Earth from space Earthrise

Earthrise Campaign: The Story So Far

  • Year 1
    • Lights, Camera, Action! (Session 1, played Jan. 2008): The alien Fred hires Human Force, Catalyst, Robo-Shocker, Techia, Nemus Vir, and Lou to form a group of superheros for his documentary on Earth. The group's first mission is to stop a bank robbery by some Warchildren.
    • Blood, SWEAT, and Teleports (Sessions 2-3, played Feb. 2008): The heros help Sidestep escape from pursuit by the secret army project SWEAT.
    • Extreme Prejudice (Session 4, played Mar. 2008): Whiplash and Smokescreen attack a dinner at the Warchild Institute.
    • Card Sharks (Sessions 5-7, played Mar.-Apr. 2008): The Sea Lord attempts to extort money from the Sunken Treasure Resort Casino, where Liandri Corporation is also active.
    • Exponential Growth (Sessions 8-9, played May 2008): A17F5 sends a plague of self-reproducing robots to attack New York City. Robo-Shocker and Lou end up in the hospital, where Lou is secretly recruited by SWEAT.
    • Amazon Warriors (Sessions 10-12, played June-July 2008): The heros must stop Gaia's Revenge, which is attempting to save the Amazon Jungle by kidnapping local villagers and turning them into half-plant jungle guardians.
    • Post-Industrial Espionage (Sessions 13-17, played Sep.-Dec. 2008): Techion manipulates the heros into stealing some diamonds from Liandri, which he wishes to use to turn Techia into a quantum AI under his control. Liandri kidnaps Nemus Vir and Techia is destroyed when Robo-Shocker blows up Techion's device.
  • Year 2
    • Tourist Trap (Sessions 17-19, played Dec. 2008-Jan. 2009): The heros, joined by Lady Dusk, attack a Liandri base to rescue Nemus Vir and some alien tourists who have been grabbed by the corporation. They also rescue a group of Warchildren that Liandri has been experimenting on. Nemus Vir is in a coma from Liandri's drugs.
    • The Next Big Thing (Sessions 20-21, played Feb. 2009): A17F5 sends a giant robot to attack New York in order to cover his attempt to rob a large number of the city's banks. Afterwards, Robo-Shocker decides to join John Doe to hunt down A17F5.
    • Breakout Performance (Session 22, played Mar. 2009): The Warchild Melanoma mutates horribly, escapes from prison, and goes on a rampage.
    • Superhuman By Choice (Sessions 23-24, played Mar.-Apr. 2009): The Elementals, a group of posthumans, robs a series of companies to get high technology to further augment themselves.
    • Two For the Price of One (Sessions 25-27, played May 2009): Lou is hunted by alien bounty hunters, who make a copy of him with their duplication gun. Human Force is captured by SWEAT and escapes, then calls back Sidestep to work with him.
    • Warchild-Proof Container (Session 28-29, played June 2009): Liandri sets a trap for the heros in a base under the Adirondacks, offering them a chance to rescue a Warchild who is actually now working for them.
    • Interlude, With Birds (Session 30, played July 2009): The heros visit a museum exhibit and foil an attempted robbery by a flock of birds.
    • Civil War (Sessions 31-33, played Sep.-Oct. 2009): Lou II undergoes an operation to repair his implant. He becomes more powerful, but turns on the other heros. Human Force and Sidestep defect as well, stealing the duplication gun during an attack by SWEAT.
    • Non-Disclosure Disagreement (Sessions 34-35, played Dec. 2009-Jan. 2010): The remaining heros join forces with Jack to attack a Liandri base to rescue the AI Jeni and find incriminating information on Liandri's Warchild experiments.
  • Year 3
    • Bureaucratic Mix-Up (Sessions 36-38, played Feb.-Mar. 2010): SWEAT, the CIA's ERP, and the Defenders of Humanity are after Feedback and the rogue cyborg Talon.
    • Earthrise, the Movie (Sessions 39-41, played Apr.-May 2010): The heros go on a movie tour in the Galactic Union to promote Fred's documentary about them. They also hunt down some alien gangsters who are experimenting on humans.
    • History Lesson (Sessions 42-43, played May-June 2010): Catalyst visits a galactic doctor to cure his amnesia and undergoes a vivid dream sequence, reliving modified scenes from his past.
    • Coming-Out Party (Session 44, played July 2010): Jeni gets a robotic body from A17F5 and makes a scene in the city trying it out.
    • Back Up Plan (Sessions 45-48, played Oct.-Nov. 2010): A17F5 plans a major attack from beneath Yellowstone National Park, and the heros team up with SWEAT and Kite to stop him.
    • The Foreigner/Aliens Behaving Badly (Sessions 49-52, played Dec. 2010 - Feb. 2011): Judge Rico Dredd comes to Earth chasing a shapeshifting murderer. Meanwhile, aliens visiting New York City have been behaving very strangely.
  • Year 4
    • Catalyst for Disaster (Session 53, played Feb. 2011): Catalyst disappears and a number of energy-draining entropy monsters invade the heros' base.
    • Loose Ends (Sessions 54-57, played Mar.-Jun. 2011): Rico and Savannah join the team and the heros try to follow leads to find the Defenders of Humanity.
    • Triple Trouble (Session 58, played July 2011): Kit, Savannah, and Feedback fight a giant monster.
    • The Enemy of My Enemy (Session 59, played July 2011): John Doe gives the heros a tip as to the location of a shapeshifting alien.
    • Interception (Session 60, played Sep. 2011): Jack and Human Force leave the team, and Quantum Warrior joins in time to stop two criminals involved in a high-speed chase.
    • Inteference (Session 61, played Sep. 2011): The heros try to stop the Defenders of Humanity from breaking into a bioweapons laboratory.
    • Interloper (Sessions 62-64, played Sep.-Nov. 2011): A new FBI agent, Special Agent Alyssa Hart, is introduced to the group and assigns them to investigate the murders of Liandri employees.
    • Re-Action (Session 65, played Nov. 2011): The heros are attacked by a creature which catches them in a time loop.
  • Year 5
    • The Fifth Elemental (Session 66-68, played Jan.-Feb. 2012): The heros aid Hope, who is being pursued by her former comrades, the Elementals.
    • Primary Objective (Session 69, played Mar. 2012): The heros investigate the presidential campaign of Senator Jim Nelson and become embroiled in a riot at one of his speeches.
    • Going Viral (Session 70, played April 2012): The heros try to recruit a post-human geneticist to aid them in countering the Defenders' bioweapon.
    • Blown Away (Session 71-73, played May-Sep. 2012): The heros are accidently sent to a parallel universe where they are wanted criminals.
    • The Way of the Dinosaur (Sessions 74-77, played Sep.-Oct. 2012): The heros attempt to return home by passing through a dimensional nexus on Mars, but find themselves fighting intelligent dinosaurs on the other side.
    • War of the Parallel Worlds (Sessions 78-79, played Nov.-Dec. 2012): Divided and on the run, the heros try to regroup to fight the tyrannosaur empire.
  • Year 6
    • War of the Parallel Worlds, continued (Sessions 80-83, played Jan.-Feb. 2013): The heros team up with SWEAT to assault the tyrannosaurs' base.
    • Shock Treatment (Session 84-86, played Mar.-Apr. 2013): An alien energy creature is killing executives at a biotech company.
    • Defensive Game (Sessions 87-90, played Apr.-July 2013): Rico escapes from the base, framing the heros in the process. The heros must clear their name and stop a terrorist attack.