World Update!

Notes on how things were left and an update of events since the last game (Issue 7).

Events Because the matching funds to build The KEEP super-prison came from Congress, the federal government has put PRIMUS into oversight of the prison. Uncle Slam is the temporary administrator of the prison during it’s redesign. Because the matching funds to build The KEEP super-prison came from Congress, the federal government has put PRIMUS into oversight of the prison. The City Council, who’ve had a shaky relationship with Audra Blue because of her ownership of the super-base, backhanded her in a press release by going out of their way to point out that she was one of the designers of the system and yet she participated in the breakout. Jobs for her security abilities have dried up.  A number of contracts have canceled. The city considered pressing charges; Probably as a political means to seize the base form her, but have not done so… yet. The heroes were verbally reprimanded but in order to save face with the media, none of that was brought up with the press.  “Our hand selected team, the Sentinels, acted in the finest tradition of heroes like the Champions and all those who fell in the Battle of Detroit, to prevent dire circumstances.” Eldritch, whose manipulation caused the break-in so that he could get at some foes that were sealed up therein, has not been seen subsequently except for that brief appearance at the base. The man retrieved from The KEEP, who has been referred to simply as The Doctor claims that he is a man out of dimension.  His lack of Synchronicity with our time and dimension seem to be the cause of these issues.  His death, in theory, would have caused his home dimension to cease, and the death of certain individuals there may have caused ours to cease in turn.  Another theory has the two dimensions joining. He is in custody at the base, barring restoration to his own world. The Warden, a follower of the Black Pope, who believed he could properly bring about the end times by performing the execution of the Doctor, is still at large.

Villains Herculan, Lodestone, Fallout, Battery, Krieger , Newton, Blackout, and Sharpshooter who were all consigned to THE KEEP, were instead transferred to STRONGHOLD, out of state, pending the redesign of the facility’s security. Ogre, Lumina, and Wildchild escaped during the events at the prison and are at large. Void, Zero, Zed (All of the “Infinitum”, a group of 5 brothers of demonic origin) are all banished back to their home dimension. The Black Pope was slain, though underground worship of him as the “True Pope” still exists.  They contend he’s not dead at all.  His circle of powered assistants, The Black Mass, appear to be disassembled. Monarch (aka Gossamyr) is finally at rest. Magdalene (aka Muse) was transformed back to her good self.  She’s gone back to Greece to cope with all that happened. Crucifier (aka Joe Bellamy, aka Coffin Nail Joe) is still in The Keep, since he’s considered a low security risk now that he’s on anti-psychotics.

Heroes Uncle Slam, representative of PRIMUS, is currently administering the restructuring of The KEEP.  As such he is in the city and is currently not performing liaison duties to the team.  He’s still reachable though. Anthem, daughter of Crucifier (see above), is still in the city performing her heroics at “street level”, though she’s sometimes hard to contact due to frequent job changes and relocations. Lucretia, local detective, is still ‘around’ but sometimes difficult to locate due to constant changing of cell phones (She goes through them like pez). Bridge, the young teleporter whom the team encountered during their encounter with the Materna (the disenfranchised women beneath the city) is still around, unable to locate her “tribe”.  She is in the House of Rain (superbase) performing the duties of porting the team to emergencies then getting the heck out of the way. Dr. Tewelleker (Robert’s PC) is still in the base, performing scientific study and freeloading.  It’s hard to get him out to patrol, though he does it occasionally. Orland (Robert’s PC) is out of contact at the moment.  In an attempt to master his powers he is currently in study with the individual named Bishop, the representative of Checkmate (Former soviet super group), of which Orland is presumably “Rook” status.  Because his associates are untrustworthy, Audra Blue has requested he remain outside the base during the period of his study.  He has occasional contact with Anthem and may sometimes be reached that way. “Mr. Bubble” (Paul’s unnamed PC) has joined the sea-going group, OCEANA, who fight eco-terrorists.  Ironic since he's a one-man oil slick. Billy Ray (Paul’s PC) is back in Private Security.  His company, Crown Security, is doing well and protects several high visibility clients.  While it was not his intent, the side effect of his time with the group was that they gave his bodyguard background some publicity.  He has standing offers to the team if any care to come work for him for better pay (eg:  Retire to NPC status). Falcon (John’s PC) is in reserve status, having gone to Egypt in pursuit of stolen artifacts at the request of the Egyptian government. Duplicity (Joe's PC) has retired.  The duality of his nature, the torture of being pulled in two and then having to get those two opposed personalities to meld back together again was too much for him.  He has turned in the Focus that gave him the powers and left the business. Rodeo Clown (Joe's PC) is in Rehab.  While he always showed and performed his part, on one occasion during the past few months he showed up too hammered to be of any real use.  Rather than risk the lives of citizens with his drunken actions, he has left the group and joined rehab.  Currently he is back on the Rodeo circuit, doing the other thing that he loves... getting gored by bulls.  And occasionally he does side work for the extra money with Crown Securities (Billy Ray's organization).

Other The Materna.  The group of women who were once the slaves of the Intinitum.  They vanished and Bridge was unable to locate their new location (They're nomadic and live off the radar).  No sign of them has been seen since. ATLAS.  The enormous robot who was beneath the city, seemingly shoveling dirt and such.  Geoff Gardiner recognized it as something he'd designed.  The plans would have been left behind in his workshop when his time-travel incident occurred that brought him here.  Someone else must have constructed it!  Unfortunately, it's nowhere to be found.  In fact, the tunnels where he was working are gone, filled in as if they were never there. The building at 43rd street that was a nexus for geomantic energies is gone.  It was leveled by the city, thus altering the flow of energy throughout the city. The Baseball field that was home of the Lazarus Prophets is restored and in use.