Thursday, October 06, 2005
Some campaign Miscellany:
Aliens
There is regular extraterrestrial contact though most access to the two publicly-known Alienage enclaves (one near Las Vegas, the other in The Azores) is restricted. Alien researchers, explorers and cultural exchange personnel typically have limited three-day visas in the US, after which they must check in with an INS agent or facility. There are about a dozen different races that regularly have contact with humans; most are humanoid themselves. It is known that there are interstellar empires and the Earth has been invaded a few times.
Atlantis
Atlantis exists somewhere in the Burmuda Triangle near the edge of the continental shelf. Relations with the nation and the US are shaky at best. It maintains a Mission to the UN in New York, San Fancisco, and Pacific City. It is known that the Atlanteans posesses very strong mental powers and a high level of technology, but they keep to themselves a great deal. Their city-state is protected by a psionic barrier that prevents people from determining it's exact location. Atlanteans are very diverse in appearance, and it's obvious that they have several sub-species ranging from the Aryan-like High Atlanteans down to the hideous fish-human half-breeds.
Impossible Materials
Neotex - This is the basic material most superhero costumes are made from. It can be formed and fitted to resemble almost any other material. Usually it responds to a person's body warmth to tighten down and follow the contours of their form to a high degree but can be treated to not do this. It's very difficult to tear, burn, soil or stain.
Teslium - Element 312, is a superdense superconductive metallic element that acts as a sink for electrical energy, absorbing and holding a charge indefinately. Discovered by Nikola Tesla in 1900, it paved the way for modern superbattery and battlesuit technology. A palm-sized Teslium-doped battery can power a device for years, given a sufficient initial charge.
Osmium - Element 324, a superhard metallic element that is often blended with steel or titanium to vastly increase the durability of either. It's very rare and expensive, usually only used by military, advanced technology industries, or metahumans.
Adamantium - Lighter than aluminium, stronger than neutronium; the hardest substance known. It is a compound formed and mixed, then poured into molds; only two known matter manipulators working on the atomic level have been able to form Adamantium after it's set.
Aliens
There is regular extraterrestrial contact though most access to the two publicly-known Alienage enclaves (one near Las Vegas, the other in The Azores) is restricted. Alien researchers, explorers and cultural exchange personnel typically have limited three-day visas in the US, after which they must check in with an INS agent or facility. There are about a dozen different races that regularly have contact with humans; most are humanoid themselves. It is known that there are interstellar empires and the Earth has been invaded a few times.
Atlantis
Atlantis exists somewhere in the Burmuda Triangle near the edge of the continental shelf. Relations with the nation and the US are shaky at best. It maintains a Mission to the UN in New York, San Fancisco, and Pacific City. It is known that the Atlanteans posesses very strong mental powers and a high level of technology, but they keep to themselves a great deal. Their city-state is protected by a psionic barrier that prevents people from determining it's exact location. Atlanteans are very diverse in appearance, and it's obvious that they have several sub-species ranging from the Aryan-like High Atlanteans down to the hideous fish-human half-breeds.
Impossible Materials
Neotex - This is the basic material most superhero costumes are made from. It can be formed and fitted to resemble almost any other material. Usually it responds to a person's body warmth to tighten down and follow the contours of their form to a high degree but can be treated to not do this. It's very difficult to tear, burn, soil or stain.
Teslium - Element 312, is a superdense superconductive metallic element that acts as a sink for electrical energy, absorbing and holding a charge indefinately. Discovered by Nikola Tesla in 1900, it paved the way for modern superbattery and battlesuit technology. A palm-sized Teslium-doped battery can power a device for years, given a sufficient initial charge.
Osmium - Element 324, a superhard metallic element that is often blended with steel or titanium to vastly increase the durability of either. It's very rare and expensive, usually only used by military, advanced technology industries, or metahumans.
Adamantium - Lighter than aluminium, stronger than neutronium; the hardest substance known. It is a compound formed and mixed, then poured into molds; only two known matter manipulators working on the atomic level have been able to form Adamantium after it's set.
# posted by GamerGuy : 12:42 PM
