Theodore Edward 'Ted' Jameson, Jr. / Ranger

Still-shot from before a late-1991 interview
with Lou Dobbs on CNN

The team leader during the 1980's. Graduated from West Point in 1979, served in the Army Reserves after the events of 'You All Meet in a Lab' resulted in him being asked to serve as ProStar's CEO.

• Asskicking Equals Authority: In spite of the fact he leads the government agency for fighting superhuman crime in America for two decades (and a similar position for the United Nations after that agency is abolished), he finds himself on the front lines punching evil in the face quite often after 'The Battle of Detroit'.
• Batman Gambit: An absolute MASTER at this if his opponents are stupid enough to give him the time to formulate one. His plan to take down Rochemont wearing Doctor Destroyer's War Armor at the end of 'The Destroyer Wars' is a textbook example of this trope as he uses it in combat.
• Chew Out Fake Out: Pretty much his default mode for debriefing Starforce post-battle any time after 'The Battle of Detroit'
• Closet Geek: Knew enough about Doctor Who to make a TARDIS joke in correct context during 'Greatest Generation'
  • Word of God says he got hooked on it during a tour of duty in Europe pre-'You All Meet In A Lab'
• Combat Pragmatist: There's a reason it's known as "Jameson's Third Law of Superheroic Combat"

  "If you're in a fair fight, you've done something wrong."

• Cultured Warrior: His father was a business tycoon in the DFW area while he was growing up.
• Four-Star Badass: while running PRIMUS between 'The Legacy of Doctor Destroyer' and 'Leap Day'
• Freak Lab Accident: PRIMUS was trying to turn him into one of their Silver Avengers when the supervillain Pulsar attacked the lab where the procedure was taking place.
• Inertia Is a Cruel Mistress: Pulls this on both Julie and Stormwatch while they are spinning Bo Sticks in 'You All Meet in a Lab'
  • Doctor Destroyer pulls it on him during the Battle of Trinity Site in 'The Paradox of Doctor Destroyer'
• Legacy Character: Takes the name and identity his late older brother Craig had used as a superhero in New York City and Dallas during the 1970s
• Majorly Awesome: Until the First Gulf War. Then he becomes Colonel Badass
• Mercy Lead: Does this to Clayton Stiles at the end of 'Escalation'
  • Also does it to Cateran in 'What Happens in Vegas...'
• Military Superhero: Oh, hell, YES!
• Missing Main Character: He is not in 'The City That VIPER Built' because his Army Reserve unit got called up for Operation Desert Shield
• Officer and a Gentleman: So very much so when he was in the Army Reserves and running ProStar.
• Only Sane Man: You get more than a whiff of this in 'What Happens in Vegas..." as he's conducting the post-battle interrogation of both Starforce and Cateran
  • not to mention any time he has to separate Ladyhawk and Starforce before 'Operation Phoenix'
• Punch! Punch! Punch! Uh Oh...: What happened in 'International Treasure' when he attempted to take out Viperia.
• Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs: His preferred method of attack at any power level
• Reasonable Authority Figure: His reputation as a superhero before his time as PRIMUS director or UNTIL Director-General make him this to most all superheroes.
  • and supervillains...
• Speed Blitz: After recovering from Doctor Destroyer's 'party favor' for him in 'Operation Phoenix', this was his preferred method of attack (known in Champions terminology as 'Entering the Speed Zone')
• Super Speed: His major superpower
• Team Dad: He is often heard commenting before TASK FORCE's initial breakup in 1992 that dealing with both Starforce and Ladyhawk is like raising children.
• The Ageless: Once he taps into the Speed Zone post 'Operation Phoenix', he stops aging
  • He expresses regret for this to both Bob and Julie before they die in 'A Parting Glass'
• The Strategist: Next to Super Speed (see above), his major superpower. West Point hammered this into his DNA