by Damren » Sat Nov 17, 2012 11:12 pm
Does it have to be the future or can it be a future, as in alternate timelines or multiple-Earths? Any thoughts on what you want his future to look like?
What if the neo-dystopian future is similar to Gattaca (Film), with genetically augmented humans that use their uplifted intellect and perfect forms to control society? Special divisions are created to deal with these metagenic supermen, but not all are caught. Some hide in plain sight, creating powerful corporate entities that actually do good deeds in the world to mask their true intentions.
In the early years, the first metagenic augments became heroes, then some became villains, and at some point in the 'future history' a villain designed a hero killing virus that was able to eliminate most of the early augments, preserving only those from the later generations who where genetically infused with the 'cure'. Both this technology and what was done with it radically changed the face of the world.
Corporations stepped in to fill the gap left by heroes and governments that could not function without the empowered hierarchy. Biodefense technologies were developed and sold worldwide; some were corrupted - leading to either misery or death to those who took the cure. Gene-sculpting and human purity became the hallmarks of society, and anyone that could prove their humanity became a giant in the political and social circle of the future.
One such intellectual giant creates the Venture project, which uses advanced science to explore new worlds via the creation of controlled portals. In his 'future' humans have never been contacted by aliens, no life - even at the cellular - has ever been found. One of Ventures first success stories was to put a crew on Mars - which has since grown into a full blown colony. Venture is also mining asteroids and working on ways to pull raw energy from the sun.
Ventures current projects also include the first interstellar probe launch. But, during trials, the energy vectors revealed that Venture could - by targeting Earth's prior positions in space and altering the quantum signature of the 'vortex' - form a portal back in time. The mastermind instantly seized on this opportunity as a way to conquer and control the future, using metagenetic technology to 'sculpt' a new humanity in his image before any other power arose that could stop him.
He starts by killing those responsible for the discovery. Using gene-enhanced assassins, scientists and administrators begin to die - which could be what attracts your super hero to his operations. The trail - and the fights - lead back to Venture, where the brain trust is putting together his gear for the jump back - data crystals, gene weapons, modern equipment and tactical weaponry - the whole deal, an instant super villain kit of technology and data that will allow him to affect history for centuries.
The 'final' battle takes place at the Venture launch platform and both are lost in the vortex. But, they arrive, as scheduled, in the past, still fighting. Things, however, are different. Radically different from what the mastermind expected. Either history is wrong, or they are no longer on the Earth they know and have landed somewhere else.
