Blue Steel

This article is about the signature character. For the developer Ray Snyder, see Blue Steel (Developer).

Blue Steel
Paragon Police Department's very own hero
Details
Real Name	Unknown
Gender	Male
Archetype	Scrapper? (see notes)
Affiliation	Paragon Police Department
Age	Unknown
Romantic Associations	Unknown
Known Family	Unknown
Primary Powers	Martial Arts? (see notes)
Secondary Powers	Shield Defense? (see notes)
Zone Locations	Kings Row

Overview

Blue Steel is a hero trainer in Kings Row in the Freedom Plaza section located at (-768.0, 36.0, 1330), or 330 yards southwest of the Yellow Line train station. His location is marked on the map as a contact.

Background

History

Blue Steel was an original member of the Regulators with Back Alley Brawler. He is the only hero in Paragon City that works directly for the police.

Character Stats

Secret Identity: Unknown
Origin: Natural (debatable, see below)
Archetype: Scrapper (debatable, see below)
Primary Powers: Martial Arts
Secondary Powers: Shield Defense (debatable, see below)

Regarding the validity of Blue Steel's primary, secondary, archetype and others, see the Developer Notes below.

Miscellaneous

Developer Notes from Manticore

• Blue Steel grinds his coffee with his teeth and boils the water with his rage over Tub Ci's release.
• Blue Steel didn't come by his powers; he sprang full grown from the forehead of Zeus ready for battle.
• Blue Steel doesn't sleep. He waits... for another crack at the Clockwork King.
• Castle and BABs put Shield Defense in the game because Blue Steel told them to... or else.
• Blue Steel has no Secondary powers. All his powers are Primary.
• If you can see Blue Steel, he can see you. If you can't see Blue Steel, you may be only seconds away from defeat.
• Blue Steel doesn’t register as a hero. The city registers heroes so Blue Steel doesn’t have to take them down.
• Blue Steel told Statesman that PPD trumps FP and Statesman shut up.
• Blue Steel destroyed the periodic table, because the only element he understands is the element of surprise.
• While Blue Steel is possibly a Martial Arts, Shield Defense Scrapper, the truth is, Blue Steel doesn’t need an Archetype. Blue Steel is an Archetype.

Normal Notes

• Blue Steel is mentioned in the description of the Blue Shield exploration badge, which is likely a homage to his namesake in the original plans for City of Heroes, 'Blue Shield.'
• Blue Steel was not an in-game NPC until the Beta Test of City of Heroes. Originally, Back Alley Brawler was the hero trainer of Kings Row. When Galaxy City was added to the game as a secondary entry point for new heroes, Back Alley Brawler was moved to Galaxy City and Blue Steel was added as the hero trainer of Kings Row. He was originally an NPC named 'Blue Shield' in the planning stages of City of Heroes, and was involved in the creation of the villain known as the Clockwork King, but was not intended to be an in-game trainer. This is likely why there is (so far) no Praetorian Earth villain counterpart for Blue Steel.
• Blue Steel is responsible for the 'birth' of the villainous Clockwork King. After tracking down a suspect involved in a police homicide committed by robots controlled via telekinesis, Blue Steel beat the man nearly to death and left him for dead. This man's body was never recovered, and was beaten beyond repair. However, the Clockwork King's brain survived the encounter, and he used his powerful telekinetic powers to build himself a clockwork body, leading to the rise of the Clockwork King.
• Blue Steel is used quite often as the reason Arachnos' plans do not succeed post-Issue 7. Some of his feats include:
  • Breaks the trap used to hold Numina to a base in Nerva
  • Breaks Miss Francine out of an Arachnos prison with Luminary's assistance
  • Breaks Manticore, Operative Hugo Figures and Agent Gally Ido out of an Arachnos prison
  • Breaks various other people such as scientists from Arachnos after they were kidnapped
  • Impersonates Manticore on one occasion to a degree where nobody is able to tell the difference
• On some servers, as well as the offical US and EU forums, Blue Steel has developed a Chuck Norris-esque following due to his many feats. From Developer Manticore's recent post on the forums, it appears it has even spread to them.