Tom Bowden
Contact
- Contact location
- Steel Canyon −2556.0 −83.9 −780.0
- Alignment
hero/vigilante- Mission levels
- 15–20
- Introduced by
- Athena Currie
- Carla Brunelli
- Everett Daniels
- et al.
- Introduces
- Andrew Fiore
- Claire Childress
- Jake Kim
- Lt. Col. Hugh McDougal
- Vic Garland
- Wilma Peterson
- et al.
Tom Bowden is a contact in Steel Canyon. He offers missions to level 15–20 heroes and vigilantes.
Progression[edit | edit source]
Athena Currie, Carla Brunelli, or Everett Daniels may introduce Tom Bowden to level 14–19 heroes and vigilantes. Detective Frasenbacker, Detective Kowaccio, Detective Martins, Detective Rogers, Detective Sluggitt, Detective Westbrush, or other level 14–20 contacts in Steel Canyon or Skyway City may also introduce Tom Bowden to level 14–19 characters who do not have Fareed Abdullah, Guy Denson, or Mark Freeman as a contact.
Tom Bowden sells the eight standard small inspirations to heroes and vigilantes who have him as a contact.
Characters obtain 45 charges of the Plasmatic Taser power by accepting Tom Bowden's mission to seek clues to Lost's plans. Turning the mission in removes the power.
Characters can call him after reaching the relationship of colleague at 10 CXP, then speaking to him.
He may introduce other level 14–20 contacts in Steel Canyon or Skyway City, or Jim Temblor, to heroes and vigilantes up to level 19, after reaching the relationship of colleague at 10 CXP.
Characters cannot normally reach the relationship of confidant at 70 CXP. Regardless of relationship, he introduces Andrew Fiore, Claire Childress, Jake Kim, Lt. Col. Hugh McDougal, Vic Garland, Wilma Peterson, or a higher level contact in the Rick Davies–Unai Kemen chain to level 20–50 heroes and vigilantes who have no contacts higher than Tom Bowden in that chain.
Missions[edit | edit source]
Tom Bowden offers an initial mission, then another six missions to level 15–20 heroes and vigilantes.
| Mission | Levels | CXP |
|---|---|---|
| Defeat kidnapper and his guards | Level 15–20 | 10 CXP |
| Free students from Clockwork | Level 15–20 | 10 CXP |
| Recover trophy from Clockwork | Level 15–20 | 10 CXP |
| Defeat Clockwork in Faultline | Level 15–19 | 10 CXP |
Seek clues to Lost's plans
|
Level 15–20 | 5 CXP |
| Combat Lost in Skyway City | Level 15–19 | 10 CXP |
| Arrest Lost in Skyway City | Level 15–19 | 10 CXP |