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Laynia Petrovna (Earth-616)

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Real Name
Laynia Sergeievna Petrovna (Krylova)
Current Alias

Aliases
Tyomni Zvesda (Russian translation of codename); formerly "Great Beast" (with Vanguard & Ursa Major)

Identity

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Affiliation

Relatives
Nicolai Krylenko (aka Vanguard, brother), Sergi Krylov (aka The Presence, father), Marya Krylova (mother, deceased)

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Unusual Features
None

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Occupation
Adventurer

Origin
Origin
Darkstar is a mutant, born with her special abilities that developed during puberty.

Place of Birth
Minsk, Russia, former USSR

Place of Death

First appearance
Appearance of Death

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History

Darkstar
Darkstar was part of a soviet superteam recruited to bring the Black Widow back to the USSR. Instead, she switched sides and joined the Champions, remaining with the team until its disbanding.

While a member of the Champions, she and Bobby Drake, former X-Man and known as Iceman were close to entering into a romantic relationship, but Laynia liked Iceman as a friend, and not as a love-interest. She quit the Champions and returned to Russia, leaving behind a devastated Iceman.

Darkstar joined the Soviet Super Soldiers with her brother, Vanguard. The former Soviet Super-Soldiers eventually defected to the United States, but were captured and returned to the Soviet Union. They were rescued by a man known as Blind Faith, and his team called the Siberforce, previously known as Exiles (not to be confused with the reality-hopping team the Exiles), whom she joined.

Later, when the People's Protectorate was rechristened the Winter Guard, Darkstar was recruited back into the team. After that team also disbanded, Darkstar and Vanguard teamed with a Russian mutant team and later joined forces with their father, the Presence.

Darkstar eventually joined the X-Corps office in Paris, France. She perished while fighting creations of the Weapon Plus program. She was possessed by Weapon XII, and Fantomex was forced to kill her. A funeral was held in her honor at Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, where she was buried.

Darkstar, along with many other deceased mutants, has been resurrected by Selene and Eli Bard with the Transmode virus.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

Darkforce Manipulation: ability to tap and manipulate an intense-black form of extradimensional energy called the Darkforce. This energy, which appears to be related to the extradimensional black gas-like substance manipulated by Shroud and Cloak, possess mass and form (whereas Cloak’s and Shroud’s does not). It may be that it is the same substance and Darkstar simply knows how to manipulate it to greater effect then the other two. Her power seems analogous to that of Blackout.

Darkstar (by Larry Hama)
  • Darkforce Projection: can project the Darkforce into simple mentally controlled forms such as pincers, rings, columns, spheres, and so on. She can form objects with a maximum density of 175 pounds per cubic inch, resistance to concussive forces of up to 320 pounds per square inch (500 pounds of TNT at 20 feet). She can form objects with a maximum volume of approximately 750 cubic feet, sufficient to encompass ten human beings comfortably. These objects are solid and well defined while she consciously wills them to be. If she rendered unconscious, they dissipate. Darkstar can also project a beam of solid force, capable of impacting an object with sufficient power to rupture 3-inch solid hard carbon steel or tip over an average, loaded railroad boxcar (15 tons).
  • Darkforce Teleportation: Darkstar can also emply the Darkforce to teleport herself up to three others. She does this, in a manner similar to that of Cloak, by entering into the Darkface’s dimension of origin, traversing a distance (which may or may not be the linear correspondent distance in this dimension) and reemerging in Earth’s space. She has so far been able to travel a maximum distance of about .85 miles (4,480 feet) in this way. Because journey's through the darkforce dimension are so disorienting (crossing through the inter dimensional portal disorients her sense of direction, and the light of the Earth dimension blinds her for several seconds upon reemergence) teleportation is a rather risky proposition. It also takes her several seconds to create a portal into the Darkforce dimension, preventing her from teleporting out of the way of such high velocity danger as a bullet.
  • Darkforce Flight: Darkstar can utilize the attractive force of the Darkforce dimension to fly. By generating a invisible, intangible portal into the dimension in the counter of her body, she balances its attractive force upon her against that of Earth’s gravity without passing through the portal. In order to increase its counterbalance with gravity and wind resistance. She must angle the portal more steeply as she accelerates so that the attractive force does not leave her center of gravity (and her moment of inertia) behind as it draws her long. She can fly at speeds up to 120 miles per hour, the maximum velocity at which she is still able to breath. She cannot support the weight of anyone other than herself while in flight.

    Abilities

Darkstar was a fair hand-to-hand combatant (trained by the KGB) and was also fluent in both Russian and English.

Strength level

Darkstar possesses the normal human strength of a woman of her age, height, and build who engages in intensive regular exercise

Notes

  • Darkstar was a key player in the Contest of Champions series and her origin was revealed by Bill Mantlo in a Hulk storyline.

Appearances in Other Media

Alternate Versions

  • In Earth-3470, the native time line of Heather Hudson of the dimension-jumping Exiles, the Soviet Union still exists. Darkstar is part of the Soviet Super-Soldiers.

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