#meraorgs

METADATA: The Eternal Power Company is, obviously, run by an immortal. You'd think he'd be interested in Longevity (Ding!) but the focus has always been on profit, on entrenching the world as it is. No one said immortals had to be smart.

METADATA: The primary supervillain team, or at least one of two. Each is an analogue to a member of the Protectorate or a counter to them somehow, as each was pulled from their hypothetical prospective rogues gallery. Dr. Half-Life’s radiation can impact even a speedster like the Instant. Jyvan built the Vyros mechs. Reaperman hungers for a lifeforce as unique as Outworlder’s. The Glutton seeks to make a feast of Amulet. Terrorformist’s ability to spread fear as a revealer of true nature serves as a challenge ideologically and technically to even Paragon. Cambrian’s antitechnological ideology brings her head to head with Technowarden. Deathtective is determined to figure out how to kill Agent Everyman. 

Are they the tomorrow people? Freaks of nature? One man's madness made manifest? Our inevitable doom? It is difficult to say. The Mark of Omega causes an exposed target to evolve, millions of generations of survival instincts and enhancements kicking in at once, reacting to nearby environments, dangers, and fears to make them into an Evolved. This is permanent. This may just kill them. This may make them among the strongest beings on Earth. In another world, the Evolved might be able to find their place in the places of their birth. Here, they live in the shadow of Omega, the imposing figure of their conquering creator. They can join Omega, they can fight Omega, or they can hide. There are no other options for an Evolved.  METADATA: One of the more common ways to develop powers in this world, or at least more understood ones, is that of Omega and his mark.  Even those that retain a human appearance carry the scar where her touch first burned them.

The Metahuman and Extranormal Response Agency (M.E.R.A.) is a formerly American, now multinationally funded intelligence and security agency, with the sole goal of protecting the people of Earth from the dangers posed by extranormal abilities and entities. They like to say they answer to everyone, but in truth, they answer to no one. Between having control of most facilities capable of containing larger threats, the means to incapacitate said threats (or at least come closer than most), and a deep web of relationships and mutual culpability, M.E.R.A. has jurisdiction in almost every nation on the planet, with New Atlantis and Haven being the two most notable exceptions of full rejection. Its largest departments include: Hero Relations, Villain Response, Core Intelligence, Technology and Research, Disaster Relief, Internal Affairs, Interstellar Relations, Mystical Affairs and Chronal Stabilization. It matters not where you’re from, when you’re from, who you are, what you fight for, whether you’re good or evil, if you have abilities or resources that normal humans don’t, you’re their problem, and they handle problems effectively.  METADATA: This is actually my most developed slice of the world, as I’ve written and playtested a full length forged in the dark game about being M.E.R.A. agents for my senior thesis. Also why its the namesake of this project, even if its not the main focus. I enjoy the game, you’re almost all exclusively terrible bastards. Incredible things.

METADATA: The Protectorate is the primary super team of this world, though far from the only. They handle the biggest threats, the greatest villains. They’ve existed in some form or another since the 60s, but not always as cohesively as they are right now.