Legion of Super-Heroes

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 * name=The Legion of Super-Heroes
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 * head=Jazmin Cullen
 * xo=Garth Ranzz


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The LSH are a bunch of primarily time-lost heroic refugees from disparate futures that all have one thing in common: there's a Legion there, dedicated to preserving the peaceful lives of sentients throughout the universe. Sometimes, they may be referred to as "that team of super teenagers from future outer space."

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OOC Resources for Legion Appers
 * LegionWiki - Man I love Legion fans. They're so thorough.
 * DC Cosmic Teams: Legion - So you want a logical and relatively comprehensive listing/explanation of the multitude of Legions published over the years? Here it is!
 * Frunt - An absurdly analytical index of issues, characters, and plots.
 * The LSH Helpfile - A (32-bit) Windows helpfile on the Legion, starting with v1 and stopping at the end of the 1994-start continuity (postboot).
 * Legionworld.net - Message boards with helpful, friendly, creative people on them.
 * Get-A-Life Boy's Legion Site - Story listing yay! There are also other resources there, like the listing of Elseworlds/Alternate-Universe Legions.
 * The Unofficial DCU Chronology's Future Section - Yet another attempt at making sense of six million reboots.


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IC Constitution
1.0 GENERAL PURPOSE

1.1 The Legion of Super-Heroes shall be an organization devoted to preserving the peaceful life of sentient beings throughout the universe.

2.0 MEMBERSHIP

2.1 There shall be three classes of membership in the Legion of Super-Heroes: active, reserve, and honorary members.

2.2 Active members shall be those duly qualified and elected individuals who shall be on call 24/7, and who shall devote substantially all of their time to the Legion of Super-Heroes.

2.3 Reserve members shall be those duly qualified end elected individuals who shall be prepared to take action in the event of an emergency when active members require assistance or are unable to respond, and who shall devote such reasonable portions of their time to Legion of Super-Heroes duties as the Leader may from time to time require.

2.4 Honorary members shall be those worthy individuals who do not quality for active or reserve membership, but whom the active membership wishes to honor with inclusion in the Legion of Super-Heroes.

3.0 ADMISSION TO MEMBERS

3.1 To qualify for active membership, a candidate must: (i) have at least one genuine super-power not activated, assisted, or powered by extrinsic means;

(ii) be able to fully control such power; and

(iii) be courageous and of good character.

3.2 To qualify for reserve membership, a candidate must be:

(i) a former active member;

(ii) an honorary member; or

(iii) a worthy candidate for active membership not elected to active membership.

3.3 Candidates may be proposed for active or reserve membership by any member, or may propose themselves on such occasions when the Legion of Super-Heroes may announce a willingness to examine candidates. Candidates are subject to evaluation by the standing Committee on Membership to determine the candidates' qualifications and merits, including any reasonable testing procedures the Committee may deem necessary and desirable. The results of such evaluation shall then be presented to the membership by the chairperson of such Committee, along with the candidate.

3.4 Voting on new members shall then take place as provided in Sections 8.2 and 8.3 hereunder. Candidates elected shall be promptly inducted into active or reserve membership.

3.5 In times of emergency, any team of active members may grant provisional active membership to an individual they deem worthy who is assisting in the resolution of such emergency. Upon the resolution of such emergency, such provisional active member shall immediately become considered for membership as provided hereunder.

3.6 Candidates for honorary membership may be proposed for membership by any active member, and are subject to the same evaluation of merit by the Committee on Membership as candidates for active and reserve membership. Voting on new honorary members shall then take place as provided in Sections 8.2 and 8.3 hereunder. Candidates elected shall be promptly informed of such election and offered honorary membership and, upon their acceptance of same, shall be promptly inducted as honorary members.

4.0 RESIGNATIONS OR EXPULSIONS FROM MEMBERSHIP

4.1 Members may resign at any time without cause.

4.2 Active members may, with the consent of the Leader, place themselves on reserve status. Such consent may be revoked at any time, and during such time members shall continue to have all obligations ordinarily incumbent upon Legionnaires except as to the proportion of time they shall devote to Legion-related duties.

4.3 Members shall be subject to expulsion for any failure to conform to the provisions of this Constitution applying to them. Grounds for expulsion shall include, but not be limited to:

(i) failure to continue to fulfill the requirements for membership as set forth in Section 3.1 hereof;

(ii) failure to fulfill the duties of a Legionnaire or attempting to subvert another member from doing so;

(iii) failure to obey the Leader's orders;

(iv) disloyalty to the Legion of Super-Heroes;

(v) cowardice, dishonesty, or fraud;

(vi) becoming magically or psychologically unfit for duty and failing to place oneself on voluntary leave or suspension;

(vii) revealing Legion of Super-Heroes secrets or confidential information acquired while serving as a Legionnaire;

(viii) knowingly taking the life of a sentient being in other than a provable situation of self-defense or as a provable only available alternative to the death of sentient beings.

4.4 In the event a member is accused by another member of conduct meriting expulsion, the Leader shall suspend the accused and conduct an inquiry into the accusation. The result of such inquiry shall be presented to the active members in the fashion of a trial, with the accused given all the benefits of such a proceeding, including representation by an active member.

4.5 At the conclusion of such a trial, the question of expulsion shall be as provided in Sections 8.2 and 8.3 herein, except that the accused shall have no vote on the question.

4.6 Members expelled or resigning from the Legion of Super-Heroes and not awarded either honorary or reserve membership must submit to telepathic, technological, or magical removal of all memory of Legion of Super-Heroes secrets or confidential information gained while serving as a Legionnaire, and must return all Legion of Super-Heroes property and surrender all benefits end privileges of membership.

5.0 MEMBERSHIP ACTIVITIES

5.1 Members shall keep the Legionnaire(s) charged with Mission Monitor Board Duty aware of their location at all times.

5.2 Members shall cooperate with legal application of law enforcement.

5.3 Members shall participate in ongoing educational and training activities as required by the standing Committee on Membership.

5.4 Members shall receive no salaries and/or rewards or compensation for heroic activity from any person or organization other than the Legion of Super-Heroes. Any sums received that cannot be waived shall be donated to the organization's treasury. The Leader shall periodically set living allowances at various levels for active, honorary and reserve members, which shall be paid out of the Legion of Super-Heroes' funds.

5.5 Active members shall also be entitled to housing, security, food and clothing that will accommodate their needs at the Legion of Super-Heroes' expense.

5.6 All members will be issued a serialized Legion flight ring, regardless if the wearer needs the aid of flight or not, for communication and location purposes. The ring is the property of the Legion of Super-Heroes and can not be given away. Penalty for doing so can result in expulsion in Section 4.3.

5.7 Members with substantial personal financial interests shall be required to declare them to the standing Committee on Constitutional Matters, which may require the member to divest such interests or place them in a blind trust for the duration of such members' membership.

5.8 Members shall have the right to participate either in person or via telecommunications in all Legion of Super-Heroes meetings at which any matters are voted upon or to call meetings at any reasonable interval.

5.9 Members shall be entitled to medical care at the expense of the Legion of Super-Heroes for all injuries received while Legionnaires.

6.0 LEADERSHIP

6.1 Every six months the members of the Legion of Super-Heroes shall select a Leader and a Deputy Leader from among the full-time active members in a manner conforming to the requirements of Sections 8.2, 8.3 and 8.4 hereunder.

6.2 The Leader and Deputy Leader shall serve for concurrent one-year terms and may be re-elected for consecutive terms.

6.3 In the event of the resignation, expulsion, leave of absence, death or incapacity of: (i) the Leader, the Deputy Leader shall become Leader and shall appoint a new Deputy Leader;

(ii) the Deputy Leader, the Leader shall appoint a new Deputy Leader; or

(iii) the Leader and Deputy Leader, the seniormost active member shall serve as temporary Leader, with a new Leader and Deputy Leader to be selected at the first opportunity in a manner conforming to the requirements of Sections 8.2, 8.3 and 8.4 hereunder.

6.4 The Leader shall be the supreme commander of the Legion of Super-Heroes, restricted only by the applicable provisions of this Constitution.

6.5 The Leader may authorize the Deputy Leader or any active member as an acting or temporary or team Leader with an appropriate portion of the Leader's authority hereunder.

6.6 Members shall, in all instances, be required to obey the orders of the Leader and/or the Leader's duly authorized representative, so long as such orders conform to this Constitution.

6.7 The Leader may be suspended temporarily by a unanimous vote of the standing Committee on Constitutional Matters, and such suspension shall last only until a court-martial may be held as provided in Section 4 hereunder.

6.8 The Leader is responsible for the funds of the Legion of Super-Heroes under Section 1.3 hereunder and shall have the full freedom to use those funds to fulfill the purposes and requirements of this Constitution.

7.0 COMMITTEES

7.1 The enumerated authorities set forth in this Section 7 shall be given to the standing Committees set forth herein. In this respect, the authority of any given Committee with respect to the matters set forth shall be superior to the authority of the Leader or any individual Legionnaire.

7.2 In addition to the standing Committees, ad hoc Committees may be composed and charged with specific responsibilities from time to time by the Leader or by vote of the active membership.

7.3 The standing Committee on Constitutional Matters shall have the final authority to rule on all matters of interpretation of this Constitution, to draft amendments and/or revisions of this Constitution at the voted direction of the active membership, and with respect to all elections and to the Leadership itself. This shall include authority to call and preside over a court-martial of the Leader, as provided in Section 6.7 above. In addition, this Committee shall arrange for the keeping of an appropriate history of the Legion of Super-Heroes and all archival files and shall designate the flag, handshake, oaths, and other indicia of the organization.

7.4 The standing Committee on Constitutional Matters shall also have the authority to disband the Legion of Super-Heroes.

7.5 All rulings of the Committee on Constitutional Matters shall be by majority vote, except the ruling to call a court-martial of the Leader or to dissolve the Legion of Super-Heroes, which must be unanimous. All rulings of this Committee shall be binding upon the Leader and the membership.

7.6 For the duration of their membership, whether as active, honorary, or reserve members, the standing Committee on Constitutional Matters shall consist of Cosmic Boy (chair), Lightning Lad, and Saturn Girl. In the event of the incapacity, resignation, or expulsion of one or more members, the Legionnaire or Legionnaires of greatest sequential chronological seniority shall replace them, with the most senior member of the Committee serving as chair.

7.7 The standing Committee on Membership shall have the responsibility for maintaining an active search for suitable candidates for membership, for making recommendations to the membership concerning candidates, and for supervising the ongoing education and training of all Legionnaires.

7.8 All rulings and recommendations of the standing Committee on Membership shall be made by majority vote of the Committee, and with respect to the education or training of individual members, shall be binding upon such members.

7.9 Until such time as otherwise designated under Sections 8.2 and 8.3 hereunder, the standing Committee on Membership shall be chaired by the acting Leader and shall consist of not more than three additional members to be determined on an ad hoc basis.

7.10 The standing Committee on Security shall also serve as the Espionage Squad, being composed of those active members whose super-powers are most suitable, and shall have the general responsibility for assisting the Leader in maintaining the security of the Legion of Super-Heroes.

8.0 VOTING

8.1 The active and reserve membership shall hold voting privileges.

8.2 The membership shall be required to vote on significant questions including but not limited to: (i) the method of selecting the Leader;

(ii) the designation of standing or ad hoc Committees and their chairpersons;

(iii) revision of the Constitution;

(iv) admission of new members;

(v) expulsion of present members;

but not on matters explicitly under the Leader's discretion or matters explicitly under the discretion of a standing or ad hoc Committee under Section 7 hereof.

8.3 For all such votes, a quorum of three-fourths of the active members shall be required to participate either in person or via telecommunications. The quorum being determined to be sufficient, a vote of two-thirds of members participating is thereafter required to carry the question. In the event of a tie or vote insufficient to carry the question, the status quo ante shall prevail.

8.4 Unless the question shall be put to a vote of the active membership and carried otherwise for that year, the Leader shall be elected by a simple plurality of active members voting, with the Legionnaire receiving the second-largest number of votes being elected Deputy Leader.

8.5 Unless the question shall be put to a vote of the active membership and carried otherwise, all Committees shall make their determinations by a simple majority of Committee members voting, with ties broken by the chair, except as otherwise explicitly prohibited herein.

8.6 All other questions shall be decided by a simple majority of the active membership.

OOC Charter
OOC group policy is determined by whoever's playing the three most senior characters (Rokk, Imra, and Garth).


 * The addition of new members to the OOC +group is governed by IC actions.

Characters who are members of the group IN ANY CANON may app into the group; anyone else must follow the procedure for joining, which is an IC one. Potential members may be proposed/nominated by existing members. Provided the nominees have at least one fully-controlled superpower (which does, in fact, include Super Martial Arts), and are courageous and of good character, they will be voted on by the active membership, with a simple majority deciding their case (a tie results in the status quo, or 'try again next week'. In order to gain enough information on them to determine whether or not they are, in fact, courageous and of good character and fully in control of their power, they may be required to pass tests (and/or just RP with the group).


 * Members of the OOC +group may be expelled for IC reasons, which are fully outlined:

Members may be expelled under the following terms: failing to fulfill duties, cowardice, failing to report unfitness for duty, failing to keep confidentiality on Legion business, committing or participating in dishonesty or fraud, or killing in other than self defense. If a member is accused of any of this behavior, they are suspended and the Leader conducts an inquiry. The accused can pick a lawyer to defend his or her case if he or she is unwilling to represent herself, and then will be placed on trial before the membership. A simple majority of active members will decide the outcome, with a tie resulting in the status quo being maintained.

Any member may resign at any time.

If someone drops, other versions of their character will also be appable, to keep OOC confusion on the part of the members to a minimum. If someone resigns of their own accord and then changes their mind, they get let back in, no questions asked.

Proposed amendments to this charter may be submitted to the OOC leader, who will then put them to vote if they're not crazy like 'plus we ALL GET OUR OWN KYLIE MINOGUE' in which case said leader has every right to file them under 'circular bin'.


 * To change the OOC leader (and/or XO) of the team:

Three votes of no-confidence submitted to staff and voted on by active members excepting current OOC head in question; a simple majority'll kick it over. In this case, a tie will be in favor of replacement instead of status quo.


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Gear
Flight Rings

Predictably, a Legion Flight Ring allows the wearer to fly; the top speed is something like 300 mph. The ring also lets the user communicate with other Legionnaires and lets other Legionnaires locate him or her through the hyperspace communicator and sub-space transmitter beacon contained in each ring.

Omnicom

A Brande Industries Legionnaire Standard Issue Omnicom! And they really mean omni. 5,000 viewing channels, an audio-visual interface for recording, lockable file storage, environmental scans for safety and life signs, simple genetic scans, the sprocking Encyclopedia Galactica! Everything. Seriously. Plus it's great for filing paperwork. Unfortunately, in the twenty-first century, it won't pick up any of the channels, just lots of M*A*S*H reruns.

Telepathic Earplugs

Like it says on the package: they're earplugs that transmit and receive directed thoughts, effectively allowing instant universal translation and communication in space if you don't want to rely on fishbowl helmets with radio transmitters or wriggling around to get your flight ring near your face inside your transuit.

Transuit

When worn, it's an invisible, transparent shield between the wearer and hostile environments. It doesn't protect against everything; the Legion has had to evacuate things like really-high-radiation areas before, but it lets them do things like make trips through space without explosively decompressing or bleeding from the eyes or suffocating. It's also good for underwater, gas attacks, virus attacks, pheromone attacks, sunscreen, and anything else that depends on touch or lungs or mild radiation. The air supply is good for a day.

Headquarters
The result of a starship crash and an Instant-Installation-Installer which was aboard said ship, Legion Headquarters is an L-shaped building made out of 30th-century materials including a non-ferrous, silvery metal which holds both a polished and mat finish at the same time and maintains a constant, skin-safe temperature and advanced, impact resistant plastics.

As befitting a futuristic base it is fully computerized and automated with touchscreen controls and holographic displays the norm. It has a robotic secretary in the lobby, janitor bots that move through the walls, and is interconnected with tubes that function similarly to antique capsule pipelines but with gravitics instead of air pressure. It includes a commissary with a kitchen and food replication tech, a gym with a pool and an indoor track as well as reconfigurable “multipurpose” exercise machines, an entire suite of laboratories, a sprawling residence floor and a tactical command center.

(Also see Legion Headquarters)

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