Renegades

In just a few hours, Adrian stakes out an abandoned building near the library, makes a list of supplies, and fantasizes about arresting Nightmare and Gene Cronin. He finds Ruby and Oscar playing a game, and Nova soon joins them; her uniform is too long on her. He notices that she looks comically uncomfortable, so he decides to give her a tour of the complex.

He is surprised to find Nova to be deeply curious, so he shows her nearly everything, even the call center. They discuss that the call center is shorthanded and lacks people on patrols to directly manage crimes and other issues. This is because the Renegades turn away many prodigies whom they deem unworthy. Nova wonders why they don’t create a non-prodigy police force to deal with smaller issues that don’t need superhuman intervention. Oscar shrugs off her question, insisting that non-prodigies have superheroes to manage their issues now, but Nova isn’t convinced. Adrian promises to mention her point to his dads. He then takes them to the training hall.

In the training hall, Nova is quickly overwhelmed to see the sheer number of prodigies with different abilities. There are around 400 permanent staff in the complex, with more coming in from other locations to train monthly.