Editing Strider

{{quote|There was a crack, a boom, and Strider came in with a group, the teleportation contractor the PRT had been using recently.|[[Dauntless]]|[[Heavens 12.none]]}}
{{Infobox character
| Image = Strider_costume_sketch_C.jpg
|imagecaption = <center>[https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/32260243/ Illustration] by [https://lonsheep.deviantart.com lonsheep] on  Spacebattles</center>
| name = Strider
| gender = Male
| civname = Craig McNish<ref name="8.8" />
| age =
| classification = [[Mover]] (Speculative)
| occupation = Teleportation Contractor<ref name="II12.none e1">There was a crack, a boom, and Strider came in with a group, the teleportation contractor the PRT had been using recently.<br><br>Strapping Lad, Young Buck, Chronicler and Exalt were in that group.  Eidolon was head and shoulders above them all, and rose even higher as he took flight. - [[Heavens 12.none]]</ref>
| alignment = [[Heroes|Hero]]<ref name="Cast1" />
| status = Deceased
| team = Independent<ref name="Cast1" />
| previous team =
| base of operations =
| web serial = [[Extermination 8.1]]
| ward = [[Heavens 12.none]] (Flashback)
}}'''Strider''' is a freelance hero.<ref name="Cast1"/>

==Appearance==
Strider wears a blue and black uniform with a cap.<ref name = "8.1 e1">With a sound like a muffled thunderclap, a half dozen people appeared in the center of the empty lot.  When I saw who they were, I was awestruck.  That wasn’t hyperbole or whatever, I was using the word awestruck in the original, zero-embellishment sense of the word.<br><br>Alexandria stood at the head of the crowd that had just arrived.<br>[...]<br>Her team – people I recognized but couldn’t necessarily name – followed behind her in a loose formation.  Only one man in a blue and black uniform and cap stayed behind in the middle of the parking lot.  He looked around for a few moments, then disappeared with a crack and a whoosh, smaller than the one that had brought the entire group there. - [[Extermination 8.1]]</ref><!-- https://m.imgur.com/a/F49uN for help from WB, his other commentary would be helpful--> 

==Abilities and Powers==
Strider specializes in mass teleporting,<ref name="Cast1">'''Strider''' – A freelance hero who specializes in mass teleporting. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/cast-spoiler-free/ Cast (spoiler free)]</ref> apparently able to bring people to the east coast from as far away as [[Los Angeles]], roughly three thousand miles. It is unknown if this was a single 'stride' or a series of continuous ones. He creates a muffled thunderclap of sound on both arrival and departure, and seems to have only a short cooldown time between teleports.<ref name="8.1 e1" /> Being included in his teleport can be somewhat rattling if unexpected.<ref name="8.2 e1">“Strider!” Legend bellowed, over the noise and chaos, “Get us out of here!”<br><br>A voice sounding from the armband, female, synthesized, except I couldn’t make it out over the noise.<br><br>The air was sucked out of my lungs, and there was a noise like thunder.  My entire body was rattled down to the core, and I thought I might have been struck by lightning.  I was outside, I realized, on my hands and knees in what I first took to be the middle of a shallow river. - [[Extermination 8.2]]<br><br></ref>

After his death, [[Miss Militia]] described him as having been "our best mass teleporter".<ref name="18.4 e1">When I didn’t rise to the challenge, she said, “We’re having a strategy meeting in a matter of minutes.  The first phase of the response will be teleporting in momentarily, but our best mass-teleporter died in the Leviathan attack, and the process is slow.  I’ll be releasing the rest of the Undersiders to join you soon.” - [[Queen 18.4]]</ref>

==History==
Strider delivered both [[Alexandria]]'s and [[Eidolon]]'s Protectorate teams to the [[Battle against Leviathan]] in Brockton Bay.<ref name="8.1 e1" /> At the time, Dauntless described him as having only "recently" been contracted by the PRT.<ref name="II12.none e1" /> 

When a wave struck the command post, [[Legend]] shouted for Strider's assistance and Strider teleported everyone inside to the middle of a nearby road.<ref name="8.2 e1" /> Later, when [[Leviathan]] momentarily disengaged from the fight and began traveling at extreme speeds through the floodwater, Strider was one of several capes executed in quick succession.<ref name="8.5">[[Extermination 8.5]]</ref> Presumably he was attempting to extract injured capes from the water and got caught unaware. His name was later engraved on a memorial honoring the fallen.<ref name="8.8">Rubbing my sleeves against my arms, I traveled around to the right, to the far side of the memorial, which faced the city.<br>[...]
:Strider / Craig McNish
[...]<br>It was shorter than the other lists, the last list of names, so there was space at the bottom. - [[Extermination 8.8]]</ref>
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==Chapter Appearances==
{{Appearance/Strider Worm}}

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