The eternally corrupt Vega planetary system is home to many alien races. It is also home to Larfleeze and his Orange Lantern Corps. Due to agreements with both Larfleeze and the planets under the control of the Citadel, Green Lanterns were forbidden to operate in the sector [sector 2828]. Because of this law, many criminals choose to hide there.The Citadel was a growing cancer in the Vega system, overthrowing smaller planets and consuming the resources to supply their larger planets. Rumor has it the Viceroy [think like the President of the planets under Citadel rule] is working on a weapon that harnesses the power of their galaxy's star. There is of course a resistance. They've been labeled criminals, outlaws, and the people who support them call them freedom fighters. Freedom is something a lot of these planets don't have. And it's what the Omega Men fight for.

Their on-again off-again leader was a native of the planet Karna, a cat like humanoid called Tigorr who lost everything when the Citadel attempted to overthrow his homeworld. Though his planet was sparred, his family was killed during the onslaught. He formed the Omega Men after stealing a star-cruiser to get off world to fight the Citadel. The Omega Men have had members come and go over the years, some who've even died fighting Citadel oppression. One such member was a former Green Lantern who forged his own ring to go undercover in sector 2828 as the Omega Lantern, Kyle Rayner.

With their numbers cut in half once again after a botched attempt to gain intel on the Viceroy's super weapon, Tigorr put out a call to anyone willing to fight for the worlds without the means to fight for themselves.

Known Planets of Vega:

Citadel Homeworld
Karna
New Tamaran
Okaara
Euphorix



In this RP players will become the Omega Men. You can either be a new recruit or a member who's already been working with Tigorr. Players can put a spin on an older member, create your own alien race, bring in a character using a cannon DC alien race (somebody could be Martian Manhunter but we'd have to handicap him cause he's hella-OP), etc. I'll be using Kyle Rayner and Tigorr will be our leader and an NPC. Aside from fighting the Citadel we'll also go up against Larfleeze and his construct Corps and take jobs on other planets. The latest Omega Men maxi series read a lot like the post-Firefly film Serenity and is where Kyle became the Omega Lantern in the end. It was the main inspiration for this iCheck LOL.

This RP will only be loosely connected to the cannon material. Some characters will not have existed, some events may not have happened, etc. The Rann/Thanagar War and the awakening of Larfleeze are the only big cosmic events that would have any effects on this RP and even those events will be altered in ways to help the story. Everything else is up to you guys. I will say that this RP will focus less on the religious aspects of the wars and such and focus more on the Citadel's fascist-like oppression.

The first arc will deal with the fall of Euphorix. In a Destiny (for PS4) like fashion the last city on the planet, Aesad, will be on the verge of being overrun. It's up to the Omega Men to help ships break away from Citadel armies' firepower to safety in the stars and possibly on another habitable world or moon. Afterwards... Larfleeze will wake up from his recent hibernation to lay claim to whatever he wants in the sector.



I'm only looking for four or five dedicated players for this. I *think* what DC Comics was attempting was to cash in on the success of Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, the execution just didn't set up an ongoing series so everything was wrapped up by issue twelve. Part of the appeal though was a team that wasn't a dozen characters fighting for their time in the limelight. This is really meant to take bits from the bigger space themed franchises and roll them into a single entity. The Citadel is much like the Empire from Star Wars. The Omega Men are like a cross between the Guardians of the Galaxy and the cast of Firefly.

If there's enough interest for this I'll get a CS model up. The tone of the RP will be something like the Rann/Thanagar War or the original Star Wars Trilogy combined with Rogue One. Cosmic epicness with a dash of superheroics for good measure. Maybe we'll run into some Starros or Brainiac while drifting through space.

So who's ready for something a little different from the standard superhero fair? Even galaxies far far away need heroes.

~KL~

Anybody? Eventually I'm gonna get something off the ground that isn't another Young Justice or Teen Titans RP... LOL. If not this I got one more idea I might try to develop before the weekend.

EDIT: BTW, we're called the Omega Men in this because of the shape of Tygorr's ship...



~KL~