>Design (D): Jonathan Hickman. >Alt-Text: An infographic map of Earth labeled “The World” separated into differently colored sections. >Dialogue Samples: Jonathan Hickman, Kurt Busiek, Bill Everett.
1961
The System is Broken.
After decades of war, the world was rebuilt on a new axis. The Great Powers carved the planet between them and the Globe spun on this Great Wheel. But the rise of a new form of power has broken the balance holding up the planet. Atlas has fallen, now is the Age of Marvels. You are the leader of one of the new superpowers of this world. The choices you make will affect the fate of the planet and the cosmos beyond. For one of these factions may become the...
ULTIMATE CIVILIZATION
{Which Faction are we playing as?}
>SHIELD A superscience spy army backed by Western powers and corporate interests. This band of Cold Warriors seeks to install the USA’s vision of peace across the planet, no matter the human cost.
>ZODIAC Get a job, buy on credit, go to war, settle down, do whatever they tell you. This is what those in power want, and this is what the outcast anarchists of ZODIAC fight against. Big business and big armies tear apart the world, with the common people suffering worldwide. But a spirit of revolution has taken the world by storm. This new age of superpowers shows the potential for The Great Wheel that runs the world to be broken in favor of something better—something Free.
>Nation X The Age of the Atom has awakened something in the human form. They are the Mutants, a new form of people with uncanny abilities. They have, like so many other groups this decade, joined together to fight for their civil rights. This young nation seeks liberation. If that comes through peace, war, or something stranger will be for you to decide.
>Atlantis Decades ago Prince Namor began his adventurous crusade against white men. Heroes of honor convinced him to join the Allied Cause. Yet after the war, betrayal left him destitute and Atlantis devastated. With the Wheel Broken a new Age of Atlantis will begin, but will it seek justice, vengeance, or conquest?>>6127076 >Nation X
Having superpowers is cool{Welcome everyone to Ultimate Civilization Quest. A Quest that aims to combine civilization management with superheroic action and political intrigue.
All votes will be based on Approval Voting. Meaning, you may vote for any number of options you like, and the one with the most total votes wins.
The intent is for the pace of this quest to be a bit quicker and the updates to be streamlined, though if you liked some of the denser plotting of Batquest or worldbuilding of Nationquest you can find some of both here.
I hope you enjoy.>>6127076 >SHIELD >ZODIAC>>6127076 >ZODIAC >Nation X>>6127084 >All votes will be based on Approval Voting. Meaning, you may vote for any number of options you like, and the one with the most total votes wins. I like this quest already.>SHIELD >ZODIAC>Nation X >Atlantis
I don't want same old boring freedom and democracy good guys nor do I want ancom hippies.>Nation X >SHIELD Anarchist hippies sounds like a one-way trip to obnoxious dialogue and a lot of acid trips, I’d rather have (almost) anything else.
At least it doesn’t have an elevator pitch as stupid as “a crusade against white men” on a fucking 4chan board of all places.>>6127083 You voted before I explained it was approval voting so feel free to add any other options if you wish.>>6127083 Adding
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I'm going to be completely real, but SHIELD does seen a bit...bland, unless we flip evil and larp as the illuminati with flying super carriers>>6127137 >>6127107 For clarification, each faction's "good" or "evil" level will be up to player votes. So if you want to play SHIELD like the CIA with jetpacks Godzillas and psychics that will be possible. The same applies to the others, there are no designated "hero" or "villain" choices when ti comes to factions.>>6127076 >Nation X>>6127076 >>Nation X Seems cool>>6127076 >Atlantis though if that doesn't win >Nation X>>6127076 >SHIELD Fuck civil rights, if you want em you've gotta earn them
>>6127137 Their description does say "no matter the human cost," whether you interpret that as self sacrifice or the cost of liberating the unenlightened masses from their own ignorance>>6127076 >SHIELD Only if we get to turn it into a glownigger faction and weaponize a bunch of mutants. Remember how some scientists had spliced the likes of Wolverine and Hulk into one ultimate weapon with gamma powers, adamantium, and broken regenerative powers?>>6127076 >Atlantis >ZODIACLocking for Nation X. Update tonight.
