Mitheral
"Growf!"
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At 0235 am Thursday, June 27, 2019 something unexplained happened in New York City. The elliptical epicenter was somewhere in the water offshore between Downtown Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan, but felt as far away as 20 miles west to 60 miles east.. That same night there had been unexpected meteor showers and an aurora borealis seen in regions all over the globe. (There were other meteor strikes, but this RP will center on NYC.) The meteors that struck in NYC looked more like a strangely multicolored comets that lit up the night sky. The swarm wreaked havoc on the power grid, plunging the city into darkness. Several buildings exploded as gas mains ruptured. An earthquake of about 6.1 on the Richter scale was felt.
By 0300 the federal government had declared the region a disaster area and established a quarantine zone. And they had begun a massive effort to search the area for a possible alien contamination, warning of both biological and radiological effects. (The radiation CAN be detected, but it has a fairly unpredictable half life.) Decontamination units began to swarm the area by early morning.
By mid morning the less pleasant effects of radiation will begin. (RP Characters will NOT suffer symptoms. They are the lucky ones who metabolized the radiation effects. In fact, they will show lower readings than others who were in the same area - though even these are typically enough to result in getting that nuclear generated decontamination scrub down, and confiscation of their personal effects.)
It will not be long before those barely afflicted by the radiation begin to exhibit abilities far beyond those of mortal men. Will these people chose a life of obscurity? Will they use their powers to make the world a better place? Or will power corrupt absolutely?
Powers in this RP will be assigned by the storyteller. Characters must be very well written to be accepted. (This means no WIP's.)
A couple things are not yet fully decided. The story has been written with NYC / northern New Jersey as the start up region (specifically the Vince Lombardi Plaza on the NJ Turnpike for my character). The whole group can start there. If we start up in various cities each member will have to handle their own story. We won't be able to interact until we meet one another. Of course as powers develop we may hear about one another as we create news.
We could also go with the option of being taken into government hands for study. I honest hate that option. I find it forced. And to really develop we'd have to escape.
At 0235 am Thursday, June 27, 2019 something unexplained happened in New York City. The elliptical epicenter was somewhere in the water offshore between Downtown Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan, but felt as far away as 20 miles west to 60 miles east.. That same night there had been unexpected meteor showers and an aurora borealis seen in regions all over the globe. (There were other meteor strikes, but this RP will center on NYC.) The meteors that struck in NYC looked more like a strangely multicolored comets that lit up the night sky. The swarm wreaked havoc on the power grid, plunging the city into darkness. Several buildings exploded as gas mains ruptured. An earthquake of about 6.1 on the Richter scale was felt.
By 0300 the federal government had declared the region a disaster area and established a quarantine zone. And they had begun a massive effort to search the area for a possible alien contamination, warning of both biological and radiological effects. (The radiation CAN be detected, but it has a fairly unpredictable half life.) Decontamination units began to swarm the area by early morning.
By mid morning the less pleasant effects of radiation will begin. (RP Characters will NOT suffer symptoms. They are the lucky ones who metabolized the radiation effects. In fact, they will show lower readings than others who were in the same area - though even these are typically enough to result in getting that nuclear generated decontamination scrub down, and confiscation of their personal effects.)
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It will not be long before those barely afflicted by the radiation begin to exhibit abilities far beyond those of mortal men. Will these people chose a life of obscurity? Will they use their powers to make the world a better place? Or will power corrupt absolutely?
Powers in this RP will be assigned by the storyteller. Characters must be very well written to be accepted. (This means no WIP's.)
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A couple things are not yet fully decided. The story has been written with NYC / northern New Jersey as the start up region (specifically the Vince Lombardi Plaza on the NJ Turnpike for my character). The whole group can start there. If we start up in various cities each member will have to handle their own story. We won't be able to interact until we meet one another. Of course as powers develop we may hear about one another as we create news.
We could also go with the option of being taken into government hands for study. I honest hate that option. I find it forced. And to really develop we'd have to escape.
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