IST Infinite Worlds concept

[robkelk]

Thread resurrection..... success!

http://forums.sjgames.com/showpost.php? ... stcount=37]Posted by tbrock1031 on the SJGames Forums:

IST-2K - The name given by Infinity for the world of IST after the Y2K "reality quake". The "reality quake" event was revealed to be the total elimination of superhumans from the world when one of the premier heroes in the IST first secured political power through subtle telepathic mind control, and then actual world-shattering raw power from an outside source - still unrevealed at this time. This hero ultimately conquered the world - keeping the existing infrastructure intact - and ruled for a brief time before suffering a fatal heart attack. Upon his death, power reverted to the various governments, who then had to figure out what to do now that superhumans were no longer a force to dealt with. As such, many laws which created the ISTs were repealed.

It is now ten years after that event (ca. 2010, or the present day). The first new superhumans have just appeared on the scene, mainly in India, China, Russia, Canada, and the United States. The UN, remembering that it was an IST member who conquered the world, has not reinstated the ISTs.

And from http://forums.sjgames.com/showpost.php? ... stcount=43]his reply to my asking "mind if I post this to Bob's forums?"

I've GM'ed this scenario - only with a Marvel/DC crossover, not IST - and the main thing to watch out for are players that see "one guy conquered the world and is no longer around" and don't see "left the infrastructure intact." Such players tend to look at this as a "Days of Futures Past" scenario, which it really isn't. It's just plot-device.

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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012