Appeared In:   Space Outlaws

Occupation:   Queen of the Pirates' Guild

Equipment:

• Electronic Jammers: Electronic jammers are large circular chips that jam all electrical devices on starships, including deflectors, lasers, and propulsion systems. Morgana's pirates keep the jammers hidden behind asteroids at the outer edge of Taber's Belt. Whenever an unwary ship ventures into the area, the jammers automatically launch, attach themselves to the ship's hull, and neutralize its defenses.

• Light Dagger: Morgana carries a short sword that can slice through just about anything. It has a golden handle and a straight blade that radiates a soft white light.

• Pirate's Asteroid: The asteroid is the base of operations for the Pirates' Guild. It is located in the "Forbidden Zone" of Taber's Belt and looks like a huge stone corkscrew. It has the following points of interest:
  • Docking Areas: Places around the asteroid used for docking, launching, looting, and stripping captured spaceships. Connecting ramps allow people and supplies to move between the areas.

  • Power Core: Inside the asteroid, deep beneath the inhabited levels, there is an open pit of seething molten energy. The asteroid draws its power from this source. Sometimes prisoners are forced to "walk the plank" over the energy core. The plank can hold two adults at a time and can be extended and retracted using a bank of controls.

  • Mind Probe: A device used to discover the truth by electronically scanning a person's memories. The person is strapped spread-eagled on a platform while the machine above emits a beam that forms a bubble of pulsing pink energy around them. This bubble causes intense pain as it tries to access the desired memories. It can be resisted by strong-willed individuals, and will short out if the circuitry in the surrounding walls is damaged. It is operated from a control panel a few feet away from the actual machine.

  • Prison Cells: Used to hold the crews of captured ships. These are monitored by the robot guards.

  • Storage Rooms: Used to store loot and scrap.

  • Theater: A large pit with a wide stone balcony, used to make announcements and/or speeches before the entire assembled Pirates' Guild.

  • Treasure Room: A room filled with gold, silver, jewels, rare objects, and other forms of monetary treasure.

• Power Nets: A power net is an orange force-field bubble that is used to trap the crew members of boarded ships. It is shot out of special rifles.

• Robot Guards: Morgana's robot guards are used to keep prisoners in line. They are red, grey, and blue and have large spikes on their lower torsos. They appear to be made out of spare parts. The robots have enormous strength and carry electrified whips that can paralyze individuals or shatter objects.

• Spaceships: The Pirates' Guild has its own fleet of ships. The vessels range in size from small shuttles to destroyers thousands of times larger than the Pride. The fleet is mainly used to capture other spaceships for looting and stripping.

Appearance:

Morgana is a tall athletic woman in her thirties. She has light blue eyes and long black-blue hair that is worn loose. Morgana sports a golden tiara with a circular red stone in the center. She wears red lipstick, pink eyeshadow, tan brown boots with dark gold stripes, and navy blue pants. She also wears a navy blue belted tunic that has a high collar, dark gold border lining, short puffed sleeves, and six gold buttons on the chest. There are two unattached light blue arm wraps extending from her wrists to the tunic. Morgana wears her light dagger on the left side of her belt.

(Imagine Wonder Woman turned space pirate, wearing Jem's eye makeup from the cartoon of the same name.)

Strengths:

Morgana is a remarkable leader, inspiring loyalty from those she commands. She gives her all for the Pirates' Guild and in return demands (and receives) top performance from them. She genuinely cares for her pirates. Morgana takes nothing at face value. She is an expert at intimidation and interrogation. Morgana cares for Herc deeply.

Weaknesses:

Morgana will do anything to ensure the safety of her pirates. Thus she is prone to give in to enemy threats. She trusts Herc implicitly, which means that he can (and sometimes does) lie to her with ease.

History:

Morgana is Queen of the Pirates' Guild, a band of female space outlaws who make their living by looting and stripping ships that venture into the "Forbidden Zone" of Taber's Belt. Morgana and Herc worked together for a time and became close, but he left for unknown reasons.

When Saw Boss came to Taber's Belt, he demanded tribute in exchange for the pirates' continued freedom. Thinking of the safety of her pirates, Morgana agreed. This arrangement continued until the arrival of the Lightning League in Taber's Belt. When Oon was presented to Saw Boss as tribute from the captured Pride, he recognized the Eternal Squire and demanded the barge and any prisoners. Morgana protested, as this was not their original deal. She offered to supervise the search for the League only if Saw Boss canceled all further payments of tribute, and he agreed.

She then had the captain of the barge brought before her for questioning. Morgana was surprised to see her old friend Herc! After freeing him from his bonds, she embraced him and expressed how much she had missed him. Morgana swallowed Herc's false story about dropping the League off on Altair IV and keeping Oon as payment. She then took Herc to be inducted into the Pirates' Guild, even though he protested. Morgana allowed Herc to talk to the captive Oon.

Saw Boss saw the captain talking to the Eternal Squire and demanded his arrest. He also threatened to besiege the asteroid unless Morgana found out the truth about the whereabouts of the League, and fast. She ordered the robot guards to take Herc to the Mind-Probe. Morgana apologized for this turn of events, explaining that she had people to protect. Morgana suffered as much as Herc did, watching his pain under the probe.

The process was ultimately interrupted by Jayce, who burst in using Armed Force to free his friends. He was only able to save Oon before the damaged vehicle fell apart. Jayce and Oon were forced to flee. Deciding to switch sides, Morgana threw her light dagger to Jayce as he escaped.

Saw Boss was furious, and forced Herc walk the plank over the power core. Saw Boss then berated Morgana for failing to bring the League to him. She was forced to get on the plank with Herc. Morgana told her pirates not to obey Saw Boss and not to worry about her, but fearing for her safety, they surrendered. Morgana started to feel very faint from the intense heat, but Herc told her to hold on to him. He reassured her that Jayce would come through.

That he did, by leading the League into battle. Oon pulled Herc and Morgana off of the plank, and Jayce returned Morgana's dagger. She thanked him for the rescue, and then loudly declared that the deal with Saw Boss was off. The Pirates' Guild now stood against the Black Light. Morgana's pirates cheered and started moving towards the Monster Minds, who promptly retreated.

Later, at an assembly, Morgana publicly thanked the Lightning League and asked Jayce to name his reward for saving the Guild. He asked that the pirates give up robbing innocent people. Morgana agreed to this, even though it would be hard to reform. She swore to lead her pirates into battle against the Monster Minds. Her followers cheered, approving her decision.

As Morgana escorted the League back to the Pride, Morgana pulled Herc aside for a few moments and promised that she would always be there for him.