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Apotheosis Drive X: Neon Genesis Cybertron

FATE: Apotheosis Drive X - Neon Genesis Cybertron

The Angel threat has been defeated in a surreal apotheostic haze. Or so we thought. An independent astronomy station saw it first. A much, much bigger threat. Titan Angels.

Draft 1.1 April 22, 2013 - Blue Tyson

SETTING

The near Evangelion future. The humans have fought off the Angel threat. Or so they thought. Pragmatic reality intrudes on psychedelic reverie. A not-quite finished project is scrambled into action to try and stop the threat. The only defense that can possibly work is a MegaTitan and this weapon can only be piloted by a Titan. Three senior Titan pilots draw lots to fly the prototype and Ayanami wins.

A cataclysmic conflict leads to a victory of a sort after a 17 second confrontation. Along with the loss of North Korea (which no-one ever noticed in anime anyway) and most of the MegaTitan. A recovery team finds what is left of the pilot inside the scrap, in a coma, short a couple of limbs. At the same time, some sort of backlash effect leaves the other two pilots curled into foetal balls, gibbering about horrors from beyond space and time. Nothing can bring them out of it, and only an abundance of stuffed penguins seems to calm their ravings.

With their only hope of operating MegaTitans about as competent for combat as fluffy pet rabbits the military and civilian heads agree that the time has come. The authorisation of the reactivation of a secret Antarctic base.

Roll out: Stasis Project Cybertron.

Containing the only known beings capable of piloting a MegaTitan unaided.

Optimus Prime.

Megatron.

ISSUES

Test the MegaTitans
Build a new MegaTitan Green
Don't get shafted by Megatron
Mediate Autobot-Decepticon Conflict
Finish hybrid crewed MegaTitan Pink
Politics and spy games
Restore The Korea Zone
Rumours ask: Is there a God Machine?
Deal with tougher Titan Angels

THE PLAYERS

TRANSFORMERS

Note, statistics are given for Autobots and Deceptions on Transformers scale.

Optimus Prime

Autobots, Roll Out!
We Must Live Together With the Humans
Freedom Is the Right of All Sentient Beings

F: Incredible +4
A: Excellent +2
S: Amazing +5
E: Monstrous +6
R: Excellent +2
I: Excellent +2
P: Excellent +2

Resources Excellent (+2)
Popularity Remarkable (+3)

Other Skills

Incredible (+4) Blaster, Courage, Leadership, Warfare
Remarkable (+3) Body Armour
Excellent (+2) Speed: Truck Form, Drive
Good (+1) Engineering

Megatron

Decepticons, transform and rise up!
I'm In Charge!
I Deserve to Rule All Cybertron
Primes! We hates them, precious

F: Incredible +4
A: Excellent +2
S: Incredible +4
E: Amazing +5
R: Excellent +2
I: Excellent +2
P: Good +1

Resources Excellent (+2)
Popularity -Remarkable (-3)

Other Skills

Amazing (+5) Blaster
Remarkable (+3) Body Armour, Leadership, Warfare
Good (+1) Engineering, Speed

Bumblebee

Hot Car
The Least Likely Can Be the Most Dangerous
Must Prove Myself

F: Excellent +2
A: Incredible +4
S: Remarkable +3
E: Remarkable +3
R: Good +1
I: Remarkable +3
P: Excellent +2

Resources Good (+1)
Popularity Remarkable (+3)

Other Skills

Amazing (+5) Drive
Remarkable (+3) Speed: Car Form, Sonic Blaster
Excellent (+2) Body Armour
Good (+1) Engineering

Ironhide

Autobot Muscle
Hi-tech circuitry is no replacement for guts
Protecting is What I Do

F: Remarkable +3
A: Excellent +2
S: Amazing +5
E: Amazing +5
R: Typical +0
I: Good +1
P: Good +1

Resources Good (+1)
Popularity Good (+1)

Other Skills

Amazing (+5) Body Armour, Shield
Remarkable (+3) Blaster
Excellent (+2) Speed: Truck Form

Jazz

Stylish Autobot
Right Hand Autobot
Pop Culture is cool

F: Remarkable +3
A: Excellent +2
S: Remarkable +3
E: Remarkable +3
R: Typical +0
I: Good +1
P: Good +1

Resources Good (+1)
Popularity Excellent (+2)

Other Skills

Incredible (+4) Communications
Remarkable (+3) Blaster, Speed: Car Form
Excellent (+2) Body Armour, Contacts, Arts [Popular Culture]

PROJECT PEOPLE AND TECHNOLOGY

Civilian Head

Secretive Bureaucrat

F: Typical +0
A: Typical +0
S: Typical +0
E: Good +1
R: Excellent +2
I: Excellent +2
P: Excellent +2

Resources Incredible (+4)
Popularity Good (+1)

Other Skills

Incredible (+4) Administration, Politics

Military Head

Aging military genius

F: Excellent +2
A: Good +1
S: Excellent +2
E: Good +1
R: Good +1
I: Excellent +2
P: Excellent +2

Resources Incredible (+4)
Popularity Excellent (+2)

Other Skills

Incredible (+4) Leadership, Politics, Warfare

MegaTitan (Green/Orange generation)

F: Monstrous +6
A: Incredible +4
S: Monstrous +6
E: Monstrous +6

Other Skills

Monstrous (+6) Blaster
Amazing (+5) Body Armour
Incredible (+4) Speed

Titan Angel

F: Unearthly +7
A: Amazing +5
S: Unearthly +7
E: Unearthly +7

Other Skills

Unearthly (+7) Blaster
Monstrous (+6) Body Armour
Amazing (+5) Speed

ADVENTURING

The Titan Angels will keep coming. Probably getting worse. The third MegaTitan is to be a hybrid that requires one of the other Autobots [or Decepticons if that is how you fly] to pilot it, along with a team of humans. Eventually the Project wants them to be human only for obvious reasons. Any humans trying to operate the Green or Orange MegaTitans will be brainfried after a few minutes. As in out of Fate Points.

So player characters could be Autobots etc. or the team of humans working on the new MegaTitan - pilots, scientists, engineers, etc. It will require a crew of several to fly it. One robot, several small people.

Are the rumours about the God Machine true? Is there another level of Titan? How big is it? How does it work? Joining? A three level Matrioshka? Other?

SCALE

There are three :-

Human
Titan/Autobot/Decepticon
MegaTitan/Titan Angel

THE LADDER

Being a big Marvel Super Heroes fan from way back, this is how I like to think:

Value Adjective

+13 Cosmic 5 (Class 5000)
+12 Cosmic 3 (Class 3000)
+11 Cosmic 1 (Class 1000)
+10 Legendary Z (Shift Z)
+9 Legendary Y (Shift Y)
+8 Legendary X (Shift X)
+7 Unearthly (Epic)
+6 Monstrous (Fantastic)
+5 Amazing (Superb)
+4 Incredible (Great)
+3 Remarkable (Good)
+2 Excellent (Fair)
+1 Good (Average)
+0 Typical (Mediocre)
-1 Poor
-2 Feeble (Terrible)
-3 Awful 0 (Shift 0)
-4 Abysmal

FASERIP - basic human attributes

Physique is split compared to Core, into a Strength component and an Endurance component, the latter of which should be used for the Stress track. Reason is native intelligence.

Fighting (Fight)
Agility (Athletics)
Strength
Endurance
Reason
Intuition (Notice)
Psyche (Will)

secondary

Popularity is a measure of charisma, reputation and public influence. If you like, bad people can have a negative popularity ladder equivalent. Supervillains, mass murderers, ruthless thugs in The Ball, etc.

Popularity
Resources

REFERENCES

Neon Geneis Evangelion : Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neon_Genesis_Evangelion
Transformers: Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformers
Ron Frazier’s FATE Transformers - http://evilhat.wikidot.com/community-fate-core-extensions

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Project Wideawake

For the Basic game.

Project Wideawake

The framing theme is Henry Peter Gyrich’s organisation, Project Wideawake, but it isn’t about that.

Instead it is a mutant supplement, detailing Heroes and Villains like the Hellfire Club (which was great for gaming) and various human characters like Stevie Hunter and Val Cooper.

So definitely a mixed collection but does contain a good number of villains.

This supplement packs a lot in – so is great value and gives you an X-Men game in 36 pages at the time. Top notch basic supplement.

Angel, — Avalance,
Banshee, Beast, — Black Tom, Blob, Brood [Queen,],
Cannonball, Colossus, Cyclops,
Dazzler, — Destiny,
Havok, — Hellfire Club [Tessa, Harry Leland, Emmanuel da Costa, Selene, Sebastian Shaw, Donald Pierce,], Hellions [Jetstream, Roulette, Tarot, Empath, Thunderbird, Catseye,],
Iceman,
— Juggernaut,
Karma,
Magik, Magma, Marvel Girl, Mirage, — Magneto, Mastermind, Mystique, Morlocks [Callisto, Sunder, Plague, Caliban, Masque, Leech, Healer, Others,],
Nightcrawler,
Phoenix, Polaris, Professor X, — Pyro,
Rachel Summers, Rogue,
Shadowcat, Storm, Sunfire, Sunspot, — Sentinels, Silver Samurai,
— Toad,
— Unus,
Very Important People [Doug Ramsey, Peter Henry Gyrich, Moira Mactaggert, Dr Valerie Cooper, Amanda Sefton, Forge, Candy Southern, Stevie Hunter, Empress Lilandra Neremani, Mariko Yashida, Lockheed the Dragon,] — Vanisher,
Warlock, Wolfsbane, Wolverine,

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X-Forces: the Mutant Update

In the early 90s mutants were big, so they again updated them for the Advanced Game.

X-Forces the Mutant Update

This similar campaign set has a 63 page roster book of heroes and villains, including newcomers like Trevor Fitzroy, Omega Red, Lady Deathstrike and more.

Also has stats for Domino, I noticed and some X-Factor the later.

— Apocalypse, Archangel, Avalanche,
Banshee, Beast, Bishop, Boom Boom,
— Buzz Cuts, Banisher, Black Queen, Blacklight, Blob, Black Tom Cassidy,
Cable, Cannonball, Captain Britain, Rusty Collins, Colossus, Val Cooper, — Crimson Commando, Cyclops,
Dinosaur, Domino, — Deadpool,
Forge, — Feral, Flashing Blades, Trevor Fitzroy, Foreman,
Gambit, — Gideon,
— Havok,
Iceman,
Jubilee, — Juggernaut,
— Lady Anguish, Lady Deathstrike,
Marvel Girl, Fiona McKenna, Meggan, Multiple Man, — Magneto, Mr Sinister, Mystique,
— Nightcrawler,
— Omega Red,
Phoenix II, Polaris, Professor X, Psylocke, — Pyro,
Quicksilver,
Rogue, — Robot,
Shadowcat, Shatterstar, Siryn, Skids, Storm, Strong Guy, Sunspot, — Steel Cavalry, Sabretooth, Sauron, Sentinel VII, Shinobi, Spiral, Stryfe, Super Sabre,
— Terra Firma, Toad,
Warpath, — Wolverine, Wolfsbane,

1.17 Character Density

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Legion of Super-Heroes Founders

Legion Founders

Cosmic Boy
Rokk Krinn

F: RM (30)
A: IN (40)
S: GD (10)
E: EX (20)
R: IN (40)
I: RM (30)
P: RM (30)

H: 100
K: 100

Res: EX (20)
Pop: RM (30)

Powers
Magnetic Control: Shift Z

Talents
Martial Arts A, B, D, E, Leadership, Military Science, Pilot

Contacts
LSH, Braal

Lightning Lad
Garth Ranzz

F: EX (20)
A: RM (30)
S: GD (10)
E: EX (20)
R: IN (40)
I: RM (30)
P: IN (40)

H: 80
K: 110

Res: MN (75)
Pop: GD (10)

Powers
Lightning: Unearthly

Talents
Medicine, Science, Gadgets, Farming

Contacts
LSH, Winath

Saturn Girl
Imra Ardeen

F: RM (30)
A: RM (30)
S: TY (6)
E: GD (10)
R: IN (40)
I: IN (40)
P: UN (100)

H: 66
K: 180

Res: MN (75)
Pop: GD (10)

Powers
Telepathy: Shift Z
Hypnotism: Shift Y
Mind Blast: Incredible
Mind Shield: Remarkable

Talents
Pilot, Martial Arts A, B, C, D, Science, Resist Domination

Contacts
LSH, Winath

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Fight Fire – for Marcus Licinius Crassus, the Richest Man In Rome

FATE: Fight Fire – for Marcus Licinius Crassus, the Richest Man In Rome

An early organised firefighting brigade. Let’s make a deal, see what and who we can save for you.

Draft 1.0 April 23, 2013 – Blue Tyson

Today’s firefighters are often hailed as heroes. In Ancient Rome and earlier times, a rather more mercenary situation. Those afflicted with a blaze would still be happy to see them, but in stressful times may not make the best financial decisions with regards to their property.

ADVENTURING

The man in charge of the whole five hundred strong operation is detailed below, as is his lead team of firefighters, with their boss, muscle, driver, climber and water man. Lieutenant, Vent, Drive, Roof and Can in Fight Fire terminology if you like.

You can assume they are well outfitted with any gear that they want, shields, types of armour, padding, buckets, primitive hoses or anything they could invent, or pay someone to come up with. This is a new industry for the city and they are at the forefront.

The general operation is – and Crassus himself may lead if a big or important propety – find a fire, offer to put it out and save the property. Putting it out may involve knocking the building down so it burns in on itself. Otherwise some really hazardous firefighting time if there are people and buildings and other items to save.

Crassus is not a man you want to disappoint. Crime, skullduggery, politics, slavery, war, bribery and more will form the backdrop for this sort of operation. Will someone start a rival operation that could lead to bloodshed?

THE PLAYERS

Marcus Licinis Crassus

Richer Than Anybody You Know
Have them arrested or executed, get their stuff!
Almost everybody who is anybody owes me money
Ruthless Property Speculator and general
Empire Builder

F: Excellent +2
A: Good +1
S: Good +1
E: Excellent +2
R: Excellent +2
I: Remarkable +3
P: Excellent +2

Resources Amazing (+5)
Popularity Remarkable (+3)

Amazing (+5) Business, Contacts
Incredible (+4) Intimidation, Politics
Remarkable (+3) Deceit, Leadership, Warfare, Sword
Excellent (+2) Burglary, Ride, Teach
Good (+1) Piracy, Sail

Antoninus “Bulla” Datus

Property owner, I have an offer for you
Stay on Crassus good side
Burning Down the House

F: Typical +0
A: Typical +0
S: Good +1
E: Good +1
R: Good +1
I: Excellent +2
P: Good +1

Resources Excellent (+2)
Popularity Good (+1)

Excellent (+2) Negotiate, Intimidate

Fronto “Ventus” Crespus

You’d like a hole there, boss?

F: Excellent +2
A: Typical +0
S: Excellent +2
E: Excellent +2
R: Typical +0
I: Typical +0
P: Typical +0

Resources Good (+1)
Popularity Typical (+0)

Remarkable (+3) Axe, Hammer, Polearm
Good (+1) Intimidate

Justus “Rota” Urbanus

On my way, boss!
Chariot, cart, litter. It’ll do!

F: Typical +0
A: Excellent +0
S: Good +1
E: Good +1
R: Typical +0
I: Good +1
P: Typical +0

Resources Typical (+0)
Popularity Typical (+0)

Remarkable (+3) Drive, Ride

Felix “Tegula” Veranus

I’m on top of it, boss!

F: Typical +0
A: Remarkable +3
S: Typical +0
E: Good +1
R: Typical +0
I: Good +1
P: Typical +0

Resources Typical (+0)
Popularity Typical (+0)

Incredible (+4) Climb
Remarkable (+3) Jump, Fall

Drive, Vent, Breach, Search, Advance

Longinus “Situla” Proculus

More water, boss?

F: Typical +0
A: Typical +0
S: Excellent +2
E: Excellent +2
R: Typical +0
I: Good +1
P: Typical +0

Resources Typical (+0)
Popularity Typical (+0)

Remarkable (+3) Lift, Carry
Excellent (+2) Commerce, Drive

THE LADDER

Being a big Marvel Super Heroes fan from way back, this is how I like to think:

Value Adjective

+13 Cosmic 5 (Class 5000)
+12 Cosmic 3 (Class 3000)
+11 Cosmic 1 (Class 1000)
+10 Legendary Z (Shift Z)
+9 Legendary Y (Shift Y)
+8 Legendary X (Shift X)
+7 Unearthly (Epic)
+6 Monstrous (Fantastic)
+5 Amazing (Superb)
+4 Incredible (Great)
+3 Remarkable (Good)
+2 Excellent (Fair)
+1 Good (Average)
+0 Typical (Mediocre)
-1 Poor
-2 Feeble (Terrible)
-3 Awful 0 (Shift 0)
-4 Abysmal

FASERIP – basic human attributes

Physique is split compared to Core, into a Strength component and an Endurance component, the latter of which should be used for the Stress track. Reason is native intelligence.

Fighting (Fight)
Agility (Athletics)
Strength
Endurance
Reason
Intuition (Notice)
Psyche (Will)

Secondary

Popularity is a measure of charisma, reputation and public influence. If you like, bad people can have a negative popularity ladder equivalent. Supervillains, mass murderers, ruthless thugs in The Ball, etc.

Popularity
Resources

REFERENCES

Seven statesmen of the later republic https://archive.org/details/sevenromanstates00oman
Marcus Licinius Crasus: Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Licinius_Crassus

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