> S.H.I.E.L.D.: The Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement, and Logistics Division (SHIELD) is a branch of the American government created as a counter-terrorism and intelligence agency tasked with global and national security. While their existence isn't public, they're still influential, nonetheless. Cult-like and committed absolutely to their goals, they're willing to stoop to horrifying lows to succeed. It works tirelessly towards its endgame of world domination. > HYDRA: Founded in ancient times, this authoritarian group has flourished in the underbelly of society since time out of mind.
Not everybody knows about these factions, but their reach is still felt in the weave of daily life. FactionsĪ number of noteworthy groups influence the various societies of this Earth. They just have to pick their battles: SHIELD's resources are very finite. They have the faculties to mount a limited defense, too, such as using their fleet of quinjets for civilian evacuation or aerial defense. SHIELD can cooperate with other governmental branches to gather information and formulate a course of action. When aliens actually invade, the agency gets more serious. Once they're done, SHIELD tries to return things to their owners. If it is, it gets locked in a storage vault. Standard protocol is to cordon off the area, restrict access to the local civilians, and determine whether the thing is dangerous or not. (This has happened in the past, like that one time Thor's hammer wound up in the New Mexico desert!) When investigating artifacts, SHIELD tries to be first on the scene. Every so often, items of extraterrestrial origin might find their way to Earth. SHIELD is a lot less willing to share, and keeps its technology mostly classified. The really cutting-edge stuff is developed by SHIELD and one of its R&D partners, Stark Industries, which sells some of its civilian designs as toys for the obscenely rich. Consumer-level machinery like automobiles, personal computers, and telecommunications are fairly common even the poorest of countries still have cell phone infrastructure and some access to mobile phones. Electricity powers massive metropolises of glass, concrete, and steel. (The correct title of the source is actually "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D," but since it's actually really obnoxious to type out, all supplemental materials will use the acronym "SHIELD.")Īnalogous to an early twenty-first century Earth in terms of society and technology, this world sports many prosperous metropolises and technological innovation.
From the shadows, the American extra-governmental division SHIELD works to protect innocent people from all the weirdness of the worlds beyond. Some of humanity has decided to fight back. A great many of these elements aren't looking out for humanity's best interest. Battle lines have long since been drawn in the sand over this world's politics, and folks like to share their opinions, even with offworlders. It all makes for interesting times for the locals. Gods, aliens, and stranger things also lurk just around the corners of reality. Still others might lift and hurl cars like toys. Some people can shoot fire from their fingertips. Except in this world, sometimes people have marvelous powers that defy physics. Some of them live in cities of concrete, glass, and steel. Its daily life and technological advancements are familiar to the people of its contemporary worlds. Many Earth-like worlds are similar to this one.
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