A Look at my Version of the CU

[Mark Rand]

Re: A Look at my Version of the CU

 

OK, you seem to have pretty much covered the US as it exists in your version

of the CU, but what about the rest of the world? For example, do John Steed

and Emma Peel (or whoever his female partner happens to be) exist in your

world? And what about TV/movie organizations like UNIT or the Unicorn Org-

anization -- do any of these exist at all?

 

There was another agency that I was trying to think of as well -- the one from

the TV series SEARCH (I think it was called PROBE, but I'm not sure).

 

And while I'm thinking about it, how about man-made (yet intelligent) heroes --

to be specific, HAVEN and Questor. Is there a chance that either or both of

these "synthetics" (to use the term from Aliens) might put in an appear-

ance in your campaign?

 

Well, those are enough questions for right now.

 

Major Tom

The United Kingdom was mentioned briefly in my second post. That's where the Knights of Pendragon are.

 

UNIT, from Dr. Who, could be part of UNTIL World Security Incorporated, from Search, would function as a private security firm, like it was in the series.

 

John Steed and Emma Peel have, no doubt, passed the torch onto the next generation. He is now Mother and she's now Father. (For those of you who don't remember, Mother, the head of The Ministry, has always been male and Father, the second in command, has been female.)

 

I hadn't thought about Questor, but he could be easily added.

 

Who was HAVEN and what was The Unicom Organization?

 

Information on Slayers and such to follow by the end of the week. I have to get my notes together before I can post the info.

[Mark Rand]

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If you look inder Hero System Documents in the Free Stuff part of this website, you'll find a list of superheroes worldwide. For the most part, these exist in my version of the CU. The changes made will depend on my campaign.

 

If I set it in Mellinnium City, the heroes in my campaign will replace the iconic characters as The Champions and Witchcraft will be the Archmage.

 

If I bring the Champions to Pittsburgh, the iconic team, in Mellinnium City, will be renamed.

 

If I do a silver-age style Batman campaign, either in Pittsburgh or Gotham City, there will be no changes.

[Guest Major Tom]

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The United Kingdom was mentioned briefly in my second post. That's where the Knights of Pendragon are.

UNIT, from Dr. Who, could be part of UNTIL World Security Incorporated, from Search, would function as a private security firm, like it was in the series.

John Steed and Emma Peel have, no doubt, passed the torch onto the next generation. He is now Mother and she's now Father. (For those of you who don't remember, Mother, the head of The Ministry, has always been male and Father, the second in command, has been female.)

I hadn't thought about Questor, but he could be easily added.

Who was HAVEN and what was The Unicom Organization?

Information on Slayers and such to follow by the end of the week. I have to get my notes together before I can post the info.

 

HAVEN was the android policeman from the series Future Cop, and was

equipped with specialized sensors (for example, he could tell who had actually

handled and fired a gun by means of an optical scan). Ernest Borgnine played

the human cop who was given the task of teaching HAVEN how to better fit

into human society.

 

The Unicorn Organization was the major good-guy super-agency in the Japan-

ese TV series Johnny Sokko and his Flying Robot, which ran on US TV

during the early '70s, and its chief function was to protect Earth from alien

invasion. Agents were adressed by the letter "U" followed by a number (the

number assigned to the title character, for example, was U-7).

 

Major Tom

[Mark Rand]

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HAVEN was the android policeman from the series Future Cop, and was

equipped with specialized sensors (for example, he could tell who had actually

handled and fired a gun by means of an optical scan). Ernest Borgnine played

the human cop who was given the task of teaching HAVEN how to better fit

into human society.

 

The Unicorn Organization was the major good-guy super-agency in the Japan-

ese TV series Johnny Sokko and his Flying Robot, which ran on US TV

during the early '70s, and its chief function was to protect Earth from alien

invasion. Agents were adressed by the letter "U" followed by a number (the

number assigned to the title character, for example, was U-7).

 

Major Tom

Now I rember. Future Cop was one of several serieses about futureistic police officers. Others were Holmes and Yoyo, Automan, Robocop and Something is Out There.

 

As for Johnny Sokko and his Flying Robot, I don't think it was ever shown in Pittsburgh. But then, we never had the good animated serieses here.

[Mark Rand]

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On to the Slayers, Hellmouths and such. Somebody has to fight the vampires, demons and other kinds of undead. That's where Slasyers come in.

 

After the Initative left Sunnydale, they briefed UNTIL and the federal government's law enforcement and intelligence agencies about Buffy, the Hellmouth and the Watchers. The NID wanted persission to go after the Slayer and find out about her powers. The President refused and added that anyone in the NID who disobeyed would end up in jail. One group of NID agents tried anyway. They took Dawn and Willow prisioner to lure Buffy to them. Much to their surprise, Willow was a witch and Dawn, being the key, had energy powers. As the NID agents tried to flee, they ran into Buffy, Xander, Anya, Spike, Tara and the Initative and ended up in jail.

 

After the Sunnydale Hellmouth was closed, resulting in the earthquake, Buffy and Giles put their heads together and wrote a new charter and bylaws for the Council of Watchers. She, Faith and Robin then continued training the Slayers that survived Sunnydale. Once they were fully trained, they began training the new Slayers.

 

A trained Slayer, two Watchers and their students are assigned to guard each Hellmouth and the surrounding area.

 

A Slayer gains her powers when she's 11-years old. If she's a minor, her parents have to give her permission to start her training and, if she's completely trained and still a minor, patrolling.

[Guest Major Tom]

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It'd be interesting to see what the result of a meeting between the Council of

Watchers and the other Watchers -- the ones with the weird tattoos on

their wrists -- would be.

 

Major Tom

[Mark Rand]

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It'd be interesting to see what the result of a meeting between the Council of

Watchers and the other Watchers -- the ones with the weird tattoos on

their wrists -- would be.

 

Major Tom

Assuming the Society of Watchers, and (Highlander-style Immortals exist in this universe, I'm sure Immortals have encountered vampires. Some may have killed vampires and some pre-immortals may have become immortal due to vampire attacks.

 

Although the Society would probably have known about the old Council of Watchers, the old Council probably didn't know about the Society, If they did, keeping in mind that they didn't seem to like outsiders helping the Slayer, the Council would have its thugs attack the Society. Of course, when they heard about this, some Immortals would, in return, attack the Council.

 

The new Council, headed by Rupert Giles, on the other hand, would not object to Immortals helping the Slayers.

 

If Immortals exist, Gabrielle might still be alive and the Amazon Queen, assuming that Amazons still exist.

I can see it now, an Amazon Slayer. Way cool.

[Mark Rand]

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In case you're wondering about the Seabat, it was designed and built by the Nelson Institute of Marine Research for the United States Navy Oceanorgaphic Office (NavOceanO). The Scripps Institution of Oceanography is leasing it from them while they work on research projects together.

 

This thread is one of a group dealing with my campaign. Others will focus on the campaign city (Pittsburgh), the superhero team (a silver-age Bat Team) and house rules and their base (the Batcave).

 

Nurses are still wearing white uniforms and, occasionally, caps because they like the elegant look.

 

Many in Congress prefer to support their big contributers instead of the regular people in their district. Responding to demands by wealthy contributers for greater police protection for them and less or none for the poor, they passed, by a veto-proof majority, a bill letting cities declare poor areas "zero law enforcement zones". (Name taken from Mike Surbrook's Kazai 5 campaign.) Some are run by crooks for their own use while others are run by the local prostitutes. (Sounds like I have another thread about my campaign here.)

[Mark Rand]

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The Pittsburgh thread has been started.

[Mark Rand]

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The X-302 fighter is now the F-302 and the X-303 is now the Prometheus.

 

I've figured out that a silver age Batman campaign won't work in Pittsburgh the way I want it to. He's too concerned about his secrets to let as many people in the Batcave as I want there and I don't think he'd let his sorceress friend help if it meant letting her identity be known to the public.

 

Oh well, on to Millennium City with my version of the Champions. Look for a thread to start soon on it. Also, I'll continue with the Pittsburgh thread, in case something useful comes from it.

[Guest Major Tom]

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Just wondering:

 

Does the Vulture and its crew exist in your version of the CU?

 

Major Tom

[Mark Rand]

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Just wondering:

 

Does the Vulture and its crew exist in your version of the CU?

 

Major Tom

If they're in the official CU, they're probably in my version of it.

[Guest Major Tom]

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It probably doesn't exist in your version of the CU, then. I don't know if you

or anyone else reading this remembers it or not, but there used to be an Andy

Griffith show on TV back in the late 70s called Salvage, which was about

a junkyard owner and his crew who had built a homemade spacecraft out of

stuff from out of their junkyard (the command cabin/nosecone was a convert-

ed cement mixer drum, of all things). It wasn't on TV very long, from what I

remember.

 

Major Tom

[Battlestaff]

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It probably doesn't exist in your version of the CU, then. I don't know if you

or anyone else reading this remembers it or not, but there used to be an Andy

Griffith show on TV back in the late 70s called Salvage, which was about

a junkyard owner and his crew who had built a homemade spacecraft out of

stuff from out of their junkyard (the command cabin/nosecone was a convert-

ed cement mixer drum, of all things). It wasn't on TV very long, from what I

remember.

 

Major Tom

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My God, and I thought I was the only one who remembered that show! The again I also remember Holmes and Yoyo and Automan, which were also previously mentioned.

 

I really need to get out more......

[Mark Rand]

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It probably doesn't exist in your version of the CU, then. I don't know if you

or anyone else reading this remembers it or not, but there used to be an Andy

Griffith show on TV back in the late 70s called Salvage, which was about

a junkyard owner and his crew who had built a homemade spacecraft out of

stuff from out of their junkyard (the command cabin/nosecone was a convert-

ed cement mixer drum, of all things). It wasn't on TV very long, from what I

remember.

 

Major Tom

I remember the show, too. I just forgot the name of the ship.

 

Although some people think I'm changing the CU, I'm not. I'm adding to it. There's just so much to add that I haven't come to all of it. Think of it this way, I have 20 boxes of stuff to add and I'm still on the first box.

 

If any of you have ideas to add, please do so. All will be considered.

[Enforcer84]

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My God, and I thought I was the only one who remembered that show! The again I also remember Holmes and Yoyo and Automan, which were also previously mentioned.

 

I really need to get out more......

I loved Automan.

[Brandi]

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Quark, anyone? Or No Soap, Radio?

[Mark Rand]

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I remember Quark. It was a comedy about an interplanetary trash man. He's not known on Earth and Stargate Command has never heard of him, but he could be in another galaxy.

 

I know No Soap as Out of the Inkwell, a cartoon that was part of some local program that had many cartoons. Uncle Max might actually exist.

 

What was Radio? I never heard of it.

[Mark Rand]

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More changes at Stargate Command. General Hammond has been promoted and is now head of "Homeworld Security". Stargate Command, the Atlantis Project, U.S. Space Command and the Prometheus are all under his command.

 

Dr. Elizabeth Weir now heads the Atlantis Project. They're a multi-national group based on the city of Atlantis in the Pegasus Galaxy. The city was built by the Ancients, who also built the Stargate network.

Jack O'Neill is now back, a one-star general, and the head of Stargate Command.

 

Samantha Carter is a lieutenant colonel.

 

Since Dr. Janet Frasier's death in the line of duty, the base has a new CMO. She hasn't been named, but she has dark hair, speaks Russian and wears an air force uniform.

[Guest Major Tom]

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OK, you've established the existence in your campaign world of the decidedly

more unconventional elements of the U.S. military structure (the Seaview and

Stargate Command), but what about some of the other unconventional forces

that have shown up from time to time in TV, movies, and books -- for example,

the Combined Miniature Deterrent Forces (Fantastic Voyage) or Stony

Man Farm (from the Executioner/Able Team/Phoenix Force novels) and

the Rainbow antiterror group (from Tom Clancy's more recent books)? Had

you thought of incorporating any of these groups into your campaign world?

 

Major Tom

[Brandi]

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I know No Soap as Out of the Inkwell, a cartoon that was part of some local program that had many cartoons. Uncle Max might actually exist.

What was Radio? I never heard of it.

 

Ah, should've used italics or quotes: "No Soap, Radio" was the title of the show-- a very weird, short-lived US sketch comedy of the early 80s.

[Mark Rand]

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Ah' date=' should've used italics or quotes: "No Soap, Radio" was the title of the show-- a very weird, short-lived US sketch comedy of the early 80s.[/quote']

Given that it was, according to the Internet Movie Database, a lot like an American version of Monty Python's Flying Circus, I doubt it would be in my version of the CU.

[Mark Rand]

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OK, you've established the existence in your campaign world of the decidedly

more unconventional elements of the U.S. military structure (the Seaview and

Stargate Command), but what about some of the other unconventional forces

that have shown up from time to time in TV, movies, and books -- for example,

the Combined Miniature Deterrent Forces (Fantastic Voyage) or Stony

Man Farm (from the Executioner/Able Team/Phoenix Force novels) and

the Rainbow antiterror group (from Tom Clancy's more recent books)? Had

you thought of incorporating any of these groups into your campaign world?

 

Major Tom

Good ideas. The general public would know about Rainbow, but not Stony Man Farm or the CMDF. PRIMUS, though, would know about Stony Man Farm, but not the CMDF.

[Mark Rand]

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Just a quick note.

 

Nurses still wear white uniforms. Those who work in nursing and personal-care homes, apartment buildings for senior citizens and private dwellings are the ones that most often also wear caps.

[ChuckB]

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Can the nurses wear caps and white uniforms ?

 

Also, do they wear white gloves ?