Euro, I applaud your acceptance and open-mindness concerning this new path for the story! This is exactly the reaction I was hoping for from you.
As for using a Strikeforce-4, you absolutely read my mind. I was just telling Grimm the other day that I would love to have Vanguard go against Strikeforce again, but, I didn't want to have to involve your solos.
Then, there's the overwhelming odds of using the other past characters like Velo, Naecken, and Tobias. You realize that, given pure logic concerning the current group's actual abilities, there is no way in hell that they could win against an ensemble like that.
I mean, the Strikeforce you have assembled is one thing. Teaming them with these other ex-Vanguardians? It is simply an insurmountable adversary, given the seven Vanguardians.
But, I'll give it a shot. I just hope everyone is ready to have their character's killed....