Jose Manuel Topa (order #8343554)

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 Table of Contents
Chapter One: Year Two
Timeline of major events of AMP: Year Two
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Chapter Two: In Our Borders
Detailed info on the US response to the AMP threat
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Chapter Three: Global Reach
Information on how AMPs have affected the rest of the world
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Chapter Four: New Fires to Burn
Mechanics behind AMP: Year Two
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 Chapter One:
Year Two
It wasn’t too long ago that people with su-
perpowers were little more than ideas written
for kids in comics and graphic novels. In 2015,
this became the reality for a small percentage
of people in the world. Terrible experiments
performed by scientists long dead finally
came to bear fruit, haunting the descendants
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of the original test subjects. It was in their
blood, handed down by corrupt hands with-
out the knowledge to truly handle the power.
The first year of AMPs (people with Accel-
erated Mutant Potential) flew by for some and
was excruciatingly slow for others. It was a
year full of secrets, while the AMPs attempted
to keep their presence hidden even though
the proof of their existence towered more and
more with every passing month. The weird
and strange fact files started to become not
so strange and not so weird.
Many different groups came to the surface:
VV Seekers of Enlightenment: The first was
the Seekers of Enlightenment, founded by
Dr. Jacob Segal, who found an AMP named
Stacie Winters (later known as Doctor
Luminous and Critter, respectively) and
began to study her powers and biological
changes. This revealed a large amount of
data on how AMPs use powers and how
each Strain related to the others. Happen-
ing upon highly classified government re-
cords showed that the governments of the
world authorized and facilitated the orig-
inal experiments, suggesting AMPs were
not only an American situation. The group
grew and shrank, even opening the Dono-
hue School for the Gifted, where young
AMPs could come for instruction and sup-
port in the use of their power. Sadly, once
Critter went missing at the end of 2015,
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Doctor Luminous lost all perspective and
left the school to find her, leaving behind
a group with no leader.
VV Typhoon: This group is more interested in
using their powers to further their goals.
An AMP calling herself The Matriarch runs
the organization, wielding the power to in-
still loyalty in anyone she encounters. She
has most of the criminal world at her beck
and call, each of them vying for her good
will to grace them. Typhoon is responsible
for the mass production and distribution
of many new drugs AMPs often become
addicted to, causing turf wars beyond any-
thing seen in common rivalries. As 2015
drew to a close, Typhoon was only begin-
ning to reach their potential... they still
had so much more to accomplish.
VV Changelings: The group began as a ran-
dom collection of a few AMPs who had
nowhere else to go. Most of their mem-
bers were deformed and mutated due to
their new powers, making it impossible
to live a normal life. Finding the group’s
leader, a young man named Conduit, was
the first step to true acceptance within the
non-violent group. Once a bully, Conduit
grew to understand his place in the world
once his powers revealed themselves, a
power that made it impossible for him to
touch anyone without draining their life
force. By the end of 2015, the Change-
lings had established a collection of safe
houses in Atlanta, GA, which became their
headquarters, and had many smaller com-
munes throughout the nation. They knew
that hiding was the only way to survive
the hate and fear Saps (the nickname for
 non-powered humans) would experience
if they knew AMPs existed.
VV United Human Front: The presence of
AMPs slowly became public knowledge,
first in small doses and then to the en-
tire world with a single event. Dr. Shavar
Stevens founded The United Human Front
to preemptively prevent an AMP takeover
of Earth. Shavar used any data he found
in hopes of curing the AMP condition,
as his brother was one and this shamed
him deeply. They had all the armory they
needed and began hunting AMPs to use as
test subjects in their own twisted experi-
ments to find the cure. As 2015 ended, the
UHF has spread far, indoctrinating several
high-ranking officials within the govern-
ment and several corporations, using their
influence to find and eradicate all AMPs.
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2016 Timeline
One cannot truly understand the effects
of 2015 on the nation without knowing how
AMPs came to light. Their existence was a
well-kept secret bound to be revealed one
day, but it wasn’t until January 2016 and Pres-
ident Aldridge’s State of the Union Address.
He began to tell the American people that
AMPs lived among them, but never finished
his statement. An AMP with time traveling
powers suddenly appeared in the middle of
Congress and shot the president dead before
the Secret Service gunned him down.
This devastating event rocked the nation,
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taking what could have been a gradual and
peaceful introduction of AMPs to the world
and turning it into a declaration of war.
So begins AMP: Year Two and the continu-
ation of the story.
 February 2016
Martial Law
February 2
Though most of the nation saw the grue-
some assassination of President Aldridge on
TV only a few days earlier, the White House
was reluctant to officially pronounce the pres-
ident dead. Medical geniuses were brought in
to perform a number of radical procedures in
hopes of reviving the president, many who
just said, “there’s nothing I can do” before re-
turning home.
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This left the US in a state of limbo. Was
the president dead? Did what they saw on
TV really happen or was it all just a dream?
Why hadn’t the Vice President made a state-
ment? Several people completely disbelieved
the assassination was real at all, presuming
it was all a ploy to create sympathy for the
president going into the next election. It was
2016 after all.
One thing couldn’t be denied, however;
the number of police out in force stepped up
in every major city (weighing heavily on the
already overworked officers). The National
Guard deployed to several cities to quell ri-
ots that popped up all over the nation. Wash-
ington D.C. was on total lockdown for about
a week’s time, air travel ground to a halt for
several days and every news channel, regard-
less of philosophical differences, was on the
edge of their seats as they contemplated the
repercussions of such an event. People with
powers killed the president on live TV. This
would go down in history as the most shock-
ing presidential death, even above JFK.
The world had been introduced to AMPs,
but was it ready for such a discovery?
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Critter’s Journal Entry #1
February 6
I found this notebook so I ‘spose I’ll start re-
cording my thoughts here. There’s little else for
me to do otherwise. My name is Stacie, but a lot
of people call me Critter. It’s been about a month
since I woke up in this room. There’s not much
to really say about it either; it’s just a spacious
room with light green walls, a cot in the corner
where I sleep, some locked cabinets that had
proved unpickable, a TV that hasn’t worked for
weeks and a wall covered with pictures. There
are pictures of me and Jacob, my love, people
from the school like Breezy and Inukpak and
some strange man. He’s not someone I’ve known
before, and yet the pictures have us laughing
and havin’ a ball together. One’s a fair, another
chaperoning a school function. He’s there in all
of them, but who is he… is what I used to think.
Today I clicked on the TV again, as I always
do, hoping it’ll work, and I can at least waste my
days as a couch potato. It never worked before,
but it did today and it was all over every chan-
nel… the president was shot dead and they are
saying a Kairam Ahmed Hamdan was the one
who did it. I was shocked to see the man’s face
on the screen, because it was the same as the
man in the pictures.
After I saw that, I finally used all my might
to break the cabinets and what I found scared
me. Death certificates. One for me and for many
of my friends… all dated for about a year in the
future.
Who is this man? Why would he murder the
president? Is there a reason why I’m in a room
covered with his things? Was he trying to keep
me captive or trying to save me? The doors are
locked from the outside, and I’m running out
of food even if it has been tasting weirder and
weirder the longer I’ve been in here. The news
says this Kairam is dead, so I doubt he’s coming
to unlock the door and explain himself. I have to
find a way out.
 Chapter One: Year Two
Registration Begins to having read the entire bill.
This act meant anyone with powers had to
February 9 immediately register with their local law en-
It was a mere twelve days after President
forcement office as being an AMP, a term that
Aldridge was pronounced dead to the na-
many of the president’s advisors seemed to al-
tion that Vice President, Travis Carpenter, was
ready have knowledge about. Failure to do so
sworn in as the next president and went on
would be grounds for arrest and possible de-
to fill some big shoes. While many respected
tainment in a federal facility until the authori-
President Aldridge for his stance of neutrali-
ties could assess an individual’s threat level. It
ty in most topics, Carpenter’s reputation was
was made clear no one was going to be hunted
for being a conservative with strong opin-
as a result of this act, unless they proved them-
ions, and he was never one to reach across
selves a credible threat to the public. Other
the aisle if he didn’t have to. Still, he worked
AMPs were to be left alone in peace.
together with Congress to put into place a
This created a divide within the AMP com-
stopgap for the atrocities that had occurred.
munity, as major federal action often does to
The American people were scared; their pres-
any group. Many immediately visited their
ident murdered before their eyes had proved
local police stations and happily gave their
that the stories of people with powers were in
name and information. “I have nothing to hide”
fact true! The public wanted someone to pay,
became a catch phrase that spread through-
eye for an eye, and a new Criminal AMP De-
out the AMP communities and eventually into
tainment and Enforcement Act (CADE) passed
the general public as well. Billboards and pro-
into law by full vote of the Senate and House
paganda with officials asking, “Do you have
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 something to hide?” became commonplace,
pressuring AMPs to give in and register or risk
being seen as a bad person who is keeping
possibly dangerous secrets.
Others in the community quit their support
groups, as not to be singled out, and went into
hiding. They operated their lives as normal,
but refused to use their powers, even for the
greater good. Reports of people disappearing
after someone saw their strange manifesta-
tions became even more rampant than before.
Many believed it was the government kidnap-
ping AMPs under the cover of night, but they
didn’t even need to be secretive about it now
that it was publicly acceptable to hate a per-
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son for being an AMP. What was to stop them
to kidnapping each and every AMP, locking
them away and throwing away the key?
Two Paths: The Seekers
February 17
The Donohue School of the Gifted became
a very happening place. Several AMPs who just
wanted to hide came to the school in hopes of
refuge, and some parents whose children were
displaying abilities needed to ensure their
safety. The school of course could only hold
so many people, but they took in many peo-
ple who wanted to learn how to control their
powers. Not to learn more about themselves
and their capabilities, but more to be able to
hide their true natures. Breezy, an AMP with im-
pressive wind powers, became the headmaster
of the school and made sure to keep track of
anyone who visited. Their grounds were all but
barred from the outside world, and no one ever
came to their land since they were relatively
in the middle of nowhere. There were talent-
ed illusionists in their faculty who could make
everyone appear normal if they did happen to
have a visitor as well.
While Breezy stayed behind in Oklahoma
to look after the students, the head researcher
of the Seekers of Enlightenment, Nick Czernek
began thinking of counter strategies to the
AMP Registration Act. It wasn’t necessarily a
bad law to have in place, but the signs were
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there… opportunities for abuse were numer-
ous, which would only prove to hurt AMPs and
anyone they cared about. Nick, who served as
an contract lawyer for years before discov-
ering his powers and settling at the school,
could see glaring loopholes in this hasti-
ly-cobbled addition to the law.
He began sending his agents into the pub-
lic and ordered them to find people to save,
either from criminals (whose numbers had
increased from last year), or from mobs and
riots (which had increased severely in the last
month since the president’s death) or from
any kind of accident (like car crashes to burn-
ing buildings). Footage of events where the
use of powers was necessary began shifting
the view of AMPs to the positive light. Some-
one captured Shell on video talking down a
man who was going to commit suicide from a
ledge, while Inukpak gained notice as the gi-
ant who saved the bus full of kids. This strat-
egy had begun to take hold, but not as strong
as the pundits on 24-hour news cycles who
found ways to criticize these heroic attempts
or even accuse the individual AMPs of cre-
ating the situations only to try to look good.
Samuel Fokker, a well-respected and opinion-
ated conservative reporter, became especially
popular for his anti-AMP rantings.
During this time, Doctor Luminous was no-
where to be found. He left with a team of his
most trusted AMPs to search for Critter and
had yet to return. Nick and Breezy were left to
protect the name of the Seekers of Enlighten-
ment without its founders, a task which would
prove quite difficult.
March 2016
UHF Solidifies
March 1
Anti-AMP camps had their work cut out for
them. The president spoke the words of the
new law quite clearly: “Only those people with
powers who have proven to be a threat to the
American people and our way of life should

The U-Word
The sad thing about propaganda,
especially the kind meant to promote
prejudice, is anyone is susceptible to its
effects. The term unhuman is as offen-
sive as it is incorrect and deemed every
AMP less than human or not human
at all. This message seeped into the
subconscious of the US (even crossing
overseas in some cases), leading to nu-
merous hate crimes. It is not surprising
that the suicide rate went up shortly af-
ter the intense campaign began, many
of the victims testing positive for unhu-
man DNA. Though not everyone bought
into the hype and actively fought
against the word spinners, unhuman
still became common vernacular when
referring to AMPs, some even calling it
the U-word in mixed company.
have anything to worry about.” This meant the
law didn’t protect them from hidden threats,
only the ones that had already hurt human-
ity’s chances for survival. Not surprisingly,
the United Human Front began taking hold
of more neighborhoods across America with
even more fervor than in previous months.
This fervor, however, turned to recklessness
and destruction, as violence descended upon
AMPs in broad daylight. The first public ex-
ecution happened with the shooting of Mi-
chael Tresca, an AMP who grew spiny fins. He
was viciously shot after exiting his car in a
restaurant parking lot. The DA decided not
to file any charges against the shooter, as he
claimed he felt threatened.
Despite the Seekers’ efforts to afford AMPs
more positive airtime, the populace began to
view AMPs as less than people, and more as
things to be put down. This served the UHF’s
purposes just fine. The verbal war of human
right activists protesting, petitioning and oth-
erwise fighting for the rights of AMPs became
a common topic of discussion around the din-
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ner table. As more AMPs were outed for their
powers and assumed threat levels, the UHF
and activists groups clashed increasingly, but
the zealous group wasn’t afraid to attack pro-
test crowds or those who peacefully stood in
their way. Not only could AMPs be hunted, but
also those who helped AMPs escape the au-
thorities or hide themselves became targets
in the UHF’s book. Even though the law tech-
nically protected these Saps, enacting Clause
881 of the CADE quickly made it illegal to
harbor AMPs. Of course, the spin framed this
to be in the interest of everyone involved.
Shavar Stephens saw the terrible acts and
chaos caused by the group he began and
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sought to take control of the over-thirty sepa-
rate UHF cells in hopes to turn their collective
fires into a pointed laser to cut away the AMP
cancer. There were the few good ones, like
Stephen’s brother Michael, but overall AMPs
were the enemy. Shavar’s was the strongest
cell and, through a combination of tactics and
intimidation, he was quickly able to get oth-
er leaders in line and take out the ones who
didn’t. After that point, the group unified to
move forward with a single idea in mind: un-
dermining the pro-AMP movement and mak-
ing sure AMPs never became the dominant
species.
Their first move was to begin spreading
the term “unhuman” as a way to refer to AMPs.
So-called journalists ate it up and began
questioning just how human an AMP could
be. Many even now believed AMPs were ac-
tually no longer human. The shouts of liber-
al human rights activists were often muted
by how vocal figureheads in the media were
with their negative thoughts on the AMP up-
rising and the importance of the human race
to continue. Some networks went as far as to
frame peaceful protests as hostile riots to fan
the flames.
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Troubling Times: Changelings forced to fight to the death. For such a display,
only the flashiest powers would do, a fact that
March 11 became clearer as one AMP able to create en-
Conduit, leader of the Changelings, called
ergy weapons faced off against another with
an important meeting of everyone who fol-
enormous claws. It then dawned on the gath-
lowed the tenets of his humble organization.
ering that one of the missing AMPs from their
By March 2016, they were easily two-hundred
numbers was Carver, a scientist with very
strong and in a hyper-defensive state, as they
large claws. It was he on the screen. An audi-
had been noticing a few members simply van-
ble gasp crept over the group as each of them
ishing. Lockjaw and Spearfinger, Conduit’s lieu-
took their time to absorb exactly what they
tenants and both on the aggressive end of the
were watching, but it was turned off quickly
spectrum, called the meeting to order and the
as Conduit pulled off the man’s sheet with a
gathering fell to hushed tones as their leader
bit of drama.
entered the room dragging a chair with a sheet
“This man before you is the one responsi-
draped over it. From its shape and whimpering,
ble for our brother, Carver, being subjected to
it was obviously a person. Had Conduit lost his
that horrible treatment. He crept into Carver’s
soft streak for some reason?
lab with a bunch of his friends and took him
Lockjaw also wheeled over a TV on a stand
away in a black van to be used for his employ-
and handed Conduit the remote; he imme-
ers’ entertainment. And now he’s going to tell
diately hit play. The screen lit up with grue-
us why…”
some images of Saps cheering on two AMPs
Conduit ripped off the duct tape over the
in chains in the middle of a steel cage being
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 it. He screamed in pain that faded into dread #Call4Help
as he noticed the creatures looking upon him,
some with multiple eyes, fur and other terrifying
March 21
It was a simple message, but a powerful
features. He mostly pleaded to be let go. “I’ll tell
one repeated on almost every form of social
you whatever you want, just don’t kill me.”
media available. A Sudanese woman snuck a
“We’re not going to kill you,” Conduit said,
video into a work camp set up in central Af-
with a stark reaction from the group in disbe-
rica, showing the terrible conditions many of
lief. Certainly, such an action deserved swift
their people contended with every day. Tor-
retribution, but not in Conduit’s eyes. “I want
tured and beaten, often to death, attacked by
to know what kind of person does this to an-
soldiers and dogs, forced to work with little
other person.”
rest or food and their children stolen from
“You’re not a person. You’re unhuman,” the
their arms to make recruits for child armies.
man responded quickly and spit in Conduit’s
Stated plainly, the woman pleaded with these
face. Spearfinger moved quickly, but her lead-
new people of power.
er raised his hand for her to stop.

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“No one do anything you’ll regret,” saying
“You who have been blessed by God,
this both to the man and to the gathering.
do not forget us…. Just one person with
“We are AMPs, but we are still people, we still
your abilities could bring so much hope
breathe and we still bleed. Though I doubt
to so many of us. Isn’t there just one of
you can see such things with your blinders on,
you who will set aside your own prob-
but I’ll cut to the chase and make you a deal.
lems to help us deal with ours?”
In exchange for your freedom, you will lead us
to where these illegal fights are taking place.
Social justice warriors and victims from all
I promise no harm will come to you as long as
around the world pleaded for AMPs to come
our friend is returned to us.” Again, the crowd
out of hiding and start righting all the worlds’
grumbled. “No harm, or the perpetrator will
wrongs. The nameless Sudanese woman’s
have to answer to me.”
plea quickly fell to the bottom of the requests
He turned again to address to the gather-
by thousands of others wishing AMPs would
ing of Changelings, half of which seemed very
find the cure for Cancer and AIDS or fight
displeased by the way he was handling the
against the US corporations who were drain-
current situation. “I’m sure you are all won-
ing the world of all its resources and kids call-
dering why I called you here if I didn’t plan on
ing on someone to beat up their bullies for
taking action against these Saps. The answer
them. It became an exhausting trend and an
is clear, though… I wanted you to see the face
annoyance to many, though many of the calls
of a truly inhuman person: A brainwashed dis-
for help were quite legitimate.
ciple of hate who sees other people as ani-
mals to toy with. Look hard… and never be-
come like him.” TRAC Division Approved
While the meeting was supposed to rein- March 28
force that the Changelings were taking the As the boiling temperaments were about
right stance in their peaceful resistance, it in- to bubble over and the hate crime numbers
stead created a divide. While Lockjaw vowed were ever on the rise, President Travis Car-
he would be loyal to Conduit through thick and penter addressed the nation once more to
thin since the day he saved his life, Spearfinger announce the newest department to join in
had no such loyalties. She was unimpressed the fight for the safety of the country’s citi-
with the current way of things within the or- zens. The new federal Tactical Response and
ganization and began taking steps for change. Containment Agency (TRAC) had the task
of tracking down harmful AMPs and find-

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AMPs aren’t helping. Please send TRAC
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TRAC rulz, they’re the kinder gentler
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ment. #Call4Help
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4Help
ing ways to contain them at Camp Lejeune,
now retrofitted specifically for AMP contain-
ment. The president was once again clear in
his wording: any acts of vigilantism, hate or
violence against AMPs by anyone outside of
TRAC would be guilty of obstructing justice
and could get themselves seriously hurt.
The new agency set about constructing a
set of rules for their agents to follow, includ-
ing AMP tracking tactics, takedown strategies
based on known power types and transpor-
tation to the ARC (AMP Retention Center).
They took in recruits from a variety of differ-
ent military branches, primarily the Army and
Marines, as well as new volunteers. Many of
the new recruits to the unit already had UHF
leanings, but others had a more altruistic view
of the organization. It would be their chance
to serve humanity as a whole and hopefully
keep everyone safe while the government fig-
ured out exactly what to do with AMPs.
Principle boot camp and training com-
menced immediately at Camp Lejeune in
North Carolina, and units received their spe-
cial protective suits before deployment to
major cities. TRAC agents became a common
sight in almost any location with a sizable hu-
man population. Their trademark armor which
protected them from harm and buffered their
resistance to mind control made them notice-
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able, but they became the stand-in for police
forces whose numbers were already stretched
too thin. Overall, they became a positive face
for the government, showing that the citi-
zens were cared for. Many of the #Call4Help
hashtags on social media stopped asking
AMPs to help and began pleading for TRAC
intervention.
In just their first week, there were reports
of a firefight with an electric Blaster in a New
York market and a cult leader calling himself
Savior who had used mind control to lure
new followers in California. TRAC detained
several unhumans in Atlanta, GA, a few of
the detainees claiming to report to someone
named Conduit. TRAC paid special attention
in hopes of tracking down this kingpin and
taking down whatever criminal organization
of AMPs he had created.
April 2016
Paranoia and Prejudice
April 4
While the introduction of TRAC into every-
day neighborhoods was a blessing for the Saps
who craved the feeling of safety, it had the op-
posite result for AMPs who still hid their pow-
ers. Coupled with the “Do you have something
to hide?” mentality sweeping the nation, it be-
came increasingly hard for an AMP to operate
unnoticed. It was a witch-hunt where innocent
people found themselves carted away by TRAC
if accused of being an AMP by their neigh-
bors, whether they really were or they had
just seemed like they were. A paranoia crept
into everyday vernacular and the way people
viewed the world. If an AMP is spotted, call
TRAC and they’ll handle the unhuman accord-
ingly. A common phrase heard at Pro-Humanity
rallies was “TRAC’s got my back!”
This paranoia heightened to the point
of several hospitals calling for unnecessary
blood tests of any patient who crossed their
doors. For a long time, the individual hospi-
tals simply held on to this information as a
 way to root out potential problem patients Presidential Candidates
and those who may need to be partitioned
from other patients for fear of contamination.
April 13
While the presidential race had already
When this story broke, of course, the informa-
been going strong for nearly two years, Pres-
tion was turned over to TRAC. Presumed il-
ident Aldridge’s assassination kicked the race
legal it is later revealed that this blood and
up a notch. With this in mind, many saw the
data collection was protected under the CADE
new laws put into place by new President Car-
thanks to the High Threat Protocols Clause
penter as posturing to remain president in
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2017. He held tight to his conservative views
Soon, schools also began secretly test-
and continued to reach across the aisle to
ing their students to see if they were AMPs.
combine both Republican and Democrat views
After this list leaked, several parents began
on each topic. It was an obvious move for the
homeschooling or sending their kids to pri-
Democratic Party to select him as their nomi-
vate schools mostly funded with UHF dollars
nee; no one else in the primaries even came
for fear of their kids “going to school with an
close. The latest creation of TRAC went on to

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unhuman.” Debates started about if a parent
add to his reputation of addressing the AMP
should have to register their child as an AMP,
crisis, but there were others who did not agree
as they essentially have a loaded weapon
with his tactics.
attached to possibly imbalanced hormones.
Employers could demand their employees
Pro: President Carpenter has pushed
take a blood test or risk losing their jobs. If
the Democratic Party as a whole much
they came back positive, there were no laws
closer to the center. Here’s a President
in place to require the company to keep the
who’s willing to look at all the options
AMP on, so a large number of AMPs became
and take actions.
all but unemployed, resorting to day labor or
Anti: “Vice” President Carpenter is
travel assignments - the kinds of jobs where
not a Democrat. While he was once a
people seldom ask for credentials.
balancing force for his predecessor, his
It created a level of prejudice not seen
administration is a rubber stamp for
since before the Civil Rights movement of the
Republican ideology.
1960s. Stores refused service to AMPs, asso-
ciating with AMPs created a negative social
In a surprise move, Samuel Fokker was put
stigma and anti-AMP protests and rallies be-
forth as the nominee for the Republican Par-
gan outnumbering pro-AMP rallies overall. Ty-
ty. His exposure was through the roof due to
phoon stepped in to help downtrodden AMPs
the high ratings of his political editorial show,
cope with a dose of War Path or providing of-
and he was never one to back down on the
ten-lethal doses of Clarity OTC to make one
acting president. He protested most of the
passible. If someone was outed, AMPs in need
acts and laws put into place, actually going
could, with enough resources or desperation,
so far as to say they were not enough. In his
turn to Typhoon for new identities. Of course,
mind, America needed to crack down on the
all of this came with the price of blood sam-
AMP threat. Though he wore the nomination
ples and sizable bundles of cash. Typhoon had
as a badge of pride, it was obvious that he
already gained control over the US-Mexico
was already viewed as a right-wing nut-job by
border crossing, using this influence to make
a large portion of the US even before AMPs
moving AMPs out of the country much easier.
made themselves known.
A new political group, the New Humanist
Party, put forth their own candidate, Harry
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 litical circles and framed his apparent hatred
for AMPs in a much more cohesive manner,
stating, “The reason for my fear of unhumans
is that we know so little. Containing them
isn’t an option if we don’t know what will
happen if we gather them together. Executing
them does no good, because there are more
and more popping up each day. Our president
hasn’t addressed the larger issues and impact
of what is to become of our country now. He
and Samuel Fokker continue to yell at each
other and debate instead of doing something.
I plan to change all of that.” The frankness
of this statement struck a chord like nothing
else had and the polls began to favor Harry
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Lewis quite heavily.
Critter’s Journal Entry #4
April 17
My seemingly endless trek through this forest
has gotten to me. I’m luckier than most because
my animal friends have led me to safe places
to sleep, where to find fresh water and the best
places to hunt, I still have no clue where I am.
Staying in that room wasn’t an option, I know,
but at least it had a bed. A comfy bed, in fact,
with down pillows. I haven’t slept very well out
here, I don’t even know how long it’s been, and
there are constant noises in the wild that are
definitely no animal. I’ve had started feeling like
I’m being tracked, like I’m the prey to someone’s
sick predator fantasy. Whoever it is hasn’t shown
themselves, so either they’re not very good at
this whole hunting thing or I’m better than I
thought I was. Then again, it could just be my
mind playing tricks on me.
I’m feeling like some kind of strange animal
urge is taking me over and leading me into less
and less civilized parts of this forest. The deeper
I go, the more I feel myself slipping away. Cooked
meats haven’t made me full in a long time. No
matter how many animals I eat, I still feel hun-
gry. And even that in and of itself is scary… I’ve
been a vegetarian since I gained these powers.
Hard to eat animals after having a conversation
with them, but I don’t think I’m me anymore. I’ve
cooked them several times, but my body tells me
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to eat them raw and even to drink the blood.
This isn’t normal. This isn’t me. Jacob, if you
ever do get to read this, I’m sure you’ll know why
this is happening to me. I fear that if I let myself
drink the blood of an animal, I’ll be forever lost.
How I wish you were here, then I’d curl up in
your arms and ask you to solve everything just
like you always do.
America’s Most Wanted
April 23
Four months had passed since the first day
he had his face on the news next to the words
‘assassination’, ‘murdered’ and ‘dangerous AMP
conspiracy’. Kairam’s name had been smeared
all over the world and he dared not show his
face anywhere, not to his friends, not to his fam-
ily and showing up to his job was not an option.
Someone had stolen his face and now the entire
nation was out to get him. President Aldridge
was one of the most beloved presidents of the
modern era. To kill him with such brutality took
a special kind of nerve Kairam never had; he
was always a skittish person. A “Time Assassin,”
as the news was calling him, he was not.
It had already been hard to evade law en-
forcement since all of this happened, regard-
less of the dye-job and different style clothes
he was wearing now. The past month and the
introduction of TRAC only made his life hard-
er. Not that the neighborhood soldiers were
actually looking for him, since the actual kill-
er was dead in a morgue somewhere, but Kai-
ram had witnessed people gunned down in
cold blood because they looked only a little
like him, not even a lot like him, just because
they reminded these crazy AMP hunters of the
one who killed the president.
With nowhere left to hide, he was almost
ready to give himself up to TRAC, until a shad-
owy figure approached him in a random dark
alley. He let out a sigh of relief to see a ca-
sually dressed woman and not some sort of
killer. She introduced herself as Rhiannon and
seemed to recognize him, offering him any
kind of help he needed. She took his hand and
promised she knew a place he could stay safe.
 Someplace where no one could hurt him. For
some reason, he trusted her implicitly only af-
ter a few seconds and followed her to a tow-
ering downtown office building.
A beam of light in the elevator passed over
them before going up. It went up at least 50
floors until the floor number displayed OF.
The doors opened to an office lobby where
Rhiannon continued to lead Kairam past the
receptionist, who didn’t say a word, and into
an office marked with an M on the door.
“This is my office. No one will find you here
unless I want them to, and you’re much too
important for that,” she said with a smile as
her clothing instantly changed from t-shirt
and jeans to a business suit befitting the
highest paid CEO. “You have a power I want.”
“I don’t have a power! I’m not this dead
time traveler guy. He just looked like me.”
“If you don’t have a power now, then you’ll
stay here with me until you do. When it arrives,
and it will arrive, I’ll help you hone it into a
weapon the likes of which the world has never
seen. In the meantime, do you like steak?”
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Kairam agreed. He didn’t know why… he
just… did.
May 2016
The Houndmaster
May 10
In the secret base known as the Chamber,
members of TRAC had been figuring out a way
to enhance their already impressive forces.
The agency had existed for only a short time
and yet covered the majority of the nation
with agents who protected the people. Un-
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fortunately, their agents were already show-
ing their fragility. They were, after all, normal
people in special suits that only helped them
fight the unhuman threat. Fighting fire with
fire seemed like it would be much fairer. The
UN had already decided months earlier that
use of AMPs in warfare was greatly discour-
aged, hence the need for secrecy.
 A project had already begun, using tech- insidiousness of their lives was now a well-
nology dreamed up by Amanda Schenfield, kept secret.
an AMP recruited out of high school at 16
years old for her gift of hyper-intelligence. Changelings Separate
Selected from the higher echelons of TRAC,
Michael Roebling was selected to undergo a
May 12
The reality was that the Changelings were
harrowing procedure. Through an intense sur-
fractured. The world was crumbling around
gery that retrained his muscles and grafted
them and the home their group built was be-
implants into his form, the body he once knew
coming more dangerous. Reports of the AMPs
became a mixture of flesh, metal and power.
taken to Camp Lejeune, forced to register and
He retained his identity to himself, but for all
sometimes never heard from again became
official records, he became known only as the
a real fear. Conduit’s calming words were
Houndmaster to anyone within TRAC.
enough for a few, but the simple statement
TRAC also placed technology matching the
that “they were more powerful together than
Houndmaster’s into specially designed col-
apart” didn’t quench some members’ thirst for
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lars implanted into the neck of several of the

revenge. Speeches about how the Change-
AMPs incarcerated in their secret prison. Sub-
lings were better because they were different
jects were selected from AMPs with a wide
began to fall on deaf ears. TRAC had already
range of powers, whomever the agency be-
taken a dozen of their numbers on scavenger
lieved could be used effectively in the field to
duty, and there was no sign of slowing.
take down the unhuman threat. These slaves
On May 12, Conduit and Lockjaw walked in
to the Houndmaster suffered the nickname
on Spearfinger holding a private meeting with
Hounds (or sometimes the Pack) and were
most of the Changelings. When they asked
given numbers instead of names. The will
what was going on, Spearfinger responded:
of the Houndmaster superseded that of the
Hound, forcing these AMPs to work for TRAC.
“We are fed up with your promises.
May 10 was the debut of this dedicat-
There is no better tomorrow waiting
ed unit, hinting at the fact this experiment
on the other side of this shitstorm. The
had been months in the making already. The
world is going to hell, and we’ve decid-
Hounds were comprised of never more than
ed not to go down with the ship. We
10 AMPs at any given time, as even the tech-
are leaving the Changelings and taking
nology of the Houndmaster had its limits.
the fight to TRAC and TRAC Elite and
After a particularly powerful, AMP with earth
the cops and anyone else who wants
powers known as Vigil was discovered within
to stand in our way. That also includes
a homeless community, normal TRAC agents
you, Conduit.”
were unable to arrest her. This encounter
even led to a massive earthquake that de-
The group grabbed their things and walked
stroyed several city blocks and caused mil-
out after Spearfinger who held her chin high.
lions in property damage. The Hounds came
The others looked for Conduit to give them a
in an hour later and they dragged Vigil into
nod, a smile, any expression of understanding
Camp Lejeune for processing.
they so craved from their once-leader to allevi-
Keeping the existence of an overriding,
ate their guilt. However, Conduit could do noth-
controlling force for the Hounds under wraps,
ing but hang his head. He had failed in protect-
the group actually became a positive symbol.
ing those who he cared about most and now
The Hounds were called TRAC Elite in their
his family turned their backs to him. He didn’t
public personas, and many began referring to
deserve to look at them or to say goodbye.
them as “the good ones,” the AMPs who actu-
A handful of Changelings stayed behind,
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 mostly those too weak to be of any use to
Spearfinger, but also those who still believed
in what the Changelings stood for. Most im-
portantly, Conduit’s best friend and confidant,
Lockjaw stood by him. A new plan would have
to be constructed, and it might involve leav-
ing Georgia entirely.
Russian Aggression
May 19
While the US ramped up their Houndmas-
ter project within TRAC, they were far from
the only nation to use AMPs for their own pur-
poses. Reports indicated Russian president,
Pyotr Ivanov, had presented medals of nation-
al pride to a handful of his own AMPs. Each
of them born and raised in the motherland,
they took on the mantle of Russia’s protec-
tors with a shout and complete acceptance of
their citizenry. It seemed the Russian people
swallowed the existence of people with pow-
ers much easier, seeing as there were only a
handful of them in Russia.
Unfortunately for Russia’s enemies, frankly
any of their neighboring nations, Ivanov was
not above leveraging his newfound power
to influence international negotiation. Rus-
sia had successfully usurped a portion of
Crimea in 2014, stealing away some of their
independence before signing treaties to place
new borders. In May 2016, however, this trea-
ty was revoked and a levy of tanks was sent
into Crimea led by Koshmar who struck fear in
any forces that opposed them, making it easy
for the rest of the country to come under the
frightening control of their new power-hun-
gry president.
This Russian aggression created an im-
mediate international backlash. The United
Nations and Russia’s neighbors frowned upon
using AMPs as weapons to fight wars. Even
without saying it expressly, Russia has issued
a warning to anyone who opposed them that
they would use every weapon in their arsenal
to show their dominance. They had already
set their sights on Ukraine and Kiev for an-
nexation next.
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Chinese President Heng Jūn was the one
leader who openly challenged Ivanov, regard-
less of their past alliances. “China is not afraid
of a nation using tricks to bully smaller na-
tions into subservience. We will not stand for
such treatment, and Ivanov should consider
his challenge accepted. Any hostile act in our
direction will be seen as an act of war Russia
will never recover from.” Many suspected that
China must have secured their own AMPs in a
defense force to make such brazen remarks.
Celebrity AMPs
May 30
Since the awakening of the world to the ex-
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istence of AMPs, those affected had only been
regular people, but then came the day when
celebrities started outing themselves. The first
was Jennifer Stewart, America’s darling. She
had already won two Oscars and enjoyed a
reputation of a carefree nature when dealing
with the press. Seldom did she hold her tongue
from spouting a joking (and sometimes raun-
chy) remark, and the public loved her for it.
On the set of her new romantic comedy, Lost
Loves, she was supposed to slip and fall onto
a cushion (and she always insisted on doing
her own stunts), but on the fourth take, she
really did slip and instead launched herself
through a window, scattering glass and blood
all over the place. As she laid unconscious on
the ground, on-set paramedics attempted to
help her but floating glass kept them at bay,
attacking anyone who got too close. The glass
fell to the ground once she awoke. Her cuts
were superficial and actually seemed to heal
faster than expected from their depth. One of
the gaffers leaked the video online, forcing
Jennifer to own up to her powers in a press
conference the next morning.
“Yes, I’m an AMP, but this doesn’t
change anything about the art I create,
the roles I play or how much I love my
fans. This revelation has surprised me
and made me ponder my place in this
world. I think we should all take a mo-
 Conspiracy #1: The New Serum
With AMP aggression at an all-time high, the number of people who made the
Choice was increasing. The majority was choosing to have their powers removed, so
they could return to their human existence, but there were still fighters who wanted
to accept their birthright and make their stamp on the world, danger and all. In either
case, the Seekers, despite being a group divided, were busier than ever.
Upon learning of his new powers, Doctor Luminous sent back a new formula mix
with his own blood. He had learned from experiments on his crew that his blood al-
lowed him to sense whoever received an injection of it, no matter how far away they
were. Jacob was determined never to lose anyone else, and this development gave him
a way to make this a reality. As even those who chose to have their powers removed
require a series of shots and those who chose to keep their powers need booster shots
from time to time, in a short time, without anyone’s knowledge, hundreds of AMPs now
carried Doctor Luminous’ blood in their veins.
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ment to reflect on our current views on
AMPs and the danger that surrounds us
all. Not from AMPs, but from the abuse
of power I’m seeing from law enforce-
ment and TRAC in particular. So, hat-
ers… stop hating. That is all.”
Jennifer Stewart wasn’t the only celebrity
to come out afterward, which then brought
the very restrictive anti-AMP laws of California
into question. It was, after all, illegal to employ
AMPs in the state, which forced several studios
to move their operations outside of the state.
While some went to New York, which proved
to be much more liberal toward AMP employ-
ment, others went to Hawaii, which welcomed
any AMP. Many celebrity AMPs and their asso-
ciated studios who didn’t want to lose such
big names moved to the island state, which
became known as New Hollywood.
June 2016
The Doctor’s Power
June 6
There had always been the suspicion that
Doctor Luminous was in fact an AMP whose
powers had not developed yet. It became in-
creasingly evident as the good Doctor and
his group of twenty loyal AMPs scoured the
nation for Critter that his hunches for which
direction to travel were more than that. Using
his mobile laboratory, which obviously lacked
in comparison to HQ lab back in Oklahoma,
he tested his blood and found he was indeed
positive for the AMP gene. His power was less
flashy than others were, but he could sense
energy signatures of people and things, espe-
cially if they were AMPs. He was attuned to
power and could use this sensation to track
others. That meant they were growing ever
closer to finding Critter. He knew everything
there was about her, from the way she felt to
her scent, and now could feel their group get-
ting closer to where she was.
To test it out, Doctor Luminous led his en-
forcers to find the rumored Georgia Change-
lings. Instead, they met a group of militant
AMPs preparing for war, Spearfinger’s group.
At first, they were defensive, but tensions
eased when Jacob explained who he was and
that he was with the Seekers of Enlighten-
ment. Spearfinger scoffed at them, “I’ve heard
of you through the grapevine, and we’re not
interested in yours or anyone else’s peace
missions. Take your choice and shove it.”
Doctor Luminous smiled. “You may not
have heard then. We’ve traveled around and
killed more Saps than anyone else for the last
six months. Anyone who would attack AMPs
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 put down just like the dogs they are.”
“You’re telling me all those AMPs perform-
ing good deeds, that’s not you Seekers trying
to dance for your masters?”
“Me and my group of friends here, we’re
the real Seekers.”
“Please… tell me more.”
The two seemed to share an undeniable
sense of loss and anger. Doctor Luminous
explained he couldn’t stay, as he was on
an important mission, but that he’d leave a
quarter of his group there to aid Spearfinger
and would call his school to have supplies
shipped to them.
Gun Laws and Black Markets
June 9
In the wake of the recent events encircling
the US, gun lobbyists and the NRA proposed
several new bills to strengthen personal gun
owner rights. Many cited the existence of
AMPs as a direct reason for this. If AMPs could
carry weapons with no registration and no
background checks and the government failed
at forcing AMPs to do so under the CADE, why
were honest gun owners penalized.
On June 9, Congress passed the proposed
bills into law, widely implemented across the
country. It expanded on the number of le-
gal situations for using a firearm, mostly to
address threats from AMPs who use powers
akin to firearms, as well as the types of pur-
chasable weapons and lowering the bar for
purchasing requirements. Background checks,
which many liberals pushed for, were com-
pletely disregarded except for those who
were AMPs, who received additional restric-
tions to purchasing guns on top of their al-
ready existing powers. States that observed
the Stand Your Ground law also widened its
implementation for the average citizen using
reasonable force for defending self, property
or loved ones from anyone exhibiting powers
akin to unhumans.
The leaders of Typhoon took the oppor-
tunity to profit from this new law, creating a
type of underground black market that actu-
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ally required a person to prove they were an
AMP to access. What the patron found when
they entered the market ranged from firearms
to identity passes to Sap blood samples to
forge test results and doses of Clarity OTC,
War Path and the new drug, Bliss, which had
recently hit the market and was even more
popular than War Path.
The new gun laws and Typhoon’s involve-
ment proved to ramp up the level of violence
and rhetoric spreading around. It made just
walking down the street dangerous enough to
make a lot of people just stay home. It also led
to a terrible even that happened soon after.
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Aberdeen Massacre
June 19
During a terrible firefight in downtown Ab-
erdeen, South Dakota, witnesses gave a star-
tling account of the events that took place.
Said firefight began as TRAC agents chased
down an AMP with the power create force
fields. The public knew him only as Shell, one
of the random AMPs who would occasionally
save someone in trouble and disappear. How-
ever, this mysterious figure also refused when
TRAC agents demanded his surrender and
registration. The famous giant, Inukpak, and
celebrity psychic, Arbiter, who recently came
out as an AMPs after Jennifer Stewart’s revela-
tion, also stepped into the fray attempting to
save their comrade.
In what would become known as the Ab-
erdeen Massacre, many other AMPs came to
Shell’s aid, shouting that he was only doing
what was right and helping Saps. TRAC laid
down as much suppression fire as they could,
even aided by concerned gun-carrying cit-
izens who used their new rights, but Shell’s
powers kept his friends safe for a short time.
Then TRAC Elite showed up on the scene, and
Loco Diablo, who had the power of fire, began
to break down Shell’s defenses. He burned the
building and walls protecting their targets,
while another AMP named Nether appeared
out of the shadows, striking down each and
every AMP on the scene with surprise attacks.
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 About an hour later, all the AMPs (and a few
bystanders) were dead, the firing stopped and
TRAC began collecting the bodies, until yet
another appeared. She was a figure made of
blue flame and no amount of bullets seemed
to affect her. Loco Diablo’s fire had no effect
and neither did Nether’s shadow blade. She
hovered over all of the dead and bathed them
in her blue flame, each one of them springing
back to life almost instantaneously and at full
power. The agents opened fire again, but the
AMPs chose to run away, escaping through a
portal at the back of an alley, apparently also
created by the strange blue lady.
The last minute rescue didn’t hit the In-
ternet, however, as anyone with cameras were
removed from the site during their clean up.
This event echoed with Jennifer Stewart’s
speech about abuse of power and began put-
ting TRAC under microscope. President Car-
penter gave a press conference saying, “There
were mistakes made, and we will be holding
those agents responsible. We are putting pro-
cesses into place to ensure something like
this doesn’t happen again.” Not only did the
Aberdeen Massacre put doubt in TRAC being
good for the American people, but his back-
tracking lost the president support from the
more gung-ho anti-AMP voters. It was not a
great day for AMPs or the president.
The Purple Ring
June 22
After acquiring several new weapons and
gear from a Seeker shipment, Spearfinger and
her band of once-Changelings started target-
ing anti-AMP groups. They attacked several
headquarters based in and around Georgia
and slowly spread out to Florida, Alabama
and the Carolinas, all of which also had strong
anti-AMP sentiments on their streets. The
group took on new members, expanded and
contracted until they had a steady number of
members to really start their war.
Their first major target: the underground
AMP fighting rings. Spearfinger and her new
lieutenant, Lizzy, who mutated into a human/
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lizard hybrid and could detach her limbs,
found the center of this new budding indus-
try: The Purple Ring, a casino-style hotel that
housed several lower levels where the action
took place. Lizzy allowed them to capture her
in order to infiltrate the organization. With
luck, they were able to burst in through a
hidden air vent, taking the Saps in charge of
the ring by surprise while they were count-
ing their blood money and laughing. The
new group slaughtered every last Sap in that
basement and even tracked a few gamblers to
their rooms and murdered them in their sleep.
This was just the tip of the iceberg, but on the
walls, they left a message written in blood:
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“Retribution is coming for you. Say
your prayers.”
July 2016
Big Fish Caught
July 2
For months, TRAC had been on the tail of
the Changelings, attempting to take them
down. It didn’t matter that the group had been
largely inactive recently, since the orders had
already been issued. So, it was at the begin-
ning of July 2016 that Conduit and a handful
of his most trusted followers were just wak-
ing up. Their trek was arduous and they had
been on the move for days, trying to find the
safest route out of Atlanta without notice.
TRAC agents burst through the doors
without warning and held the Changelings
at gunpoint. Conduit attempted to negotiate
with the agents, saying, “Take me, but let ev-
eryone else go,” but the agents weren’t hear-
ing it. They knocked Conduit out and covered
him with a rubber cloth to stop his touching
anyone. Lockjaw, as repayment for harming
his leader, took a chomp out of one agent’s
shoulder with his massive jaws, while another
Changeling turned themselves into a spiral of
wind shoving a few others out of the window.
Sadly, it didn’t matter how much they resist-
 ed, the TRAC forces captured Conduit, Lockjaw
and a few others.
The Aberdeen Massacre was still on ev-
eryone’s mind, but this type of news could
overshadow past mistakes. Sure enough, the
capture of Conduit began headlining every
newspaper, online news outlet, blog and net-
work news station. He was later identified as
Jeff Zitomer by old schoolmates who called
in tips to the police, robbing him of any an-
onymity he might have enjoyed. It worked.
The public saw Conduit’s capture, the arrest
of a domestic terrorist of extreme propor-
tions, was a win for public safety and many
anti-AMP groups demanded his immediate
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execution. Pro-AMP protested this idea; he
should be tried just like any other human be-
ing. Due process was what the US legal sys-
tem was built upon, and this Jeff Zitomer was
an American after all.
As much as TRAC would have loved to get
their clutches on Conduit for the Houndmas-
ter project, he was too high profile for such
secret operations. This was Lockjaw’s fate,
however; they carted him off to the Chamber
and made him the newest Hound. No, Conduit
was going to be the face of everything the
people had to fear. He was detained in Camp
Lejeune under 24/7 observation in a rubber
suit that made it impossible for him to touch
anyone. Here he waited for his trial to begin, a
trial that would change the face of American
culture forever.
Critter’s Journal Entry #11
July 8
It happened again. I woke up today covered
in blood. My mouth, my hands, my clothes. There
were three dead bodies, dead things near me
when I came to again. Last time there were
only two, which means this was either killing by
convenience or my hunger is growing even still.
Their heads are gone. Organs everywhere. Why
am I doing this to these people? What am I turn-
ing into? What is wrong with me?
I’m putting these questions down on paper
in hopes that someone will find it and one day
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be able to answer this very basic question. Most
of all, Jacob. Find this, please, and fix this. Even
if I’m long dead, fix this for others like me. If
something like this ever happened to our stu-
dents, I don’t know what I’d do. I long to see
their faces, but I wouldn’t show mine there. Not
today. Not like this. I’d kill myself if I ever hurt
them or any Seeker. I’m contemplating doing it
now anyway to keep from killing and, dare I say
it, eating anyone else.
I started writing this journal for fun, but now I
need it. I need it to remember. My mind is leaving
me. I don’t know who I am anymore now that the
cravings can take me over. I write here because I
still can and I fear I won’t be able to soon.
Blissful Music
July 16
Soon after Conduit’s capture, TRAC suffered
yet another PR nightmare as the drug Bliss
spread through the US, particularly the western
states. Those who took this small pink pill felt
no effects immediately, only to lose control of
their bodies moment later. Taking the drug has
been described as an out-of-body experience
unlike any other. Swallowing the pill gives a
slight feeling of elation, not unlike ecstasy, and
then removes all control. The drug-takers get
up and begin wandering like “joy-zombies,” as
many Bliss circle members tend to call some-
one currently under its effects.
Any actions taken are viewed almost like
observing them in third person, which some
described as life changing by some. Police and
TRAC officials condemned the new drug, put-
ting it on the dangerous substances list along
with heroin and War Path. TRAC scientists eval-
uated the drug and found traces of AMP DNA
contained within, which meant the ingestion
of unhuman fluids had the potential to affect
a normal person’s chemistry for the worse. Use,
possession and sale of this drug became a cap-
ital offense greater than any other.
To date there had been hundreds of arrests
for Bliss alone and that number rose every
day. The worst of these cases was on July 16th
at Tunes-Apalooza, an open concert for peo-
 Conspiracy #2: What They Do With The Bodies
Nā ‘Aumākua is primarily comprised of Ferals suffering major side effects from their
powers, such as animal features and an inability to control their actions. Most of the
AMPs and criminals caught receive very public send-offs and then never heard from
again. The citizens are much happier for getting rid of the bad element and everyone
feels a bit safer.
In actuality, it is Kyle Hickok (he keeps his last name under wraps to hide his asso-
ciation with the Hound, Loco Diablo) who has created a quite ingenious scheme. Using
his powers of illusion and memory manipulation, he is able to craft deeply immersive
scenes of a criminal’s repentance and banishment for all to see. This, of course, comes on
the heels of that same criminal having been disposed of by his more monstrous brothers
and sisters beforehand. Bodies are either devoured by the Nā ‘Aumākua leaders or simply
thrown into Kilauea Volcano, which is half-active and melts the body instantaneously.
All of this is important to the continued prosperity of Hawaii. Or that’s what Nā ‘Aumākua
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to Hawaii. Visiting with the intent to do harm, however, ends only one way.

ple coming together to celebrate and spread Na ‘Aumakua Founded

peace and love. A mixture of Bliss and War
Path in the crowd and a willingness to take
July 24
Since the beginning, Hawaii took a very
drugs handed to them without even knowing
pro-AMP stance during months of controver-
what they were, created a terrible atmosphere
sy. When outed celebrities and their studios
the exact opposite of peace and love. It be-
came under attack, Hawaii was the perfect
gan well enough, as the music lovers felt the
place for them to move. Not only did big
music and crowd-surfed, stripping and sing-
names immigrate to the island, but also ev-
along. When the drugs were introduced, the
ery other AMP who could afford the trip. Costs
riled up patrons on War Path began an ag-
for flights to Hawaii rose astronomically, due
gressive streak that turned the concert into a
to the proposed dangers of flying into a state
riot full of people who soon became joy-zom-
with so many AMPs living there.
bies, unable to run from those on War Path.
Soon after, a group calling themselves Nā
It ended in a blood bath and required over
‘Aumākua, which translates to sacred guard-
one hundred TRAC agents and a few Hounds
ians, took root in the state. They began as na-
to end, as the local authorities just could not
tives to the islands who wanted only to keep
handle the threat level.
their state safe from the troubles the rest of
While the events of Tunes-Apalooza were
the nation suffered. When they started, TRAC
definitely attributed to the use of Bliss and
agents harassed their people and put every-
blamed on the government as not doing
one in danger. Nā ‘Aumākua’s first act was call
enough to keep these drugs under control, the
for the ousting of TRAC authority through a
administration easily skirted the blame to the
series of petitions to President Carpenter.
usual suspects: the youth. Not only had the
Native AMPs then began capturing and rid-
youth been demonized for their general use
ding themselves of dangerous AMPs and
of body enhancements, but also now for their
crimes/destruction rates fell well below 1%.
rampant drug use that put others in danger.
The agency decided their efforts were better
Blame was later shifted toward the unhuman
spent elsewhere. TRAC left only a small office
threat by the UHF, spouting, “These unhuman
behind in case they were ever needed.
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 As the influx of AMPs increased, Nā
‘Aumākua grew as well. Typhoon attempted in-
filtration several times, but were always rooted
out. Nick Czernek of the Seekers of Enlighten-
ment attempted to appeal to Nā ‘Aumākua to
act for the betterment of all AMPs, but they
knew what they were and did not want to in-
teract with the chaos on the main continent.
They found caches and sources of drugs like
Bliss and War Path, and even Clarity, expelling
them, and any dangerous AMPs or members of
anti-AMP groups (like the UHF), from the land.
This created the idea of a perfect utopia for
AMPs. Even anti-AMP groups started spouting
slogans like “Go to Hawaii Already” at their
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rallies, further ingraining this idea into the
public. Soon, AMPs began saving every penny
they could make in hopes of visiting Hawaii
and finally being accepted for being them-
selves. Of course, the island is only so large, so
they could not accept every AMP as a resident.
August 2016
The Big Bang
August 6
The police and fire departments rushed to
LAX, responding to a report of an unhuman
terrorist attack. Witnesses in the busy termi-
nal, unusually high due to the influx of sum-
mer tourists, saw a man standing in the middle
of the main walkway. Most people just passed
him until he began to crackle with electrici-
ty and beams of energy shot out of him. Mo-
ments later, he exploded and brought half
the terminal down with him in seconds. The
ground crumbled and the ceilings collapsed.
The blast vaporized people in his immediate
area, but his shockwave extended above and
below him for hundreds of feet, even reach-
ing out to destroy planes docked outside. It
also created an EMP effect and knocked out
several traffic control towers, causing three
crashes.
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The casualties were staggering, with over
1200 dead and another 400 wounded. TRAC
and the Los Angeles police worked together
to profile the unhuman responsible from re-
coverable video footage and witness accounts.
The discovery pieced together revealed the
terrorist was Dan Schuett, a seemingly normal
citizen with no criminal background. Accord-
ing to family members who spoke with him
earlier that day, it was a normal day for Dan:
he dropped his son off at school and bought
groceries, but instead of returning to his busi-
ness he ran out of his home, he instead set
upon causing a terrible tragedy at LAX. No
one ever uncovered a motive, which makes it
seem like foul play may be involved. Since it
happened so soon after the Aberdeen Massa-
cre, however, many news networks reported
the event with a fearful tone, increasing the
assumed threat level of AMPs.
The AMP Scare
August 11
For too long, the fear of AMPs and the “us
vs. them” attitude was only prevalent on the
streets. The fact that the UHF had a large de-
gree of influence on the government made
it even easier to separate oneself from the
calamity taking place in everyday neighbor-
hoods and cities. As the year progressed, how-
ever, paranoia made its way to Capitol Hill.
Politicians started an investigatory committee
not unlike the times of McCarthy after World
War II. The idea that representatives in Wash-
ington could possibly be AMPs, thus pushing
a hidden unhuman agenda on the back of US
citizens, became all too encompassing.
The president, vice president and entire-
ty of Congress underwent several rounds of
lengthy interviews asking questions like “Are
you secretly an unhuman?” and “Are you har-
boring or associated with unhumans in your
family or community?” Less-convincing sena-
tors had further invasive background search-
es perform, including harassment of their
family and friends and blood tests. Only two
senators, both from the House of Represen-
 tatives, possessed the DNA to become AMPs,
which destroyed any and all political careers
either had built, along with the lives of their
families. The entire process began in June,
came to a head in mid-August and (combined
with the ongoing terrorist attacks) caused the
people to look to TRAC even more for protec-
tion, even from those who were supposed to
represent them.
If the AMP Scare had found nothing, it may
have ended there. The discovery of even just
two unhumans in Washington, however, led to
citizens demanding their governors, mayors and
almost every state official, pastor or fast food
manager to submit to the same invasive treat-
ment, leading to another twenty AMPs outed
from their positions before the end of the year.
Hound Strike Force
August 20
After the embarrassment caused by the
Aberdeen Massacre, TRAC unit suffered a PR
nightmare. The Houndmaster and her Hounds
failed to bring TRAC the public praise they
wanted. Most of the public respect belonged
to the everyday TRAC agents walking the
streets. While TRAC Elite remained on standby
to aid if TRAC couldn’t handle a particularly
strong target, they pulled the Hounds from
active duty to plan for their comeback. During
this time, each of them underwent training to
become assassins, tools for the Houndmaster
to use to kill anyone TRAC required dead.
What followed was a string of deaths and
disappearances of TRAC’s enemies, including
several leaders of the pro-AMP movement, a
handful of politicians and lobbyists on Capitol
Hill and seemingly unimportant people who
were fed to the Houndmaster by the United
Human Front. Loco Diablo’s penchant for ar-
son, Nether’s shadow assassination skills and
Lockjaw’s terrible jaws were all assets used
to kill powerful people all over the world for
months to come.
These assassinations were expertly han-
dled (unlike their more public affairs), with
only a few outlandish accusations launched
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Conspiracy #3 - The
Ones They Didn’t Kill
Plenty of political leaders and activ-
ists were killed during this time, but not
all of them were the Hounds’ doing. The
Matriarch spent the last three months
turning Kairam, the time traveler, from a
scared wimp into a formidable killer in
his own right. Sadly, this also came with
a terrible War Path addiction, making
him a tad irritable. He had not reached
the level of power required to actual-
ly travel through time yet, but he did
exhibit minor time manipulation. This
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was promising for the Matriarch, who
decided to test his abilities by sending
him out on assassination missions. She
hoped to reawaken the raw power he
would possess in the future, and even
wondered if Kairam killing the presi-
dent was by her order. Only time would
tell, but if the future needed to change
to suit her needs, so be it.
in their direction. The protesters had no proof
of the Hounds’ involvement, and pro-TRAC
groups enjoyed shouting them down, as they
reveled in the more hands-on approach the
agency began taking. Their recruitment in-
creased, and they had more boots on the
street in a month than they did in the last six
months. Good thing certain senators who op-
posed increase funding failed to appear be-
fore an Emergency Budget vote.
 The Lion of Africa mutation and death earlier in the year.
The world was on the edge of its seat,
August 25 waiting for every report of the Lion of Afri-
The eyes of the world fell to the Sudanese
ca news organizations could release. Reports
region of Africa in late August. A single man
of families reunited, tyrants eliminated and
called only the Lion of Africa, discovered his
a calm falling over the region became the
powers and decided to use them for a great-
headline every day. It wouldn’t be long before
er purpose. While the US squabbled over
the Sudan would be one of the most peaceful
AMP-legality and the Russians used them as
areas of the world, and it was due to AMPs.
weapons, the Sudan was about to be freed
Many praised the Lion of Africa, using it
from its decades of oppression and death by
as an example of the good that could come
a single AMP. The idea of one man taking on
from incorporating AMPs into society as
warlords and armies and later destroying la-
equals. Most Americans thought, however,
bor camps and death squads seemed lofty at
“What would happen if someone with this
best, but the Lion of Africa was blessed with
much power was ever discovered in the US?”
more power than any other AMP had pos-
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The country had already experienced its own

sessed in their short history. The only other
heartbreak over the death of President Al-
case of an AMP possessing several powers at
dridge, but the idea that a single AMP was
very high measurable levels happened once
capable of overturning an entire region was
in the US in 2015. These results released by
altogether more frightening.
FutureTech called the patient Apex, but the
report showed results of the patient’s utter

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 September 2016
The Trial Begins
September 8
For two months, Conduit sat in an isolation
cell awaiting his day in court, hastily sped up
by a system wanting to make an example out
of him. He entered the courthouse, surrounded
by the media, but he wasn’t allowed to speak
as his captors rushed him past the frenzy of
reporters hoping for a condemning sound bite.
They did make sure to linger on the heavy met-
al gloves Conduit wore to nullify his powers,
however. The camera flashes hurt Conduit’s
eyes, making him grimace, which the media re-
ported as an “angry demeanor.”
The courtroom was still, and the jury, media
and spectators were completely quiet as the
judge read the laundry list of charges against
Jeff Zitomer, aka Conduit. This included domes-
tic terrorism and conspiracy, even aggravated
assault from the initial attacks on his girlfriend
over a year prior to the trial. When asked how
he pleaded, Conduit’s lawyer stood up to an-
swer but was motioned to sit by his client. Con-
duit instead stood up and spoke.
“I plead Not Guilty, your honor,” he said, and
only then did the courtroom erupt with chat-
ter. “Also! I choose to represent myself against
these terrible allegations,” at which point the
judge was forced to call for order due to the
outburst of shock.
The assistant DA stood up and responded,
“Then without further ado, I call Jeff Zitomer
to the stand.”
Conduit’s time on the stand was brutal.
The DA lobbed every wild accusation about
AMPs against him personally, including the
potential for powers to be used to further the
AMP agenda, the terrible terrorist attacks ex-
perienced only a month before and even the
failings of TRAC Elite. Conduit had become
the poster boy for all of AMP-kind. The most
damning, however, was the mention of Ret-
ribution, the new radical AMP group who is
overtly attacking TRAC agents, causing van-
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dalism and destruction and doing it all in the
name of their fearless leader, Conduit. How
could a man who turned his dogs loose upon
the world sit on the stand and insist he was
non-violent?
Regardless of his peaceful, calm and posi-
tive responses, the public at large was already
convinced of his guilt before the trial began.
This was far from the end, however, as the
prosecution was planning series of damning
testimony to come.
A Dream of Chaos
September 9
The morning after Conduit’s first day of tri-
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al, every AMP with the power to see into the
future or past or manipulate dreams awoke
from a terrible nightmare. Rumor of the
dream spread throughout the AMP communi-
ty en masse, until almost everyone had heard
the story, including Saps.
The dream began with a terrible feeling of
dread. Once-historic buildings lay in rubble, not
a person in sight. Many of the tall and once-his-
toric buildings were now rubble. Inside bodies
of dead TRAC agents and bloody monsters lay
strewn among the debris, along with several
innocents just caught in the crossfire. All of a
sudden, the bodies began to burn and so did
the dreamer, until they were turned to ash and
woke up. Not only did this introduce a horrible,
looming future for all of humanity, but also in-
dicated a possible outcome: outright war be-
tween humans and AMPs.
UHF Gadgeteer Vigilante
September 14
The UHF worked for months on anti-AMP
technology, a way to even the odds against
those with powers, and this was their first
phase. A number of their members, no more
than regular humans, were equipped with
special equipment to help them combat the
anti-human element that now permeated the
world. This included specialized body armor
and weapons designed by gearheads.
At a time of heightened fear in the AMP
 community, reports of several of their kind
being eliminated by some sort of vigilante
spread through the Midwest. Stories told of
a single attacker, many suspecting it to be
an AMP with teleportation powers. If they
thought Nether (who now served as a Hound)
was terrible, the vigilante called the Faceless,
named so because the figure’s face appeared
completely blank, was much worse.
Not only did this epidemic spread farther
and wider as the year progressed, but rumor
turned into official reports in the nightly news,
praising the Faceless for his efforts against
the unhuman scourge. The UHF had proven
its point; humans, with the aid of technolo-
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gy, could start taking on AMPs head on. The
organization began walking down the path
of ridding themselves of several of their AMP
members. There was no longer a need to keep
them around, as it only hindered their over-
all mission statement: destroy the unhumans
and ensure humanity remains the dominant
species on Earth.
The only thing left to do is to begin work
on phase two.
Clash of the Titans
September 22
On September 22 came an event that over-
shadowed the Battle of Reno and the Aberdeen
Massacre combined. It rocked the foundation
of the AMP communities and what even Saps
began to expect from their neighbors.
The day began unassumingly enough for
the Seekers and Retribution. The two groups
had found their way to each other yet again,
proving their soft alliance was helpful. Doc-
tor Luminous leaned on Spearfinger’s muscle,
while she in turn asked for more intelligence
from her new comrade. It was a win-win sit-
uation. Then Doctor Luminous received word
that one of the members of TRAC Elite, the
one called Nether, had information on Critter.
Luckily for the Seekers, after a month of
laying low, TRAC Elite has organized a rally
to welcome the group back to the public eye.
The realization of the Lion of Africa, as well as
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the secret deaths of many of their opposers,
made it simple for the group to come back
with open arms. Nether and the other Hounds
had been prepared for the rally, instructed to
be on their best behavior or end up “removed”
from the program (and no one ever left alive).
Unbeknownst to either group, the UHF had
plans to ambush the event. Many of their peo-
ple had been killed, and they suspected it was
TRAC’s doing. Bringing these abominations
back as heroes and idols was a bad idea, and
they had received the order to put it to an end.
They loaded up their heaviest armored trucks
and set upon the rally with mini-guns, rifles
and lots of other gadgets created to take
down AMPs. Even the Faceless vigilante was
on board with the attack.
The scene that followed was far worse than
anyone could have imagined. As the Hounds
went on stage with the mayor of Washington
DC to accept their medals of service and to re-
affirm their positions within TRAC Elite, an ar-
mored truck pulled up. The UHF began firing
on the crowd, first hitting many of the TRAC
agents and then the stage itself, regardless of
who got in the way. They were willing to take
out AMP-lovers and unhumans alike.
Spearfinger arrived with Doctor Luminous,
and cut through several UHF soldiers herself, but
called for a speedy retreat after a sniper gunned
down a few of her people. The Hounds fought
with all their might, attempting to look heroic
for the millions of people watching the rally at
home. Nick Czernek and the original Seekers, also
in attendance, attempted to help the people in
the crowd escape, and were even somewhat suc-
cessful. Doctor Luminous and his squad made a
beeline to the stage to apprehend Nether, nab-
bing him and teleporting away while the other
TRAC Elite members fought the UHF.
The violence continued, Jacob and his
Seekers escaped with Nether, with wisps of
fire, bullets and blood flying through the air.
It left behind a battlefield in the middle of
Washington with dead humans and unhu-
mans, AMPs and TRAC agents, UHF and Retri-
bution members. TRAC reported Nether miss-
ing, while Loco Diablo was dead on the scene.
 It was a tragic day that would have extreme
consequences in the months to come. The
media referred to it as the Clash of the Titans,
using the fanciful imagery to drum up ratings
and overshadow the true horror of the event.
The UHF used their sway to avoid implication,
the attack instead attributed to a different
(and less influential) anti-AMP group who
was more than happy for the press.
October 2016
Upsetting Debates
October 6
The US had experienced so much recent
tragedy, and the people feared electing a weak
president to office for 2017. With October came
the beginning of the official presidential de-
bates between President Travis Carpenter for
the Democrats, Samuel Fokker for the Repub-
licans and Harry Lewis of the New Humanist
party. All parties came out of the gates swing-
ing, each one accusing the other of being weak
on unhuman policy, the biggest topic on the
docket. Carpenter stood firm on his choice to
create TRAC and the implementation of TRAC
Elite, which had just helped to save many lives
during the Clash of the Titans catastrophe.
Fokker appealed more to the conservative
constituents, insinuating that TRAC under the
current president was still too soft and his
decision-making wavered when hundreds
of human lives were on the line. He became
flustered, however, when asked what he would
have done differently; creating a sound bite
destined for endless replay for years to come
“I’d just kill ‘em all.” As much shock as this cre-
ated, there was a significant number in the vot-
ing base who supported that sentiment 100%.
Harry Lewis stayed mostly quiet, and was
actually much more courteous than the other
candidates were. He addressed each question
calmly when giving his views.
“TRAC is a step in the right direction and
I commend the president for having taking
that step. However, it is only one small step in
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the grand scheme of things. If I am elected, I
have plans to expand TRAC beyond what the
president has ‘allowed’ it to grow, because it
provides a vital and irreplaceable service to
the American people.”
When Fokker spoke up (out of turn, of
course) against a government takeover seem-
ingly proposed by the New Humanist Par-
ty, Lewis responded by pointing out that he
and the president had both gone through the
blood tests to prove they weren’t unhumans.
“Why haven’t you taken the test, Mr. Fokker?
Do you have something to hide?”
This statement resonated with the public
to an extreme degree, and even the idea that
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one of the presidential candidates was an AMP
was enough to make Republican poll numbers
drop to almost zero. Not only that, but the cli-
mate of the AMP Scare also ensured Fokker’s
show was stripped from the air, and he became
almost unemployable. When his results came
back (late, due to a paperwork mix-up), he was
not an unhuman after all, but he was forever
tainted in the eyes of the public.
Critter’s Journal Entry #17
October 10
This is all scribbles and probably my last letter.
The hunger has taken me. It is hard to make words.
I stayed in a shelter and seed terrible things on
the TV. Why do they do this to us, to our people?
I couldnt hold it. Six died in my rage, innocents
whos only crime was being near me when I heard
bad news. I have no control anymore.
Im lacking myself away. I don’t know where
Ill go. I barely recognize streets anymore. Its all
blur, but clear I have no trust for me. Maybe they
are right about us? I’m a monster and what if
this is all out fate?
If you read this, my love. Don find me. Take
care of the kids. I cannot face you. If I ever hurt
you... I’m so scared. I try to remember your name,
but cont. I will hold on to the “J” with all my
might, until the day I dy.
The rest of the journal and bits of this page
appear to have been ripped to shreds.
 Terrible Testimony
October 19
The prosecution went to great lengths
drag out the trial. The assistant DA had very
specific instructions to make an example of
this unhuman defendant, and he was deter-
mined to do so. Several witnesses no one ex-
pected were called. Many of Jeff’s old class-
mates and teachers testified at his terrible
behavior and bullying ways. His old buddies
told stories of their petty crime days. His pe-
diatric psychiatrist told the court of his is-
sues with his parents’ divorce at a young age
and his aggressive tendencies. Doctors who
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examined members of Changelings captured
in many raids following Conduit’s arrest tes-
tified of the systematic indoctrination tactics
used to create loyalty from other unhumans.
All of which wildly damaged his credibility.
Though the Clash of the Titans was a
blow to Conduit’s defense, the crippling blow
came from the testimony of a high-rank-
ing member of the US Department of Sci-
ence and Technology, Dr. Shavar Stevens. He
brought to light many of the facts already
known within the AMP community and made
them public knowledge. The Law of Attrac-
tion had caused millions in property dam-
age, and it was not something controllable
like Conduit had claimed in his testimony.
No, it was a biological imperative that took
over an unhuman at random times, making
each into a ticking time bomb no American
would be safe from. Backed by his scientific
results, this witness put the last nail in Con-
duit’s courtroom coffin.
Shavar Stevens was the leader of the
UHF, having actually founded the organiza-
tion from nothing. He recently stepped down
from his position, but still fed information he
found back to his colleagues from within the
US government. Somehow, he knew that de-
feating the system from within was the way
to win the future.
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Silent Halloween
October 31
Unlike Halloween 2015, where AMPs
left their homes to explore a world without
limitations based on how they looked, this
year was quite the opposite. Most AMPs sat
in their homes, watching and debating the
ongoing Conduit trial with heavy hearts. It
was a shame what they were doing to the
obviously peaceful AMP.
For Saps, the AMP Scare also created the
need for more security on the streets to make
sure “the children are kept safe and not at-
tacked by these unhuman freaks,” as spoken
by Samuel Fokker’s replacement on the con-
servative news cycle. The sentiment echoed
through the nation, ending with most Sap
children staying home as well.
Those children who dared leave the
house were indeed treated to their same
candy-stealing ways of previous years, while
young AMPs with horns, claws or mental
powers they couldn’t control stayed indoors
away from intolerable Saps and wandering
TRAC agents looking for someone to shoot. It
was overall a silent and uneventful evening,
unlike what occurred the next morning.
November 2016
All Souls’ Day
November 1
Halloween is the harbinger of the Day of
the Dead, believed to be the day when the
veil between the living and the dead was at
its weakest. As the sun rose so did the spirits
of the dead from their resting places. Those
buried at death gathered in the crowded
graveyard, confused by what was occurring.
The cremated appeared above their urns or
from where their ashes were scattered.
As miraculous as this sounds, it was
frightening for most normal people. Awak-
ening to the sight of one’s dead nana can
 Chapter One: Year Two
scare even the most hardened people. Most people with powers running amuck, but the
people asked their loved ones for informa- dead had returned as well. Could the AMPs
tion of what it was like on the other side. The have received their powers from a higher
ghosts had little recollection of what was re- power? What could this mean for the future?
ally going on after one died, but all of them
seemed relieved to be back in the land of the Election Day
living, even if they were incorporeal.
The day was filled with a collection of dif-
November 8
Election Day arrived and almost every
ferent events. Some people ran through the
American took an interest in politics this
streets, crying to the heavens out of fear or
year. Though Fokker’s name was on the
happiness. Others stayed indoors with their
ballot, no one really expected the Republi-
loved ones to spend time with them as they
can nominee to win after his horrible per-
always hoped they could. Some saw it as a
formance at the debates. The true race was
sign of the apocalypse, while others immedi-
between the incumbent President Carpenter
ately turned to the church to ask forgiveness
and Harry Lewis of the New Humanist Party.
and for possible answers. Heaven had to
There was a concerted effort to keep
have answers, right? Almost every employ-
anyone who looked like an AMP away from
er received a call from their workers saying
the voting booths. Even though their num-
they were “sick,” but it was ok because they
bers were less than 1% of the population,
were “under the weather” as well.
the public saw a threat to voting locations
When the sun set that day, the ghosts dis-
around the country and TRAC was enlisted
appeared into smoke. They left behind more
to stand guard. It was a successful deterrent;
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 most AMPs stayed home as not to be killed School on the Edge
or hauled away by TRAC on trumped-up
charges.
November 15
Nick Czernek had done all he could. His
Every news station reported the numbers
efforts to suppress TRAC and TRAC Elite or to
quickly and it was a landslide win, called
move for the suspension of mandatory blood
even before votes from the West Coast
tests for school fell on deaf ears under the
were even in. The New Humanist Party had
weight of the AMP Scare. He returned home
reached critical mass and won the presi-
to the Donohue School for the Gifted to help
dency, bringing in new ideas and a fresh
prepare for the coming holiday, only to find
perspective the American people craved.
it in utter disarray. Their huge mansion was
Celebrations poured into the streets. Newly
over capacity with kids and teens with su-
elected President Harry Lewis stood before
perpowers, each of them dropped off by par-
his supporters and addressed the nation
ents who either didn’t want them or were
with his acceptance speech.
completely scared out of their mind.
Chapter One: Year Two

All of the Seekers had returned home and

“My fellow Americans, no lon-
stayed under the radar for the last few months.
ger will we be locked in a stalemate
No saving people, no helping the needy, just
with the future. I will lead this nation,
trying to take care of these kids. With every
Democrats and Republicans and New
student arriving with a new and strange pow-
Humanists alike, to a better and more
er, their hands were certainly full. The school’s
prosperous time for the United States
headmaster, Breezy, was having a hard time
of America and all of human-kind.”
keeping track of everything. The biggest prob-
lem was Doctor Luminous, their trusted leader,
had abandoned them months back, also tak-
ing a sizable chunk of their funding. The tui-
tion paid by some parents wasn’t even close
to offsetting the students who showed up in
the night. They were hemorrhaging money
and no one had discovered an AMP with the
power to create food from thin air quite yet.
Czernek had returned, though, and wanted to
make this place as safe as possible. If not for
the Seekers, like Arbiter who had given up her
life to serve, then for the kids.
It was obvious the school would be a tar-
get soon if something didn’t change. TRAC
was always on the lookout for new AMPs and
a mansion with a collection of tents around
it would eventually stand out. Until that day,
all they could do was try.

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 Final Verdict after all in the Chamber, and had him trans-
ferred in secret. His particular power of ener-
November 18 gy and superpower absorption was one the
When it came to his turn, Conduit prompt-
government had particular interest in.
ly stood before the judge and made a shock-
ing statement of having no witnesses to
call. He simply sat and waited for the assis-
tant DA to make his closing arguments. The
December 2016
long-winded speech involved the bombing
at LAX, the Clash of the Titans, the Aberdeen Leaving Earth
Massacre, the Lion of Africa, the introduction
of Bliss to the youth of America and even the
December 11
The people needed the spirit of Christ-
fall of Hollywood, pinning every offense ever
mas and the holidays to bring them a little
made by an AMP on Conduit. One of the jury
happiness while they were still reeling from
even clapped upon its completion, breaking
the ghosts, elections and trials of November.

Chapter One: Year Two

the hush that had taken over the courtroom.
What occurred on the morning of December
Conduit stood for his own closing argu-
10, was a gift to some and a terrible omen
ments. The judge rolled his eyes. The jury was
to others.
a mix of those disgusted to hear his voice and
A group of AMPs calling themselves the
those ignoring him. The cameras followed
Orphans hijacked the airwaves of almost ev-
him as he paced the center of the courtroom,
ery TV in the nation. It was obvious from their
so quiet a dropped pin could be heard. After
appearance some of the Orphans once be-
a long pause, he pursed his lips and finally
longed to the Changelings. Their spokesper-
spoke.
son, a woman with aquatic features named
“There is no defense for me. The prose-
Tidal, delivered a controversial message to
cution talks like I am personally responsible
the world.
for every offense an AMP has made on you
“The treatment of our kind has driven us
so-called normal people. If that’s what you
to find a new way. The new president spoke
need me to be, then I will be that for you.
of a brighter future for America, but many of
This world has been overcome by fear of a
our kind have seen a different future. One
man who only wanted to be left alone. Do I
without us. To that point, myself and the
have powers you don’t? Sure, but who came
rest of the Orphans will be leaving Earth
hunting for who? I went as far as hiding in
at 2 PM tomorrow. We are inviting any AMP
sewers, away from every Sap who could harm
who wishes to come along to meet us at the
me or my friends. But my fear could never be
Gates of the Mountains in Montana.” With
beaten by yours. You win. I hand myself over
that, the TVs returned to normal program-
to you. It is your duty to find me guilty, if only
ming, leaving many normal citizens dumb-
for the children.”
founded. Several AMPs, however, packed in a
The jury came back with a guilty verdict
hurry in order to race to Montana before the
after only five minutes of deliberation. It was
deadline.
the verdict everyone expected, but now it
At the mouth of the river, an AMP glowed
was a reality. Conduit was sentenced to three
with bright golden energy. If asked what
consecutive life terms in a maximum-secu-
leaving Earth meant, the answer was that
rity prison and carried away immediately by
the meaning was quite literal. There would
security officers.
be another world out there for AMPs to in-
As he had served his purpose, leaders of
habit if they only believed hard enough. Each
TRAC decided they may have a use for him
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 leave Earth touched the man and took on a
similar glow. All and all, there was a collec-
tion of about ninety AMPs ready to leave.
When TRAC arrived, they aimed their guns
at the AMPs in preparation for an attack. This
was obviously a ploy to gather AMPs togeth-
er in some sort of army, and leaving Earth
was code for getting rid of humans. The
agents received the order to take down the
AMPs, but before they could pull the trigger
all the AMPs turned into beams of golden
light and shot into sky. They left behind their
packed bags and even the clothes on their
backs, each of which was thoroughly exam-
ined by TRAC scientists to no effect.
Chapter One: Year Two
The Room Left Empty
December 15
The door to the shack shattered as the
Seekers kicked it down, and Doctor Lumi-
nous stepped inside to his horror. The dirty
and mostly destroyed room had multiple
splatters of blood covering the floor, walls
and debris. Nether was only somewhat help-
ful, but it did help him find this shack. She
should have been there.
This was the last of his leads. Doctor Lu-
minous screamed in frustration, and kicked
over the mattress in the corner of the room.
After clearing his mind, he noticed some-
thing through the dust... a journal. Flipping
through the book, he began reading the en-
tries Critter wrote throughout the year while
she’d been gone. Each entry terrified the
Doctor. What could be happening to Critter?
Was there anything he could have done to
prevent this? Who kidnapped her in the first
place?
When he finished reading her final plea
for him to never look for her again, he fell to
the ground and wept. He knew he had been
foolish, left everything behind, put himself in
terrible danger, but it had all been for her.
But if Critter didn’t want to be found, he
knew no new powers were great enough for
them to be together again.
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From that moment, he made a new vow.
Maybe if he could live up to what Critter
wanted from him and the movement they
began together, just maybe she could return
one day and accept his help. With that, the
wayward Seekers returned home to put right
what had gone wrong for so long.
Back from the Grave
December 20
Ghosts became a normal occurrence for
those sensitive to the supernatural. While
not as widespread as on All Soul’s Day, spir-
its had developed a love of returning and
new reports of ghost sightings popping up
at least twice a week.
Something else happened too... cer-
tain people began returning from the dead.
These individuals weren’t ghosts, however;
their spirits left the world of the dead and
returned to their bodies, allowing them to
walk the world of the living once more. Most
people mistrusted claims of immortality, but
was that really any stranger than people
who could fly or phase through walls?
On the morning of December 20, one more
hand reached out of his grave in Mount Cav-
alry Cemetery in Richmond, VA. He crawled
out of the hole and dusted himself off, im-
mediately feeling his body for wounds. The
bullets were all gone and his body healed.
Then someone walked by who noticed him…
“Oh my goodness! Is that President
Aldridge!?!?!”
Rumors of his return circulated afterward,
but were disregarded as the wishful thinking
of more moderate politicians. Tim Aldridge
went into hiding, eventually finding a place
among the homeless until he could eventu-
ally find a new direction for his life. He was
a dead man. What does a dead man do when
he’s no longer dead?
 Conspiracy #4: Critter’s Fate
Few know the truth, but Critter’s fate was not an accident. Her abduction was at
the hands of the Time Traveler was because he needed to get her away from Doctor
Luminous. It was another step in his multi-part plan to save the future. The Doctor
needed to go through his own personal transformation and learn what was really
important, and he couldn’t do that with Critter by his side. In the alternate future, Ja-
cob never truly found his answer and took his and Critter’s life as a result. He grabbed
Critter and placed her in a safe house, just to keep her secluded for a short time, but
got himself killed along the way.
When Doctor Luminous gathered blood samples from Critter’s shack, he discov-
ered she was pregnant! Kairam was friends with the Doctor and Critter in the future
and knew their child would be different, but he calculated wrong and separated the
two too late. The mixture of Doctor Luminous’ and Critter’s blood inside her caused
that began changing her, both physically and mentally.

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Eventually, Jacob would realize his blood is the catalyst for a dark future. The
same blood he had already mixed with the Seeker’s serum given to hundreds of
AMPs out there. If Critter reacted to his blood by developing mutations, what if the
same happened to others?

The Collapse They waited until a day close to Christ-

mas, when their intelligence said only relief
December 28 agents were on duty. With a flurry of energy
Spearfinger had destroyed all of the major
blasts and strategic attacks on key guard lo-
AMP fighting rings (though there were like-
cations, the TRAC agents all fell before the
ly more) and worked hard to kill any TRAC
alarm could even be pulled. Once inside,
presence she could find, but still there came
knowing their powers were useless, Retribu-
more. Her approach to the injustice just
tion packed every corner of the place with
wasn’t working, not that Conduit’s non-vio-
RDX and set it off simultaneously to collapse
lent tactics were any better. The calamity of
the building’s foundation and bring the pris-
the Clash of the Titans made it obvious that
on down.
working with other groups wasn’t viable ei-
Spearfinger stalked the hallways un-
ther, as they were more likely to use Retribu-
til she found the Houndmaster, who threw
tion for their own ends than help AMP-kind
a few choice words at her about the dom-
as a whole.
inance and superiority of humanity. She
One last thing she learned before parting
wasted no time, however, and simply cut
ways with Doctor Luminous, however, was
the life-support system connected to the
the location of a certain prison. One that
abomination. In moments, the Houndmaster
housed dozens of AMPs perfect for her army.
was dead, leaving behind a strange smile.
The Chamber was her next target. The ini-
Spearfinger showed she was a clear choice
tial plan was to take down the facility with
for a new leader, and many AMPs followed
the Seekers, but Spearfinger was good at
her out. That is, of course, except for Conduit
improvisation, and the sheer muscle of her
and Lockjaw. Conduit approached her and
crew could not be discounted. The Seeker’s
attempted to point out the terrible mistake
weaponry was sure to make dealing with any
she had made.
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 “You may think you saved us, but
you’ve buried many others of our kind
in your destruction. Regardless, I’ve
learned the truth of this place. You’ve
doomed the world by releasing the
AMPs here, Spearfinger. They are dead-
ly, dangerous and crazy, and complete-
ly willing to take out their anger on the
people out there, TRAC or no. I hope
you are happy with your decision, but
don’t confuse yourself for a hero. You
just made everything worse.”
She scoffed at his words, but they secretly
resonated with her. As the walls crumbled,
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every AMP held within was released, some
innocent and others imprisoned for a good
reason. What had been done was done, how-
ever, and Retribution left before TRAC rein-
forcements arrived on the scene.
January 2017
Diabolical Chaos
January 10
The AMPs set free from the Chamber
wasted no time. One of them began murder-
ing random people in a nearby grocery store,
while others who had developed strong
bonds while imprisoned worked together
to topple buildings and shoot planes out of
the sky. It only took days for this chaos to
spread to the entire nation. Battles between
some AMPs who considered themselves he-
roes and others out for revenge took place
almost every day in some cities. At each of
these encounters were increasing numbers
of TRAC agents to fight them and hopefully
save innocent lives.
The UHF knew this would happen eventu-
ally, and had already taken precautions. They
had reinforced their facilities with the same
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power-zapping material as the Chamber, and
they pushed their operation into high gear.
Their members were trained and ready, and
they took to the streets to fight against the
AMP threat. The Faceless Vigilante was on
the scene and began training more regular
people to be just like her while waiting for
phase two of their technological plan to be-
come active. Learning how to forge the tools
to fight on par with AMPs was important for
the continuation of the human race.
In the midst of this chaos, the Change-
lings found each other again and seclud-
ed themselves away once again. This time,
however, they would not hide forever. They
knew the time had come to step out of the
shadows and save humanity from the terri-
ble mess it created.
The Seekers had their leader back, and
Doctor Luminous instituted a few chang-
es to the school and their organization. He
had returned to his kinder, more caring self,
much to the amazement of his colleagues.
They had lost a few Seekers along the way,
including Shell who left with the Orphans,
but they would be stronger now because of
the hardships they endured. And maybe one
day, Critter would find her way home.
Typhoon reveled in the chaos, as the Ma-
triarch took steps to ensure the time trav-
eler was contained and safe now that war
had come. She also stepped out of her steel
fortress to approach many of the strongest
criminal AMPs now free from the Chamber to
join her. Of course, they gave the only answer
one could to the Matriarch... Yes.
 New Law of the Land ray of new weaponry and armor (created by
UHF insiders) for TRAC agents. Among these
January 21 weapons was the implantation of five more
On January 16th, President Lewis an-
Houndmasters to control the AMPs still held
nounced his intent to push forth radical
at Camp Lejeune, though this part of the plan
legislation regarding the increased threat
(and many others) were still quite secret.
of AMPs across the nation as his first presi-
The announcement rocked America and
dential act. The obvious danger presented by
split public opinion. The US would become
AMPs like Conduit and several of the recent-
somewhat of a police state, living under the
ly escaped criminals set a terrible precedent
constant threat of AMPs with only TRAC to
on how AMPs should be treated.
protect the citizens, but many also feared
Then came January 21, coincidentally a
the development of an institution with no
day while both the House and Senate were
limits to its influence. Nevertheless, their re-
out of session. President Lewis held many
cruitment was never so bolstered and TRAC
Recess Appointments and signed several
would go on to grow into a new branch of
executive orders, including the Aldridge Act,
the military that served within its own bor-
which provided near-unlimited funding to
ders.
TRAC to expand and protect the people of
America. This included rebuilding the Cham-
Thus ended Year Two, the year of fear.
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 Chapter Two:
In Our Borders
The national response to the assassina-
tion of President Aldridge on January 28 was
swift and, in the view of some, quite harsh.
The government was already walking a fine
line between protection of its citizens and
Chapter Two: In Our Borders
violating their rights (some say it had already
crossed that line) before the emergence of
AMPs, and the death of the President on live
TV pushed an increasingly conservative Con-
gress into action immediately.
The day after the assassination, AMPs be-
came a major topic of conversation in Con-
gress and on all national news networks,
with ultra-conservative news host Samuel
Fokker dedicating an hour special to ranting
about the emergence of AMPs. Within weeks,
they had enacted new laws. Within months,
a new Department of Homeland Security
agency was in place to deal with the “threat.”
Anti-AMP Legislation
Fueled by the hateful ranting of Fok-
ker’s extremely vocal followers, conservative
members of Congress introduced multiple
pieces of anti-AMP legislation in the days
following the death of President Aldridge.
More liberal members of Congress recog-
nized they needed to do something, but
stopped short of calling for specific laws tar-
geting only a small subset of the citizenship.
As the anti-AMP fervor surged rapidly,
the press also rallied alongside those liber-
al members of Congress. The American Civil
Liberties Union stepped up and led the op-
position to the hatred. The ACLU made it very
clear that they were not opposing honest and
legal methods of preventing criminal AMPs
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from harming others, but were concerned
with the rhetoric coming from various sen-
ators, representatives, and television talking
heads aimed at imprisoning AMPs without
trial. The Southern Poverty Law Center soon
lent their voice as well, mainly due to rising
activities of anti-AMP militia groups in the
South and around the country.
This rising tide of pro-AMP sentiment
caused the anti-AMP contingent to regroup
and adjust their tactics. A secret meeting be-
tween the sitting President Carpenter and
key conservative leaders in Congress (in bed
with the UHF) took place where the presi-
dent revealed his plans for a new agency
within the Department of Homeland Securi-
ty called the Federal Tactical Response and
Containment Agency (TRAC). This new agency
would be a public face for the American fight
against AMPs, but there would be aspects of
TRAC’s operations the public would not and
could not ever know. For now, the president
advised the leaders to dial back their rhet-
oric and work with the other side to create
laws the American public could accept.
The day after the meeting, Senator Bed-
ford Hicks of Tennessee introduced legislation
that called for strong crackdowns on all AMPs
who were known criminals, with no language
in the bill about non-criminal AMPs. This was a
step back in rhetoric, just as the president had
asked for. Somewhat taken aback by the sudden
change of direction, the opposition congratulat-
ed Hicks and his fellow conservatives on seeing
the light and taking steps to ensure AMPs who
had done nothing wrong were neither prose-
cuted nor persecuted. The bill sailed through
the Senate and the House with only minor
 squabbles and, despite some mistrust from the
ACLU and a few other liberal organizations, the
Criminal AMP Detainment and Enforcement act
– CADE – was signed into law almost immedi-
ately to help calm the American people.
Camp Lejeune
At its heart, CADE allowed the imprison-
ment of known or suspected criminal AMPs
in an ultra-secure military installation at the
US Marine’s Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.
These criminal AMPs, though denied bail, could
still receive council; any religious beliefs they
held would not be suppressed or denied, but
they were ultimately assumed guilty until in-
vestigators proved their innocence. The ACLU
and other civil liberties groups lambasted this
stance, but the majority of Americans seemed
satisfied that they only detained the “bad guys”
and didn’t seem to mind that due process was
denied the inmates.
Camp Lejeune, of course, was but the first
step in the government’s plans against AMPs.
They had lined many of the cells built within
the facility with materials brought over from
the Chamber, which dulled an AMP’s powers
while being held. It didn’t take long before
one detainee turned into three and later into
ten, each new AMP adding to their unpredict-
ability. On top of that, news cameras were
onsite almost constantly, with reporters ask-
ing for information on their latest catch or
what the future plans were for detainees.
Soon, President Travis Carpenter moved
forward with his plans for TRAC. To over-
see the detainment facility at Camp Le-
jeune and to track down known criminal
AMPs, the President developed orders for
this new agency to also act as a watchdog
group, keeping track of suspected criminal
AMPs and patrolling neighborhoods in case
threats popped up unexpectedly. What the
public – and indeed most of the members of
Congress – were not told is that TRAC would
go far beyond merely watching and detain-
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ing criminal AMPs. Their true purpose was to
round up all known AMPs by any means nec-
essary and ensure that AMPs were no danger
to the human race nor America in general.
On March 28, just two months after the
assassination of President Aldridge, Presi-
dent Carpenter held a press conference to
announce TRAC was formally in operation,
and sending hundreds of TRAC agents into
the neighborhoods of everyday Americans to
keep them safe and secure. He also officially
announced his intention to run for President
in the upcoming election, stating his an-
Chapter Two: In Our Borders
ti-criminal AMP platform to be his top priority.
Unaware of the president’s full aims and ac-
tions, and thinking he was being too soft on the
danger posed by all AMPs, conservative celeb-
rity Samuel Fokker announced his intentions
to enter the Presidential race as well, running
on a platform of unapologetic AMP hatred.
TRAC
The Federal Tactical response and Con-
tainment Agency (TRAC) became a new
subset of the Department of Homeland
Security, headquartered at the Marine base
Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. The agen-
cy oversees daily, constant monitoring of
all currently known AMPs, using traditional
methods of tailing and following, as well as
modern electronic surveillance, Internet ac-
tivity monitoring and tracing/tapping voice
communications. In addition, TRAC operates
ARC – the AMP Retention Center – on the
base, serving as both capture specialists and
guard for their detainees.
The Marines at the base have a strange
relationship to their new bedfellows. The sol-
diers are aware of TRAC’s mission and over-
all agree with it, but most of them can’t help
smelling something fishy. Their command-
ing officers have ordered them to stay out of
TRAC’s domain and leave policing the AMPs
to the professionals, but the marines know
they’ll be called in as backup sooner or later.
 As most TRAC agent were pulled from other
branches of the military at first, they sought
comfort from their brothers and sisters they
previously served with, each of them assur-
ing nothing strange was going on. Of course,
only the higher-ups really knew the truth.
Andrew Harter, Director of TRAC, had been
involved in the government’s facility in Reno
codenamed The Chamber, serving as Senior
Intelligence Officer to Captain William Trom-
melen who still runs the prison. With TRAC
being an official and public agency now, Har-
ter convinced the president to move most of
Chapter Two: In Our Borders
The Chamber’s functions to the new facility
at Camp Lejeune. The technology developed
there proved to be invaluable for the new
location, but the two are very different. The
Chamber still exists as an ultra-top secret
laboratory, whereas ARC is an ultra-secure
prison and nothing more.
TRAC Agents
Also known as TRACers (pronounced
“trackers”), they are the primary field opera-
tion agents for TRAC. At a glance, most Amer-
icans would assume a TRAC agent was a uni-
formed field operative or heavily-armored
SWAT unit, even though most of the first par-
ticipants in the program were from the mili-
tary. As months went by, however, the agency
picked up more volunteers with little to no
military or combat experience, which creat-
ed a reliance on their high-tech equipment.
On the surface, all TRACers look alike in their
uniform, but experiences vary based on who
wears it. Agents receive a certain amount of
training to make them capable in the field,
but some are more capable than others are.
The majority of TRAC’s initial equipment is
standard military-grade weapons and tech-
nology. While several new weapons were
under development at The Chamber, for the
most part TRAC field agents were initially
outfitted similarly to FBI or ATF field agents.
As their numbers grew, the agents with the
most seniority and training transferred to the
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Chamber, to act as highly paid prison guards for
the world’s worst AMPs the nation didn’t even
know about. Most jumped at the chance, while
those who refused were silenced in one way
or another. Knowledge of the Chamber was
tightly controlled, so only a few trusted parties
could know its location and happenings.
There are several field officers spread
all over the US, with more popping up each
month as the AMP threat rises and volunteers
roll in. The head of each field office reports
to Commissioner Andrew Harter. Each field
office has an office staff of two or three dozen
individuals, ranging from clerical assistants
and receptionists to regional intelligence
analysts. In addition to the office staff, each
office has about a dozen field agents on con-
stant standby for an AMP attack. Local and
state police and National Guard are on stand-
by and have standing instructions to respond
immediately to assist if TRAC puts up an alert.
Project Hound
Immediately after the official announce-
ment of TRAC, Captain Trommelen and Director
Harter ordered the creation of a special unit
within TRAC that most were unaware of for
some time. The new unit needed someone very
special to lead it, and after putting several can-
didates through rigorous physical and mental
evaluations, they were confident Michael Roe-
bling was the right person for the job.
Full details of Project Hound were revealed
to Roebling shortly after signing the NDA,
DNR and all other manner of confidentiality
forms. He was to be sent to The Chamber to
undergo experimental cybernetic surgery to
graft implants to his body, in hopes of creat-
ing a way to control the emergent AMPs. They
had already attempted the procedure several
times already, with no survivors to date, and
though the surgery was touch-and-go, in the
end Roebling came through and the Director
couldn’t have been happier with the result.
He was connected to tubes, wires and ma-
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 chines, each on used to keep him alive. While VV The Lance: Caught playing vigilante,
Michael Roebling could walk around his room, his healing ability makes sure the other
exercise normally and function relative- Hounds return to their master
ly normally, if he ever left the comfort of the VV Radiant: She is a hostile young woman
Chamber and his room, he would die. What he with flight and the ability to glow, making
gained from this procedure, was a connection her a great scout.
to AMP Control Collars (ACC) placed on each
VV Lockjaw: Arrested along with Conduit of
AMP within the Chamber’s prison system. The
the Changelings, Lockjaw makes up the
ACC is a device that fits around the neck of
primary muscle of the Hounds.
an individual and completely suppresses the
AMP’s own mental cognition, effectively turn-
These five were affixed with fitted
ing them into living automatons under the
semi-permanent collars around their neck
control of the Houndmaster. The Hound’s own
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and were then pushed forward to “serve the

consciousness is still present but cannot ex-
public.” If any of the five ever didn’t make it
ert control, effectively viewing their world as
back alive, there is a pool of other AMPs who
a nightmare they cannot wake from. With a
would serve whether they wanted to or not.
thought, regardless of their distance from him,
Their first public success against the AMP
he could see through their eyes, hear with their
Vigil was a wonderful example of how the
ears and control their every movement. With
Houndmaster program would work. They
around fifty AMPs in the prison, he became an
were able to capture a number of several
almost omniscient presence for any AMP with
other AMPs, including a man with wings who
the unfortunate luck to be at his command.
claimed he could see the future, a martial
Upon recovering fully from the surgery, Roe-
artist who manipulated luck and the leader
bling became known as the Houndmaster and
of a terrible street gang with ice powers. All
went about getting to know his Hounds.
of this prompted hundreds of thousands into
The Hounds would go on to become a very
additional research and development, which
public face of TRAC called TRAC Elite, using
could only lead to growth of the program…
the power of the controlled AMPs to take
despite the inevitable failure of the Chamber
down others. Of course, none of the Hounds
at the hands of Retribution at the end of 2016.
were volunteers, but it was up to Michael
Roebling to choose the few who were most
willing to play nice with him. A Hound who
resisted too much was of no use, because it
Phase One
would exhaust his mental powers over them The UHF has put a lot of plans into place
after a short time, but the AMP also had to since its inception, which was all a part of what
have the skill to handle themselves in field. they called Phase One. Their first was going
From the various candidates available, the down a political path, immediately gaining
Houndmaster chose five special members: the favor of prominent members of the Senate
VV Loco Diablo: A fire blaster, picked up af- and House of Representatives and eventually
ter several arson attempts and bad street to the president himself. Of course, President
performances Aldridge was then assassinated, which meant
they needed to dig even deeper in order to in-
VV Nether: A shadow manipulator who was
grain their cause into the very fabric of America.
a menace to AMPs already. He was all too
Bringing the term ‘unhuman’ into the everyday
willing to join the team if it meant killing
vernacular of the average American helped the
AMPs, though he asked for protection of
propaganda they spewed and fueled the ha-
his children in return.
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 met one in their lives. The group also started
assimilating a variety of other militia groups
into itself, growing bigger and bigger.
The second part of Phase One was con-
tinued genetic research. Getting their hands
on the several AMP blood samples and exam-
ining the differences in DNA, UHF scientists
began experimenting on their brave, self-sac-
rificing soldiers, attempting to find a way for
humanity to compete without changing the
very fabric of what it meant to be human.
Through many attempts, they brought a lucky
few humans into a state of more-than-human,
enhanced with several kinds of animal DNA.
This level of genetic tampering became the
norm for UHF’s highest-ranking members, but
not everyone survived the process.
The final part of Phase One, which was by
far the biggest success, was the Faceless Ini-
tiative. By using advanced technology cooked
up by their brightest minds, they were able to
not only enhance existing weapons and muni-
tions, but also create brand new contraptions
and gadgets specifically designed to give so-
called Saps an edge against their unhuman
aggressors. The first candidate for the Face-
less Initiative was a highly trained ex-special
forces agent, Bridgett Carlson, who donned a
uniform with specially crafted armor, blades
and a mask that hides her identity, even the
fact that she was a woman since her clothes
were bulky enough to conceal her gender.
She began a forward assault on AMPs, killing
them in cold blood regardless of the number
of witnesses there were, and the people her-
alded the Faceless as a hero of the people.
“The Faceless represents us all. He
doesn’t have a face, because it wears
the face for all of us, because it is us.
He’s going out there and showing those
unhuman bastards that humanity’s not
going to just sit back and take it. We’ll
give it back just as hard.”
- Senator Jarad Marsh (R - MS)
Once the Faceless Initiative proved to be a
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hit, identical uniforms were created and hand-
ed to other heroic members of the United Hu-
man Front. All over the country, sightings of
the Faceless popped up, giving the people in
every state something to get behind. Two of
the Faceless could never operate at the exact
same time, so the illusion of there only being
a single vigilante remained strong in the con-
sciousness of the American people.
Existence of Spirits
Chapter Two: In Our Borders
There was no single event that left the world
baffled more than that of All Souls’ Day 2016.
For a single day, thousands of spirits appeared
to their loved ones to reveal secrets, haunt them
or even just to chat. Their appearance was over
as quickly as it stated, but left some people with
the ability to see those spirits who stuck around
or those of the freshly dead.
All Souls’’ Day brought up a lot of philo-
sophical questions for humanity. If their truly
was an afterlife, if ghosts really existed, then
do people really have souls? For AMPs, it be-
came a question of whether their powers came
from a higher source, as the existence of ghosts
logically spoke to the existence of magic and
the paranormal. What of vampires, werewolves
and the like, were those real as well, or were
ghosts the only glimpse the world would re-
ceive of the supernatural. One thing was defi-
nitely true… from that day forth fewer people
called others quacks for their belief in magic.
AMPs began seeking answers to these
questions, and science was not going to suf-
fice. A small religion began to spread through
the AMP community, speaking of a level of
consciousness an AMP could hope to achieve
to find true answers to their nature of their
existence and where their soul goes when
they die. It was a chilling revelation that not
a single ghost encountered was of an AMP
who had passed on. Finding the existence of
a single psychic communication wavelength
all AMPs could enjoy was but one of their
revelations. More would come with time.
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 Spread of Typhoon
Typhoon came to prominence in August of
the previous year. Led by Rhiannon Carneski,
aka The Matriarch, Typhoon became a force
of organized crime, quickly taking over nearly
half of all organized crime in the country. For
Typhoon and The Matriarch, their motivation
was not equality for AMPs, not even AMP dom-
inance over normal humans, but pure greed
and desire for an empire over all who were
not Typhoon. Efforts by law enforcement to
rid the streets drugs (new and old) ramped up
August, Typhoon sent yet another shipment
of War Path to Hawaii, coming ashore from a
boat on a less populated part of Oahu and
the Nā ‘Aumākua knew about it. What resulted
was a huge battle at the docks that caused
massive damage from flooding and fire to the
small neighborhood nearby. Evidence of this
battle was swept under the rug and blamed
on a freak storm hitting the coast.
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as reports of hostile AMPs grew, but Typhoon
had people in both the state government and
Response
police subtly redirecting attention away from
As the government created both a public
their distribution source.
and secret response to the AMP threat, put-
Typhoon was less active during 2016;
ting on one face for everyday citizens and
there were fewer news reports about their
another in private, individual states and terri-
members than most of the other active
tories forged ahead with their own responses
groups like Retribution and the UHF. Tak-
– some of which are clearly unconstitution-
ing advantage of the increasing chaos in
al and others are downright confrontational.
the country, Typhoon spread their tentacles
In addition to the responses throughout the
deeper into the organized crime families
United States from various local governments,
and infiltrated governments, which became
several militia organizations rose to the fore-
harder once those governments instituted
front, spurred on by the United Human Front.
mandatory blood tests nationwide. Any drug
These groups turned their attention from an-
produced by Typhoon had a hint of AMP DNA
ti-government and anti-immigrant rhetoric
in it, making anyone who took come up with
into anti-AMP movements.
a positive result, whether they were an AMP
or not. It wasn’t long, however, until the Ma-
triarch had irrefutable evidence about Proj-
ect Hound and the Chamber. She debated
Northeast
leaking this information, but knew it would
be better to hold onto it for if she found her- Vermont
self in a tight situation. It came as no surprise the one area of
Typhoon’s main enemy to arise in this new the US that was almost universally in sup-
year was the Nā ‘Aumākua in Hawaii. Having port of AMP rights was the northeast with
seen how War Path devastated entire com- Massachusetts, New York, and Vermont being
munities, the Nā ‘Aumākua considered it one the most vocal. Vermont was the first state
of their primary goals to keep the drug (and to pass an AMP Equality law, guaranteeing
others like it) out of their state. Typhoon fo- AMPs in Vermont would be free from perse-
cused on trying to push their drugs and their cution and illegal prosecution. The governor
tentacles into New Hollywood specifically, signed the AMP Equality law just three days
but the Nā ‘Aumākua were even more adept after the formation of TRAC in direct re-
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 states in the region passed similar laws.
It was from this state, specifically Milton,
Vermont, that Blue Wing came to be. A new
adult, Olga Camacho woke up to a hellish dis-
covery as all of her hair had fallen out in the
night. Over the course of the next few days,
she lost all of her body hair bit by bit, until
the day came that then her skin began to peel
away, revealing a blue flame energy beneath.
She ran away from home shortly after - or
rather flew away as she discovered she could.
Her very touch seemed to heal others as well,
but she needed no such thing. Nothing could
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damage her, as her body was mostly intangi-
ble. Olga had a new path ahead and knew she
couldn’t return to her old life. Taking on the
name Blue Wing, she simply wandered the
world hoping to one day find her destiny and
why this happened to her.
Maine
Of course, the controversy of Critter’s
disappearance was startling to the Seek-
ers of Enlightenment, and they undertook a
new mission to track her down. There were
others, however, deeply affected by her go-
ing missing, namely her family. The Winters’
brood was expecting Stacie for the holidays.
Critter’s Last Message
The new focus of Doctor Luminous’
branch of the Seekers was on finding
what happened to Critter. She went
missing on her way to visit her fam-
ily in Maine. The last communication
from her was a text she sent to Se-
gal on January 8 as she was chang-
ing trains in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
– “Boarding the next train. Hopefully
I don’t have to sit beside drunk gram-
ma like on the last one! LOL!” The only
thing they knew for sure was that Crit-
ter never got on the next train; she
simply vanished somewhere inside
Pittsburgh Union Station.
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While she did not arrive… someone else did.
In the doorway stood a young, but hard-
ened figure who called himself Kairam. He
greeted Critter’s mother, father and sisters,
as well as extend family, but made it clear
he was not there for pleasantries. With the
Winters sat around him, he relayed:
“I know you were waiting for Stacie to
come and this was always one of her fa-
vorite places. She has, sadly, died recent-
ly. She is one of my dearest friends, and
this news… I had to come in her place to
let you know. But I want to give you this;
it was the last thing she gave me. Will
you hold it here for safe keeping?”
What he handed to the Winters was some
kind of a wand or cane with an ornate E carved
into his metallic surface Kairam said stood for
enlightenment. It was obviously a relic of the
future to anyone else, but the Winters weren’t
known for their technical know-how. It was
shortly after dropping this device off that Kai-
ram traveled to assassinate the president, but
what purpose did this device have?
Strangely, the Winters also started receiv-
ing more guests as 2016 continued. Not only
had the Seekers missed Critter, but also so
did any other AMP who had met her. Making
a trip up to the ranch where the first AMP
grew up became a weird tradition that many
AMPs starting undertaking. Enough good
will could possibly bring her back, right?
New Jersey
The Seekers attempted for months to fight
the growing tide of hatred toward AMPs with
acts of heroism, but were not able to make
much of a dent in public opinion. After the dust
cleared from most states instituting their own
mandates about the treatment of AMPs, one
other name came to mind as a heroic figure. A
hero calling himself Sigmund (nobody knew
if this was his real name) began popping up
during some of the worst crimes of the year,
only to stop them without much difficulty.
 There was the incident with hostage situ-
ation over someone losing their job, but Sig-
mund was able to go in single-handed and
bring the criminal out to the police. Of course,
his elastic arms saved that bus full of children
just in the nick of time as well. Many wondered
how Sigmund was able to handle so many of
these issues in the city and Jersey’s top journal-
ists started looking into him. After finding out
who he was through facial scans, it turned out
their hero was just a lowly mechanic. One who
knew the hostage taker he stopped and sold
him the gun, as well as the one who had done
repairs to the bus just earlier that same day.
Sigmund was outed as a manufactured
hero, an AMP staging accidents so he could
swoop in and save the day. He attempted a few
more ploys, but was recorded by a YouTuber
and mocked internationally. This did no good
for the pro-AMP lobby. Comments on the You-
Tube video all followed the same trend - peo-
ple willing to put children at risk or talk a man
into taking the lives of his coworkers are sick
and should be put down. Sigmund’s example
was yet another unfortunate event Conduit
took the ultimate blame for during his trial.
New York
Surprisingly, the arrival of AMPs meant
an economic boon for New York. Many of the
movie and music studios once found only in
California relocated to either Hawaii or New
York. With the state’s no-nonsense, AMP-ac-
cepting laws on the books, it made it easy to
go to the state without fear of blatant an-
ti-AMP aggression. It actually became more
of a battle between NYPD, who was there to
protect all people, and TRAC, who felt the
need to single out AMPs specifically. There
weren’t firefights in the streets, as both
agencies were there to keep the peace, but
the two organizations began getting in each
other’s way as much as possible.
The vast majority of movies filmed in
2016 took place in New York, from profes-
sional studios to indie productions. It be-
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came the best place for people to get dis-
covered for their AMP skills. One AMP named
Citizen Arcane began filming a short series
of YouTube videos for his fans, while another
named Bot became the first AMP to direct,
star in and be his own crew on the set of a
movie, since he could control machines. An-
other AMP calling herself Nymph was outed
on the runway of Versace fashion show, and
became a worldwide name within days.
It seemed like everything as looking up for
New York and there would be no end to the
prosperity experienced in the state. That was,
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until Conduit was arrested. When this hap-
pened, an unspoken hostility began boiling
beneath the surface. When Conduit was found
guilty and sent to prison for domestic terror-
ism, riots erupted all over the state. There
was outright violence in New York with AMPs
using their powers to their fullest extent and
TRAC and the NYPD putting aside their differ-
ences in a united front against the unhumans.
New York began the process of reversing
all of its pro-AMP legislation and then at the
end of 2016, the state was flooded with hun-
dreds of criminal AMPs. They banded togeth-
er in weird cliques, seeming led by members
of the group called Retribution. A war was on
the horizon which would go on to destroy all
the good the state had done up to that point.
South
Georgia
The South is traditionally a hotbed of racism
and bigotry towards those deemed different.
This is also where many AMPs found themselves
after following the call of the Changelings. The
group always did their best to stay away from
Saps, but Georgia became the first state to pass
anti-AMP legislation. The law required all AMPs
to register with the state and be issued a formal
ID, also prohibiting them from owning firearms,
gathering in groups of three or more or holding
public office (far before the rest of the country
 caught up).
This made the Changelings a target, since
they had nearly 100 members at their max.
Once law enforcement and TRAC learned of
their existence, the state of Georgia declared
the Changelings to be outlaws and issued a
warrant for the arrest of their leader, Conduit,
which led to his arrest, the fracturing of the
group, and Conduit’s eventual trial. Several
members of the Changelings have gone on
to turn themselves in, but other members
are attempting to rebuild. Their future is ten-
uous, especially if Conduit does not return to
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lead them into the coming chaos.
South Carolina
The conflict from Georgia spilled over
into surrounding states as militant AMPs in
Tennessee, Alabama, and South Carolina took
the fight to the Saps, creating a new group
called Retribution. Open fighting between
TRAC and Retribution overtook the streets
and governors called the National Guard
on several occasions throughout the year to
protect key government buildings and aid
state police in tracking down the ringleaders
of the various factions.
The blood in the street died down after a
few months, as Retribution gained more of a
foothold on the region and the group’s leader,
Spearfinger, claimed South Carolina as their
home. If they ever stayed in one place, the
AMPs would have been defeated, but she had
learned from the Changelings’ mistake. Their
crew remained nomadic, so TRAC and those
they serve would never know what hit them.
Alabama
As soon as people with power were discov-
ered, the underground fighting circuit decided
to make a spectacle of this new breed. At first, it
was one pet AMP who won almost every match
and no one knew why they were unbeatable.
As AMPs became more commonplace, however,
the number of cage fighters and the call for
more and varied fighters increased.
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Going by the name the Purple Ring, in-
vites to these secret cage fights spread all
over the South, but especially in Alabama.
Many of the criminals made deals with local
militia (and even a few corrupt TRAC agents)
to have captured AMPs delivered to the fight-
ing rings instead of to Camp Lejeune. Videos
of these vicious battles began to surface on
popular Internet sites depicting brutal cage
fights between the AMPs. The videos gave no
indication of the location of the fights, but
comments by the video uploader indicat-
ed they were happening somewhere in the
South. In the matches, a masked MC calling
himself Smoke announced the participants
and “The Rule” – all powers were legal inside
the ring, but none allowed outside of it. The
videos quickly garnered thousands of views
each, and comments left indicated about a
50/50 split between rabid appreciation and
abject hatred for the bloodsport. In late Au-
gust, the first death occurred in one of the
fights, and the unedited video was uploaded.
Retribution set out to eradicate this group,
and even took down some of the major loca-
tions, but the Purple Ring continues.
Great Lakes
Indiana
The Great Lakes region pulled strong for
AMP rights. At the same time, in the interest
of self-protection, this was the site of secret
blood testing at hospitals and schools. All
public schools began having blood draws
under the guise of testing for communica-
ble disease and an increased push for vacci-
nations. On May 9, a family in Gary, Indiana
challenged the blood testing of their children
by the school nurse and discovered the real
reason for the testing – the school was keep-
ing a secret list of any children who tested
positive for the AMP gene, and this informa-
tion was being passed on to city and county
governments. The family contacted the ACLU
 who soon slapped the school district with a
lawsuit. Within days, other instances in every
Great Lakes state came to light, and more
lawsuits were filed. Pro-AMP politicians intro-
duced legislation outlawing the illegal blood
testing for signs of AMP genetics, but in every
state except Minnesota the legislation failed
due to lack of enough support. Opponents
of these efforts created their own bills that
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made blood tests mandatory and completely
legal, which passed easily. The new law pre-
vented the names of those who tested pos-
itive from being publicly revealed, but that
doesn’t mean this didn’t happen.
On November 16, an anonymous leak re-
vealed the names of over seventy-five of
these children, some tested at birth and oth-
ers at school. Two days later, Cindy Williams,
an eighth grade girl in Lundee, Indiana, whose
name had been leaked, was found beaten and
hanged in her school gymnasium. A note
pinned to Cindy’s clothing had the
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words “All freaks die!” written
in her own blood. The cor-
oner’s report revealed Cin-
dy’s test was a false positive, but
this was never made public.
Michigan
Many know Detroit as the Mo-
tor City or the home of Motown,
but today it is a city struggling with
an economic blight that has forced
several from their homes, businesses
to close and promoted a bleak atmosphere.
Crime rates have steadily risen for years as
fewer jobs are available, forcing the residents
to turn to other means to survive. That is, until
they heard the news of Africa.
A young man by the name of Jerry Groce,
having just turned 18-years
old, had been follow-
ing the story of
the Lion of Af-
rica, who had
been cleaning
up the Sudan.
He looked at
the newspa-
per clippings
talking about
his only real
claim to fame
as the Brick
Bandit, but
 suddenly wanted something more. His home
was not his home anymore; it was a desolate
wasteland that he intended to fix.
Shortening his name to just Bandit, Jer-
ry gathered his own gang of other young,
like-minded Detroit natives to promote
change. They were amazed when he touched
an old, rundown home only to see the shat-
tered doors reform, holes in the walls and
foundation mend and a brand new house
stood before them in minutes. As America’s
gaze stayed firmly on the presidential race,
internal issues like the Siren and the trail of
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drowning and made sure fishing was plentiful,
but no one has ever truly seen such a spirit.
Rashar never leave the comfort of the lake,
feeling completely at peace and ignoring the
world outside and the chaos that is on the way.
Great Plains
Oklahoma
The Great Plains states are an interesting
mix of conservative social values and strong-

Jeff “Conduit” Zitomer, very few news reports willed libertarianism, and this mix made for
followed the small, unnamed crew trying one of the least uniform regional responses
to improve their hometown. It wasn’t until to the emergence of the AMPs. The strong
Eminem mentioned the Bandit in one of his presence of the Seekers of Enlightenment
songs that people started to notice and the in Oklahoma went on to sway the normally
response was wholly positive. conservative state into accepting AMPs who
were not criminals or overt threats. Their
home state was one of the few places their
Lake Erie ultra-heroic deeds resonated with the peo-
For much of 2016, most AMPs just need to
ple to create an accepting place… or at least
find a way to get away from the overbearing
small pockets of safety.
fear others have of their kind. This is definite-
However, Oklahoma’s stance began to
ly true for a young man named Rashar, who
change after the Seekers changed their fo-
belongs to a family in Ohio who were part of
cus from being diplomats to avengers. With-
a militant anti-AMP group. His family didn’t
in weeks of Doctor Luminous’ change, the
know the truth about of their own, of course,
Seekers became more proactive in hunting
and he was not going to let them, but he also
down those who hurt or killed AMPs. They
just couldn’t take it in his home anymore.
did whatever they could to find their lost
During a school trip to Niagara Falls, he
comrade, Critter. For months, the Seekers
feigned an accident. While posing silly with
chased false lead after false lead, often lead-
other students in front of falls, he pretended
ing them into conflict with various factions
to trip and fall into the crushing waters be-
of the UHF and Typhoon. Doctor Luminous
low. Instead, however, upon hitting the water,
even teamed up with Retribution, a group
his gills opened and he let the power of the
the other Seekers would find detestable, as
waves flow through him until he turned into
a means to an end. Blinded by his hatred, he
water itself. His family mourned his loss, but
steered many of the group the wrong way.
used the excuse of his death to even further
During that time, the more peaceful mem-
devote themselves to their cause instead of
bers of the Seekers back in Oklahoma con-
think about their hurt.
tinued to do their best to aid AMPs in need.
While most think him to be gone, Rashar
They began to advocate for AMP rights, espe-
instead flowed with the natural currents until
cially in light of the rising tide of anti-AMP
he reached Lake Erie where he made his new
sentiment. Their aims were skewed, however,
home. Those who visit the lake whisper about
by other members of the Seekers who took
the spirit of the lake who has saved many from
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 heart and took the fight – literally – to the an-
ti-AMP factions within the state of Oklahoma.
Numerous firefights and brawls took place
throughout the state as the summer slid into
fall. All of this on top of managing a school
was tough to handle, and yet their teachers
hold it together until Doctor Luminous re-
turns to the fold to hopefully guide the Seek-
ers of Enlightenment closer to their goals.
North Dakota
A lot of folks looking for a new life ar-
rived in the Bakken oil fields North Dakota,
and AMPs were no exception. Most of the
crews asked few, if any, questions, and the
influx of employees left the already taxed
local and state police too busy to focus on
AMPs who kept their powers under wraps.
Unfortunately, this also brought in criminals
of all types, each one hoping to profit off
the downtrodden, including human traffick-
ers and War Path dealers. On March 14, an
AMP named Jonathon Longmire showed up
for work on an oil rig near Wheelock, North
Dakota high on War Path. When the supervi-
sor demanded Longmire leave the work site,
the drugged-up AMP became enraged, went
on a rampage and killed six co-workers. The
result was nineteen wounded attempting to
escape the oil rig, which was destroyed. This
also caused a spillage of several thousand
gallons of crude oil. Longmire eluded the
state police and TRAC agents were at a loss.
Some suspected Longmire had ways to hide
his location, either through invisibility or ne-
gating his energy signature altogether. He is
now on TRAC Elite’s Top 10 Most Wanted list.
The death and destruction wreaked by
Longmire caused an almost immediate back-
lash against AMPs in the Bakken region (con-
sisting of northeastern Montana, western
North Dakota, extreme northwestern South
Dakota and parts of southern Saskatchewan,
Canada), resulting in oil companies imme-
diately terminating the employment of all
known AMPs. On May 4, the North Dakota
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state legislature passed a measure banning
all AMPs from the state – any AMPs caught
in the state would be escorted to the nearest
state line and sent across.
Talk about the Longmire Incident spread
almost everywhere in the nation as a horror
story about AMPs and their increased dan-
ger when on drugs. Several lighter-heart-
ed infomercials were released shortly after
teaching kids to stay off drugs using the line
“Or you may turn into an AMP and this might
happen,” followed by TRAC agents dragging
the user away. It was absurd, obviously, but
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many now believe that drugs can turn their
families into horrible monsters.
Iowa
In Iowa, two massive footprints were dis-
covered near Larchwood. The prints matched
the prints found the previous year near Fair-
field, 350 miles southeast of Larchwood.
The residents expected the worst follow-
ing many of the terrible events which had
occurred since AMPs were discovered. They
begged the governor to send in the Nation-
al Guard to help TRAC protect them, but the
governor refused. On July 29, a man doing
some night fishing at Fisher Grove State Park
in northeast South Dakota was startled by
a twenty-foot tall creature with oversized
feet. The creature was described as looking
like an odd cross between a human and an
ape, wearing a homemade kilt. The creature
was drinking water from the river when the
angler came to check on his lines. It stared
at him for a moment, and then bolted off
to the northeast. It ran surprisingly swiftly
and smoothly for its size and considering
the oversized feet. He also noted that it was
exceptionally quiet as it ran away. A sizable
party of locals stalked the area over the next
two weeks, hunting for the creature/person,
but it seemed to have once again vanished.
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Oklahoma and its surrounding states be-
came the focus of Seekers of Enlightenment
to scour for potential dangers and defeat
them, hopefully with a camera on them at
the same time. South Dakota was overall ac-
cepting of AMPs as long as they didn’t cause
any trouble, but one day in June 2016, an an-
ti-AMP agenda began to overflow.
This all began with Shell, a known crusad-
er for the Seekers, watching a car accident
about to occur. As a force field manipulator, he
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summoned a shield that stopped a city bus
from colliding with the side of a building. Un-
fortunately, this made the bus ricochet and hit
a series of parked cars instead. No one was
injured, which was a good thing, but the own-
er of one of the cars exited a nearby building
and drew a firearm on Shell. Newcomers to
the scene made many assumptions about the
scene going forward: What did that AMP do
to cause that man to pull his gun? The AMP
must have caused this accident. The AMP
must also be aggressive, because why else
draw a weapon? Other civilians drew their
concealed weapons, firing shots that Shell
easily deflected with his force fields.
Sadly, his fellow Seekers arrived only to
see people shooting at their friend. Inukpak,
a hulking strong man, picked up one of the
men he assumed to be a criminal of some
sort and threw him into a building. Arbiter,
an emotional manipulator, also arrived and
sent another shooter into an instant bout of
depression. Then TRAC showed up to see a
gang of AMPs terrorizing downtown Aber-
deen… that led to one of the most gruesome
encounters of the year, dubbed the Aberdeen
Massacre (pg. 19).
After the event, though it hurt TRAC’s im-
age from their overreaction and killing of so
many AMPs who had done nothing wrong,
the town continued without blinking an eye.
Business as usual was the phrase of the day,
and its citizens were ready for another AMP
to try something.
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Pacific Northwest
Idaho
The region is a combination of mostly lib-
eral social values and libertarian beliefs, and
Idaho was the only Pacific Northwest state to
pass an anti-AMP law. The law allowed state
and local police to respond to the presence
of known AMPs with lethal force, regardless
of the AMP’s intentions. This new law cou-
pled with looser gun-control laws through-
out the country was bound to be a deadly
combination.
On May 16, Idaho State Police killed two
AMPs at a truck stop outside of Idaho Falls.
The pair of AMPs – a man and woman – were
apparently on their way to Oregon and got
into an argument with the manager of the
truck stop when he refused them service.
Two troopers were having lunch in the din-
er, heard the argument and responded with
guns blazing after it became obvious the
pair were AMPs. Reaction in town and in the
regional media was overwhelmingly in sup-
port of the actions of the troopers. “Troopers
Slay Dangerous Duo” read one local head-
line. The precinct received credited TRAC
status and was supplied with the very best
equipment so the troopers could “keep up
the good work.”
Montana
For the most part, the response in Mon-
tana was left to the local city and county
governments. On the eastern side of the
state, most counties followed suit with North
Dakota after the Longmire Incident, and city
and county law enforcement was put on high
alert after Longmire was spotted near Poplar,
Montana, headed west. In western Montana,
the more liberal cities passed local pro-AMP
measures, welcoming AMPs into Missoula,
Kalispell, Butte, and Bozeman.
It was in these cities that the Orphans
movement began. The group of AMPs start-

ed small, with only a band of five meeting
to discuss the current state of chaos having
hit the US. It didn’t take long, however, be-
fore they exponentially grew in size. New
members were drawn to the leader named
Starfield, a man full of wonder about the fu-
ture and despair about the world today. The
Orphans watched the formation of TRAC and
the atrocities the new agency began wreak-
ing on their brothers and sisters. They saw
the Judas AMPs working for TRAC Elite, sell-
ing out their own kind for a brief moment
in the spotlight. They saw the length AMPs
went to for a bit of control, like the explosion
at LAX. They trembled in fear of the Faceless
along with other AMPs, as well. Everything
that happened, they felt every bit of it ten-
fold; such was Starfield’s gift.
Starfield’s best friend, named Tidal, con-
vinced him it was time to take drastic mea-
sures. The US was not going to stop their
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distasteful treatment of AMPs and it wasn’t
much better anywhere else on Earth. They
needed to leave the planet and only Starfield
had the power to make that happen (one of
his other gifts). Tidal became the spokesper-
son for the Orphans, even having one of their
members interrupt the entire nation’s TV sig-
nals to invite others to leave with them.
On December 11, 2016, the Orphans got
their wish. They, and any other AMP who
wanted to join them in an escape from Earth,
vanished in a flash of light. No one knows
where they actually went, but TRAC is look-
ing for signs, as are the Seekers of the En-
lightenment.
 Southwest
California
In the Southwestern states, numerous lo-
cal and state ordinances went into effect very
soon after the formation of TRAC, all of them
detrimental to AMPs. Even normally liberal
California passed a law forbidding any com-
pany doing business in California from em-
ploying a known AMP. While the law did not
specifically make it illegal to be an AMP in
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California, it effectively prohibited open AMPs
from gaining employment in the state.
The biggest impact of this law was when
several well-known actors and more than two
dozen stunt performers were revealed to be
AMPs. This led to a major shakeup in Holly-
wood, as numerous actors, producers, writers,
and directors left the state – and not all of
them were AMPs (many were just supporters).
By the end of the year, all of the major stu-
dios had moved their headquarters out of the
state and out of the region, with several of
them moving to the New York City area and
others making their home in Hawaii.
Disney was made a very public example
after they refused to fire AMP employees.
The federal law hit the company hard with
several fines, which crippled the internation-
al brand. Many stopped visiting Disneyland,
and Disney World by extension, which de-
stroyed their tourist revenue. Within months,
the company had lost so much that its board
of directors were forced to abide by the law
or risk losing millions more.
The economic drop hurt California con-
siderably. Almost overnight, entire neighbor-
hoods became ghost towns. Stock markets
crashed and some of the wealthiest in the
state instantly lost their fortunes. It wasn’t
only the Hollywood elite escaping California;
it was everyone else too. Some stayed behind
because of sentimental attachment to their
hometown or other reasons, but the jobs mar-
ket dried up almost completely, leaving the
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state reeling in disorder and depression.
Nevada
While none of the other Southwestern
states passed laws as extreme as the Tex-
as law, it was clear that AMPs were not wel-
come in the region. Despite this, a fair num-
ber of AMPs congregated in the Las Vegas,
Nevada area, where enforcement of Nevada’s
own anti-AMP laws – passed in the wake of
last year’s Battle of Reno – was notorious-
ly lax. The state authorities overlooked Ve-
gas’ lax attitude until August 14, when three
AMPs high on War Path rampaged down the
Las Vegas strip, killing fourteen and sending
over three dozen to the hospital. If not for
the intervention by several TRAC agents, it
would have been worse. After this incident,
Las Vegas began enforcing the state’s an-
ti-AMP laws, arresting any who were obvi-
ously AMPs and forcibly removing them from
the state (transporting most to California).
Most AMPs knew not to venture into Ne-
vada, since it was Typhoon territory. Despite
all of the terrible acts done to AMPs in the
name of keeping the peace, the organization
continued to put out new and interesting
drugs. First, it was War Path and then Bliss
followed, creating a whole new reason for
the war on drugs to kick into overdrive. The
governments instituted drug raids all over
the state, cracking down on as much traf-
ficking as they could find. While they found
lots of the everyday drugs like cocaine and
heroin, only a handful of dens had even the
smallest amount of these unique AMP-laced
drugs. Where were these drugs coming from
and how were people getting them if not in
the usual way? The authorities continue to
be baffled by the Matriarch’s plans.
Texas
In Texas, extremist religious groups pro-
claimed AMPs to be a tool of Satan and a
clear sign of the End Times. They managed
to ramrod legislation that declared AMPs to
 not be human, furthering the moniker of un-
human or “non-human persons,” ostensibly
drawing legal connections between this law
and a law passed by India a couple of years
earlier. Whereas the Indian law was designed
to protect non-human persons from being
hunted or exhibited for profit, however, the
Texas law was designed purely to remove
the rights of all AMPs in Texas. No language
was included offering any protections, rights
or freedoms. This effectively made it legal to
kill an AMP without provocation. Within days
of the passing of the Texas law, over five doz-
en people across the state were killed in a
slew of confrontations.
In Houston, an AMP with the power to form
a black sword-like weapon out of thin air be-
gan calling himself the Executor. He would
then track down anyone who had harmed or
killed an AMP in cold blood and take that
person’s life by beheading them. The Execu-
tor quickly rose to the top of TRAC’s and the
Texas Rangers’ Most Wanted List, but by the
end of the year had not been caught, and
all while performing over two dozen execu-
tions. By the end of the year, the Executor
had drawn the attention of the Hounds and
even the Faceless, each determined to bring
him in or bring him down.
This connection of dark intent to the
power to manipulate shadows became all
too apparent. The public knew the TRAC Elite
member, Nether, from his heroic exploits tak-
ing down AMPs for the good of the people,
but few outside of AMP communities knew of
his seemingly endless death toll for months
before his capture and “rehabilitation.” The
Seekers of Enlightenment have run addi-
tional tests on those with Darkness powers,
hoping to find a link to the mental instability
the power caused in those who possessed it.
To date, there is no new information to share.
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Washington, DC
The seat of the White House sits be-
tween the South’s restrictive legislation
and the Northeast’s accepting nature. This
region, however, is also firmly in the center
of the debate both geographically and po-
litically. Walking the streets of DC is where
the most TRAC agents per square mile are
found, keeping national landmarks and the
president himself safe from the possibility
that a terrorist with superpowers (not one of
these AMPs treated like terrorists, but actual
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terrorists) will target and destroy them. This
only heightened after the Clash of the Titans.
Countless protests and rallies can be
found everywhere in Washington DC, some
for AMPs and some against, but always large
and loud. It is a truly polarizing topic and the
American people are not shy. More frequent
were individual attacks on those who passed
the restrictive laws in the first place. Several
senators wondered if they should leave their
homes, after the attempts on four senators’
lives. Luckily, TRAC was there to save the day
for two of those instances. The other two vic-
tims, sadly, met their end in 2016.
Alaska
Like Montana, Alaska debated both pro-
and anti-AMP laws but passed neither. While
there were a couple of minor incidents in
Juneau and Anchorage, Alaska did not ex-
perience any significant issues that led the
state’s population to demand action one way
or the other. A group identifying itself only as
Solitude formed a small camp in north cen-
tral Alaska, a few miles off the famed Dal-
ton Highway. One member of the group is
known to have illusory powers used to hide
their camp from the cursory searches by au-
thorities and local anti-AMP groups. Solitude
shares a lot in common with the Changelings,
except they are more than willing to defend
themselves from attacks. The group quiet-
 ly spread word of their existence through
psychic channels, offering a place for AMPs
to live in peace and quiet, miles away from
civilization. Their numbers have only risen
to around 14 members, but each of them is
quite powerful. What they lack, currently, is
direction, and many wonder what will hap-
pen if members of the Seekers of Enlighten-
ment, Typhoon or even the Hounds approach
them. Each Affiliation is likely drag Solitude
in their direction for better or worse.
After North Dakota passed its anti-AMP law
following the Longmire Incident, the Prudhoe
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Bay oil fields had a sudden influx of AMPs
seeking jobs in the same high-paying indus-
try they had been working in. While there was
some anti-AMP sentiment among individuals,
no laws, ordinances or bans were in place and
the new employees were welcomed.
Hawaii
Hawaii passed a very strong anti-discrim-
ination law following the formation of TRAC,
and proclaimed itself a “domestic safe haven”
for all AMPs. Wanting to aid in these efforts, a
gathering of AMPs formed the Nā ‘Aumākua,
the Sacred Guardians, who became proactive
in keeping rogue AMPs in check. They weren’t
going to let one bad apple spoil the bunch;
the bunch in this case was the values and
society handcrafted by the Hawaiian people.
The Nā ‘Aumākua would not let these evil el-
ements invade their land. It wasn’t long until
everyone knew about the Hawaiian AMPs’
secret courts where they would try and judge
those deemed criminals.
The crime rates dropped dramatically
over the course of 2015, nearly being elim-
inated. The last incident on record occurred
after All Souls’ Day where an AMP named
Charon ventured to the island in search of
refuge, like most others who made their way
to Hawaii. When All Souls’ Day brought hun-
dreds of ghosts back from the dead, Charon
was known to have spoken to several ghosts
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who claimed to have been falsely accused by
the Nā ‘Aumākua, tried by their secret courts
and executed. A few of them even devoured
whole by the leaders of the group.
Charon attempted to infiltrate the Nā
‘Aumākua’s camps to expose the truth, only
to be captured and strung up. He demand-
ed his freedom, but Kyle Hickok, one of the
higher ups, ordered instead to drown Charon
and throw his body into the nearest volcano.
As the Nā ‘Aumākua members dragged Char-
on up the volcano, he loosed a grenade from
his pack and blew himself and his captors to
kingdom come. Having Regeneration made it
easy for Charon to return from this blast, but
the others weren’t so lucky. In the end, he de-
cided to leave the island of his own accord,
but plans on going back with reinforcements.
New Hollywood
After the mass migration of the entertain-
ment industry from California to Hawaii, many
studios moved their production headquarters.
In September, a New Hollywood sign was of-
ficially erected on the slopes above Honolulu,
proclaiming the area as the new center of the
entertainment industry. Most actors outed as
AMPs also moved to the islands, including Jen-
nifer Stewart who became the media darling
of AMPs. Filming of several films were halted
in the wake of such a business exodus, but
most studios compensated by incorporating
their stars’ powers into the films to save on
budgetary needs. Still, theaters across the US
refused to screen any movie with major AMP
actors, even leading to a few terrorist attacks
on those who didn’t follow suit. Conversely,
several movies about lone gunmen taking on
terrible enemies, with the head bad guy usu-
ally being an AMP of some kind (through the
magic of makeup and special effects, of course),
became all the rage and raking in millions at
the box office. The biggest star of 2016 was
Andrew Carrico, who played the role of Duke
Carnage, a no nonsense, AMP-killing veteran.
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Global Reach
AMPs did not just appear in the United
States of America, but in all regions around
the world. The mutant populations in oth-
er countries grew at different rates. While
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in most countries this experience has been
slower than in the United States, a handful of
countries were already dealing with their own
mutant problems by the time of the Presi-
dent’s assassination at the beginning of 2016.
While accurate worldwide demographic
information is impossible to come by, analysts
from the Seekers of Enlightenment and other
organizations have used predictive modeling
techniques to make estimates. They estimate
that the five countries most involved in Proj-
ect Black - Germany and Russia in Europe, Co-
lumbia in South America, and Thailand and
China in Asia - have the highest per capita
AMP population after the United States. How-
ever, the mutant potential has awakened in
people all across the globe. Suspected caus-
es of this widespread dissemination include
increased population mobility and the influ-
ence of major wars. Of those continents and
countries that were not principles in Project
Black, Europe and Japan stand out as having
larger AMP populations than expected.
To the chagrin of the Seekers and the now-
gone Suppression, some public bloggers have
used the same techniques to identify six nations
as having an exceptional number of AMPs. None
of them knows what this might mean, but to
those who do, it is a step toward dragging the
secrets of Project Black into the public eye.
Each country where mutants have ap-
peared is trying to find its own way of dealing
with them. Whereas the United States - due to
the president’s assassination - sees AMPs as a
threat to national security, countries such as
Sweden have already passed laws that extend
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human rights to AMPs. Meanwhile, China and
Russia have declared all AMPs that do not
work for the state as enemies thereof, even
taking a page from TRAC and looking to use
AMPs to take each other out.
Just as countries react on a national level,
each community, each individual, reacts as well.
Some communities act to isolate themselves
from the changes, trying to wall out the prob-
lem until others have dealt with it. Wherever
religious and community leaders have raised
their voices against mutants, children who are
different - whether they are mutants or not -
feel compelled to stay silent and hide those
differences as best they can. Each day brings
a new report of some community turning into
a violent mob against a suspected AMP. Those
who are different but not graced with super-
powers fear for their own safety.
However, not all societies react with vi-
olence and fear. Those groups who had no
power in society before see within AMPs their
power to effect change for the better. Others
see mutants as harbingers of a great social
revolution. The popular symbol of a raised fist
has begun appearing surrounded by a halo of
energy - a clear indication that revolutionary
groups have adapted to the new situation.
Still other communities view amps as a
source neither of fear nor disruptive change,
but as a new facet of the world that needs
embracing. These societies attempt to work
with AMPs to keep society stable and all the
people within it fulfilled and safe. This is the
toughest row for any community to hoe due
to the unstable and destructive potential
within any single AMP.
 AMPs and Globalization
Whereas governments must cope with the
existence of AMPs on a national security level
and communities on the social stability level,
business sees within them a fertile new niche
for potential profits. ADE security has already
started mass-producing “anti-amp security
measures” to market to fearful homeowners.
Meanwhile, research and development firms
seek to employ AMPs to give them an edge over
their Sap competitors. They may use a blaster
as a living, mobile power source; or a shaper
to manipulate a hundred machines simultane-
ously; or a mindbender to perform sociological
research at undreamt of levels of detail.
Despite new opportunities, however, AMPs
also pose a threat to the marketplace. Their
battles can cause millions in damages. A sin-
gle AMP with a grudge against a company can
grind operations to a halt. MilCorp has been
quick to call in government troops to protect
their weapons-manufacturing facilities around
the world against AMP saboteurs even while
they scheme to capture the culprits for “re-
“This is a paradigm shift of unfath-
omable proportions. The things these
people do supersede the limits of known
science. We can now say without a doubt
that even our most cutting-edge theories
in the fields were just too narrow-mind-
ed. While these individuals have leap-
frogged our understanding for now, I
know for a fact that the methodology of
science will catch up and bring these ben-
efits to every living person on the planet.
Someone, somewhere, knows something.
These superhumans didn’t just come from
nowhere. By not sharing their knowledge
with the world, they are stealing from
future generations and threatening the
well-being of humanity as whole.”
- Dr. Samantha Belrose, Wageningen
University and Research Center.
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search.” On the other hand, Genetik has hired
local AMPs to supplement its security forces.
Meanwhile, AMPs and their gifts pose se-
rious questions to the scientific community.
They threaten to overthrow not just evolu-
tionary biology, but physics, chemistry and
other fields as well. Because of the near im-
possibility of getting an AMP into a controlled
environment for study, though, the scientists
who could most benefit from this research
can only gnash their teeth in frustration.
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International Waters
It’s always the same. The boat is out in
open water, not a single echo on the radar,
when a mist rises from the water. The crew
hears cackling and clawing sounds. Over-
whelmed by fear, they lock themselves inside
their cabins or stations. A boat with unknown
markings approaches, and the Siren and her
crew of pirates enter the doomed ship. To date,
they have not taken a single life, due to Siren’s
aura of fear that keeps the crew subdued. The
Siren radios a ransom demand with a short
timetable, sometimes just a few hours. She
threatens that if the ransom is not paid, the
boat and its cargo will never be seen again.
The first time The Siren and her crew pulled
this operation, the parent company responded
with a generic, “We do not deal with terrorists.”
The Siren replied, “We are no terrorists, sir.
We are the voices of those lost at sea, come to
reclaim what is ours by right. If you sail across
our corpses, prepare to pay our price.”
When the deadline for that first ransom
elapsed, The Siren proved as good as her
word. When rescue ships arrived at the last
known location of the missing vessel, they
found nothing but a single life raft containing
the skeleton crew who had been aboard the
tanker. When asked what happened to their
tanker, the captain’s eyes went wide and he
whispered, “It vanished with the mist.”
The Siren has struck more than a dozen
boats since that time, mostly transports carry-
ing international goods, whaling vessels from
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Japan and oil tankers. Half of those times the
shipping companies paid her ransom, the
other half they did not. Either way, it cost the
companies millions of dollars.
Companies that rely on international trade
are growing worried about these attacks. The
Siren strikes in open water, far from the usual
hunting grounds of modern-day pirates. Some
businesses have even started requesting mili-
tary escorts across the oceans, or have taken to
hiring mercenaries to protect especially valuable
cargo. However, Sap mercenaries have proven
just as susceptible to The Siren’s fear aura as the
crews themselves. It’s just a matter of time before
someone hires an undercover AMP crew, hoping
they are immune to The Siren’s fear aura and ca-
pable of bringing her to justice.
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Central and
South America
The history of South America is one of vio-
lence and recovery, crime and justice. It was the
pawn of the old-world powers during the age of
colonialism and a chessboard for the machina-
tions of the United States and the Soviet Union
during the Cold War. Then, just as the countries
of South America have stabilized, AMPs showed
up and complicated thing even more.
While in many ways the countries of South
America are the least prepared to deal with
the AMP phenomenon, mutants also provide
the region with a margin of hope. Whereas
the mutant population is spread more dif-
fusely in Europe and Asia, South America’s
mutant population is centralized in Colombia,
and diversifies from there.
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Despite being a regional super-power, only
a handful of AMPs have appeared in Brazil.
Because of this, the maturity of that country’s
civil systems and the government’s no-non-
sense attitude toward AMPs, Brazilian AMPs
must either isolate themselves or risk rapid
police responses. To some, recruitment by Ty-
phoon agents seems like the best alternative
to incarceration or exile.
Cuba
Cuba’s smaller population, lack of direct
involvement in Project Black and isolation all
conspire to prevent any native AMPs from ap-
pearing in this country. Despite this, the Com-
munist government has been quick to recog-
nize the potential in AMPs, and has seized upon
a unique opportunity. One day after the reveal
of TRAC in the United States, Cuba made a dra-
matic public broadcast announcing that, “The
people of Cuba embrace our AMP friends. To
those AMPs who are hunted, who are feared by
their own people, we offer our hand in friend-
ship. Cuba declares itself a refuge for all AMPs.”
Despite the CIA’s attempts to censor this
message in the United States, it was carried
and spread across new media until it reached
all ears that cared to hear it. There were few
takers at first - even hunted, hated and per-
secuted, few wanted to leave their homes or
the culture they knew. However, as the United
States ratcheted up tensions, first a few AMPs,
then a few more fled to safety in Cuba, where
they were met with open arms and celebra-
tion. These refugees realize all too well that
the Cuban government is using them for pro-
paganda purposes, but so far, Cuba has kept
its word. The handfuls of AMPs that have im-
migrated to Cuba are treated like heroes.
Peru
High in the mountains of the Andes near
the ruins of Machu Picchu, another force has
begun drawing people from their homes.
Whereas Cuba is attempting to draw in AMPs,
an AMP calling himself Quetzalcoatl has been
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recruiting the poor of Peru into his mystery
cult. This AMP began making appearances in
January 2016 over villages and towns, calling
the downtrodden to make the climb to his
camp in the mountains. Eyewitnesses inter-
viewed by Peruvian media describe him as
a winged serpent covered in white feathers.
They say Quetzalcoatl promised that he could
grant his followers the powers of the Gods.
Outside observers are certain that Quetzal-
coatl is a shape-shifting AMP. They are much
less certain about this entity’s promises of
granting its followers powers.
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In May, Typhoon sent an expedition into
the mountains, using its connections in the
local government to make it look like an of-
ficial operation. None of the dozen soldiers
who accompanied the Typhoon operatives
made it down the mountain alive, and the sin-
gle Typhoon AMP who did ranted and raved
about “the wings in the sky” before having to
be sedated and taken to a hospital.
After the incident, the Peruvian government
has approached the situation with an eye to-
ward containment. Local authorities have set up
roadblocks on all the main paths up the moun-
tain, but this has done little to keep savvy lo-
cals from abandoning their villages and making
their way up to join Quetzalcoatl’s group.
No one knows what Quetzalcoatl’s end
game is. He could have a hundred or a thou-
sand followers up in the mountain with him.
The Peruvian government is terrified Quetzal-
coatl’s claims are real, and they may soon be
faced with a super-powered cult.
Colombia
Colombia was one of the six Project Black
principals, and the repercussions of that partic-
ipation have etched dire consequences across
this troubled country. Still struggling with the
problems of crime, drugs and violence, the
appearance of the first AMPs in this country
proved one problem too many for the govern-
ment. The sheer numbers of mutants who have
appeared in Colombia have swamped authori-
ties’ ability to cope with them.
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AMPs are a destabilizing factor their country
cannot afford. While some high-profile mem-
bers of the church hierarchy have offered
AMPs sanctuary and guidance, the mood of
the commoner is that mutants should just go
away and take their troubles with them.
Colombian AMPs awaken into a very vio-
lent country. A resurgent FARC (Revolutionary
Armed Forces of Columbia), boosted by a few
AMP soldiers, has launched attacks against
the government in many regions of the coun-
try, forcing the legitimate government to re-
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treat from outlying cities altogether. Even if
an AMP can avoid that conflict, other criminal
organizations and drug cartels actively recruit
new AMPs, promising them safety, drugs, mon-
ey, sex, whatever it takes to convince them to
join them. On top of all of these native prob-
lems, Typhoon has imported its own forms of
misery into the country. From its main head-
quarters, the manufacturing facility of the
drug War Path, Typhoon sends its own AMPs
- recruited in Colombia and elsewhere - out
on training missions that leave devastation
in their wake. By the end of 2015, Colombia
descended into uncontrolled chaos. Between
the civil war with the resurgent FARC, conflict
as Typhoon wrestles control from the other
drug cartels and the government desperately
trying to defend the last vestiges of its power,
there is practically no region of the country
spared from tragedy.
The United States government, strug-
gling with its own internal problems, has
condemned the situation but made no of-
ficial offers of aid. Everyone realizes that a
destabilized Colombia is bad for the entire
hemisphere, however, so the CIA and other
extra-governmental actors have covert ops
teams at the ready to infiltrate the country
and restore stability, but the powder keg of
Colombia is already exploding, and these co-
vert ops teams might be too little too late.
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Africa
In March, after the revelation of AMPs’ ex-
istence to the entire world, an aid-worker in
the Sudan uploaded a short video to YouTube.
After panning around a refugee camp, the
camera settles on one tired-looking woman,
children playing at her feet. She looks up at
the camera and begins to speak, her words
accented but clear, “Wherever you are now,
remember that we need you. You, who have
been blessed by God, do not forget us. The
world has forgotten us, massacred by our own
countrymen and abandoned by aid organiza-
tions. You can help us. Just one person with
your abilities to could bring so much hope
to so many of us. Isn’t there just one of you
who will set aside your own problems to help
us deal with ours?” As she spoke, the camera
pulled back, showing the thousands of ragged
survivors milling around the camp.
For two months, this anonymous wom-
an’s plea became a media blur but ultimately
went unanswered. Then one day, the answer
came from a surprising place. This time, the
camera operator captured an unscripted
scene. The footage starts with people running
past the camera, then the roar of an engine
becomes audible; the camera pans into a
dust-cloud kicked up by a military jeep slid-
ing to a stop. Four men armed with automat-
ic weapons jump off, firing into the air. The
gunmen wade into the crowd, recruiting girls
and boys into their militia by grabbing them
and hauling them away. The camera shakes
as it zooms in on a single man hunched down,
standing between one gunmen and a group
of children. The gunmen shouts at him, but
the man just clenches his teeth. With a sneer,
gunman raises his assault rifle to his shoulder,
and squeezes a burst into the refugee.
The man curls as the bullets thud into him.
The soldier laughs, moving toward the wide-
eyed children. Then a miracle happens. Si-
lence spreads like wildfire as the man stands
up. There is no blood. His dirty clothes hang
off him in rags. Now all the soldiers raise their
weapons, overloading the portable camera’s
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The Lion’s Oath
All people - AMPs and Saps alike -
who want to work with the Lion, must
pledge themselves to uphold the follow-
ing oath. The Lion etched the oath into
a stone monument in the capitol capital
city. “I will use the strength God has giv-
en me to improve the welfare of others,
never for my own benefit. Where I am,
the defenseless shall have a shield, and
the voiceless an unignored call. To those
who threaten the peace of the Sudan, I
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will bring swift and merciful justice.”
microphone as they unload burst after burst
into the man until their clips run dry. Flattened
slugs clatter around the man’s feet like rain. He
walks toward the soldiers. One steps forward,
rifle raised and slams the butt of it into his
face. The man shows no reaction to the blow
and backhands the soldier. The camera twists
to follow as the man flies back fifty feet un-
til he lands like a rag doll, smashing into the
windshield of the jeep. The camera snaps back
to the new super-powered man who rips the
rifles away from the other soldiers, twisting
the iron into useless knots with one hand. The
soldiers run, piling into their jeep and raising
another dust cloud as they drive away. Children
run back into the arms of their sobbing parents,
but the camera stays trained on the AMP as
he grinds the weapons the gunmen dropped
into dust. When the man turns to the camera,
his face is set in a mask of determination. The
camera zooms into the man’s face as he speaks,
“Hear me, you who have forgotten the Sudan,
you who use it as a playground for your terror.
From this day forward, you are no longer wel-
come here. The Sudan is free.”
On that day, things began to change in the
Sudan. The man known to the world as the
Lion of Africa fought back against the region’s
warlords and corrupt government. As more
videos of his exploits surfaced, it became ob-
vious the Lion was more powerful than any
other known AMP. He seemed immune to
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gunfire; even grenades did not faze him. He
could run at speeds so fast he became invisi-
ble and his strength seemed without limit. He
never ate and he never tired.
After single-handedly disarming dozens
of militia groups, the Lion’s ethical core ap-
peared just as strong as his superpowers. He
never killed anyone who surrendered or re-
treated. While he fought bandits and soldiers,
he spent just as much time building infra-
structure, establishing working civil govern-
ments and recruiting the Sudanese people to
aid him. He charged a handpicked cadre of
followers called the Pride to keep the peace in
liberated regions as he moved on to the next
one. Moreover, even though the Lion invited
aid groups into the Sudan to help, he kept the
focus on using the resources and people of
the Sudan to improve their conditions.
By late August, the Lion had stabilized
large areas of the Sudan. He had established
the framework for a thriving political party
system, but when the country had its first free
elections, it surprised no one when his party
won all the seats in parliament and after the
people spoke, The Lion himself was the new
Prime Minister. After giving a stirring speech
about his love for the Sudan and its people, he
began the final push to eliminate the remains
of the previous regime and to rid the Sudan of
warlords. By December, the Lion had control of
the entirety of the Sudan. There was not a sin-
gle small arm to be found that wasn’t in the
hands of the Lion’s army. Civil works achieved
at a scale never seen before catapulted the
Sudanese economy. Month-to-month gains of
50% GDP fueled housing development and
rapid industrialization. Foreign economists
predicted the Sudanese economy would soon
drown under inflation, but this predicted, even
longed for catastrophe never occurred.
The world’s attention, distracted by their
own AMP-related troubles, turned around to
find a stable and powerful Sudan rising to
rapid prominence in eastern Africa. Anti-AMP
groups jumped on the opportunity to point
to the disruptive potential of AMPs. Neigh-
boring towns and villages in Chad and Ethi-
 opia began clamoring for the Lion to protect
them, and when the Lion showed interest in
extending his domain to include them, all the
adjacent countries began militarizing their
borders as quickly as possible. The world
waits and watches to see what the new year
will bring; will the Lion attempt to annex
land from his neighbors, or will they form an
alliance to try to eliminate the Lion first with
a preemptive strike?
The Lion has begun recruiting AMPs to fill
the gaps he himself cannot fill, and to ease
his workload so he can concentrate on the
task of leadership. As the Lion and his Pride
forge a new path for the Sudan, some outside
observers have started calling the Sudan the
world’s first AMP-tocracy.
Europe
While concentrated in Germany and Rus-
sia, all the countries in Europe have AMPs in
higher numbers than found in South Ameri-
can or African countries. This may be due to
the influence of Germany and Russia during
the Second World War, or due to the prosperity
and mobility around the region. The European
response to the appearance of AMPs has been
as varied as its many cultures. Some nations
experience anti-AMP violence and paranoia,
while others have extended a hand of friend-
ship toward this new subspecies of humanity.
The United Kingdom
As a country familiar with hate-motivated
violence, it came as no surprise that anti-AMP
hate groups would be on the rise in the UK. The
UHF has connections with several sister-orga-
nizations within Great Britain. These groups
already had ties into both houses of the British
parliament, connections they use to enact AMP
registration laws. Around Great Britain, police
mobilized to ‘escort’ AMPs to registration cen-
ters. When the police turned a blind eye to the
firebombing of a business owned by mutant
sympathizers, social activists swarmed into the
street to protest. The situation is tense, partic-
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ularly around London and Cardiff.
A handful of AMPs and their sympathizers
hide in the miles of forgotten underground
tunnels beneath London. This refugee city-
within-a-city has ties with the Changelings
in America and other similar groups around
Europe. Knowledge of this “London Under-
ground” has been reported in the tabloid in
ways so sensational that few believe them. Of
course, that was the whole point of planting
the stories in the first place.
In August the novel, “The Weal of the
World” was published in the UK. A semi-au-
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tobiographical narrative of an Iranian ex-pat
living in London, it dealt with the author’s dis-
covery of his mutant abilities, and his internal
battle to find balance between his religious
beliefs, his adopted culture and the shocking
changes to his body and mind. Despite in-
tense critical praise for its compassionate and
insightful narrative, and despite being nomi-
nated for several book awards, no publisher
outside of Europe has seen fit to print it. In De-
cember, after receiving multiple death-threats
and fatwas, unknown assailants murdered the
author in his home with scrawls of “Death to
mutos,” in spray-paint over the spines of the
books in his extensive library.
France
The impacts AMPs have created on the
rest of the world have had little effect on
France because of the simple and curious
fact that not a single mutant has appeared on
French soil. Even cursory demographic analy-
sis shows France should have dozens of AMPs
by the end of 2016, but it does not even have
a small handful. This lack is a complete mys-
tery, especially as the nation is adjacent to
Germany, one of the nations with the highest
AMP population. This statistical anomaly has
the Seekers not just curious, but worried, and
they’ve organized several research teams to
try to find the cause.
Meanwhile, the Fifth Republic is using this
breathing space to try to approach the prob-
lem without the sense of emergency that has
 blinkered other countries. The government in-
troduced new training programs to police and
other emergency responders. An open public
debate occurs at all levels of society. France
sends observers to study Germany’s Extraor-
dinary Crimes Research Group. France feels
ready to greet its first citizen AMP with cau-
tious friendship, with a studied balance not
afforded to any other industrial nation. Still
it waits, and its people wonder if there isn’t
already an AMP who can rebuff other AMPs
living among them.
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Germany
As one of the principles in Project Black, Ger-
many has a very high per-capita population of
AMPs. The governmental and social reaction to
mutants in Germany is mixed. The view of the
average German on the street is AMPs are peo-
ple who have a problem and need help. While
Germany has had troubles with AMP-related
crimes, most Germans believe they are tempo-
rary problems they can overcome. Hate groups
have manufactured an image of non-German
AMPs as universally criminal in intent; one
high-profile incident involving foreign crime
syndicates operating on German soil was
enough to sway public opinion enough that
Germany has started deporting foreign mutants.
Ironically, the AMPs involved in the incident in
question were all German citizens.
Reflecting the mood of the nation, Ber-
lin created legislation for the formation of
the Ungewöhnliche Verbrechen Vorschungs-
gruppe - the Extraordinary Crimes Research
Group. This group, staffed by Sap scientists,
detectives and forensic specialists, develop
methods to identify AMP crimes and detain
AMP criminals in such a way the justice sys-
tem can handle them.
Meanwhile, Germany has also begun pro-
grams to rehabilitate AMPs back into society.
These steps not only provide Germany with
more stability than other countries, but also
aid the German economy as rehabilitated
AMPs filter into new roles in industry, engi-
neering and science.
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The case of Wilhelm Durchen illustrates
the success of Germany’s programs. A salaried
employee of Deutsche Technicorp, Durchen
led a group of scientists developing nanobot
technology. His research group had already
made great progress, and under controlled
conditions, their bot swarms were able to per-
form unsupervised repairs on different types
of machines. Deutsche Technicorp was ready
to patent this technology and begin selling
them into the marketplace.
Then Durchen - a man already in his
mid-forties - awakened to his AMP heritage in
the middle of a marketing demonstration. The
corporate executives in attendance were hor-
rified as the swarm of millimeter-sizes ma-
chines broke out of their inductive workspace
- a feat that should not have been possible
- and began consuming Durchen. There was
screaming, but not from Durchen, who sat on
the ground, wrists on his knees, not resisting
as his life’s work consumed his body. When the
executives fled from the room, only Durchen’s
assistants remained to try to help him. They
tried to brush the nanobots off his body, but
the machines attacked them. One of the as-
sistants sustained wounds so grave he was in
critical condition by the time he reached the
University Hospital of Bonn.
By the time corporate security arrived on
the scene, there was nothing left of Durchen.
However, the nano-machines had multiplied
in mass, and as they rose up into a shambling
human shape, the freaked-out security guards
fired into the mass. The machine-entity sham-
bled forward. The guard who lost his nerve
and ran was spared the fate of the other, as
the hungry machines consumed him.
The government quarantined the building
and called in the Extraordinary Crimes Re-
search Group. Antje Koch, the group’s comput-
er expert, hacked into the nano-swarm’s dis-
tributed low-energy wireless communication
protocol. To everyone’s surprise, she learned
Durchen wasn’t dead, at least his mind wasn’t.
The swarm had absorbed his personality,
memory and powers - the very same power
that animated the swarm. Sadly, the process

had driven Durchen mad.
Durchen escaped the quarantine zone
and began rampaging around Bonn, dissem-
bling matter and reforming it into child na-
no-swarms. These swarms were not held in
check by the least bit of human conscious-
ness, and they attacked everyone and every-
thing as they spread. The Group, unable to
contain Durchen, focused on taking down
these lesser nano-swarms. After two days of
fighting, they discovered the swarms had a
weakness to certain kinds of electro-magnet-
ic frequency bursts - the same kind of energy
that had contained them within their original
inductive workspace.
The government declared a state of emer-
gency in Bonn and began evacuating the city.
Just before the military initiated a plan to de-
stroy Durchen with a missile barrage - better
to demolish a quarter of the city than lose all
of it, they reasoned - the Group finally corned
Durchen in a wide-open parking lot where
he would have nowhere to hide. Three trucks
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mounted with what one observer described
as “lightning-throwing cannons” were able to
use synchronized electromagnetic bursts to
contain and disable Durchen.
Durchen, although guilty of murdering
several people and causing millions of Eu-
ros worth of damage, never faced trial. After
months of rehabilitation gave the human side
of Durchen control over his new nano-swarm
body, the Group offered him a position working
in their Technology Research Division, which he
accepted rather than face justice for his crimes.
Poland
In October of 2016, journalist Bianka
James with Warsaw’s Gazeta Wyborcza was
desperate for a new story. Her career had
been struggling for the last two years, and she
knew if she didn’t come up with a big story
soon, they’d let her go. That’s when the mail-
room sent her up a mysterious package with
her name and address, but no return address.
Inside, Bianka found a beat-up leather jour-
 nal, a map of Poland folded so many times it
was almost illegible and a single video tape.
She absorbed the contents of the video tape
and journal, and began banging out a story
on her typewriter. The next day, she had four
column-inches on page three under the head-
line, “Local Student Missing After Uncovering
Lost Nazi Warehouse.”
“... Adalbert Wojcik, junior at the
University of Warsaw, did not spend his
summer hanging out with buddies, trav-
eling with his family, or taking a sum-
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mer internship. Instead, he took a scant
€5,000 and traveled around Krasnystaw
County looking for the unmarked grave
of his grandfather, a forgotten war hero.
Instead, what he found will shock you...”
Accompanying the story was a grainy im-
age taken from Adalbert’s film, showing a
dimly lit interior of a chamber that looked
like a cross between a tomb and an aban-
doned science laboratory. As Bianka’s story
explained, after realizing its history-reshap-
ing importance Adalbert had resealed the lab
as best he could. Then, for an unknown reason
he packaged all of his findings into a bundle,
and shipped them to Bianka. She concluded
her story by saying she was unable to reach
Adalbert Wojcik; neither his parents nor the
university had seen him since then.
A few days after publishing her story, Bian-
ka received a phone call from a man claiming
to be Adalbert Wojcik. The voice on the phone
asked her to meet him in secret at a seedy ho-
tel. Bianka intuition told her it was a trap, but
she went anyway. When she got the hotel, two
men in masks jumped her. Only Bianka’s cun-
ning, glib wit and a hefty dose of good luck
got her out of that situation alive.
What did Adalbert find in that tomb?
Where did he vanish? Why did he send his
notes to Bianka? Whatever it was, it must be
important if people were willing to kill for it.
Telling no one but her editor where she was
going, Bianka left Warsaw for Krasnystaw to
investigate. The next morning, a mail bomb
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exploded in her office. Following Adalbert’s
map and notes, she has begun retracing the
youth’s footsteps, hoping to find the hidden
bunker for herself and to reveal to the world
what its secrets are.
A secret the Suppression will kill to keep
from getting out.
Rome
As panic and wonder spread through the
world as more and more mutants appeared,
there was a mixed reaction from the religions of
the world. Debate over the nature of AMPs and
the source of their powers became common-
place. While some twisted the interpretation of
their religious scriptures to be in line with what
they already feared about mutants, the Vatican
took a strong stance in the other direction.
In a papal bull, the Pope wrote in part, “These
are extraordinary times filled with extraordinary
people. But we must remember that they are
still people and they have souls. Within them
is the capacity for redemption.” The bull went
on to clarify that no priest could refuse to give
communion to or hear confession from an AMP,
which a few had already done.
This decree paved the way for many coun-
tries to stop reacting in panic to the AMP situ-
ation, and instead turn toward trying to find a
way of incorporating mutants into their societ-
ies. Sadly, not everyone listened to His Holiness.
Russia
During the months after the US president’s
assassination, Russia diplomats played a coy
game avoiding talking about or acknowledg-
ing the existence of mutants. Russian media
downplayed the events in the United States,
even going so far as to say that any hint of
a special actor was paranoid Western propa-
ganda. At the same time, Russian watchers
could not help but notice the surge of Spets-
na’s activity within Russia’s own borders, and
reports trickled out of people gone missing.
Then, in April, Russian unveiled to its own
people and to the world the newest branch
 of its armed forces. Walking and flying with
the thousands of regular soldiers across Red
Square, two dozen super-powered AMPs wear-
ing crisp Russian military uniforms saluted the
Prime Minister. This was followed by a media
blitz; the state-controlled news sources hailed
the arrival of the Super Power Age, and Russia’s
unique position in it, the first, and so far only
country to have an AMP military force.
Politicians in Europe and the US denounced
Russia’s move as “provocative.” Pundits called
it the “new arms race,” but it appeared to be a
race only Russia was running in.
Then, not a week after their public unveil-
ing, Russia’s super-powered armed service
members went into their first combat mission.
When terrorist seized control of the Baikonur
Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan called on Russian
aid. The world watched as the disciplined
and ruthless Russian AMPs spearheaded a
counter-strike against the terrorists. They dis-
patched the terrorists with surgical precision,
causing no civilian casualties. Russia hailed it
Soviet Supersoldier
Experiments
Taking lessons from the CIA’s MK-UL-
TRA and their own punitive psychiatry
programs, in the 1960s the Soviets
started a secret research program try-
ing to create their own breed of super-
soldiers. Knowing nothing of Project
Black, Soviet scientists and doctors be-
gan experimenting on gulag inmates,
subjecting them to brainwashing, sur-
gical alterations and pharmaceutical
series designed to give them strength,
speed, pain-resistance and above all
an unwavering obedience to the Party.
While their research produced nothing
other than a steady flow of corpses, this
program - hidden even from the Soviet
Archives and known only to the doctors,
scientists and KGB officers who partici-
pated - has provided Russia with a vital
head start on AMP research.
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as a major success of the AMP initiative.
A few months later, Russia mobilized its
AMP Section again, this time against an an-
ti-Russian demonstration turned violent in
Chechnya. This time, the battle was carried on
all major news networks and social media as
Russian AMPs and tanks fought armed insur-
gents in the streets of Grozny. After the con-
flict dragged on for two weeks of door-to-door
fighting, Russia claimed victory, again hailing
its AMP Special Forces as the deciding factor.
As Moscow banged the drum of nationalism
ever harder, the nations bordering Russia grew
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more and more nervous about a new wave of
Russian expansionism. Ukraine, Norway and
the Baltic states scurried to kick start their own
AMP Initiatives to match Russia’s new threat,
but none has had as much success as Russia so
far. By May, Russia had annexed Ukraine, which
only heightened everyone’s paranoia.
While the Russian government and media
crows about these success stories, watchdog
groups are calling Russia’s apparent secret mu-
tant round-up a violation of human rights, going
so far as to call it illegal imprisonment. Russia
denies these accusations, saying only that the
soldiers in its AMP Section are all volunteers.
To the Russian citizen on the street, AMPs
are a source of national pride. In their view,
while the rest of the world scrambles to cope
with the appearance of mutants, Russia is
showing leadership in harnessing this new
power to benefit its people. Public appearanc-
es by the AMP Section aiding in public works
have helped foster this image in the common
consciousness. As a new air of nationalistic
pride grows, those whose family or friends
have disappeared remain silent in fear of at-
tracting unwanted attention.
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Iceland’s small and homogenous popula-
tion has shown no signs of AMPs so far, but
that does not mean they haven’t had AMP-re-
lated issues.
Earlier in the year, two unidentified AMPs
were seen fighting over the country. The bat-
tle raged across the skies of Reykjavik before
moving east. One of the AMPs burned with
fire, the other glowed like the Aurora Borealis
itself. Ground observers lost sight of the battle
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as the two went to ground on the Vatnajökull
glacier. Some time later, observers filmed the
living aurora flying out of the country.
When volunteer search teams were unable
to find any evidence of the flame-powered
AMP, they gave him up for lost. That’s when
the first ice quake hit the glacier, causing a
violent out-flow that engulfed a small town
before it ended. Scientists working on the
glacier had not predicted this seismological
event, and suspicion fell upon the presence
of the fire AMP. After weeks of searching, their
instruments picked up a massive heat signa-
ture buried deep beneath the ice.
That’s when the first ransom demand came
in. Accompanied by a grainy video of a man
wearing a green, red and purple mask, this AMP
demanded a million Euros or he would unseat
the entire glacier, causing it to roll into the sea.
Reykjavik called on both the Seekers of
Enlightenment and Germany’s Extraordinary
Crimes Research Group for aid. The two groups
worked side by side; the Seekers called in sever-
al AMPs to exhume the fire AMP trapped under
the glacier while the Group’s specialists tracked
down the source of the ransom demand.
The German specialists tracked the crimi-
nal down to his underground base in the far
north of Norway. Supported by a team of Spe-
cial Forces from that country, they confronted
The Aurora. The battle was pitched and sever-
al people were lost before they subdued him.
However, their efforts may have been too
late. The Aurora hit a switch in his base just
before being captured. Over at the Icelandic
glacier, a last-minute premonition and hasty
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evacuation on the part of the AMP rescue crew
enabled the majority of the rescue workers to
get away to safety just before the fire AMP det-
onated with the force of a small atomic bomb.
Geologists working on Vatnajökull are now
very concerned over the stability of the glacier,
and are seeking ways to stabilize it before the
continuing ice quakes do irreversible damage
and slide the entire glacier into the ocean.
East Asia
Asia has a large and diverse population
combined with widely differing cultures and
religions. One out of every three people in
the world calls China or India their homeland.
Moreover, half of the principles in Project
Black were Asian countries - China, Thailand
and India. Thus, any attempt to talk about an
Asian response to the AMP situation is impos-
sible. Instead, each country approaches the
situation uniquely. In some ways, it is a labo-
ratory of social change.
Thailand
When the scientist Thaksin Wattana returned
to Thailand from the defunct and buried Project
Black, he faced a far different country than the
one he had left. His beloved king Rama VII had
abdicated and left the country under military
control. Moreover, the things he had seen and
done as part of Project Black haunted him. As
one by one he lost contact with his fellow scien-
tists, he realized something was wrong. He did
not know the Suppression by name, but he knew
he lived under threat.
One morning he awoke from a dream in
which he had spoken to King Rama. “I am not
dead,” the king said, “I have taken the serum,
and it has granted visions more clear than
any I have ever had, but it has laid my body in
ruin. They are coming for you, men who would
rather keep the secrets of what we have done
buried forever. They will kill you to prevent
what you know from getting out. But do not
fear; I will guide you, and we will make sure
these secrets are revealed in future genera-
 When the last of
his notes were hidden,
Thaksin sat, meditat-
ing and waiting for his
end to come. He did
not hear the bullet, but
he died having accom-
plished a great task. If
anyone were to unrav-
el his clues, to trace his
pilgrimage and find his
notes, they would have
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the race to study, under-
stand and even control
mutants.
Fast forward to 2016.
Thailand does not have
a single response to the
emergence of mutants.
The military junta de-
clared martial law after
the first AMP-related
act of violence, but af-
ter a few mishandled
incidents, have not been
harassing or rounding
up mutants. So far, they
seem to be content with
making sure that daily
life in the cities moves
along without interrup-
tion. Thus, AMPs are free
to move about Bangkok
without fear of arrest. Of
tions wise enough to handle them.” course, they have to deal
Taking nothing but the clothes on his back, with organized crime and hate-groups as they
his research journal and a faded copy of the do anywhere else.
Buddhist Sutras, Thaksin went on a pilgrim- Some AMPs have left the cities for the
age to visit as many of the ancient temples of countryside. Where AMPs are seen to be pull-
his homeland as possible before the shadow ing their weight, the Thai people extend a
assassins caught up with him. At each of the warm welcome to them. Those who don’t are
temples he visited, he buried pages from his driven away. Some have even formed their
research journal. He then left clues and rid- own isolated villages, trying to create new
dles to reveal their location to the wise, and lives for themselves.
traps to ensnare the foolish. King Rama visit-
ed the head monk of each temple in a dream,
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 China
The number of AMPs in China is too great
for the central government to manage a sin-
gle message. While some citizens might be-
lieve the state media’s claims that Taiwanese
and other foreigners are trying to collapse
their great nation with these terrifying new
mutants, many know AMPs as their brothers,
daughters or spouses. The Chinese govern-
ment was months behind Russia in instituting
its own AMP recruitment program, and during
that time the numbers and visibility of AMPs
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increased to a point where a total detainment
or registration program was unfeasible.
Not that Beijing didn’t try. Nu Jaipeng was a
student at a University of Singapore when the
change came over him. He was sitting in a lec-
ture taking notes like every day when his skin
twisted and grew bark-like. He stumbled away
from the classroom as his fellows screamed
and ran away. The word ‘freak’ echoed in his ear.
When the police came, he batted them aside
with a strength that seemed borne up from the
Earth itself. He felt a pull toward a distant land,
felt the sunshine there on his leaves already
as Chinese spec-ops herded him with flame-
throwers into a metal-lined van.
Nu spent an untold number of months be-
ing indoctrinated into his new life. He’d never
thought of himself as a patriot, but he’d al-
ways discarded the revolutionary pamphlets
passed to him in the hallways of the univer-
sity. He would have been an excellent candi-
date for brainwashing, except that his brain
now ran with sap instead of neurons.
Nu Jaipeng excelled in his first mission.
Along with five other Chinese AMP special
operatives, he took out a major drug suppli-
er deep within China’s natural territory. The
methamphetamines drove him crazy; he did
not so much smell them as sense them cloy-
ing against his bark. Recognizing his fervor
and drive during the mission, he was selected
for an even more covert operation.
Three Rampagers whom the Chinese gov-
ernment had captured and been unable to
control were selected for release into a Shang-
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hai shopping center. Meanwhile a covert ops
group planted evidence that the Taiwanese
government was experimenting on AMPs to
use against China. Nu’s job in all of this was
controlling the three mutants, as his powers
enabled him to control people’s minds using
psychotoxins his new body produced.
However, when the time came, he was un-
able to follow through with his orders. He let
the three mutants go into the shopping cen-
ter as ordered, but only after injecting them
with paralytic toxins so that their predicted
rampage would not cause any deaths. Nu
himself fled the scene.
After a journey of many months dodging
Chinese Special Forces, Nu reached an AMP
tent-city far from the nearest village. There
he worked the land in the open air with the
sun on his leaves. He and his comrades tried
to live without provoking the attention of the
Chinese government. But Nu paid attention to
the news broadcasts, and underneath the of-
ficial lies about Taiwanese aggression toward
China, he knew the truth. When the news re-
ported that China was sending warships to
interdict Taiwanese shipping as retaliation for
the so-called attacks, Nu’s conscience would
not let him sit on the sidelines any longer.
With a small number of fellow AMPs he was
able to recruit to his cause, Nu seized control of
the local Party offices, state television and ra-
dio services. Nu began broadcasting the truth
for the entire world to hear. It was not long be-
fore the regular armed services responded. His
group weathered the first infantry assault, but
when the tanks started rolling in, Nu realized
they had to surrender their position. He volun-
teered to stay behind to provide cover so the
rest of his group could get away. For one last
time, Nu felt the sunshine on his face.
Japan
Japan’s AMP population embraces the dis-
tinctive cultural features of their homeland.
The hyper-media saturated culture fell into a
love-hate relationship immediately. While Ja-
pan has its fair share of hate groups that rival
 the UHF in vocalness and ferocity, the youth
culture has embraced AMPs with a particular
single-mindedness.
Early on, one group of mutants began asso-
ciating themselves with the Japanese religious
tradition. Referring to themselves as kami - spir-
its of the native Shinto religion - they formed
relationships with a number of local shrines,
setting themselves up as shrine guardians. A
surprising number of these mutants showed
physical changes that made this association
easy, such as developing dog-like tails or fox-
like ears. They also began wearing costumes
to emphasize the relationship. The Japanese
do not believe these AMPs are actually kami,
but are willing to accept them in traditional
roles. Shinto priests are just as skeptical, but
welcome the opportunity for increased visibil-
ity and attendance for their shrines.
AMPs who did not become part of the
kami movement came face-to-face with Ja-
pan’s xenophobia. Let go from jobs, expelled
from schools, they floundered; their place in
the conformity-loving culture compromised
by events out of their control. Some found
refuge in the criminal underworld while oth-
ers attempted to prove their worth to Japan’s
high-tech sector. However, a growing number
embraced Japan’s youth culture, calling them-
selves Coil Children - Coil being a reference
to the double helix structure of DNA. These
mutants adopted flamboyant public personas,
dressed in the most outrageous costumes,
and engage in extensive body modifications
designed to make themselves look like robots,
aliens, or even characters from pop culture.
Whereas the kami avoid attention from
anti-AMP groups by hiding within the frame-
work of Japan’s cultural heritage, the Coil Chil-
dren take their refuge in audacity. Some claim
to be the very things they are portraying; an
AMP going by the name Ramen Jupiter claims
to be an actual Jovian. They make public spec-
tacles of themselves wherever they go.
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“We can’t hide,” wrote user Ten10Jyu
on channel /coila, “Even on a crowded
street, we stand out. We can’t just dress
like everyone else, keep our heads down,
and disappear into anonymity... and why
should we? We’re gifted, and our gifts
make us stand out. I know this is going
to be hard for some of you, but our exis-
tence changes the entire world. Japan’s
no different. Japan will have to change.”
Those sentiments didn’t move Japan’s law-
makers, who instead listened to the voices
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of concerned parents and businesses. “We’ve
made sacrifices for our son. We could afford a
bigger apartment if we didn’t pay for his cram
school. I’m not complaining - we want him to
succeed. But now he just wants to be one of
those Coils. His grades are plummeting. Who
will take responsibility for this?”
Unlike other countries, Japan has not react-
ed to this emergency by enacting registration
laws on a national level. However, some dis-
tricts have passed new laws enforcing strict
standards of appearance. These laws would
only affect Coils, not the traditionally cos-
tumed kami. However, no arrests have been
made under these new laws yet, as the dis-
tricts that have passed them aren’t the ones
where the Coils congregate.
In Kyoto, the kami of Toji temple provides
a service for all kami and Coils within the city.
Once each of them has visited the temple and
let this kami enter their minds, she links them
into the Kyoto Dreamscape. The Dreamscape
is a surreal layer that the kami adds on top
of the AMPs usual perceptions that appears
populated by strange sprits. People connect-
ed into the Dreamscape can communicate to
these spirits, using them to send messages
to other Dreamscapers, or asking them ques-
tions about things happening anywhere in
the Dreamscape. Due to the activities of a cer-
tain webserver run by a tech-savvy Coil, they
can also access information about people and
places encoded into the Dreamscape. It’s like
using Wikipedia, except instead of multime-
dia webpages, the information comes in the
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form of phantasmal spirits.
Meanwhile, Typhoon has been trying to in-
filtrate Japanese organized crime operations,
but has been having trouble due to their in-
sular nature. Instead, the Yakuza employ their
own AMPs, not only as enforcers, but also as
specialists with abilities like reading minds
and probability manipulation. Typhoon and
the Yakuza share a common enemy in The Si-
ren, whose activities have been spoiling their
profitable trade. In a joint operation, they
captured one of Siren’s crew whose tongue
loosened well after too much complimentary
sake. As they began torturing him for infor-
mation, a mist rose up to enshroud the small
fishing village. The mist carried primordial
fear within it. Shapes moving within the mists
looked like phantoms of the drowned. Citi-
zens barred themselves into their homes, and
those caught on the street huddled into the
alleyways, faces pressed into their knees.
The Siren floated into the Yakuza inter-
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rogation chamber, the doors of the place
opening of their own accord to let her in, but
Typhoon had prepared for this. A powerful
Bulk equipped with an experimental helmet
to resist AMP Mindbenders attacked her. He
grabbed her and pushed her against the wall,
throttling her. The Siren just laughed. “You
think your little toys can stop me? It’s not
your mind I’m after,” She reached an intangi-
ble hand into his chest and caressed his heart.
The Bulk staggered backward, eyes wide with
madness. “Get out of my head,” he screamed.
As the poor creature sank against the wall
with his terror-struck colleagues, the Siren
freed her crewmember and carried him out of
the room, clucking at him like a disappointed
mother. The mists closed the door behind her.
Ever since that incident, the Yakuza and Ty-
phoon have elevated The Siren to the highest
threat level. It hasn’t been hard to turn their
governments against her, as her activities
have cost the businesses that fund politicians
 millions of dollars. It looks like the Matriarch
may become personally involved with this
growing problem.
Bangladesh
This small south Asian country has a hand-
ful of native AMPs, but none of them has
caught their fellow citizens’ imaginations
as much as Sanghrila Channa, Bangladesh’s
glamorous movie starlet. When this small
country seemed ready to turn completely
against AMPs, she appeared on national tele-
vision. Already loved for her award-winning
film roles, the country was shocked when she
revealed herself as an AMP. She appealed to
her compatriots for their support, “We AMPs
are just people like you. We have hopes and
fears like you, we care for our children and
our parents like you and we want to laugh
and live and love like you. We have faith like
you. I don’t know why Allah has given us these
gifts - I don’t think anyone does - but I believe
He gave them to us to test our faith, to see
what we would do with a tiny bit more power.
How we - we as AMPs and we as human be-
ings - behave now defines who we will be in
the glorious future that is to come, and how
we will be remembered by those living there.”
Sanghrila’s popularity and her speech came
immediately after famed US actress Jennifer
Stewart came out as an AMP as well, and edged
the door open to an understanding between
AMPs and Saps in Bangladesh. While some left
the theater even as she was speaking, more
hung on her every word. It certainly did not
hurt her case that her new powers made her
even more glamorous, as the very light in the
room seemed to cling to the air around her.
By the end of 2016, Sanghrila’s latest film
has become the number one best-selling Ban-
gladeshi movie of all time, and the entertain-
ment press reports that she is making a new
film, which is expected to gross even higher
as it is the first film to star an AMP. New Hol-
lywood even picked it up for US distribution.
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India
While India’s headlines are filled with
stories of AMPs from modern cities like New
Delhi, India has the largest population of in-
digent AMPs in the world. These AMPs, bereft
of things most Westerners take for granted
like education, basic health care and plentiful
food, are easy prey for all kinds of manipula-
tion. After all, it doesn’t matter if you have the
power to project thoughts into another’s head
if another can rule your own thoughts.
This large indigent AMP population has
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formed communities apart from the popu-
lation of India, much like the Changelings in
America. However, they face levels of violence
and hatred from all sectors in society that
would make Western AMPs quail; at least in
America, mutants have the Seekers on their
side. No wonder a number of them have turned
to banditry, or with the onset of mental illness
triggered or exaggerated by their mutations,
full-on villainy. Even worse, these indigent
AMPs are more prone to become mutant mon-
sters, what the Indian media dubs ‘asuras’.
Where there are villains, there are also he-
roes. Hailing from Mumbai, Delhi, Ahmedabad
and other prosperous cities, nine Indian AMPs
tower above the all the others in terms of
visibility, popularity and raw power level. Per-
haps taking a cue from the kami movement
in Japan, this group of AMPs calls themselves
the Incarnations of Dharma. While these AMPs
may be individually powerful, what makes
them unassailable both literally and in the
imagination of the public is the fact they have
combined forces into a single super-powered
team. An attack on one of them is an attack on
all of them, and the Incarnations of Dharma
have proven their willingness to bring their
full might against those who oppose them.
The Incarnations worry many in India.
Politicians fear they will use their popularity
to usurp power in their local areas, as AMPs
have done in other places. Human rights or-
ganizations point out that the Incarnations’
professed desire to return to a more tradi-
tional India seems to point backwards to a
time which includes widow burning and strict
 The Nine Incarnations and Hinduism
The Nine Incarnations and Hinduism. An AMP who calls himself King of Heaven
leads the nine Incarnations. He calls Mumbai home, where he competes for fame with
the Bollywood elite. He can fly and project energy fields. The King’s right-hand man
goes by the handle The Sword. True to that name, he carries a sword larger than his
body that he wields effortlessly. A third member is a dwarf who can grow into a giant.
All nine of them have manicured images of themselves that remind a Hindu of the nine
avatars of Vishnu. Skeptics think they have chosen their names and public personas
to grab onto the positive cultural connotations many Indians have with these images.
The Incarnations denounce these accusations, saying they did not choose their group
name, The Nine Incarnations of Dharma, to have a religious meaning.
Certain comments made by various members of the Incarnations over time hint at
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the existence of a tenth member of the team. This is a clear reference to Kalki, the final
incarnation of Vishnu

caste rigidity. In a country that prides itself on
its democracy, some worry the Incarnations
are unanswerable to the people of India, that
their sometimes violent and destructive ac-
tions have no checks or balances.
Despite these misgivings, the Incarnations
are very popular across all strata of India,
from Gujarat in the North to Tamil Nadu at
the southern tip. To many, the Incarnations
are living symbols of their pride in India, of
its rich cultural and religious heritage. Incur-
sions into the cities by rampaging mutants
have been turned aside by the Incarnations;
many people watch these fights as the me-
dia cover them live. The paparazzi fawn over
then, and the Incarnations do nothing to dis-
courage their ever-growing fandoms.
This activity has not gone unnoticed
across the border in Pakistan. Much as in
India, Pakistan suffers from too many AMPs
who come from impoverished backgrounds;
the weight of their newborn powers proving
too much of a temptation for them. When the
Pakistani military proved insufficient to deal
with a number of uncontrollable mutants,
the Incarnations came to its aid. That battle
destroyed most of a small town. When the
Pakistani military turned their weapons on
them, the Incarnations attacked them as well,
destroying war machines and killing soldiers
before withdrawing back to India. Pakistan
then began preparing for war, claiming the
government of India was responsible for a
direct attack against them. The war of words
escalated, until the leader of the Incarnations
came right out and said, “The division of Paki-
stan from India is a historical mistake; we are
stronger as a unified whole. Too long have we
let religious fanatics divide our people. It is
time to undo the wrongs of history.”
The Indian government immediately dis-
owned this statement, saying India has no de-
sire to annex Pakistan. Despite this, tensions
have been rising across the entire border
area. Several border skirmishes have already
happened in disputed territory Kashmir. The
Incarnations take every opportunity to belit-
tle India’s elected officials for their mishan-
dling of this crisis.
Bhutan
Bhutan is a small country located North of
India nestled between India and China. In this
mountainous country, a strange event has tak-
en place. In a small Buddhist monastery one
of the monks awakened as an AMP. As spines
corkscrewed their way out of his skin, he grew
enraged and began trashing the monastery.
Isolated from the world without even a tele-
phone line connecting them to the nearest
village, the monks dealt with this situation
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 Somehow, it worked. The Rampager calmed
down as the prayer bells rung and never be-
came violent again.
Beyond their Borders
The Seekers
The Seekers of Enlightenment have never
shied away from taking their mission all over
the world, even if they are chartered and head-
quartered in the US. Before the world’s aware-
ness of the existence of AMPS, this was a rela-
tively easy task. As 2016 progressed, however,
every country in the world began to take more
interest in handling their own AMPs. There-
fore, Seeker cells learned to operate covertly
in countries alerted to their activities. In those
countries that see AMPs as a military resource -
Russia, China, Cuba, Israel - the recruitment ac-
tivities of Seekers often brings them into direct
conflict with officials of that country.
While the Seekers official policy is to not
interfere with the internal politics of any
country, individual cells have a large amount
of autonomy in how they proceed during a
mission. There is considerable debate within
the group as to the correct course of action,
and Doctor Luminous is not around to give
direction. Some in the organization see it as
a moral duty to present the Choice to an AMP
who faces conscription into military service.
Others think being too aggressive in these
countries might backfire against them. By
mid-2016, various intelligence organizations
have a good enough handle on the Seekers
and their members to blacklist them for entry
into their countries.
On the other hand, some choose to work
directly with the Seekers or with sister groups.
Due to existing trade and research laws, the
Seekers can operate without fear of govern-
ment reprisal in Canada, Mexico, England and
several island nations in Polynesia. A sister
group of the Seekers operates in Thailand,
and the two organizations exchange research
and personnel. However, one sister organi-
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zation operating out of Sweden frequently
interferes with Seeker operations in Europe.
It is rumored the founder of this group was
a former associate of Doctor Luminous, and
there’s some kind of rivalry between them.
Meanwhile, the Seekers have begun estab-
lishing a communication network all over the
world. They use a variety of off-the-shelf sup-
plies and custom high-tech components to
distribute communication rigs to individual
AMPs and communities. These devices oper-
ate on rotating wireless frequency bands, us-
ing distributed computing to create an infra-
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structure resilient to disruption. As more and
more of these devices - some designed to look
like radios, others built into cell phones, some
miniaturized and placed into watches or jew-
elry - come online, the network becomes ever
more secure. The range of these communi-
cation devices depends on power supply, but
as long as any one device can talk to another
device in range, the two devices act as nodes
extending the range of each other. Thus, each
device acts not only like a cell phone, but also
like a cell tower. The more devices in a par-
ticular region, the harder it becomes to com-
pletely disrupt the Seeker’s network.
Typhoon
While Typhoon has been relatively quiet in
the US, they’ve been very busy abroad. Any-
where there is crime, Typhoon claims dominion.
Its agents work to subvert both local authority
and the local crime scene. Given the number
of AMPs who come from poor or impoverished
situations everywhere in the world, Typhoon
has had any easy time gaining recruits. Once
an AMP joins on, they are sent away from their
home area. This serves a dual purpose; one, it
means the only social network the AMP has in
his new area are his fellow Typhoon agents,
and two, it removes any attachment the agent
might have that would cause him difficulty in
fulfilling Typhoon orders.
In some regions, Typhoon’s biggest threat
is not the law or other criminals, but revolu-
tionary movements. Unlike standard criminal
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 motivations, revolutionaries are harder to cor-
rupt with the usual package benefit of wealth,
sex and power. Whether it’s FARC or Hamas,
the IRA or the Occupy movement, these or-
ganizations see AMPs as potential wild cards
and recruit them just as aggressively as Ty-
phoon does. Clashes between Typhoon agents
and revolutionary groups have resulted in
sensational AMP battles. By the sunset of
2016, there are battles between these two
groups that have been running for months.
Typhoon has had good luck subverting
criminal groups in the Americas and Pacifica.
Elsewhere in the world, it must contend with
organized crime - such as the Mafia in Italy, the
Triads in China and the Yakuza in Japan - where
cultural difference force it to take a more sub-
tle, infiltrating approach. The Matriarch knows
the longer these organizations have to recruit
their own AMPs, the harder it will be to assim-
ilate them into her organization.
The United Human Front
While the UHF is an organization rooted
in the United States, leaning as much on re-
actionary patriotism as on fear, almost every
country in the world with a significant AMP
population has their own locally grown and
nearly identical hate-group. The AMPs of the
world should count themselves lucky these
groups just as often hate each other on na-
tionalistic, religious and ethnic lines as they
do AMPs, a flaw that keeps them from uniting
into a truly horrific front.
The Changelings
The Changelings of North America have a
loose alliance with other groups of isolation-
ists AMPs. These stylized camps or ghettos
have sprung up wherever the population of
AMPs is dense enough.
One of the most interesting of these
groups is the Rakterin Freehold, located in
the vast northern expanse of Norway where
the indigenous Sami people still herd rein-
deer. This community, founded by the Dutch
AMP Rakterin, has divested itself of reliance
on technology and connections to commu-
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nities that rely on technology. The Freehold
Manifesto claims AMPs have been given gifts
that exceed the limitations of technology, and
AMPs will never realize the full potential of
their power as long as they hobble them-
selves with the clumsy tools of the old Sap
hegemonies. The manifesto emphasizes com-
munal action and AMPs using their powers to
aid fellow AMPs. While Rakterin’s followers
view him as a prophet for AMP-kind, for now
the Freehold remains small and struggles
to become self-sustaining under its leader’s
strict guidance.
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The largest Changeling-like community is
located near Gangtok India, nestled into the
mountains where the AMPs can retreat into
caves to weather the frequent assaults they
suffer. These attacks come from all sides; these
outcaste AMPs, most of whom have already
faced years of discrimination as Dalits (un-
touchables), have few friends in India. Whenev-
er a mob of disenfranchised Saps swarm their
living space, enraged by what they see as a fi-
nal unfairness; or whenever a group of armed
thugs attack them; or whenever one of the
Nine Incarnations of Dharma makes a show of
rooting asura from their ranks, the outcastes
retreat into the caves. Even the aid organiza-
tions that would normally be tasked with help-
ing India’s rural poor keep a wide berth from
this place, not wanting any of the anti-mutant
factions to damn them by association.
On the border between Russia and China,
Nu Jaipeng’s group has formed a new com-
munity, drawing on escapee AMPs from both
countries. Having divested themselves of Nu’s
fatal idealism, they try to avoid attracting at-
tention and wait out what they see as the com-
ing war between mutants and mundanes. They
remain mobile, carrying their tents on their
backs as they cross between Russia and China
in the unpatrolled spaces between these two
countries. Russian and Chinese officials - un-
willing to cooperate with each other over what
both see as a military resource - have had no
luck finding the group, but each side accuses
the other of illegally crossing the border, and
tensions mount between the two nations.
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New Fires to Burn
Themes/Moods
Chapter Four: New Fires to Burn
AMP: Year Two shifts the established story
in a startling direction, due to the death of the
President at the end of Year One. We have in-
cluded a couple new suggested themes that
play a major part of the continuing narrative.
Combined with those from AMP: Year One,
there are many kinds of stories to tell.
Witch Hunts
There is a palpable fear in the US over peo-
ple with superpowers since the AMP Scare.
Many look upon AMPs not with wonder and
hope, but with terror and panic. Propaganda
created by the UHF bombards every citizen
to the point where they’d gladly turn over
someone they thought was an AMP to TRAC.
AMPs know this and have to be careful not to
let people see their powers if they can help it.
Unfortunately, their powers are simultaneously
the reason they are hunted and possibly the
only way they’ll survive. Everyone is out to get
AMPs in Year Two. No one is safe.
Doing the Right Thing
Piggybacking off of the previous theme,
characters in Year Two have to think twice
about every action. Even if they are saving
someone, the wrong person could call TRAC or
decide to use the new gun laws to act inde-
pendently after seeing them. Doing the right
thing becomes increasingly hard and could
force even the most altruistic heroes to turn
their back. It becomes a question of whether
the character truly believes in the best nature
of humanity or if they accept the harsh reality
that is the current state of the nation.
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Conversely, it should be noted that many
of the Anti-AMP forces believe they are doing
what’s best for humanity. TRAC recruits vol-
unteers who want nothing more than to help
their fellow human in a time of fear. The UHF
wants only to keep humanity as a viable spe-
cies, not completely overrun by super-powered
freaks. It’s all about how individual members
proceed that will define them.
Developing Stories
Running games using AMP: Year Two has a
different feel from AMP: Year One. This can be
especially true if the group is moving into the
new year and moving along the timeline them-
selves. Many of the tips and story hooks from
AMP: Year One can extend to AMP: Year Two,
but of course brand new Affiliations have also
been introduced, which can alter the game in
amazing ways.
Hounds
The idea that any AMP is at risk for capture
and delivered to the Chamber for conversion
into a Hound is all too real. The Houndmas-
ter only controls a certain number at any giv-
en time, but has plenty of AMPs on reserve in
case a mission calls for the special talents only
the character possesses. Hounds are trained to
be lethal, especially against other AMPs, and
should expect to be sent on missions to combat
others of their kind with regularity and later pa-
raded before America as heroes (as TRAC Elite).
When they are not, TRAC locks them away in a
hollow prison with terrible conditions. Sunlight
becomes connected to the smell of death, which
almost inevitably changes a person.
 Stories for Hounds should include some
sort of prologue, so each of the players knows
how their character lost their freedom. Free-
dom is at the forefront of these games, as each
Hound hopes to one day break away from the
pack. In between their prison break plotting,
Hounds are tracking down other AMPs and
capturing or killing them, always looking for
a moment when they may be able to break the
collar around their neck. Oh, if the Hounds ever
found themselves in a room alone with the
Houndmaster…
VV Find A Way Out: During a fight with an
Story Hooks
VV Assassination: The Hounds’ mission is to
kill a certain politician suspected of stand-
ing in the way of TRAC getting the fund-
ing it needs to expand. She has plenty of
armed guards at her mansion, and when
the characters make their way through
these obstacles, they find she is also an
AMP. What happens when they clash with
an AMP who’s been hiding in plain sight?
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VV Prison Riot: Life in the Chamber is far from
pleasant, and inmates have separated out
into groups for protection within its walls.
There is no power-usage in the Chamber,
so that means the scales are even. What
happens when a prison riot breaks out?
Will the characters attempt to gain su-
premacy among the prison populace?
What happens if they take out another
inmate the Houndmaster was saving for a
special mission?
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electric AMP, their collars malfunction. This
is finally their chance to break free from
the Houndmaster’s control. Where do they
go? What do they do? Can they win against
the army of TRAC soldiers sent to retrieve
them? They are, however, assets the orga-
nization cannot afford to lose; not to men-
tion the secrets they have about TRAC.
 Na ‘Aumakua
Characters who become members of Nā
‘Aumākua are accepting a sacred duty: protec-
tion of the island of Hawaii. In public, they are
heroes to the people, stopping bad AMPs from
wreaking havoc and keeping other groups out,
regardless of Affiliation. Under the surface,
however, they are often savages who take the
quickest route to justice, simply killing (and
sometimes devouring) anyone in their sights.
Many of their members are Ferals and some
possess voracious appetites.
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Stories involving Nā ‘Aumākua often con-
tain the hunter/prey ideology. The group roots
out any perceived evil and takes swift action
to stop it. Many of their stories are reactionary.
“Who is here to mess with us? Let’s go take
them out!” The group walks on eggshells, how-
ever, as horrible public displays may corrode
their image as heroes, so it must be carefully
protected as well. This becomes harder and
New Affiliations
AMP: Year Two introduces a number of
new Affiliations players may choose during
character creation.
Hounds
The Hounds are AMPs who have been
captured by TRAC and placed under a spe-
cial form of control… their implanted collar
allows the Houndmaster to take control
at any moment. Otherwise, as long as the
Hounds are obeying their masters, they
have a modicum of free action. They gain
a +2 bonus to all Fighting checks against
other AMPs, and enjoy a +4 bonus to any
non-combat Skill check related to a direct
order given by the Houndmaster. Must be an
AMP.
Na ‘Aumakua
Nā ‘Aumākua means sacred guardians,
and that’s what these characters have be-
come to the island of Hawaii. They receive
x1.5 the normal bonus from the Community
and Justice Loyalties when in Hawaii and
gain a +2 bonus to Persuasion or Deception
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harder with every new AMP who decides to re-
side on the island.
Story Hooks
VV Alpha: Nā ‘Aumākua is secretive and rare-
ly takes in new members, but what trials
will the characters have to accomplish to
join their number? Will it involve brining
a criminal to justice or defeating another
member in a battle to the death? Winning
the trial brings prestige among the group,
but may also win them enemies.
VV Say No to Drugs: For months, Typhoon has
attempted to get their drug supplies into
Hawaii, where many AMPs have moved.
The characters go to the shipping docks
to check out a shipment caught by Nā
‘Aumākua inspectors. Inside the dozens
of crates are War Path, Bliss and tons of
Clarity. What do they do with the drugs?
checks when interacting with the Hawaiian
people. Must be an AMP.
Retribution
Headed by Spearfinger, these AMPs have
cornered the market on hostility and dom-
inance, especially against Saps who might
threaten them. Through intense training,
they receive one free Augment for their
Primary Power (still subject to normal lim-
itations). They also receive a +4 bonus to
Stealth for the purposes of Surprise attacks
(guerrilla warfare). Must be an AMP.
TRAC
TRAC agents are usually normal peo-
ple (Saps) who have signed up to protect
and serve the everyday people on Ameri-
can streets. Enlistment gets the character
special equipment made to defend against
AMP powers. They receive a +3 bonus to re-
sist mind-intrusion powers, as well as a uni-
form providing AR 3/2 with no Hindrance.
Their guns may look normal, but they deal
+1 damage to any target. Must be a Sap or
have the Clean Bill of Health Gift (pg. 85).
 How do they respond to the Typhoon rep-
resentative who comes looking for their
packages?
VV New Hollywood: The major film studios
have called Nā ‘Aumākua to assist in find-
ing a murderer who has already killed three
famous actors. Following the trail brings
them from one iconic set to another and
face to face with some of their film heroes.
What happens when they find the killer?
What if the killer is one of their own?
Retribution
Members of Retribution have broken from
the Changelings, claiming a new mission
for themselves. Not only do they identify as
non-human, but they are also looking to ag-
gressively take out any human who looks down
on them for it. They operate with guerrilla tac-
tics, but otherwise hate hiding their true na-
ture away. Retribution will work with anyone
who agrees with them and simply ignores
those who don’t, but will save other AMPs from
danger to give them the chance to join the cru-
sade. TRAC agents better look out.
Stories for Retribution are about going on
the offensive. These are the AMPs who are
looking for UHF buildings to ransack, Anti-AMP
protests to break up (violently) and TRAC head-
quarters to blow up. Few of their members
have regard for their own well-being; the only
thing that matters is the destruction of the en-
emy in the end.
Story Hooks
VV The Raid: Retribution doesn’t pay…money
that is. For all the good they do they have
to take what they want. Turns out the next
UHF warehouse has all the food and water
they’ll need to last for months. Of course,
several rugged-looking paramilitary re-
cruits guard it. Piece of cake, right?
VV The Hound: Retribution picks up new
members all the time, but there’s some-
thing about the newest member. The AMP
is the only Hound to have ever escaped
their master’s grasp. This means they could
be a spy, whether knowingly or not. How
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does the group handle this member when
they fail at an important mission?
VV The Faceless: Everyone’s heard the stories
of the Faceless, the vigilante sending AMPs
to their grave on an almost nightly basis.
This can’t stand! Spearfinger sends the
characters to track down the Faceless and
take him or her out. What if, however, she
was ready for the characters?
TRAC
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Saps run rampant in TRAC (Tactical Re-
sponse and Containment Agency), each one
joining this specialized police force to protect
their communities from the AMP threat. Agents
possess special clearance and the authority to
contain anyone suspected of being an unreg-
istered unhuman. Their missions often involve
patrolling neighborhoods, securing prisoner
delivery or tracking and capturing a dangerous
AMP. Like the United Human Front, TRAC is an
unlikely group for AMPs to belong due to all
the blood tests the organization run to ensure
their agents are human.
Stories for TRAC are about the other agents
and their fellowship. Agents have to watch
their back as they fight against a threat that
looks just like them; only the other person
wearing TRAC colors is really on their side.
Some agents put on the uniform to take their
fear out on unhumans who truly don’t deserve
it, but the vast majority is really attempting to
be positive force.
Story Hooks
VV Routine Check: The characters are sent to
check up on a registered unhuman. A re-
port says witnesses saw them using their
powers to mug someone. Upon visiting the
home, TRAC discovers the home is actual-
ly a haven for AMPs, housing over a dozen
unregistered unhumans. It quickly turns
from routine check to a catch-em-all sit-
uation.
VV Prison Break: The local prison has called
TRAC to help them with a problem. One
of their most dangerous inmates has re-
cently erupted with power and is using it
 to kill every prison guard and assemble
a new gang of the city’s worst criminals.
The characters need to get in, take out this
AMP and secure the prison before they fig-
ure out the controls to release the crimi-
nals into the public. Can they do it?
VV No! It Can’t Be: The characters go to visit
a mutual friend/family member and find
out they have developed a power. They
now face a choice: help their family mem-
ber flee the country, possibly risking their
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uniform, or call in backup to capture their
loved one. It is a difficult choice that spells
disaster in either outcome.
Saps Step Into the Ring
The average, everyday person didn’t really
stand a chance against an AMP during Year
One. All of that changed in Year Two, however,
as the TRAC Agency was established to fight
against the unhuman threat and the United
Human Front completed phase one of their
advanced technology program (Gadgeteering).
While these two groups usually have it out
for AMPs, this isn’t the case with every Sap.
There are plenty of pro-AMP activists, loved
ones who want to help their AMP friend or
family member and even TRAC agents who
would help a fellow person, AMP or not, if they
were in trouble. Saps are no longer resigned
to the sideline or background while the AMPs
duke it out… they can join in and often go toe
to toe with super-powered enemies.
Players who want to play as a normal per-
son can now do so, using the below rules as
a guideline. It should be noted that Saps are
inherently less powerful than an AMP, having
not been engineered by science with Juice or
Powers. For a Sap to jump into the fight means
they actually care quite a bit about the conflict,
so their stories are less about controlling pow-
ers and more about why they are in the fight to
begin with.
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Step One: Concept, Loyal-
ties (14) and Affiliation (1)
This step remains unchanged, except Saps
receiving 14 Loyalty points (instead of 10) and
may choose between TRAC, United Human
Front or Unaffiliated as their Affiliation without
restriction. Players may also play a sympathizer
with another group (like Seekers of Enlighten-
ment or Typhoon), but forfeit any AMP-specific
bonuses that would have been provided.
Step Two: Choose Skills (30)
Saps receive 30 Skill points to spend (in-
stead of 35), as their bodies are less condi-
tioned by science. If the player chooses, they
may convert up to 10 Skill Points directly to
BP on a 1-to-1 basis to purchase available Sap
powers. This can even be done after character
creation, with the same limitation.
Step Three: Spend Bonus Points
The characters begin with 20 BP if they
chose an Affiliation or 24 BP if they chose to
be Unaffiliated (instead of 12 and 16). Saps do
not have a Strain and cannot choose Powers or
AMP-Specific Gifts/Drawbacks, with the excep-
tion of the Hideout Gift (AYO, pg. 56).
They do, however, gain access to the new
Gadgeteer Power (pg. 103) - and other powers
to come - which follows the rules of any oth-
er Power, costing 3 BP per level if Primary, 4
BP per level if Secondary and 5 BP per level
if Tertiary. Only Saps may have Gadgeteering
as their Primary power. They may spend 2 BP
to buy additional Gadgets Types, just as AMPs
can buy additional Augments for their Primary
power, also limited by their Gadgeteer level.
Step Four: Record Integrity
and Derived Stats
Obviously, Sap characters do not have Juice
to keep track of, but their other calculations
are otherwise exactly the same.

New Gifts
Clean Bill of Health (3): The character’s blood
does not give positive results in an AMP test,
possibly because they can alter it or because
their powers are mostly mental. The AMP can,
however, still be exposed as an AMP through
other more invasive procedures, like brain biop-
sies or spinal taps. Available only from the Psych
and Mindbender Strains, or AMPs with the Bio-
morph or Shapeshifting powers.
Ghost Sensitive (4): The character became
a ghost sensitive after All Souls Day of 2016.
They can see and speak with ghosts as a natu-
ral effect. Nothing in this Gift allows the char-
acter to control ghosts in any way. If the char-
acter already has the Mediumship power, they
can now access their area sensing ability with-
out spending Juice. Available to Saps and AMPs.
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Junkie (5): The AMP receives a greater re-
turn from drugs consumed. Any beneficial ef-
fects receive a x1.5 bonus, while any negative
effects are halved. An adrenaline needle would
only inflict 1B (instead of 2B), while taking Ec-
stasy would give them 3 Juice (instead of 2).
Available to Saps and AMPs, though Saps obvi-
ously get no Juice benefits.
Upgraded Tech (2): A Gadgeteer has the op-
tion to make their inventions even better by up-
grading their efficiency. With this Gift, they pick
one of their Gadget types and can now use the
Upgrade option when constructing the item.
This Gift can be purchased multiple times for
some Gadgets, so read them carefully (pg. 104).
Useful (2): A Gadgeteer has altered their
gadget blueprints to allow for additional Uses,
gaining +1 Use for that type each time this Gift
is purchased. No item may have more than 5
Uses.
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Glitchy (2): The Gadgeteer has learned how
to make many items, but one of their Gad-
get types has a fatal flaw. Whenever using an
item of that type, getting a Natural 1-4 on any
check (regardless of actual success or failure)
removes +1 Use from the item. Cannot be ap-
plied to items limited to 1 Use. Available to
Saps and AMPs.
Puberty (2): As if puberty wasn’t bad enough,
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an AMP going through the experience cannot
count on their chemicals to flow correctly, due
to hormones. At the start of each day, roll 1d20
(with no bonus) and the result determines the
character’s starting Juice for that day. If the
character has Extreme, they add +1 Juice to
their result. Available only to AMPs.
Result Starting Juice
1-3 1 Energy Sense
4-6 2 Glass
7-17 3 Horror
18-20 4 Hypnosis
Tagged (3): The character’s blood is on file
with TRAC, giving them information on the AMP’s
powers and even their location. This is a common
Drawback for AMPs who have registered with the
government. Available only to AMPs.
Wanted (2): TRAC has the character’s identi-
ty on file and is on the lookout for them. Inter-
acting with anyone they don’t know could spell
an ambush, so the character is always on their
toes. This just makes life much harder. Avail-
able only to AMPs.
New Drugs
Bliss
Type: Ingested, Cost: 2, Addictive: Yes
The latest drug on the streets, mostly found
in the Midwest. Once ingested, it creates such a
feeling of ecstasy that the person actually has
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an out-of-body experience. Their physical form
becomes a ‘joy-zombie’, dancing, laughing and
having a great time as they float around feel-
ing the most sensational high.
For all intents and purposes, this puts the
user into a form of Astral Projection, meaning
they can see things normally invisible and are
intangible during the time. However, unlike As-
tral Projection, they remain tethered to their
body up to 5 ft., unable to leave it if they want
to (though their urge to leave is lessened by
the drug effects). The effects last around 3 hrs.
for a single dose, not even ending if they are
injured. If their physical form dies while under
the influence, they become unbound ghosts
with no hope for the afterlife.
New AMP Powers
Name Strain
Blasters
Elementals
Mindbenders
Psychs
Immortality Bulks
Limb From Limb Shifters
Summoning Travelers
Tick Ferals
Velocity Shapers
Energy Sense (Blasters)
Check: Energy Sense + Perception
Range: (Energy Sense + Discipline) x 10 ft.
Duration: Scene
Resistance: None
Core Ability: An AMP with Energy Sense has
the ability to feel universal vibrations in the
world released when AMPs use their powers.
They can see trails of energy wherever some-
one has used a Power (even if the target does
not have the Trail Drawback, AYO, pg. 63). Add-
ing (Energy Sense) to Survival checks to track
down AMPs who have used powers within the
last (Energy Sense) hours, adds a +4 bonus to
 this check if the Energy Type being tracked
matches their own. The AMP may spend 1 Juice
to further extend their senses to perceive any-
thing normally invisible to the naked eye, in-
cluding spirits and those using Invisibility or
Astral Projection.
Augments
Enhancements
partments or just learning why the power
bill is so high every month.
VV Bioelectric Sense (E3): The AMP can now
sense low-level bioelectric signatures to
sense the location of any living creatures
in the area. Cannot be reduced lower than
E1. Range: 100 ft. radius.
Tricks
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VV Dormancy (E1): The AMP is harder to find,
creating a (Energy Sense) penalty to anyone
attempting to track them by their own trail.
VV Mental Check (E1): Immediately able
to tell if someone is under the effects of
Mindbender and Psych powers.
VV Illusion-Proof (E1): Must have Mental
Check. They can now see through Illusions
by reading energy signals.
VV Listen In (E1 - Sound): Must have Bio-
electric Sense. Can now sense radio waves,
allowing them to listen in on any conver-
sations going on in their vicinity.
VV Power Grid (E2 - Electricity): Must have
Bioelectric Sense. Instantly senses every-
thing hooked up to a power source and
how much power each one is draining.
Great for rooting out secret rooms or com-
Check: None
Range: Self
Duration: Instant
Effect: The AMP can sense an attacker us-
ing a Power (does not work against mundane
attacks) and has a split second to adjust their
Reaction. They receive a +5 bonus to their Re-
action check. This Trick is reflexive.
Spectrum Sight (T1)
Check: None
Range: Line of Sight
Duration: Scene
Effect: Adjusting the energy their eyes per-
ceive, the AMP can now see radio waves, radar,
infrared, visible light, ultraviolet, microwaves
or even radiation. This alleviates penalties
from darkness or smoke easily.

X-Ray Vision Spectrum Sight Power Level

Preconception Energy Sense Mental Check

Dormancy Bioelectric Sense Illusion-Proof

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Check: None
Range: Line of Sight
Duration: Scene
Effect: Must have Spectrum Sight. The AMP
can now separate energy signatures they see,
allowing their vision to bypass barriers and ef-
fectively reproduce X-Ray vision. They see what
is on the other side of a wall, inside someone’s
pocket, what’s going on in their body, etc.
Disrupt (T3)
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Check: Energy Sense + Discipline
Range: (Energy Sense + Fortitude) x 10 ft.
Duration: Support (1)
Effect: Must have Dormancy. They release a
wave of energy that disrupts the use of Powers
in the area. Activation costs are raised by +1 Juice
and anyone within the Radius suffers a -3 penalty
to their next Power use (if it requires a check).
Power Level (T3)
Check: None
Range: Line of Sight
Duration: Instant
Effect: Must have Spectrum Sight. The AMP
can perceive how powerful another AMP is,
quite literally sensing their Power level. They in-
stantly sense the target’s Strain, how many pow-
ers they possess and the levels for said powers.
They are unable to discern exactly what powers
the target has without first seeing them in ac-
tion. Cannot be reduced lower than T2.
Glass (Elementals)
Check: None
Range: Line of Sight
Duration: Instant
Resistance: None
Core Ability: One of the most abundant ele-
ments, AMPs with Glass possess a unique mastery
in the modern world. The subtleties of Glass make
it an unassuming power many underestimate. The
AMP becomes hyper-aware of every movement
reflected on any surface, from glass to metal to an-
other’s eyes. This makes them immune to Surprise
Attacks, adds (Glass) to Perception checks and fur-
ther adds (Glass/2) to Initiative.
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In addition, spending 1 Juice can adjust
glass qualities to change any glass surface into
a mirror or ever a two-way mirror. They may
also make glass more resistant, giving (Glass/2)
as AR against damage. For the same cost, they
can simply shatter any glass object they see,
regardless of how thick it may be.
Augments
Enhancements
VV Felt the Edge Before (E2): Must have
Protrusions. Their body becomes resistant
to attacks from glass, blades and oth-
er edged weapons, granting (Glass/2) as
AR against these attacks. Does not affect
blunt or crushing weapons.
VV Tiny Fragments (E2): Must have Shat-
ter Song. In addition to damage from the
piercing shout, the shattered glass turns
into a dust cloud of death. Victims in the
blast begin to inhale tiny glass fragments,
damaging their internal systems for 4B if
they do not succeed in a second Resistance
check. Cannot be reduced below E1.
Tricks
Shard Attack (T1)
Check: Glass + Marksmanship
Range: (Glass + Perception) x 10ft.
Duration: Instant
Resistance: Dodge/Find Cover
Effect: A shard of glass cuts itself out of the
AMP’s body and flies toward the target, inflict-
ing 2B damage upon impact. If they are unable
to pay the Juice cost, the AMP has the option to
take 1B instead.
Shatter Song (T1)
Check: Glass + Performance
Range: (Glass + Fortitude) x 100 ft. radius
Duration: Instant
Resistance: Fortitude
Effect: The AMP lets out a shout that extends
their already impressive ability to shatter glass
in a surrounding area, instantly affecting any-
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Felt the Edge Before Glass
Protrusions Shard Attack
Sharpened Whirlwind
thing made of glass, regardless of Integrity. It is
loud enough to also deal 2B damage to anyone
within Range, unless they successfully Resist.
Into the Void (T1, +1 if small)
Check: None
Range: Self
Duration: Concentration
Effect: The AMP walks into a glass surface,
becoming one with it. They then appear as a re-
flection in the mirror and can move anywhere
along its surface or even to the other side with-
out incident. Large surfaces are easy, but they
can even rest inside a compact or hand mir-
ror, though at a higher Juice cost. If the glass
is shattered while they are within, they suffer
4B that cannot be negated or reduced and are
instantly ejected from the mirror.
Light Refraction (T2)
Check: Glass + Fortitude
Range: Self
Duration: Scene
Effect: Must have Into the Void. The AMP
has learned to affect the way their body re-
flects light, making them more capable of
stealthy maneuvers. This adds a (Glass/2) bo-
nus to Stealth.
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Light Refraction
Shatter Song
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Tiny Fragments
Mirror Cage (T3)
Check: Glass + Discipline
Range: Touch
Duration: (Glass/2) days
Resistance: Fortitude
Effect: Must have Into the Void. By touching
a target and a mirror at the same time, they can
trap their victim within the glass. This is a tricky
maneuver, as the AMP can become trapped as
well. If they do not succeed at a Moderate (20)
check (even if they beat their target’s check)
they are also locked in the glass, though for
half the Duration. If the glass is shattered, any-
one trapped inside suffers 4B that cannot be
negated or reduced, and they are ejected from
the mirror.
Travel by Mirror (T3)
Check: Glass + Travel to avoid attacks
Range: Line of Sight
Duration: Support ((Glass + Fortitude)/2)
Effect: Must have Into the Void. With this
Trick, the AMP using Into The Void can jump
from one reflective surface to another within
sight in an instant, allowing for quicker travel
and avoidance of enemies in a pinch. Though
this effectively lasts for the Scene, they can
only make ((Glass + Fortitude)/2) jumps before
needing to recharge. If they fail their Moderate
(20) check, the number of jumps is halved. May
be used Reflexively.
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Check: None
Range: Self
Duration: (Glass) Rounds
Effect: Must have Shard Attack. The AMP
creates shards that protrude all over their
body, making their attacks much deadlier. They
now deal +1B damage with unarmed attacks or
+2B to those who Grab the AMP.
Sharpened Whirlwind (T4)
Check: Glass + Discipline
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Range: (Glass) x 10 ft.
Duration: (Glass/2) Rounds
Resistance: Find Cover
Effect: Must have Protrusions. Shards eject
from the AMP’s body and fly around, cutting
and slicing everything in the area for 3B dam-
age, and another 3B at the beginning of each
Round until the effect ends. If the AMP fails
their Moderate (20) activation check, the dam-
age reduces by 1 for every Round that passes.
Cannot be reduced lower than T2.
Horror (Mindbenders)
Check: None
Range: (Horror + Intimidation)
Duration: Scene
Resistance: Fear (15 + Horror)
Core Ability: Fear fuels many things, and
while an AMP with Heartstrings has their hand
in many different emotions, only one with Hor-
Terrifying Visage Focused Dread
Increasingly Frightful
Horror
Tainted Power Remove Fear
Siphon Fear
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ror truly understands the awesome power of
true fright. The AMP’s aura exudes a natural
Fear effect, adding (Horror) to Intimidation and
making them immune to Intimidation or Fear
effects used on them. This also means they
cannot gain Juice from fear.
By spending Juice, they can cast out an un-
natural Fear (15 + Horror) effect, forcing a Re-
sistance check from anyone looking at them.
A failure causes a -2 penalty to all checks (in-
cluding Initiative) for each Juice spent. Even if
the victim has succumbed to the AMP’s initial
Fear effect, additional Resistance checks are
necessary against individual Tricks. As with all
emotion-based powers, causing fear in a target
may create unforeseen reactions (AYO, pg. 189).
Augments
Enhancements
VV Focused Dread (E1): Instead of affecting
everyone in the area, the AMP sends in-
tense fear directly at a single target, who
suffers a -2 penalty to their check. Range:
Line of Sight.
VV Increasingly Frightful (E1-5): Raises the
AMP’s Fear effect by +3 per Juice Spent.
VV Driven By Fear (E2): Must have Remove
Fear. The AMP is mentally connected to
those who fail their Fear check, strengthen-
ing their body with pure terror. Each victim’s
failed check grants the AMP a +3 bonus to
Paralyzing Fear
Fear Alone
Driven By Fear
 Movement and a +1 bonus to close combat
checks. The maximum bonus gain is +15/+5,
but the normal Fear may still affect addi-
tional targets. Cannot be reduced below E1.
VV Siphon Fear (E2): Must have Remove
Fear. Each victim who fails their Fear check
against the AMP further makes them stron-
ger, each one giving a +3 bonus to Might
checks and +1 damage. The maximum bo-
nus gain is +15/+5, but the normal Fear
may still affect additional targets. Cannot
be reduced below E1.
Tricks
Fear Alone (T1)
Check: None
Range: Self
Duration: Battle
Effect: Must have Focused Dread. The AMP
alters their vision to see only fear, meaning
they are able to see the aura of anyone afflict-
ed with Horror. Objects in the environment ap-
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pear as silhouettes, while those who are scared
appear as glowing figures. They can ignore
any sight-based penalties, such as darkness
or heavy rain, and this removes any benefit to
hiding from the AMP.
Remove Fear (T1)
Check: None
Range: Line of Sight
Duration: Battle
Effect: The AMP removes even the slightest
fear from the target with a look, negating any
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positive or negative (usually negative) penalties.
Tainted Power (T2)
Check: None
Range: Self
Duration: Reaction
Effect: Must have Increasingly Frightful.
They are now immune to being read by powers.
No attempts to use mind reading or control,
pick up visions or sense the AMP are success-
ful, instead only instilling a feeling of dread.
 The attacker suffers a -3 penalty to all checks
for the rest of the Scene as a result. This may
be used Reflexively.
Paralyzing Fear (T3)
Check: None
Range: Self
Duration: (Horror/2) Rounds
Resistance: Core Ability
Effect: Must have Focused Dread. The vic-
tim feels nothing but a crippling fear leaving
them unable to move or take action. They may
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still defend themselves if attacked, but cannot
Move, take Actions (except Retreat) or retreat
while affected.
Terrifying Visage (T4)
Check: Horror + Discipline
Range: Line of Sight
Duration: Battle
Resistance: Mental Trauma
Effect: Must have Increasingly Frightful and
Focused Dread. They choose a target, delve into
their deepest subconscious and pluck out the
form of the victim’s darkest fears. Then the AMP
literally becomes their victim’s deepest fears,
causing the target to immediately fail any Fear
checks against the AMP and suffer a -4 penalty
to all combat checks. The AMP also now deals
+2B damage against the target. Targets with the
Phobia Drawback (AYO, pg. 58) do not receive
a Resistance check. Not even the AMP knows
what they will change into. Sometimes it’s the
victim’s abusive parent, while other times they
become snakes, spiders or the embodiment of
an ever-decreasing space around the victim.
Cannot be reduced below T2.
Hypnosis (Psychs)
Check: Hypnosis + Discipline
Range: Line of Sight
Duration: Concentration
Resistance: Mental Trauma
Core Ability: A classic ability of psychics,
an AMP with this power can trap their target
in a hypnotic, highly suggestible state. With a
meeting of eyes and 1 Juice, the target halts
all action and falls into a half-sleep trance. In
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this state, the AMP can ask questions about
what they are thinking, what they are doing,
how they are feeling, etc. Most questions are
answered without a second thought, but any-
thing going against their nature (divulging a
horrible secret or betraying a friend) or going
deeper than surface thoughts is impossible.
Targets can add any Authority, Illusions or
Mnemonics they may possess to their Resis-
tance, and this ability cannot be used in com-
bat. The AMP’s mind is also strengthened, add-
ing (Hypnosis) to any checks against Mental
Trauma.
Augments
Enhancements
VV Digging Deep (E1): Questions that go
further than surface thoughts can now be
asked, allowing the AMP to gather sensi-
tive information or unlock knowledge the
target didn’t even know.
VV Closed Eyes (E2): Effects can now be used
on a target regardless of eye contact.
VV Groundwork (E2): Once the AMP has hyp-
notized the target this time, the AMP does
not require Concentration to keep them
under for up to 5 minutes the next time.
VV Combat Hypnosis (E3): Must have Closed
Eyes. They may now use Hypnosis during Bat-
tle, essentially trading their Action (and Con-
centration) to rob the target of their Action for
the Round. Cannot be reduced below E1.
Tricks
Suggestions (T1)
Check: Hypnosis + Persuasion
Range: Core Ability
Duration: (Hypnosis) days
Resistance: Mental Trauma
Effect: This Trick plants an idea into a hyp-
notized target’s mind of an Action to take
or habit to break. This can be anything from
“You’ll feel physically ill the next time you
reach for a cigarette” to “Quack when someone
 Closed Eyes Combat Hypnosis
Digging Deep Hypnosis
Refreshing Words Suggestions
says the word ‘somewhere’.” The idea stays ac-
tive for the Duration, which means regular vis-
its to the hypnotist is often necessary to keep
the effects ongoing. Suggestions cannot be
anything to make the target harm themselves
or another. Causing a sickening effect creates
a -2 penalty when attempting to perform the
disallowed action.
Refreshing Words
Check: Hypnosis + Persuasion
Range: Core Ability
Duration: 1 day
Resistance: Mental Trauma
Effect: Must have Suggestions. The AMP
puts thoughts of pleasant things into the tar-
get’s mind to lessen burdens, such as a sense
of well-being or calmness about an aspect of
their life. The target is granted a +3 bonus to
Mental Trauma checks and +1 starting Juice for
the Duration. Cannot be used on one’s self or
during combat (even with Combat Hypnosis).
Damning Ideas
Check: Hypnosis + Intimidation
Range: Line of Sight
Duration: 1 day
Resistance: Mental Trauma
Effect: Must have Suggestions. The AMP im-
plants damaging ideas into the target’s hyp-
notized psyche, such as artificial fears or feel-
ings of terrorizing panic. The victim suffers a -3
penalty to Mental Trauma checks of any kind
and -1 starting Juice for the Duration. Cannot
be used on one’s self or during combat (even
with Combat Hypnosis).
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Friends and Enemies
Groundwork
Damning Ideas
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Friends and Enemies (T3, +1 per Round)
Friends and Enemies (T3, +1 per Round)
Check: Hypnosis + Intimidation
Range: Line of Sight
Duration: 1 Round
Resistance: Mental Trauma
Effect: Must have Combat Hypnosis. The
AMP reverses the idea of friends and enemies
in the target’s mind, making them switch sides
for the Duration. They view friends as enemies
and enemies as friends and act accordingly,
including and up to trying to kill those most
important to them if the situation demands.
Immortality (Bulks)
Check: None
Range: Self
Duration: Permanent
Resistance: None
Core Ability: While those with Regeneration
may live longer than Saps, AMPs with Immor-
tality go far beyond their limits. First, the char-
acter simply stops aging when their power be-
comes active. It is often discovered by accident,
after the AMP succumbs to their first death, but
it can also spontaneously start at any age a
player’s concept creates.
Immortality doesn’t actually stop one from
dying, but does ensure the AMP returns to life af-
ter suffering any kind of death… for a price. Each
time they die, their maximum Juice capacity is
lowered by 1 (most characters have a maximum
of 10 Juice). For example, an AMP who has died
twice would only have a Maximum of 8 Juice.
Only if they are killed without any Juice capacity
left to they finally succumb to death’s embrace
 and cease returning. Returning from the dead
takes (6 - Immortality) days (minimum of 1). So,
an AMP with Immortality 3 would spring to life
three days after dying, while Immortality 5+
means it only takes 1 day.
The AMP also reduces any Pain penalties by
(Immortality/2) as they become more accus-
tomed to dealing with the pain death brings.
Augments
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Enhancements
VV Pain-Free (E0): Reduces Pain penalties by
full (Immortality)
VV Death Senses (E1): The AMP can hear and
feel everything happening to or around
their body while they are dead. If the scene
is chaotic, they may attempt an Intuition +
Perception check to figure out what hap-
pened when they awake.
VV Sage Advice (E1): Must have Wisdom of
Heaven. The AMP can now grant half the
Wisdom of Heaven bonus to another by
providing wise advice. It is no longer Re-
flexive if they use this Enhancement.
VV Spirit Sight (E1): Being bedfellows with
death, they are now able to see and speak
to spirits; once only the purview of Medi-
Dying With Purpose
Play ‘Possum Only Mostly Dead
Death Senses Immortality
Pain Free Spirit Sight
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umship. Of course, the AMP lacks any con-
trol or insight into the spirit beyond simple
interaction.
VV Dead Like You (E2): Must have Spirit
Sight. The AMP becomes immune to spirit
attacks and damage. Duration: (Immortal-
ity) Rounds.
VV Dying With Purpose (E2): Must have Play
‘Possum. When the AMP dies (voluntarily or
otherwise), they may split their maximum
Integrity evenly between their comrades to
heal them. Range: 20 ft. radius.
Tricks
Play ‘Possum (T1)
Check: None
Range: Self
Duration: Scene
Effect: Must have Death Senses. They force
themselves into a death state. For all intents
and purposes, they are dead to anyone who
checks their body (regardless of technique or
equipment used), but they can spring back to
life at will for 1 Action. This Trick is reflexive.
Only Mostly Dead (T2, +1 per hr.)
Check: None
Range: Self
Duration: Scene
Effect: Must have Play ‘Possum. If the AMP
was supposed to die, they are able to spring
Drag You Down Wtih Me
Replenish Lives
Wisdom of Heaven
Sage Advice
 right back to life within 1 hr., plus 1 hr. per
additional Juice spent. Any effects that would
have occurred from dying still occur, but this
could the difference between finishing an im-
portant deed and failing horribly just because
they happen to die. Death can be such a nui-
sance. This Trick is reflexive, but cannot be
used again until they actually die. Cannot be
reduced below T2.
Wisdom of Heaven (T2)
Check: None
Range: Self
Duration: Instant
Effect: Must have Spirit Sight. Having trav-
eled to the afterlife and back, the AMP is grant-
ed insight one can only gain from death. This
Trick gives a bonus to any Skill check by tap-
ping into this wisdom. They receive a +2 bo-
nus to the check, with an additional (Lost Juice
Capacity) bonus as well. For example, an AMP
who has died twice and lost 2 Juice capacity
can gain a +4 bonus by using this Trick. May be
used Reflexively.
Drag You Down With Me (T3)
Check: Immortality + Fortitude
Range: Touch
Duration: Reaction
Effect: Must have Play ‘Possum. When the
AMP dies, they grab a hold of their killer’s soul
and take it with them. This inflicts (Immorality +
5) Brutal damage as payment for their deed. This
damage cannot be reduced with AR, but powers
like Invulnerability or those that grant Temporary
Integrity can be used to dull this damage.
Replenish Lives (T4)
Check: Immortality + Fortitude
Range: Touch
Duration: Permanent
Effect: Must have Drag You Down With Me.
In order to keep their Immortality going, many
AMPs turn to supplementing their lives with
the souls of others. It leaves the victim dead
and removes any idea of them coming back to
life or a journey to the afterlife.
The process requires (Target’s Fortitude +2)
successes on an Extended Check, with each
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check accounting for 1 hr. of meditation and
constant contact with the victim (usually re-
quiring restraints of some kind). When the ritu-
al ends, the AMP regains one of their lives and
raises their maximum Juice capacity by 1 (can-
not raise above normal limits). Obviously, this
Trick cannot be used in combat. If used on an-
other AMP with Immortality, they transfer Juice
capacity from one to the other. The victim only
fully dies after being drained entirely.
As a strange side effect, the loved ones of
the now-soulless victim feel somehow drawn
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to the AMP and feel intense animosity toward
them; even if they have no clue their loved
one is dead. These individuals receive a +2
bonus to all checks against the AMP and deal
+1 damage if these encounters come to blows.
Depending on the victim, the AMP may incur an
Enemy Drawback as well (GM’s choice).
Limb From Limb (Shifters)
Check: None
Range: (Limb From Limb) x 10 ft.
Duration: Scene
Resistance: None
Core Ability: An AMP with Limb From Limb
has the quite disgusting ability to remove
pieces of their body yet still retain control of
them. For 1 Juice, the AMP may disconnect any
part of themselves or reconnect a part for the
Scene. This ability can be used to easily get out
of handcuffs (by removing their hands) or re-
attach an arm cut off by another AMP’s claws.
They can control (Intuition/2) limbs with a sin-
gle Action. Limbs removed do not bleed or suf-
fer increased chances of infection.
Due to their body’s unique makeup, they
add (Limb From Limb/2) to any Fortitude Re-
sistance checks and are immune to Bleeding.
While Limb From Limb may sound comical,
people who watch this power in use must
make a Moderate (20) Fortitude check to keep
from losing their lunch at the disgusting sight,
gaining a +2 bonus each time they see it in use.
 Scurry My Little Friend
Pain Suppression Limb From
Limb
Sticky Limbs Extended Control
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Sensory Lending Patchwork
Augments
Enhancements
VV Extended Control (E1): They can now control
their limbs up to (Limb From Limb) x 100 ft.
VV Sensory Lending (E1): Removal of a limb
disconnects it from the body completely,
but now the AMP can retain the associated
senses. For example, a disconnected ear can
still hear. This also goes for smelling with a
detached nose, seeing with an eye or tasting
with a tongue. Touch is the only sense that
does not require Sensory Lending.
VV Scurry (E2): Must have My Little Friend. The
creature created (big or small) by the AMP
now moves at full (Movement) and gains a
+3 bonus to Stealth checks.
VV Sticky Limbs (E3): Any part removed can
be attached to another surface (including
another person). Remember, the AMP still
retains control of their limbs even while
detached. Check: Limb From Limb + Might,
Resistance: Strength.
Tricks
My Little Friend (T1)
Check: Limb From Limb + Discipline
Range: Core Ability
Duration: Scene
Effect: The AMP removes one of their hands
or feet and creates a small creature to per-
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My Much Bigger Friend
Reassemble
Disassemble
form a task. This can be anything from deliver-
ing a message or acting as a spy (if combined
with Sensory Lending). The AMP can perform
actions at a distance with My Little Friend,
but suffers a -2 penalty to checks. If they fail
a Moderate (20) check during activation, this
drops to a -4 penalty. The creature moves at
(Movement/2) and does not suffer the above
penalty to Stealth checks.
Pain Suppression (T1)
Check: None
Range: Self
Duration: Scene
Effect: Removing limbs is not an enjoyable ex-
perience, often coupled with an intense pain many
grow accustomed to only over time. An AMP with
Pain Suppression, however, negates pain entirely.
Reassemble (T1)
Check: Limb From Limb + Might
Range: 1 mile
Duration: Instant
Resistance: Strength
Effect: Must have Extended Control. The
AMP calls any and all parts of their body to
put themselves back together. Limbs on the
ground suddenly launch into the air and fly to-
ward the AMP, but those being restrained may
make an Opposed check. If the limb is locked
away or otherwise cannot get to the AMP for
some reason, the AMP instantly senses its di-
rection and receives a +4 bonus to Survival to
track down their lost limb, regardless of Range.

Disassemble (T2)
Check: Limb From Limb + Speed
Range: Self
Duration: Reaction
Effect: Must have Reassemble. They are so ad-
ept at removing parts they can will them to dis-
connect instantly, even at the very instant an at-
tack is coming at them. This is particularly good
versus attacks on particular parts of their body.
In any case, it allows the AMP to convert Brutal
damage from a single attack to normal damage
or ignore it entirely if it is a Targeted Strike.
My Much Bigger Friend (T3)
Check: Limb From Limb + Discipline
Range: Core Ability
Duration: (Limb From Limb) Rounds
Effect: Must have My Little Friend and Re-
assemble. The AMP removes either both their
arms or both their legs to create a terrible
creature to fight for them. The friend possess-
es half the AMP’s Integrity, but is much more
ferocious. My Much Bigger Friend fights with
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the AMP’s existing Skills and Powers and a +2
bonus to Fighting, Initiative and damage. If
they fail a Moderate (20) check, they lose these
bonuses. When the Duration ends, the limbs re-
turn to the AMP automatically, as if they used
Reassemble.
Patchwork (T3)
Check: None
Range: Self
Duration: Permanent
Effect: Must have Reassemble. There are
times when an AMP’s limbs become damaged,
mangled, broken or otherwise unusable. This
Trick lets the AMP simply take someone else’s.
If the AMP has lost their hand, they can chop
off someone else’s hand and attach it. Any lost
Integrity from the part heals instantly. The part
does not ever truly match, but once assimilat-
ed it converts to a shape and size suitable to
the AMP’s use (including powers). The strange
sight of an AMP with a hand of a different skin
tone, the arm from another gender or a slightly
 decayed leg (if taken from a corpse) is all too
common. One should also be careful not to end
up with two left feet. This can only be used on
someone of normal human size, not those us-
ing Sizing or shapeshifting abilities. Cannot be
reduced below T2.
Summoning (Travelers)
Check: Summoning + Persuasion
Range: Line of Sight
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Duration: Instant
Resistance: None
Core Ability: An AMP with Summoning pos-
sesses a versatile ability many covet. It is the
literal representation of “if you want some-
thing, take it.” By spending 1 Juice, they instant-
ly teleport any Size 1 or 2 object they see to
their hands. If they fail a Moderate (20) check
when using Summoning, the item appears
near them, but not in their hand. If the item is
sentimental and emotionally connected to the
current owner, the AMP suffers a -4 penalty to
Summon the object weighed down by its emo-
tional anchor.
Augments
Enhancements
VV Distance Mark (E2): Must have Mark. They
can now Mark any object they can see.
Range: Line of Sight.
VV From Nearby (E1): Extends the range to
encompass a wider area without the need
to see the object. Affects only specific ob-
Mark Distance Mark
Summon Shelter Summoning
Larger Tidings Reinforcements
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jects (my mother’s locket) or something
general (a newspaper). Range: (Summon-
ing) miles.
VV Larger Tidings (E2): They can now sum-
mon items up to Size 4. Cannot be reduced
lower than E1.
VV From Anywhere (E3): Must have From
Nearby. They can now summon items from
any distance as long as it is Marked or they
have interacted with it at some point in
their past. Cannot be reduced lower than
E1. Range: Unlimited.
Tricks
Mark (T1)
Check: None
Range: Touch
Duration: Permanent
Effect: The AMP touches an item and places
a mystical (and visible) symbol on it, marking
it as theirs. From that point on, the AMP can
ignore the check to summon this particular
item and it cannot be summoned (or affected
by Item Drop, AYO, pg. 163) by any other AMP.
Summoned Defense (T1)
Check: Core Ability
Range: Core Ability
Duration: Reaction
Effect: The AMP summons an object to
withstand an incoming attack. The item ab-
sorbs the attack, protecting the AMP as long as
it’s sturdy enough. Summoning a metal beam
or concrete slab is likely to absorb all damage
from a sword, while a wooden chair may only
Reverse Summoning
Summong Defense
From Nearby
From Anywhere
 half the damage. It is all based on what the
AMP can see to Summon.
Reinforcements (T3)
Check: Core Ability
Range: Core Ability
Duration: Instant
Resistance: Fortitude
Effect: Must have Larger Tidings. The AMP
can summon up to (Comrades) others to them
within Range. They must have a positive emo-
tional connection to the targets, such as friends
and loved ones (cannot be used on strangers
or enemies). It is useful for scouting ahead to
then summon reinforcements when the coast
is clear. If the target is unwilling, they receive a
Resistance check.
Reverse Summoning (T3)
Check: None
Range: Core Ability
Duration: Instant
Effect: Must have Distance Mark. Instead
of Summoning an item to themselves, they
bring themselves to one of their Marked items
within Range. Clever AMPs with knowledge of
where a battle is bound to go down can easily
stack the deck in their favor with strategically
placed marked objects around the area. Cannot
be reduced lower than T2.
Summon Shelter (T4)
Check: None
Range: (Summoning) x 10 ft.
Duration: Concentration
Effect: Must have Mark and Larger Tidings.
The AMP Marks a building the size of a cabin or
small home to then be able to instantly sum-
mon it to their current location. The building
is uprooted, leaving the area appearing as if it
has simply vanished, but returns as soon as the
AMP wants. Some AMPs use this Trick as a way
to avoid the dangers of Mother Nature, while
others see it as a way to bring all their equip-
ment and precious items to them in an instant.
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Tick (Ferals)
Check: None
Range: Self
Duration: Scene
Resistance: None
Core Ability: Animals of all types and envi-
ronments nourish themselves from the blood
of other creatures, and AMPs are no different.
Those with Tick have become literal vampires,
many getting a negative reputation due to the
gruesome nature of their power. First, the AMP
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adds (Tick/2) to checks against Poison and be-
come immune to Bleeding.
For 1 Juice, they can sprout a blood-sucking
orifice (chosen at creation), be it vampire-like
fangs from their mouth or lamprey suckers in their
palms. While in a Grab, they may make an Inflict
Harm Action, dealing Brutal damage and regain-
ing Integrity at a rate of 2-to-1 (cannot raise above
normal limits). For instance, if their bite inflicts 6B
damage, the AMP regains up to 3 Integrity. Drink-
ing the blood of the dead (anyone whose heart
has stopped pumping) or from an AMP with Bio-
morph (Bloodless) provides no benefit.
Augments
Enhancements
VV Nectar (E0): As long as they suck blood
at least once per day (dealing at least 2B
damage), they can otherwise ignore the
need to eat or drink normal food.
VV Paralyzing Bite (E1): Must have Latched
On. Bites also create a -1 penalty from Pain
to all checks for each point of damage
done (max: -10), causing the victim’s body
to atrophy. If they suffer a -10 penalty from
this effect, they cannot act until the pain
has faded away.
VV Painless Bite (E2): Must have Nectar.
Sucking the victim’s blood causes zero pain.
Clever Ticks even drained their victims
without stirring them from their sleep. As
soon as the victim drops to half their Integ-
rity, however, they’ll wake up instinctually.
Cannot be reduced lower than E1.
 VV Ravenous (E2): Must have Latched On.
The AMP now regains Integrity at a 1-for-1
basis while sucking blood.
VV Blood Sack (E3): Must have Ravenous.
They can store excess blood drank for later
consumption. After inflicting damage from
their bite and healing Integrity to their
maximum, the AMP can store up to (Tick/2)
excess Integrity to heal reflexively at any
time within the next (Fortitude/2) hrs., at
which time it becomes unusable. Cannot
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be reduced below E2.
Tricks
Latched On (T1)
Check: None
Range: Touch
Duration: Instant
Effect: After initiating a Grab, the AMP bites
down and latches on to the victim, who suffers
a -4 penalty to any Break Grapple checks. If the
target is able to break free anyway, they suffer
(Tick/2) Brutal damage as the bite rips their
flesh. May be used Reflexively.
Tentacles Extracting Size
Tick
Paralyzing Bite Latched On
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Tentacles (T2)
Check: None
Range: Self
Duration: Scene
Effect: The AMP grows additional append-
ages with lamprey-like suckers at their ends.
These can extend up to (Tick + 10) ft. for suck-
ing blood at a distance. They can make a Grab
check on targets within Range using Marks-
manship instead of Fighting.
Extracting Size (T4, +1 Juice per Reduction)
Check: None
Range: Self
Duration: Scene
Effect: Must have Nectar and Tentacles. Af-
ter drinking blood and dealing at least 10B
damage within the Scene, the AMP can choose
not to heal, but to instead pump up their body’s
size and strength. For every 10B dealt, they add
(Tick/2) to Strength checks, gain +1 damage to
close combat attacks and grow by 25% (up to
double their size). They can spend additional
Juice, reducing the necessary damage dealt be-
fore activating by 2. For instance, spending 6
Juice (T4 + 2) means they receive bonuses for
every 6B inflicted. Cannot be reduced below T2.
Nectar
Painless Bite
Ravenous
Blood Sack
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Check: None
Range: Self / (Velocity + Speed) x 10 ft.
Duration: Permanent / Varies
Resistance: None / Strength
Core Ability: Velocity is the power to con-
trol the motion and inertia of things around
the AMP. Immediately, this improves the AMP’s
reaction time, adding (Velocity/2) to Initiative,
and makes them immune to effects that would
otherwise slow them down (i.e. Gravity Energy
Augments
Enhancements
VV Always Ready (E0): Adds full (Velocity) to
Initiative.
VV Feel the Rush (E1): When performing a
Rush Attack (AYO, pg. 175), they receive triple
the normal bonus to their follow-up attack.
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Effect). They may further add their full (Veloci-
ty) against checks to outright stop them while
in motion (i.e. Constructs (Cage)).
For 1 Juice, the AMP adjusts their own or
someone else’s effective momentum, multi-
plying their own Movement by (Velocity/2) or
subtracting (Velocity) from their target’s Move-
ment. This modifier has a half-life of 1 min. For
example, an AMP with Movement 10 and Ve-
locity 4 could spend 1 Juice to move at Move-
ment 20, then Movement 15, then Movement
12, then Movement 11, reducing at each 1 min.
interval until they return to Movement 10. This
can only affect (Intuition/2) targets at any giv-
en time, but can be used Reflexively.
Fast as a Bullet (T1)
Check: None
Range: Touch
Duration: Instant
Effect: The AMP adds (Velocity) to a ranged
attacks, making bullets, javelins or other
ranged weapons fly even faster through the air.
This Trick is used Reflexively.
Behind the Wheel (T1)
Check: None
Range: Touch
Duration: Instant
Effect: Must have Feel the Rush. When pi-
loting or driving a vehicle, the AMP is able to
pull off amazing feats and stunts by influenc-
ing the velocity. They may add (Velocity) to any
Travel checks when behind the wheel.

Always Ready Launch Match Velocity

Fast as a Bullet Velocity

Dead Stop Change Trajectory Feel the Rush

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 Change Trajectory (T2)
Check: None
Range: Self
Duration: Reaction
Effect: The AMP can now affect the direc-
tion and momentum of incoming attacks, cre-
ating a (Velocity) penalty to a single attack on
them. May be used reflexively.
Dead Stop (T2)
Check: Velocity + Discipline
Range: (Velocity + Speed) x 10 ft.
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Duration: Instant
Resistance: Strength
Effect: Must have Change Trajectory. No
matter how fast the target is moving, they sud-
denly come to a dead stop. This can be used
to stop an AMP rushing toward them or on
someone falling. If a Target fails their Resis-
tance check, they essentially lose their Action
for the Round and continue to do so as long
as the AMP retains their Concentration. If they
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drop it for any reason, the target returns to the
original Movement speed instantly. If used on
a vehicle, riders suffer Collision damage since
their momentum isn’t affected. May be used
Reflexively.
Launch (T3)
Check: Velocity + Travel for maneuvers
Range: Self
Duration: Concentration
Effect: Must have Always Ready. By manip-
ulating their own velocity, the AMP launches
into the air to fly at (Movement x (Velocity/2)).
This Trick lasts as long as the AMP continues to
move; they are unable to hover or simply float
like other flight abilities allow. However, while
in flight, attackers suffer (Velocity) as a penalty
to hit the AMP due to the sheer speed.
 Momentum Reversal (T3)
Check: Velocity + Discipline
Range: (Velocity + Speed) x 10 ft.
Duration: Instant or Reaction
Resistance: Strength
Effect: Must have Dead Stop. A target on
the move should fear an AMP with this Trick,
who launches them backwards with extreme
force. Failing a resistance check sends the tar-
get flying backwards (target’s Movement) x2 ft.
and knocking them down, requiring a Prepare
Action to stand again. If the target was Sprint-
ing, they are thrown back (Movement) x20 ft.
instead. Cannot be reduced below T2.
Match Velocity (T4)
Check: Velocity + Travel for maneuvers
Range: Self
Duration: Concentration
Effect: Must have Launch. The AMP picks
something moving in their environment and
syncs with its velocity. This lets them travel at
the same speed of a car, a jungle cat, an AMP
with Acceleration or even a low flying plane,
but also in the same direction. The moment
they lose or break their Concentration, the AMP
returns to their normal velocity. Cannot be re-
duced below T2.
New Universal
Power
Gadgeteer
Check: Gadgeteer + Crafts
Range: Self
Duration: Scene
Resistance: None
Core Ability: The perfect power for a char-
acter who wants just the right tool in any sit-
uation. Gadgeteer is a special power because
anyone, AMP or Sap, can learn how craft these
special gadgets. It can be selected as a Primary,
Secondary or Tertiary power, thus granting a +5
bonus, +2 bonus or +0 bonus to checks when
putting together these special items, but oth-
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erwise follows normal Level cap requirements.
Obviously, only Saps can select Gadgeteer as
their Primary, since an AMP’s Primary power al-
ways comes from their Strain. Gadgeteer is not
an on-the-fly power, but allows a character to
gear up before hitting the streets.
VV Crafting: The Gadgeteer can create unique
items for a variety of purposes, each item
requiring a Moderate (20) Extended check,
with each check representing 1 day of
work (note the bonus from power ranking).
The number of successes needed to craft
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the item is listed for each Gadget, some
definitely easier than others. The GM may
also place material requirements to build
certain gadgets (such as obtaining proper
fuel for Rocket Boots). Characters may add
(Brainiac/2) or (Technopathy/2) to any craft-
ing checks, if they happen to possess these
powers. Items created by the Gadgeteer are
suited only to them, and anyone else who
attempts suffers a -3 penalty to all uses.
VV Uses: As Juice is not used to power these
items, they are instead limited by how
many times they can be used before need-
ing repair or rebuilding. Some of the more
explosive devices have only 1 Use, while
others may have multiple Uses. If the gad-
get is victim to a Targeted Strike and sus-
tains at least 5 damage, it loses 1 Use. The
Useful Gift (pg. 85) can be purchased for
additional Uses, but none can have more
than 5 Uses.
VV Starting: At Level 1, the character receives
one Gadget they know how to make, and
then receives one additional Gadget Type
at each even level (2, 4, 6, 8 and 10). Up-
grades can be purchased with the Up-
graded Tech Gift (pg. 85) for 2 BP. If it the
character’s Primary power, they can buy ad-
ditional Gadget types for 2 BP, just as AMPs
can buy additional Augments (AYO, pg. 52).
VV Encumbrance: The character may carry
up to (Strength/2) Gadgets with them at
any given time. The exception to this rule
is Improved Vehicle and Remote Vehicle. If
multiple types affect the same item, such as
an Improved Weapon (Sword) given a Made
For You handle and made into a Hidden
Weapon or Wear This Mask combined with
Optics, the gadget only counts as one item.
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Custom Grenades
Craft: 3 Successes
Uses: 1
Range: (Gadgeteer + Athletics) x 25 ft.
Effect: Must have Improved Weapon. One of
the most useful tactics is to lob a grenade at
one’s enemy before ever having to deal with
them up close. When choosing this Gadget, the
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character learns how to make one of the be-
low types. All grenade types deal 3B damage
to a (Gadgeteer/2) x 10 ft. radius of the blast,
unless otherwise stated. Custom Grenades are
one use, so cannot be raised above 1 Use. If the
Gadgeteer chooses not to add an additional ef-
fect, it requires only 1 success to craft.
VV Ice: Releases a frost on the area, dealing
+2B damage and icing the ground. This
forces an Athletics + Survival check to keep
from falling to the ground if victims in the
radius move.
VV Fire Bomb: Also covers the affected radius in
a layer of flammable oil that burns for up to
(Gadgeteer/2) hrs. Anyone caught in the fire,
takes an additional 1B damage per Round.
VV Big Bang: Explodes in a giant blast unseen
anywhere else, dealing damage to every-
one within double normal radius.
VV Smoke: Deals no damage, but creates a -5
penalty due to partial blindness.
Upgrade: Learn how to craft an additional
Grenade type.
Hidden Weapon
Craft: 3 Successes
Uses: 3
Effect: Must have Improved Armor. Crafts a
weapon hidden on their person, such as a re-
tractable staff or bendable blade. The weapon
is almost impossible to find if someone search-
es their body (-6 penalty to Perception checks
to find it). However, in an instant, the weapon
can be in the character’s hand without a Pre-
pare Action. Otherwise, it has normal stats ac-
cording to weapon type and quality.
Upgrade: The weapon doesn’t set off de-
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metal detectors, this weapon is the best to
bring when secrecy is necessary.
Homing Object
Craft: 6 Successes
Uses: 3
Effect: Must have Improved Weapon. A
thrown object usually travels in a straight line,
but a weapon with Homing Object can hit the
intended target and then some. The Gadgeteer
throws the object normally and receives a +3
bonus to hit their target. If the attack misses,
they can spend 1 Use to make another check
(that must also be Reacted to). They can contin-
ue this barrage, still only using 1 Action, until
they wish to stop, switch targets (costs 2 Uses)
or run out of Uses. For instance, throwing the
object at a target and making them dodge two
attacks, then targeting a second target twice
would cost 4 Uses (1 for second attack on the
first target, 2 for first attack on second target, 1
for second attack on second target).
Upgrade: Switching targets only costs 1 Use.
Improved Armor
Craft: 4 Successes
Uses: 3
Effect: There are a lot of ways to improve
upon one’s garb, including making it tougher,
damage-resistant and stain-resistant. The Gad-
geteer begins with an existing set of armor or
clothing and builds upon it, adding AR +1/+1
and halving any Hindrance penalties. The
character must still have the Might required to
support its Weight accordingly and the proper
Wealth to purchase the armor (AYO, pg. 178).
Unlike other items that define Uses as “per
attack,” an entire Battle normally counts as 1
Use for Improved Armor. If they are hit for 10
damage in a single attack, this automatically
removes 1 Use. This armor can only be worn by
the Gadgeteer.
The armor can become resistant to a cer-
tain type of attack, including blades, bullets or
different types of Energy Effects by adding 2
Success while crafting. This adds AR +3 against
that particular type of attack.
Upgrade: Provides AR +2/+2 (instead of
+1/+1) and can now have two Resistance types
at a time (still adds 2 Successes per Resistance).
 Improved Gear
Craft: 2 Successes
Uses: 3
Effect: Some Gadgeteers become adept at
creating new and improved versions of exist-
ing gear to help with a variety of non-combat
tasks. This can be anything from a camouflage
suit (bonus to Stealth) to an advanced medical
scanner (bonus to Medicine) or a clue-finder
(bonus to Perception). Depending upon what
item they are making, it adds (Gadgeteer/2) to
one Skill for appropriate checks. The GM may
require a certain Wealth Level to afford com-
ponents for specific gear types.
Upgrade: Add full (Gadgeteer) to checks
with the item, but adds +2 successes to Craft-
ing needed.
Improved Weapon
Craft: 3 Successes
Uses: 3
Effect: The character creates weapons more
capable than their mundane counterparts can,
including anything from a specially designed
staff to a gun that removes recoil. They add
(Gadgeteer/2) to all checks with the weapon,
which also deals +1 damage. Alternatively, the
Gadgeteer may eliminate their check bonus to
double the Range of a ranged weapon. Unlike
other items that define Uses as “per attack,”
an entire Battle counts as 1 Use for Improved
Weapons.
Upgrade: An Energy Effect can be applied
to the weapon (+2 successes needed), which
activates on any successful attack. This creates
items like an Electric Baton, blinding disks or
Gravity Gloves. This addition reverts Uses to
per attack, draining the weapon’s effectiveness
with each attack.
Improved Vehicle
Craft: 10 Successes
Uses: 4
Effect: Some Gadgeteers are defined by the
vehicle they drive into battle, so it’s often nec-
essary to improve their ride. It takes time, but
when they are complete, the vehicle has (In-
tegrity x2) and (Gadgeteer/2) in AR against all
attacks, reflecting reinforced armor and pos-
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items that define Uses as “per attack,” an entire
Scene where the Improved Vehicle is in the
fray counts as 1 Use.
Upgrade: The vehicle moves up one Speed
category and deals another +3B damage in a
collision.
Made For You
Craft: 4 Successes
Uses: 1
Resistance: Speed + Crafts
Effect: Must have Improved Weapon. Wheth-
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er a sword with a handle that cuts the wrong
wielder’s hand or a metal orb that releases
1000 volts into anyone but the character, the
Gadgeteer can craft a weapon for only their
use. If someone else attempts to use it, they
may make a Moderate (20) Resistance check to
let go fast enough before taking 4B damage.
By adding 1 Success to the requirements, they
can cause one Energy Effect to occur upon ac-
tivation as well.
Upgrade: Object deals 6B damage and au-
tomatically creates an Energy Effect without
the need for another Success.
Optics
Craft: 4 Successes
Uses: 2
Effect: Must Have Improved Gear. The charac-
ter has crafted a pair of glasses, goggles or shades
to provide an ability from the following list:
VV Scope: Can be used in either a telescopic
or a microscopic way.
VV Nightvision: Allows the character to ignore
darkness/nighttime penalties (unless cre-
ated by the Darkness power (AYO, pg. 138))
of the Scene.
VV Illusions: Allows the character to see
through illusions, and gives a +2 bonus to
resist other Mindbender or Psyche powers
for the Scene as well.
VV Targeting: Provides targeting assistance,
giving a +2 bonus to ranged attacks for the
Battle. For 1 Use on a single attack, this
bonus is raised to +5.
 Rocket Boots Remote Vehicle Wear This Mask

Improved Vehicle Improved Armor Hidden Weapon

Utility Belt Gadgeteer Improved Gear

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Custom Grenades Improved Weapon Optics

Made For You Homing Object Zip Line

VV Internet: The character can access the In-
ternet or their personal network from their
goggles for the Scene. For 1 Use on a sin-
gle check, they also receive a +3 bonus.
Upgrade: Two effects can now be built into
a single pair of Optics.
up to 50 ft. off the ground. All maneuverabil-
ity checks are made with Gadgeteer + Travel,
but suffer a -2 penalty to all other checks as it
takes concentration to keep from crashing.
Upgrade: +10 Movement and can now fly
up to 100 ft. off the ground.

Remote Vehicle Utility Belt

Craft: 3 Successes
Uses: 2
Range: 10 miles
Effect: Must have Improved Vehicle. The
character has way to control their Improved
Vehicle from afar. This means staying in a se-
cure area while their vehicle chases down ene-
mies with a phantom driver or calling on one’s
vehicle in times of need. The vehicle seems
like it has a mind of its own. All maneuverabil-
ity checks are made with Gadgeteer + Travel,
but suffer a -3 penalty due to not being in the
driver’s seat.
Upgrade: Range extends to 25 miles and
removes maneuverability penalty.
Rocket Boots
Craft: 7 Successes
Uses: 1
Effect: Must have Improved Vehicle. Wheth-
er it takes the form of actual rocket boots, a
hovering disk or a jet pack, the result is the
same: limited flight for the Gadgeteer. They
can move at ((Gadgeteer/2) x 10) Movement
Craft: 4 Successes
Uses: 3
Effect: As a master of tools, the Gadgeteer
crafts a belt that has almost any tool they need
to solve a problem. This is limited to Size 1
items and should have a basis in reality and
on the character’s individual concept. No such
thing as shark repellent. They may, however,
happen to have chloroform when a sponta-
neous plan calls for knocking a guard out or a
dog whistle when they need to drive a canine
crazy to distract an enemy.
Upgrade: The utility belt can be used for
quicker access to other gadgets, removing any
Prepare penalties for the Scene for 1 Use. Sin-
gle use Gadgets (i.e. grenades) also receive a
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 Wear This Mask
Craft: 3 Successes
Uses: 2
Effect: Must have Improved Armor. The Gad-
geteer creates a mask to serve multiple pur-
poses. First, it hides their identity, making it al-
most impossible to tell who they are. Likewise,
they also apply one of the following effects:
VV Rebreather: The mask supplies a steady
stream of oxygen, allowing the character to
ignore gases/inhalants or breathe underwa-
ter. Air supply lasts for one Scene per Use.
VV Vocoder: Obscures the voice and may even
artificially alter speech patterns to eliminate
any chance of identifying them by voice. Vo-
coder can be used for one Scene per Use.
VV Scary: The mask has a hint of fear to it, giv-
ing the character a +3 bonus to Intimida-
tion for one Scene per Use.
Upgrade: Optics can be built into the mask to
combine effects or can be made into a HUD dis-
play for easy access, gaining +1 Use per crafting.
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Zip Line
Craft: 4 Successes
Uses: 3
Effect: Must have Improved Gear. The char-
acter has figured a way to get across chasms
or to higher positions in a snap: a modifier zip
line/grappling hook. With it, the Gadgeteer
fires the zip line up to six stories or across a
100 ft. distance to then zip quickly to their des-
tination (a higher floor or the other side). While
traversing the area, they are considered to be
Sprinting.
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Upgrade: Zip Line can now be used of-
fensively. Firing at a target with Gadgeteer +
Marksmanship wraps the grapple around their
leg or arm and, with a good pull (Opposed
Strength checks), can be used to yank the tar-
get to the ground or even disarm them.
 Agent Danielson
Ever hear the story of the hero cop who won several accommodations and medals, but ignored
their family? That was Morris dad, and even though he basically grew up without his dad in his
life, he couldn’t wait to become a police officer. He joined the force the day his father retired,
easily surpassing others in his graduating class, but Morris had big shoes to fill. Sadly, a rookie
mistake of his at a shootout in a hostage situation led to the death of two civilians. No one ever
filed any official charges, but the amount of guilt Morris felt was enough to drive him crazy. He
spiraled quickly after that, but knew well enough to not succumb to the bottle. It would take time
for him to tackle his depression, time he couldn’t give if he still tried to serve as an officer.
Morris gave up his badge and donated his time to working with the youth of his neighbor-
hood, becoming a coach and community organizer. It wasn’t long before an AMP with the power
to manipulate machines put his school in danger; it ended with Morris taking down the culprit
with a well-placed baseball bat to the dome. When announcements of TRAC recruitment went up,
it was kismet. Morris donned a new uniform, one where he could make a new name for himself,
without having old expectations to overcome. He became Agent Danielson, that day, and has
never looked back.

Sap Name: Morris Danielson

Affiliation: TRAC
Integrity: 16, AR: 3/2
Loyalties: Community 4, Comrades 3, Hu-
manity 2, Perfection 2, Truth 3
Skills: Athletics 3, Deception 1, Disci-
pline 3, Fighting 3, Fortitude 6, Intuition
5, Knowledge 2, Marksmanship 5 (Rifles),
Might 4, Perception 3, Persuasion 3, Speed
3, Stealth 3
Primary Power: None
Gifts: Wealth (2), Rank - TRAC (2), Connec-
tions - Media (2) and Judicial (3), Quick-
draw (2)
Drawbacks: Big Mouth (2), Lifesaver (3)
Other: Initiative +8, Movement 11,
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 Cascade
Cassy was a friendly normal girl, involved with her school track team and generally leading
a happy life. She lived with her mother and older sister, who taught self-defense courses for
women. That all ended when her older sister, Raina, got involved with a group of AMPs who were
up to no good. They quickly attracted the interest of TRAC who went after Raina, as well as the
rest of the family, obviously following the trend of powers being genetic. The raid on her house
triggered Cassy’s power over kinetic energy, as she used it to take down a few of the TRAC agents
before her eventual capture.
Her talents did not go unnoticed, and her captors brought Cassy to the Chamber for indoc-
trination into Project Hound. She was reassured that no harm would come to her family as long
as she played her role and didn’t disobey orders. Her troubles in the prison have only escalated
as she has the penchant for eavesdropping on other prisoners’ business. This has won her few
friends. They have only sent Cassy out a few times into public, mostly because the Houndmaster
senses her willingness to flee the moment she see the chance. She clings to the hope her sister
might someday be able to come save her, but with each day that passes that hope wanes just a
bit more.

Sap Name: Cassandra Villeneuve

Affiliation: Hounds
Strain: Blaster (Force)
Integrity: 13, Juice: 1-4 (+1)
Loyalties: Comrades 1, Love 2, Per-
fection, Self 4,
Skills: Athletics 4, Crafts 4, Disci-
pline 4, Fighting 4 (Axe), Fortitude
3, Intuition 2, Knowledge 2, Might
1, Perception 3, Performance 3, Per-
suasion 2, Speed 2, Stealth 2, Tech-
nology 2
Primary Power: Constructs (Force) 6
Augments: Appendage (T1), Wea-
ponized (E0), Energy Lifeform (T1)
Secondary Power: Velocity 2
Augments: Change Trajectory (T1)
Gifts: Sprinter (4), Extreme (4)
Drawbacks: Trail (2), Curious (2),
Puberty (2), Tagged (3)
Other: Initiative +5, Movement 10,
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 Cutiepie
Jerry “Timex” Groce a mutant that has sway over luck didn’t know that it ran both ways and how
fickle Lady Luck could be until May 18th 2015. On his daughter’s 7th birthday, his luck ran out.
For Alyss’s Birthday they went to visit Ruby Falls, where Timex and his daughter were involved in
a cave in. Timex watched his daughter duck, dodge and flip her way out of harm, and he slowed
time just enough to get himself underneath a larger rock wedged croocked enough to create a
small pocket for him to fit. Trapped in this small space, Timex used the only power that he could,
and called upon his sway over luck to create a Miracle. Timex woke up in the hospital, but before
he blacked out he remembers his daughter lifting a heavy rock out of the way to get to him.
Alyss “Cutiepie” Groce is one of the youngest amps to gain powers. Since she was 3 her dad
has trained her in martial arts, weapons, and gymnastics. This normally wouldn’t matter because
of her size, and age, but Alyss is a Bulk who’s been blessed with Behemoth and Evasion, which
makes her one scary little Girl. Cutiepie’s is a outgoing energetic 7yr old. Her favorite things are
fruit cups, chicken nuggets, lab rat’s TV show, and doing flips and kata’s all over the house. Her
weapon of choice is a dull-bladed katana.

Sap Name: Alyss Groce

Affiliation: Unaffiliated
Strain: Bulk
Integrity: 10, Juice: 2
Loyalties: Community 1, Comrades 2, Hu-
manity 2, Love 4, Self 1
Skills: Athletics 8 (+2), Discipline 2, Fight-
ing 7 (Martial Arts, Swords), Fortitude 2, In-
tuition 4, Might 5 (+8), Perception 2, Persua-
sion 2, Speed 5
Primary Power: Evasion 6
Augments: Accurate (E0), Combat Reflexes
(E1), You Missed (T1), Avoid the Crash (E2)
Secondary Power: Behemoth 4
Augments: Crush (E1-3), Boost Jump (T1-5)
Core Ability: +8 to might checks, +200 to
carry and +2 to close combat dmg
Gifts: Quick Draw (2), Fast Acting (2)
Drawbacks: Kid (5), Phobia - Being by her-
self (3), Shy (3)
Other: Initiative +16, Movement 17, Strength
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 Doctor Luminous
Jacob Segal was just your everyday doctor, practicing medicine and providing a service to his
community. That was, until she walked in… meeting Stacie Winters, who would go on to be called
Critter, changed Jacob’s life forever. Together, they went on to found the Seekers of Enlightenment,
an organization researching the AMP phenomenon, and a special bond grew between the two of
them. Within this new group, Jacob took the name Doctor Luminous, reflecting the bright future
he saw for humanity with AMPs by their side.
Only weeks after proposing to Critter, she went missing and that’s where Jacob’s story takes a
turn. He left everything he and Critter had built behind to search for her, wandering the country
for almost a year in hope of just a glimpse of her face. His usual pleasant and honest demeanor
twisted into depression and anger at the loss of everything he cared about. Jacob’s seen some
dark things in his time on the road, including the butchering of anyone who dared attempt to
stop his personal crusade.
Of course, to see Critter again is his only goal in
this life. His determination, he believes, is even why his
powers to send energy manifested. It was his body’s
final attempt to aid in his quest. While not physically
intimidating, he has a superior mind to many others
and leads a pack of Seekers who are both deadly and
solidly loyal.

Sap Name: Jacob Segal

Affiliation: Seekers of Enlightenment
Strain: Blaster
Integrity: 10, Juice: 3
Loyalties: Comrades 2, Humanity 2, Love 5,
Perfection 1
Skills: Athletics 2, Beast Handling 2, Crafts
3, Discipline 3, Empathy 3, Fortitude 2, In-
tuition 4, Knowledge (6), Marksmanship 3,
Medicine 6 (Genetics), Perception 3, Speed
2, Technology 4
Primary Power: Energy Sense (Light)
Augments: Preconception (T1), Mental
Check (E0), Illusion-Proof (E0)
Secondary Power: Gadgeteering 2
Gadgets: Improved Gear, Utility Belt
Gifts: Wealth (3), Linguist (3), Direction
Sense (1), Rank - Seekers (5)
Drawbacks: Not a Fighter (4), Scrawny (2)
Other: Initiative +6, Movement 9, Strength
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 Faceless
Not every member of the United Human Front is a stalwart defender of humanity. Some of
them are simply killers who need a target. Such is the case with Maria, who graduated high
school to eventually move on to a career in the U.S. government, as an assassin. She spent years
seducing politicians, stealing intel and assassinating whomever her employers wanted, until it
began to take a toll on her. It was a particular target, a man who did nothing wrong besides lead
a rally against a particular politician with criminal ties and a hefty pocketbook. After acclimating
herself into his life as a new girlfriend, she had planned the best time to kill him, which just so
happened to be the same day he introduced her to his daughter. She walked away with the blood
of two victims that night.
After surviving on the street for another few years, Maria had experienced true loss of resourc-
es, of shelter, of self. When she was at the bottom, the United Human Front picked her up, brushed
her off and gave her a job… the next target to kill. Maria felt content that her target was not a per-
son, because she had already had her fill of that. Instead, the target was an abomination, an unhu-
man, something that would go on to kill countless others. At this point, she has no feeling. Maria
could be talked into killing almost anyone with
the right argument or by convincing them they
are not people. This makes her the perfect first
inductee into the Faceless program.

Sap Name: Maria Palaez

Affiliation: UHF
Integrity: 12, AR: 4/2
Loyalties: Community 2, Humanity 5,
Justice 2, Perfection 4, Self 1
Skills: Athletics 2, Crafts 3, Deception
2, Discipline 4, Fighting 5, Fortitude
2, Intuition 3, Knowledge 3, Might
2, Perception 4, Speed 4, Stealth 4,
Technology 5
Primary Power: Gadgeteering 4
Gadgets: Improved Armor, Improved
Weapon, Wear This Mask, Custom
Grenades
Gifts: Fame (2)
Drawbacks: Curious (2), Indebted (3)
Other: Initiative +8, Movement 11,
Strength +4, Carry/Lift 100/200

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 Holoholona
Kirby grew up on the island, catering to tourists and putting on shows. Above all else, however,
he loved his island and always wanted to keep it safe. When news of AMPs began to spread, he
too exhibited strange new abilities. He was immensely strong and could inspire fear in just about
anyone. He was already larger than anyone else was, but now his powers reinforced that he was a
true beast to deal with. He became known as Holoholona (Hawaiian for beast) and his community
gathered to his side to push out any undesirables.
Establishing the Nā ‘Aumākua came easy; it was the logical next step to keep out the influence
of TRAC and more insidious groups like Typhoon. Holoholona personally tackled the biggest and
toughest AMPs sent by any group from outside the
island, as well as any Hawaiian native AMP who
wanted to fight for supremacy. His stature, his size
and his base prove to be too much for most. Holo-
holona went about recruiting the most feral, bestial
AMPs to Nā ‘Aumākua, the easiest to manipulate and
the most eager to take out the garbage. He turns a
blind eye to their most savage displays, and they do
his dirty work.
As it stands, Hawaii is an independent state. It
has the influx of economy from New Hollywood,
as well, which has done nothing but propel the is-
land’s importance to its limits. It is Holoholona’s job
to protect it from those who would spoil the nature
of his home.

Sap Name: Kirby Kamakau

Affiliation: Nā ‘Aumākua
Strain: Bulk
Integrity: 20, Juice: 3
Loyalties: Community 4, Justice 4, Perfection 2
Skills: Athletics 2, Beast Handling 2, Disci-
pline 2, Fighting 5, Fortitude 5 (+1), Intimida-
tion 5 (+1), Intuition 2, Knowledge2, Might 6
(+12), Perception 2, Performance 2, Speed 3,
Survival 2
Primary Power: Behemoth 4
Augments: Immoveable Object (T1), Crush (E1-3)
Secondary Power: Horror 4
Augments: Focused Dread (E1), Paralyzing
Fear (T3)
Gifts: Giant (5), Quick Healer (4), Tough (3)
Drawbacks: Paranoia (3), Enemy (3), Bulging
Muscles (4)
Other: Initiative +5, Movement 10, Strength
+20, Carry/Lift 400/800

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 Lockjaw
Lockjaw’s lived a long life, but never really felt at home anywhere. His family was nice enough,
and he never wanted for anything in his community, but there was never a moment where he felt
truly at peace. When his powers developed and his craving for blood began, he learned why. He
was never human to begin with. This simultaneously shed light on his life and scared the piss
out of him.
Then he met a man who would change his future… Conduit. He was the leader this old AMP
had always hoped for: idealistic, honorable and merciful. Lockjaw was facing off against a mem-
ber of Typhoon with ice powers, who proved to be just a bit too tough for him. As his enemy was
just about to stab him in the heart with a blade made of ice, Conduit touched his face and he
fell to the ground, drained of all his power. Conduit offered Lockjaw a place at his side within the
Changelings, and he vowed he’d repay his new leader somehow.
His chance came when he attempted to sacrifice himself to let Conduit escape capture at the
hands of TRAC. It was, sadly, a failed display of sacrifice, as they captured both of them. Conduit
went on trial, and Lockjaw was thrown into the
Houndmaster program. He hopes to one day make
it back to Conduit and make sure he’s alive.

Sap Name: Lockjaw

Affiliation: Changeling
Strain: Feral
Integrity: 14, Juice: 3
Loyalties: Community 2, Comrades 3,
Justice 2, Self 2, Truth 1
Skills: Athletics 4, Discipline 3,
Fighting 5, Fortitude 4, Intimidation
4, Intuition 2, Might 5 (Bite), Speed 3,
Stealth 3, Survival 3
Primary Power: Tick 6
Augments: Ravenous (E1), Latched
On (T1), Paralyzing Bite (E1), Blood
Sack (E2), Nectar (e0)
Gifts: Hideout (Defenses 2, Size 1), In
Control (2), Pain Resistant (4), Fear-
less (3)
Drawbacks: Bloodthirsty (3), Enemy
(2), Prison Record (2)
Other: Initiative +5, Movement 12,
Strength +9, Carry/Lift 175/350

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 Loco Diablo
Bryan was on the run for a long time. After a failed career as a street performer, fire shows, he
found himself the butt of several jokes in the AMP community. The fire blaster who only burned
his reputation. They guy who couldn’t even come up with a handle correctly (his Spanish isn’t
great). It wasn’t long before his number was up. He heard the TRAC footsteps barging into his
apartment and he knew he couldn’t run any more. The agents slapped handcuffs on him and
dragged him away to the Chamber, but it was the best thing that could have ever happened to
him.
After facing down the Houndmaster, he was selected to be one of the members of TRAC Elite,
the face of AMPs within TRAC. The other members tried to escape or hated their captivity, but
three squares and public notoriety were bonuses for Bryan. Not only did he get better at using
his fire powers, but everyone knew his name and began seeing Loco Diablo as the best member
of TRAC Elite. Kids pretended to be him when they played superhero and he was invited to speak
on several news channels.
The other Hounds hate Bryan, of course.
No one likes the slave who likes being a
slave, but he doesn’t care what the others
think. He’s finally able to be the star he’s
always wanted. Hounds or not, he’s a hero.

Sap Name: Bryan Hickok

Affiliation: Hound
Strain: Blaster
Integrity: 13, Juice: 4
Loyalties: Comrades 1, Justice 2, Per-
fection 1, Self 4, Truth 2
Skills: Athletics 4, Crafts 3, Deception
3, Fighting 3, Fortitude 3, Intuition 2,
Marksmanship 5, Perception 2, Per-
formance 5, Persuasion 3, Speed 3,
Technology 3, Travel 2
Primary Power: Bolt (Fire) 4
Augments: Pyromaniac (E0), Shock-
wave (T2)
Secondary Power: Flux (Fire)
Augments: Energy Effect (E0)
Gifts: Extreme (4), Fame (2), Fast Act-
ing (2)
Drawbacks: Tagged (3), Deep Sleeper
(3), Lecherous (3)
Other: Initiative +9, Movement 12,
Strength +4, Carry/Lift 50/100

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 Nether
No perfect life ever lasts. Nether had a good thing going, but the animosity built up with other
AMPs got him turned into TRAC quickly. After everything, Nether's faith in humanity took a bit of
a hit. Having to leave his perfect community devastated him emotionally, but he was thankful
his children managed to escape capture safely, even though his wife did not. He was brought to
the Chamber and was one of the first picks for the TRAC Elite program. Every other Hound knew
he was Nether, and so the name stuck… even though he still hates it. For now he steels his will
against his captors, as well as mentally mapping out his prison in hopes of figuring out an escape
plan.
His time in the Chamber has been interesting, to say the least. Nether quickly became a tar-
get by the other prisoners as payback for his actions before his capture. It only took a few failed
attempts before this calmed down, especially after he stood atop one of his would-be killers and
shouted, “You assume because I cannot access my
powers, that I am somehow less dangerous. Consider
yourself corrected.”
Of course, he was kidnapped from the Hounds
by Doctor Luminous and is currently on the run. He
knows that one moment’s hesitation will get him
caught, but he has to find his kids and make sure they
are still alive. Anything in his way will meet a quick
death.

Sap Name: Tom Corris

Affiliation: Hounds
Strain: Shaper
Integrity: 15, Juice: 3
Loyalties: Self 3, Humanity 1, Community 1,
Perfection: 3, Justice 1, Comrades 1
Skills: Athletics 3, Deception 3, Discipline 5
(Perfection), Empathy 2, Fighting 7 (Perfec-
tion), Fortitude 3, Intimidation 3, Intuition 2,
Knowledge 2, Might 2, Medicine 1, Perception
3, Persuasion 1, Speed 2, Stealth 5 (Perfection),
Survival 1, Technology 1, Travel 1
Primary Power: Darkness 8
Augments: Puppets (E0), Black Blade (T1), To-
tal Darkness (E0), Shadow Dodge (T1)
Secondary Power: Invulnerability 2
Augments: Energy-proof (E0)
Gifts: Unreadable (2), Fearless (2), Fast Acting (2)
Drawbacks: Bloodthirsty (3), Infamous (4), Cu-
rious (2), Ugly (2)
Other: Initiative +8, Movement 9, Strength +5,
Carry/Lift 100/200

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 Nomad
Iona was the oldest child of a large family stuck in poverty. No matter what her parents tried
to do, they could never seem to get ahead. Watching her parents work themselves to an early
grave just to put food on the table was a powerful lesson… one she wouldn’t repeat. Work being
nonexistent in her town, Iona joined with a local motorcycle gang to make money. With her size
and determination, she managed to become a full member instead of someone’s main squeeze.
The gang’s end came when the leader started working for the mysterious group called Typhoon.
Iona questioned the wisdom of this, but was shouted down as the rest of the gang only saw dollar
signs. Things came crashing down as her gang was destroyed by a UHF ambush. Iona would have
been one of those captured or killed, but her powers manifested for the first time to aid her escape.
Iona returned home, and felt she was given a
second chance to make amends for her past deeds
by the Goddess. Traveling the highways and by-
ways, Iona tries to do as much good as she can. On
one of these travels she rescued a young pregnant
woman display AMP abilities from a lynch mob.
With nowhere else to go, the young woman moved
in with Iona and the two soon fell in love. Now,
Iona is contemplating settling down for the first
time and giving up her traveling ways.

SAP Name: Iona Lawrence

Affiliation: Unaffiliated
Strain: Elementals
Integrity: 18, Juice: 4
Loyalties: Humanity 2, Justice 2, Love 3,
Self 2, Truth 1
Skills: Athletics 2, Discipline 4, Empa-
thy 5, Fighting 5, Fortitude 4, Intuition 2,
Marksmanship 5, Might 2, Perception 0
(+6), Speed 3, Travel 3
Primary Power: Glass 6
Augments: Shard Attack (T1), Protrusions
(T3), Sharpened Whirlwind (T3)
Secondary Power: Regeneration 2
Augments: Healing factor (E2)
Gifts: Attractive (2), Bodybuilder (2), Ex-
treme (4), Gang Past (2), Wealth (1)
Drawbacks: Bloodthirsty (3)
Other: Initiative +6, Movement 10,
Strength +5, Carry/Lift 150/300

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 Paradox
Kairam’s life was just like any other American’s was. He grew up happy and healthy in a fairly
stable home with his parents and his brother and sister. Then came the day when, while hanging
in his dorm room, he noticed his face on the news, saying he shot the president. Strange thing
was it was his face, but older, harder. It was him from the future. He packed up whatever he could
and quickly left, fearful of the law. They were after him for a short while, but since anyone with a
television saw him die in the middle of Congress, his bank accounts were frozen; his family held
a funeral and he was officially dead.
Soon, the Matriarch paid him a visit. Few people had ever met the mind behind Typhoon,
and her charms (and her powers) were too strong for him to ignore. Kairam began working for
Typhoon that day, as she promised to train him to use the full potential of his power and figure
out why he came back, a constant question he wants answered. If some terrible event happens in
the future, he must be ready to either accept it or risk causing a paradox. Time is a strange thing,
but he has devoted hours to attempt to understand the subject, in hopes it aids him in any one
of his possible futures.

Sap Name: Kairam Ahmed Hamdan

Affiliation: Typhoon
Strain: Traveler
Integrity: 11, Juice: 3
Loyalties: Comrades 2, Perfec-
tion 4, Self 2, Truth 3
Skills: Athletics 2, Craft 3, Disci-
pline 4, Empathy 2, Fighting 3,
Fortitude 1, Intuition 3, Knowl-
edge 3, Marksmanship 4, Might
2, Perception 2, Travel 3
Primary Power: Chronos 6
Augments: Delay (E1), Blink (T1),
Time’s Favor (E0)
Gifts: Rank - Typhoon (2), Fast
Acting (4), Accurate Eye (3), Lin-
guist (2), Stable Psyche (2), Light
Sleeper (2)
Drawbacks: Phobia - Claustro-
phobia (3), Infamous (2), No Con-
trol - Blink (2)
Other: Initiative +14, Move-
ment 10, Strength +4, Carry/Lift
100/200

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 Spearfinger
Unlike many of her former compatriots within the Changelings, Antonella didn’t come from a
stable childhood. She didn’t just now start to feel different. Regardless, she found her home with
the outcasts and tried her best to contain the rage that has been building for years, but one day
she was just unable to do so any longer. Spearfinger, a nickname given to her for her grotesque
claws, disagreed with the Changelings’ non-violent stance toward those who hated them. The
fight need to be brought to the humans, or they would never respect the power AMPs truly hold.
Splitting from the group, Spearfinger founded Retribution and led teams of AMPs across the
US south massacring hundreds of AMP haters in their wake. She worked with her team to break
AMPs out of captivity, to bring down several TRAC offices and to send a message to the govern-
ments… AMPs are not only not human, but something to be feared.
Regardless of how much success she achieved,
however, Antonella cannot let go of her anger. Every
TRAC agent she impales on her claw is a symbol of the
hurt she experienced as a child. Every brother or sister
she saves is someone who she knows, deep down in-
side, will one day turn their back on her. Still, she keeps
fighting. Fighting is all she has left in this world.

Sap Name: Antonella Allende

Affiliation: Retribution
Strain: Shifter
Integrity: 15, Juice: 3
Loyalties: Justice 4, Perfection 3,
Self 2, Truth 1
Skills: Athletics 3, Beast Handling
2, Deception 2, Fighting 5, Forti-
tude 5, Intimidation 3, Intuition
4, Knowledge 2, Might 4, Speed 4,
Stealth 2, Survival 4
Primary Power: Shapeshifting 4
Augments: Fat or Skinny (E1), Abnor-
mal Mimicry (E3), Animal Form (T3)
Secondary Power: Limb From Limb 4
Augments: Extended Control (E1),
Reassemble (T1)
Tertiary Power: Claws 2
Augments: Slice (T1)
Gifts: Destiny (3), Inspirational (2)
Drawbacks: Wanted (2), Infamous (4)
Other: Initiative +8, Movement 12,
Strength +7, Carry/Lift 150/300

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 Index
A G
Aberdeen Massacre.......19, 22, 24, 28, 32, 52 Gadgeteering...................................27, 103
Affiliation Rules (New)............................82 Georgia...................................................47
Africa................................................11, 62 Germany.................................................66
Alabama...........................................21, 48 Gifts (New).............................................85
Alaska.....................................................55
All Soul’s Day................................30, 34, 43
Anti-AMP Legistration..........................7, 38 H
Halloween..............................................30
Hawaii..............18, 23, 24, 45, 47, 54, 56, 113
B Houndmaster....................................15, 41
Bangladesh.............................................75 Hounds...................................16, 25, 41, 80
Bhutan....................................................76
Bliss.............................19, 22, 32, 54, 82, 86
Brazil......................................................61 I
Iceland...................................................70
Idaho......................................................52
C India.......................................................75
California................................................54 Indiana...................................................48
Camp Lejeune...............12, 16, 22, 36, 39, 48 International Waters................................59
Changelings........................4, 10, 16, 21, 79 Iowa.......................................................51
China................................................17, 72
Clash of the Titans..................................28
Colombia................................................61 J
Conduit’s Trial...............................27, 30, 32 Japan......................................................72
Critter’s Journal...............6, 14, 22, 29, 33, 35
Cuba......................................................61
L
Lake Erie................................................50
D Lion of Africa.....................26, 28, 32, 49, 62
Developing Stories..................................80
Drawbacks (New)....................................86
M
Maine.....................................................46
F Michigan.................................................49
Faceless.................28, 36, 43, 53, 55, 83, 112 Montana.................................................52
France.....................................................65

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 N S
Nā ‘Aumākua......................................23, 82 Sample Characters................................108
Nevada...................................................54 Sap Character Creation Rules..................84
New Hollywood..................18, 45, 56, 75, 83 Seekers of Enlightenment...4, 8, 18, 28, 32, 77
New Jersey..............................................46 Serum.....................................................18
New York................................................47 South Carolina........................................48
North Dakota..........................................51 South Dakota..........................................52

O T
Oklahoma...............................................50
Orphans.......................................33, 36, 52
P Typhoon....................................4, 14, 45, 77
Peru.......................................................61
Poland....................................................67
Powers....................................................86
-Energy Sense (Blasters)....................86
-Glass (Elementals)...........................88
-Horror (Mindbenders).......................90
-Hypnosis (Psychs).............................92
-Immortality (Bulks)..........................93
-Limb From Limb (Shifters)................95
-Summoning (Travelers).....................98
-Tick(Ferals)......................................99
-Velocity(Shapers)...........................101
Presidential Race...............13, 24, 29, 31, 36
Project Black...........................61, 66, 69, 70
Texas......................................................54
Thailand.................................................70
Themes/moods.......................................80
TRAC.......................................11, 25, 39, 83
U
Unhuman..................................................9
United Human Front...............5, 8, 27, 28, 79
United Kingdom......................................65
V
Vermont..................................................45
W
War Path...........................................22, 82
Washington, DC......................................55

R
Retribution........................16, 21, 28, 34, 83
Rome.....................................................68
Russia.....................................................68

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