A New Age of Freedom (M&M2e, seeking 3-8 players)

Game Title: A New Age of Freedom
System: Mutants & Masterminds 2e
Players Wanted: At least 3 and a maximum of 8, anyone else will be made an alternate.
Posting Rate: 5 times per week, preferably more.
Special Rules: PL 10 / 150 pp to start, Ultimate Power will be used for reference.

Freedom City, the summer of 1993. It's been one of the hottest summers in decades for Freedom, but the heat won't be what the following days will be remembered by. Because Freedom City is about to become the beachhead of an invasion from the end of reality itself, the Terminus. And in the chaos to come, heroes are destined to die to defend their city, planet and even universe from the ravages of the dread lord Omega, including possibly even Freedom City's first son, the mightiest hero in the world, who's home universe was already consumed by the Terminus and who for the last 55 years have steadfastly defended his adopted homeworld. But even though the Centurion may very well fall in the course of these battles, new heroes are also destined to arise from the ashes of this conflict, heroes for a new, modern Age of Freedom...

Welcome to Freedom City, and specifically the Terminus Invasion. Freedom City you should be aware of as it's the default setting of the M&M system in both editions, but if you're not familiar with it, here's some basics;

Now then that that's out of the way, what exactly is the Terminus Invasion then you ask? For that, please pick up your copy of Mutants & Masterminds 2e, and look at the cover. That was the Terminus Invasion, except that it didn't go quite as well as it appears there. While at it take a look at the Romanesque hero punching the big skull-faced guy, that's the Centurion, Freedom City's version of Superman for all intents and purposes except that he's been active since 1938, the very first superhero in the world, and also the most powerful. But against Omega (the skull-headed guy he's punching) even the Centurion is going to need all the help he can get, because if Omega wins and the Invasion isn't stopped, then not only will Freedom City be destroyed, this entire universe will be destroyed. Which is where you come in. No pressure.

Your characters should preferably be superheroes of the "positive role-model" types, genuine hero-types who's fit in easily into either the Justice League or the Avengers, though if you wish you could start out with some Iron Age coloring to your character. Regardless during your career, which may date back to the 1940s or centuries into the past even depending on your origin, you have encountered the Centurion, who's seen something in you, some potential for greatness. And now when the Centurion needs help the most to save the entire universe, you are the ones he calls upon and entrusts to protect Freedom City, a task that may end up being more long term than you first guessed... Note that if you wish you may take over existing Freedom City characters if you're aware of them, such as taking the role as the immortal Greek inventor and veteran Freedom Leaguer Daedalus, or you may take exisiting heroes and change them however you wish, such as someone else than Elizabeth Watson-Wright getting imbued with the power of Lady Liberty, or Duncan Summers passing his mantle of the Raven (Freedom City's version of Batman) onto your character instead of his daughter Callie taking up the role. The only existing heroes that are unavailable are the Centurion himself and Doctor Metropolis, though due to the PL 10 restriction other heroes like Adrian Eldrich (the Freedom City version of Doctor Strange) may be hard to convert.

The premise of this game is that after the Terminus Invasion is over, however it may end up, your characters suddenly are the greatest and perhaps only defenders Freedom City as well as planet Earth has from repeated incursions from the Terminus, other alien invasions or world-domination plots by any number of supervillains out there. So your characters must (eagerly or reluctantly) take up the mantle of the Freedom League, the Freedom City version of the Justice League or the Avengers. The Freedom League traces it's roots back to the 1940s and the Liberty League, which fought both Super-Nazis in World War 2 and it's share of alien invasions later, to be disbanded then at the McCarthy hearings. The Liberty League was then reformed in the 1960s as the Freedom League, and for well over a decade was the greatest team of superheroes on the planet, battling the undead hordes of Hades, alien incursions and all manner of supervillains. The League was then disbanded by the Centurion in the 1980s after the deaths of two of it's junior members and after many others like the Raven and the Golden Age Lady Liberty had retired, at the start of what would be Freedom City's Iron Age, but now the time has come for someone to pick up the mantle once again.

This game will have a sliding date, skipping perhaps several years at a time between adventures to get up to the current date, which you might keep in mind for your character. If you got any special goals in mind, like if you want your character to get married in his or her civilian life and perhaps even have children please let me know and I'll see what can be arranged, and same goes if you want your character to start out a haunted vigilante who'll over the course of years progress into a more standard superhero. As the date progresses so will the power of the heroes, with a generally fast advancement rate of at a minimum of 5 pp gained per adventure and the PL getting advanced accordingly as well.

As a final note, this game will not feature many simple encounters, or situations where you are "supposed" to win, just situations where you can win, if you fight for it! If you are meant to be the greatest heroes in the world, then you'd better earn it. I'm not saying I'll be out to kill your characters at the get go, but go up against Omega without a very solid battle plan and you may end up a smear on the pavement as a result. Success is not guaranteed, and hero lives may be lost in the course of this game... But if you're ready for that, welcome to the Freedom League!

Anyone interested please post here or in the original recruitment thread on PbP house which you can find here; http://pbphouse.com/forum/index.php?topic=3148.0 The game will most likely take place on PbP House, unless there's more interest for having it here.