Game Premise

[Dapper Dog]

Game Premise

It is the year 2032, over the last twenty years, a massive change has enveloped the glove starting with the emergence of human beings with exceptional often impossible abilities. These humans have become known as Elites, and have changed the trajectory of world politics, society, and the natural world in dramatic ways.

The rest of humanity often referred to as baselines, a slang that has caught on into the general populace, has watched these Elites terraform the Sahara into the world’s breadbasket; clean the oceans, topple dangerous regimes, and shift world politics. An Initiative started by the UN in 2014 has blossomed into the UNJE one of the most powerful world international agencies on the planet, generating wealth from numerous patents and their work with UNJE Elites around the globe. First among these is the team known as the Justice Elite, one part superhero team, another part soft power initiative to expand UN power around the globe.

Elites can often sell their brand and find sponsorships with corporations or governments that want their services; as long as they are marketable and willing to abide by their contracts. Despite the easy path to wealth and influence not all Elites take that route, some, especially those that associate with the Pantheon Network, a world recognized terror group, believe that each Elite is a nation unto themselves and should not be bound by the baseline rules and morals that constrain humanity. They see themselves as no longer human, they are something more and should create their own destiny instead of just serving the whims of baseline humanity and fixing the problems that baselines created in the first place.

With this all in the backdrop, the game will take place in the beautiful Ethiopian city of Mudaba Adin, a coastal paradise that has benefitted from the UNJE efforts. It is a cosmopolitan metropolis running on clean power, beautiful beaches, and a cultural hub in the region. It is also the location of the Mudaba Adin UNJE Institute, one part university another part training ground for future UNJE Elite assets. The first of its kind, there are sister Institutes in Rota Spain, and another in Shanghai China; with a fourth being planned in South America to be completed by hopefully 2036.

The UNJE has announced a new initiative to create a new team of Elites, but have decided to do it through a reality show format, the contest is open to the students at the Institute and in a surprising turn have opened it to Elites around the globe to participate, those that survive, ahem succeed, will be given a chance to sign lucrative contracts to join the new team. All prospective contestants must have no ties to the Pantheon Network, no violent criminals, and be willing to work for the UNJE for the entirety of the contract, lawyers will be on hand for any further explanations.

Being in the contest is not mandatory for the game but will form the central premise of the game but there will be other stories going on, as per my usual games.

[Dapper Dog]

GM Note on Pantheon Ties: These are public known ties, if the character maintains secret or clandestine links or even just philosophical leanings that is fine but public actions will be scrutinized and most likely get them pushed out of the contest. The intent is to not limit character ideas, but also show that the Pantheon Network is unpopular with the UNJE and those that support them.

[Dapper Dog]

Game Premise Season 2: With the destruction wrought to Mudaba Adin the world was introduced to the Ultrum Imperium, an inter-dimensional state bent on conquest of their reality. The people of this Earth learned that they were not alone in the universe, indeed they were not alone in this multiverse. Now there was a ticking clock counting down to December 17th, 2035; often called Doomsday though some consider it Liberation day, and even some or a more religious bent say it will be the real day of Rapture.

The focus of the story will shift from Mudaba Adin to Atlantis One and Atlantis Zero in the Pacific Ocean as some of the worlds brightest and best work to come up with a defense versus such an overwhelming force as the Ultrum Imperium. But this Earth is not alone, they have made ties to the home dimension of the Young Revengers. In the shadows there are also links to the Citadel of Frankies, though one has to be in the know to even get access to that, but they thus far seem nominally on the side of the UNJE Earth reality.

Ideologies begin to clash as the UNJE starts to crack down on the Pantheon Network focusing on the Golden Path and allied religious and political movements that support submission to the alien invaders. In addition to this is the promise of the New Eden Coalition a political movement that is pushing an agenda of simply fleeing Earth and seeding humanity across multiple realities to avoid conflict with the Ultrum Imperium.

OOC: This stage will be much more global than the last game, as players will have access to mundane and exotic means of travel, up to and including access to the Citadel of Frankies in its pocket universe. Alliances may shift, change, and the game will be opened up to more alliances, but as usual direct PvP will be frowned upon. More concrete Patheon or criminal ties will be allowed.