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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ValhallaGH" data-source="post: 4789686" data-attributes="member: 41187">About so, yes.  If you have a chance to look at the Worlds of Freedom book, take a look at the Victorian chapter, which has a number of ideas similar to your own.  It's a bit more powerful, at PL 8, but is much more "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" than it is "Hero High"; for what you want, PL 6 is probably the correct choice.Fun background stuff, by the way.The various empires would be involved for the same reason(s) they became involved in Africa in our history.  National prestige, resource access, inter-empire manipulations, and to prevent each other from gaining control of it.  At the time, the Dark Continent had as much logical appeal to the empires of Europe as your fictitious Venus has to the masters of the Earthly empires, and yet most of the major nations put a great deal of effort into establishing colonies and conquering large territories.Given the mission of the academy, the students could easily become involved to keep a bush war from escalating into an inter-world war.  Heck, they could have an entire semester "studying abroad" as you take them through the entire Venusian plot line; a plot that can have consequences for many adventures to come (friends, enemies, resources, etc. recurring as they fit into later stories).Regardless, best of luck.</blockquote>