Millennium City

MitchellS · August 20, 2005

Re: Millennium City

Um, okay, I see:
Sai/Burleson (GBG): A brick that looks like a minotaur

Taurus/Burleson (GBG): A brick that looks like a minotaur

For those of us who aren't familiar with Sai, what's she supposed to be? A sai weilding martial artist? (Generic guess.)

Sai is in Teen Champions. She left Ravenswood in 2002 after the troubles there which forced the school to close for one semester. She's a martial artist who uses the sai, but she also is a teleporter and have several teleportation tricks up her sleave. Her younger sister, Flicker, is still in Ravenswood Academy.

fredrik_nilsson · August 28, 2005

Re: Millennium City

List of abbreviations

AA = Arcane Adversaries
CB = Champions: Battlegrounds
CH = The Champions Genre Book
CKC = Write-up is published in Conquerors, Killers & Crooks
CU = Champions Universe
DE = DEMON
DHxx = Digital Hero #xx
GBG = The Genre By Genre Document (or 5ER)
MC = Millennium City
MW = The Mystic World
TC = Teen Champions

The Champions

Millennium City's official protectors

Defender/James Harmon IV (CH): Hero using a powered armor, the team's leader

Ironclad/Drogen Lar (CH): Alien man of steel

Nighthawk/Mark Whitaker (CH): Millennium City's dark knight

Sapphire/Corazon Valenzuela (CH): Energy projector and music celeb.

Witchcraft/Bethany Duquesne (CH): Powerful mage with a dark past

The Champions - Resources

Champions' HQ and the staff running it

Denise Dumont (CH): The Champions' DOSPA liason

Homestead (CH): The Champions' HQ

Jeanine McGillicuddy (CH): The Champions' receptionist

Socrates (CH): The Homestead's AI

Sunshine (CH): Witchcraft's black cat familiar

Wendy Brooks (CH): The Champions' housekeeper

The Champions - Reserves

Independent heroes that often join forces with the Champions

Dr. Silverback (MC): Mountain gorilla, famous inventor

Kinetik/Brendan Grant (CU): One of the fastest men alive, Sapphire's friend

Nightwind/Steve Chase (MC): Skilled martial artist, on the verge of being a vigilante

The Millennium City 8

Independent heroes that often join forces with each other

Commando Rubberbando/Roger Allcomb (DH13): A stretching civil rights activist

El Aquijon/Alejandro Montez (DH13): A shrinking bug-controlling scientist

Lady Liberty/Lisa Bellucci (DH13): A police officer with magic weapons

Megaera/Metis Georghiou (DH13): Athena incarnate

Psiphon/David Royster (DH13): A former PSI mental leech

Raaktor/Trax (DH13): A prehistoric Eskimo totem

Stalker II/George Palante (DH13): A vengeful inherited gadgeteer

Steadfast/Edmund Brooks (DH13): A mighty fortress choir minister

The Furies

See also Sapphire.

Julie Morgan (CH, MC): Crime-reporter and Nighthawk's girl-friend

Miranda Chen (CU): Reporter for WRJK, covers superhuman affairs

The Mystic World

See also DEMON, The Circle Of The Scarlet Moon, Talisman and Witchcraft

Alicia Blackmun (MC): Trismegistus Council member, bookstore keeper

David Lovette (MC): Ghost at the Harmon estate

Kara Brenner (MC): Ghost at the Barlowe hotel

Stalker I/Tony Palante (DH13): Guardian angel over Stalker II

The Scientific World

See also ARGENT, Defender, Dr. Silverback, El Aquijon and Tachyon.

Dr. Allen Dale (DH13): A scientist working on insect behavior, rivalry with El Aquijon

Luther Beckett (CU): Brilliant chemist at Dew Chemicals, Kinetik's friend

Normals

Al Wesley (TC): Barnstormer's sick father

Anthony Bellucci (DH13): Lady Liberty's father

Belinda Huang (CKC): Lodestone's wife

Billy Burleson (GBG): Taurus' younger brother

Donel, Jacquelyn, and Shaniqua Allcomb (DH13): Commando Rubberbando's kids

Javier Montez (DH13): El Aquijon's younger brother, compulsive gambler

Jessica Palante (DH13): The late Stalker Iâ€™s love

Joyce, Ronnie, and Phillip Grant (CU): Kinetik's siblings

Lila Wilborn (GBG): Eagle-Eye's girl-friend

Lin Chow (CH): Green Dragon's younger sister

Margerie Allcomb (DH13): Commando Rubberbando's ex-wife

Marisa Montez (DH13): El Aquijon's ex-wife

Rich Barlinson (DH13): Police officer, Lady Liberty's partner

Steve Short (MC): Brillint comic book writer

MitchellS · August 28, 2005

Re: Millennium City

Does anyone but me think it's not safe to be a student at MCU?

fredrik_nilsson · August 28, 2005

Re: Millennium City

Is there any archaeology professor that doesn't have supernatural ties?

John T · August 28, 2005

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Does anyone but me think it's not safe to be a student at MCU?

Guess it depends on how many points the average MCU student is built on.

John T

MitchellS · August 28, 2005

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Is there any archaeology professor that doesn't have supernatural ties?

They're all hoping to find an artifact so they can become members of the Crowns of Krim.

MitchellS · August 28, 2005

Re: Millennium City

Guess it depends on how many points the average MCU student is built on.

John T

Forget about Teen Champions and Ravenswood, DoJ needs to publish: Survival 101: Navigating the corridors of Millennium City University.

fredrik_nilsson · August 28, 2005

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Forget about Teen Champions and Ravenswood' date=' DoJ needs to publish: [i']Survival 101: Navigating the corridors of Millennium City University[/i].

GURPS IOU, GURPS IOU! We don't need no stinking GURPS IOU.

aylwin13 · August 28, 2005

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OK, I have a question. There is a recurring picure of a meta throughout the Champions sourcebooks who I have yet to identify. She's a female character in a white bodysuit with a cape whose only apparent power is Flight. Specifically, she is pictured one pages 22, 50, and 135 in _Millenium City_ and page 158 in Champions.

As often as she shows up, she must be a significant character at least in Millenium City, so who is she?

Thanks!

Not sure if anyone still wants to know, but this was Storn's response to this very same question.

Enforcer84 · August 29, 2005

Re: Millennium City

There's the Millennium City 8: Commando Rubberbando, El Aquijon, Lady Liberty, Megaera, Psiphon, Raaktor, Stalker, and Steadfast.

There's the Ravenswood Cadets: Chain Lightning, Flicker, Impact, Putty, and Trance.

The Government's: Technique and Kodiak from the FBI and Silver Avenger Sanchez.

As far as independents there's: Binary Man, Cavalier, and Hydro.

I don't believe Hardpoint is really part of MC. He's just a rewrite of Defender for Sidekick.

As far as MC dedicated villains you have:

PSI, Lodestone, Thorn, and Wayland Talos.

Hardpoint and Maelstrom appear in 5ed Revised too...

fredrik_nilsson · August 29, 2005

Re: Millennium City

Not sure if anyone still wants to know' date=' but this was Storn's response to this very same question.

Thanks for that reply, somehow I managed to miss the original thread.

Hardpoint and Maelstrom appear in 5ed Revised too...

I'll add them. Have I missed someone else of interest?

MitchellS · August 29, 2005

Re: Millennium City

Hardpoint and Maelstrom appear in 5ed Revised too...

I suppose you can add Hardcase, though I would shy away from adding a third powered-armored character to the city. There's nothing in Maelstrom's origin to indicate him being based in Millennium City though.

fredrik_nilsson · August 29, 2005

Re: Millennium City

List of abbreviations

AA = Arcane Adversaries
CB = Champions: Battlegrounds
CH = The Champions Genre Book
CKC = Write-up is published in Conquerors, Killers & Crooks
CU = Champions Universe
DE = DEMON
DHxx = Digital Hero #xx
GBG = The Genre By Genre Document (or 5ER)
MC = Millennium City
MW = The Mystic World
TC = Teen Champions

The Champions

Millennium City's official protectors

Defender/James Harmon IV (CH): Hero using a powered armor, the team's leader

Ironclad/Drogen Lar (CH): Alien man of steel

Nighthawk/Mark Whitaker (CH): Millennium City's dark knight

Sapphire/Corazon Valenzuela (CH): Energy projector and music celeb.

Witchcraft/Bethany Duquesne (CH): Powerful mage with a dark past

The Champions - Resources

Champions' HQ and the staff running it

Denise Dumont (CH): The Champions' DOSPA liason

Homestead (CH): The Champions' HQ

Jeanine McGillicuddy (CH): The Champions' receptionist

Socrates (CH): The Homestead's AI

Sunshine (CH): Witchcraft's black cat familiar

Wendy Brooks (CH): The Champions' housekeeper

The Champions - Reserves

Independent heroes that often join forces with the Champions

Dr. Silverback (MC): Mountain gorilla, famous inventor

Kinetik/Brendan Grant (CU): One of the fastest men alive, Sapphire's friend

Nightwind/Steve Chase (MC): Skilled martial artist, on the verge of being a vigilante

The Millennium City 8

Independent heroes that often join forces with each other

Commando Rubberbando/Roger Allcomb (DH13): A stretching civil rights activist

El Aquijon/Alejandro Montez (DH13): A shrinking bug-controlling scientist

Lady Liberty/Lisa Bellucci (DH13): A police officer with magic weapons

Megaera/Metis Georghiou (DH13): Athena incarnate

Psiphon/David Royster (DH13): A former PSI mental leech

Raaktor/Trax (DH13): A prehistoric Eskimo totem

Stalker II/George Palante (DH13): A vengeful inherited gadgeteer

Steadfast/Edmund Brooks (DH13): A mighty fortress choir minister

The Furies

See also Sapphire.

Julie Morgan (CH, MC): Crime-reporter and Nighthawk's girl-friend

Miranda Chen (CU): Reporter for WRJK, covers superhuman affairs

The Mystic World

See also DEMON, The Circle Of The Scarlet Moon, Talisman and Witchcraft

Alicia Blackmun (MC): Trismegistus Council member, bookstore keeper

David Lovette (MC): Ghost at the Harmon estate

Kara Brenner (MC): Ghost at the Barlowe hotel

Rotterkin (DH12): Demonling possessing the henchman Jared Lackless

Stalker I/Anthony "Tony" Palante (DH13): Guardian angel over Stalker II

The Scientific World

See also ARGENT, Defender, Dr. Silverback, El Aquijon and Tachyon.

Dr. Allen Dale (DH13): A scientist working on insect behavior, rivalry with El Aquijon

Luther Beckett (CU): Brilliant chemist at Dew Chemicals, Kinetik's friend

Normals

Al Wesley (TC): Barnstormer's sick father

Anthony Bellucci (DH13): Lady Liberty's father

Belinda Huang (CKC): Lodestone's wife

Billy Burleson (GBG): Taurus' younger brother

Donel, Jacquelyn, and Shaniqua Allcomb (DH13): Commando Rubberbando's kids

Javier Montez (DH13): El Aquijon's younger brother, compulsive gambler

Jessica Palante (DH13): The late Stalker Iâ€™s love

Joe Paluka (DH12): Retired henchman

Joyce, Ronnie, and Phillip Grant (CU): Kinetik's siblings

Lila Wilborn (GBG): Eagle-Eye's girl-friend

Lin Chow (CH): Green Dragon's younger sister

Margerie Allcomb (DH13): Commando Rubberbando's ex-wife

Marisa Montez (DH13): El Aquijon's ex-wife

Rich Barlinson (DH13): Police officer, Lady Liberty's partner

Steve Short (MC): Brillint comic book writer

Teresa Youngblood (DH24): Bridge's daughter

fredrik_nilsson · August 29, 2005

Re: Millennium City

This town is getting crowded, and we still haven't add the players. If this were my town (read, a new campaign) I would probably remove the NPC heores that were most similar to the players.

I suppose you can add Hardcase' date=' though I would shy away from adding a third powered-armored character to the city. There's nothing in Maelstrom's origin to indicate him being based in Millennium City though.[/quote']
Look at Hardpoint's quote. It's either both, or none.

MitchellS · August 29, 2005

Re: Millennium City

This town is getting crowded' date=' and we still haven't add the players. If this were my town (read, a new campaign) I would probably remove the NPC heores that were most similar to the players.[/quote']
Over-population of superheroes is a big problem in the city. I'd be the most inclined to drop the MC8 from the list [as they're only there due to a cover snafu] and I would not include Hardpoint. I'm not that worried about the Ravenswood cadets as I don't expect them to be in the city too often.

Look at Hardpoint's quote. It's either both, or none.

I'm not exactly sure a quote is the best indicator of continual presence, especially since neither one is hunted by the other.

fredrik_nilsson · August 29, 2005

Re: Millennium City

Over-population of superheroes is a big problem in the city. I'd be the most inclined to drop the MC8 from the list [as they're only there due to a cover snafu] and I would not include Hardpoint. I'm not that worried about the Ravenswood cadets as I don't expect them to be in the city too often.

I would probably try to do as DC and Marvel, and keep most of the NPCs. The majority will never be used more than as media broadcast NPCs ("Today Defender saved a bridge!"), a few will be NPCs that show up occassionally and an even smaller group will be used heavily.

Naturally the tone of the campign will matter too. Thunderbird and Eagle-Eye are more likely to show up in a vigilante campaign, than Cantrip and Foxbat. I guess you get the idea.

I'm not exactly sure a quote is the best indicator of continual presence' date=' especially since neither one is hunted by the other. [/quote']
I guess you got me there!

I'll remove Maelstrom when I send the next updated list. Do you see anyone missing?

fredrik_nilsson · September 1, 2005

Re: Millennium City

I will soon continue with the list, but before that I want to discuss a related topic:

How do you make Millennium City come to life?

It’s always interesting to see exactly how your Millennium City is built ruleswise, that isn’t what I’m after. Even if you’re naturally free to tell me that too.

What I’m asking for are does small things that make your city feel like someone actually could be living there. Which neighbourhood has Eagle-Eye as its guardian? Which is Sapphire’s newest hit? Has there been any current criminal trend (like jewellery thefts). Which major players are currently in town? Who are the up and comings?

How does Mr. Smith look at the town, with all its supernatural happenings? What does a normal day in their life look like?

MitchellS · September 1, 2005

Re: Millennium City

Yes, these are all the types of topics I'm usually talking about when I say the setting needs more "cream." It's all the little details which bring the city to life; not the numbers and statistics. It's important to know where the heroes like to patrol and all those other little details. This is why I think the setting needs an article in Digital Hero every month.

I loved the opening sequence in Millennium City with the news blurbs unfortunately the rest of the book just turned into numbers. I think a big part of the reason why the Champions aren't more interesting to players is due to the fact that there is no personality expansion of them. Cream is what brings a setting to life. Numbers are just how you keep score.

fredrik_nilsson · September 1, 2005

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We could try to flesh things out in this thread. Who knows, something useful might come out of it.

In some sense, the Plot Seed thread was the father of the Villany Amok book. Hopefully this thread might do something like Millennium City Revisited.

MitchellS · September 1, 2005

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We could try to flesh things out in this thread. Who knows, something useful might come out of it.

In some sense, the Plot Seed thread was the father of the Villany Amok book. Hopefully this thread might do something like Millennium City Revisited.

You are optimistic. I like that in a Swede.

fredrik_nilsson · September 1, 2005

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You are optimistic. I like that in a Swede.

I take it as that you know a few Swedes. :lol:

For those that doesn't know any Swedes, here's a crash course:

http://www.waste.org/~xtal/red/jante.html

http://dke.cti.gr/people/pfoser/jante.html

We're a lovely people, aren't we? :think:

Hermit · September 1, 2005

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I take it as that you know a few Swedes.

For those that doesn't know any Swedes, here's a crash course:

http://www.waste.org/~xtal/red/jante.html

http://dke.cti.gr/people/pfoser/jante.html

We're a lovely people, aren't we?

Ye gads!

And I thought the whole "Greed is good" thing in the 80s was bad.

fredrik_nilsson · September 1, 2005

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The depressing thing is that it isn't a joke. It's not really a big problem in the larger cities, but on the countryside it's religion.

What a shame... :no:

Blackjack · September 1, 2005

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Not sure if anyone still wants to know' date=' but this was Storn's response to this very same question.

Thanks, Aylwin! I appreciate getting the final word.

AdrianGideon · June 14, 2010

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Sorry for the thread-necormancy, just wanted to thank fredrik_nilsson and all involved, I was starting to make my own list like this, when my poor search-fu uncovered this. Thanks! :thumbup:

BTW, in the five years since this list was updated, have there been any changes (departures, additions, deaths) other than Kinetic and Nighthawk?

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