Timeline for a new campaign for critique and evolement.

[Lord Mhoram]

I'm just about to start my new Champions game (the one GM, as opposed to the one I am playing in that led to the team name question).

I've got my history in mind, and made a timeline. Now most of my players have been around while I put this thing together, and thus have heard me comment about it as I go. So I'm posting the timeline so others can look it over, people who haven't been hearing about it as it gets developed.

 

What I am looking for in the way of responces-

What seems to be missing, and what details should be added.

What would you like to know more about.

What strikes you as cool or fun.

What strikes you as annoying.

 

There are a lot of dropped in names for me to hang bits of histoy on, and reference to two other campaings that I incorperated into my history. I also have bits and pieces taken from at least 6 published worlds that I worked in, because I like them. The world is based on the CU in general, although I do not use thier origin for superpowers or the ebb and flow of magic.

[Lord Mhoram]

Timeline Part one (until the end of the Golden Age)

 

Before the Formation of the Solar System: The war of the first ones. The Kings of Edom are imprisoned within a specially constructed asteroid shell.

 

Somewhere in between : The Farsighted one martyrs himself and the first few beings that later become known as the Starguard are born.

 

Circa Formation of Earth: The prison that holds the Kings of Edom smashes into the Earth. This cataclysm creates the Moon. The prison is fractured, but it is a small enough fracture that the Edomites cannot, in their weakened state, break free. At this time the first ones have all but passed from the galaxy.

 

 

Circa - 30,000 BC

The Cataclysm. The world is reshaped. This is the result of the Kings of Edom freeing themselves from their prison. However they have passed into a state that cannot live outside the core of the planet, and their presence on the planet has given it great swaths of magic (the precataclysimic ages) and their escape weakens them further and further gives the world more chaos energy.

 

 

Circa - 20,000 BC

Azor makes contact with The Kings of Edom, became crazy and moved his tribe of people to Ean.

 

1797 - First Appearance of the Black Mask (American patriotic hero)

 

1820 - El Lobo in California and southwest.

 

1879 - Empire Club (for the extraordinary gentlemen)

 

1908 - Tunguska Explosion.

- Last Archmage known Dmitrov Solokiev last seen.

- Archmage items lost.

 

1914 - Tommy Gun fights at battle of Marne (unknown)

 

1916 - Tommy gun first seen at Verdun.

 

1917 - Herr Cryptic first German Mask.

Archer gold in Washington.

1918 - Herr Cryptic killed by Tommygun

1920 - Thompson gun company ships large gift of guns to Tommygun.

1925 - Satanic Cult of Demon Formed.

1926 - The Raven in Hudson City.

 

1927 - The Blood come to Leinster, Mo (Pathfinder, Warrior, Blade, Jilen, Sala, Okor and Tyrkan)

- Freedom City - The Bluesman (black superhero guitarist) fights mobsters

 

1928 - Bloodletter comes across to Earth, creating a dimensional rift that is taken advantages of by cultists to summon the Anopheles. The ritual is stopped by Thor and a group of time traveling heroes.

 

1929 - Reverend Temperance appears, fights Chicago Mafia.

 

1931 - The Whisper in SA

- Chaos at the Beer Hall Putsch - Rumored reports of superpowered being there fighting to save and kill the Nazis.

 

1937 - The Minuteman (jetpack flyer)

 

1938 - Der Totenkopf (Deaths hand - a skeleton) Germany?s first superpowered costume

 

1939 - Milo Rauchenberger Discovers lost island of Thule.

 

1941 - Lt Liberty becomes the American Sentinel.

- First Appearance of Lady Liberty.

- Doc Tomorrow comes from an alternate future.

-Formation of Liberty League - Sentinel, Lady Liberty, Doc Tomorrow, Minuteman, American Beauty and GIANT (the worlds first supersuit)

 

1942 - Kreuzritter First seen at Malta.

- Russians initiate Operation Red Star

- Iron Duke unleashed and goes berserk.

- Hitler unleashes supersoldier Sturmvogel (Stormbird) and the world first sees Panzer Grenadier and Shocktrooper.

- Lt Anton Dragan Becomes Russian supersoldier Mushik.

- Worlds Mightiest Noncom Sgt Battle.

 

1943 - Silver Samurai - American Superhero appears in Italy. First generation Japanese-American. Volunteered for military service from interment camp.

 

1944 - Dover Angel Accidently kills Sturmvogel

 

1945 - Iron Duke kills Dover Angel.

- Iron Duke destroyed by Sentinel

- Kreuzritter fights Sentinel and Muzhik, killed in power backlash.

- Late August The Atomic Kid an American superhero.

- First Appearance of Crimson Katana (a Japanese super). He and Silver Samurai have many epic but inconclusive battles over the years.

 

1949 - Sentinel Confronts Muzhik over Berlin Airlift

 

1950 - McCarthy HUAC

- Atomic Kid reportedly killed in Korea

 

1952 - HUAC forces conscientious disbanding of the Liberty League when they would not unmask.

- Hepcat begins career, outspoken against HUAC

Many heroes retire, go underground or are killed in action. The Golden Age ends. The only large scope (national or international) superheroes left are Sentinel, Lady Liberty, and Silver Samurai. Many local heroes work in the shadows, or defiantly against the HUAC witch-hunt.

 

1954 - The meeting of the thirty in Zurich founds VIPER.

[Lord Mhoram]

Timeline part two (silver age until the battle of detroit)

 

1960 - ?Return of the heroes? . Postwar prosperity and the self destruction of McCarthy has caused the general populace to embrace superheroes again, especially the new generation, and the world first super-mania begins.

 

1961 - Official US superteam - The Sentinels. First leader - Sentinel with a bunch of younger heroes.

 

1963 - The UN establishes the Tribunal on International Law to study superhumans and related issues.

 

1964 - China Explodes A bomb, and concurrently reveals the largest superteam in existence the Tiger Squad.

 

1965 - Qularr invade the earth with Gaint monsters. Tokyo nearly destroyed. Qularr are driven from Earths galaxy, but the mosters stay- confined to Kiaju Island

- UNTIL is created by UN treaty (not signed by the US- which does not allow UNTIL agents within its territory.

 

1966 - Britain Bureau S becomes Ministry for Superhuman Affairs.

- Time Traveler Averell Pendelton Arrive in SA

 

1967 - Surrender Dorothy is written in sky over Hollywood by superhuman prankster. The glowing letters remain for 36 hours.

 

1968 - General Winter stops Czech revolution

- VIPER launches Operation Coil to take over the United states. The Detroit nest leader moved early, got stopped and superheroes gained the details of the plan which was given to authorities, and Operation Coil fails.

 

1969 Devries (the Supreme Serpant) captured, tried and later exectued. VIPER fragments into a cell structure and most of what was seen from them through the 70's and 80's were individual nest leaders actions.

 

1970 - Averell Pendelton found Avalon Enterprise a company devoted to humanitarian research aimed at solving problems such as world hunger and pollution

 

1971 - New Knights of the Round Table

- Rise of Thule in the North Sea - Appearance of ?new? Kreuzritter

 

1972

- First public ?mutant? superhero. Beginning of Antimutant hysteria.

-First Appearance of Red Pheonix

 

1975 - Dr Destroyer First Appears. His attempts to conquer the world stopped by a large collection of superheroes. Sentinel killed in a one on one fight with Dr Destroyer, but the sacrifice makes it possible to stop him.

- Deadelus leaves earth in the starship he built - Icarus - to explore the galaxy

 

1978 - Stronghold Built - Worlds first Superprison

- Canada establishes the Northern Guard

 

1980 - Kreuzritter causes Mt St Helens to explode

 

1981 - The First Northern Guard split up.

- Scandal Rocks the New Knights of the Round Table

- Ghost Lions Formed in UK

- Shadowboxer appears in Detroit.

 

1982 - Strike Force formed and stop Overlord

 

1983 - Fiacho gains powers and begins recruiting Eurostar

 

1984 - Dr Silverback brought to intelligence.

- Ghost Lions Dissolved - Alice Queen of Hearts flees.

 

1985 - Guardians in NY

- Twister in SA

- Mechanon first appears.

 

1986 - Primus Formed

- Alloy In SA

 

1987 - UN unveils IST

- First appearance of Native Sun.

First Appearance of The Marshal - and the first of the Guard on Earth. Two other members of the guard arrive shortly.

 

1988 - Eurostar First appears

- New Knights stop a major attack and are restored to the public?s Good Graces.

- Watchtower Formed

- Shadow Warriors split off from Strike force.

 

1989 - Second Northern Guard Split up.

- Heronet launched.

 

1990 - After three years of difficulties with the IST Major Juan Martinez retires as head of UNTIL. He is replaced by Wilhelm Carl Echardt.

- Alloy Dies in SA - blood disease due to his living metal body.

 

1991 - Tempest formed during a cross dimensional adventure saving the leader of a near realm of Byzantium.

[Lord Mhoram]

Timeline Part three - Battle of Detroit to current time.

 

1992 - Battle of Detroit.

- Primus subsumed into Division 51 of the Marshal?s Office. The Golden Avenger turns rogue along with a number of agents. The Marshal is chosen to head the agency.

- Anaszi begins forming the Untouchables

- First "next Generation Mutant" appears in the public. Second wave of Anti-mutant hysteria. Fades quickly.

- Edgar Lancelyn Essec becomes Supreme Serpant and developed the Serpentine Network.

 

1993 - As a response to public outcry over the destruction of Detroit the US signs the Tribunal Treaty allowing UNTIL agents to operate freely in American Territory. This also allows the free run of IST teams within US boards. Two IST team are immediately founded within the US. One in NY, one in SF.

- Foxbat first appears and almost steals the Empire State Building.

- Twister Crippled in SA

- Travelers from the future of a devastated world try and kill Tempest to stop their future- A world where VIPER won.

 

1994 - Project Sunburst.

- The Warlord first appears and almost conquers Vietnam. He is stopped by the IST.

- Justice Foundation in SA

-Omega, Overlord of the Terminus launches invasion of Earth, establishing beachhead in Freedom City. Although Until and Division 51 agents oppose him, they are not match for his super soldiers. IST, Tempest and Watchtower respond and defeat him.

- Supertemps formed - Turning amazing profits within 3 months

 

1995 - Li Chun the destroyer freed in China. He defeats the Tiger Squad in a two day running battle then mysteriously disappears

- The really big quake in California- caused by Kreuzritter. The formation of Bay city.

 

1996 - The UN completes the Gateway space station.

-The Reactivation and rebuilding of Alcatraz is allowed, under the supervision of the IST.

-Superhero Blackcat killed in Las Vegas.

- VIPER/Eurostar war begins.

 

1997 - Blackcat returned from the dead, but possessed by her powers. She kills a neonazi supervillian and goes after Ferrin of Ferrin industries, a local industrial leader. She is depowered in the attempt.

-Blackcat pleads no contest to Murder charges. Imprisoned in Stronghold

 

1998 - The infamous Stronghold breakout. Blackcat and Chuck help keep villains inside, and are pardoned.

- IST forces the dissolution of both the Strike Force and Shadow Warrior teams due to "criminal elements within both teams". Most of these heroes retire or go underground. Sai is killed in the confrontation.

- VIPER/Eurostar War ended. First appearance of Viperia.

 

1999 - The rebuilding of Detroit is substantially completed and the new metropolis is christened Millennium City.

-UNTIL distances itself from the IST.

- The Watchtower/Psi War

- Overlord Retires after his son is killed.

 

 

2000 - The Paranormal registration act passed. Assault on Division 51 headquarters. The first appearance of Genocide. PRA declared unconstitutional

- Late in year - The resources of the Marshals office are to be turned over to IST. The Marshal resigns in protest and leaves the Earth. UNTIL breaks all but informational ties with IST.

 

2001 - Firewing comes to Earth to challenge its superhumans to combat.

-IST Scandal, and the first awareness of what is later termed the ?Shadow Masters?. IST teams and organization Disbanded.

-UNTIL investigated and reorganized.

-In response to the disbanding of IST, rogue supers under the orders of the "shadow master" of the IST destroy the world trade center, and target other locations. Native Sun is killed keeping Washington DC from becoming a nuclear fireball during these attacks. U.S. is the target, as it was the US who resisted incursions by the IST and who?s superheroes discovered the "Shadow Masters" plot.

- With the death of Native Sun and the Marshals absence Watchtower disbands.

 

2002- Oracles of Tempest disappears.

- Tempest dissolved - Blackcat and Gibralter go dimensional.

 

2003- Ex members (those not affliated with the "Shadow Masters") of the IST form UNITY, an independent superteam with loose ties to UNTIL, and UN sanction for superwork worldwide, and has open calls for other superheroes.

- Firehawk conquers a number of Carribean islands and forms the country of Atlantia.

 

2004 - Galatia Satellite Explodes. Wave of new superhumans with greater than average powers erupt.

[Magmarock]

Re: Timeline for a new campaign for critique and evolement.

 

Wow, this timeline looks pretty good to me. Did you start off with the CU timeline and go from there? That is what I was planning on doing... I am getting ready to work up a timeline for our campaign, as a tool for the GMs, since we are all taking turns running the game.

 

The only gap I noticed is between 20,000BC and the 1700's. Were you planning on adding the Turakian age in there somewhere? I plan on it for my timeline.

 

Mags

[Lord Mhoram]

Re: Timeline for a new campaign for critique and evolement.

 

Wow, this timeline looks pretty good to me. Did you start off with the CU timeline and go from there?

 

The only gap I noticed is between 20,000BC and the 1700's. Were you planning on adding the Turakian age in there somewhere? I plan on it for my timeline.

 

Mags

 

I used a lot of the mid/late era from the CU. I use a fair amount of Golden Age from SAS and GAC. I also worked in bits from San Angelo and Freedom City. But yeah, the base was CU. I had four books open on my desk when I was creating the thing.

 

The big gap is that I don't plan of doing much back there. The stuff I have there is for things that directly related to the current age. The whole Azor thing ties in with the Blood. And the Kings of Edom are my "metagene" or whatever marvel's equivelent is. When working on backstory and feel I had to answer the questions "Why superheroes on earth and not on many other planets?" and "Whe do all the magical and dimensional conquerers come after earth?" My answer is the King of Edom. Their power sifted into the Earth, it's surrounding areas of space and into humanity as a whole.

[Lord Mhoram]

Re: Timeline for a new campaign for critique and evolement.

 

Some of the nifty bits of color that just having a timeline doesn't explain.

 

Sentinal is the WW2 era Superman stand in (taken from SAS). He was the hero that _everyone_ looked up to, that took advice from. The ultimate in honesty, truthfulness and power; the perfect example of a Hero. Thus having Dr Destroyer kill him in his first appearance immediatly make Destroyer a huge threat.

 

Some fun bits merging timelines.

SAS' The Ghost Lions(the secret British superteam that was run by a lord, and used for his own personal advancement, though they didn't know that) that gave rise to Alice Queen of Hearts (one of the best villians in published superhero gaming I've ever seen) happens the same year as the problems with the new knights in the CU. Which worked when merging them.. hey the New Knights scandel hits, and in responce the guy creates the Ghost Lions.

 

Socially I use Dr Destroyer as the unstopable menace (IE Galactus) and Kruezritter as the political machinator and villian with the huge resources (IE Dr Doom).

 

Division 51 is the division of the US marshal's office that deals with superhuman threats. The absorbing of Primus, villifying the orignal Golden Avenger, the MRA and outcome, and the Marshall are all from an old campaign.

 

One of the changes I'm thinking about doing is having the Gateway station explode (instead of Galatia) that starts the whole Nova phenomenon, and tying that into the Shadow masters subplot. Dunno yet.

[Guest Major Tom]

Re: Timeline for a new campaign for critique and evolement.

 

Your timeline looks pretty good so far, but if I may, I'd like to suggest the

following addition to Part 2 of the timeline:

 

October 31, 1961 - The USSR detonates the Tsar Bomba cobalt device

above the Arctic Circle near Novya Zemlya. The resultant 57-megaton explos-

ion remains, to date, the most powerful man-made nuclear explosion on rec-

ord.

 

I thought that you might be able to use this in your campaign, either as an

origin source for an NPC or PC super (massive exposure to radiation being

a popular cause of superpowers back in the good old days) or as the cause

of an interdimensional/temporal rift (remember the time-travel episode of the

short-lived NBC series The Highwayman -- the one where the title

character went through a time warp created by the explosion of the first "Fat

Man" atomic bomb?).

 

Major Tom

[Lord Mhoram]

Re: Timeline for a new campaign for critique and evolement.

 

 

October 31, 1961 - The USSR detonates the Tsar Bomba cobalt device above the Arctic Circle near Novya Zemlya. The resultant 57-megaton explosion remains, to date, the most powerful man-made nuclear explosion on record.

 

 

Cool bit of info.

I'll add that.