"Hero for hire. Reasonable rates. The more impossible the better. Trying to become an alicorn. Please contact Shield Generator, 555 Quint Way, Canterlot."

An electrostatic field generator rated to two gigavolts. One and a half gigajoules of storable potential energy. A genetic condition that will kill him in a year. Gene Shields is going to fight it the only way he could find: become an alicorn. And before that, he'll become the hero Shield Generator. He doesn't know what he needs to do, barring something impressive. But he's going to try!

The hero we need? No. The hero we want? Remains to be seen. The hero we deserve? Wow, that's an interesting question, but probable not. The hero we have? Yes. And he's accepting jobs.