In the 853rd century - exactly one million months after the dawn of super-heroes - humanity prospers in a Utopian society beyond our imagining, from the data foundries of the planet Mercury to the floating coral cities of Neptune, the great legacy of super-heroes lives on. People throughout the system wear and trade totemic power icons - heroic insignia that temporarily grant the wearer meta-human powers. But though ordinary citizens play at crimefighting, it's not all fun and games. A black market exists, circulating dangerous, unregulated icons.

Policing this corrupt perversion of the super-heroic ideal is an ancient order - a shadowy organization called The Department of Extranormal Operations...