So you want to be a superhero?

Founded by a retired superhero in the wake of the 2009 Destroid attacks on Millennium City, the Halcyon Academy seeks to fight crime and better the world in two basic ways – by providing a low-cost, high-quality education to those who might not otherwise be able to afford one, and by training the superheroes of tomorrow. Staffed by accredited teachers and a host of experienced heroes serving as mentors to those amongst the student body who choose the life of a professional good samaritan, Halcyon Academy strives to provide a strong foundation that will allow its students – no matter their eventual career choice – to have the best chance at success.

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Halcyon Academy is a spin-off of the Star Trek Online guild, Halcyon Epsilon Fleet. Our inspiration comes from groups such as Marvel's X-Men, Generation X and Young Avengers, as well as DC's Young Justice and Teen Titans.

Like our sister guild, Halcyon Academy is a group dedicated to telling stories, making friends, and enjoying the game together. We’re run by three officers – myself, Malcolm_Die (Ivarion on our forums) and Zizi – and it’s our job to make sure the SG is running smoothly, people are able to find one another for RP and teaming, and generally keep the Academy a groovy, fun place to be.

If you’re interested in learning more, please visit our forums and say hello! Whether you join us or not, we look forward to chattin’ and roleplayin’ and smashin’ with you this September.

So good to be live. Glad to be here with my friends, and looking forward to making new ones!

You and me both.

Particularly looking forward to getting the last little bits of the site done!

Hi everybody! Ignition here, though my friends call me Spark.

And I call you Sparky.

I'm hoping to nail Zizi down sometime this week and hammer out a list of the Academy's resources - basically a "do we have a Danger Room? Who gets to use it?" sort of list of stuff that can be found on the school grounds. I figure it'd be a good resource for people to utilize during roleplay.

Nice to see an alternative to The Academy for superpowered youths has solidified. *Takes intense intrest*

I was actually a little worried that the other school-themed SGs had already snapped everybody up - I'm pleasantly surprised to see that I was wrong!

If you've any questions for us, let fly! In the meantime, feel free to loiter and get to know us. :)

I'm a bit insomniac tonight, so I may try to get in a little roleplay or writing so that the IC areas on our boards look a little less barren. We'll see how well my brain functions. If not tonight, then definitely tomorrow.

While we're at this, I've thought of something important to know:

A Word About Tone

There is a large spectrum of "superhero school RP". So it's important that we mention where we choose to lay in the spectrum up front.

Halcyon Academy is intended to be lighthearted, laid back and fun. You will not see grim, serious professors teachings students to always use their powers wisely(though the school only hires "role models"). You will see little "the world fears us, you must be careful" and very little of that sort of moralistic focus. This is, almost literally, normal High School/College with superpowers. We expect a certain amount of amusing but harmless hijinks, we expect fun, we expect that angsty gritty realist drama be kept in moderation.

To wit: this is not intended to be Xavier's School for the Gifted, this is Sky High. We're not Blood the last Vampire; we're Buffy the Vampire Slayer. We're not Space: Above and Beyond; we're Firefly. We're not Bladerunner; we're The Fifth Element.

the reason we've chosen to go this way is because this isn't MUO or DCU or CoH. Champions, as an IP, is not exactly a parody by any means-- but it IS a self-aware wild romp through superhero tropes that treats itself and the genre with a sort of cheeky irreverence and tongue-in-cheek humour, and this seems to be a facet that Cryptic is aware of and a tone they themselves are taking (See: Foxbat, Snake Gulch, the end of the new Melee Video, Tunneling Travel Power, etc). This is likely to be a game about Fun more than about Serious. And that is how we're choosing to Roleplay in it.

So there you go, that's what to expect. Game on. :D

What he said. I, for one, will be ecstatic about this school, if you can manage to keep all the dorks away from me. Can't we have separate classes for beautiful people? I think we've earned it.

OOC: Hey Everyone! So happy this has gone live and I can't wait to immerse myself in this world with the rest of you. This is going to be so fun!