I'd prefer something more modernistic but the Hall of Justice works fine for me.

Also, word to my dawg Byrd for having the greatest OOC to IC thread post ratio of anyone to ever do it.

Alright so JLA HQ on the top of the LexCorp building. Everyone okay with that?

Alright so JLA HQ on the top of the LexCorp building. Everyone okay with that?

Not really but its manageable and works, I suppose.

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Not really but its manageable and works, I suppose.

We could probably do a Hall of Justice thing down the road. Maybe the LexCorp building gets attacked and blown up at some point. Who knows?

@Vandy I think atop LexCorp is the quickest and easiest way to go with it. Ultimately Lex in charge of the JLA, so having them on his doorstep makes sense, and their being there "brands" them as his. So I'd stick with that if I were you.

When/if a reformed JLA moves it'll give the move - geographically and ideologically away from Luthor - more significance.

@Vandy I think atop LexCorp is the quickest and easiest way to go with it. Ultimately Lex in charge of the JLA, so having them on his doorstep makes sense, and their being there "brands" them as his. So I'd stick with that if I were you.

When/if a reformed JLA moves it'll give the move - geographically and ideologically away from Luthor - more significance.

Sounds good to me.

@Bounce

Talk about deep cut references, Starkaðr?! I think we're gonna get along just fine. :D

So I was sharing this with @Gowi but I want to toss this out there for everyone so that's its clear, coherent and everyone has an opportunity to chime in or shape it.

It would be difficult to tell a Green Lantern story without some conceptual understanding of galactic politics. In a universe where the Shi'ar, the Green Lanterns, the Nova Corps, and the Brood (as well as the Guardians and the Watchers) all occupy the same space, I need some idea of what the relationships between all those competing interests are, especially as DC's Green Lantern Corps and Marvel's Nova Corps are basically the same thing.

At the same time, I don't want to lock someone out from coming in and dropping a sweet as Sam Alexander application. So, here's the rough framework I came up with as I started sketching out Kai-ro's story and the galaxy it takes place in. Feel free to smack me if this is cracked out to all hell.

A United Nations parallel, known colloquially as the Coalition; referring to those governments that are signatory to the Galactic Coalition in Partnership for Peace Treaty signed at some point after Krypton's destruction on Oa (hence referred to as a document as the Oa Accords). My rationale is that the history of war between the Xandar and the Kree, coupled with the galactic superpowers doing nothing to stop the destruction of Krypton (not to mention the existence of existential threats such as Galactus...) would prompt some political action to promote cooperation.

Members of the treaty agree to mediation and alternative dispute resolution measures to resolve points of contention between interstellar powers, with contributions toward peacekeeping forces. Made up of dozens of worlds, it is led by the Security Council with its five permanent members.

1. The Maltusians (Guardians of the Galaxy). They operate the Green Lantern Corps, providing enforcement of interstellar domestic law and operating the felony level courts of interstellar law.

2. The Watchers. They serve as observers and recorders of history, though some more actively support the Green Lantern Corps as dispatchers or "early warning system" for threats such as Galactus, etc.

3. Xandar. Represented by Nova-Prime, they contribute the bulk of the military forces to the Coalition in the form of the Nova Corps.

4. Kree. Represented by Ronan the Accuser, they contribute minor forces to the Coalition and serve primarily as a "check" against the Xandar, with whom they had previously been at war with.

5. Currently vacant, formerly occupied by Asgard (which has since withdrawn from the Oa Accords)

The lack of 5 members means that in recent years, the Coalition has been completely non-functional. The Guardians and the Watchers abstain from voting, while the Xandar and the Kree cannot agree on the color of the sky. The Kymellian Technomancy and the Tamarans have each been nominated to replace the Asgardians, but each nomination has become embroiled in political posturing and protests by the Z'ynx and the Daxamites who feel underrepresented.

tl;dr the Green Lanterns are space cops, the Nova Corps are UN peacekeeping forces from Xandar. And the government is currently completely ineffective.

The only thing I like more than politics is politics... in... space!

Sooooo.... I didn't get my Cap CS finished. :o blame distractions.

Tomorrow. (I won't promise but I'll try really hard.)

So I was sharing this with @Gowi but I want to toss this out there for everyone so that's its clear, coherent and everyone has an opportunity to chime in or shape it.

Really cool stuff [+]

It would be difficult to tell a Green Lantern story without some conceptual understanding of galactic politics. In a universe where the Shi'ar, the Green Lanterns, the Nova Corps, and the Brood (as well as the Guardians and the Watchers) all occupy the same space, I need some idea of what the relationships between all those competing interests are, especially as DC's Green Lantern Corps and Marvel's Nova Corps are basically the same thing.

At the same time, I don't want to lock someone out from coming in and dropping a sweet as Sam Alexander application. So, here's the rough framework I came up with as I started sketching out Kai-ro's story and the galaxy it takes place in. Feel free to smack me if this is cracked out to all hell.

A United Nations parallel, known colloquially as the Coalition; referring to those governments that are signatory to the Galactic Coalition in Partnership for Peace Treaty signed at some point after Krypton's destruction on Oa (hence referred to as a document as the Oa Accords). My rationale is that the history of war between the Xandar and the Kree, coupled with the galactic superpowers doing nothing to stop the destruction of Krypton (not to mention the existence of existential threats such as Galactus...) would prompt some political action to promote cooperation.

Members of the treaty agree to mediation and alternative dispute resolution measures to resolve points of contention between interstellar powers, with contributions toward peacekeeping forces. Made up of dozens of worlds, it is led by the Security Council with its five permanent members.

1. The Maltusians (Guardians of the Galaxy). They operate the Green Lantern Corps, providing enforcement of interstellar domestic law and operating the felony level courts of interstellar law.

2. The Watchers. They serve as observers and recorders of history, though some more actively support the Green Lantern Corps as dispatchers or "early warning system" for threats such as Galactus, etc.

3. Xandar. Represented by Nova-Prime, they contribute the bulk of the military forces to the Coalition in the form of the Nova Corps.

4. Kree. Represented by Ronan the Accuser, they contribute minor forces to the Coalition and serve primarily as a "check" against the Xandar, with whom they had previously been at war with.

5. Currently vacant, formerly occupied by the Shi'ar Imperium (which withdrew from the Oa Accords upon Majestor D'Ken's reign)

The lack of 5 members means that in recent years, the Coalition has been completely non-functional. The Guardians and the Watchers abstain from voting, while the Xandar and the Kree cannot agree on the color of the sky. The Kymellian Technomancy and the Tamarans have each been nominated to replace the Shi'ar, but each nomination has become embroiled in political posturing and protests by the Z'ynx and the Daxamites who feel underrepresented.

tl;dr the Green Lanterns are space cops, the Nova Corps are UN peacekeeping forces from Xandar. And the government is currently completely ineffective.

Not gonna lie, this is all sounding very cool. Is there any way there could be some references to Asgard thrown in there? Nothing will be affected by it but, given Asgard's galactic prominence in the comics, some indication that they were part of galactic politics but have mysteriously all disappeared in the last year or so and their dimension/territory/whatever we're calling it today has been closed off to any and all.

Would just help to reinforce that Thor and the Enchantress are the only Asgardians around and they're currently both on Earth.

Since no one wants to play with me, I left the supporting cast to just NPCs, unless someone comes along and wants to play said character. Open to it regardless.

Lookie there, a joint Fantastic Four-Superman post that's way too colourful.

Oh, I updated the post after the OP to include teams, I could/can also put it in the character tab beneath all of the characters if need be.

@Morden Man

So did someone claim the Fantastic Four then or did you just NPC them. Cuz if I'm being honest, seeing as people have multiple characters, I was gonna go Invisible Woman next.

If that's the case I can always go another route.

Not gonna lie, this is all sounding very cool. Is there any way there could be some references to Asgard thrown in there? Nothing will be affected by it but, given Asgard's galactic prominence in the comics, some indication that they were part of galactic politics but have mysteriously all disappeared in the last year or so and their dimension/territory/whatever we're calling it today has been closed off to any and all.

Would just help to reinforce that Thor and the Enchantress are the only Asgardians around and they're currently both on Earth.

What if the Asgardians were the fifth member of the Security Council that withdrew, in lieu of the Shi'ar (who may never have signed it)?

Just a quick question, how're we doing interactions with other PCs? Conversations could take up pages if we're posting lines of dialogue and waiting for a response all the time, I only mention it as otherwise I'd be worried about dissolving interactions to single exchanges of general character soundbytes before flying off again. How do you guys operate?

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What if the Asgardians were the fifth member of the Security Council that withdrew, in lieu of the Shi'ar (who may never have signed it)?

That would be ideal. :) Just don't give them a reason ;)

Just a quick question, how're we doing interactions with other PCs? Conversations could take up pages if we're posting lines of dialogue and waiting for a response all the time, I only mention it as otherwise I'd be worried about dissolving interactions to single exchanges of general character soundbytes before flying off again. How do you guys operate?

This is the question. Honestly, I prefer how I did it with White Tiger/Iron Fist and Iron Man/Captain America in my previous game. Long collabs can soak up too much time and I've seen them kill games with their superfluous content. It'd be best to play off each other even if the posts end up being short or result in "flooding" the IC.

@TimeMasterX

Done.

@Morden Man

Asked and answered. Never mind.

@FantasyChic I'm playing the Fantastic Four as a whole. Nobody had expressed an interest in them in either the interest check or OOC thread and it seemed strange to split them up so I applied for them as a team. It's a bit unorthodox but not unprecedented. I forgot to add my own character to the character tab because I've been trying to do twenty-five things at once since the game started.