Val Cooper
| Fighting |
Good |
| Agility |
Excellent |
| Strength |
Typical |
| Endurance |
Excellent |
| Reason |
Good |
| Intuition |
Excellent |
| Psyche |
Excellent |
| Health |
90 |
| Karma |
36 |
| Resources |
Not Applicable |
| Popularity |
0 |
Powers
None
Talents
None
Contacts
None
History
Dr. Valerie Cooper was originally a special National Security Advisor, on national security issues, which include metahuman affairs. Originally, Valerie Cooper took a hardline concern on the problem, of the threat that superhumans and mutants posed to the United States.
This position changed slightly when Valerie Cooper oversaw Mystique's team as Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, which operated under the new name of Freedom Force. Meanwhile, Valerie Cooper and the Commission was directly involved in the events of the government demanding the identity of Captain America under the argument that he was their property. With Steve Rogers giving up the identity of Captain America, Cooper supervised the recruitment of John Walker and Battlestar. The two of them became the new Captain America and the new Bucky. Valerie Cooper's next duty was to hire Forge, to create a machine to detect mutant powers.
The Freedom Force project was shutdown, when several members were killed while others were missing after being abandoned in Kuwait. During The Muir Island Saga Cooper's mind fell under the control of the Shadow King. Valerie was ordered by the Shadow King to shoot Mystique but fought the command and ended up turning the gun on herself. Val was critically injured, but survived. Mystique, with the aid of Nick Fury and SHIELD hypnotists, went undercover as Val in an attempt to foil the Shadow King. It wasn't until the defeat of the Shadow King, by the X-Men and X-Factor, that Mystique and Cooper were able to return to their own lives.
After witnessing first-hand the deeds of mutants throughout the years, Valerie Cooper wanted to give the concept of a government sponsored team another shot. She was able to convince several members of the X-Men and their associates to form a new X-Factor team. This new team, comprised of Havok, Polaris, Wolfsbane, Multiple Man, Quicksilver, and Strong Guy replaced Freedom Force, with Val acting as government liaison to the team. Soon after Val was once again mentally controlled, this time it was by the Acolytes. Val was freed from the Acolytes' control, but her relationship with X-Factor was damaged when it was revealed that she knew of Project Wideawake, a new Sentinel project being developed by the U.S. Government. Cooper later decided to hand leadership of the team directly to Forge. With the world getting more dangerous around her and the leaving of some of the members, Cooper was forced to allow Mystique and Sabretooth to join. With Forge in command, the team went underground.
Cooper return to the Commission on Superhuman Affairs. In her position, she found herself helping the X-Men out on several occasions. She was later responsible for taking Charles Xavier away to a government facility following the Onslaught incident. Valerie was instrumental in helping the old Thunderbolts defeat Henry Peter Gyrich and negotiated for the team their Presidential Pardon.
Later she went on to help establish the Office of National Emergency (Or O*N*E), an official government branch dedicated to preparing and defense against superhuman threats. The O*N*E, with its first line of defense being the Sentinel Squad O*N*E has now been called into action after the events of M-Day.
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