So, I had this idea to play a non-conventional Shield team with the Shield ATA. Members: Shadowcat (Grav Feed), Grav. Feed Multiple Man c2, She-Hulk, Madrox (GSX), and Morbius.

With the SHIELD ATA, that's 478 of a 500 point build, but the question is this:

Both Madrox and Multiple Man have powers that allow them to bring in additional copies of characters that share their name. Will those new character's have the SHIELD ATA when they come into play?

I'll quote the powers, but I don't think this has anything to do with the powers really. Essentially it's about whether or not the copy character's are eligible to make use of the SHIELD ATA when the original character has it active?

Here are the powers:

On the off chance that someone decides to put a main set MM on a G.W. Bridge team with SHIELD as his keyword and the ATA, then the following power does the same thing and provokes the same question from me.

No. Only the characters that are assigned the ATA during force construction will have it. Characters that are brought into play during a game will not be assigned the ATA unless they replace a character that had the ATA assigned. (If multiple characters replace a character assigned the ATA then only one of those characters will get the ATA)

Does that also apply to characters that GAIN the keyword, but were a part of the force the whole time, ie the Lantern rings and the Legion ring?

As far as I know, yes kbean. If you don't pay the cost for them at construction, and they aren't a wildcard, then they will not be able to use it.

I assume so, just wanted to get that question in the thread. Thanks.