For the purposes of plot I have access to a device that is capable of giving people comic-book style superpowers, its simple and painless to use, the catch is that its only able to give a specific superpower to a single person at any given time.
So if someone chooses super-strength for example then no-one else can have it at the same time, its first come, first served.
In addition the new abilities are impressive but not godlike, someone with super-strength can bench-press a truck at maximum effort but not anything more, someone with super-speed can break the sound barrier with a long enough run-up but not zip-around at close to light-speed…you get the idea, impressive but limited. And no abilities that are over-powered by definition, like ‘omnipotence’ etc
So what new superpower do you want, and what do you do with it?
Bonus points for a Straightdope superhero team name.
Precisely controlled shapeshifting with unlimited duration (i.e., once I change, I stay in that form until I make the effort to change again). Mental faculties retained across changes, of course, but otherwise I would assume the natural abilities of anything I turn into, with the reflexes to use them. The “precisely” is specified to cover being able to change only partially or make fine adjustments to an assumed form.
I want the power of super-knowledge - knowing everything that is known, from Steven Hawking’s last work on black holes to the latest iron-forging techniques, to with whom Mrs Miggins downstairs is having an affair.
