"If you want to become a hero you have to hold on to your dreams."
Zack Fair
PL: 10 (150)
abilities: (24)
STR 24 DEX 18 CON 24 INT 10 WIS 14 CHA 14
Combat: (32)
+8 init, +10/8 ATK, +10 DEF (+2 dodge, +4 flat-footed)
+7/10/12 DMG (unarmed/SOLDIER blade/buster sword)
saves: (10)
TOU +10/7 FORT +10 REF +7 WILL +6
Skills (20/80)
acrobatics +6
bluff +6
climb +6
diplomacy +6
drive +6
intimidate+4
knowledge: arcane +4
knowledge: current events +4
knowledge: tactics +6
profession: SOLDIER +6
notice +6
search +6
sense motive +6
survival +8
feats (34)
all-out attack, ambidexterity, assessment, atk spec: SOLDIER blade, attractive, benefit (rank: SOLDIER, 1st Class), chokehold, defensive roll 3, diehard, dodge 2, endurance, improved disarm, improved grapple, improved initiative, improved trip, interpose, move-by action, power attack, sidekick 9, takedown attack 2, taunt, uncanny dodge
Powers (30)
Device: Buster Sword +2 (6)
- Strike +5 (feat: mighty, improved block, improved crit, extend reach, weapon break, extra: penetrating +1) [10]
device: SOLDIER Blade +1 (3)
- Strike +3 (feat: mighty, improved crit) [5]
Enhanced STR +10 (10)
Enhanced CON +10 (10)
leaping +2 (2)
superstrength +1 (42)
sidekick:
Cloud Strife (as Soldier, M&M golden age, p 67)
complications
Enemy (Genesis, AVALANCHE)
responsibility (Aeris, Cloud, Shinra Corporation)
rivalry (Sephiroth)
costs
abilities 24 + combat 32 + saves 10 + skills 20/80 + feats 34 + powers 30 = 150 pts

Cloud's best friend and role model, Zack's story is finally told in the spin-off prequel "Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7".

considering their similarities, it's notmuch of a strech to say that if/when i go back and revise cloud, Zack here will serve as my blueprint