@Acyl--those events were taken from real history--I didn't make much of that up . . .. Just the supers stuff. Truth is stranger than fiction.
I'm perfectly happy with TL9 with some TL10 would probably be good (after all, Blasters are TL11^ in 4e). I hope Ultra-Tech helped. I'm thinking that it starts as TL8 with some TL9, and by 2015, it's a mature TL9 with some TL10.
I'm actually with Rob on the pendulum swinging back. One of my plots was that the US President (for the past decade or more) has actually been Dead Ringer. Eliminating him allowed the US to regain some semblance of sanity. It also makes it easier for the US to come back to the UN.
As for the Middle East, it's possible that the Iran/Iraq genocide could have created tens of thousands of metahumans who decide to go on a Jihad (or something else) against the rest of the world.
I’m operating under the “Homeline did it” for my IST Seoul 2k game, but that reveal will be a while down the road (and less relevant overall--even if Gold & Appel knows it). Making China the badguy isn't hard, at all. Now that you have a few more ideas thought out, I’m going to offer this as a basic suggestion, for the launch of 2000. I don’t want to deviate too far from what you want to have the official time line be, so, I want to send this by you (less retconning later). I also will do my best to keep the identity of the culprits secret.
2000-
At 0012, January 1 local time a pair of 10 kt thermonuclear devices detonate in Hong Kong. IST Hong Kong is vaporized along with a large contingent of peacekeeping troops and thousands of celebrating civilians. Chinese forces attack the outskirts of the city and make some headway. The entirety of UN Forces go on full alert. All leave is cancelled and all team members are recalled (by teleportation) if necessary. Dozens of supers are teleported into Hong Kong to push back the Chinese.
A Chinese and UN peace delegation in Pyongyang is assassinated by a massive, non-nuclear, explosion. The explosion levels the Presidential Palace and causes significant damage to nearby buildings. Accusations fly back and forth and Chinese and North Korean forces surge across the DMZ into South Korea.
I'm perfectly happy with TL9 with some TL10 would probably be good (after all, Blasters are TL11^ in 4e). I hope Ultra-Tech helped. I'm thinking that it starts as TL8 with some TL9, and by 2015, it's a mature TL9 with some TL10.
I'm actually with Rob on the pendulum swinging back. One of my plots was that the US President (for the past decade or more) has actually been Dead Ringer. Eliminating him allowed the US to regain some semblance of sanity. It also makes it easier for the US to come back to the UN.
As for the Middle East, it's possible that the Iran/Iraq genocide could have created tens of thousands of metahumans who decide to go on a Jihad (or something else) against the rest of the world.
I’m operating under the “Homeline did it” for my IST Seoul 2k game, but that reveal will be a while down the road (and less relevant overall--even if Gold & Appel knows it). Making China the badguy isn't hard, at all. Now that you have a few more ideas thought out, I’m going to offer this as a basic suggestion, for the launch of 2000. I don’t want to deviate too far from what you want to have the official time line be, so, I want to send this by you (less retconning later). I also will do my best to keep the identity of the culprits secret.
2000-
At 0012, January 1 local time a pair of 10 kt thermonuclear devices detonate in Hong Kong. IST Hong Kong is vaporized along with a large contingent of peacekeeping troops and thousands of celebrating civilians. Chinese forces attack the outskirts of the city and make some headway. The entirety of UN Forces go on full alert. All leave is cancelled and all team members are recalled (by teleportation) if necessary. Dozens of supers are teleported into Hong Kong to push back the Chinese.
A Chinese and UN peace delegation in Pyongyang is assassinated by a massive, non-nuclear, explosion. The explosion levels the Presidential Palace and causes significant damage to nearby buildings. Accusations fly back and forth and Chinese and North Korean forces surge across the DMZ into South Korea.