CounterForce/Strike Team: Seattle

CounterForce's flagship operation was founded in Seattle, and originally consisted of a team of novice heroes who grew in skill as they progressed.

CounterForce Seattle dealt with many threats, including Lazarus X and his main enforcer, Diehard. They also stopped the worm-like Annelids, a race of underground dwellers, when they attacked the surface.

The most important battle for the team was against Project ACHILLES, a government program to create android warriors. Unknown to the team, Force and Gauge were actually androids created by ACHILLES, implanted with false memories and infiltrated as spies. They were eventually pitted against their teammates. In a climactic battle at the Space Needle, they as well as Lodestar were killed.

Strike Team: Seattle is still active and currently led by Skidz, but with a slightly different roster.

First Appearance: COUNTERFORCE #1

Dark Cloud (Mack Casey) was a small-time hood who ran afoul of an occult artifact and gained the power to become insubstantial. Paroled for helping police, he turned over a new leaf as a mercenary superhero for the just-formed CounterForce organization. (Created by Jim LoPiano)

Militech (Harrison Simms) was originally a soldier critically injured during the Hero Wars. He was reborn as a nuclear-powered combat cyborg and served as mentor to the team in its early days. He has remained as worldwide chief of security for CounterForce Inc. (Created by Jeff Messina)

Skidz (Samantha Danner) was a former computer hacker who gained the power to move at superspeeds. She later became leader of Strike Team Seattle. (Created by Jeff Messina)

Force (Cyrus Harding) believed he was a mutant with telekinetic powers, but he later discovered that his true origin was as an android from Project ACHILLES. He tried to romance Sunspot, but he was destroyed in a climactic battle at the Space Needle. (Created by Tom Rohring)

Sunspot (Molly Kamala) was a Hawaiian scuba diver and adventurer whose discovery of a strange volcanic rock triggered strength, invulnerability and energy powers. She also has pursued a modelling career. (Created by Jim LoPiano)

Tremor (Kent Kerby) was from a race of worm-like humanoids from deep under the earth's crust, sent as an explorer to the surface world. He could tunnel at great speeds through the earth and could control gravity waves. Upon his return to his people, he was chopped into bits and digested so the elders could learn what he had experienced. He was later reborn and returned to the surface dwellers who had befriended him. (Created by Steve Mancuso) Tremor's Character Sheet

Lodestar (Barry Finn) was a test pilot whose plane passed through a mysterious aurora at the North Pole. He was blinded, but gained magnetic powers as a result. Lodestar was the Strike Team's first leader. He died trying to save Force and Gauge from their programming. (Created by Rich Faber)

Gauge (Justin Wilson) originally thought he was a young boy who gained energy powers through exposure to quantum rays. His total lack of personality should have been a dead giveaway that he wasn't real. He later discovered he had been manufactured by Project ACHILLES and programmed to fight against his team. He was destroyed in a climactic battle at the Space Needle. (Created by Peter Chmiel)

Nightbird (Todd Kelly) was a crimefighter with a mysterious origin that appeared to be connected to Diehard. He is an expert hand to hand combatant and master of stealth. (Created by Jim Gaynor)