The Kree Empire and many other governments had been invaded by the Annihilation Wave, an army of alien insects that had emerged from the Negative Zone. Although the Kree military had been successful in holding off the incursions in its earlier waves, the cost in personnel and materials were considerable. With a looming shortage in healthy combatants, the leader of the Kree, the bio-engineered Supreme Intelligence, mandated the formation of penal battalions.
From various penal colonies, penitentiaries, and prison-worlds, the Kree acquired individuals to serve as a force that some satirically called the Guardians of the Galaxy. Among those enlisted was Peter Quill the infamous Star-Lord, the Daughter of Thanos called Gamora, uplifted-mammal Rocket and his tree-like side-kick Groot, and mercenary Drax the Destroyer. Together with thousands of other recruits they faced the might of the Annihilation Wave. Only these five survived.
Quill gathered the survivors into a single group, keeping the name Guardians of the Galaxy in honor of the fallen. They would become a group of mercenaries, freedom fighters, and occasionally criminals, traveling around known space in pursuit of adventure. Their membership would swell with temporary members, such as Adam Warlock, Bug, Mantis, Moondragon, and even Mary Marvel, but the five founding-members were always consistent.
Recently while in their starship Milano, the group came across the floating body of Green Lantern Corp member Kyle Rayner. The Central Power Battery on Oa had been destroyed by the mad god Thanos, stranding thousands of Green Lanterns in space. Kyle's ring was only barely able to keep him alive when he was rescued but managed to inform the crew of the situation.
Taking the Milano to Earth, Quill sought out the Mary Marvel, the only other Guardian that he knew the current location of. They were unfortunately ambushed by Thanos and his Chitauri, disabling his spacecraft in the process. Their heavily damaged ship crash-landed in Malaysia, where they met the Mythic Avengers. The Guardians and Avengers then traveled to Oa with Ironheart in their new ship, the Space Robin.
After liberating the legendary starship Millennium Falcon, the Guardians of the Galaxy have pledged their support to the Mythic Avengers.
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