krixwell-liveblogs:

Do you want to look back over the PRT power classification system and try to assign ratings to the characters, particularly the S9?

Let’s see…

  • Siberian is a Brute, what with her invincibility and resistance to any sort of force being applied to her, other than the ones from the Earth. (By the way, I like how “unstoppable object” extends logically from “immovable object” – she can’t be stopped because you can’t apply a force to slow her down.)
  • We know Jack used to be classified as a Nuker, in the overlap between a Shaker/Blaster. I see no reason to argue with that.

  • Burnscar is a Blaster/Mover. At least as long as teleporting counts as Moving.
  • Pinkie Pie is a Baker.
  • Mannequin is of course a Tinker, specialty biospheres. The extent to which his mannequin body can change shape might also qualify him for Changer.
  • Shatterbird is a high-level Blaster, perhaps with a small bit of Mover due to the way she uses her Blaster abilities on her outfit and would be able to use glass as a hoverboard.
  • Crawler is a Brute. Maybe also Changer, but it’s not something he can do at will, so it might not count.
  • Cherish is a Master.
  • And finally, Bonesaw is naturally a Tinker, specialty medical equipment and biotechnology.

Actually, going back through the #prt classification tag, I’m reminded of the Breaker class:

Capes with the ‘breaker’ classification were generally those who had some ability to ‘break’ the natural laws of the universe as far as those laws applied to them.

That fits Siberian perfectly. She selectively breaks Newton’s second and third laws of motion.

(And possibly the first, considering it’s just a direct consequence of the second – this would allow her to start or stop moving without pushing against anything, essentially amounting to flight. We haven’t seen that from her, though. It’s more likely she can just ignore/cancel forces that are there, not move like she’s affected by a force that’s not there.)

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