Time Travel is one of the most dangerous and misunderstood capabilities. The very use of it to travel forwards and backward in time can change history and every use weakens the time-space continuum. The actual facts about altering past events have still not been determined but it is known that you can make minor alterations without issue, large-scale changes cause the creation of a new timeline. The various timelines occupy a grand helix of realities known as The Spiral.
In order to Time Travel, one must leave their timeline, entering a null space known as The Bleed, also known as The Superflow. This very act changes a person, permanently unanchoring them from their own dimension. Even when they return to the timeline, either in the past or exactly when they left, they are no longer natives of that timeline. This seems to be a defense mechanism for reality, as it prevents time paradoxes from occurring. It also prevents the individual from being updated from any changes in the timeline made after their first time-jump.
The only exception to this are those individuals, like The Flash, who draw their power from The Speed Force. Using a device known as The Cosmic Treadmill, speeders who draw from the Speed Force can travel in time without leaving their timeline. Thus any changes to the timeline will instantly be remembered. The Speed Force also allows them to distinguish between the old and new timelines and provides a manner of protection from Time Paradoxes.
On Earth, the father of technological Time Travel is the mysterious individual known as Rip Hunter. Sometime in the future, he discovers the means of moving back in time, through his Time Sphere. He was careless in his early exploits and inadvertently seeded the technology through the timeline, giving rise to the heroes Booster Gold, Cable, and The Waverider; as well as villains Chronos, Per Degaton, and The Time Trapper.
At some point, a huge Crisis occurred and all of reality was altered in a fundimental way. Something important was supposed to happen and it allowed ancient dark forces to gain a terrible advantage. Though the individuals and the changes are still not known, Rip Hunter knows that it was his technology that was responsible.
Now designated himself as the Time Master, Rip Hunter is now on a crusade to return the universe to a proper balance, and in the process remove his Time Travel technology from everyone except is own hands.
Monday, 29 July 2019
Wednesday, 24 July 2019
A YJA Moment - Transformers
In the depths of space, there is an artificial planet known as Cybertron. On this planet is a race of shape-shifting robots known as the Transformers. Their sentience draws from a strange energy matrix known as a Spark. The origins of the Transformers and the Spark are unknown but there are many theories, forming most of the religious beliefs on Cybertron.
For as long as anyone can remember there has been a civil war on Cybertron. The noble Autobots, led by Optimus Prime have been fighting the despotic Decepticons, led by the evil Megatron for centuries.
Years ago, most of the Autobots left their homeworld, forced by the Decepticons to flee into space. They crashed-landed onto a small planet called Earth, where they hid among the humans disguised as the variety of vehicles.
Eventually, the Decepticons found Earth and started plundering its natural resources to create their fuel Energon. Though the Autobots attempted to stop them, they were greatly outnumbered. Optimus Prime contacted the Justice League, who intervened to stop Megatron and forced his forces to retreat to Cybertron.
Optimus gathered his forces and returned to Cybertron. With him were a selection of heroes such as Mary Marvel, who felt they needed to help the Autobots liberate their home. Gathering the hidden and imprisoned Autobots, the coalition of humans and Transformers were able to win several decisive battles. They gained enough territory so that the Autobots could continue the war without the Earthlings help.
War continues on Cybertron. The Decepticons, losing the recent conflict and running out of Energon have once again been forced to return to Earth to attempt to acquire its natural resources. Creating a Space Bridge somewhere on the moon, Megatron, Soundwave, and the Seekers have come to bring their conflict back to the humans. Again with the help of Mary Marvel and Avengers the evil Transformers were defeated but not vanquished.
For as long as anyone can remember there has been a civil war on Cybertron. The noble Autobots, led by Optimus Prime have been fighting the despotic Decepticons, led by the evil Megatron for centuries.
Years ago, most of the Autobots left their homeworld, forced by the Decepticons to flee into space. They crashed-landed onto a small planet called Earth, where they hid among the humans disguised as the variety of vehicles.
Eventually, the Decepticons found Earth and started plundering its natural resources to create their fuel Energon. Though the Autobots attempted to stop them, they were greatly outnumbered. Optimus Prime contacted the Justice League, who intervened to stop Megatron and forced his forces to retreat to Cybertron.
Optimus gathered his forces and returned to Cybertron. With him were a selection of heroes such as Mary Marvel, who felt they needed to help the Autobots liberate their home. Gathering the hidden and imprisoned Autobots, the coalition of humans and Transformers were able to win several decisive battles. They gained enough territory so that the Autobots could continue the war without the Earthlings help.
War continues on Cybertron. The Decepticons, losing the recent conflict and running out of Energon have once again been forced to return to Earth to attempt to acquire its natural resources. Creating a Space Bridge somewhere on the moon, Megatron, Soundwave, and the Seekers have come to bring their conflict back to the humans. Again with the help of Mary Marvel and Avengers the evil Transformers were defeated but not vanquished.
Monday, 22 July 2019
A YJA Moment - Doctor Doom
The story of one of the worlds of dangerous individuals starts in the old Kingdom of Latveria, a small country in south-eastern Europe. It was ruled by the House of Von Dohm, distantly related to the Prussian royal family. In the early 20th Century, the House of Fortunov overthrew King Rudolf V and purged the Von Dohms from positions of power. Young Crown Prince Werner and Princess Cynthia were barely able to escape and fled to the United States. Because of an administrative error, their names were misspelled as "Von Doom"
Victor Von Doom was raised by his parents in America. His father Werner told him of his royal lineage and demanded a level of academic and personal perfection few people could attain. His mother filled his mind with folk tales of the homeland and revealed to him the ancient mysticism her family had possessed. In everything, Victor not only met expectations but exceeded him.
Despite the royal lineage, the Von Dooms were not wealthy and Victor was forced to attend Empire State University in New York City. There he met a young Reed Richards who was studying science. At first, they became friends as Victor and Reed shared a keen intellect. However, Doom became jealous of Reed's scientific acumen and they eventually became rivals.
Unable to defeat Reed in academia, Victor sought to best him in the business world, founding Von Doom Industries. Even then, he found no victory. Richards had no interest in becoming rich - he helped found S.T.A.R. Labs to further scientific study and the financial benefits of his patents were only to allow him to continue his research.
When the spaceplane accident created the Fantastic Four, Doom became keenly interested. Creating a suit of armor he attacked the Baxter Building, hoping to capture Richards and his friends for more study. He was soundly defeated, his face horribly scarred as a result of a miscalculation.
Now a wanted man, Doom fled America and headed to Transia. For years he had been embezzling money from his company in order to construct a robot army to retake his homeland. With advanced technology decades about anything, the Transian military possessed, his cyber-army carved out a new nation...or rather an old nation. The recreated Kingdom of Latveria, with Doom alone as monarch.
Painted as a despot ruler of a rogue nation, Victor became furious a the world. Despite helping protect the peoples of Latveria and Markov, and ending the horrors of General Russov, the press now treated him like the real threat to peace. When super-heroes started attempting to depose him, he knew what must be done.
If the world thought of him a super-villain, then a super-villain he would be. Modifying his exo-suit to resemble an ancient suit of armor and donning a fearsome metal mask to hide his disfigurement, he became the villainous Doctor Doom.
Latveria became a true rogue nation. His borders were fortified with advanced weaponry. He sheltered wanted fugitives in exchange for their knowledge or service. He sold illegal technology to various organizations, forging mutual defense pacts. He became everything the media claimed he was, but in doing so he secured his throne from all but the most world-class threats.
Victor Von Doom was raised by his parents in America. His father Werner told him of his royal lineage and demanded a level of academic and personal perfection few people could attain. His mother filled his mind with folk tales of the homeland and revealed to him the ancient mysticism her family had possessed. In everything, Victor not only met expectations but exceeded him.
Despite the royal lineage, the Von Dooms were not wealthy and Victor was forced to attend Empire State University in New York City. There he met a young Reed Richards who was studying science. At first, they became friends as Victor and Reed shared a keen intellect. However, Doom became jealous of Reed's scientific acumen and they eventually became rivals.
Unable to defeat Reed in academia, Victor sought to best him in the business world, founding Von Doom Industries. Even then, he found no victory. Richards had no interest in becoming rich - he helped found S.T.A.R. Labs to further scientific study and the financial benefits of his patents were only to allow him to continue his research.
When the spaceplane accident created the Fantastic Four, Doom became keenly interested. Creating a suit of armor he attacked the Baxter Building, hoping to capture Richards and his friends for more study. He was soundly defeated, his face horribly scarred as a result of a miscalculation.
Now a wanted man, Doom fled America and headed to Transia. For years he had been embezzling money from his company in order to construct a robot army to retake his homeland. With advanced technology decades about anything, the Transian military possessed, his cyber-army carved out a new nation...or rather an old nation. The recreated Kingdom of Latveria, with Doom alone as monarch.
Painted as a despot ruler of a rogue nation, Victor became furious a the world. Despite helping protect the peoples of Latveria and Markov, and ending the horrors of General Russov, the press now treated him like the real threat to peace. When super-heroes started attempting to depose him, he knew what must be done.
If the world thought of him a super-villain, then a super-villain he would be. Modifying his exo-suit to resemble an ancient suit of armor and donning a fearsome metal mask to hide his disfigurement, he became the villainous Doctor Doom.
Latveria became a true rogue nation. His borders were fortified with advanced weaponry. He sheltered wanted fugitives in exchange for their knowledge or service. He sold illegal technology to various organizations, forging mutual defense pacts. He became everything the media claimed he was, but in doing so he secured his throne from all but the most world-class threats.
Friday, 19 July 2019
YJA Moment - The Reach Papers
The Reach's infiltration and invasion of Earth was motivated by the planets rich natural resources and its potential slave population. However, the most significant prise was the metahumans, individuals who had access to tremendous powers through the access of their meta-gene sequence.
In the aftermath of the Invasion, various governments descended onto Reach operations, intended to acquire alien technology, as well as gain valuable intelligence, in case they encountered a similar species in the future.
Within the bases, agents of the Office of Natural Emergency found evidence that the Reach was interested in Metahumans, capturing them for experimentation. They also discovered that the aliens' research had discovered that a latent meta-gene sequence lay within untold thousands of humans throughout the entire globe.
For the O.N.E., this was not entirely a surprise. Since their formation, the origin and threat of super-powered individuals was their primary directive. They had spent decades doing clandestine genetic testing of the American populace, using various government-sponsored inoculations and testing programs as cover. The Reach had much more advanced methods at their disposal, so their information was far more wide-reaching and accurate than anything the O.N.E. could have accomplished.
This information was compiled in a series of documents that were only intended for the eyes of the highest levels of government. Locked and encrypted in secure servers within the Triskelion, no one thought the information could be accessed, let alone stolen.
On August 6th, J. Jonah Jameson, the editor-in-chief of the struggling Daily Bugle newspaper began hinting that he had the story of the century. Throughout the week of the 9th, the paper published excerpts from what it was called The Reach Papers. The Bugle had been known to publish sensational material before, especially regarding heroes such as Spider-Man, so the public was skeptical.
With the F.B.I. raided the Daily Bugle offices the following week, it unintentionally validated Jameson's claims. In apparent retaliation for the raid, the mysterious hacker or hackers who had obtained the documents released the entire download onto the internet under the title of The Reach Papers.
Suddenly the people of North America and the world were faced with the reality that the individuals of superpowers were supposed to be unique or very rare were much more common. The reality that neighbors and friends could potentially be metahumans or secretly possess powers created no small amount of hysteria, leading to current social and policial climate.
The Daily Bugle saw its readership spike overnight to become one of the most read media sources in New York City, Jameson was a regular guest and commentator on news shows across the country and he gained the attention of media mogul Morgan Edge. He invited him to create a show, The DB, on his new EdgeTV cable network.
In the aftermath of the Invasion, various governments descended onto Reach operations, intended to acquire alien technology, as well as gain valuable intelligence, in case they encountered a similar species in the future.
Within the bases, agents of the Office of Natural Emergency found evidence that the Reach was interested in Metahumans, capturing them for experimentation. They also discovered that the aliens' research had discovered that a latent meta-gene sequence lay within untold thousands of humans throughout the entire globe.
For the O.N.E., this was not entirely a surprise. Since their formation, the origin and threat of super-powered individuals was their primary directive. They had spent decades doing clandestine genetic testing of the American populace, using various government-sponsored inoculations and testing programs as cover. The Reach had much more advanced methods at their disposal, so their information was far more wide-reaching and accurate than anything the O.N.E. could have accomplished.
This information was compiled in a series of documents that were only intended for the eyes of the highest levels of government. Locked and encrypted in secure servers within the Triskelion, no one thought the information could be accessed, let alone stolen.
On August 6th, J. Jonah Jameson, the editor-in-chief of the struggling Daily Bugle newspaper began hinting that he had the story of the century. Throughout the week of the 9th, the paper published excerpts from what it was called The Reach Papers. The Bugle had been known to publish sensational material before, especially regarding heroes such as Spider-Man, so the public was skeptical.
With the F.B.I. raided the Daily Bugle offices the following week, it unintentionally validated Jameson's claims. In apparent retaliation for the raid, the mysterious hacker or hackers who had obtained the documents released the entire download onto the internet under the title of The Reach Papers.
Suddenly the people of North America and the world were faced with the reality that the individuals of superpowers were supposed to be unique or very rare were much more common. The reality that neighbors and friends could potentially be metahumans or secretly possess powers created no small amount of hysteria, leading to current social and policial climate.
The Daily Bugle saw its readership spike overnight to become one of the most read media sources in New York City, Jameson was a regular guest and commentator on news shows across the country and he gained the attention of media mogul Morgan Edge. He invited him to create a show, The DB, on his new EdgeTV cable network.
Wednesday, 17 July 2019
YJA Moment - The Spider-Family
Of any of the heroes in New York City, none is more established than Peter Parker, the Amazing Spider-Man. Much like Gotham's Batman or Metropolis' Superman, the Web-Slinger has become synonymous with the Big Apple for the better part of a decade.
On a school trip to Oscorp, Parker was bitten by a genetic-engineered spider that had accidentally been infused by Dr. Stromm's Super Soldier Serum. The venomous combination of the Serum and spider DNA forever altered Parker, giving him super strength, heightened agility, and a strange precognitive "spider sense". After failing to save his Uncle Ben, Parker build web-shooters and a costume, taking on the identity of Spider-Man.
Much like Batman, Spider-Man developed his own heroic "family" - a collection of heroes which shared the spider motif.
The first of these was Spider-Woman, a brainwashed agent of HYDRA which was part of a program to create an assassin by duplicating Spider-Man's abilities. Using transgenic technology to integrate arachnid genetic code to her DNA, Jessica Drew was trained by elite mercenary Taskmaster before being sent on missions. When Spider-Man encountered Drew, he managed to break her programming, in which case she became an occasional ally.
The Scarlet Spider was an identity indirectly born out of the machinations of Dr. Miles Warren, chief of genetics at Oscorp. Tasked with Norman Osborn to discover the source of Spider-Man's power. Using blood harvested from Parker during a run-in with the Hobgoblin, clones were made that possessed all of the Web-Slingers powers. Donning the identity of the Spider-Man, the clone attempted to replace Peter as the protector of New York. After his defeat, this clone was given the name Ben Reilly by Spider-Man and helped him fight crime as the Scarlet Spider. When Ben's programming reasserted itself, he betrayed the Spider-Family and became the villainous mercenary Black Spider.
Peter rescued young Miles Morales from an Oscorp special project that was attempting to use Stromm and HYRDA technology to create a human biological weapon to kill Spider-Man. Taking the young Miles under his wing, he decided to use Reilly's costumed identity to train him to be a superhero, becoming the new Scarlet Spider.
Gwen Stacy was Peter Parker's first girlfriend. Her death at the hands of Green Goblin affected him greatly. Years later, Spider-Man was shocked to discover a mysterious individual operating in New York which seemingly shared his powers. Believing her to be another Oscorp project he confronted her, only to find out that it was Gwen. With no memory of her origins, its unclear whether Stacy is a clone or the original or from another timeline. She currently has taken on the identity of Ghost-Spider.
Metahuman teenager Anya Corazon was a metahuman enhanced agility, endurance, and strength. A fan of Spider-Man, she dressed in a home-made outfit and fought crime as Araña. Peter and Miles have taken on the responsibility of training Anya and after giving her a new costume, she has joined the Spider-Family as Spider-Girl.
On a school trip to Oscorp, Parker was bitten by a genetic-engineered spider that had accidentally been infused by Dr. Stromm's Super Soldier Serum. The venomous combination of the Serum and spider DNA forever altered Parker, giving him super strength, heightened agility, and a strange precognitive "spider sense". After failing to save his Uncle Ben, Parker build web-shooters and a costume, taking on the identity of Spider-Man.
Much like Batman, Spider-Man developed his own heroic "family" - a collection of heroes which shared the spider motif.
The first of these was Spider-Woman, a brainwashed agent of HYDRA which was part of a program to create an assassin by duplicating Spider-Man's abilities. Using transgenic technology to integrate arachnid genetic code to her DNA, Jessica Drew was trained by elite mercenary Taskmaster before being sent on missions. When Spider-Man encountered Drew, he managed to break her programming, in which case she became an occasional ally.
The Scarlet Spider was an identity indirectly born out of the machinations of Dr. Miles Warren, chief of genetics at Oscorp. Tasked with Norman Osborn to discover the source of Spider-Man's power. Using blood harvested from Parker during a run-in with the Hobgoblin, clones were made that possessed all of the Web-Slingers powers. Donning the identity of the Spider-Man, the clone attempted to replace Peter as the protector of New York. After his defeat, this clone was given the name Ben Reilly by Spider-Man and helped him fight crime as the Scarlet Spider. When Ben's programming reasserted itself, he betrayed the Spider-Family and became the villainous mercenary Black Spider.
Peter rescued young Miles Morales from an Oscorp special project that was attempting to use Stromm and HYRDA technology to create a human biological weapon to kill Spider-Man. Taking the young Miles under his wing, he decided to use Reilly's costumed identity to train him to be a superhero, becoming the new Scarlet Spider.
Gwen Stacy was Peter Parker's first girlfriend. Her death at the hands of Green Goblin affected him greatly. Years later, Spider-Man was shocked to discover a mysterious individual operating in New York which seemingly shared his powers. Believing her to be another Oscorp project he confronted her, only to find out that it was Gwen. With no memory of her origins, its unclear whether Stacy is a clone or the original or from another timeline. She currently has taken on the identity of Ghost-Spider.
Metahuman teenager Anya Corazon was a metahuman enhanced agility, endurance, and strength. A fan of Spider-Man, she dressed in a home-made outfit and fought crime as Araña. Peter and Miles have taken on the responsibility of training Anya and after giving her a new costume, she has joined the Spider-Family as Spider-Girl.
Monday, 15 July 2019
YJA Moment - Intergang
Intergang is an organized crime syndicate which has expanded across the United States. Its origins lay in a crackdown by the F.B.I in the early 2010s which resulted in the heads of over a hundred crime family's being indicted and their operations shut down. This forced formerly antagonistic groups to work together to survive law enforcement and prevent overseas rivals from gaining a foothold in America.
Although the intention was to have a council to run Intergang, eventually the syndicate came under the control of a single man. Amongst those in Intergang had an unofficial title: The Kingpin of Crime.
The original Kingpin was Bruno Mannheim. The leader of the Mannheim Crime Family in Metropolis, he was the son of famed crimelord, Maximillian "Moxie" Mannheim. In the years before the emergence of Superman, Boss Moxie was the undisputed ruler of Metropolis' underground. When Bruno finally inherited his criminal empire, he became one of the richest men in America.
Threatened by the Man of Steel, Bruno turned to Intergang for protection. Known for results he moved up the ranks until he reached The Commission, the highest ranking authority of Intergang. It took years of work to gain influence or control over the other members, but eventually, Mannheim rose to take on full control of the organization.
Bruno would accomplish a great number of successful operations during his years as Kingpin, but his most infamous was his Apocalypse Guns. His procurement of this high-efficiency energy guns earned Intergang millions from organizations around the world as well as discourage their enemies from directly attacking. No one knew how the Kingpin procured these devices, only that he had enough supply no matter how big the order.
Mannheim was eventually taken down by a rare alliance between the Metropolis Special Crimes Unit, the F.B.I., and the Justice League. It is said that Superman and Batman themselves were on hand to shut down their chief operating facility and confiscate their supply of illicit weapons. Bruno Mannheim was convicted of hundreds of criminal charges and has been sentenced to life imprisonment.
The current Kingpin is believed to be Wilson Fisk, a brilliant industrialist operating out of New York City. He had long had gained control of the major crime organizations in the city, cultivating a web of blackmail and obligations in order to enforce his will.
He has already clashed with local heroes such as Spider-Man and Daredevil; With his rise to the position of Kingpin, it will be interesting to see the changes that Fisk will implement to Intergang, especially in the face of the death of The Shield and the Justice League.
Although the intention was to have a council to run Intergang, eventually the syndicate came under the control of a single man. Amongst those in Intergang had an unofficial title: The Kingpin of Crime.
The original Kingpin was Bruno Mannheim. The leader of the Mannheim Crime Family in Metropolis, he was the son of famed crimelord, Maximillian "Moxie" Mannheim. In the years before the emergence of Superman, Boss Moxie was the undisputed ruler of Metropolis' underground. When Bruno finally inherited his criminal empire, he became one of the richest men in America.
Threatened by the Man of Steel, Bruno turned to Intergang for protection. Known for results he moved up the ranks until he reached The Commission, the highest ranking authority of Intergang. It took years of work to gain influence or control over the other members, but eventually, Mannheim rose to take on full control of the organization.
Bruno would accomplish a great number of successful operations during his years as Kingpin, but his most infamous was his Apocalypse Guns. His procurement of this high-efficiency energy guns earned Intergang millions from organizations around the world as well as discourage their enemies from directly attacking. No one knew how the Kingpin procured these devices, only that he had enough supply no matter how big the order.
Mannheim was eventually taken down by a rare alliance between the Metropolis Special Crimes Unit, the F.B.I., and the Justice League. It is said that Superman and Batman themselves were on hand to shut down their chief operating facility and confiscate their supply of illicit weapons. Bruno Mannheim was convicted of hundreds of criminal charges and has been sentenced to life imprisonment.
The current Kingpin is believed to be Wilson Fisk, a brilliant industrialist operating out of New York City. He had long had gained control of the major crime organizations in the city, cultivating a web of blackmail and obligations in order to enforce his will.
He has already clashed with local heroes such as Spider-Man and Daredevil; With his rise to the position of Kingpin, it will be interesting to see the changes that Fisk will implement to Intergang, especially in the face of the death of The Shield and the Justice League.
Friday, 12 July 2019
YJA Moment - Future Foundation
While not a household name, Doctor Reed Richards is still one of the premier scientists of the modern age. Along with Katherine Faulkner, Emil Hamilton, and Silas Stone he founded the Scientific and Technological Advanced Research Laboratories also known as S.T.A.R. Labs. The intention of S.T.A.R. Labs was to combine the skills of the worlds greatest minds in order to explore the reaches of science and create technologies that would change the world.
Reed had disagreed with the Labs funding itself through private and government contracts, believing licensing patents to be the ideal economic model. As the years went on, contracting services became more and more important to S.T.A.R. and they initiated less of their own projects. After the government started storing its banned and dangerous technology in the Red Room in the Washington D.C. branch, Reed tendered his resignation and left S.T.A.R. for good.
Buying the old Baxter Building on the corner on the corner of 42nd and Madison in New York City, Reed refurbished the top-five floors to serve as the home of the Future Foundation. The Foundation would continue the aims of the original S.T.A.R. Labs - the unfettered pursuit of knowledge for the betterment of humanity. In this endevour his gathered genius geneticist Dr. Susan Storm and her engineer brother Johnny Storm.
The most infamous project of the Foundation was the Artemis Spaceplane. With an agreement with the United States Air Force to use their new XS-2 Spaceplane, Reed was planning on testing a new "hyperdrive" which would access a dimension known as the Negative Zone. Reed calculated that the Negative Zone was smaller in dimensions than regular space so that a ship could use it to travel vast distances. In order to pilot the plane, he called on his childhood friend, former astronaut, and renowned test pilot Commander Benjamin Grimm.
From the view of the government and the public, the test of the Artemis was an unmitigated disaster. The plane disappeared for less than five seconds and reemerged heavily damaged and venting atmosphere. Only due to the piloting skills of Ben Grimm was the plane able to ditch into the ocean.
With the loss of the Artemis, the XS-1 program was significantly delayed. Reed, however, had gotten valuable scientific knowledge, confirming that dimension travel was possible and the Negative Zone was real. Stranger still, the trip to the Negative Zone forever changed the occupants.
Susan Storm, also known as the Invisible Woman, gained the powers to become unseen and create forcefields. Johnny Storm, the second Human Torch, could surround himself in a cocoon of flame that allowed him to fly and fire blasts of fire. Called Mr. Fantastic, Reed Richards's molecular structure was changed so he could stretch and change his physical dimensions. Unfortunately, Ben Grimm was permanently turned into an organic rock substance, becoming The Thing.
Never intending to become super-heroes, defending New York against a sub-terranean threat revealed their presence to the media, who gave them their code-names and dubbed them The Fantastic Four. Today, while known the public, the Fantastic Four and the Future Foundation are not household names. Their heroism is contained to the cosmic realm of space and multiple dimensions and their research is only known to a select few.
Advising the Justice League and the Avengers during their historic summit, they were among the dead in the Watchtower Incident.
Reed had disagreed with the Labs funding itself through private and government contracts, believing licensing patents to be the ideal economic model. As the years went on, contracting services became more and more important to S.T.A.R. and they initiated less of their own projects. After the government started storing its banned and dangerous technology in the Red Room in the Washington D.C. branch, Reed tendered his resignation and left S.T.A.R. for good.
Buying the old Baxter Building on the corner on the corner of 42nd and Madison in New York City, Reed refurbished the top-five floors to serve as the home of the Future Foundation. The Foundation would continue the aims of the original S.T.A.R. Labs - the unfettered pursuit of knowledge for the betterment of humanity. In this endevour his gathered genius geneticist Dr. Susan Storm and her engineer brother Johnny Storm.
The most infamous project of the Foundation was the Artemis Spaceplane. With an agreement with the United States Air Force to use their new XS-2 Spaceplane, Reed was planning on testing a new "hyperdrive" which would access a dimension known as the Negative Zone. Reed calculated that the Negative Zone was smaller in dimensions than regular space so that a ship could use it to travel vast distances. In order to pilot the plane, he called on his childhood friend, former astronaut, and renowned test pilot Commander Benjamin Grimm.
From the view of the government and the public, the test of the Artemis was an unmitigated disaster. The plane disappeared for less than five seconds and reemerged heavily damaged and venting atmosphere. Only due to the piloting skills of Ben Grimm was the plane able to ditch into the ocean.
With the loss of the Artemis, the XS-1 program was significantly delayed. Reed, however, had gotten valuable scientific knowledge, confirming that dimension travel was possible and the Negative Zone was real. Stranger still, the trip to the Negative Zone forever changed the occupants.
Susan Storm, also known as the Invisible Woman, gained the powers to become unseen and create forcefields. Johnny Storm, the second Human Torch, could surround himself in a cocoon of flame that allowed him to fly and fire blasts of fire. Called Mr. Fantastic, Reed Richards's molecular structure was changed so he could stretch and change his physical dimensions. Unfortunately, Ben Grimm was permanently turned into an organic rock substance, becoming The Thing.
Never intending to become super-heroes, defending New York against a sub-terranean threat revealed their presence to the media, who gave them their code-names and dubbed them The Fantastic Four. Today, while known the public, the Fantastic Four and the Future Foundation are not household names. Their heroism is contained to the cosmic realm of space and multiple dimensions and their research is only known to a select few.
Advising the Justice League and the Avengers during their historic summit, they were among the dead in the Watchtower Incident.
Wednesday, 10 July 2019
YJA Moment - The Shield (aka The Avengers)
Created by the Office of National Emergency, The Shield was intended to reinforce national superiority in the face of the United Nations' empowered Justice League. Though not official policy, members of the Shield have taken to using their nickname "The Avengers" in an official capacity, much to the chagrin of Directors Fury and Hill.
The Shield is divided up into the following teams:
Team Alpha was the public face of the Avengers, a team made up of the most powerful and public heroes. They would be involved in most of the most prominent operations as well as the largest public relations events. These included Steve Rogers, the original Captain America; King T'Challa of Wakanda, The Black Panther; Tony Stark, who secretly piloted the prototype military war-suit code-named Iron Man; Bruce Banner whose research into the Super Soldier Serum led him to become The Hulk; Thor Odinson, the Nordic god of thunder; Scarlet Witch, a former member of the Brotherhood of Mutants; The Vision, an advanced synthetic android. All of Team Alpha was killed in the Watchtower incident, replaced by Team Gamma.
The original Team Gamma was the former students of the Hammond Academy, promoted to being junior members of the Avengers. They were led by Mary Marvel, empowered by the Rock of Eternity; Adrasteia, the centaur warrior from Thermyscira; Loki, the Asgardian who took on his brother's mantle as god of thunder as well as deception; Melinoe, the Greek goddess of nightmares; After the Watchtower incident, Team Gamma became the new Team Alpha.
The new Team Gamma was established after the Incident and was made up of other students of Hammond High that were handpicked by the original Team Gamma members. It was composed of the newly-crowned Queen Shuri of Wakanda, the new Black Panther; Gwen Stacy, the Friendly Neighbourhood Ghost-Spider; The metahuman Kamala Khan who has become Ms. Marvel; Eli Bradley, the modern Patriot; Doreen Green, the unbeatable Squirrel Girl.
Team Epsilon was tasked in helping America's allies in Europe, who had lost the Heroes of Paris during the Watchtower incident. They were led by former Team Gamma members Mercury and She-Hulk, they were composed by former Rogues Commander Cold, Golden Glider, Pied Piper, and The Trickster.
After a host of metahumans were rescued from Trask Industries, the Xavier Institute asked O.N.E. to take care of individuals who technically did not possess the meta-gene. Mentored by Pepper Potts a.k.a. Rescue, this new Team Delta was composed of Panacea, an actual shape-shifted unicorn; Seraph, a genetically-engineered human with bio-organic wings; and Shrike, a female clone of Wolverine.
Formerly a Covert Action Team, Team Omega was incorporated into the Avengers chain of command as a less-public operations team. It was led by legendary Russian spy Natasha Romanov, code-named The Black Widow. Members of Omega were Scott Lang, the current incarnation of Ant-Man; Clint Baton, the uncannily-accurate archer known as Hawkeye; The Asgardian warrior known only as The Valkyrie; James Rhodes who wears the heavy combat version of the Iron-Man armor nicknamed The War-Machine; and Buchanan Barnes, who had formally been the HYRDA assassin known as The Winter Soldier. Along with Team Alpha, all members of Omega were lost in the Watchtower Incident.
The Shield is divided up into the following teams:
Team Alpha was the public face of the Avengers, a team made up of the most powerful and public heroes. They would be involved in most of the most prominent operations as well as the largest public relations events. These included Steve Rogers, the original Captain America; King T'Challa of Wakanda, The Black Panther; Tony Stark, who secretly piloted the prototype military war-suit code-named Iron Man; Bruce Banner whose research into the Super Soldier Serum led him to become The Hulk; Thor Odinson, the Nordic god of thunder; Scarlet Witch, a former member of the Brotherhood of Mutants; The Vision, an advanced synthetic android. All of Team Alpha was killed in the Watchtower incident, replaced by Team Gamma.
The original Team Gamma was the former students of the Hammond Academy, promoted to being junior members of the Avengers. They were led by Mary Marvel, empowered by the Rock of Eternity; Adrasteia, the centaur warrior from Thermyscira; Loki, the Asgardian who took on his brother's mantle as god of thunder as well as deception; Melinoe, the Greek goddess of nightmares; After the Watchtower incident, Team Gamma became the new Team Alpha.
The new Team Gamma was established after the Incident and was made up of other students of Hammond High that were handpicked by the original Team Gamma members. It was composed of the newly-crowned Queen Shuri of Wakanda, the new Black Panther; Gwen Stacy, the Friendly Neighbourhood Ghost-Spider; The metahuman Kamala Khan who has become Ms. Marvel; Eli Bradley, the modern Patriot; Doreen Green, the unbeatable Squirrel Girl.
Team Epsilon was tasked in helping America's allies in Europe, who had lost the Heroes of Paris during the Watchtower incident. They were led by former Team Gamma members Mercury and She-Hulk, they were composed by former Rogues Commander Cold, Golden Glider, Pied Piper, and The Trickster.
After a host of metahumans were rescued from Trask Industries, the Xavier Institute asked O.N.E. to take care of individuals who technically did not possess the meta-gene. Mentored by Pepper Potts a.k.a. Rescue, this new Team Delta was composed of Panacea, an actual shape-shifted unicorn; Seraph, a genetically-engineered human with bio-organic wings; and Shrike, a female clone of Wolverine.
Formerly a Covert Action Team, Team Omega was incorporated into the Avengers chain of command as a less-public operations team. It was led by legendary Russian spy Natasha Romanov, code-named The Black Widow. Members of Omega were Scott Lang, the current incarnation of Ant-Man; Clint Baton, the uncannily-accurate archer known as Hawkeye; The Asgardian warrior known only as The Valkyrie; James Rhodes who wears the heavy combat version of the Iron-Man armor nicknamed The War-Machine; and Buchanan Barnes, who had formally been the HYRDA assassin known as The Winter Soldier. Along with Team Alpha, all members of Omega were lost in the Watchtower Incident.
Monday, 8 July 2019
YJA Moment - Secret Heroism of the Silver Age
In 1950, with the loss of the Justice Society of America, public opinion had turned against costumed superheroes. Many teams broke up and dozens of solo heroes retired. Until the formation of the Justice League in 2003, the United States saw a marked decrease in super-hero activity. It would have been a mistake to assume that there were no heroes in operation.
The government attempted twice to replace the Society. The public group was known as the Watchmen. Founded by original Black Canary and Blue Beetle, they gathered operatives the Captain Atom, Peacemaker, The Question, and The Thunderbolt. They operated out of Washington D.C. and were intended to be an example of patriotic super-heroes until internal conflicts and external pressure forced them to disband.
Team One was intended to be a more covert means of dealing with super-villainy. Composed of Backlash, Battalion (Isaiah King), Saul Baxter, Captain America (William Burnside), Majestic, Spartan, Sarge Steel, Think Tank, and Zealot. Although much of their history and missions are still classified, they are known to have rooted out a Dire Wraith cell infiltrating the United States Air Force. Unfortunately Team One only lasted a couple of years before the program was ended.
Nazi Hunter Erik Lensherr would gather a strike team of metahumans to fight government attempts to forcibly recruit them into their Covert Action Teams. He would be joined in this effort by Victor Creed, James Howlett, Mystique, and Charles Xavier. Their crusade would be short but would lay the foundation for Lensherr's next project: The Brotherhood of Metahumans.
Not long after the disbanding of the JSA, aging 20s vigilante Crimson Avenger joined with Bulleteer, Frankenstein, Guardian, Master Magician Zatara, Mister Miracle, and The Shining Knight to form the Seven Soldiers of Victory. They operated as heroes in an openly hostile environment. Branded as lawless vigilantes, they eventually were forced to split up to avoid arrest.
In the 1970s, former side-kicks and the descendants of the Justice Society - Atom-Smasher, Fury, Silver Scarab, Skyman, Jade, The Huntress, and Obsidian joined together to form Infinity Inc. This team gained more success than most in the era, as the hatred of superheroes was waining and nostalgia for the Justice Society was on the rise. Infinity Inc. operated for several years before the members went their separate ways.
The Hero of Harlem, Luke Cage, launch a crusade against crime. Eventually, he was joined by Iron Fist, Jessica "Jewel" Jones, Colleen Wing, and Misty Knight to create Heroes for Hire. Working as part detective agency and part street-level hero team, the Heroes for Hire were technically a for-profit organization. This didn't stop them from doing plenty of "pro bono" work, fighting gangs and
In the 1980s the United Nations attempted to develop a multi-national team of metahumans to fight villains from rogue states. American heroes Blue Beetle (Ted Kord) and Booster Gold were joined by international heroes Fire, Godiva, Ice, The Olympian, and Rocket Red. Over the years the Guardians added more people to their line up including the August General in Iron, Black Canary (Dinah Lance), Sabra, and Sunfire. They would eventually be folded into the Justice League when it formed in 2003.
The government attempted twice to replace the Society. The public group was known as the Watchmen. Founded by original Black Canary and Blue Beetle, they gathered operatives the Captain Atom, Peacemaker, The Question, and The Thunderbolt. They operated out of Washington D.C. and were intended to be an example of patriotic super-heroes until internal conflicts and external pressure forced them to disband.
Team One was intended to be a more covert means of dealing with super-villainy. Composed of Backlash, Battalion (Isaiah King), Saul Baxter, Captain America (William Burnside), Majestic, Spartan, Sarge Steel, Think Tank, and Zealot. Although much of their history and missions are still classified, they are known to have rooted out a Dire Wraith cell infiltrating the United States Air Force. Unfortunately Team One only lasted a couple of years before the program was ended.
Nazi Hunter Erik Lensherr would gather a strike team of metahumans to fight government attempts to forcibly recruit them into their Covert Action Teams. He would be joined in this effort by Victor Creed, James Howlett, Mystique, and Charles Xavier. Their crusade would be short but would lay the foundation for Lensherr's next project: The Brotherhood of Metahumans.
Not long after the disbanding of the JSA, aging 20s vigilante Crimson Avenger joined with Bulleteer, Frankenstein, Guardian, Master Magician Zatara, Mister Miracle, and The Shining Knight to form the Seven Soldiers of Victory. They operated as heroes in an openly hostile environment. Branded as lawless vigilantes, they eventually were forced to split up to avoid arrest.
In the 1970s, former side-kicks and the descendants of the Justice Society - Atom-Smasher, Fury, Silver Scarab, Skyman, Jade, The Huntress, and Obsidian joined together to form Infinity Inc. This team gained more success than most in the era, as the hatred of superheroes was waining and nostalgia for the Justice Society was on the rise. Infinity Inc. operated for several years before the members went their separate ways.
The Hero of Harlem, Luke Cage, launch a crusade against crime. Eventually, he was joined by Iron Fist, Jessica "Jewel" Jones, Colleen Wing, and Misty Knight to create Heroes for Hire. Working as part detective agency and part street-level hero team, the Heroes for Hire were technically a for-profit organization. This didn't stop them from doing plenty of "pro bono" work, fighting gangs and
In the 1980s the United Nations attempted to develop a multi-national team of metahumans to fight villains from rogue states. American heroes Blue Beetle (Ted Kord) and Booster Gold were joined by international heroes Fire, Godiva, Ice, The Olympian, and Rocket Red. Over the years the Guardians added more people to their line up including the August General in Iron, Black Canary (Dinah Lance), Sabra, and Sunfire. They would eventually be folded into the Justice League when it formed in 2003.
Friday, 5 July 2019
YJA Moment - The many lives of Captain America
The story of Steve Rogers is well known to the people of the United States. The sickly Rogers wanted desperately to fight for his country. He was given the Super Soldier Serum, which enhanced his body to the peak of human capacity. Donning a red, white, and blue costume, Rogers became Captain America for over two decades.
Most of that is true. What the public didn't know until the 60s was that Steve Rogers had died in 1945. During a battle with the Red Skull, Captain America and his partner Bucky climbed aboard a nuclear-tipped missile destined for New York. The missile was destroyed but both Rogers and Barnes were presumed dead in the resultant explosion.
The United States Government was not ready. So it tapped another hero, Jeffery Mace in order to continue the legacy of Captain America. Mace had been inspired by Rogers during World War Two. Putting on a costume, he fought fifth columnist Nazi's in America as The Patriot, despite having no metahuman powers. Jeffery served as Captain America during the early fifties until he died in battle with old 40s villain The Fog.
Once again, the government kept the death of Mace from public knowledge. They tapped veteran William Burnside to take up the shield. However, they had not properly vetted Burnside, and were unaware of some of the troubling views he professed. Weapons plus was called on to enhance the new Captain America using the latest incarnation of their Super-Soldier Serum.
Without Vita-Rays, the Serum caused Burnside to become more and more violent, acting out his hateful views in public. After several murders in the inner city, William Burnside was arrested by the New York Police, still dressed in his Captain America uniform.
In order to prevent the media from sullying the name of Steve Rogers and the legacy of Captain America, the government was forced to reveal the death of Rogers and admit they had had impersonators pretending to be Captain America for the better part of a decade.
Decades later Steve Rogers was found alive in the Arctic, his body preserved in ice. Having been thawed out and undergone rigorous medical tests, Rogers returned to his role and was publicly announced as the returned of Captain America. Not surprisingly, some media found this resurrection questionable, especially with the past history of Mace and Burnside. It took years of work and at least one DNA test to prove that this Rogers was the original.
With Roger again being presumed dead in the Watchtower incident, the government has chosen to pass the mantle onto government operative John Walker. Unlike previous changes, this one is being made publicly without any pretense, revealing Walker's identity to the public.
What they are not telling the public is that Walker is actually Joseph Jones, aka The Brigade who led a short-lived Covert Action Team known as The Maximums during the early 2000s. He is currently tasked with leading the Thunderbolts a new national team that is also secretly sponsored by Task Force X.
Most of that is true. What the public didn't know until the 60s was that Steve Rogers had died in 1945. During a battle with the Red Skull, Captain America and his partner Bucky climbed aboard a nuclear-tipped missile destined for New York. The missile was destroyed but both Rogers and Barnes were presumed dead in the resultant explosion.
The United States Government was not ready. So it tapped another hero, Jeffery Mace in order to continue the legacy of Captain America. Mace had been inspired by Rogers during World War Two. Putting on a costume, he fought fifth columnist Nazi's in America as The Patriot, despite having no metahuman powers. Jeffery served as Captain America during the early fifties until he died in battle with old 40s villain The Fog.
Once again, the government kept the death of Mace from public knowledge. They tapped veteran William Burnside to take up the shield. However, they had not properly vetted Burnside, and were unaware of some of the troubling views he professed. Weapons plus was called on to enhance the new Captain America using the latest incarnation of their Super-Soldier Serum.
Without Vita-Rays, the Serum caused Burnside to become more and more violent, acting out his hateful views in public. After several murders in the inner city, William Burnside was arrested by the New York Police, still dressed in his Captain America uniform.
In order to prevent the media from sullying the name of Steve Rogers and the legacy of Captain America, the government was forced to reveal the death of Rogers and admit they had had impersonators pretending to be Captain America for the better part of a decade.
Decades later Steve Rogers was found alive in the Arctic, his body preserved in ice. Having been thawed out and undergone rigorous medical tests, Rogers returned to his role and was publicly announced as the returned of Captain America. Not surprisingly, some media found this resurrection questionable, especially with the past history of Mace and Burnside. It took years of work and at least one DNA test to prove that this Rogers was the original.
With Roger again being presumed dead in the Watchtower incident, the government has chosen to pass the mantle onto government operative John Walker. Unlike previous changes, this one is being made publicly without any pretense, revealing Walker's identity to the public.
What they are not telling the public is that Walker is actually Joseph Jones, aka The Brigade who led a short-lived Covert Action Team known as The Maximums during the early 2000s. He is currently tasked with leading the Thunderbolts a new national team that is also secretly sponsored by Task Force X.
Wednesday, 3 July 2019
A YJA Moment - Office of National Emergency
The Office of National Emergency was founded soon after the end of World War 2. While publicly United States government had labeled Communism as the greatest threat to the country, secretly it was super-powered individuals that had the power-players in Washington concerned. A rogue metahuman with radical ideologies could literally wipe out Congress and establish themselves as rule of America.
Helmed by war-hero Jack Fury, the O.N.E. was tasked with investigating the "Emergency" that was the metahuman threat. Given a blank check drawn from numerous black operations budgets, they were provided with personnel and equipment to make their mandate happen. They were not sanctioned for directions operations and as such co-ordinated their activities with various groups within the Law Enforcement and Intelligence communities.
Over the next few decades, subsequent Directors took the agency down a darker path. The O.N.E. started monitoring various agencies, confiscating any information about known-metahumans and their secret identities. Such information was compiled into the Metahuman Database, a giant repository of personal information.
Inspired by other Covert Action Teams and not content with the lack of field operatives, Director Ross formed The Sword. These group of exceptional normals and loyal metahumans conducted officially unsanctioned operations against metahuman threats. Numerous super-powered individuals mysteriously disappeared, winding up dead or imprisoned in unregistered prisons such as Belle Reve.
In the modern era, Nick Fury, son of Jack Fury rose to prominence. Since becoming Director of the O.N.E, the agency was put through a massive reorganization. As a long-standing agent, Fury had worked with many of the heroes which had existed prior to the emergence of the Justice League. He had developed a working relationship and friendships with heroes such as Spider-Man, Luke Cage, and even Daredevil. When he came head of the O.N.E. he was appalled at the agency directives and immediately to reform them.
One of the major changes was the scrapping of the Metahuman Database and the retasking of all resources focused on discovering secret identities. That information was then deleted from all agency databases, with an only copy uploaded to a secure drive code-named The Toolbox. The Toolbox could only be accessed by Director Fury and would be used for emergencies.
Secondly, in the aftermath of the Reach Invasion, Fury convinced his government handlers to allow the agency to go public and field their own super-team. The O.N.E. was the most knowledgable agency to handle such a task, but it was still a hard sell. In the end, Fury was allowed to create his super team, The Shield, as well as the "Hammond High" education and research center. However, he was forced to put shadowy individuals like Henry Gyrich into positions to serve as a check on Fury's power.
When UN General Secretary Lex Luthor halted all League operations after the scandal involving Batman in Sokovia, Fury gathered his international contemporaries and the greatest heroes of the world and met in the Watchtower to come up with a new global solution to heroism which bypassed United Nation mandates.
Sadly, Fury died with the rest of the gathered individuals in the attack that vaporized the Watchtower. The Directorship has passed on to Maria Hill, which has to contend with a world without its most powerful metahumans.
Helmed by war-hero Jack Fury, the O.N.E. was tasked with investigating the "Emergency" that was the metahuman threat. Given a blank check drawn from numerous black operations budgets, they were provided with personnel and equipment to make their mandate happen. They were not sanctioned for directions operations and as such co-ordinated their activities with various groups within the Law Enforcement and Intelligence communities.
Over the next few decades, subsequent Directors took the agency down a darker path. The O.N.E. started monitoring various agencies, confiscating any information about known-metahumans and their secret identities. Such information was compiled into the Metahuman Database, a giant repository of personal information.
Inspired by other Covert Action Teams and not content with the lack of field operatives, Director Ross formed The Sword. These group of exceptional normals and loyal metahumans conducted officially unsanctioned operations against metahuman threats. Numerous super-powered individuals mysteriously disappeared, winding up dead or imprisoned in unregistered prisons such as Belle Reve.
In the modern era, Nick Fury, son of Jack Fury rose to prominence. Since becoming Director of the O.N.E, the agency was put through a massive reorganization. As a long-standing agent, Fury had worked with many of the heroes which had existed prior to the emergence of the Justice League. He had developed a working relationship and friendships with heroes such as Spider-Man, Luke Cage, and even Daredevil. When he came head of the O.N.E. he was appalled at the agency directives and immediately to reform them.
One of the major changes was the scrapping of the Metahuman Database and the retasking of all resources focused on discovering secret identities. That information was then deleted from all agency databases, with an only copy uploaded to a secure drive code-named The Toolbox. The Toolbox could only be accessed by Director Fury and would be used for emergencies.
Secondly, in the aftermath of the Reach Invasion, Fury convinced his government handlers to allow the agency to go public and field their own super-team. The O.N.E. was the most knowledgable agency to handle such a task, but it was still a hard sell. In the end, Fury was allowed to create his super team, The Shield, as well as the "Hammond High" education and research center. However, he was forced to put shadowy individuals like Henry Gyrich into positions to serve as a check on Fury's power.
When UN General Secretary Lex Luthor halted all League operations after the scandal involving Batman in Sokovia, Fury gathered his international contemporaries and the greatest heroes of the world and met in the Watchtower to come up with a new global solution to heroism which bypassed United Nation mandates.
Sadly, Fury died with the rest of the gathered individuals in the attack that vaporized the Watchtower. The Directorship has passed on to Maria Hill, which has to contend with a world without its most powerful metahumans.
Monday, 1 July 2019
A YJA Moment - The Anti-Life Equation
From the powers of metahumans to the universe itself seems to draw from a deep well of mysterious energy. While it's been called many things, it is known to the Guardians of Oa as The Source of All Power, or simply The Source.
Where the Source comes from is a subject of much speculation. Krona, the renegade Guardian believed it was the unused energy left over from the Big Bang, while the Ancient One, Nabu, believed it was a gift from the Higher Power.
Whatever its origins, the Source itself exists far beyond the realms of existence. Much like a pebble dropped in a lake, its power radiates in various forms of energy throughout reality, known to the enlightened as emanations.
Each emanation from the Source produced a new form of energy. One created the godwave, elevating beings to become deities. Another was the source of magic, the Speed Force, etc. All drew their energy from the Source, but the Source itself remained unreachable and unknowable, kept behind a wall both physical and metaphysical.
Yet the same incident that created the source also caused a metaphysical rift, in reality, forming a strange power that existed but should-not-exist. So unnatural was this energy that it could not possess its own unique form, but instead mimicked the emanations of the Source. Thus, the non-Euclidian energy that created the Great Old Ones and Apokalips new gods, the strange darker Magics of Cthon, and the Negative-Speed Force were all sparked into existence.
Where the Source is the beginning of life and existence, the Counter Force hates existence. It is by its very nature...anti-life. Where the Source is about creation and vitality, the Counter Force seeks stagnation and apathy. A universe under Anti-Life would not die but exist in an endless moribund servitude to an unknowable power.
Yet much like the Source, this Anti-Life is also unknowable. It does seek to be discovered, however, and has left a trail of arcane bread-crumbs for the most fanatical seekers. This Anti-Life Equation will allow the individual to access the Counter Force and through it allow it to finally snuff out the dynamic Source forever.
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