jouster shook his head.  “It’s the job.  They grumble, sure, but it’s a few years at most before they get to do the bike thing.”<br/><br/>“I’m guessing you’re one of the ‘lancers’,” I said.<br/><br/>Jouster gave me a dirty look, “What of it?”<br/><br/>“Nothing,” I said.  “Just made sense.”<br/><br/>“Flechette was one too,” he said.  “She was going to lead the squad when I moved up to the Protectorate, with Shelter taking over as Wards captain.”<br/><br/>“I believe it,” I said. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/05/25/drone-23-1/ Excerpt] from [[Drone 23.1]]</ref>
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