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A large, dimly lit room slowly flickers to life as a large monitor illuminates the surrounding darkness. The light from the screen shines down upon a group of men hunched over a rounded table. A meeting has been called, each person representing a notable position in some organization or another. Top leaders of the world, generals of powerful armies, the brightest minds in the field of science and technology, highly influential billionaires and entrepreneurs alike, they all gather in this room for one collective purpose, one goal.

A heavy silence fills the air as the figures remain silent, motionless in their chairs, some filing through paperwork, portfolios put together for the conference. Then a door opens from the side of the dark room, light from the connecting corridor, temporarily shining even more light onto the room. The person has his back turned to the light, showing only but that of a silhouette of his figure. His appearance differed greatly from the rest of the group, for he seemed to be wearing a large trench coat with a high collar, effectively concealing his whole body.

The door now closing behind the mysterious figure, he stops and says out loud and quite abruptly, "Show the footage." No sooner did the man finish his order, the illuminated screen started to play said footage, and the contents within became increasingly erie as the group of assembled people watched.

The video showed a string of clips taken from various security cameras as well as footage recorded by the onlookers of said incidents. A man picking up a vehicle and swinging it like a bat, a women shattering the glass around her just by shouting, a cloaked individual manipulating fire without the aid of tools or surrounding items, the displays of superhuman like abilities seemed to never end.

"Enough," said one of the men gathered around the table. "I've seen enough of this to know why we are here." An aged voice, showing his years, but it held a tremendous sense of authority and power as he spoke. "Those masked vigilantes, those… freaks of nature, we are all brought here to discuss how to deal with them, yes?"

Murmurings can be heard throughout the room as the old man finishes his question. "It would seem as if he is not the only one who thinks this way," says a woman across the table. "This outbreak of… creatures and vigilantes needs to be quarantined, eliminated even. You all have seen what those individuals are capable of, by themselves. So much destruction and chaos that unfolds in their wake, they are too dangerous to be ignored, causing or inadvertently causing harm to those around them, even themselves."

"I agree with her statement," chimes in another man. "They all act alone right now, as far as we can tell; but how long do you think it will take for criminal organizations to make use of these individuals, produce their own? We cannot allow this to escalate any further, or even allow the possibility of such."

The man in the trench coat, still hiding within the shadows of the room, holds up the case that he has been holding. Bringing it forth to the table, everyone becomes silent once more as they all hunch over to see what it is. The man opens up an electronic keyboard within the suitcase, typing in a passcode. A flash of green light shines and a clicking mechanism engages, popping open the case. He lifts the lid and turns it around for everyone to see.

No one says anything for a while as they all gaze into the contents of the case. The realization of the situation finally sunk in for the rest of the gathered people as mysterious man closes the case and pulls it off the table. "So, do you now understand the situation we are all in? I have gathered you all here today to challenge this new threat, or possibly, this new avenue of advancement. Here stands before you the changing point in this world's history. No longer do we look upon the works of fiction from the past and say they are fiction. No, they are becoming reality, just as you have seen before you, and just as you will soon come to acknowledge and accept.

"Do we give into fear and needlessly attack these new threats, or will we take the time to understand what is happening and use all of this to our advantage, to better our world in so many different ways?"

"You speak as if you know more than what you have let us on to believe. You obviously have a plan in mind; if you will not eliminate the threat, as so many of us are inclined to do in the name of safeguarding our world, our race, then what is it exactly that you want to do? You speak of understanding them, using them for our advantage, care to elaborate?"

The man laughs as he is asked this. "Isn't it obvious? We need to understand why this is all happening. Instead of treating the side effects of the matter, we need to cut to the source, find it, secure it, and use it benefit us. Before us stands an evolution in technology and physiology. If we can tap into those secrets, we will be able to better mankind, the whole world!"

The woman just shakes her head again in disapproval as she brings up another point. "These side effects are not simply just going to go away. We need to do something about it! You have seen how effective law enforcement has been on these individuals; it's proving to be not enough now. We cannot rely on a country's military for every single incident either, now can we? Observing and analyzing is all fine and good, but how will we protect ourselves in the mean time?"

"I propose that we set up a security force, a specialized one that makes use of those very same individuals that we may very well be fighting. Our own group of supers for lack of a better term."

"You can't be serious?!" Exclaims the aged man. "The idea alone sounds preposterous! It's like using a group of thugs and criminals to arrest thugs and criminals. I'd sooner hand over all of my country's nuclear arsenal then agree to such a plan!"

"Indeed," chimes in another person, "Your idea is flawed and lacking in credible evidence to support such a plan; however, I am not entirely opposed to the idea of making use of this new technology. Certainly in the right hands, it could be of use in combatting this new threat…" More murmurings can be heard through out the room as everyone seems to slowly agree or shake their heads in disapproval.

The man in the trench coat, still standing the shadows, leaves the room silently, having finished what he set out to do this day. The ideas have been planted, and those with the necessary resources will surely act. With a smile, he fades away and the room is left with a fog of uncertainty, more questions having been raised then answers given.
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A few lone scientists remain at the portal corp institute as most of the residents in Peregrine Island finish their evacuation of the city. They have heard the news, they felt the tremors within the dimensional space around them, reality itself was on the verge of collapse. The cause behind this is unknown, the solution, far beyond their grasp, and a limited window of opportunity looming over them hangs as they try to find either.

"What are our options," states a familiar voice in the background. Positron approaches, knowing full well that their options are limited and that he may very well not like to hear any of them. The scientists look towards him and just shake their heads. "The stability of the dimensional matrices are volatile to say the least. We've only been able to anchor one set of coordinates safely to ours but...."

"Don't tell me..."

"Yes, It's the only one unaffected by this dimensional collapse across our multiverse, Earth no. 000742."

"The untouched one... do it."

"But sir! You are aware of our policy with tampering with the natural development of-"

"I am fully aware of the consequences of such, but this is our last chance to preserve what little of this world that we can."

And thus, the stage was set...
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The world is a different place right now, the lines of fiction and reality having been blurred into one. Beings from a different dimension have opened the door to our world; they were running, escaping the collapse of their own, and a score of few hundred, all of different kinds made it through. Some appeared human, some very alien in nature, others robotic, but one thing remained the same, their trip here was a one-way ticket and they stayed.

On a global scale, no one really recognized this trans-dimensional occurrence at first, save a few individuals; over time though, this changed dramatically. The supers from the other dimension could not ignore their new home for too long and acted. Crime on the streets being taken care of, vigilantes of all sorts appearing in cities across the world, villains alike as well, causing chaos and destruction, things they knew best. Struggles between these two groups occurred naturally, and the humans of this world, the onlookers of these spectacular battles and events, they watched, some in awe, others in deathly fear.

The world as a whole was quick to take action. Some extended the metaphorical olive branch; others clung to their fear and hatred of the unknown, forming extremist groups dedicated to cleansing the world of the super contamination. And then there are those that have looked farther past the surface of things, which understand and want to understand more of what is truly going on, what is now possible…
Even a child that receives one bit of praise has the ability to excel in a single talent, and those who receive regular encouragement can feel confidence, achieve success, and become leading members of society. Because they don’t believe they are worthless, they don’t need to raise a fist and have vengeance against fate or the world at large… ~Inspector Lunge

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Atlas City was born during this era of supers, as well as many corporations and organizations who now wield great power on a global scale. To name a few, you have Arikas Shipping Inc, Chiron Pharmaceuticals, Chocolo Sweets, Poseidon Electronics, Rook Industries, Supers for Hire (sfh), and many others.

Arikas Shipping is a multi-billion dollar, international company that has ownership stakes all throughout Europe and Asia. Arikas Shipping, a worldwide conglomerate of air, sea, and freight transportation and shipping, has many subsidiary businesses based in the US and Atlas City, including oil refinement/production, newspaper circulations and a producer of various media forms. Joseph Arikas is the founder of this company and Maximillian Arikas/Aether is the sole heir to the family business.

Chiron Pharmaceuticals is the leading figurehead in all things medical and pharmaceutical. Originally based in the dimension of supers, they traveled to our Earth with the sole purpose of preserving their advancements and knowledge in the medicine and health industry. Chiron Pharmaceuticals has hospitals set up in various countries, research centers, and places for disease control and quarantine. Their main headquarters, like many super-based companies, can be found in Atlas City. Shortly after their visit to this dimension, the state of health for everyone greatly improved, where their help was accepted of course.

Chocolo Sweets is a super-owned candy and chocolate company that specializes in sweet chocolates. Many Choco Sweet Shops have sprung up all over the world, and has become the number one producer and seller of all things sweet and delicious. Met with great criticism by anti-super groups and skeptics alike, many think that the sweets produced by Chocolo Maester, a super, is dangerously addictive, and that if eaten in large quantities, can produce abnormal side effects. It is only because of this level of distrust and campaigning against Chocolo Maester that other competitors like Hershey are still alive.

Poseidon Electronics is the leading producer in all commercial technologies around the world. Using state of the art sciences from the world of supers, the European based company has set the pace of technological advancement outside of Atlas City. Inside of Atlas City, they are legends in their own right, rumored to have been originally founded by great scientific minds of super-origin like Positron, Synapse, and Anti-matter. The company boasts a professional line of vehicles for transportation, day-to-day gizmos and appliances for the common person, advanced holographic computer systems, drones and robots. Poseidon Electronics also deals in various security systems, used by private and commercial firms.

Rook Industries, formerly owned by the Sanderson family, is a world-wide producer of technologies, much like Poseidon Electronics, its origins, however, lies within arms manufacturing for the military and public defense forces of the world. The company has branched out into production of robotic drones used for both military and civilian jobs, field suits commonly used by the ASF (Atlas Security Force), supers, and other private contractors, miscellaneous machinery used for factories and other high tech facilities, and just recently, the company has dived into the energy market, producing their own line of energy generators built off of a miraculous and very new substance, its origins in which are kept a company secret in the eyes of the public. Rook Industries is the source of many wild rumors, some of which claim that it is actually Crey Industries or Aeon Technologies in disguise. Others claim that it is seeking world domination, but that rumor in particular has been put down time and time again. To this day, it remains a staunch competitor to Poseidon Electronics, and any other producer of technologies, a company who is not afraid to bare its fangs in shows of power and aggression.

Supers for Hire, is a security force regiment comprised solely of supers. They work together with other world-wide agencies, or sometimes alone, to help bring in and sometimes even eliminate super-powered threats of all sorts. Supers for Hire are located mainly in Atlas City, but has branches spread throughout all major countries of the world. The group has been the target of much political and social activity, their roles in this world directly affecting many things like world governments, economies, security, and even standard of living. With a proper hero license level, a super within the Supers for Hire organization has many privileges granted to them: freedom, protection, flexibility in the law, political power, career opportunities, free education, a roof over one’s head, just to name a few. Many look to join Supers for Hire solely for these reasons. Many young supers obtain their hero licenses at Atlas University, one of the few locations you can get one legally.
Even a child that receives one bit of praise has the ability to excel in a single talent, and those who receive regular encouragement can feel confidence, achieve success, and become leading members of society. Because they don’t believe they are worthless, they don’t need to raise a fist and have vengeance against fate or the world at large… ~Inspector Lunge

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Rukellian wrote:Atlas City was born during this era of supers, as well as many corporations and organizations who now wield great power on a global scale. To name a few, you have Arikas Shipping Inc, Chiron Pharmaceuticals, Chocolo Sweets, Poseidon Electronics, Rook Industries, Supers for Hire (sfh), and many others.

Arikas Shipping is a multi-billion dollar, international company that has ownership stakes all throughout Europe and Asia. Arikas Shipping, a worldwide conglomerate of air, sea, and freight transportation and shipping, has many subsidiary businesses based in the US and Atlas City, including oil refinement/production, newspaper circulations and a producer of various media forms. Joseph Arikas is the founder of this company and Maximillian Arikas/Aether is the sole heir to the family business.

Chiron Pharmaceuticals is the leading figurehead in all things medical and pharmaceutical. Originally based in the dimension of supers, they traveled to our Earth with the sole purpose of preserving their advancements and knowledge in the medicine and health industry. Chiron Pharmaceuticals has hospitals set up in various countries, research centers, and places for disease control and quarantine. Their main headquarters, like many super-based companies, can be found in Atlas City. Shortly after their visit to this dimension, the state of health for everyone greatly improved, where their help was accepted of course. UMBRELLA corp ^^


Chocolo Sweets is a super-owned candy and chocolate company that specializes in sweet chocolates. Many Choco Sweet Shops have sprung up all over the world, and has become the number one producer and seller of all things sweet and delicious. Met with great criticism by anti-super groups and skeptics alike, many think that the sweets produced by Chocolo Maester, a super, is dangerously addictive, and that if eaten in large quantities, can produce abnormal side effects. It is only because of this level of distrust and campaigning against Chocolo Maester that other competitors like Hershey are still alive.

Poseidon Electronics is the leading producer in all commercial technologies around the world. Using state of the art sciences from the world of supers, the European based company has set the pace of technological advancement outside of Atlas City. Inside of Atlas City, they are legends in their own right, rumored to have been originally founded by great scientific minds of super-origin like Positron, Synapse, and Anti-matter. The company boasts a professional line of vehicles for transportation, day-to-day gizmos and appliances for the common person, advanced holographic computer systems, drones and robots. Poseidon Electronics also deals in various security systems, used by private and commercial firms.

Rook Industries, formerly owned by the Sanderson family, is a world-wide producer of technologies, much like Poseidon Electronics, its origins, however, lies within arms manufacturing for the military and public defense forces of the world. The company has branched out into production of robotic drones used for both military and civilian jobs, field suits commonly used by the ASF (Atlas Security Force), supers, and other private contractors, miscellaneous machinery used for factories and other high tech facilities, and just recently, the company has dived into the energy market, producing their own line of energy generators built off of a miraculous and very new substance, its origins in which are kept a company secret in the eyes of the public. Rook Industries is the source of many wild rumors, some of which claim that it is actually Crey Industries or Aeon Technologies in disguise. Others claim that it is seeking world domination, but that rumor in particular has been put down time and time again. To this day, it remains a staunch competitor to Poseidon Electronics, and any other producer of technologies, a company who is not afraid to bare its fangs in shows of power and aggression.

Supers for Hire, is a security force regiment comprised solely of supers. They work together with other world-wide agencies, or sometimes alone, to help bring in and sometimes even eliminate super-powered threats of all sorts. Supers for Hire are located mainly in Atlas City, but has branches spread throughout all major countries of the world. The group has been the target of much political and social activity, their roles in this world directly affecting many things like world governments, economies, security, and even standard of living. With a proper hero license level, a super within the Supers for Hire organization has many privileges granted to them: freedom, protection, flexibility in the law, political power, career opportunities, free education, a roof over one’s head, just to name a few. Many look to join Supers for Hire solely for these reasons. Many young supers obtain their hero licenses at Atlas University, one of the few locations you can get one legally.

Where do we come in at?

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Are we part of the supers corp? against the corp?

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You may choose to be a part of any of the organizations you see or not at all. Either play style can be supported. This list of entities was just to provide backdrop for what might be going on in the background.
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Rukellian wrote:You may choose to be a part of any of the organizations you see or not at all. Either play style can be supported. This list of entities was just to provide backdrop for what might be going on in the background.
okay other player we need to find a way to get footage or info on other possible aliens/mutants so we can find them before a war breaks out

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Got it.

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Is this part of Infinite Worlds?

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Modric wrote:Got it.
ok so do you have any skills or abilities for finding people Modric?

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I'm looking to build a techno-organic based super. Still thinking about powers right now.

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Modric wrote:I'm looking to build a techno-organic based super. Still thinking about powers right now.
Ah ok guess its okay then that my char needs revision :( i was working off 3rd ed

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Modric wrote:Is this part of Infinite Worlds?
Yes and no. The infinity patrol has not be formalized yet, but it has the potential to form in this game if the players take that route. Inter-dimensional travel has been introduced to this game's Earth by an outside force, and many are still trying to understand the science and application of it.
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NINJA_HUNTER wrote:
Modric wrote:I'm looking to build a techno-organic based super. Still thinking about powers right now.
Ah ok guess its okay then that my char needs revision :( i was working off 3rd ed
Right on. I'm on 4th edition. I'll simply the concept then.

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Just so you all know, I only work with 4th edition.
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Great! I was worried there... ;)

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Modric wrote:Great! I was worried there... ;)
Anyone wanna start planning yet? i think we should get intell & locations on any supers we can

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NINJA_HUNTER wrote:
Modric wrote:Great! I was worried there... ;)
Anyone wanna start planning yet? i think we should get intell & locations on any supers we can

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I want to know where the Villian Prologue/Background Info is :D
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