A year ago the Earth passed through the tail of a rogue comet. As it did all the A-list supers, hero and villains, vanished.
Superman and Supergirl vanished. As did Batman, the Avengers,
every other member of the Justice League, Spider-Man, etc. The only good
news is that the A-list villains vanished too. Bizarro, Magneto, the
Juggernaut, Lex Luthor, etc. gone without a trace. Even the ones who
were safely incarcerated in super-prisons worldwide have not been seen
since.
With the worlds most powerful heroes gone the remaining super villains ran rampant.
SHIELD (Supreme Headquarters for International Espionage, Law
Enforcement Division) tried to fill the vacuum without success. America
was tired of relying on the unreliable United Nations for help with the
madness that followed what became known as the Great Exodus, eventually
just the Exodus, and formed its own version of SHIELD. They called it
PRIMUS (Primary Response and Interdiction Military United Service).
PRIMUS worked on the Federal level, against supers who crossed state
lines in their quest for mayhem or robbed banks or committed
kidnappings.
The States were to be protected by SAT, Special American
Tactics, a PRIMUS-like group that took its orders from the State
Governors much like the National Guard.
The mayors of cities were not going to be left with their pants
around their ankles. The cities that could afford a special police
divisions to try to deal with remaining super villains were born. In
most cities they have their own names, collectively they have become
known as PART units (Paranormal Alert and Response Teams).
These groups do not work together as well oiled parts of a
greater whole. More often they get in each others way, refuse to share
information because of personal or jurisdictional biases.
The general public has been left to rely on super heroes, the
one who did not vanish in the Exodus and those who arose afterwards.
This is the beginning of their stories….
Villains will range from world conquering madmen like Doctor
Destroyer (or perhaps Doctor Doom) to disease ridden sexual predators
such as Germ. You will likely see characters 'borrowed' from movies,
television, and comics (DC, Marvel, and others).
The game will be run as Hero System 5ER, modified, a link to
some House Rules is posted in the discussion section, please check it
out.
The Campaign city is yet to be determined but I am leaning towards New York (mainly because of its size and population).
Combat abilities are important but Role Playing and detective work are a must. We would welcome additional players!
