Zenith Comics Presents: The New Centurions! (Info Thread)
Posted: Fri May 21, 2010 5:03 pm
It is the winter of 1984.
As cold grips the art-deco architecture of Centropolis, the citizen huddle together not only for warmth but also for heat.
It has been nearly five years since the city's timeless heroes, the Centurions left for deep space, promising to return shortly.
In the time they have been gone, corruption, crime and despair grip the once "City of Tomorrow".
Super gangs, boosted on power giving drugs, carrying illegal military tech or jacked up with black market cyberware prowl the streets and pray on the innocents. The once quiet inner city neighborhood of Tuxedo has become a combat zone that even the Police won't set foot in.
Thoughout the city the newly formed Russian mob, lead by Viktor "The Butcher" Vashenka is at war with the Costa Nostra lead by Antonio "Black Tony" Romano. Both are challenged from the south part of the city by the Jamaican Posse lead by Baron Dread, a self-proclaimed Voodoo houngan.
The police, underfunded and rife with corruption can do little and most good citizens have come to almost fear them as much as the criminals.
But things are changing; a new mayor, Tommy Drake, has been elected on a platform of ending corruption and a promise to return the city to its once proud standing as a city of the future.
With cautious hope the citizens of Centropolis watch and wait. Most expect the mayor to turn up in a dumpster or floating in either the harbor or the Kirby River that winds through the heart of the city.
With two failed assassination attempts on his life in his first month in office, Mayor Drake refuses to be intimidated and has put out the call for heroes to stand up for their city.
You have answered the call!
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Notes for the players;
• Your character lives in Centropolis
• They need to have been active, even if for a short while and have some unofficial way for the mayor's office to get in touch with them.
• You have been summoned to a meeting in an underground parkade in the center of town, at midnight.
• When you arrived, you saw the other heroes gathered there.
• Head to the "In Character" thread and begin roleplaying based on the set scene. If you have questions, please post them in the "Out Of Character" thread.
• Have fun.
• Campaign is set at 40 points. Calculate Hero Points or Setback Points as appropriate please.
As cold grips the art-deco architecture of Centropolis, the citizen huddle together not only for warmth but also for heat.
It has been nearly five years since the city's timeless heroes, the Centurions left for deep space, promising to return shortly.
In the time they have been gone, corruption, crime and despair grip the once "City of Tomorrow".
Super gangs, boosted on power giving drugs, carrying illegal military tech or jacked up with black market cyberware prowl the streets and pray on the innocents. The once quiet inner city neighborhood of Tuxedo has become a combat zone that even the Police won't set foot in.
Thoughout the city the newly formed Russian mob, lead by Viktor "The Butcher" Vashenka is at war with the Costa Nostra lead by Antonio "Black Tony" Romano. Both are challenged from the south part of the city by the Jamaican Posse lead by Baron Dread, a self-proclaimed Voodoo houngan.
The police, underfunded and rife with corruption can do little and most good citizens have come to almost fear them as much as the criminals.
But things are changing; a new mayor, Tommy Drake, has been elected on a platform of ending corruption and a promise to return the city to its once proud standing as a city of the future.
With cautious hope the citizens of Centropolis watch and wait. Most expect the mayor to turn up in a dumpster or floating in either the harbor or the Kirby River that winds through the heart of the city.
With two failed assassination attempts on his life in his first month in office, Mayor Drake refuses to be intimidated and has put out the call for heroes to stand up for their city.
You have answered the call!
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Notes for the players;
• Your character lives in Centropolis
• They need to have been active, even if for a short while and have some unofficial way for the mayor's office to get in touch with them.
• You have been summoned to a meeting in an underground parkade in the center of town, at midnight.
• When you arrived, you saw the other heroes gathered there.
• Head to the "In Character" thread and begin roleplaying based on the set scene. If you have questions, please post them in the "Out Of Character" thread.
• Have fun.
• Campaign is set at 40 points. Calculate Hero Points or Setback Points as appropriate please.
