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Aug. 13th, 2015 11:26 pmThe Watchtower Itself
Down in De Chima there is a gorgeous late 18th century building, tiered like a cake. Its uppermost floor features a handsome clocktower, but the penthouse suite behind it has suffered a fire, perhaps decades ago, and the windows are all boarded up. This is the Watchtower, the seat of the Justice League.
Opposite the grand entrance to the building, now owned by a pharmaceutical company, an alleyway creeps away into the nearby tower blocks and buildings. About halfway down this alleyway, an interesting piece of graffiti decorates the wall. Painted in reds and golds, it symbolises the Egyptian God Aker, guardian of the Underworld. At the foot of the graffiti, is an entrance to the city's sewer system, or at least an unused part of the old system, and on the metal cap of this is the word JVSTICE, discreetly embossed where only anyone looking for it would find it.
Inside the Watchtower entrance is a long, very dry sewer tunnel, lit only by hidden glass "windows" disguised as stones in the alleyway above. A modern steel door waits for the arriving hero, which identifies the person arriving primarily by their nano i.d.s, but subsequently uses heat signatures and voice commands to disarm the alarms that would otherwise sound in the tower. Just don't ask how Bruce got those voice recordings.
Enter through the doors, and the lift takes you to the uppermost penthouse floor of the building. Originally, the top three floors were gutted by fire, and it still bears these scars outside to make it seem unoccupied. Inside, steel covers all the windows, but the clockface is semi-transparent from within, and looks out over the city. The clock mechanisms, naturally, is still all in place, and the ancient steel girdles within give the modern set up the impression of being a part of two times; old and new.
The building is spacious and almost shapeshippy in its modernity. The steel structures are parted by glass walls, and great glass cases have room for costumes. Steel boxes and cases store various things but mostly the storage is empty, in order to allow room for Justice League members to use it. There is a solid block in which the computer is stored, and consoles all over the tower have access to the massive power of the computer. There are weapons mounted on walls, television monitors showing the news--
The watchtower is equipped with lush, comfortable seating in one quarter of the main floor, and in another a large, oval shaped conference table is set up, with a holographic projector in the center of it. A small kitchenette is squeezed into one corner. One final third of the ground floor is left to a medibay, complete with a disinfectant shower/containment tank, bed, and full body scanning equipment.
Above the main floor is an L shaped walkway, reached by sets of stairs on either side of the ground floor. There are more consoles and storage up here, but largely its redundant space. What is visible from this height, however, are the silver tubes extracting heat from the computer's servers, and a different angle of view through the clockface.
Oh, and there's a Batwing on the roof.
The Justice League
By now, anyone involved in the JL has probably been shown the tower, and are free to come and go as they please. This can totally be handwaved. Bruce or Bats could have handled that personally. Some characters were involved in getting the building ready for use, and can handwave that too (Supes? GL?) If there's any questions, let me know, or if you're doubtful your character is involved etc. etc.
At some point in the coming months, JL membership may be opened up slightly to people who are like minded. It really depends on how the coming months go.
Immediate plans follow concerns about Crane, the power void in Maurtia Falls, and muting cold war escalations wherever possible.
The Justice League itself, at least in this incarnation (as Bruce has envisioned it) has a singular purpose: to protect the people of this world, while members of the League are in it, and leave that continuing legacy to other imPorts as need be. They want to be organized to respond to any threat to people, irregardless of their nationality or the government which rules them. If need be, the JL will resist sovereignty, and the Watchtower's infrastructure is meant to facilitate vigilantism if the shit hits the fan. Rather than following governments and orders, the League will be stubbornly independent...which may cause fractions within, between existing members. But why don't we just cooperate? etc.
That isn't to say that if the US government calls on them they won't respond, but unlike RISE they aren't government supported, don't need to report back to them, and won't necessarily hand over information or prisoners. And if the government says 'Don't go to Russia and save people from this burning building', the JL's motto will just have to be 'Fuck you, authority.'
League members aren't permanently tied into League activity. Basically, as well as providing members a secret base to use in De Chima, they're only asked to respond to emergency calls from the League when a situation calls for an organised response, like say, a swear in getting gassed. Characters can be vigilantes, registered, unregistered--doesn't matter, but membership may affect your standing if the government chooses to retaliate, especially given the mess with Archangel.
ANY QUESTIONS?
Down in De Chima there is a gorgeous late 18th century building, tiered like a cake. Its uppermost floor features a handsome clocktower, but the penthouse suite behind it has suffered a fire, perhaps decades ago, and the windows are all boarded up. This is the Watchtower, the seat of the Justice League.
Opposite the grand entrance to the building, now owned by a pharmaceutical company, an alleyway creeps away into the nearby tower blocks and buildings. About halfway down this alleyway, an interesting piece of graffiti decorates the wall. Painted in reds and golds, it symbolises the Egyptian God Aker, guardian of the Underworld. At the foot of the graffiti, is an entrance to the city's sewer system, or at least an unused part of the old system, and on the metal cap of this is the word JVSTICE, discreetly embossed where only anyone looking for it would find it.
Inside the Watchtower entrance is a long, very dry sewer tunnel, lit only by hidden glass "windows" disguised as stones in the alleyway above. A modern steel door waits for the arriving hero, which identifies the person arriving primarily by their nano i.d.s, but subsequently uses heat signatures and voice commands to disarm the alarms that would otherwise sound in the tower. Just don't ask how Bruce got those voice recordings.
Enter through the doors, and the lift takes you to the uppermost penthouse floor of the building. Originally, the top three floors were gutted by fire, and it still bears these scars outside to make it seem unoccupied. Inside, steel covers all the windows, but the clockface is semi-transparent from within, and looks out over the city. The clock mechanisms, naturally, is still all in place, and the ancient steel girdles within give the modern set up the impression of being a part of two times; old and new.
The building is spacious and almost shapeshippy in its modernity. The steel structures are parted by glass walls, and great glass cases have room for costumes. Steel boxes and cases store various things but mostly the storage is empty, in order to allow room for Justice League members to use it. There is a solid block in which the computer is stored, and consoles all over the tower have access to the massive power of the computer. There are weapons mounted on walls, television monitors showing the news--
The watchtower is equipped with lush, comfortable seating in one quarter of the main floor, and in another a large, oval shaped conference table is set up, with a holographic projector in the center of it. A small kitchenette is squeezed into one corner. One final third of the ground floor is left to a medibay, complete with a disinfectant shower/containment tank, bed, and full body scanning equipment.
Above the main floor is an L shaped walkway, reached by sets of stairs on either side of the ground floor. There are more consoles and storage up here, but largely its redundant space. What is visible from this height, however, are the silver tubes extracting heat from the computer's servers, and a different angle of view through the clockface.
Oh, and there's a Batwing on the roof.
The Justice League
By now, anyone involved in the JL has probably been shown the tower, and are free to come and go as they please. This can totally be handwaved. Bruce or Bats could have handled that personally. Some characters were involved in getting the building ready for use, and can handwave that too (Supes? GL?) If there's any questions, let me know, or if you're doubtful your character is involved etc. etc.
At some point in the coming months, JL membership may be opened up slightly to people who are like minded. It really depends on how the coming months go.
Immediate plans follow concerns about Crane, the power void in Maurtia Falls, and muting cold war escalations wherever possible.
The Justice League itself, at least in this incarnation (as Bruce has envisioned it) has a singular purpose: to protect the people of this world, while members of the League are in it, and leave that continuing legacy to other imPorts as need be. They want to be organized to respond to any threat to people, irregardless of their nationality or the government which rules them. If need be, the JL will resist sovereignty, and the Watchtower's infrastructure is meant to facilitate vigilantism if the shit hits the fan. Rather than following governments and orders, the League will be stubbornly independent...which may cause fractions within, between existing members. But why don't we just cooperate? etc.
That isn't to say that if the US government calls on them they won't respond, but unlike RISE they aren't government supported, don't need to report back to them, and won't necessarily hand over information or prisoners. And if the government says 'Don't go to Russia and save people from this burning building', the JL's motto will just have to be 'Fuck you, authority.'
League members aren't permanently tied into League activity. Basically, as well as providing members a secret base to use in De Chima, they're only asked to respond to emergency calls from the League when a situation calls for an organised response, like say, a swear in getting gassed. Characters can be vigilantes, registered, unregistered--doesn't matter, but membership may affect your standing if the government chooses to retaliate, especially given the mess with Archangel.
ANY QUESTIONS?
