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The year is 2087, taking place in the country of Panamerica (Pan-American Union), in the fictional metropolis of New Toronto. The city is known for its infrastructure, economy, and citizenry that has flourished under technology beyond contemporary expectations, thanks to the Interama Corporation headquartered in this city.

In 2063, Earth was invaded by the otherworlders, bringing forward the guardian revolution, when superheroes emerged to protect earth from this threat. Though ultimately the Otherworlders retreated, the Global Defense Agency was established as a contingency to work with guardians if another invasion were to occur. Though not an everyday occurrence, a hero sighting isn’t that unusual for most people nowadays. On a day-to-day basis most people have nothing to fear from powered villains either, but they do show up every few months.

Overall, Canada and the US unified after both nations suffered a series of catastrophes under the Otherworlder Invasion, and scars from that even are prominent throughout the country. The White House was destroyed, and a new system of leadership was established under this union.

The Pariahs are what people with superpowers who have been rejected by society have come to be called, inspiring years of controversy and conflict. Stray Town, also known as the Pariah Ghetto, is a conflict ridden district and home to large population of people who have superpowers and are feared for it.

Trough City is home to a vast network of organized crime syndicates, who have exceptional influence over the city's citizenry, economy, and authorities.

Guardians, also known as Powered Heroes, are....

The **Genetrix** is a female progenitor, also known as the first Pariah.

## Primary Setting Questions

**How common are powered heroes?** Though not an everyday occurrence, a hero sighting isn’t that unusual for most people.

**How often do superpowered villains menace the city?** On a day-to-day basis most people have nothing to fear from powered villains, but they do show up every few months.

**How does the general public feel about powered heroes?** Powered heroes are respected, but warily, they do good things, but they are also dangerous. A common topic of controversy is based on the question of what gives them the right to work outside the law?

**How do the authorities feel about powered heroes?** Most authority personnel view powered heroes as loose cannons. They may have done good deeds, but they operate outside the due process of law and most of them aren't accountable to anyone.

**How does the media portray powered heroes?** Centers of Controversy. Powered heroes are a hot-button topic. News channels air debates about vigilantism, with pundits on both sides.

## Settings Topics

### SE01: THE POWERFUL ARTIFACT

The **Otherworldly Device**, is a pulsing electronic device that causes mutation. The artifact alters the genetic structure of anyone exposed to it, unraveling or restructuring their genetic makeup. It is the source of the pariahs. Powerful beings and villains constantly seek to get their hands on the artifact, requiring around-the-clock defense and monitoring.

#### Potential Background

The otherworlders have visited earth before, exposing a community of humans to the device. The device enhances organic matter, which the otherworlders use to fuel their weapons in their conflict with the Authority. Upon returning to earth, the mutations caused by the device gave humans superpowers, which was unexpected for the otherworlders. With these superpowers, the humans were able to drive them out of the planet. The Device was left behind, and they are surely going to return for it.

### SE02: THE SUPER SCIENCE LAB

**Toronto-Prime Labs** is this setting’s primary source of super science research and development, a laboratory that specializes in the technology that many heroes rely on for their powers. Despite a legitimate veneer, some powerful outside group backs the lab. The lab works purely at the government’s direction, for the government’s benefit. Some people may have heard of it, but only in the context of other government dealings. The lab occupies several floors of a towering structure right in the middle of the setting’s most important city.

While superhumans are studied in the lab, the lab either provides direct support to powered individuals or passes along their findings in secret. The lab is also responsible for cleaning up after superpowered conflicts.

This lab focuses on weapons, information, and theoretical technology. Guns. Rockets. Lasers. Power armor. Energy swords. Ice beams. Genetic destabilizers. Drones. Computers and networking. Machine learning software. Dimensional portal generators. Deep space transceivers. Interstellar vehicles. Subatomic transmuters. Genome resequencers.

**Placeholder Science Lab 2** is a research lab that is a part of a corporation that flouts both law and ethics, and the existence of the lab and everything that takes place within it is a heavily guarded secret, even within the organization that operates it. The lab is hidden in a dedicated, secure compound in a remote area outside the setting’s most important city. Superhumans are studied in the lab, and the lab uses powered individuals to test their discoveries. They focus on industrial and medical technology. Anti-gravity freight lifters. Cryogenic preservers. Ultrasteel alloys. Neochemical research. Genetically modified flora. Bioengineering. Advanced prosthetics. Designer drugs.

Minor **Placeholder Science Lab 3** is a division of a private company working within the bounds of the law. There’s a good chance that the average citizen has one of this lab’s products in their home or office. The lab’s main facility is in a foreign nation, though its representatives and technology make their way to the city. They focus on information and nanite technology, revolutionizing topics in medicine and industrial infrastructure.

### SE03: THE GOVERNMENT AGENCY

The **Global Defense Agency**, assists heroes in securing villains. The agency is tasked with curtailing threats to national security, and allies with powered heroes when supervillains are involved. They monitor all superhuman activity. The agency’s mandate is to observe, record, and analyze, but not interfere with, superpowered activity. The agency is authorized by an international body, such as the United Nations.

The agency is headquartered within the Bureau, a pocket dimension only accessible through Bureau Doors, portals used by the agents to instantaneously travel anywhere in the world, generated using the GDA-Badge. Portals are controlled by 3 satellites that spin around the world.

They agency has far-reaching surveillance. They have an extensive surveillance network that includes wiretaps and satellite imaging. They also repurpose and utilize captured super-science devices, turning them into standard-issue gear.

### SE04: THE BAD NEIGHBORHOOD

**Stray Town**, also known as the Pariah Ghetto, is a neighborhood and home to a large portion of the city’s pariah population. The population is already downtrodden and outcast, and the neighborhood reflects that. Most of the crime in the neighborhood is the result of superpowered criminals running amok. The ineffectiveness of the police makes the neighborhood a target. There is minimal police presence in the neighborhood. The city government has effectively washed its hands of the neighborhood, leaving the citizens to fend for themselves.

**Atro City** is old and venerable, and to those who don’t live there it looks like a slightly run-down historic neighborhood. This is merely a façade hiding the neighborhood’s slow decay due to corruption. A large crime syndicate is the dominant force in this city, using it as a base of operations. This syndicate is highly organized, far wealthier than the residents, and its members consider themselves a cut above the average criminal. The police officers of this city are just as corrupt as the criminals they supposedly police. They take bribes and shake down law-abiding citizens on a regular basis. *First Appearance: The King of Atrocity*