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==Star City==
The main action in Necessary Evil takes place in Star City . New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and most every other major city in the US were rubbled by the V'sori . Star City was left curiously untouched by the aliens' weapons of mass destruction. Large numbers of K'tharen and drones operate in the city, however, and seem to take the place of weaponry that might cause too much collateral damage . This amazing island was created some time ago by a being of god-like power called the Outsider . The United States annexed Star Island after the Outsider was defeated and began a very expensive and high-profile scientific study of the island and its amazing ability to spawn superhumans . Two years of study at the taxpayers' expense found no particularly useful results so it was sold off in parcels to the highest bidder . Exactly why the Outsider created the island Star City now sits on, why so many super-powered beings are spawned here, and why the aliens don't blast it into oblivion is a mystery your team may unravel as they fight for its survival . For now, know that Star City is your character's home, and he'd best defend it with his very life . The future just might depend on it.

Star City is home to around five million citizens, down from the eight million who lived here prior to the invasion . Most of the loss comes from those who took flight rather than casualties, as the aliens took special care not to overly damage the island . They did settle it in force, however . A large number of citizens weren't comfortable living in such close proximity to the invaders and were allowed to flee to the mainland. Star City lies two miles off the coast of the eastern seaboard of the United States, about halfway between Boston and New York, and is roughly six times the size of Manhattan (180 square miles) . The island Star City was built on was created in 1955 when the nearly omnipotent being known as the Outsider came to Earth . Other than the fact that Star City is home to an inordinate number of super-beings, the island seems completely normal . Star City is in fact shaped like an eight-pointed star . Four large points alternate with four smaller points surrounding the large central sections called Uptown and Downtown.

'''Central and South America:''' The aliens wasted little time stripping the rain forests here at a rate that would put even the old logging companies to shame . A number of Omega's resistance fighters, most notably those led by a former villain known as El Gigante, hide in the jungles and strike frequently at the alien's bases.

'''Western Europe:''' London, Prague, Berlin, Paris, and Madrid were all completely destroyed by the alien attacks . Despite this, Western Europe is the home of several extremely successful resistance cells, including one operating below the shattered remnants of Paris, France, and led by the greatest heroine of World War II, the age-resistant Partisan.

'''Middle East:''' It is a bitter irony that what has finally brought peace to the Middle East was its virtual annihilation . The V'sori destroyed the democratic governments of Iraq and Israel, then blasted the monarchies and dictatorships of the surrounding nations as well (even though some actually offered their allegiance) . The aliens even leveled the holy shrines
of the area in an effort to (one day, at least) destroy any particular attachment to the area . Jerusalem is a pile of ash and the Dome of the Rock was reduced to little more than a few pebbles. Despite a common foe, Arab and Israeli Omegans still will not work together . Several of the most effective Arabic cells are headed by former terrorists such as the notorious Black Scorpion.

'''Asia:''' The governments of the most populous Asian nations — China and India — were quickly annihilated by the V'sori . Combined with devastating massacres of any organized rebellions, the people fell quickly into line . The smaller nations of the region followed suit . Open resistance is now left to the Omegans, which includes a large number of former Yakuza from Japan, an Indian servitor of Vishnu called Deva, and any number of martial artists, most of whom were once hired muscle for Asian crime lords.

'''Africa:''' Africa has been looted by the V'sori like a bank vault, ripping apart the land in search of the vast mineral wealth such as diamonds . At first resistance was poorly organized, but older and darker things awoke in the Dark Continent and did not take kindly to the raping of the land, and now resistance to the aliens is strong . Fierce warriors
wielding ancient powers strike, seemingly from nowhere, and then just as quickly disappear back into the thick jungles and breezy savannas.

'''Australia:''' "Oz" fought the V'sori fiercely, but they could match neither the aliens' firepower nor their numbers . The continent fell within two weeks . The aliens have found Australia's rich mineral resources useful, and used the country's vast tracts of desert to set up gigantic, highly advanced, solar energy collection farms.

'''Atlantis:''' The fabled city of Atlantis sank beneath the waves some two hundred years ago, but the great city lived on through the powerful magic its populace wielded . That is, until the K'tharens blasted the aquatic city-state into near oblivion, slaying or scattering its people, and killing their greatest protector, King Meros, the hero known to the world above as the Aquarian .

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