Saturday 16 September 2017

The Unfinished Red Tornado Unit - Flashpoint: The World of Flashpoint (2011)

The last Red Tornado unit created by Thomas Oscar Morrow, he was built like the others to protect Japan from the fall of civilisation that was spreading across the globe. However before his programming could be completed, Morrow died, leaving him incomplete.

Waiting in Morrow's laboratory, he was unable to recognise or understand that his creator was deceased. Remaining on his own for an unknown period of time, he declared that once his programming was complete, he would stand by his brothers and fulfil the primary purpose that Morrow had commissioned them for.


After detecting Traci Thirteen's arrival to Morrow's Tokyo lab, Red Tornado warned her to "halt" and identify herself, threatening to kill her if she did not do as he commanded. Hearing that she was looking for "a Hermit" (taken from Madame Xanadu's tarot cards), he began to recite the meaning of the word, listing both meanings - both a recluse and a "molasses cookie" - to the confused girl. When asked if he was the one she was looking for, he replied that he was nothing more than a "guardian" waiting to be enlisted into the ranks of the Red Tornadoes.

He told the young magician that Morrow would have wanted him to be of help to her, asking her to wake the doctor up for him, so that he could finish his programming and allow him to accompany her across the world in her mission to stop the H.I.V.E Satellite. Directing her to his creator's wheelchair, he could not process Morrow's death, stating that he wanted to help her and needed to be completed. Traci sadly told him that despite his wishes, the unit was not capable of helping her, teleporting away and leaving him to grieve.


Appearances:
  1. "This is the World we Made" (First Appearance)
  2. "This is the World we Hope For" (Final Appearance/Flashback Only)

Dr. Thomas Oscar Morrow - Flashpoint: The World of Flashpoint (2011)

A scientist responsible for the creation of the Red Tornadoes, Doctor Thomas Oscar Morrow was contracted by the Japanese government to produce an army of androids that could be used to protect Japan during a time of uncertainty and war. Using his intellect in the field of robotics, he programmed them to fulfil one specific task - to ensure the safety of the nation by any means necessary.

Operating out of a laboratory in Tokyo, Thomas began working on another unit of the Tornadoes, however died before he could complete the project.


"This is the World we Made"

In search of a way to protect the world from her father and the Hive Council's satellite, Traci Thirteen used her magic powers to transport her to the embodiment of "the Hermit" tarot card, only to come across his skeleton propped up in a wheelchair. His latest Red Tornado Unit was unable to perceive him as being dead, insisting that he was alive and merely sleeping.


Appearances:
  1. "This is the World we Made" (First and Only Appearance)

The Red Tornadoes - Flashpoint: The World of Flashpoint (2011)

Conceptualised and produced by Dr. Thomas Oscar Morrow, The Red Tornadoes were a defence project commissioned by the Japanese Government to protect Japan from being attacked, following a breakdown in geo-political relations between nations in the wake of the Atlantean/Amazon war.

Not only were they programmed to enact lethal force against any act seen as a threat for national security, the Tornadoes were a public deterrent. Many units were created and distributed across the country, with one of their main production sites being based in Tokyo. There single function is to protect their assigned country.

However during the manufacturing of one of the units, the creator died.

It was never revealed if any more units were crafted. The lone unit referred to them as his "brothers", though it was not made clear if all templates of the Red Tornado unit were designated as being male.

Each unit floated above the city, monitoring the world from the sky.


Members:

  1. Thomas Oscar Morrow (Leader)
  2. The Unfinished Red Tornado Unit 
  3. Numerous Unnamed Red Tornado Units 
Appearances:
  1. "This is the World we Made" (First Appearance)
  2. "This is the World we Hope For" (Final Appearance/Flashback Only)

Ocean Master - Flashpoint: Deathstroke & The Curse of the Ravager (2011)

Having sunken the entire of Western Europe, Ocean Master and Emperor Aquaman took over the flooded countries, defending them against any other ships or surface-dwellers as they planned to get their revenge on Wonder Woman and the Amazons, who escaped from the complete destruction of the deluge.


Among these command posts, the pair took up residency in the Eiffel Tower. He was partly responsible for the destruction of the Warlord's main fleet and ship - leaving them as a warning for any sailor foolish enough to enter their conquered terrain.

Although Aquaman tried to sue for peace and regretted his actions, Ocean Master constantly warned him of the threat that humans posed to Atlantis and their culture and called for violence at any opportunity.

At some point he had heard of the reputation of the infamous Deathstroke and his pirate crew.


"Separation Anxiety" 

Looking out across Paris through a pair of binoculars, Orm pointed out the Ravager to his half-brother, musing about how they had not witnessed the destruction they wrought to the Warlord's fleet. He expressed his opinion that the crew were nothing but "misfit{s}."

Following in pursuit of Aquaman, he dived into the ocean, swimming at full pelt through the waves and boarding the lone ship. On his King's instructions, he set about to attack each member and kill them one by one.


"Red Tide"

He coldly told Emperor Aquaman that their war would be over when every "surface dweller" was dead, jumping over Clayface and clashing with the Tattooed Man. His opponent tried to use his body art animation - in the form of serpents - to defend himself from the prince, but Ocean Master speared him with his trident and pinning him violently against the wall, calling him "little man" who should have headed the actions of several members of the crew and abandoned the doomed vessel.

As he retrieved his weapon from the deceased Tattooed Man, he watched Aquaman kill the Scavenger. Using the weakness to the Ravager as an advantage, Orm sent Icicle - frozen in a block of his own ice for protection - crashing through the floor and into the bowls of the ship, before turning his attention to the Eel. Knocking him back, he was about to kill Deathstroke when he was called off by Aquaman, who remarked that they had more important things to do than concern themselves with them. Kicking the captain in the face, he mockingly named them "scraps" as they dived into the ocean and swam away.


Appearances:

  1. "Separation Anxiety" (First Appearance/Flashback Only) 
  2. "Red Tide" (Final Appearance/Flashback Only)