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  HERO SYSTEM 5TH EDITION
  but in the 1960s the Sentinels encountered these 
  aliens again and discovered they had only built 
  a forward launching base on Mars. Th is base, 
  abandoned by the Sirians, is now the home of an 
  Empyrean, Deloss, who is thought to be the only 
  living being on Mars at this time.
  Th e asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter 
  was once a planet, though how it was destroyed, 
  and by whom, remains a mystery. Unbeknownst 
  to the superhumans of Earth, over two million 
  years ago this former world was once the home 
  of a race of plant creatures whom the Progeni-
  tors nurtured and protected. Within the asteroids 
  themselves can be found hidden repositories of 
  Progenitor knowledge and technology, which 
  would be invaluable to individuals powerful and 
  wise enough to understand them.
  Europa, one of the moons of Jupiter, is the 
  location of our solar system’s Star*Guard base. 
  Th e Star*Guard is an ancient order of warriors 
  devoted to the protection of the good and inno-
  cent, originally founded on the planet Odragar 
  but now made up of representatives from dozens 
  of races. Star Guardians are trained in hand-
  to-hand combat and mental disciplines, given 
  the powerful Star-Staﬀ  as a weapon, and then 
  assigned to particular regions of space. Andre 
  Almena, a Spaniard, is currently the Guardian of 
  our region and lives on Europa with a small sup-
  port team of various aliens. He rarely comes to 
  Earth, considering it well-protected by its own 
  heroes.
  PAGE 95  ALIENS AND 
  THE GREATER GALAXY
  Th e information presented in the main text is 
  accurate, and represents the extent of the public’s 
  knowledge of alien life. Some of Earth’s govern-
  ments, primarily the United States, know consider-
  ably more details gleaned from information that 
  hasn’t been publicly released, but no one on Earth 
  knows the full extent of the galactic community 
  (see the accompanying map for the current galac-
  topolitical state of aﬀ airs as of the Earth year 2002). 
  More importantly, no one on Earth is aware of sev-
  eral potential alien threats to Earth’s security.
  Th e Hzeel
  Th e greatest of these threats is posed by the 
  Hzeel, a humanoid species with bluish-grey skin, 
  large reddish eyes, and technology signiﬁ cantly 
  more advanced than Earth’s. Th e Hzeel control 
  an empire rimward of Earth, and are expansion-
  istic. Th e chief threat to their aims as of 2002 is 
  the Perseid Empire (Ironclad’s people), which lies 
  spinward of both them and Earth. In the hope of 
  outﬂ anking the Perseids, the Hzeel are consider-
  ing a sweep into Earth’s part of the galaxy, and that 
  would include conquering Earth for use as a for-
  ward base and supply station.
  In recent years the Hzeel have sent numer-
  ous scout ships to covertly explore Earth and learn 
  more about its people and technology, particularly 
  peoples with superhuman powers (which likewise 
  occur among the Perseids, but are quite rare among 
  the Hzeel). Most of these missions have gone 
  Varanyi
  Se’ecra
  Perseids
  Hzeel
  Thorgons
  Xenovores
  Velarian
  Confederation
  Mandaaria
  Mon’dabi
  Former
  Malvan
  territory
  Galactic Core
  Earth
  Ackalia
  Malva
  Map of Hero Universe (2002)
  
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