Geography

As an alternate reality, the C&M universe has very familiar settings, with very different names. While the country as a whole is approximately the same size, in both area and population, where those populations exist isn’t a 1:1 ratio. Some cities, like New Amsterdam (New York City) remain as large cultural and social institutes, while Georgetown (Washington DC) has it’s own statehood, and has become more than the home for politics, it’s a home for living innovations, along with cultural and social revolutions, often leading the rest of the country in laws and freedoms. Others like Mile High (Denver/Salt Lake City) and San Pedro (Los Angeles and San Diego) would appear to us like cities combined. These cities are massive, and take up more metropolitan space than either of their earth prime variants. Midgust (Chicago) and Samuelston (Houston) round out the major metropolitan areas, each having been the site of massive change in the last century. Midgust began as a gateway city to the west for many, but would grow and become a focal point for numerous enterprises, including a leading edge science center, and one of the most active hotbeds for Power Brokers. Samuelston began as a range town, but grew into its own independent city, acting as a sun for other smaller cities and provinces to orbit and rely on for supplies and safety. In the last 30 years, Samuelston has also become the home of inter dimensional studies, and quite the impressive space program, the first to make interstellar contact.

Each city has their own take on how to handle Alt Humans, with some more positive than others. These differences, along with the APF allowing local law enforcement to apply their own visions of the law, have made being a Cape, or even just Alt Human, dangerous, much more so in some areas than others. Individuals who have glowing track records, like Desert Arrow, Shifty, Godiva and Cadet, have all been seen as hostile by local APF chapters in different cities, based solely on who they are, or what they look like. But, as Desert Arrow is fond to say, if I wanted applause, I would have stayed in stage production.

New Amsterdam - New York City
APF lead - Captain Courageous
Lieutenant - The Indestructible Woman - Inda for short

Georgetown - Washington DC
APF lead - Visionary
Lieutenant - Gaia

Midgust - Chicago
APF lead - Warden
Lieutenant - Pathfinder

Mile High - Denver/Salt Lake City
APF lead - Winchester
Lieutenant - Colt

Samuelston - Houston
APF lead - Orbit
Lieutenant - Pangolin

San Pedro - San Diego/Los Angeles
APF lead - Luminous
Lieutenant - Ori (intelligent Orangutan)