Earthguard 2

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This was a short-lived game where the players were unable to sustain interest in playing a campaign only once a month. The idea was a series of battles against minions of Magneto with the final encounter against the Master of Magnetism. The scripted plot-line was destroyed while creating this web page.

Title: An Unlikely Beginning

Heroes: Marvel (Jasmine), Star Scanner

Action: Ley-Teg is enjoying lunch at a sidewalk cafe when a little girl hands him a note. Ley-Teg asks the girl several questions. After he has finished reading the note, she disappears into the crowd. The handwritten note asks him to come for a meeting at the Staten Island Ferry landing at 11:30. Intrigued, he shows up to find Marvel waiting for him, unchanged in appearance since the last time he saw her. She proposes to form a new hero team and she asks Star Scanner to front and train the team. Marvel asks to stay on the outside. She admits the girl that delivered the note, Rebecca, is her daughter and Wartiger is the father. Marvel also agrees to help with the group whenever she is needed as long as she is in disguise since she is reluctant to endanger a new group with those who want her captured or killed. She leaves saying she will be in touch when it is time to evaluate the new recruits.

Star Scanner, wanting to add experience to the team, asks Sumo of Japan's Asawa Team to join with him. Sumo is interested but declines because it would require him quitting A-Team.

On Star Scanner's return to the United States, he finds a letter from Marvel. In a rambling style, Marvel confesses her past including the killing of several Russians, the near killing Wartiger and her hatred of knowing she is a clone. She asks Star Scanner to keep her secrets and forgive her.

ISSUE 2 dj (6/97)

Title: The Common Web

Heroes: Athena, Highlander, Spiderman, StarScanner, Yang

Opponents: Black Dragon Gang Members, Medusa, Shamrock

Others: Jasmine, Mandarin, Trask Workers, J. Jonah Jameson, Mary Jane, Master Qui, Suzi Mizomura

Action: Scene -- Man is shown sitting in a car. He looks like a typical reporter, glasses, hat and cigarette. He is smoking and waiting for someone or something. Suddenly, the door to the car is sliced off. Fear enters his eyes as a voice from off panel says, "It's a shame you are going to miss your deadline. Here's another deadline you will make." An energy blast from a pistol hits him in the chest and kills him. The car is parked outside Professor's Xavier's school.

Jasmine tells StarScanner she has several candidates to review and they start the day following Trask Corporation vans around the streets of New York. Meanwhile, Peter Parker, just promoted to Junior Editor, has been working long hours and needs to unwind. Mary Jane suggests putting on the Spiderman outfit and go for a swing. Athena, in secret ID, comes upon a Trask van taking robotics out of the sewer. The van drives away and she changes to hero ID to follow. Medusa, a lab assistant who was caught in the same explosion that transformed Athena, sees Athena and attacks her. Medusa nearly kills Athena before StarScanner and Spiderman chase her away. When Jasmine joins the group, Spiderman oddly feels like the uninvited guest and leaves. StarScanner invites Athena to join a new group and she accepts.

J. Jonah Jameson enters Peter Parker's office and tells him to take a vacation to Ireland to cover the conference in the Irish Parliament regarding a new manufacturing plant. The talks are wretchedly boring as the plans are approved and the English businessman and his guard, Highlander, leave the building. Peter follows the pair for a few blocks but loses them in the crowd when he hears an explosion. Jasmine and StarScanner, interested in Highlander, are in Ireland and hear the explosion. The explosion is a hand grenade tossed by Shamrock to Highlander. Highlander covers the explosion, saves several lives and survives the attack. The battle between the two is greeted by loud cheers for Shamrock who lands a mighty punch on Highlander's chin, sending him onto the roof of a nearby building. Spiderman arrives along with StarScanner to check on Highlander. Shamrock is given a hero's welcome in the local pub. The irritated glare of Jasmine and StarScanner gives Spiderman the hint that he has business elsewhere. The pair invites Highlander to join the new group and he accepts.

New York police visit Peter Parker and ask about the Spiderman encounter in Ireland. They are much more satisfied with Peter's answers than his boss. J. Jonah wonders why he could not get Highlander and Shamrock to help him capture Spiderman. Needing a real vacation, he uses his frequent flyer miles to take MJ and him to San Francisco. Catching sight of the Mandarin attack several gang members, Spiderman changes into his costume, follows the Mandarin but loses him as he sees an ambush forming outside a karate studio. The Jonny Sung trains in the studio. Jonny notices the ambush planned for him, fights the thugs and chases them away with the help of Spiderman and StarScanner. Jasmine and StarScanner are in San Francisco because they heard the Mandarin was there. Bowing to the inevitable, they invite Spiderman to join the team. They also ask Jonny Sung to help them find Yang, the last hero they are looking for to complete the team. Being the same person, Jonny changes into hero ID and Yang meets the pair and agrees to join the team.

They decide to call themselves Earthguard

ISSUE 3 dj (6/97)

Title: Teamwork Together

Heroes: Athena, Highlander, Starscanner, Yang

Opponents: Dark-Lurker, Burnout, Oculan, Binder

Action: Yang questions the identity of the silent backer of the group. Jasmine responds that their business interests could suffer if the public found out their identity before the group was successful. The answer seems to satisfy him.

The base is not quit complete. Several pieces of equipment still need to installed in the base and on the team plane. Athena works on the plane for a few days before saying she will have to study some manuals before she can complete the work. Jasmine mentions the only person she knows with that skill is the villain Blowtorch.

The team backers would like the new team to make a name for themselves as quickly as possible. Jasmine, as team spokeman and liason to the team backers, suggests the best way to do that is to capture villains. She says that she has located Blackstar and Dark-Lurker. Dark-Lurker is in a north-side tenement building. Bursting into the apartment, Yang and Highlander find the four villains watching television. The close action battle suits Yang and Highlander well. Oculan puts up a furious fight, Binder is knocked out, Burnout tries to run but is caught and Dark-Lurker turns invisible and escapes.

ISSUE 4 dj (7/97)

Heroes: Athena, Highlander, Spiderman, Starscanner

Opponents: The Master Hacker

Others: Jasmine, Olympus International, Mary Jane, Rebecca

Action: Starscanner gets an update of the base facilities from Jasmine. She tells Starscanner she knows nothing new regarding Medusa, Athena's hunted. Starscanner leaves to question Athena but not before Jasmine gets him to ask her out on a "date".

A computer hacker breaks into the Earthguard computer. He ends up shutting down the system because Athena repulses his advances. He brags that he can make the computer "just like the old Earthguard computer."

Athena successfully installs most of the equipment in the plane. Jasmine contacts the Beast of the X-Men to help with the rest of the equipment.

Peter Parker receives a plastic pumpkin head from the Hobgoblin. Highlander receives a criptic note from the IRA saying his luck is over. Jasmine tells Athena the Trask van was probably after robot parts that were lost in the sewer after a group of robots attacked the Crimebuster Detective Agency.

Jasmine calls the team together to review the news. Yang is not available as he is not yet finished moving to New York. Starscanner warns the group about the Red Guardians and the potential they may attack the group when they become successful. In the news Athena mentions that Medusa may be turning people to stone in Central Park, the Mandarins are active, the X-Men were triple teamed and Storm and Star Ranger were hospitalized. HUMAN, the anti-mutant group, forced the heroes to recouperate at Xavier's school. A new group was formed in the middle east called Islamic Jihad.

ISSUE 5 dj (7/97)

Title: When Guests Come Calling

Heroes: Athena, Highlander, Spiderman, Starscanner

Opponents: Coven Agents, Trask Robots, Electro, Red Guardians: Mercenary, Monolith, Nova Sanchan, Imperial Defender, Nucleus, Force of July: Major Victory, Crackerjack, Mayflower, Lady Liberty, M. Destiny (Chrissy), Silent Majority

Others: Jasmine, Speedster, Thomas Haman

Action: The Red Guardians and Force of July visit Earthguard to congratulate Starscanner and give their own coded warnings. Both groups are undiplomatically rebuffed.

Access to the Central Park statues is granted and Athena and Spiderman make the assumption that Medusa is substituting silicon for carbon to power her armor. The Crimebuster Detective Agency is put on retainer to keep tabs of the IRA.

The members of the team are chancing by a construction site and witness Thomas Haman catch a falling steel beam and save several co-workers' lives. As chance would have it, two coven agents and three Trask robots attack the group. With the help of Tom, the villains are quickly subdued. Electro does not participate in the battle.

ISSUE 6 dj (8/97)

Heroes: Athena, Highlander, Spiderman, Yang

Opponents: Imperial Defender

Others: Jasmine, Thomas "The Hammer" Haman, Wartiger, Charles Steadman, Master, The Master Hacker

Action: Imperial Defender is called to his commander's post and is instructed to send his squad to the Overlord/Magneto's island. He is also told he is relieved from command of Red Star and should report to New York. His sends Red Star but warns White Wolf they may be heading into a trap. After Imperial Defender leaves a mysterious person contemplates revenge against Starscanner and Darkwar.

Jonny Sung finishes moving his master to NYC. The master introduces Jonny to Wartiger's secret ID. Jonny's girlfriend transfers to NYU.

Starscanner is missing from headquarters. The heroes find later he went to Visar but are not told why. Jasmine is disturbed by the news.

The Master Hacker tells Athena the information on Medusa does not exist in the Trask computers. A meeting with him is delayed until Starscanner returns.

Earthguard is approached by Mr. Charles Steadman to retrieve one of the Overlord's power suits. Earthguard accepts and flies to Overlord/Magneto's island.

ISSUE 7 dj (8/97)

Heroes: Athena, Highlander, Spiderman, Yang

Opponents: White Wolf, Tanatrov, Surge, Red Guardians: Mercenary, Imperial Defender, Monolith, Nova Sanchan and Darkstar

Others: Jasmine, The Hammer

Action: The group arrives on the island to find it deserted. Entering the main meeting room they are overtaken by three members of Red Star: White Wolf, Tanatrov and Surge. (Cobolt is left in the team craft to guard against a trap and record any evidence before leaving the island if need be.) While Athena searches the power generators for The Overlord's power suit, the outnumbered villains gain the upper hand in a difficult fight.

Interspersed with the Red Star/Earthguard battle, Imperial Defender has a conversation with a mystery person. Imperial Defender says he has been ordered to work with the mystery person for one mission and after that Imperial Defender will quit the army to keep from working with the mystery person any more. The conversation ends with Imperial Defender being told Earthguard is battling his old group Red Star.

Athena calms an enraged White Wolf with the news that no battle armor exists. As Red Star quits the battle, an outside wall is smashed open and through the hole steps the Red Guardians: Mercenary, Imperial Defender, Monolith, Nova Sanchan and Darkstar.

ISSUE 8 (double sized) dj (9/97)

Title: Revenge Thwarted

Heroes: Athena, Highlander, Spiderman, Starscanner, Yang

Opponents: Red Guardians: Darkstar, Mercenary, Imperial Defender, Monolith, Nova Sanchan

Others: Jasmine (Javelin), Thomas Haman, Darkwar, Ran-Darr

Action: Starscanner returns to Earth to discover Earthguard has flown to Magneto's island. He flies there to see if they need any help and arrives just as the Red Guardians enter the building.

Darkwar and Ran-Darr discover something suspicious is going on with Den-Rann and the Red Guardians. They split up to investigate with Darkwar traveling to Earth and Ran-Darr traveling to Kree. Making his way to Earthguard, Darkwar meets Jasmine and makes it known he is looking for Starscanner and why. Jasmine realizes that the team has been sent into a trap. She contacts Sumo and Darkwar teleports the heroes to Magneto's island.

On the island, the Red Guardians lead by Darkstar is fighting Earthguard. As the heroes gain the upper hand, Mercenary, Nova Sanchan and Monolith are revealed as Skrulls. Red Star joins the fight against the Skrulls and Darkstar is defeated.

ISSUE 9 dj (9/97)

Title: End of a Legend (Or Starscanner Moves to the East Coast and Can No Longer Play in the Monthly Games)

Heroes: Athena, Highlander, Spiderman, Starscanner, Yang

Opponents: White Wolf, Tanatrov, Cobalt, Surge, Red Guardians: Mercenary, Imperial Defender, Monolith, Nova Sanchan and Darkstar

Others: Jasmine (Javelin/Marvel), Thomas Haman, Sumo, Darkwar, Giant Robot, Rising Sun, Aji

Action: Starscanner announces his father's death and his assention to the throne of Visar. He places Imperial Defender under arrest for violation of Visarian law. Red Star attacks Starscanner to protect their leader. Spiderman and Yang try stop the fight. Darkwar teleports Imperial Defender's body outside, waiting for the final outcome. Javelin fights Red Star. Red Star eventually knocks out Starscanner and Marvel, defending her friend, reveals herself and stuns Tanitrov and Surge to stop the battle.

Defeated, Starscanner relenquishes his claim on Imperial Defender. A-Team takes him to Asawa Tower for safe keeping. Spiderman tells the group that Marvel is wanted for murder and will turn her identity over to the police unless she surrenders herself. She pleads with Starscanner to take her with him and he agrees.

Red Star, not yet knowing that A-Team has Imperial Defender, leaves vowing to act "through the proper channels."

ISSUE 10 dj (10/97)

Title: Meet the Press

Heroes: Athena, Highlander, Spiderman, Yang, Hammer (Thomas Haman)

Opponents: White Wolf, Archangel, Surge

Others: Jessica Looker, Mosad: Judah Macabee

Action: Earthguard returns to find their battle with the Red Guardians has been broadcast around the world. Sumo apologizes for holding the news release so soon and provides a transcript of their interview. Athena is elected team spokesman and she schedules a new-conference for the next day. The conference is interrupted by Red Star who demands the release of Imperial Defender. Red Star also tells about their participation and leaves.

Marvel reveals to the team that she and StarScanner are the mystery team backers and asks them to continue their work. An interview with superhero "underclass" is conducted where several heroes gripe about not getting proper recognition.

Hammer goes missing the day after the team's return from Magneto's island.

Judah Macabee of Israel's Mosad contacts Earthguard and asks to put them on retainer. He tells them about the Arab super-team Islamic Jihad and his fear that Mosad is overpowered by the new team. The team is generally in favor of helping and they accept Mosad's offer.

Earthguard decides to move into the Hammond Building. The space will be ready in four to six months.

ISSUE 11 dj (10/97)

Title: Slaughter of the Innocents

Heroes: Athena, Highlander, Yang

Opponents: Red Guardians: Nucleus, The Battlesquad: Storm Trooper, Apocalypse Panzer, Luftwaffe, Blitz

Others: Louis Farrakhan, Nation of Islam, Master Hacker

Action: Several months later, Hammer still has not been found. Nucleus of the Red Guardians issues a veiled threat to Asawa-Team and Earthguard demanding the release of Imperial Defender. The response from Sumo is they are doing everything in their power to keep Imperial Defender imprisoned but Sumo fears he will be released soon.

The Master Hacker tells Athena that he wants to be a superhero and gives her designs to build a battlesuit. Athena agrees to make him a "provisional" member if he "proves" himself by getting DAD, the old sentient Earthguard computer. Hacker responds that he would but the files are contained in the inactive body of Avar-7 (destroyed Earthguard Comic Adventures #119). The body, encased in diamond by Cyclotron, is held in a security basement of the Pentagon. Requests from Visar to release the body are unsuccessful.

Highlander receives an anonymous tip that a super-powered hit has been placed on Louis Farrakhan. Earthguard warns his security people and goes to the theater to see what they can do. The group is still outside when they see The Battlesquad break down a wall and enter the theater. Farrakhan escapes but not until most of his security guards are killed and several dozen members of the crowd are murdered by Storm Trooper.

ISSUE 12 dj (12/97)

Heroes: Athena, Highlander, Yang

Opponents: The Mandarin, Trask Thugs, IRA

Others: Argon, Georgia Somers

Action: Spiderman notifies the team he can no longer meet the commitments and must leave. Before he leaves, he recommends Ms. Georgia Somers to be the new administrative assistant. She is hired by the team.

Athena's review of Jasmine's files reveal the various sources of Earthguard's funds. She informs the team along with a letter from the Nation of Islam and an exerpt from a Louis Farrakhan speech blasting Earthguard.

Argon of Crimebuster Detective Agency notifies Highlander that something is up with the IRA but he does not know what.

Athena's brother is roughed up by two thugs. It is assumed they work for Trask

Yang's Master is nearly killed by agents of the Mandarin. They were looking for the Dragon Staff. The Master will be hospitalized for at least four months.

Wartiger visits Earthguard looking for Marvel. He immobilizes Highlander, searches the building and then leaves. He tells Highlander that she is a murderer and she tried to kill him. She should be arrested and punished if she ever returns to Earth.

Highlander and Yang are injured when an IRA car bomb is detonated.

ISSUE 13 dj (12/97)

Heroes: Athena, Highlander, Yang, A-team: Sumo, Rising Sun, Palomar, Giant Robot, X-Men: Phoenix, Colossus, Rogue, Wolverine

Opponents: Imperial Defender, Nucleous, Madam Viper, Pegasus Cell, Femme Fatals: Flare, Killer Frost, Sliver, Thunder, The Mandarins: Killswan, Swan-San

Action: Red Star holds a news conference saying they hold the Japanese government responsible for holding Imperial Defender and demand his immediate release. Sumo contacts Earthguard asking if they would like to attend. Previously, A-Team suffered an ambush by Pegasus and has only four members uninjured and Sumo is concerned that a fight will occure after Imperial Defender is released. Earthguard agrees to help and says they will arrive in two days.

Arriving at Asawa Tower, Earthguard find four members of A-Team and four members of the X-Men. The X-Men were in Tokyo to pick up information for themselves and came early to help A-Team. At noon, Nucleous picks up Imperial Defender without incident. Rising Sun invites everyone to dinner that evening. The X-Men say they will arrive late. When the X-Men arrive, Colossus has nearly been killed when they were ambushed by the Mandarins. The documents the X-Men wanted prove Madam Viper killed the reporter outside their mansion and they need to take this information back to the United States.

Yang and Athena accompany the X-Men to the airport to help protect them in case the Mandarins return. Highlander helps A-Team attack a new Pegasus base. Rising Sun and Highlander capture 70 agents.

Yang and Athena have a much tougher time. The Femme Fatales and Swan-san and Killswan attack the group looking for the papers. Yang is nearly killed by Killswan before Wolverine intervenes. Thunder, Flare and Sliver nearly defeat Phoenix and Rogue before Rogue flies off with the papers. The villians are teleported off the battlefield.

ISSUE 14 dj (1998)

Title: 21 Gun Salute

Heroes: Athena, Highlander, Yang

Others: Fusillade, A-team: Sumo, Rising Sun, Palomar, Giant Robot, X-Men: Phoenix, Colossus, Rogue, Wolverine, Louis Farrakhan

Action: Yang and Colossus are too injured to move and must remain at Asawa Tower for a week. While there the rest of Earthguard sees Tokyo and has the ability to quiz the other two superteams. They fill in some information regarding the Mandarins and Viper. No one seems to know why the four women were involved.

While in Japan, Rising Sun introduces Earthguard to Fusillade, a man in brightly colored power armor. Fusillade tried to join A-Team but could not since they only accept Mutants. Earthguard offers him an invitation after seeing him in action and he tentatively accepts.

In New York the Nation of Islam announces they will be forming their own superteam and ask for black heroes to apply. Other news reports Sizematic Man and Protector watched three well armed bank robbers escape, the Orange County Register call for FBI licensing of all "heroes" and reporters kidnapped by the Islamic Jihad and released.

Back at Earthguard headquarters, the team is met by Specter, a superhero that has the ability to make his victims understand their crimes and the damage they cause. He tells them he has information regarding a bank hold-up that will occur in two days.

ISSUE 15 dj (1998)

Title: Tour de Force

Heroes: Athena, Fusillade, Highlander, Specter, Yang

Opponents: Three bank robbers, Lizard, Buzzsaw, Moltenman

Others: Leprechaun, Master Hacker, Georgia

Action: Three heavily armed bank robbers are surprised by Earthguard. Yang and Specter attack invisibly while Highlander posed as a bank guard. Lizard, Buzzsaw and Moltenman join the fight and the heroes are successful is subduing the villains. Yang was injured seriously when Lizard set off a magnesium grenade.

After the battle, Highlander accepts a drink from a disguised Leprechaun and is hexed.

Georgia and Master Hacker supervise the finishing touches to the new/old Earthguard headquarters and announces, "We should be all moved by the end of the month."

Specter tells the team that Captain Britain and the Midnight Regiment were attacked by the Harvest King. Athena calls and Captain Britain assures her everything is under control.

Highlander gets a large envelope from Wartiger outlining the past transgressions of Marvel/Jasmine. Highlander debates about sharing the information with the other team members and decides to give copies to Athena and Yang only.

Visar rejects the extradition request for Jasmine.

ISSUE 16 dj (1998)

Title: Old Team/New Team

Heroes: Athena, Fusillade, Highlander, Specter, Yang

Opponents: Force of July: Major Victory, Crackerjack, M. Destiny; Nation of Islam: Centaur, Crosswire, Four Elements, Rig Buster

Others: Louis Farrakhan, Master Hacker

Action: As several team members recuperate and the others ready themselves for the move, they are visited by three members of the Force of July. Major Victory tries to be very cordial in asking why Earthguard is getting messages from Visar. He explains that he is required to investigate these things since Earth and Visar are on poor relations. Highlander and Fusillade take offense as to the line of questioning to the point where blows are nearly thrown. Force of July leaves warning that Earthguard better stay in line.

The Nation of Islam announces the formation of a new superteam. Their aim is to "provide the protection that New York has, up until now, lacked."