I've decided that the story I'm going to do here is going to be fairly cyberpunk. Several of the elements in it (protesting masses, corruptive influences, super powered people, urban environment) absolutely scream cyberpunk, so going for a gritty sci-fi action/thriller seems like a logical choice. The basic idea I'm playing with is that the main character is a cop in futrure-New York, part of a special police force tactical squad who've been given super powers through SCIENCE. Even though it's not part of his job description, he also fancies himself a bit of an investigator and has been snooping around and looking into the activities of a lot of powerful people in the city, specifically our main villain, an authority figure of some kind (businessman, politician, or police chief are all possibilities I'm considering) who has been manipulating other powerful figures in a bid to take over the city. Before the start of the story, our hero got too close and has been fired and stripped of his powers, and is now investigating the Big Bad and is on the run from his agents while having to rely solely on his skills and intellect. The characters I have in mind are:
Nick Scully: The hero of the story, a blue collar cop who's forced to rely on his street smarts after he's been stripped of his powers.
Daniel Richmond: The Big Bad, a manipulative figure of authority who has major, contraversial plans for urban renewal that will make him the most powerful man in the city.
Rico: A vigilante, a sort of hobo-Batman, who Nick used as an informant during his time on the force and is now his only trustworthy ally.
The main setting will be in the New York Subway, probably in an abandoned station, but I think there might also be a few cutaway scenes on Richmond's office, I haven't decided yet.
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