Re: [BNW] Super Hero Deaths--oxymoron?

[Spacedog <spacedog2@xoommail.com>]

Don Schniepp et.al. wrote:
 >      Ok, so I'm already trying to guess at the secrets that are heading our
 > way but I can't help it.
 > 
 >      Granted, this isn't our typical super-hero game but will this hold true
 > for super-heroes staying dead?  I don't think so.  Have we seen the last of
 > Patriot?  Nah...I doubt it.  It's this thing about how Alphas are created.
 > I haven't finished reading the books yet but it seems like death tends to
 > bring out the powers and I think I read somewhere about deltas becoming
 > alphas.  I'm going to guess that something happens to a delta when he dies
 > that we haven't been told and there is a chance he can return as an alpha.
 > Patriot will be back.  At least this would explain why all those villains
 > keep coming back after their "deaths."
 > 
 > "It can't be you, Captain Evil!  I saw you get mangled in that compactor and
 > then watched as what was left of you fell into the flowing pit of molten
 > lava you started!"
 > 
 > "Easy.  I turned into an Alpha."
 > 
 > Of course, this still leaves the question of why no new Alphas have appeared
 > but I guess we have plenty of time to figure that one out.

Just like not everyone will become a delta not every delta will become an alpha. 
The circumstances for an delta becoming an alpha should be rare. That is why 
there were so few comparitively.  

 

Spacedog

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