assault
Nov 29th, '05, 07:45 PM
As threatened, here is a more refined (but still incomplete) version of my CU's timeline.
~1525 The sole survivor of a pirate attack, dedicates his life and those of his descendents to hunting pirates and fighting evil. He adopts the identity of the Grey Ghost (Portuguese: ??).
1934 Stage magician and mentalist Lee "The Amazing Draco" Drake becomes the first known superhero.
1936 The 20th Grey Ghost begins his career.
1938 Draco and the Grey Ghost meet, team up and become friends.
1948 FBI agent Arthur Lockhart becomes Atom Man, the most powerful superhuman known to date.
1951 21st Grey Ghost begins career.
1954 Atom Man mysteriously vanishes.
1958: Eagleman (Ralph Dixon) emerges as Australia's first superhero. Later becomes the "elder statesman" of Australia's superheroes.
1960: Draco retires from adventuring. Drake's subsequent academic studies of mental powers still form the basis of psionic theory today.
1967: Eagleman retires from regular adventuring.
1970: 22nd Grey Ghost begins career.
1979: Eagleman's last adventure.
1980s: For unknown reasons, superhumans become relatively common during this decade.
1994: 23rd Grey Ghost begins career.
2000: Ralph Dixon is appointed the Australian government's official advisor on superhuman affairs.
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Names for Australian NPC superbeings will be chosen from the following list. Unfortunately, a lot of really nifty names have been used in the source material I am lifting stuff from and are therefore ruled out by my self-imposed rules about filing off the serial numbers. I will, of course, waive this rule if and when I see fit.
Magpie
Captain Thunderbolt
Toecutter
Wombat
Flying Fox
Captain Midnight
Humongous
Bunyip
Captain Moonlight
Yowie
Bushranger
Cyclone
Shark
Standover
Boomerang
Taipan
Lomo. An alien. I have plans for him.
~1525 The sole survivor of a pirate attack, dedicates his life and those of his descendents to hunting pirates and fighting evil. He adopts the identity of the Grey Ghost (Portuguese: ??).
1934 Stage magician and mentalist Lee "The Amazing Draco" Drake becomes the first known superhero.
1936 The 20th Grey Ghost begins his career.
1938 Draco and the Grey Ghost meet, team up and become friends.
1948 FBI agent Arthur Lockhart becomes Atom Man, the most powerful superhuman known to date.
1951 21st Grey Ghost begins career.
1954 Atom Man mysteriously vanishes.
1958: Eagleman (Ralph Dixon) emerges as Australia's first superhero. Later becomes the "elder statesman" of Australia's superheroes.
1960: Draco retires from adventuring. Drake's subsequent academic studies of mental powers still form the basis of psionic theory today.
1967: Eagleman retires from regular adventuring.
1970: 22nd Grey Ghost begins career.
1979: Eagleman's last adventure.
1980s: For unknown reasons, superhumans become relatively common during this decade.
1994: 23rd Grey Ghost begins career.
2000: Ralph Dixon is appointed the Australian government's official advisor on superhuman affairs.
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Names for Australian NPC superbeings will be chosen from the following list. Unfortunately, a lot of really nifty names have been used in the source material I am lifting stuff from and are therefore ruled out by my self-imposed rules about filing off the serial numbers. I will, of course, waive this rule if and when I see fit.
Magpie
Captain Thunderbolt
Toecutter
Wombat
Flying Fox
Captain Midnight
Humongous
Bunyip
Captain Moonlight
Yowie
Bushranger
Cyclone
Shark
Standover
Boomerang
Taipan
Lomo. An alien. I have plans for him.