#intrepidus lore

This is a world that has always had superpowers. Even before humanity made a deal with the entities that once roamed the planet, born from humanity itself, there were those who could simply do more, by blurring the line between humanity and what humanity created.

What that deal did was create Avatars, humans granted power in exchange for sating their patrons appetite for human emotion, and as humanity grew so did their power. This did not go unnoticed though — this is not an empty universe and species other than humanity have become interested in Earth, both the potential and threat it represents.

The Earth Defence Force was created in the 1990s in response to the increasing size and frequency of alien attacks on Earth. The primary cause of this is believed to be the existence of Entities, with various alien civilisations either wanting to use humanity as weapons or power sources, or seeing them as future threats to other civilisations.

The escalation in the 1990s is thought to be linked to the end of the Cold War and the decreased chance that humanity would wipe itself out. It’s also theorised to be connected to the fact that the human population was growing exponentially and the Entities draw power from humanity.

The EDF is primarily composed of non-powered members equipped with Engineer designs; however most of the fighting during an attack is done by volunteering local Avatars. Non-Avatars with special abilities (such as Combat Engineers) make up Special Ops teams that tackle more subtle missions, while Avatars defend the people.

Engineers: Engineers are a set of people with a high capacity to understand and replicate advanced technology. Little is known about why Engineers exist, although there are many theories.

Humans aren’t the only species that can be Engineers, but they have a higher rate of them. Brains scans show slight structural differences that can predict if someone is an Engineer with about 80% certainty.

Most of what Engineers are able to replicate would be extremely expensive or impossible to make on Earth due to a lack of resources and infrastructure, but the scientific understanding gained from such technology has advanced knowledge anyway.

Patrons: Eldritch entities formed from the collective belief and emotions of humanity, these beings follow an ancient deal, remaining in a realm parallel of reality and empowering Avatars to feed, rather than roaming Earth themselves as they once did in the past.

This is a world that has always had superpowers.

Even before humanity made a deal with the entities that once roamed the planet, born from humanity itself, there were those who could simply do more, by blurring the line between humanity and what humanity created. What that deal did was create Avatars, humans granted power in exchange for sating their patrons appetite for human emotion, and as humanity grew so did their power.

This did not go unnoticed though — this is not an empty universe and species other than humanity have become interested in Earth, both the potential and threat it represents.