Be the active player of a team for a cumulative 12 hours. When a mission is selected, the mission's owner is the active player. Otherwise, the team leader is the active player. You and at least 1 other player character must be in-game and on the team. The mapserver updates badge progress about once a minute.

Characters with the Paragon / Svengali badge can get Assemble the Team from S.T.A.R.T. vendors for free, instead of paying the normal price of 1,000,000 inf.

This badge displays different names, depending on a character's current alignment.

• Paragon on heroes and vigilantes
• Svengali on villains and rogues

Paragon / Svengali is awarded to characters created on Primal Earth. Teacher is the corresponding badge for characters created on Praetorian Earth.