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Timeline

 

1895

 

March 13 - Nikola Tesla demonstrates his "Tesla Sphere", what he thinks is television, to H.G. Wells, Astronomer William North, and North's fiancee Regina Saetta.  The Sphere is actually a trans-dimensional portal which makes contact with a world of hostile Aliens.  They attack the group, but Regina reveals herself to be then Ancient Goddess Juno, who holds back the Aliens long enough for Tesla to shut down the Sphere.  In the fight the sphere is destroyed in a fire, and in the aftermath Tesla develops a fear of spheres. (1)

 

1898

 

March 13 - H.G. Wells' publishes War of the Worlds to warn humanity about Alien invaders.  Aliens launch invasion force traveling at 1/10 the speed of light from Hades (Proxima Centauri II)

 

1915

 

Feb 9 - Bradley Taylor born in New York City.

 

1936

 

Sept 8 - John Parker shots down his fifth Fascist aircraft in the Spanish Civil War.  He is shot down shortly after and is experiment on by Dr. Ilsa Madchen.  In a lab explosion they both gain superhuman powers.

 

Nov 3 - New York Governor Russell Forsythe elected President.

 

1938

 

June 1 - Ultraman makes his debut when he is filmed preventing a Dirigible from crashing into the Empire State Building in New York.

 

Oct 30 - Leslie North, movie star and daughter of William and Regina North, is exposed to a strange meteor and against the power to become the Energy Projector Starlet.  Later that night she and Ultraman prevent an Alien Invasion outside of New York.

 

Oct 31 - Leslie North complains to Bradley Taylor about his newspaper, The New York Eagle, reporting her superhero name as Starlet instead of Starlight.  He replies that he didn't want to be known as Ultraman either, but wanted to be called the Stalwart.  Leslie tells Bradley he lucked out there.

 

1940

 

Sept 7 - Sir William North killed in The Blitz.

 

Sept 14 - Steven North joins Eagle Squadron.

 

Nov 5 - President Russell De Angelo Forsythe re-elected.

 

 

1941

 

March 11 - Nighthawk, Ultraman, Lady Liberty, and Miss Freedom prevent Fifth Column from stopping Lend-Lease Act.  United Superheroes of America officially formed.

 

Dec 7 - "Day of Infamy".  Pearl Harbor Attacked.  Soryu, a Japanese Patriot Superhero, attempts to assassinate President Forsythe, stopped by Miss Freedom.

 

Dec 8 - United States declares War on Japan

 

 

Dec 10 - "Night of Infamy".  Operation Night and Fog is carried out by the Fifth Column.  All public identity superheroes are assassinated.  The climax of this night of horrors is the destruction of the Hero Dome in New York City, resulting in the deaths of all but three of the League of Heroes.  Raven called in by Ultraman and Titaness to find the assassin. (2)

 

Dec 11 - German declares War on the United States

 

1942

 

Feb 9 - Ultraman and Miss Freedom capture Blitzkrieg after the he sinks the S.S. Normandie. (3)

 

1943

 

May 23 - Columbia prevents U-Boat from sinking U.S. Troopship, and recovers information regarding Operation Bifrost, an Axis attack on America.  Ice Maiden breaks Blitzkrieg out of an armored car during a prison transfer, afterwards Miss Freedom rescues the guards.    Stephen Clark and Bradley Taylor arrive at Philadelphia to supervise Dr. John Parker's experiment.  Black Cat prevents the Fifth Column from stealing the Sword of Heimdall, but Valkyrie escapes with it.

 

May 24 - Valkyrie, Blitzkrieg, U-Panzer, Captain Axis, Gladiator, and Soryu attack Philadelphia to steal the Tesla Sphere and the Alien Gateway captured in 1938.  Ultraman, Miss Freedom, Nighthawk, Columbia, Minuteman, and Lady Liberty battle them, and in the battle Valkyrie is apparently killed by Nighthawk.  Actually she was an American agent who allowed herself to be left behind to provide information to the team.  Val Kirk, her real identity, is escorted to Washington by Naval Lieutenant Peter Maxwell.  A drunk Air Force Pilot, Capt. Gordon O'Grady hits on her, and Maxwell defends her. 

 

1944

 

Nov 7 - Matthew Easton Fremont Elected President

 

1945

 

July 28 - Soryu and Hiryu attack Empire State Building. (5)

1957

 

Oct 4 - Guardian, Hero of the Soviet Union, debuts on the World Stage. (4)

 

 

1960

 

Nov 8 - James Reynolds Elected President of the United States.

 

1968 

 

Nov 5 - Peter Maxwell Elected President

 

1972 

 

July 10 - Gordon O'Grady receives his party's Presidential Nomination.

 

Aug 23 - President Maxwell doesn't accept re-nomination.  Vice President Douglas Morgan becomes the party's nominee.

 

Nov 7 - Douglas Morgan Elected President.

 

1976

 

Nov 2 - Harrison Long Elected President.

 

1980 

 

Nov 4 - Stephen Clark Elected President

 

1981

 

Jan 20 - John and Courtney Taylor born in New York City.

 

1982

 

April 18 - DiDi Davenport born in Los Angeles.

 

2000

 

April 18 - Liberty becomes a member of the United Superheroes of America.

 

July 4 - Liberty becomes an instructor at the United Superheroes Academy.

 

Nov 7 - Bradley Taylor elected President.

 

2001

 

Jan 20 - Bradley Taylor inaugurated as President of the United States.  John Taylor becomes CEO of Taylor Industries.

 

2004

 

Nov 2 - Bradley Taylor re-elected President.

 

2008

 

Nov 4 - Charles Stewart Lee elected President.

 

2012 

 

Nov 6 - Brooke Taylor Stevens elected President

 

2016 

 

Nov 8 - Brooke Taylor Stevens re-elected President.

 

 

Notes

 

(1) - Nikola Tesla's lab burned down in accident.  Telsa's fear of spheres is real, and ended up ruining is date with Anne Morgan, daughter of J.P. Morgan, because she wore Pearl Earrings.

 

(2) - The Night and Fog Decree was a Nazi Order which had enemies of Germany assassinated quietly and then made to vanish without a trace.

 

(3) - S.S. Normandie burns in New York City while being converted into the troopship U.S.S. La Fayette.

 

(4) - Dated Sputnik was launched.

 

(5) - A B-25 nicknamed "Old John Feather Merchant" crashes into Empire State Building 78 floor, eight floors below the Hidalgo Trading Company.

 

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Organizations

 

CRISIS - Crisis Response, Intelligence, Security, & Investigation Service, the U.S. Government Organization dealing with super-villains.

 

Fifth Column - International Subversive Organization allied first with Nazi Germany, and later the Soviet Union.

 

 

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Characters

 

Forsythe, Russell De Angelo (1882-1945) - President of the United States (1937-1945).  Formerly Assistant Secretary of the Navy.  Wounded by Mata Hari during the Great War, and was saved by Maiden America.  Served during most of World War Two.  Declined to run for a third term when a Fifth Column spy was discovered in his administration by Columbia and Juno.

 

Long, Harrison Porter (1924- ) - President of the United States (1977-1981).  Civil Engineer and later Senator from Louisiana.  Turned Ultraman over to the United Nations Law Enforcement & Security Service to be tried for breaking international law.  Attempted to pass a superhuman registration law.  Released a number of super-villains in an attempt to appease Mastermind.

 

Maiden America - Brick Patriot Heroines.  Real name Dr. Madeline Ames Fremont.  Married to Captain Freedom.  Mother of Miss Freedom.

 

Miss Freedom - Flying Brick Patriot Heroines.  Real name Melissa Fremont.

 

Raven - Weapons Master Investigator.  Real Name Dr. Katherine Clark.

 

Soryu - Japanese Patriot Soldier.  Real name Cmdr. Sukune Sakai, IJN.

 

Taylor, Bradley (1915- ) - President of the United States (2001-2009).  Former Governor of New York (1995-2001), and CEO of Taylor Industries. 

 

Ultraman - Flying Energy Projector/Brick.  Real Name Bradley Taylor.

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Minion

 

Male Char Female

13 STR 8

10 DEX 11

13 CON 13

10 BODY 10

13 INT 13

10 EGO 11

13 PRE 13

10 COM 10

3 PD 3

3 ED 3

3 SPD 3

6 REC 5

26 END 26

24 STUN 21

Total Characteristics Cost: 25 Points

 

Cost Skills

25 Skill Set

Total Skills Cost: 25 Points

 

Cost Powers

15 Armor +5 rPD +5 rED

30 Multipower (30 Points)

2 u) HA +6d6, HTH Attack (-1/2)

3 u) RKA 2d6, [16c] (-0)

Total Powers Cost: 50 Points

 

Total Cost: 100 Points

 

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