Lady Photon

<infobox> <title source="name"><default>Lady Photon</default></title>

<image source="Image"></image> <image source="image"></image> <group><header>Basic Information</header> <label>Civilian Name</label> <label>Aliases</label> <label>Gender</label><default>Unknown</default> <label>Death</label> <label>Age</label><default>Unknown</default> <label>Post-timeskip</label> <label>Ward start</label> <label>Relations</label> <label>Family</label></group> <group><header>Professional Status</header> <label>Occupation</label> <label>Classification</label> <label>Unique Features</label> <label>Alignment</label>

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<label>Location</label> <label>Teams</label> <label>Previous Team(s)</label> <label>Base of Operations</label></group> <group><header>First Appearance</header> <label>Worm Debut</label> <label>Ward Debut</label></group> </infobox> Sarah Pelham, known publicly as Lady Photon or Photon Mom, is the leader of New Wave.<ref name=cast/>

Personality

She tended to appeal to emotion.<ref name="15.x" />

Sarah disliked the nickname "Photon Mom" given to her by the media.<ref name=7.9e1>The leader of New Wave had named herself Lady Photon, but in the wake of New Wave’s founding, and the revealing of their secret identities, the media had latched on to the idea of a superheroine mom and dubbed her Photon Mom. It was apparent to anyone who followed cape news that the name really bugged her.

Lady Photon’s daughter and niece were in the air with her. Laserdream and Glory Girl. Mother and daughter shared the same general powers; flight, the ability to raise forcefield bubbles around themselves, and the ability to project lasers from their hands. As a consequence, their fight with Purity was something of a light show. - Excerpt from Buzz 7.9</ref><ref name=CastID>Lady Photon, Sarah Pelham – Arguably leader of New Wave, wife of Manpower, mother to Laserdream and Shielder, sister of Brandish. Known to most as ‘Photon Mom’, to her annoyance. Has the powers of flight, the ability to create a personal forcefield bubble, with various lesser applications, and ‘hard light’ blasts from her hands. Wore a white bodysuit with a starburst motif in an indigo-purple gradient, complete with a tiara. - Cast Page (In-Depth)</ref> She, however, seemed to be a more dedicated parent and a cape, than Carol.<ref>“Right now she’s the battlefield commander. The mom who was out for two hours every night, minimum, right after dinner or my bedtime, depending on if Eric or me needed help with homework. Sometimes all nighters, napping, then waking up to see us off to school before sleeping again.”

Aunt Sarah had been more ‘into it’ than my mom, in that regard. - Excerpt from Infrared 19.4</ref>

She disliked it when Brandish brought up the time they were kidnapped.<ref name="15.x" />

She loves horses and escaped into them as a form of healing after she triggered. It even flavored the language she used: during training sessions with the rest of New Wave, she used terms such as 'getting back on the horse' if a flying cape drifted out of formation.<ref name="II15.1 e1">Have to get right back on the horse. Aunt Sarah had loved horses, had escaped into them as a healing post-trigger, taking care of them at a family friend’s until she was well enough to ride. Mom hadn’t liked it, but Aunt Sarah had been the one to do tutoring for the owner of a stable just for a chance to ride a couple of times a month. It even flavored the language she’d used. She’d had a term she’d used in our training that she’d called ‘horsing’. The idea was that horses tended to go where you looked, and flying capes had to focus on seeing distant things on the ground, and we’d unconsciously drift out of formation to get closer to those things. If we drifted in the directions we were looking then she’d call out the term and get us back into formation.

Every time the word was uttered, it had driven young Crystal insane with irritation. But it had broken us of the habit.

When I thought of the term ‘getting back on the horse’, it was in Aunt Sarah’s voice. - Dying 15.1</ref> Her training sessions, at least with her niece, typically focused on problem solving or flight and formation.<ref name="II14.1">My training sessions with Aunt Sarah had been more about flight and formation, or about problem solving. - Breaking 14.1</ref>

Following the resurrection she seems a bit distant.<ref name=15.3 />

Appearance

Sarah is an attractive woman, with a heart-shaped face, full lips, and straight blonde hair.<ref name="8.5 e1">Lady Photon and the eighteen year old Laserdream landed beside Armsmaster, making a small splash as they touched down.

You could see the family resemblance. They weren’t supermodel good looking, but they were attractive people, even with their hair wet and plastered to their heads and shoulders by the rain. Both wore costumes with a white base color, had heart shaped faces, full lips and blonde hair. Lady Photon’s costume sported a starburst on her chest, with several of the lines extending around her body, or down her legs, going from indigo to purple as it got further from the center. Her hair was straight, shoulder length, held away from her face by a tiara shaped much like the same starburst image on her chest.
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More than anything else, though, the two of them had the look of people who had seen half their immediate family brutally and senselessly torn apart over the course of one terrible hour. As though they’d had their hearts torn out of their chests and were somehow still standing. It wasn’t that I had seen anyone in those circumstances before, but that look existed, and they had it. - Excerpt from Extermination 8.5</ref>

As Lady Photon/Photon Mom, Sarah wears a white bodysuit without a mask. The bodysuit features a starburst on the chest with lines from the star's edges extending around her body,<ref name=cast>Lady Photon – Head of New Wave, flies, can create lasers and generate forcefields, known to some as Photon Mom. Wears a white bodysuit with a purple/indigo starburst featured as an emblem. - Cast (spoiler free)</ref> changing color from indigo to purple as they get further from the center.<ref name=CastID/> She also wears a tiara to keep her hair out of her face, in the same general style as the starburst image.<ref name="8.5" />

After the resurrection her facial features are still recognizable, albeit she looks younger<ref name=15.3>Dying 15.3</ref> and her eyes had their colors changed, with black scleras, bright purple irises and white pupils. She wears purple and black.<ref>She was a woman with a purple and black costume, her eyes altered so the whites were black and the irises and pupils bright purple and white respectively. - Excerpt from Dying 15.2</ref> Her emblem has Valkyrie's wings added to it.<ref>Deep purple eyes, younger, wearing a costume that was darker than her old New Wave one, but it was clearly inspired by it. The starburst icon at her chest had lines that extended out from the icon and around her body, but the lines had more flair to them, and the starburst icon was framed by two faint wings.- Excerpt from Sundown 17.2</ref>

Abilities and Powers

Sarah has the ability to fly, create energy blasts from her hands, and create forcefields.<ref name="7.9">Buzz 7.9</ref>

She could gather energy in her hands, which she "spent" to shoot sprays of laser blasts. She was strong enough to blast through Marquis' bone plates in one shot, and had to hold back to avoid firing through them and accidentally harming a teammate. People reacted as if they were punched when hit. Even fired individually, several successive blasts were enough to beat a person to a pulp.<ref name="15.x">Interlude 15.x</ref>

Her shields were broad enough to protect other people, described as a "wall of light", transparent.<ref name="15.x" />

She has demonstrated an ability to use her forcefields as a first-aid measure - shaping them to cover a wound - though they are rooted in place unless she makes them a bubble around herself.^{[citation needed]}. She could create a small forcefield to help her lift someone.<ref name="8.5"> - Excerpt from Extermination 8.5</ref> Her powers are more rounded-up compared to powers of her kids, who are more specialized.<ref>My cousin Eric had had the range but his beams were weak. My Aunt Sarah had been middle of the road. Crystal had the strongest beams of the three, the strongest top speed and carrying ability to her flight. - Excerpt from Infrared 19.1</ref>

She is resistant to blinding lights in the same way as her sister, and additionally can see in the dark.<ref>She could see in the dark, as a part of her power. Just like bright lights didn’t disorient her. - Excerpt from Infrared 19.1</ref>

She was responsible for honing out fliers formations, which later will be incorporated by PRTCJ via her daughter.<ref name=15.3/> Sarah and her kids also used their forcefields as a form of coded communication.<ref>A purple forcefield appeared. The square, which disappeared, then a smaller square below it.

“She’ll be a second,” Crystal said. - Excerpt from Infrared 19.3</ref>

History

Background

Sarah triggered just before her sister; when one of their kidnappers was about to execute the starved, kidnapped girls.<ref name="15.x"/>

Sarah met Neil at the physical therapy, where he was recovering after his trigger and she from her riding injury.<ref>“Neil had the accident, which you know about” my Aunt Sarah said. I knew. They’d met in the physical therapy after. Her for a riding injury, him for his trigger. - Excerpt from Infrared 19.9</ref>

She joined the Brockton Bay Brigade, and was part of the group who captured Marquis. She convinced her sister to adopt Amy Dallon.<ref name="15.x" /><ref name="3.2">Agitation 3.12</ref>

She was the one who formed New Wave, recruiting most of the members.<ref name="15.x" />

Boston Games

Got her nose broken by some lucky minion, retaliated for that with some nasty burns to the minion's master.<ref>Eclipse x.5</ref>

Story Start

Lady Photon fought in the Battle against Leviathan, acting as a ferry and evac service late in the battle.

Her husband and son died, and she understandably mourned them.

Post-Slaughterhouse Nine

Declared a ceasefire with the undersiders in exchange for Tattletale giving her information on where her two nieces were.<ref>Tattletale frowned. “I’m trying to think about what’s easiest to achieve while clearing up the most problems. I already got in touch with New Wave and got them to chill out for a bit.”

“How’d you pull that?” Regent asked.

“Lady Photon was wondering where her nieces went. I told her that Panacea was healing Glory Girl but she still wanted her space.” - Excerpt from Colony 15.2</ref>

Gold Morning

Was presumably at the Oil rig waiting to welcome Panacea out of the cage.

She was a member of Khepri's swarm, and was killed by Zion as one of thirty capes struck by a beam of light before Khepri could react.<ref name="30.5">Speck 30.5</ref>

Post-Gold Morning

Sarah was resurrected by Valkyrie at some point.

Post-Time Bubble Pop

She was seen fighting in Teacher's Compound as part of Balk's team.<ref>Dying 15.2</ref> She suffered some injuries from one of Saint's mecha-angels.<ref>Dying 15.5</ref>

Post-Attack on Teacher

Sarah reunited with her sister and daughter.<ref>Sundown 17.2</ref>

The Ice Breaks

Sarah appeared in the Wardens headquarters after the ice broke.<ref name="II18.1">Radiation 18.1</ref>

She fought Titans together with her daughter during the defense of the Shardspace convoy, briefly accompanying Victoria Dallon and serving as a spotter during the nighttime.<ref name="II19.1">Infrared 19.1</ref> She saved Victoria from Nemean Titan's sneak attack.<ref name="II19.2">Infrared 19.2</ref> Sarah was, also, in the way of Titan Fortuna going to Earth Shin portal.<ref name="II19.4">Infrared 19.4</ref>

She was present when Victoria Dallon met Amy again.<ref name="II19.10">Infrared 19.10</ref>

Sarah served as a messenger to Riley Davis.<ref name="II19.z">Infrared 19.z</ref> She stayed by her side as a bodyguard while Victoria's plague was deployed.<ref name="II20.10">Last 20.10</ref>

Ward Epilogue

Sarah joined Erring Right alongside her daughter. They live together.<ref name="II20.e6">Last 20.e6</ref>

Chapter Appearances

Ward Chapter Appearances
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Trivia

• Her signature 'color' on the team is purple.
• Lady Photon is referred to by her nickname Photon Mom in the tags.

References

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New Wave
Leader	Lady Photon (Unofficial)
Members	Brandish • Flashbang • Fleur {{#switch: deceased	deceased=†	noncanon=≠	former=‡	unknown=*	#DEFAULT= }} • Glory Girl {{#switch: former	deceased=†	noncanon=≠	former=‡	unknown=*	#DEFAULT= }} • Laserdream • Lightstar {{#switch: former	deceased=†	noncanon=≠	former=‡	unknown=*	#DEFAULT= }} • Manpower {{#switch: deceased	deceased=†	noncanon=≠	former=‡	unknown=*	#DEFAULT= }} • Panacea {{#switch: former	deceased=†	noncanon=≠	former=‡	unknown=*	#DEFAULT= }} • Shielder {{#switch: deceased	deceased=†	noncanon=≠	former=‡	unknown=*	#DEFAULT= }}