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