Disney Villains Victorious: Space K/L/Rs

The Known Galaxy

Disney Villains Victorious: Space (henceforth referred to as DVV: Space) is an expansion to the homebrew setting Disney Villains Victorious. Much like Gridlocked, it is designed to help encompass other Disney villains who would not fit into the Classic setting, this time for the villainous residents of the intergalactic community; space pirates, killer androids, extra-dimensional invaders, and much much more.

The Earth that DVV: Classic or DVV: Gridlocked takes place on can be slated to exist within the Galaxy of DVV: Space--or not, as the GM sees fit. It is designed as a modular experience that can be enjoyed in whichever way makes for the coolest scenarios.

Introduction

While the hopelessly bureaucratic United Galactic Federation struggles to maintain both the sanctity of Earth and of its own member planets, it fulfils a dual role of keeping terrors from the stars far more malevolent than it from corrupting, invading, and massacring the defenceless blue planet. However, it can only keep these foes away for so long, and sooner or later, Earth will find itself forcibly confronted by their most vile of neighbours. In the cold dark reaches of space, the blackest of hearts thrive and grow strong, planets naught but crumbs to the great maw of ambition. This is… DVV: Space.

New Mechanics

Spacing

More so than in any other V-Verse setting, transportation is critical in the world of DVV Space. From single seat civilian cruisers to vast planet destroying battleships, the starships are what make the galaxy go round, and most if not all player characters should have at least a rudimentary understanding of space travel.

Spacing: Used when attempting to pilot any form of spacecraft.

Spacing

• TN15: Making a quick trip to a planet’s moon in a civilian ship in good repair.

• TN20: Parking a relatively large cargo vessel that’s seen better days in a crowded spaceport.

• TN25: Dodging enemy fire in an active war zone while piloting a starfighter.

• TN30: Getting a decrepit and unresponsive rustbucket that has already suffered heavy damage through an asteroid field unharmed.

Computers

Disney Villains Victorious was predominantly a game of fantasy, with the occasional foray into science fiction with Atlantean technology. Disney Villains Victorious: Space, on the other hand, has the equation backwards. It is primarily a science fiction game, with elements of fantasy hidden behind the scenes. As such, a new skill is needed to cover the contemporary nature of the setting; Computers.

Computers: Used when creating a computer program or hacking a computer system.

Computers

• TN15: Coding a simple program. Things like calculators or games to pass the time.

• TN20: Hacking a normal computer.

• TN25: Getting into a security system without tripping alarms.

• TN30: Creating a complicated AI from scratch or on short notice.

Robots

Robots can be found all over the galaxy, ranging from simple drones to free thinking (and often wisecracking) AI. Robot characters have different gameplay mechanics from organic characters, as detailed below.

Instead of choosing three Traits like Humans, Robot characters start the game with two Machine Traits and one Trait chosen freely. Machine Traits revolve around their nature as machines, and often use special gadgets to do what flesh and blood creatures can't. Robots cannot lose strikes from social attacks. Instead, they can take strikes from attacks on their internal systems made with Mechanics or Computers. Mechanics and Computers attacks must be Endured. Losing a Strike from Mechanics or Computers causes the loss of a relevant Trait or Power, or a penalty to a relevant Attribute or Skill. Strikes lost this way can only be healed with successful Mechanics or Computers Test to undo the damage done. Robots do not require food or sleep in the traditional sense, though they have energy needs. It shouldn't come up often, but running out of power should be a concern. A Robot character must choose an energy source at character creation. Energy sources include gasoline, solar power, plasma cores, or anything else your GM approves. Robots do not lose strikes from the elements unless it would damage their internals, such as damage from extreme temperatures, water, electricity, and magnetic fields. If they take damage this way, apply penalties as above.

Sample Machine Traits:

• Wheels: Add your Driving to your movement speed. You may use Driving in the place of Acrobatics or Athletics.

• Hover: You suffer no movement penalties from terrain.

• Heavy Armor: +3 Prevent Harm. -4 meters from movement speed. -1 Agility.

• Scanner (X): Choose a type of energy or specific target. You have +3 Insight when searching or scanning for that chosen target.

• Integrated Equipment: You may spend your Equipment Points on items integrated into your body. If weapons, they must be drawn like normal weapons with a Half Action. -3 Insight to detect Integrated Equipment not in use.

• Bionic Arm(s): +2 to all actions where you use your metal limbs for brute force.

• Positronic Brain: +2 when rolling for Tests that involve intense calculation or mechanical precision.

• Mindjack: +2 Computers when you’re plugged into an appropriate electronic device.

• Datalinks: +2 to all Academics and Science tests.

• Empathy Module: +3 Persuasion.

• "Empathy" Module: +3 Deceit.

• Metal Giant: Up one Size category. Can be taken twice. -2 Stealth per Size increase.

• Glowy Red Eyes: +4 Intimidate versus living beings, but -2 Persuasion.

• Pull Yourself Together!: If defeated, can spend a Will Point to reassemble themselves after one hour. Any interruption in this process means that it must be started again, and you do not regain will points while Defeated.

• Flight: You can fly.

Attribute Bonus: +2 Robustness OR +2 Intelligence, -2 Charm OR -2 Sensibility

Cyborgs

Cybernetics are all too common across the galaxy, and a party travelling the stars can expect to meet (or include!) at least one throughout their journeys. While their mechanical implants and prosthetics are useful, these fusions of metal and flesh are widely feared and distrusted and have struggled to overcome their decidedly poor reputations, no thanks to infamous cyborg warlords like Long John Silver and the Supreme Leader. Cyborgs can access the abilities of both organics and machines, though they have to worry about their weaknesses as well. Hypothetically, any character that isn’t a Robot can become a Cyborg. Each new enhancement is purchased like a normal Trait, but acquired in game through various means.

• Cyborgs start with one Machine Trait instead of two. They are still living creatures, fancy gadgets or not. Cyborgs can take damage from Social Attacks, and their cybernetics are vulnerable to attacks made with Mechanics or Computers. If they take damage from Mechanics or Computers, disable their Machine Trait until the damage is repaired. The cybernetics are considered to be nonfunctional until fixed, which can be a problem when you need to run from danger on one good leg and one dead weight.

• Cybernetics are, for the most part, powered internally. Changing batteries shouldn't be a problem for these characters.

• Cybernetics are also vulnerable to extreme temperatures, water, electricity, and magnetic forces.

Attribute Bonus: +1 to the Attribute relevant to the chosen cybernetic, -1 to an Attribute not relevant to/negatively affected by the chosen cybernetic.

Aliens

Many of the galaxy’s residents are decidedly inhuman, and some even take physical forms that our eyes could not even register as sentient life! Use Chimera rules to emulate various denizens of the galaxy that can fit into this category.

K/L/Rs

The United Galactic Federation (Origin: Lilo & Stitch)

NOTE: THIS IS A PLACEHOLDER COPIED FROM DVV: GRIDLOCKED UNTIL A PROPER SPACE ONE CAN BE WRITTEN UP

King - The United Galactic Federation

The United Galactic Federation is a massive governing body that operates throughout the Milky Way. It has a sprawling bureaucracy that is truly fit for a galaxy, in which most actions need to be approved thrice by every chairperson before it can be performed. The United Galactic Federation Council is unbiased in their adherence to law and order, using its large military presence to enforce and carry out their mandates. The current Grand Councilwoman is strict, but fair, though she has no time for nonsense. It was under her orders that the Earth Wildlife Preserve was formed. The Grand Councilwoman's heir apparent is Captain Gantu, a brutish enforcer that holds no sympathy for lawbreakers. He's recently been pushing for increased militarization in the Galactic Federation, as well as more authoritarian policies to enforce order in the Wildlife Preserve.

Land - The Earth Wildlife Preserve

The Earth Wildlife Preserve is a mostly-authentic replica of early 2000s Hawaii, kept in isolation by the Galactic Federation for the purposes of saving its inhabitants from extinction. (Their primary concerns are humans and, for some reason, mosquitoes. They're everywhere and no one knows why.) The people living there haven't heard any news from the mainland in years, and a cover story has the rest of the world convinced that Hawaii was destroyed in a Flubber accident. The Hawaiians have become increasingly dependent on the Galactic Federation's goodwill, though this is due to having no other options rather than any willing desire to be coddled like children. The 'effectively reformed' evil genius Jumba Jookiba has been brought aboard to study human DNA, though he's been given a very firm warning not to perform any unsanctioned Experiments while there.

Rule - Nobody Gets Left Behind

The United Galactic Federation will be hovering over Earth until they're convinced that the inhabitants won't blow themselves up (or leave to cause trouble for other planets) the second they leave. They're not likely to take a human's word on the subject, but someone who could provide them a copy of the Hawaii Admission Act might be able to persuade them into turning the state back to it's previous owners. Until then, any humans near the Pacific are targets for abduction by the Galactic Federation. Anyone attempting to leave or escape the Wildlife Preserve will be captured by the game wardens and given tracking tags to dissuade further attempts. Trying to smuggle people off the island might get you arrested for poaching, but it hasn't stopped the FBI from using their knowledge of alien legalese to perform extractions under the Galactic Federation's noses.

Evil Emperor Zurg: Sector Z (Origin: Buzz Lightyear of Star Command)

King: Evil Emperor Zurg

Cunning, devious, diabolical, and proud of it too, Zurg is feared throughout the Galaxy as the destruction of hope and the hand of doom for all before him. Zurg is proud of his contributions to the art of villainy, and cultivates a flamboyant and unforgettable presence as to be memorable in all his action, large or small. No evil deed is too petty or insignificant for Zurg, and he prides himself on stealing candy from children or scaring cats up trees with the same passionate glee in which he engages in total galactic conquest.

Zurg is the ultimate egotist, and, not keen on single-handedly ruling the entire galaxy, has also seen fit to put all subjects (with the exception of certain minions kept close to his chest) under the effects of his most powerful weapon; The Unimind. This ancient device, first used to psychically link a race of aliens known as the LGM, has the ability to instil elements of Zurg's personality to replace the native minds of any creature it is used on (though the original remains locked away in the subconscious, occasionally breaking through to the surface). It is a deadly and utterly terrifying weapon that hangs over the heads of all free-minded survivors of the empire, as well as a symbol of the sheer force behind the self-proclaimed Emperor of Evil's personality.

Land: Sector Z

All planets in Zurg's mighty empire have been modelled after his home planet of Planet Z; smog choked, bleak, and crowded with poison spewing factories churning out endless units for Zurg's robot army. Citizens of the Empire who have been indoctrinated into the Unimind serve Zurg proudly; eschewing his perverted sense of flipped morality in which true Evil is the ultimate achievement. For the teeming masses of the Z Sector, there is no greater form of pleasure than constructing new machines of war for Zurg's endless conquest, and all free time is dedicated either to praising Zurg or taking part in festivals of cruel gladiatorial games, mass public executions, and military parades.

Those who remain unaffected by the Unimind are either considered to be "Evil Enough" already by the Emperor's standards; such as his mysterious enforcer and right hand man Agent Z and the numerous crooks, thugs, and bounty hunters who call the sector home when not plying their trade, or are else in hiding underground forming the last scraps of resistance, including a few survivors of the mass purge of loyalist Star Command staff.

Rule: EVIL RULES!!!!

Zurg considers himself to be an artist of dastardly deeds and as such possess a degree of professional respect for fellow perpetrators of wrong. Fellow career villains such as Lord Dominator (and to a lesser extent, Hater) are allowed to receive his personal audience and are considered by him to be, while not equals, certainly worth consideration. Simple crooks like Silver are thought by Zurg to be far too unambitious, and those who carry out their work with dull coldness are bores and killjoys who simply don't understand the true joys of villainy.

Any players attempting to effectively operate within Zurg's borders must make at least a cursory show of villainy, or else be arrested for the crime of Do-gooding and placed under the effects of the Unimind. Those who wish to enter the core of the empire around Planet Z or communicate with the Emperor must first impress him with their qualifications and past villainous deeds before even being considered worth his notice.

Supreme Leader: The Dominion of Waste (Captain EO)

King: The Supreme Leader

In a dark and empty corner of space, the Queen of Trash languishes amidst the waste of a thousand worlds. Once she was a talented mechanic living amongst the scavengers of an unnamed landfill world, until accusations of witchcraft and superstitious fear of her mastery over technology lead to a brutal lynching which left her crippled and traumatized. The broken woman constructed for herself a web-like support rig, and vowed revenge not only on those who had harmed her, but the entire galaxy, beginning an elaborate revenge that would soon spread across the stars.

The Supreme Leader, as she styles herself, is motivated only by an uncompromising need for vengeance. She sees her plan for the galaxy as a fitting punishment for the hubris of the beautiful, “normal” people who disdain the imperfect and relegated her people to a life amongst their refuse. She considers most of those beyond her sphere to be fickle, vain, cowardly, and habitually dishonest. As self-conscious as she is about her appearance and background, Any and all comments, no matter how innocent, can and will be taken by her as cruel snubs or mockery (which has resulted in numerous diplomatic ‘incidents’ wherein brownnosing diplomats were executed on the spot). She does, however, possess something of a weakness for sob stories, treating much more fairly with vagabonds and outcasts such as Silver’s pirates (though she considers the Silver himself a bully and a braggart). While she is physically incapacitated and paralyzed from the waist down, she still cuts an intimidating figure in her imposing support rig, which she has modified over the years to appear spider-like and bristling with cruel spikes and blades and spewing a thick, choking smog for purposes of intimidation.

Land: The Dominion of Waste

In line with the Supreme Leader’s twisted revenge fantasy, all worlds within the sphere of the Dominion of Waste are modified to resemble the Trash Queen’s home planet. Once vibrant ecosystems are choked with mountains of trash, and lush forests are paved over into dull and mazelike labyrinths of concrete and steel. There is no trace of colour, light, or music to brighten the days of her subjects, for these are forbidden by punishment of excruciating torture. Streets are patrolled by roving bands of royal guard; handpicked for their mindless obedience and equipped with surprisingly effective weaponry and armour built from little more than scrap metal and wires. Because of the toxic environment the Supreme Leader intentionally cultivates, all her subjects are required by law to be fitted with a set of synthetic filtered lungs at birth which, by a nasty coincidence, come with the equally mandated emotional-inhibitor: a lifelong brain implant which suppresses the productions of hormones related to positive feelings. Resultant from this is the illegal and extremely dangerous trend of ‘tweaking’, or temporarily short circuiting the chip to allow a brief high of pent-up endorphins. Given the implant is located in the most vulnerable and important organ in the body and connected to the lungs as well, this often ends in hemorrhaging and extremely painful death.

The common subject has learned to keep a low profile, and between their required hours working in the Queen’s forges or hunting for useful scrap to pay their weekly tithe they have mastered the ability to move undetected by the Queen’s guard amongst the heaps of scrap, making the Dominion’s planets appear completely uninhabited to offworld visitors. The Supreme Leader has expertly created the perfect dystopia; a model for the singularly least livable society possible while maintaining the needed production to continue expanding her borders. Her subjects’ attitudes have come to match their oppressive surroundings, and little love or common kindness can proliferate amongst the wastes. What does manage to shine through is quickly beaten to death with extreme prejudice.

Rule: Turn You Into Trash Cans!

The Trash Queen has absolutely no intention of stopping her war on the known universe. Any and all foreign craft entering her territory is quickly blown to smithereens or else forced to land and boarded by planetside troops. Then blown to smithereens. The interlopers inside (if they manage to survive) are then subjected to the torture of being imprisoned in rigid metal skeletons, their bodies warped to serve as crude PUSH waste-disposal drones

Attempts at diplomatic contact are excluded to the borders of the empire, where exploration drones swarm as the Trash Queen’s countless eyes on the outside world. The Supreme Leader treats with outsiders reluctantly, but does understand that her Dominion yet lacks the strength to take on the entire galaxy on its own. Reluctant treaties are frequently made and broken with the Pirate Confederacy and the Galactic Federation, and over the years, the Supreme Leader has become adept at playing the two rival polities against each other to her own benefit.

Evron Eleventh to the Fifth: The Evronian Empire (PK New Adventures)

King: Evron Eleventh^5

Since time immemorial, a shadow has loomed over the milky way; a great and terrible horde whose name has become synonymous with fear in the languages of those caught beneath their thundering might. For over a hundred thousand years, the Evronian Empire has waged unending war, leaving nothing in their wake but lifeless planets and mindless coolflamed zombies. Due to the Evronians universal opposition from all polities of the Galactic Community and their own internal power struggles, the Evronian Empire has suffered frequent collapse over the course of its lifetime, but each and every time the might of Evron has risen again, testament to the stubborn resilience of the Evronians--perhaps their only admirable quality.

The current Fifth Dynasty of the Evronian Empire is lead by his Imperial Majesty Evron the Eleventh, AKA Evron Eleventh^5. The Evronian Emperor traditionally rules with a light touch, encouraging his subordinates to compete for his favour (and to avoid his wrath). The Evronian Empire is split between multiple “branches”, each of which is ordained with a specific duty to fulfill, the three primary examples being the Naval, Military, and Science branches. Each Branch additionally behaves as its own political organ, with coups and backstabbing within and between branches a regular and accepted part of Evronian politics. Despite the seeming inefficiency of this squabbling, this ruthless business has lead to only the best of the best rising to power within the Evronian Empire, which today sports the best and brightest admirals, scientists, and generals in the entire galaxy.

Land: The Evronian Empire

The unique biology of the Evronian race has greatly shaped their empire’s growth. Rather than searching the stars for sources of metal, fuel, water, and arable soil, the Evronians are instead on a constant hunt for an entirely different resource: emotions. Evronians feed off of the emotions of other sentient life in addition to using emotional energy to power their advanced technology. Rather than maintaining a stock of cattle to breed for fuel and food, however, the Evronians prefer a more…. exhaustive approach. Evronian fleets scout for planets rich with emotion, making peaceful contact with the natives and promising a bright future of cooperation as they sharpen the knives behind their backs. Once the Evronians have planted their agents and neutralized any means of resistance, the Evronian Navy proceeds to blockade the planet while the army storms its surface in a blitzkrieg of unstoppable momentum until the planet is barren of any remnants of native civilization and seeded with Evroni birthing pods to hatch a brand new army of conquest to replace casualties tenfold. Complementing their highly mobile battle strategy, the Evronians have converted their home planet of Evron into an enormous mothership, which they carry along with them as their empire expands as a great symbol of Evronian might and a mobile high command. Although the Evronians continue to make great gains, pushing further and further inwards to the very heart of the Milky Way, they conceal a great weakness behind this fearsome front. What appears to the denizens of our galaxy to be expansion is in actuality equal parts retreat, as the Evronian Empire continues to lose more and more ground to a mysterious being of pure destructive energy clawing at their backs. This entity, known only as Xadhoom, has become a legendary bogeyman amongst the Evronians, and remains one of the only creatures in the entire universe to have taught the Evroni the fear they inspire in others.

Rule: Might and Power!

Evronians value strength above all else, including their own lives. Any defeat is a serious blow to Evronian pride, and victorious enemies will find themselves made a target of utmost priority--for the Evronian propaganda machine cannot abide such discrepancies. Time and time again, crushing Evronian victories have reinforced this notion of superiority, and modern Evronians see other species as little more than vessels of delectable emotional energy.

Xenophobia is inbuilt into the Evronian identity, and any non-Evronian or Evronian exhibiting deviant behaviour caught within the Empire’s borders is either immediately exterminated, or drained of emotional energy and “coolflamed”: a particularly disturbing process which renders the victim a mindless zombie turned against their former friends and family in the Evronian equivalent of a joke. To add to it, the Science Branch maintains a strongly influential eugenics program intended to breed out “weakness” and introduce better and stronger breeds of Evronian soldiers. Over time, this has converted the majority of the Evroni population into obedient drones biologically incapable of feeling emotion, although higher castes are permitted a degree of independent thought and personality, as slavish obedience does not lend itself to competent commanding officers.

Long John Silver: The Pirate Confederacy (Treasure Planet)

King: Long John Silver

Once, a long, long time ago, an expeditionary voyage was launched by the Royal Navy to recover the long lost treasure of the Space Pirate Captain Flint using an ancient holo-map discovered by a young juvenile delinquent. Halfway through the journey, however, the crew of the vessel mutinied and took the ship for themselves, lead by a Cyborg with a single eye. This man was none other than John Silver; the most cut-throat, cunning, and vicious space pirate in the known universe.

Silver was not always the brutal warlord he is today; during that fated voyage, it is said that he formed a rare bond of friendship, almost paternal love, with the young man who had discovered the map to the treasure. But during the treasure's recovery, a booby trap was triggered, forcing Silver to choose between the treasure and the life of his young friend. Greed, in the end, won out, and the last spark of humanity within the machine-man vanished with the ashes of Treasure Planet. As the Confederacy's campaigns ploughed a bloody swath through the galaxy, Silver time and time again led the charge, fighting on the frontlines in a dervish of spinning blades and cybernetic limbs. As his battle scars racked up from ceaseless fighting, metal took the place of flesh bit by bit until the pirate’s body was little more than a gleaming shell containing what few of his original organs remain. Fitting, perhaps, as Silver himself is a hollow, empty man. He has found that chasing ambition only digs the hole inside him deeper and deeper, and although he continues to be a roaring lion full of pride and bluster to his men, Silver is a weary soul beneath the lies and machismo; continuing his passionless crusades only out of habit.

Land: The Pirate Confederacy

Using the hoard he recovered from Captain Flint’s treasure, Silver brought together the most feared pirates in the sector to form what would become the Pirate Confederacy.

Together, using a fleet of fearsome battleships bought with Flint’s gold, they carved out a sizable territory for themselves, smashing the remains of ordered government and replacing them with anarchy and unconditional acceptance of the Silver’s rule through pirate governors. Planets within the Confederacy’s sphere of influence are, for the most part, left alone, save for the occasional raid by Silver’s agents for sport and profit. Planets of especial interest, such as the factory worlds close to the heart of the Confederacy, suffer a much tighter leash, and have been forced into becoming vassals, paying an ever increasing tribute of weapons, ships, and precious metals to their pirate masters for fear of punishment through raids and orbital bombardment.

The Confederacy’s fringes: highly contested former territories of other galactic polities, suffer the most under the Confederacy’s rule, with little to no restriction set on raiding and plundering activities and near daily fighting as forces of either side battle for control. Natives of the frontier, grown used to war, display an unnerving callousness to violence and flagrant waste of life.

Rule: Beware…. The Cyborg...

Visitors to the Confederacy are welcome to travel freely, trading and refueling as they see fit, provided they adhere to the laws set by Silver and his governors and pay their dues to the local pirates. Attempts to resist or otherwise stir up trouble result in a bounty to the head and a convergence of armed assailants all eager to snap up the rewards. In more extreme cases, when Silver himself feels he has been slighted or cheated, a Pirate Fleet will be massed from all corners of the Confederacy to hunt down and assault the offenders. Although this is rarely done (as Silver’s cronies often stubbornly resist his call to arms), the result has universally been one of the most terrifyingly effective and mobile navies in the galaxy, Silver himself at the wheel.

In addition to actions by the loose governorship of the confederacy, its citizens have, by necessity, adopted the cutthroat culture of pirates. Little to no moral restriction on activities exist in Pirate controlled lands, with brothels, gambling dens, and general depravity spreading like wildfire. Petty crime is rife in the cities, and mercenary and bandit activity lay waste to the countrysides. A show of weakness is perhaps the most deadly mistake one can make within the Pirate Confederacy, as any sign of “going soft” is taken as an opportunity to be fleeced, mugged, or killed without much of a fight.

Lord Dominator: The Forces of Domination (Wander Over Yonder)

King: Lord Dominator

A legend feared throughout the galaxy.. ancient empires tremble at her coming.. her name unquestionably graces the top of the Galactic Villain Leaderboards as a permanent mainstay.. Lord Dominator is truly a force without match, travelling from system to system and draining all life from every planet she passes with the end goal of complete universal destruction, simply for her own amusement. Despite her impressive accomplishments so far, Dominator is a relative newcomer to the galaxy, having arrived suddenly and without heralding from parts unknown and quickly brought the sector’s local villains under her heel, imprisoning them all inside her fleet’s flagship to serve as occasional entertainment. Only a certain skeletal dictator continues to resist her iron grip, which remains a thorn in her side and a sore spot for her villainous pride.

Dominator takes an almost perverse glee in her own cruelty, acting much like a teenaged fangirl when confronted with the most vile of acts and the most destructive of weaponry. She abhors contact with any and all other life, preferring to surround herself only with mindless subservient drones whom she seems to regard with some degree of affection, provided of course they do not step out of line.

Land: The Forces of Domination

While many deign to rule the galaxy, Dominator has no interest in acquiring territory, and instead operates out of a nomadic fleet of drones headed by her imposing Volcanium flagship.

Wherever the Forces of Domination go, a cold and empty void of crushed, dead worlds are left in their wake; husks left over from refueling the fleet’s supply of Volcanium X, which is harvested by drilling into the very core of a planet (heedless of any life inhabiting it) and bluntly ripping it out, along with great chunks of the planet itself. Refugees who’ve lived to tell the tale describe scarring scenes of men, women, and children scrambling to flee from an ever growing sea of cracks as the ground under their feet crumbles into a burning wasteland of ash and magma.

Rule: I’m The Bad Guy

Perhaps even more than Zurg or Hater, Dominator takes immense satisfaction in her own villainy, and will happily correct any misguided attempts to find a deeper root of her destructive behaviour.

Simply put; she’s a bad guy (or, well, girl).

Those who enter the space currently occupied by Dominator are ensured a swift and brutal demise, especially if they bore her. Direct challenges can and do impress her enough to warrant a personal appearance, but only if she feels the opposing force on display worth her time. Anything as pathetic as, say, Hater, can be just as easily dealt with by bots. Very rarely, Dominator will take a much needed night in disguise out to one of the planets she plans to later destroy for an evening of drinking, brawling, and all-out mayhem. Should players meet her during one of these retreats, she will prove far more willing to work with and even assist the party, given her villainous reputation is protected by anonymity.

Lord Hater: Lord Hater’s Super-Mega-Awesome Hatepire (Wander Over Yonder)

King - Lord Hater

Lord Hater is, for all intents and purposes, a terrible villain. He is a petty, easily distractible, irrational, insecure and altogether insufferable pile of bones and spite. And yet somehow, where countless other, more worthy villains have been crushed under the heel of Lord Dominator, he clings on (making him by technicality, the Second Greatest Villain in the Galaxy; a fact he continues to boast about). Hater has even managed to expand his tiny empire from the scraps left behind by Dominator's great buffet on the Galaxy's evildoers, clinging on with fierce dedication to every precious planet under his rule with the combined might of his own admittedly impressive powers and his endless stream of expendable Watchdogs.

Despite her brutality in preventing Hater from expanding and her occasional incursions into his borders, Lord Hater fosters a mindless affection for Lord Dominator bordering on an obsession. On a near daily basis, Hater sends ranting messages to her proclaiming his own superior qualities and stammered attempts to court the rival tyrant, to her great amusement and annoyance. Because of this, it is assumed by most of the galactic community that Hater is kept around as a sort of jester in Dominator's court of enslaved ex-villains, as to cling to autonomy in the face of Dominator's overwhelming force would take a competence far beyond that of Lord Hater's.

Land: Lord Hater's Super-Mega-Awesome Hatepire

Lord Hater rules with a tin fist over his small domain, imposing an asinine set of "Hater's Laws" over every planet in his grasp. These rules are mostly petty, including stringent bills enforcing his subject's favourite bands, television shows, and books as Hater's own tasteless works. These laws are rarely enforced by Hater's subordinates provided he is off-planet, mostly out of sheer laziness.

Each planet is staffed with a crack team of "Watchdogs"; a race of monocular aliens sworn to Hater's service. Their numbers are vast, and individual Watchdogs, despite their diminutive size, are impressively durable. Despite this, the Watchdogs have proven time and time again to be unreliable henchmen, sharing their master's bumbling ineptness. Still, they are loyal beyond compare and will never willingly leave the side of Lord Hater.

Rule: The Greatest in the Galaxy

Hater is, above all else, proud. Any attempt to subvert his rule or operate within his borders without his permission will be seen as a direct insult to his person (which he does not take well), resulting in him responding himself, making a grandiose entrance.

He prefers blunt openness, and attempts to talk one's way around him will be often met with explosive and devastating tantrums. Flattery will, however, get you very, very far with him.

Hater's self-confidence is shaky, bouncing between depressive lows and mega-maniacal highs depending on the time between his latest rejection from Dominator. His unsteadiness can be used as a powerful weapon against him as even with all his great strength, Lord Hater can be turned into a complete and utter wreck with enough blows to the ego.

Hans Reinhardt: The Ghost Fleets of the Black Hole (The Black Hole)

King: Doctor Hans Reinhardt

Dr. Reinhardt was once a brilliant astrophysicist stationed on the Research Ship Cygnus on the outskirts of a Black Hole in order to study the phenomena. Reinhardt became increasingly obsessed with his studies, and eventually, when his crew mutinied due to his insistence that they remain near the Black Hole despite the inherent dangers and dwindling supplies, he systematically lobotomised and transformed them into his cybernetic slaves. Eventually, following heavy damage to the ship due to hostile encounters with an exploration vessel and a direct hit during a meteor Storm, the Cygnus was destabilized and sucked into the Black Hole, taking Reinhardt with it.

When Reinhardt emerged, ship remarkably intact, his mind had been warped and twisted from whatever horrors he saw within the Black Hole. He now behaves more like a machine than a man, despite his (mostly) organic body, and his obsession with the Black Hole has grown into an almost fanatical devotion to it as a deity. He considers the Black Hole an almighty arbiter of justice which decides the fates of all creatures, dooming the unworthy such as himself to an eternity of suffering. He believes that it has chosen him personally to spread its influence through devotion and sacrifice so that it may wash away the evils of the universe like the floods of the old testament, and will allow nothing and noone to stop him in his crazed mission. Whether a product of his deluded brain or not, the Doctor claims that the Black Hole whispers dark secrets day and night to him. He has an uncanny knowledge about almost all major goings on in the galaxy and those who meet the man in person find him unnervingly knowledgeable about their innermost workings, allowing him to easily crack even the toughest resolves. In fact, despite the imposing and heavily armed iron lung constructed from his former robot assistant, Reinhardt prefers to eliminate threats through conversation, putting to use a cold and emotionless logic to break the wills of his foes before disposing of them; ensuring both body and mind are broken.

Land: The Ghost Fleets of the Black Hole

Reinhardt’s territory encompasses the region of space at the edge of the galaxy’s largest Black Hole, and is constantly shifting to match the slow expansion of the tear in space and time.

Reinhardt’s armada of captured ghost ships ignores planetary bodies for the most part, only occasionally dispatching an excavation craft to gather needed minerals from asteroids and moons. The void between worlds, however, is a no-man’s land for any unaligned spacecraft, which are attacked with the utmost efficiency, leaving inhabited worlds to stagnate and suffer as all interstellar trade is brought to a sudden halt.

As the Black Hole’s reach advances, strange phenomena and otherworldly events have been recorded those nearest its borders. Ghostly apparitions, great plagues and floods, the sudden and inexplicable alteration of the natural laws of physics, and extreme psychological distress and behavioural abnormality. One by one, planets in its sphere cease outgoing communication after disturbing reports of societies torn apart and peaceful civilizations consuming themselves in an orgy of unrestrained bloodlust.

Rule: Into The Black Hole

Because Reinhardt’s current focus is on expanding his fleet, his forces take great care not to needlessly waste enemy vessels, preferring to board and eliminate the crew so that the ship can be salvaged as another addition to the armada. Any prisoners are transformed into mindless soldier-drones to be deployed in future boarding actions in a perpetuating cycle. However, especially populated or combat unworthy craft will instead suffer a different fate. Swarms of ghost-ships will harass and herd the unfortunate vessel deeper and deeper into the Empire’s midst until it is sucked into the swirling depths of the Black Hole as though it were a crude sacrifice to some ancient god.

Very rarely, Reinhardt himself will take an interest in an interloper and will instead draw them into the reach of his looming flagship, The Cygnus, to greet them as his guests before their inevitable demise. Reinhardt justifies this in his mind by labeling these guests as threats needing personal supervision, but in truth, the company of unthinking drones has left the man desperate to listen to a voice besides his own and the ever present murmurs of the swirling depths.

Lord Dragaunus: Dimensional Limbo (The Mighty Ducks)

King: Lord Dragaunus

Lord Dragaunus is a Saurian Overlord--the last of his kind. Once, these tyrant lizards commanded one of the most formidable empires in galactic history, conquering all before them with their advanced cloaking technology. Unfortunately for the Saurians (and fortunately for the galaxy), the Saurians’ uncontested reign came to an abrupt end when the celebrated hero Drake DuCaine of Puckworld developed a powerful scanner that could pierce Saurian cloaks. With the battlefield levelled, the Saurians empire crumbled, and as a final humiliation, DuCaine imprisoned the Saurians for good in Dimensional Limbo…. or so he thought.

Centuries later, the cunning Lord Dragaunus discovered a way to return to their universe with his dimensional gateway generator, and descended on Puckworld to avenge his ancestors. With that old score settled, Dragaunus and his advisors are prepared to use whatever means are necessary to regain the former glory of their race. Magic, science, sabotage, blackmail, nothing is off limits the resourceful overlord. In any confrontation, Dragaunus is always prepared with a bargaining chip to force his opponents hands. He is ruthlessly adept at manipulation, turning his enemies into assets and aggressively recruiting traitors and moles wreak havoc on the enemy from within. When all his fails, he is willing to personally get his hands as dirty as his fighting. Between his infallible invisibility field, overwhelming augmented strength, and devastating wrist mounted blaster, Dragaunus has spared no expense ensuring no fight against him will ever be a fair one.

Land: Dimensional Limbo

The remnants of the Saurian Empire have transformed their prison into a full time base of operations. Within the bizarre, twisting folds between dimensions lurks the Saurian fleet like a crocodile just below the water, ready to strike at a moment’s notice. Only Saurian wormhole generators are precise enough to reliably enter Dimensional Limbo, and so the only chance any craft has of breaching into their domain is by tailing close behind to a Saurian ship as it makes the jump home.

In addition to their extradimensional adopted home, the Saurians have also begun to establish colonies on a few strategically located worlds as the first outposts of the revived Saurian Empire. Thus far, their efforts have been limited by the expanse of the Black Hole, which has consumed many former Saurian strongholds in their absence. However, Puckworld, planet of their hated ancestral foe DuCaine, remains intact on the fringes of the Hole’s dark shadow. Conquering it and enslaving its avian inhabits has brought Lord Dragaunus no small pleasure--especially since doing so has allowed him to seize DuCaine’s golden mask, the last surviving specimen of his anti-cloaking device. As long the mask is safe in Dragaunus’s scaly talons, Saurian stealth will remain undefeatable as the ancient empire once more poises to spread across the stars.

Rule: You’ll Never Know What Hit You

Though the bulk of their forces dwell outside of this dimension, the Lord Dragaunus’s influence is still felt throughout the galaxy. The Saurians are capable of rapidly deploying their forces at any time, at any place in the Galaxy. The Saurians are a constant headache to all factions of the galaxy, as any asset left unguarded can be wrested from their control by a swarm of enemy ships materializing where only a second before there was empty space. Lone vessels carrying valuable goods are regularly picked off by Saurian strike teams without warning, crippling economies and sparking devastating shortages. The only effective retaliation against one of Dragaunus’s interdimensional blitzkriegs is to drag them into a prolonged battle where superior numbers will quickly wear down the Saurians’ limited forces. Of course, this is easier said than done when facing a foe with the infuriating habit of vanishing without a trace the moment they start to lose.

Life on the planets he has recolonized is bleak and miserable. Long chains of slaves march to and from his mines and refineries toiling away to strip their homeland bare of minerals for the Saurian fleet. To make matters worse, these slaves are violently kept in check by armed Battlesaur guards. These primitive cousins of the Saurians were discovered dwelling amongst the rubble of the long dead Saurian Empire scattered across their surviving core worlds, and were gradually subverted to serve the Saurian remnants as gods thanks to the “divine revelations” covertly broadcasted to them from the depths of Dimensional Limbo. Battlesaur culture has been shaped by propaganda to exalt battle and bloodshed above all else, making them the ultimate warrior race and excellent shock troops when Saurian forces descend upon a planet. To hone their skills in combat, Battlesaurs hold regular fights to the death against their strongest slaves. Rare is the gladiator who makes it out of the arena in one piece against a Battlesaur.

Skeleton King: Netherspace (Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!)

King: Skeleton King

From the distant stars came an undead lord of terrible power. He was once the Alchemist, a wise scholar who studied both magic and science in his efforts to improve life on his home planet. His soul was corrupted irreparably when his experiments aroused the interests of the Dark Ones--the offspring of an ancient god destined to one day awaken and bring death to the universe. They wormed their way into his mind, twisted him, and transformed him into the being now known as Skeleton King, a wicked warlock who wages war on all life in the universe as the chosen avatar of the Dark Ones. Equal parts wizard, warlord, and cyborg, Skeleton King will stop at nothing to free the Dark Ones from the countless planets their dormant forms slumber within. He holds no love in his heart, save for a love of cruelty. From the Pit of Doom, he can draw forth black ooze and sculpt it into any monster his twisted mind can imagine. Further spreading his dark will are the Skeletal Circle, an evil cult that worships Skeleton King and the Dark Ones in exchange for power. His flagship, the Citadel of Bone, travels through the cosmos, shattering worlds and unleashing the evils within them.

Land: Netherspace

Netherspace is a constantly-expanding region of space radiating outwards from the Zone of Wasted Years. Asteroid fields litter Netherspace, the remnants of planets that resisted Skeleton King or otherwise drew his ire. Commercial space traffic is practically nonexistent, leaving the cold void as silent as the grave. Peoples subjugate to Skeleton King exist in oppressive squalor, laboring like beasts of burden while the Skeletal Circle lords over them. Contrary of the bleak, grey, and dreary conditions endured by those who live in Netherspace, the region is saturated in magic, often resulting in spontaneous destructive eruptions where concentrated volatile energies stretch the fabric of reality too thin. The only resistance against Skeleton King are, ironically, a group of intergalactic defenders called the Hyperforce whom he himself founded when he was still human. Though planets protected by the Hyperforce are few in number and make easy pickings for any intergalactic despot that wants to claim them, the Hyperforce remain a stubborn thorn in Skeleton King’s side and a painful reminder of his lost humanity.

Rule: Wherever There is Fear, You'll Find Me

Skeleton King has devoted the whole of his existence to freeing the Dark Ones and bringing about an end to all life in the universe. He is at total war with all other factions, giving no quarter or accepting it in return. As a pawn in a cosmic game of good versus evil, Skeleton King focuses first on removing any pieces still held by what little good remains in the galaxy, and then on exterminating pathetic 'lesser evils' such as Zurg and Dominator in order to advance his agenda further. To bolster the forces of darkness, Skeleton King summons forth monsters from the Pit of Doom to swarm his foes until they fall against the ceaseless hordes. Against more persistent foes, he fashions tailor made nightmares from the stuff of their own nightmares in order to play to their deepest, darkest fears, sometimes even calling upon the energies of the Dark Ones in order to corrupt the allies of his opponents into turning on them. Were his body to be destroyed, the Skeletal Circle has forbidden rituals to ensure that he returns for revenge.