The basic background . Aliens attack earth, all the heroes die, all thats left are Villians. 1/1/2001. That was the day the aliens attacked earth. They dropped like steel rain from the dark void of space. Mysterious. Armed. Armored. Ferocious. Backed by a thousand armadas of fighters and bombers all across the whole wide world. Most of the major cities fell in days, left in smoking ruins and streets soaked red with blood. Heroes rose. Ordinary men and women. Police forces. Soldiers. Sailors. Air forces. Marines. Super heroes. But the aliens—horrifying creatures with shark-like faces and crocodile skin—were far more powerful. And they were legion. Then came the v’sori. Allies to humanity, saviors of earth. They aided the heroes of the world in their struggle against the predatory invaders they called the K’tharen. Great battles were fought. Sacrifices were made. Secrets were shared. The v’sori–Earth alliance drove the merciless k’tharen horde back to the depths of space. The survivors celebrated. The v’sori were given great ceremonies around the world. Dignitaries and super heroes gathered to shower them with gifts, praise, and gratitude. The fools. In a coordinated series of attacks across the globe, the v’sori proved not the foes of the voracious k’tharens—but their masters. The shark-men returned at the side of their insidious overlords. Earth’s heroes were caught off guard. Most were captured or slain in a single night of carnage and bloodshed. The rest, their identities and weaknesses cataloged during the false alliance, were hunted down in the weeks that followed. Earth’s armies, long grown overdependent on their super heroes, failed. Humanity was subjugated. The invaders wanted our resources and humans were tasked with providing them. In exchange, most of the world was allowed to rebuild and repopulate. Life slowly returned to some semblance of order, but always under the watchful eyes of the conquerors from the stars. The aliens’ plan to destroy the world’s heroes and enslave its population was near total, but they hadn’t counted on Earth’s villains. These selfish, vain, cruel, or megalomaniacal men and women had always rebelled against human authority, but alien rule proved intolerable. Soon they were united by a master criminal called Dr. Destruction. NEW YORK CITY On May 15th of 2002, Sh’tarka, the v’sori Overlord of the New England, USA region, placed most of Manhattan under a cordon. The crackling blue energy field kills most anyone who comes in contact with it, regardless of their superpowers. Even teleporters have been stopped dead in their tracks at the edge of the barrier. The cordon runs 100 yards off the shore of Manhattan on the Hudson River to the west and south, the East River to the east, and the Harlem River to the north. It rises 2,000 feet into the air, forming a roof above the tallest skyscrapers that prevents flying heroes, villains, or vehicles from entering or exiting, and as far anyone can tell, runs far beneath the muddy river beds as well. Sh’tarka’s shock troops patrol the outskirts, but so far the cordon has proven 100% effective. No one is known to have escaped, though several troublemakers have been thrown in. The v’sori drop ration bars throughout the city weekly, perhaps to avoid further dissent elsewhere, but more likely to watch the desperate survivors fight over them.
