Superdraft: All Your Earths are Belong to V'han!

[Hermit]

All Your Earths are Belong to V'han!

 

Istvatha V'han, Empress of a Billion Dimensions, has come for your reality! It's full on assault as a council of her best generals have told her now is the time and each strives to prove him or herself by delivering to her an Earth!

 

And that Earth is.. dun dun dun! Yours!

 

This will be a 12 pick Superdraft. Fun bit, because we are dealing with multi-dimensional spill over, the usual rule of 'once you make a pick all versions of them are off the table are gone' does NOT apply as it usually does. If someone gets typical Superman/Clark Kent, someone else may draft Red Son Superman! However, two things. This is still limited to two. Once there are say two of someone on the picked the rest of you have to pick someone else because darn it, we want some variety.  Can you pick the same character twice for yourself? Yes. Yes you may. V'han tries not to send any special soldiers against their own alternate selves, but hey, snafus in assignment happen.  And sometimes a hero teams up with his elseworld or what if self to protect a place, Just don't be surprised if someone snipes you.

Oh, Istvatha herself is beyond drafting, peasants.

 

 

 

Location- Pick your Earth. This must be an Earth but can be ANY Earth except the real one (or whatever you call this orb we're on). Not just a superhero one.  It can be one of the DC universe Earths (they've got like at least 52 of them), the Marvel universes (Loads), or…oh wait, any Earth. It can be an Earth without superpowers even.  Do you want the world of Buffy the Vampire Slayer under attack? Fine. Do you want the Earth from the Walking Dead under attack? Fine. Do you want the Earth were it's still the Korean War and Hawkeye Pierce and BJ Hunnicut are trying to save lives in a MASH unit? Fine.  We’re in a cross dimensional crisis here, folks from other worlds will end up in the rescue of Earths not their own. No more than 3 posters may share an Earth though.  So, while three lucky folks might be going Make mine Marvel, someone else might be sighing as Batman defends Springfield where the Simpsons live etc. This must be your first pick.

 

The General: This is your big bad, who will act as the head of V'han's vanguard in your setting. He, she, or it, can be anyone you want as long as they appeared in official  fiction. It's up to you to find the balance you want.  If you want Darth Vader serving V'han, then go for it. If you want Cobra Commander? Go for it. The General can be a badass, but they're mostly there for leadership and tactics (Whether they suck at that or not is your call).  Good news, every General has under their command anywhere between thousands and millions of D Troopers! Loads of ships, and toys that would make any VIPER Agent giddy. Consider the grunts freebies.

 

The Dragon: Remember when I said the General doesn't have to be a bad ass? Well, the Dragon has to be.  The Dragon is under some modicum of control by the General (Probably because V'han assigned him,her, or it to serve) but can be as dedicated or wildly unpredictable once set to a task as you like. This is not a literal Dragon (Though you know, setting Smaug on Angel Grove could be cool), but a powerful combatant or threat. Sometimes the Dragon is a bodyguard of sorts for the General. It's like Black Tom may often call the shots in old X-Men comics, but to get to him you have to face the Juggernaut.

 

Protagonists:  I'd like to say heroes, but let's face it, when Invasions come in, even the scumballs can find their desire to resist rising. Temporary alliances are forged in the face of the outsider. Sooo…  this is your chance to have Zorro agree to work with Ras Al Ghul, or the like. Unlike the setting which has to be an Earth, your protagonists can come from any fictional location be it Kyrpton, Equesteria, Westeroes, or whatever. They must come from PUBLISHED Fiction sources (So I could not, for example, draft Fish Guy or his crew yet) .  You get five of them. See the notes above about duplicates.

 

 

Options: Want some elite agents for V'han?  Want more team members for the Protagonists? Would you like a Death Star? King Arthur's sword? an organization? That's what options are for. There are three of them. Yay.  You may also pick another location off Earth as an option if you prefer to bring in another planet etc.

 

The Honor System Card pick factor-  This  pick is not under your control (or shouldn't be), and it's not under my control either. You pick a single card from a typical deck, and depending on what suit you get, you must adjust your story. This only happens one and you're on the honor system. I mean, you could lie, but you're only cheating yourself blah blah and I think we're a pretty good bunch. You must have at least three protagonists, your General, and your dragon picked before you have your card draw day.

 

If you draw …

A Club Card- Curse your Sudden but Inevitable Betrayal. One of your picks has changed sides! A defender of the Earth may try to sell it out to V'han. A V'hanian Dragon might turn on the General he /she serves!  Maybe they take their own side and betray everyone? Gasp.

A Diamond Card- Let he with the most toys, win! Congrats, you get your pick of one McGuffin from the following list: Power Ring with Battery, A kick ass vehicle, a magic sword, or theme music no one else can claim!

A Heart Card- Love Conquers All! You get a free bonus pick to ship with one of your protagonists. Somewhere in this crazy multiverse one of your heroes has found the one for them, and vice versa! And through the power of love, Victory will surely be found!

Spades- Nooooo… one of your protagonists must make the ultimate sacrifice and either dies, loses their powers/abilities, or gets married. Okay, just kidding on  that last one. But you get the idea. That said, feel free to have it turn the tide in a beneficial way to reward their sacrifice if you wish. John Williams will play the tear jerking music as the others remember their comrades' sacrifice.

 

(PS if you get the joker or something without a suit, just draw again)

 

 

We START Wednesday , January 17th, Picks will be a noon US EST time. 

 

Any questions?

 

 

[Hermit]

This spot will be where I keep track of Teams and Rosters

Assault

Location: Doctor Who Earth.

Protagonist 1: The Twelfth Doctor.

General: the Great Intelligence.

Protagonist 2: Malcolm Tucker, from The Thick of It.

 

Badger

Location: Sailor Moon Earth

The Dragon: Fuhrer King Bradley also known as the homunculus named Wrath

General:  The Major from Hellsing Ultimate

Protagonist: Sosuke Aizen (Bleach) 

Protagonist: Trunks (Future version = DBZ)

Protagonist: Starbuck (Original BSG, Dirk Benedict version)

Protagonist #4:  Kurapika Kurta from HunterxHunter.  Last of the Kurta clan

 Option #1:   Doomsday as the Empress's "Champion"

Protagonist:  Colonel Robert Hogan (Hogan's Heroes)

Option: Aisha Clanclan from Outlaw Star  

Card Pick: Diamond- The Shikon Jewel (from Inuyasha) crossed through dimensions and is somewhere in this dimension's Earth.  The Empress has discovered this information and this is the reason she has invaded.

Protagonist 5: The undead priestess Kikyo, former guardian of the Shikon Jewel. 

 

Bazza

Title: DCEU & Arrowverse crossover. 

Location: Earth, DC Extended Universe (DCEU)

Protagonist 1: Diana Prince, Wonder Woman, DCEU

The Dragon: Superman (DCEU)

General: Batman, DCEU. 

Option: The Spear of Destiny. 

Protagonist 2: Oliver  Queen Green Arrow (Arrowverse)

Protagonist 3: Barry Allen the Flash, Arrowverse

Protagonist #5 Supergirl, Arrowverse.

Card Pick: Hearts (Diana and Sara have a romantic fling. And Diana and Kara have one also.)

 Option: 2^nd Card Pick- Clubs Batman betrays V'han

Option 3: Superman has a Mother Box

 

Cancer:

Title: "Waiting for Dave the Piper"

Location: Earth, of the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers Underground Comix series.

The Dragon: Mighty Mouse

Protagonist 1: Fat Freddy's Cat.

General:  The Brain

Second Protagonist: Fritz the Cat

Protagonist 3: the Cheshire Cat, from Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Protagonist #4: Krosp, Emperor of Cats

Protagonist #5: The Cat, from Red Dwarf

Option 1: Theme "music".  The eponymous debut album of Cheech & Chong.

Card Pick: Spades-Fritz is handed over

Option 2: Rat Fink, announced as Commander East Cattitude Occupation Forces during the early phases of the invasion.  The cats panicked when they realized that "rat fink" is just an earlier version of "narc".

Option 3: Savior of that degenerate segment of Earth: legendary figure, the Pied Piper of Hamelin.

 

Csyphrett

Title: Metroville

Location: Rifts Earth

Protagonist  1:  Dan Hayata and his heroic counterpart Ultraman 

General: Rasputin (ala Hellboy)

 Protagonist 2:  Saitama aka One punch man.

Protagonist 3: Kent Nelson Dr. Fate.

Option: the Coalition States Army

Protagonist 4: Blossom (From the Powerpuff girls)

Protagonist 5:  Dexter from Dexter's Lab 

Option: Starfox Metroville

Option: The Cloverfield Monster

Card Pick: Diamonds

Option: a Giant Robot

 

Death Tribble

Title: Die Earth, Die!

Location: Marvel Heroes earth. Mainstream Comics 616

General: Thanos

Protagonist 1:  Iron Man. (Tony Stark)

Protagonist 2 : The Hulk (Bruce Banner)

Protagonist 3: Spiderman (Peter Parker)

Protagonist 4: is the Scarlet Witch

Protagonist 5:  the Vision (Married to the SW)

Dragon:   Smaug (Yeah, THAT Dragon)

Card Pick: Hearts (Love is in the air) Nebula is working for Thanos and falls head over heels in love with Iron Man. 

Option 1: Parademons (Under Thanos' command)

Option 2: Adam Warlock is going to be there to fight him..

Option 3: SHIELD Agents

 

Doc Shadow

Title: Invasion Alert, Terra!

Location: Perry Rhodan's Earth circa 1985 just after the 1st cycle

The Dragon: Darth Vader, Dark Lord of the Sith (immediately post Star Wars Ep. 4 A New Hope)

The General: General Erich Domel, Lt. Gen. Greater Garmillas Empire (Space Battleship Yamato 2199)

Option: 100 trained Sith (Star Wars: The Old Republic)

Protagonist: Captain James T. Kirk (Star Trek original series)

Protagonist: Colonel Wilma Deering, Earth Defense Directorate (Buck Rogers in the 25th Century)

Protagonist: Lieutenant Susumu Kodai, United Nations Cosmo Navy (Space Battleship Yamato 2199)

Protagonist: Admiral Lady Dame Honor Harrington, Duchess Harrington, Royal Manticoran Navy (David Weber's Honorverse)

Option: The Mutant Corps (Perry Rhodan series) 

Option: Power Bracers II (Gadgets and Gear page 144-145)

Card Pick: Diamonds, Theme Music: The Avengers

 Protagonist: Protagonist: Major Donald West, USAF (Lost in Space)

 

Doctor Mid-Nite

Location: Toho/Tsuburaya Monsterverse

The Dragon: KING GHIDORAH!

General :  General Zod

Protagonist #1: Ultraseven

Protagonist #2: Sunfire

Protagonist #3: Mr. Fantastic 

Protagonist #4: Charles Xavier

Protagonist #5: Namor, the Sub-Mariner 

Option #1: The Mind Gem 

Option #2: The Atlantean Armed Forces...

Card Pick: Diamonds

 

Enforcer84

TItle: That's All, Folks!

Location: Earth 26 aka Zoo Crew's Earth

General Cruella DeVille

Dragon:  Bobby Coswell, the Thunder Bunny

Protagonist 1: Roger Rodney Rabbit & aka Captain Carrot

Protagonist 2: Peter Porkchops, Aka Pig Iron

Protagonist 3: Felina Furr aka Ally Kat Abra

Protagonist 4: Timothy Joseph Terrapin, aka FASTBACK

Protagonist 5: Byrd Rentals, AKA Rubberduck

Option: Co-Dragon: Wonder Wabbit

 Option: Rova Barkitt aka Yankee Poodle

Card Pick: Hearts (Wuv)

Option: Underdog

 

Logan

Location: Earth 10 where the Nazis won WW2

The Dragon: Overman, aka Superman of Earth 10.

Protagonist 1: Captain America from Earth 9997, aka Earth X.

General: Captain Nazi

Protagonist 2:, T'Challa, The Black Panther!

Protagonist 3: Captain Britain

Protagonist #4: Vindicator (Heather Hudson)

Protagonist #5 :  China's The Collective Man!

Card Pick: Spade

Option 1 is a new protagonist, Ireland's unofficial flagsuit Shamrock!

 Option 2  protagonist, Aquaman

 

Marcus Impudite

Location: the alternate Earth where both Bush and Gore lost the 2000 election to an unknown.

Protagonist #1: Witchcraft of the Champions (5th Ed)

Protagonist #2: Cantrip of the Motor City Defenders (5th)

Protagonist #3: Solitaire of the Champions (4th)

Protagonist #4: Raven of the Teen Titans

Protagonist #5: Barbarella

The General: Mad Mod

The Dragon: Naraku

Option #1: Mad Mod got his mitts on some water from the fabled Fountain of Youth and has been restored to his prime.

Option #2: Mod and Naraku are keeping none other than Byron Swain prisoner in the basement of their headquarters. Mod it seems is collecting Swain's pheromones to put into the Lothario™ cologne his dummy corporation, Mojo Fragrances, has been marketing; both as a way of causing chaos, and as a way of putting money in their coffers.

Card Pick: Clubs! Taking orders from V'han is one thing, but Naraku is chafing under the command of that dandy, Mad Mod. He's secretly plotting to backstab Mod and take command personally.

 Option #3: The Quantum Forge

 

OldMan

Title: Shades of Reality

Location: the Earth of "They Live"

The Dragon: T-1000

General: Loki (MCU Movie Version)

Protagonist #1: Dr. Saito (Inception)

Option: Holodeck Tech

Protagonist #2: Bucky Barnes (Winter Soldier)

Protagonist #3: Neo (The Matrix)

Protagonist #4: Douglas Quaid (Total Recall)

Card Pick: Clubs! Betrayal

Protagonist #5: Dolores Abernathy (Westworld)

Protagonist #6: Rachael (Blade Runner)

Option: The Sunglasses (From They Live)

 

Pariah

Title: "To Redeem a Damned World".

Location: Backworld, as detailed in Champions in 3-D (4th Edition)

General:  Steve Rogers, Agent of Hydra

The Dragon: Mary Marvel (Evil black skirt version)

Protagonist: Victor Von Doom

Protagonist: Black Adam (known as White Adam in Backworld)

Protagonist: Bellatrix Lestrange

Protagonist: Magneto

Protagonist:  Mechanon

Option (Protagonist): Lady Shiva 

Card Pick: Spades

Option (Second Dragon): Galatea, Justice League Unlimited

 Option (Ally): Golden Avenger and P.R.I.M.U.S.

 

Psybolt

Title: YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED

Location: The Earth From the 5th Element

Dragon: THE BORG

General: Ultron (616?)

Option: adamantium

Option: The Reavers (Firefly)

Protagonist 1:  Leeloo, the Fifth Element.

protagonist 2: Magneto (From Days of Future Past movie)

protagonist #3:  The Terminator 

Card Pick: Spade (Sacrifice) , Magneto is making the ultimate sacrifice, giving the last moments of his life to pull the remaining adamantium out of the Borg.

Protagonist #4:.  Optimus Prime

Protagonist #5: Brainiac

 

 

SKJAM

Location:  The Earth of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure circa 2000 CE, shortly after the events of "Diamond is Unbreakable" but before "Golden Wind."

First Option Pick:  The reason the Empress wants this world--the Stand Arrows.

General:  Dio Brando, Lord Joestar 

Option:  This Dio comes from a timeline very similar to that of the JJBA manga.

Protagonist 1: Jotaro Kujo

The Dragon: Joel Cochin aka Paragon

Protagonist 2: Rohan Kishibe

#3 Protagonist: Perfect Kars, the Ultimate Life Form

 

TjackFlash

Location: WildStorm Earth of the Wild C.A.T's  and  StormWatch.

 

 

Now not available: Magneto, Captain America Steve Rogers, and Superman/Clark Kent

[Hermit]

DOES NOT START TILL WEDNESDAY!

 

Only one pick per day!

 

And you might want to delete that post TJackFlash as you just gave away your plans. Others can pick the same folks too, it's first come first serve.

 

Heck, I'll delete it for you. 

 

[Pariah]

Okay, so I looked over the draft description and rules, and I have just one small comment to make...

 

Hot damn.

 

This is gonna be fun.

[TjackFlash]

Thanks.

[Hermit]

 

Thanks.

 

NP. I owe you a bit of an apology. I left some basic info that I took for granted off because I forgot we may  have new posters who have never done this before.

[Badger]

 

Well, on the card thing, when should that be chosen?

 

 

Oh, and if I get spades, I get to have my sacrifice music played from the Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood soundtrack.  (doesn't matter which song, they had dozens perfect for self-sacrifice)

 

And I will likely pick a lot from anime though not exclusively, per usual. So, if that be a problem speak now.

 

 

[Hermit]

23 minutes ago, Badger said:

 

Well, on the card thing, when should that be chosen?

 

You must have at least three protagonists, your General, and your dragon picked before you have your card draw day.

If that's too hard to keep track of then just save it for last

 

23 minutes ago, Badger said:

Oh, and if I get spades, I get to have my sacrifice music played from the Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood soundtrack.  (doesn't matter which song, they had dozens perfect for self-sacrifice)

 

And I will likely pick a lot from anime though not exclusively, per usual. So, if that be a problem speak now.

 

 

Good pick from the music

 

And Anime not a problem! I tend towards western superhero oriented, but I know others aren't and that's fine! Anime, Manga, Novels, TV shows, Movies, etc are all viable options.I may end up going "who?" more than once, but that's MY ignorance and that's fine.

 

 

[death tribble]

As I am British I can pick a person for my card draw.a person as the phrase 'you are a card' is a well known expression.

As proof I submit this

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Card_(1952_film)

But you can also find proof in dictionaries etc 

[Lucius]

18 hours ago, Hermit said:

All Your Earths are Belong to V'han!

 

 

Spades- Nooooo… one of your protagonists must make the ultimate sacrifice and either dies, loses their powers/abilities, or gets married. Okay, just kidding on  that last one.

 

 

 

Just kidding?  And here I was hoping to find a nice man for V'han to settle down with, someone to make her realize there's more to life than conquest and convince her to abandon the vain dream of uniting the multiverse politically and to take up more fulfilling pursuits.

 

If I don't like my card draw, can I use one of the Options to draw again?

 

Lucius Alexander

 

The palindromedary asks if we can get someone besides Lucius to draw the card, as Lucius has no artistic ability and finds it hard to draw a straight line (and sometimes even hard to draw a punch line)

[Bazza]

Anyone else struggling for an idea? 

[Pariah]

Only for location.

[Hermit]

7 hours ago, death tribble said:

As I am British I can pick a person for my card draw.a person as the phrase 'you are a card' is a well known expression.

As proof I submit this

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Card_(1952_film)

But you can also find proof in dictionaries etc 

 

Ahem.

 

Your crazy germanic franco mishmash of a language and its sophistry will not save you now!

 

 

 

 

[Hermit]

5 hours ago, Lucius said:

 

Just kidding?  And here I was hoping to find a nice man for V'han to settle down with, someone to make her realize there's more to life than conquest and convince her to abandon the vain dream of uniting the multiverse politically and to take up more fulfilling pursuits.

 

If I don't like my card draw, can I use one of the Options to draw again?

 

Lucius Alexander

 

The palindromedary asks if we can get someone besides Lucius to draw the card, as Lucius has no artistic ability and finds it hard to draw a straight line (and sometimes even hard to draw a punch line)

 

I worry that allowing this will take some of the random risk out of it, but your idea of giving up an option as a price seems fair.

 

IF you an option unspent, you may use it to redraw, but if you get the same suit twice, you're out of luck. you've lost an option for nothing, The House of V'han is a cruel casino.

 

ANNDD you must tell everyone (Honor system) that you did this so we may mock you. Mockity mock mock.

 

 

 

[Pariah]

Um, what if I drew pentacles?

[Hermit]

30 minutes ago, Pariah said:

Um, what if I drew pentacles?

 

"Xander, don't speak Latin in front of the books"-Giles

[Bazza]

4 hours ago, Hermit said:

 

"Xander, don't speak Latin in front of the books"-Giles

Or Greek or hieroglyphics.  

[Bazza]

Due to sensitivity with my first couple of picks, I'll delay them and see if I can make it work as drafting at 1-2 am is not practical. 

[Pariah]

I have an idea.

 

An awful idea.

 

Pariah has a wonderful, awful idea.

[Logan D. Hurricanes]

I, too, have an awful idea. Can't wait!

 

 

[Badger]

22 hours ago, Pariah said:

Only for location.

 

Yeah, to be honest, I really don't care too much about location, any Earth will do, but I have 2-3 ideas to work with.  The Antagonists are going to be my big decisions  (without giving too much away, I got 3 idea for the 2 parts- one that can make a good General, one a good Dragon, and one that could really fit either)

 

Note: Obviously I guess I can go option with one of those 3 and get them all.

[Pariah]

The more, the merrier, right?

 

I do feel like the right choice for General and/or Dragon could really make or break this draft, though.

[Hermit]

In less than an hour, the power of the Empress will begin to Manifest, her chosen targets declared one by one!

[Doc Shadow]

Location: Perry Rhodan's Earth circa 1985 just after the 1st cycle

 

The Earth of this time is far from the major power she will be in the future. In fact she has only just become unified with the rather high sounding name of the Solar Imperium. The government is becoming integrated with the old Western, Eastern, and Asiatic power blocs slowly combining with Rhodan's own tiny but far more powerful New Power.  But even with the highly advanced science and tech of the Great Imperium of the Arkonides, Earth remains a non-entity by galactic standards. On a pound for pound basis Earth is superior but her Solar Fleet consists of a mere 3 capital ships, 6 cruisers, 60 escorts, about 10,000 assorted fightercraft, and perhaps 50,000 combat robots. An eye drop compared to the numbers she could face. So Earth has been hiding in the dark while she builds up her strength. Through a clever ruse Rhodan has convinced the Galactic Powers that Earth has been destroyed and he is dead. But now it seems that someone has discovered the truth and the Empress is wasting no time. She has chosen her General, she has chosen her Dragon, and she has chosen the forces they will lead in this new conquest. Let the invasion begin!

[Pariah]

I am choosing to defer today's pick until tomorrow.