Issue 10 Details and Images Revealed!

Cryptic Studios, despite having an immense super-hero project currently
underway in Marvel Universe Online, continues to pump out quality free
content to its City of Heroes/City of Villains subscribers. Their
latest addition to the world - Issue 10 - is titled "Invasion" and
features the return of the Rikti, those evil aliens that tried to take
over the world way back in the last stages of beta. In this blast to
the past, Cryptic has implemented new zones, threats, inventions, and
has created a co-op mode where heroes and villains join together to
fight the aliens. Along with href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/8426"> the screenshots
that we've featured, Ten Ton Hammer has hosted all of the written
details for your viewing pleasure.


City of Heroes/Villains - Issue 10: "Invasion" Fact Sheet

The skies over Paragon City are filled with dark grey
thunderheads. It is the same in the Rogue Isles, Europe, and across the
globe. Small ships dart through the heavy weather … and
there are so very many of them.

The Rikti have returned.

Ritki World Invasion

Issue 10 begins with a World Event that spans across numerous
zones in both Paragon City and the Rogue Isles, as the Rikti return in
devastating waves. They are armed with new, brutal weapons and seek to
establish a beachhead on Earth, presumably to save their lost brethren
and to finish what they started the first time … the
destruction of Earth!

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Rikti War Zone (Levels 35 – 50)

The site of the crashed Rikti mother ship has become a hot War
Zone. Pylons of unknown purpose have appeared around the mother ship,
and Rikti presence is extremely heavy. In an attempt to contain the
Rikti from breaking out of the area or launching their ship, the
government has cordoned off the zone, allowing only select agents
access. Government officials have turned the region over to Vanguard,
and given them the authority to recruit forces from across the world.
This zone is open to both Heroes and Villains, in their combined,
desperate struggle to hold the front lines against the second Rikti
Invasion.

New Threats

Rikti Pylons are multi-purpose warning and attack devices that
surround the crashed mother ship. It takes a concerted effort to take
one of these pylons down, but once enough of these are destroyed,
access to the ship may be granted. UXBs, “unexploded
bombs” that arm, power up, and detonate if not stopped in
time, provide a constant threat. Rikti destroyers zip through zones
dropping troops, UXB’s, and Rikti Assault Suits.

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The Rikti have returned!

New Inventions

The Vanguard base contains a special Vanguard Workbench that
will allow for special costume pieces (tied to Rikti War Zone recipes).
Vanguard Support Machines (“Heavies”) can be
requisitioned using Special Salvage (unique to the War Zone). These
Heavies function as powerful pets.

New Missions

The first missions in the Rikti War Zone are for characters
level 35+. The characters meet a new contact, Levantera, who introduces
them to the U.N. security force, Vanguard. They’ll also meet
Borea, who sends them on several repeatable missions in the zone. From
there, characters meet contact Serpent Drummer, Gaussian, and also talk
to the Dark Watcher and learn one of the darkest secrets of Paragon
City.

Rikti Co-Op Task Force

The Rikti Co-Op Task Force is available for both Heroes and
Villains. It is for 6 to 8 players, level 45 – 50. The
mission is given out by Lady Grey, leader of the Vanguard. Co-operative
missions create a new layer of depth and story as heroes and villains
work toward a common goal.

Issue 10: “Invasion” - Fictional
Background

In the year 2002, we learned that we were not alone.

On May 23rd, 2002 – a day that will be forever
remembered for its wicked barbarity – the world was suddenly
and deliberately attacked.

A thousand points of light lit up the sky across America,
Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia.

And each light was a gateway into hell. The Rikti declared war
on all of us.

The Rikti attack was well-coordinated and clearly planned out
months or years in advance. Tens of thousands of alien invaders poured
into our world, bent on our destruction.

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Heroes and villains will have to team-up to defeat the
Rikti threat.

The heroes of the world banded together, and finally turned
the tide. The cost to Earth and her heroes was immense, but finally the
back of the Rikti army was broken by Hero 1 and Omega Team’s
sacrifice.

Cut off from their homeworld, the Rikti cells that remained
retreated to the shadows, fighting a guerilla war for their continued
existence. The rebuilding began, and veterans spoke of the Rikti War as
a thing of the past.

Then the signs began again, but we did not see them.

Strange anomalies and seismic activity on the moon caused
catastrophic tidal surges on Earth, causing the Overbrook Dam to burst
and flood sections of Faultline in Paragon City. Satellites
transmissions were interrupted by “space static.’
Contact with the moon base and space station became spotty, and then
silent.

There were warnings from Vanguard, but we did not listen.

Once the United Nation Security Council’s elite
super-powered hero force, Vanguard was struggled to rebuild after the
war. The survivors made up a skeleton force and their dire warnings
were ignored in the joyful days after the war, written off as
fear-mongering and paranoia.


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Last Updated: Mar 29, 2016

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