The Black Hearts had completed the job easily. The museum had a state of the art security system to protect the artifacts they had collected over the years. However, those security precautions were no match for villains with the capabilities of the Black Hearts. Guards, alarms, vaults…. All of it was for nothing when the Black Hearts came to collect.
What exactly they collected was unclear from the video The Union of Semi-Professional Heroes had been provided. The Black Hearts had easily penetrated the security and made their way to the Hall of Ancient History and moved into the South-East Asia wing. There they grabbed a variety of artifacts and made their way out.
“What are these miscreants up to?” Mr. Amazing turned to the Riverine. He knew that his companion had a long history with that region of the world, not all of it good.
“I can’t be sure….but that was the region where I received my powers. There might be a link,” Riverine responded.
There was a quick blast of red light, and then Red Streak was there with Mr. Amazing and Riverine, “Those goons were spotted out in the desert by a park ranger. He called it in, and the local police have asked for our help.”
Mr. Amazing nodded, “Well Riverine, let’s go ask them what they are up to!” With that, the three heroes rushed out of their lair to intercept the Black Hearts out in the desert.
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Forces
The Super System 4th Edition book has a few Archetypes to help you get some quick heroes together. I used them to come up with my two sides. The Black Hearts are the “villains” while The Union are the “heroes”.
The Black Hearts
Metalhead- Brick- Immovable Object
Nihilist- Mentalist- The Empath
Troll- Blaster- Blaster- Fates Gunner
The Union (of Semi-Professional Heroes)
Mr. Amazing- Brick- Mr. Stupendous
Red Streak- Speedster- Speed Demon
Riverine- Brawler- The Shield Slinger
I took those archetypes and made a couple of character sheets with notes to refer to during playing. You can find out more about these heroes and villains in a
previous post.
Set-up
This game will be played on a 4x4 desert board. I am using my classic wasteland table cover. I then scattered some rocks around. I also placed a dirt road across the center of the board.
The Black Hearts are placed within three inches of each other in the center of the board. They are in a triangle within 3 inches of each other. The Union can be placed on any table edge. Mr. Amazing and the Riverine are blocking each table edge at the end of the road. Red Streak is supporting the Riverine.
Mission
One of the Black Hearts is carrying the “Loot”. It is being carried by Troll. The Black Hearts are trying to get the “loot” off the board. The Union is trying to recapture the “loot”. As a secondary objective, they will want to apprehend one of the Black Hearts for interrogation.
At the edge of the board waits a Black Hearts burrowing machine. If they can get there with the artifact, they can escape.
Mr. Amazing slowly lowered himself to hover a few feet from the ground. He smiled his pearly white teeth, “Going somewhere?”
Nihilist snarled behind her mask, “We need to get to the burrower, we can go around or through them.”
“Through!” Metal Head shouted and charged forward.
You can find out the exciting conclusion of this adventure at my blog:
https://bloodandspectacles.blogspot.com/2018/06/battle-report-super-systems-4th-edition.html
