Say hello to the Source Fource, a legendary team of crime-fighting superheroes. Their mission? To rid the planet of software nightmares, bringing peace and harmony to devs all over the world.

Every member of the Fource brings their own skills and tricks to the party, and together, they form an unstoppable unit. Check out their profiles here –they’ve each got some stories to tell.

Renowned for his wisdom and mental strength, Office Master leads his young students along the difficult path towards truth, enlightenment, and inner peace.

At home in his Tibetan village, children sometimes mistake him for an eccentric recluse. But his vibrant kimono and boundless enthusiasm disguise deep intelligence and an enquiring mind. His reputation attracts students from the farthest shores. Most leave with nothing more than a bowl of steamed rice and stewed pak choi. But for the worthy few, a new world awaits.

According to legend, a young monk once travelled hundreds of miles by foot and horseback, seeking the wisdom of the elders and the inner strength to repel evil in every shape and form. To test his resolve, the master told him to stand on his head for three days and chant a mantra of inner harmony. Without even blinking, the young man struck a pose, balancing upside down on one finger. He held this position for five days, attracting a huge crowd.

On the fifth day, Office Master returned to see the young man. Breaking into a smile, he shook the young monk’s free hand and vowed to make him the finest warrior the world had seen, a force for pure good. That young man’s name is Windows Vista Sensei, and together, they create an unstoppable Fource.

It was at the age of seven during a visit to New York’s Central Park Zoo that Manhattan-born Windows Mobile Gal first realized her power. Desperate to see every animal, she ran as fast as she could from penguin to lion to zebra to bear. Next thing she knew, she woke up by an ice-cream truck with her parents holding a pack of ice to her head. Moving at lightening speed, she’d collided with a rhino.

With age she just got quicker, running so fast she could glide across water. She developed two main passions—travel and style. Windows Mobile Gal breaks the sound barrier tearing between London, Paris, and New York in search of the latest fashions and accessories.

But it’s not just her legs that move fast. This girl can multitask. In the blink of an eye she can close a huge business deal and organize a party for all her friends, all the while maintaining a Zen like composure and an immaculate appearance. With a global network of friends Windows Mobile Gal is the ultimate social butterfly, never happier than when she’s bringing people together.

Her introduction to the Source Fource came during a dash across the peaks of the Himalayas where she ran into Office Master, a far more opportune collision than her childhood encounter with rhino hide. Looking to channel her energy for speed she sought advice from her Source Fource friends. Together they developed a hover board that hones and directs her energy with meticulous precision. Through Office Master’s teachings Windows Mobile Gal learnt how to focus her mind and developed incredible intuition. Now she can tell what you want for lunch before you’ve had breakfast.

SQL Server Gal is an intellectual with attitude. The neglected daughter of successful lawyers, she amassed facts and figures the way other girls collect My Little Pony figurines. To keep herself occupied while her nanny was siphoning off the sherry, she read voraciously. Especially the books others never finish. Her favorites? War and Peace, Moby Dick, A Brief History of Time, and Ulysses.

SQL Server Gal’s active brain has helped her develop a keen eye for fashion and an insatiable appetite for quizzes and puzzles. At school, she achieved popularity by designing couture-style Halloween costumes, and helping her classmates improve their grades.

A keen motorbike enthusiast, SQL Server Gal spends her free time and energy looking after her beloved Harley Davidson, called Data Drive. She spends Sunday afternoons challenging the speed barrier and enjoying the natural beauty of the countryside. But with her feisty, alternative take on the world, SQL Server Gal is a biker chick with a difference. Her vast knowledge and language skills mean that she has an answer to every question. And despite her glitzy life as a member of the Source Fource, she still uses her extraordinary memory skills to help others realize their ambitions.

When she isn’t exercising her superior database intellect or rocking out to Rammstein, SQL Server Gal loves checking out leather-clad biker boys, trying on understated fashions in every shade of black, flexing her grey matter on memory games, and dancing until dawn.

A shy girl genius who could recite the periodic table backwards at the age of eight, ISV Super Gal is an only child to one of wealthiest beef farmers in Texas. From her earliest childhood, mixing with the in crowd was less important than mixing it up in the science lab. With an unerring desire to excel, she immersed herself in quantum physics and the latest, coolest gadgets and gizmos.

Putting her secret dream of joining the Dallas cowboys cheerleading team on hold, Super Gal spent long weekends and summers in the custom-built laboratory at her family’s ranch. Thanks to her determination, persistence, and the latest in technology supplies from her proud parents, ISV Super Gal devised a way of turning matter into energy and back again via an Ultra-Mobile computer running Windows Vista®.

The rest, as they say, is history. She took her invention to a young creators’ award ceremony where she met Visual Studio Guy who recognized her genius and recruited her to the Source Fource. Working with her new friends, ISV Super Gal creates new devices to aid humankind, and help her pals out of a few tight squeezes when she’s got time to spare.

Talking of which, her new pals have nicknamed her Glamour Gal. Why? The school girl genius has developed a taste for the finer things in life—black summer truffles, Manolo Blahnik shoes, and a season ticket for a box at the opera where she takes her parents every month. Not that mum and dad suspect for a moment that their daughter is one of a crack squad of super heroes dedicated to truth, justice, and multimedia mobile devices.

A child of the 80s, Visual Studio Guy used to amaze his friends by solving a Rubik’s cube in less than a minute, blindfolded—with one hand. His favorite shows were the A-Team and MacGyver, and so his later success as a programmer and inventor came as no surprise.

Visual Studio Guy does it all. Microsoft Visual C++®, Visual C#®, Visual Basic® .NET, Visual J#®, and the list goes on. Seriously, the guy dreams in code. Once he programmed a toaster to walk his cat. When the cat came back, it could clean its own litter box, file its nails, and make a mean martini.

He likes his food like he likes his code—raw. What is it with straight-edge neo-punks these days? Sure, they look all hardcore, but they care about their health. It's a strict macrobiotic diet for this code poet. If you have him over for dinner, don't be offended if he brings his own meal.

As you may have suspected, Visual Studio Guy has a bit of a chequered past. But we don't hold it against him. He actually ran with a group of elite hackers before making amends and joining the Source Fource. His enemies say he's lost his edge. But don't let the "cush" new job fool you—he's still got mad 5x1llz.

A Viking warrior with a mighty heart, Windows Server Crusader is a born protector. The son of a chieftain, he was well respected throughout his homeland. In Birka, a settlement perched high in the mountains of Northern Sweden, he spent his youth hunting and tracking the beasts of the forest. He could catch a reindeer by moonlight and spear a river trout from twenty paces. But all this time he knew his destiny lay beyond the Baltic Sea, with others who shared his desire to struggle against the forces of darkness.

On a long and dangerous journey across northern oceans his first test came when he was confronted by a gruesome ice beast. He swiftly impaled the animal with his horned helmet. At first he feared his helmet was damaged but instead, the clash with the beast revealed hidden powers. Within his horns, Windows Server Crusader holds a virtual store of strength that he can call on at any time.

Away from his homeland he grew in might and discovered a superpower that was to transform his life and the lives of others. He could travel through time. Arriving in the future, he met up with the Source Fource and was welcomed into a new family dedicated to fighting evil. Dependable and as tough as Mr T in full body armor, Windows Server Crusader protects the other members and secures the group’s communications.

At weekends he loves nothing better than hanging out with his fellow super heroes, eating pickled herring, and watching Bruce Lee movies. But at the slightest hint of trouble, he’ll drop that herring in a millisecond to be at the immediate aid of his pals.

Slick, quick, and with a fistful of super-style tricks, Windows Vista Sensei is the new karate-kid on the scene. Born in the United States and trained in Tibet, he acquired hardcore martial arts moves, and the wisdom to use these powers wisely. Once he’d perfected his signature preying-mantis kick, the bullies at school stood no chance.

He may be young but he has wisdom beyond his years, thanks to his training with Office Master. Through these teachings, Windows Vista Sensei learnt much about karmic meditation, but most importantly he recognized his destiny to become a force for good and to fight evil.

Then again, he was never going to be the bad guy. The latest in line to a legendary dynasty of super heroes, Windows Vista Sensei is determined to live up to their reputation. With a clear and focused mind, together with the knowledge of his forefathers, he can handle anything. Blessed with super speed, he likes nothing better than to zip around helping those in danger, drinking the occasional protein shake, and never, ever forgetting to look great.

So remember—if you’re in trouble, Windows Vista Sensei knows exactly where to find you. With his skills you know you’re in safe hands.