http://www.curufea.com/hero/ 2008-08-19T14:59:01-07:00 http://www.curufea.com/hero/ http://www.curufea.com/hero/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2008-08-18T12:51:24-07:00 basil http://www.curufea.com/hero/doku.php?id=resources:seemingly_silly_things Watching these boards has given me some strange ideas for powers to model. I thought I would mention a few, and then open the door for others to submit their strange ideas. -Michael Hopcroft Also see the Fantasy Hero Wuxia Skills, Fantasy Hero Bizarre Spell Ideas and the Resources for Dark Champions Super Skills pages text/html 2008-07-04T13:34:36-07:00 jkeown http://www.curufea.com/hero/doku.php?id=resources:earth_in_jeffery_keown_s_union_setting As the capital world of the Union, Earth is the center of an ever-expanding sphere of influence and exploration. The Union's highest technology is found here, as are the headquarters of many powerful Union organizations, public and privately-held corporations and is considered the Holy See of the Universal Church. text/html 2008-07-04T12:47:13-07:00 jkeown http://www.curufea.com/hero/doku.php?id=resources:union Background In the latter half of the 22nd century the people of Earth had colonized the planets of the Solar System and finally turned their gaze to the stars and the hopes, dreams and disasters they knew awaited them there. Undaunted by hundreds of failed attempts at FTL travel, the scientists and engineers of Earth worked tirelessly for a century. When the breakthough came, few realized it. text/html 2008-07-04T12:40:55-07:00 jkeown http://www.curufea.com/hero/doku.php?id=resources:star_hero Living Steel * Quotes - Phoenix Command and Living Steel quotes Apocolyptic Hero Apocolyptic Hero - Hero in a post-holocaust world. The Encyclopaedia Galactica The Encyclopaedia Galactica a list of known systems and planets in the Milky Way and other galaxies. text/html 2008-07-04T11:01:20-07:00 jkeown http://www.curufea.com/hero/doku.php?id=resources:niryss Niryss is the largest moon of the water giant Phyoss and home to the Niryss people. While situated some 2.45 AU from its star, Niryss is heated to habitable levels by tidal friction and by the heat coming from it's primary, Tau1 GRU, which is 3 times hotter than Sol. text/html 2008-07-04T10:22:23-07:00 jkeown http://www.curufea.com/hero/doku.php?id=resources:union_core The 73 Garden Worlds closest to Earth are often referred to as the Union Core. It is in this region of space, some 300 light-years in diameter, that the highest Union tech levels are found. The Union Core is also the safest region of the Galaxy. text/html 2008-07-04T06:48:59-07:00 jkeown http://www.curufea.com/hero/doku.php?id=resources:standard The Standard is a scientific.religious measurement of what makes a world Privileged or, in less arcane terms, habitiable by the Major Life Forms of the Galaxy. This set of traits describes over 300 of the worlds in or near the The Union Core, and fewer and fewer as one leaves the Orion Arm in any direction. text/html 2008-07-04T06:21:09-07:00 jkeown http://www.curufea.com/hero/doku.php?id=resources:universal_church The Universal Church resulted from a near-perfect union of Scientific Discipline and liberal faith-based organizations. The merger began as a protest movement calling for the reasoned use of technology through a lens of pacifiism, driven by faith in God and faith in Intelligent Life as God's instrumentation in the Universe. Taylor's Rebellion might have led to a new Dark Age, but the Universal Church was vocal and active, attracting entire population segments with its balanced rhetoric. It was … text/html 2008-07-04T05:49:59-07:00 jkeown http://www.curufea.com/hero/doku.php?id=resources:jupiter_in_jeffery_keown_s_union_setting Jupiter's population is a major player in Union politics. As a Universal Church Stronghold, it is second only to Earth in the number of UC workers and The Intervention military. The UC Fleet is headquartered at Ganymede. Jupiter with Io in the foreground