UNTIL: Defenders of Freedom

by Darren Watts and Steven S. Long

The United Nations Tribunal on International Law has been the UN's peacekeeping and law enforcement arm for several decades. Among other things, it investigates supercrimes, pursues supervillains, and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1583660232
• ISBN13: 9781583660232
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Hero Games
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.

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The World's Blue Line

The Upside: UNTIL: Defenders Of Freedom is an organization book for Champions, detailing the United Nations Tribunal on International Law, the U.N.'s Superhuman response branch. It's important to keep in mind that the U.N. in the Champions Universe is not the U.N. of the real world. If all else fails, UNTIL provides a good look into how to create and run an organization dedicated to fighting Supervillains. Chapter One - The Origin Of UNTIL. Chapter one is a brief history of the United Nations itself in the Champions Universe, mostly it adds references to Superhumans in what is otherwise a recap of the formation of the real world's United Nations. It goes mostly into the history behind the idea of UNTIL, how it came to be, and major events through the decades since it was formed in nineteen-sixty three. From idea to full fledged police force helping the world this chapter is a brief but useful look into the history of UNTIL. Chapter Two - The United Nations. There are two sections in this chapter. First is the United Nations, which has some information on structure and organization. It focuses on aspects that Players are likely to interact with or that directly relate to UNTIL. It is not a comprehensive look at the U.N. in total. It does contain a list of all U.N. Members as of 2003. Part two pertains to International Law. With notes on sovereignty, extradition, diplomatic immunity, international police powers, law of the high seas and the law of war and similar items. Mostly these are also things that the Players are likely to encounter when dealing with UNTIL, playing a campaign as UNTIL agents or simply trying to pursue supervillains into foreign territories. Chapters one and two are general looks at the United Nations and UNTIL, how the world sees them and how they interact with the world. Chapter Three - UNTIL Structure And Organization. Starting with the High Command, this chapter covers all the various sections and levels of UNTIL. Who reports to who, how it's organized, rank structure (which is quasi military) and internal politics. It does provide the names and country of origin for many members of UNTIL's upper ranks, it does not give hard numbers for how many people are in a given region. This is allows the GM to tailor the organization to his campaign more easily. It also goes into how UNTIL divides the world into seven regions, how they generally operate in the Champions Universe and a few important details. The organization is straight forward, easy to use and easy to adapt to a campaign. Chapter Four - Agents Of UNTIL. Requirements to join UNTIL, basic and advanced training, discipline, uniforms, and medals cover the first part of the chapter. Package Deals go into the various types of agents from basic to various specializations, all with a Hero System Package Deal and information on the agents role within the organization. Special Projects covers the myriad of sub-sections that are set up to monitor specific threats througho