silvers1: As an oldtimer myself, I'll just pretend that all the toons I create are descendants of my CoHV toons.
saipaman: You are correct about CoHV being in a contemporary setting.
Actually, I seem to recall, from somewhere on the VO web site, that the game setting is some 50 years hence (near future). This puts us in the ballpark of the CoHV setting. This really isn't a bad thing, as it allows for some cool melee and ranged power sets (technologically speaking). Hopefully, VO will have a Kings Row(ish) type of area to roam around in, just for old times sake.