History TabletopGame / StrikeLegion

* DropTheHammer: There's regular hammers, gravity hammers ripped straight from ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'', and even ''rocket-propelled warhammers''.

* NotSoInvincible: Contrary to what one would believe, the Legion are not invincible. The Imperium ''is'' capable of overwhelming them, and are, in fact, has several troops that can defeat them and in the process of creating more that can too.

** The higher-ranking an Imperial soldier is, the more capable they become. Imperial officers and generals are almost literally an order of magnitude more powerful and deadly than regular enlisted soldiers. Hinted at with the Empress herself (though at the moment she doesn't have a predetermined in-game profile), with statements that Strike Legion teams have gone after her in the past with no success.

* CoolVersusAwesome: The Game. It is entirely possible to have a Legion strike team made up of [[Franchise/MassEffect Commander Shepard]], [[Franchise/{{Halo}} Master Chief]], Franchise/SpiderMan, [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Gandalf]], [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Kenshiro]], and [[Franchise/{{Alien}} a xenomorph]] wearing PoweredArmor and driving [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Evangelions]] which wield [[Anime/{{Macross}} Reflex Cannons]], who take on legions of [[Franchise/{{Highlander}} Immortals]], [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]], Franchise/{{Godzilla}}, [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Space Marines]], [[VideoGame/{{Prototype}} Alex Mercer clones]], and [[Franchise/StarWars Dark Jedi]].

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking:
** The higher-ranking an Imperial soldier is, the more capable they become. Imperial officers and generals are almost literally an order of magnitude more powerful and deadly than regular enlisted soldiers. Hinted at with the Empress herself (though at the moment she doesn't have a predetermined in-game profile), with statements that Strike Legion teams have gone after her in the past with no success.
** Also occurs with the Fleet. While captains are chosen based on the leadership, they also happen to be better fighters the other officer types, except for the officers that devoted to fighting and nothing else.
** The Masters Guild, being an {{Expy}} of the [[Franchise/StarWars Jedi Order]], also has this, with its leadership being composed of its most powerful members.

* CurbstompBattle: One of the quotes mentions an Imperium admiral who took a massed force of about ten thousand ships that he predicted would be able to smash through Republic defenses and destroy "hundreds of Republic worlds" before a counterattack could be commenced. The next page has a final report from said admiral stating that his entire armada was destroyed "in minutes" by ''ten Legion Strike Cruisers'' and ''one hundred Legion Frames''.

* ANazibyAnyOtherName: The Imperium, believing HumanityIsSuperior, and anything that the Empress views as "impure" must die.

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: The Kafrin have institutionalized this. Leaders are determined by [[DuelToTheDeath duels to the death]], but savvy Kafrin leaders arrange for assassinations, intimidation, and political intrigue to deal with those with rising ambitions. As a result, any Kafrin leader is required to be strong, cunning, adaptable, and treacherous.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: The higher-ranking an Imperial soldier is, the more capable they become. Imperial officers and generals are almost literally an order of magnitude more powerful and deadly than regular enlisted soldiers.
** Hinted at with the Empress herself (though at the moment she doesn't have a predetermined in game profile), with statements that Strike Legion teams have gone after her in the past with no success.

* GreenLanternRing: The Acts of Mastery, much like the powers they're are ShoutOut to in World of Darkness, often don't have any limits based on them besides what the players can think of, though the greater the act makes it harder to pull off. Ambition is encouraged, especially since this isn't World of Darkness so a lot the consequences there are removed.

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* HopelessWar: For the Republic, unless the Legions can stop the Imperium's war machine.

''Strike Legion'' is best described as the ultimate end result of JustForFun/XMeetsY, UpToEleven, and CoolVersusAwesome. The setting draws directly from countless other sci-fi and fantasy works, combining them together into a single amalgam and then turning everything up to an extreme degree. Pick a franchise, and it likely gets refenced somewhere. Everything from Franchise/{{Halo}} to TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} to [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Tolkien]] to [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Evangelion]] to ''VideoGame/{{Prototype}}'' to Franchise/{{Highlander}} to Literature/TheCulture to TabletopGame/WorldOfDarkness gets referenced. Technology and firepower are absurdly scaled up in the setting; as the page quote notes, it is entirely possible to have a grenade launcher that can destroy the planet you stand on. Mixed in with this is a schlocky sort of BlackAndWhiteMorality, with the Imperium being unquestionably evil and the Republic being the last bastion of freedom. The setting in many ways CrossesTheLineTwice, with the Imperium being so [[CardCarryingVillain classically over-the-top in its ruthless villainy]] that it loops right back around to being ''awesome''. (Seriously, they have a [[DoomyDoomsOfDoom DOOM LEGION, which includes DOOM TROOPS who deploy from the DOOM BLADE, and commanded by a Doctor Doom]] {{Expy}}.)

The aggressive and tyrannical [[TheEmpire Imperium]] is waging an endless war with the [[TheAlliance Star Republic]], a democratic society of intermixed human, alien, and genetically-engineered species. The Imperium possesses [[WeHaveReserves great numbers]] and [[ZergRush cheap troops and warships]] while the Star Republic possesses highly-advanced technology, expert warriors, and a powerful navy. However, the Republic's Fleet can barely hold the line against the constant, tireless onslaught of the Imperium's endless numbers and ever-expanding arsenal of {{supersoldier}}s, [[MechaMookd robots]], [[GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke genetically-constructed bioweapons]], and [[RealityWarper reality-bending archmagi.]]

** The Masters Guild, being an {{Expy}} of the [[StarWars Jedi Order]], also has this, with its leadership being composed of its most powerful members.

* CoolVersusAwesome: The Game. It is entirely possible to have a Legion strike team made up of [[Franchise/MassEffect Commander Shepard]], [[Franchise/{{Halo}} Master Chief]], Franchise/SpiderMan, [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Gandalf]], [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Kenshiro]], and [[Franchise/{{Alien}} a xenomorph]] wearing PoweredArmor and driving [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Evangelions]] which wield [[Anime/{{Macross}} Reflex Cannons]], who take on legions of [[Franchise/{{Highlander}} Immortals]], [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]], Franchise/{{Godzilla}}, [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Space Marines]], [[VideoGame/{{Prototype}} Alex Mercer clones]], and [[StarWars Dark Jedi]].

* DarkIsEvil: Dark Masters, {{Expy}}s of the [[StarWars Sith]], Masters who either attempt to grasp too much knowledge or lose control during an act of Mastery. Either way, it drives them insane, and they are compelled to search out as much knowledge as they can, and their actions often put entire planets in danger.

* RealityWarper: Mastery, pretty much ripped straight from TabletopGame/MageTheAscension. The Imperium has their own Mastery corps and countless supersoldiers capable of using it, while the Republic relies on their Guild of Masters (an expy of [[StarWars the Jedi Order]]). Mastery is also used by the Ancients, and is ''incredibly'' powerful.

* StrongerWithAge: Fermorins, much like the [[Warhammer40,000 Orks]], grow bigger as they get older (and they have an average livespan of 1000 years), with every 100 years of life giving them an extra point of strength, but being bigger means they also lose a point in a agility for every point they gain in strength.

* StockSuperpowers: Runs the gamut, as usual.
** AwesomenessByAnalysis: The Command skill, which uses the Intelligence stat to analyze a situation and the Presence stat to control the rest of the team, allowing them both faster reaction times and additional actions. There's a number of other advantages that allow for rapid analysis for further benefits.
** BornLucky: Several advantages allow this, enabling you to reroll dice that go below a certain threshold. One advantage, Blessed, lets you reroll ''any'' die, even if you roll a 1, which is otherwise unable to be changed.
** BulletTime: A wide range of abilities that let you go super-fast and react with extreme speed.
** CharmPerson: Many of the Presence-related abilities, including specific powers that let you [[TheEmpath sense what people are thinking]] through contact.
** {{Flight}}: Either through innate abilities or technology.
** HealingFactor: The appropriately named [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Healing Factor]] advantage.
** ImplausibleFencingPowers
** ImprobableAimingSkills: A whole slew of abilities relating to hitting targets.
** {{Invisibility}}: Multiple advantages and equipment allow for this.
** LovecraftianSuperpower: Available to certain Imperial supersoldiers and other organics who have bio-augmentations.
** MakeMeWannaShout: Either through cybernetic implants or advantages coupled with Mastery.
** PhotographicMemory
** PsychicPowers: Pick one from the list on that particular page, and you've got something like it available to a Legionaire.
** SuperSpeed: Legionaires start with the Fleet advantage (allowing them to move two range bands in one action) and it just goes up from there.
** SuperStrength: Simply having more than one point in Strength grants you this, before you start putting more points into it and picking advantages to further enhance the ability to lift, break, and throw things.
** SuperToughness: Rolled in with SuperStrength above.
** WallCrawl: Again, there's an advantage that allows you to climb walls or other objects without technological support. Mastery makes everything easier!

The aggressive and tyrannical [[TheEmpire Imperium]] is waging an endless war with the [[TheAlliance Star Republic]], a democratic society of intermixed human, alien, and genetically-engineered species. The Imperium possesses [[WeHaveReserves great numbers]] and [[ZergRush cheap troops and warships]] while the Star Republic possesses highly-advanced technology, expert warriors, and a powerful navy. However, the Republic's Fleet can barely hold the line against the constant, tireless onslaught of the Imperium's endless numbers and ever-expanding arsenal of [[SuperSoldier supersoldiers]], [[MechaMook robots]], [[GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke genetically-constructed bioweapons]], and [[RealityWarper reality-bending archmagi.]]

* EnergyWeapon

** FrickinLaserBeams: Lasers are a very common and versatile weapon in the setting, generally designed to be rapid-fire and low damage, making them suitable for anti-personnel work or destroying smaller warships.