Heroes, the fight against Mechanon will be a long and dangerous struggle. Take the fight to the enemy with new recognition rewards, plus the GATEWAY hub area!

In the past thirty years, Mechanon has gone through at least 37 different robot bodies, some of them with wildly different capabilities. In order to counter this hyper-intelligent enemy, the nations and organizations of the world are pooling their resources. UNTIL's Project Clockwork taskforce is the core of this Mechanon Coalition.

The Coalition is heavily invested in stopping the mechanical marauder, and they're ready to give you the tools you need to take the fight to him. The Coalition is opening up its armory in exchange for new Mechanon Coalition Recognition tokens. You'll be able to earn one of these tokens per mission in the Steel Crusade mission chain, up to four per day.  Trade these tokens in with NPCs for new costume pieces, like the Television Head from Mechanon's Junkbots, and exclusive Action Figures.

To get you closer to the enemy, you'll also have free access to UNTIL's GATEWAY space station, a brand-new hub area. From here, you'll be able to blast off for the final mission of the Steel Crusade chain; there are also chances to see the Earth from orbit, plus a dance floor and bar for RPing.

While GATEWAY currently only links to the one mission, we have plans for the future that will keep heroes going to space. Stay tuned, Champions. You can get to GATEWAY through UNTIL HQ, via the ADIS teleporter on the lower floor.

(The bar doesn't have an official name -- post your suggestions for a nickname in this forum thread, we'll post our favorites on the Champions Facebook page.)

The fight against Mechanon is almost ready for you to join up, heroes. Mark your calendars for the second and final part of Steel Crusade, launching on 9/18!