Before we get rolling, I wanted to lay out the campaign world a bit more and how the team works, then you guys can let me know what you think and how to change it.<br/><br/>It's the modern world, contemporary US of A. Superhumans have been around for a while, but really started appearing in serious quantities in the forties. By the fifties there were costumed heroes and villains, and there have been more ever since. There are theories as to why the meta-explosion seemed to happen at this time, but no one knows for sure. The increase in mutants has alarmed some people, and super science is becoming more common.<br/><br/>Nevertheless, superhumans are still very rare, less common than in the Marvel U. A superhuman makes the national news maybe once a week. The public is generally appreciative of heroes and wary of villains, and a little afraid of mutants, but there are no big hysterias going on. There is one major, government sponsored team called The Defenders. Their responsibilities are to shut down superhuman villains who pop up. The Defenders are very high profile and the public generally loves them.<br/><br/>Our team has been assembled by the Pentagon and is under the auspices of the US Marines. The Marines have their own superhuman, Athena, the result of an experiment that went wonderfully awry. Although a decorated marine, Athena has largely been used by the Corps as a public relations tool for the past two years, making television public service announcements and generally looking wonderful for the service. However, the brass have decided they need to step up their efforts, make her more than just a symbol. Thus, they have formed the Freedom Force, consisting of Athena and three other superhumans. The idea is that the FF will go out and do great things, in front of news people hopefully, all under the sponsorship of the US Military and make them look great.<br/><br/>Freedom Force is not considered the serious operation that The Defenders are. FF's primary purpose is still to generate good PR, by saving people from burning buildings and pulling survivors from wreckage. All that's going to change when the FF accidentally lands into something so huge, even The Defenders would piss themselves if they had to face it ...<br/><br/>Okay, any thoughts on the above are welcome!