Supervillains Redux Draft
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D-Day: The Matrix Project
It all started with an idea…
Mephisto called Death to gloat over the amount of innocent souls he had seduced into his service that day, when Death confided in him that he was very tired and needed a vacation. He hadn’t even had a sick day in several millennia, and he was beginning to despise his job. Frequent trips between earth, heaven, and hell had begun to take their toll, especially with the recent human wars of the past centuries. “If only those humans could go a day or two without killing each other, maybe I could get some rest,” he said. This sparked an interest in Mephisto, and he vowed to find a way to get Death that much needed break.
He decided the best way for humans to stop killing each other is if they were controlled somehow. He knew that fear is a terrific utensil for control, but this problem would need much more than fear. Upon further review, he deduced that the humans would need an alternate reality in which to fight out their destructive wars without actually killing each other. Hence, the “Matrix Project” was born…
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In order for the Matrix to get off the ground, Mephisto needed to find a location that was secluded from the major superpowers of earth. This would insure that there would be no human interference in his plans, and that construction would go along smoothly. Furthermore, it would help to find a location rich in geothermal energies to power the Matrix before it could harvest enough battery humans for a beta trial. An ideal location was found in the South Pacific on a small, isolated chain of tropical islands, far away from major human borders. The islands were purchased through laundered money and bribes, and the materials were shipped to the islands to begin construction. Everything was going according to plan.
Knowing that it would be very difficult to gather human subjects for the Matrix colonies, Mephisto set to work to find help. He first enlisted the services of an old friend, Akasha, the Queen of the Damned. She held sway in the undead world, and was thirsty for vengeance against all of the men that had wronged her in her life. It didn’t take much convincing to get her to sign on to the project. But she wouldn’t be able to gather all of the humans on her own, let alone fight off the superheroes that would undoubtedly be sent to foil their plan, so Mephisto also enlisted the services of a destructive alien race that would be able to adapt and overcome any obstacle, the Slivers.
As an additional security precaution, Mephisto enabled an ancient curse. He summoned the Nothing into existence as protection for his islands, and for a weapon against his enemies. The Nothing only responded to his commands, and grew on his hate and evil wishes. If any hero should attempt to tamper with the Matrix Project, or cross Mephisto and his minions, they would be swallowed by the nothing, consumed in a great void, converting them to pure lies, hate, and deceit.
Once the plan was operational, Mephisto called for a seance conference with Death. Death was very excited about the progress that Mephisto was making and vowed that he would help in any way he could to expedite the process. Mephisto confided that it would be easiest if they could do away with those humans that were not cataloged in the Matrix Mainframe, reducing the resistance, and allowing death to get some much needed rest. Death agreed, stating that it was only fitting to have one last hurrah before his vacation.
So with Death’s blessing, Mephisto unleashed his armies upon the planet. For the event, Death cloned himself a million times over, to assist with the passage of so many souls. He would only allow his enemies to die, and would not escort the souls of his fallen armies, letting them rise again once slain. Mephisto’s demon spawn were summoned in horrible numbers, the demonic hordes burned and pillaged their way across the landscape. The slivers were equally efficient killers, ruthlessly infesting every part of the globe. Superheroes that stood in their way were consumed by the Nothing, and Akasha used her pyrokinesis to burn all that challenged her, while her vampiric armies bathed in the blood of the fallen. Mephisto remained in Hell throughout the genocide, commanding his armies through his manifestation abilities, and through his many clones on earth.
When the echoes of the last cry of humanity had ended, Death returned to the island, found a nice chair by a fire, curled up with a book, and fell fast asleep for the first time in a million of years.
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The Federated Hellscape Coalition
With victory in hand the team was satiated. Akasha returned to her century sleep, and the hoards of Matrix sentinels and Sliver spawn grew by leaps and bounds. All was well in the world
. Unfortunately, Mephisto discovered (all too late) that an illusion had been cast on them by the hero team. Victory slipped to defeat, as the heroes overthrew the Matrix Project.With Death and Akasha asleep, Mephisto decided to relocate and rebuild his cohort from their tropical island domicile to a more remote location, and so The Federated Hellscape Coalition was born. He first enlisted his head lieutenant to help rally a new cohort. Baal: the Lord of Destruction brought his sizable skills, demonic hoards, and aggressive attitude to the team, and he shared Mephisto's aims of universal domination.
The Sliver's remained willing subjects to Mephisto. With the help of Baal and the Sliver Queen, Mephisto managed to create an outpost on the largest volcano in the galaxy, Olympic Mons. The geothermal energy harnessed within the red planet fueled the headquarters, and provided enough power to rebuild the matrix mainframe.
Domination of Mars was the first step. Domination of the galaxy was the next...
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After dispatching the Earth to make way for a hyperspace express route, it appeared that the Vogons had some free time on their hands. Mephisto was able to apply for their contractual eternal enslavement some time ago, and it was official, they were on the team. The Vogons provided transportation, planet destroying firepower, and all the political sway to enable Mephisto to run for President of the Galaxy.
Armed with the Vogon political machine, and fear of the Nothing consuming naysayer's planets, Mephisto won Presidency of the Galaxy and enacted the universal doctrine of the Federated Hellscape Coalition. Enslavement, damnation, domination, and despair!
Long live President Mephisto!
Resistance is useless!
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April 14th, 2010
Darth Vader's summer home in Seattle, WA.
Ring... Ring... Ring...
*You don't need to leave a message, I know who you are and what to do about it.*
- click -
Darth Vader - [a string of expletives and one severed "major award" lamp later]: First it was Zod, and now that a** Sephiroth hasn't returned any of my calls, how am I supposed to continue such intergalactic domination by myself?
[Vader charges out into his back yard and mind slams the door]
*Cohh-shee, cohh - shee* Screw it, I need a smoke.
[pounding on the front door]
Vader - What the force? I'm not here! - [waves his hand in the sound's direction] -
[pounding again, followed by a metallic whine]
Vader - I sense something, a presence I've not felt since...
[The door is blasted open and Megatron is followed in by Hobgoblin and Ozymandias]
Megatron - Vader! Vader! - [enter Vader] - You pig! Don't you have some storm troopers to clean up this mess?
Vader - You should not have come back! Oh my, this looks really bad with the male ballerina.
Oaymandias - Lord Vader, I am Ozymandias, and I have a plan.
Megatron - He has an excellent plan.
Vader - [looking on in horrid suspicion] - I tell you Megatron, no matter what you think is going to happen here now, you and I are...
Hobgoblin - HA!! Hahahahahahahaha!!!
Megatron and Ozymandias - Oh! Oh no, nonononononono!
Megatron - [raises his weapon to Vader] - I will vaporize you right now.
Vader - Thank the force. Then what is it?
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Pt. 2 - The Plan
Ozymandias - Lord Vader, I understand that you, much like myself, have quite an amazing amount of resources at your disposal. I propose that we join forces and breed the most amazing army of obedient supercreatures ever devised. - [he projects a powerpoint on Vader's living room wall] -
I have an evil puppet at my disposal, one Dr. Evil, who, surprisingly, has obtained a controlling interest in the most powerful coffee company on the planet: Starbucks.
Vader - Impressive.
Ozymanidas - My plan is to infiltrate distribution of their highly addictive concoctions and plant Alien seeds in every liquid container.
Vader - Alien seeds?
Ozymandias - You have the Queen don't you?
Vader - Yes, but she needs incubators, and the eggs are too large for any such a thing.
Ozymandias - You have thousands of storm troopers and I am a genetic scientist, problem solved. These seeds will only partially affect the minds and bodies of those who drink Starbucks coffee, turning them into Alien / yuppie hybrids who crave more caffeine and will do anything to get it. With your mind control and the Queen's combined, we can temper their craving and we will have an unstoppable army numbering in the hundreds of millions!
Vader - Genius! We can then take the army into outer space and claim back my death star, and then the entire universe!!
Megatron - And you have our muscle, plus Trogdor, to help prevent any backfiring.
[All] Genius! MwaHahahahahahah!!!!!
I have an evil puppet at my disposal, one Dr. Evil, who, surprisingly, has obtained a controlling interest in the most powerful coffee company on the planet: Starbucks.
Vader - Impressive.
Ozymanidas - My plan is to infiltrate distribution of their highly addictive concoctions and plant Alien seeds in every liquid container.
Vader - Alien seeds?
Ozymandias - You have the Queen don't you?
Vader - Yes, but she needs incubators, and the eggs are too large for any such a thing.
Ozymandias - You have thousands of storm troopers and I am a genetic scientist, problem solved. These seeds will only partially affect the minds and bodies of those who drink Starbucks coffee, turning them into Alien / yuppie hybrids who crave more caffeine and will do anything to get it. With your mind control and the Queen's combined, we can temper their craving and we will have an unstoppable army numbering in the hundreds of millions!
Vader - Genius! We can then take the army into outer space and claim back my death star, and then the entire universe!!
Megatron - And you have our muscle, plus Trogdor, to help prevent any backfiring.
[All] Genius! MwaHahahahahahah!!!!!
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In a universe not far from this one (if that makes any sense), a vast mass of consciousness had enough. For centuries, the best efforts of the Auditors to eradicate life had been foiled and the Auditors had grown sick. Death had opposed them, Time had opposed them, actually, all five (five! one of them hadn't even been part of the group for ages) Riders of the Apocalypse had set forth against them. This universe obviously opposed all their efforts and wise beings know when a battle is lost. Therefore, they made an informed, conscious decision to go elsewhere. So they joined their forces, as they are wont to do, and simply moved to another dimension, one, they hoped, without this bothersome humanity.
But alas, they had hardly settled in when they were once more forced to account for poetry and the emotions that it caused. So there they were again, tiny creatures with creativity to move worlds. A stop had to be put to this! Luckily, the Auditors sensed that there was no opposition as strong as that, which they had encountered in their old universe. However, there were strong allies, they could gain for their cause.
A God who advocated mindless murder, no imagination, no pain to be fostered in his followers. Khorne would be interested in any amount of power that the Auditors could provide. His demons countless and mighty, his power increasing with every enemy slain at his feet.
A preacher, the avatar of a dark bein, powerful telepathy and only to be stopped by one, weak opponent. The Auditors would take care of Ben Hawkins and this dagger that could penetrate the skin of Brother Justin and let his baser instincts run free.
A criminal, sadistic and psychopathic, but still a mastermind in any conceivable way. Where brute force failed, he would be the one to maximise the potential of the others. His powers of disguise and knowledge of the human psyche would prove invaluable, when the Auditors provided him with the means to infiltrate the opposition. He had already shown no qualms about exterminating mankind, as long as he would survive.
A dragon, ruthless and intelligent. His strength immeasurable and his skin nearly inpenetrable. Once the Auditors fixed his one weakness and enticed him with a vast hoard, he would prove invaluable to wreak havoc and destruction among the enemies.
A sorcerer, resilient and crafty. After passing through hell, the only thing on his mind was revenge for the injustices (deserved or undeserved) he suffered. His magic skills would overwhelm any opposing wizard and his craftiness in combat could match anyone the enemies would have to offer.
Thus they all settled on a plain filled with decay and destruction to focus their powers and put an end to humanity.
But alas, they had hardly settled in when they were once more forced to account for poetry and the emotions that it caused. So there they were again, tiny creatures with creativity to move worlds. A stop had to be put to this! Luckily, the Auditors sensed that there was no opposition as strong as that, which they had encountered in their old universe. However, there were strong allies, they could gain for their cause.
A God who advocated mindless murder, no imagination, no pain to be fostered in his followers. Khorne would be interested in any amount of power that the Auditors could provide. His demons countless and mighty, his power increasing with every enemy slain at his feet.
A preacher, the avatar of a dark bein, powerful telepathy and only to be stopped by one, weak opponent. The Auditors would take care of Ben Hawkins and this dagger that could penetrate the skin of Brother Justin and let his baser instincts run free.
A criminal, sadistic and psychopathic, but still a mastermind in any conceivable way. Where brute force failed, he would be the one to maximise the potential of the others. His powers of disguise and knowledge of the human psyche would prove invaluable, when the Auditors provided him with the means to infiltrate the opposition. He had already shown no qualms about exterminating mankind, as long as he would survive.
A dragon, ruthless and intelligent. His strength immeasurable and his skin nearly inpenetrable. Once the Auditors fixed his one weakness and enticed him with a vast hoard, he would prove invaluable to wreak havoc and destruction among the enemies.
A sorcerer, resilient and crafty. After passing through hell, the only thing on his mind was revenge for the injustices (deserved or undeserved) he suffered. His magic skills would overwhelm any opposing wizard and his craftiness in combat could match anyone the enemies would have to offer.
Thus they all settled on a plain filled with decay and destruction to focus their powers and put an end to humanity.
Honestly, I think the current rules are in your favor. With that hilariously punny name and using your first three villains, you're going to get my vote everytime. If I had gone the cartoon supervillains route, replace Sylar with Soundwave (even though I really like Sylar too) and those are my first three picks.
Venom
Soundwave
Harley Quinn
Venom
Soundwave
Harley Quinn
So this thread seems to have been abandoned...I still have only received 5 rankings from participants, and that hardly qualifies as ample sample size to compile results (that's like having a regular season of 2 games).
The heroes have been having their time in the sun, and the villains are not amused! If forced I will find other means of ranking the teams (scariest? most evil? most manipulative? ugliest? most powerful? best plan? best concubine?).
I will start the playoffs officially this weekend...
The heroes have been having their time in the sun, and the villains are not amused! If forced I will find other means of ranking the teams (scariest? most evil? most manipulative? ugliest? most powerful? best plan? best concubine?).
I will start the playoffs officially this weekend...
The rankings are in and here’s how they stand:
1. Löwenherz (1, 3, 1, 1, 2) 8
2. Jespher (3, 3, 5, 2, 2) 15
3. ryanandty (1, 7, 4, 3, 4) 19
4. Geraldwallace#3 (2, 7, 2, 5, 4, 1) 21 (Wins tiebreaker with more 1st place votes)
5. jalfa (5, 2, 6, 5, 3) 21
6. SLAB (4, 6, 1, 3, 7, 6) 27 (Wins tiebreaker with more 1st place votes)
7. FCKingsfan (7, 5, 4, 6, 5) 27
8. Venom_7 (6, 4, 7, 6, 7) 30
9. vikinginferno (8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8) 48
I did not receive rankings from SLAB, GeraldWallace#3, or vikinginferno…Let the playoffs commence!
1. Löwenherz (1, 3, 1, 1, 2) 8
2. Jespher (3, 3, 5, 2, 2) 15
3. ryanandty (1, 7, 4, 3, 4) 19
4. Geraldwallace#3 (2, 7, 2, 5, 4, 1) 21 (Wins tiebreaker with more 1st place votes)
5. jalfa (5, 2, 6, 5, 3) 21
6. SLAB (4, 6, 1, 3, 7, 6) 27 (Wins tiebreaker with more 1st place votes)
7. FCKingsfan (7, 5, 4, 6, 5) 27
8. Venom_7 (6, 4, 7, 6, 7) 30
9. vikinginferno (8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8) 48
I did not receive rankings from SLAB, GeraldWallace#3, or vikinginferno…Let the playoffs commence!
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