IC Recent Events

In the best part of a century since the discovery of the X-gene, mutants have struggled against human persecution, often ebbing and flowing with the fickle nature of public opinion. Some groups, on both sides of the divide, feel that the extinction of either homo sapiens or homo superior is the only way to guarentee the survival of the other, while the more compassionate among their numbers believe coexistence is possible. None claim their struggle will be an easy one.

Following the battle of Genosha and the sacrifiece of Jean Grey, anti-mutant feeling had declined, while many could still not accept mutants, those willing to publically decry them dwindled in number. The previously powerful Mutant-Registration movement seemed to be on its deathbed, and the possibility of coexistence seemed to be one within grasp. Tony Stark took this opportunity to proclaim support for the coexistence cause, which was seen at the time as a major blow to pro-human groups, previously using Stark as an example of a human who could stand equal, and against, the mutant threat. Doing so equally made him a target for radical pro-mutant groups, in regards to the threat he posed to their message of mutant superority and the lack of human care for mutantkind.

There were, however, both human and mutant groups that could not stand to see this occur, outspoken politicians became louder, and movements became more radical. It seemed both a hay day for mutants, but equally a precarious one indeed.

For once, it wasn't just the mutants the came under public criticism, after the costly battle of New York, the Avengers, and by extension, metahumans in general, began to earn the ire of the public. Particularly after metahumans such as Captain America were seen fighting side by side with the destructive monstrosity that was the Hulk, a being still fresh in the minds of many who had seen the damage such a creature could cause. The anti-metahuman rallies proved a low point, with metahumans nearing the level of caution and dislike previously reserved for mutants. While most remain loyal to their favoued heroes, those who do not find support among the influential members of society, those wealthy individuals with much to fear from a perceived moral crusade by the likes of the Avengers.

This changed with the Manchester Attack. Thousands died in a catastrophe caused by a yet unknown supervillain, although, the media was quick to lable it a probable mutant attack; fed by "unnamed government and military sources." Despite the fact that the X-men assisted in the aftermath, public feeling once again began to turn on the mutants, faster than any previous event had caused.

The UK and US Governments introduced Mutant Registration legislation. Nick Fury was dismissed citing a loss of confidence in Fury from the U.N. Security Council following the incident in Manchester, but insiders leaked it was more likely Fury's resistance to 'mutant countermeasures' being actively developed. At this point, Tony Stark began to make contact with the Xavier's Institute for Higher Learning, fearing the worst for the mutants.

Stark, in response to evidence that govermental agencies were already beginning to monitor his communications, sets up the Iron Network, using some of the latest Stark Industries technology to enable him to contact several key locations without fear of the NSA and the like. The Xavier Insitute is connected, as well as several locations key to the Avengers.

A week later a duplicate incident occurs in Kansas, and the US and UK Governments announced the Sentinel Program to combat dangerous mutants and ensure continued safety, as well the appointment of former NSA head General Stryker as the new S.H.I.E.L.D. Director. When Stark Industries threatened to sue the US after claiming their Sentinel technology is illegally similar to technology his own power suits are based on, and Captain America came out against the registration legislation, the Avengers were officially disbanded.

The Present:

Secretly former Director Fury believes he's uncovered a plot put into place by rogue elements of the NSA, he is detained by Sentinel Drones while investigating the plot, publicly, the US government declares Fury a traitor, his name being connected with, despite lack of proof, to the Kansas and Manchester incidents. In his absence, Tony Stark has called together what Avengers and X-Men he can reach. The suggested meeting place is across the sea in Cuba, the USA yet unwilling to violate sovereign airspace with the Sentinels

IC History Timeline

1928 - Max Eisenhardt (Magneto) is born.
1933 - Charles Xavier (Professor X) is born.
1939 - Max Eisenhardt's mutation manifests itself at the Warsaw Ghetto in Poland.
1943 - Captain America defeats the Red Skull and crashes suborbital bomber into the Arctic. Believed MIA, officially listed KIA.
1949 - Charles Xavier's mutation manifests itself.
1950 - The United Nations secretly established the Strategic Hazard Intervention Espionage Logistics Directorate, or simply S.H.I.E.L.D.
1964 - Max Eisenhardt and Charles Xavier develop early prototype of Cerebro at Cambridge University.
1976 - Stark Industries unveils the world's first Arc Reactor.
1999 - Charles Xavier establishes the Xavier Institute for Gifted Individuals.
2001 - The X-Men (Cyclops, Iceman, Beast, Angel, Jean Grey) defeat Magneto at Offutt Airbase, Nuclear Facility, in Nebraska.
2002 - First major Anti-Mutant rally held in Washington D.C.
2003 - Magneto leads violent regime change on the island nation of Genosha.
2004 - Bruce Banner is bombarded with Gamma Radiation and morphs into the Hulk for the first time.
2005 - Reed Richards, crewed by friends and family, secretly pilots a privately sponsored spaceship 'Aeon' into outer space.
2005 - Craft and crew of the Aeon 'rescued' covertly by S.H.I.E.L.D in Siberia. Released six months later due to 'exposure complications.'
2006 - First major Anti-Mutant rally held outside the U.S. outside of Parliament in London.
2008 - Tony Stark announces to the world, "I am Iron-Man."
2010 - Odin banishes Thor to Earth; Mjolnir lands in New Mexico.
2011 - Captain American 'awakens' in a secret S.H.I.E.L.D. Manhattan facility.
2012 - S.H.I.E.L.D. begins the Avengers Initiative despite the objections of China and Russia. The Avengers defeat Loki in New York City.
2012 - Pro-'Metahuman' rally in NYC, Washington, D.C. and London after the Avengers NYC incident.
2012 - A week after Pro-Metahuman rallies, Anti-Metahuman rallies follow in response.
2012 - Battle of Genosha occurs between Apocalypse led forces & Genoshan forces. X-Men reinforce Genosha forces, ensure victory.
2012 - Charles Xavier KIA during Battle of Genosha. Magneto believed KIA by all but S.H.I.E.L.D. and the X-Men.
2012 - Jean Grey gives her life to save the X-Men and defeat Apocalypse and Mr. Sinister directly following Battle of Genosha.
2013 - S.H.I.E.L.D. enlists Reed Richards to study 'Phoenix Force' phenomenon used by Jean Grey to defeat Apocalypse.
2013 - Peter Parker is bitten by a radioactive spider. Mysterious metahuman Spider-Man defeats lizard based metahuman in Brooklyn.
2013 - Following details of the Battle of Genosha, U.S. and U.K. governments debate Mutant Registration legislation.
2013 - In a bloodless coup, Victor von Doom named Latveria Premier. Battle of Latveria occurs between Fantastic Four and Doom.
2013 - Mass murder of over a hundred in Manchester, U.K., by a previously unknown 'supervillain' codenamed 'Nitro' by S.H.I.E.L.D.
2013 - Anti-Metahuman Rallies of record size take place in both Manchester and Kansas.
2013 - U.K. and U.S. governments formally introduce Mutant Registration legislation.
2014 - Jean Grey, resurrected, returns to the Xavier Institute for Gifted Individuals.
2014 - Repeat of Manchester incident occurs in Broken Arrow, Kansas.
2014 - Director Fury dismissed from S.H.I.E.L.D., followed soon after by announcement of Sentinel Initiative.

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Carol was born and raised in Boston by a middle class family. Carol always had a lifelong fascination with flying and becoming a pilot. She applied and was rejected from the Air Force Academy, but managed to get accepted in the US Naval Academy after graduating high school. Her dream to serve as a fighter pilot was discouraged by nearly all her instructors at the academy, each of them citing the long and grueling process that led to the cockpit. She ignored their advice and kept going down her path, no matter how difficult or hard. She graduated from the academy in the top five of her class with a commission as a junior officer and an assignment to flight school.

After going through intense physical and mental screenings, Carol passed through introductory and primary flight training with flying (*rimshot*) colors. She was then assigned to learn on tailhook aircraft, the fighter jets that serve aboard aircraft carriers. Finally after years of hard fighting and training, Lieutenant Carol Danvers emerged from training as a navy fighter pilot.

Carol served six years in various carrier air wings aboard different ships. Finally, Carol was promoted to Commander and given command of Carrier Air Wing Three aboard the USS Harry S Truman serving in the Pacific. One night, Carol was out on patrol duty in the middle of the ocean when a bright bolt of purple lightning struck her aircraft. The lightning caused the jet's left wing to catch on fire; the plane began to enter into a free fall above the ocean. The last thing Carol remembered seeing was a white light before she woke up back on the ship. The crew of the carrier informed her that they had founder her nearly twenty miles due west of where her jet had gone down, too far of a distance for her to have drifted given the currents at that time. Due to the crash and mysterious circumstances around it Carol was granted a six week leave in Australia when the ship docked.

Waiting for her in Australia were men from an organization known as SWORD. After an intense interrogation on what went down in her jet they attempted to place Carol in custody. Carol resisted and shrugged the men off. Her shrugging had the unintended consequence of throwing the two men ten feet in the air and into a far wall. Carol reacted in horror at what she had just done and ran. Her panic and confusion tripled when she began to take flight during her escape. Carol tore across the Australian outback at speeds topping Mach 3. The Royal Australian Air Force picked her up on their radar and dispatched a pair of fighters to take out the unknown flying object. Carol used her pilot training to out maneuver the scrambled fighters.

Over the outback she discovered the reason for her new and strange abilities. A tractor beam stopped Carol in mid-flight and transported her away in the blink of an eye. She found herself in a spaceship orbiting over the planet. The sole occupant of the ship was a humanoid alien named Mar-Vell. While Carol remained locked in stasis Mar-Vell informed her that he was the one responsible for her crash into the ocean, and that he abducted her aboard his ship. Mar-Vell was a scientist sent on a expeditionary mission to Earth by the Kree Empire. The Kree had taken notice of Earth after the Avengers repealed the Chitauri invasion. They moved to create an army that would be part Kree and part Human. Carol was the perfect mental and physical specimen for Mar-Vell needs, so he teleported her to his ship and spliced her genes with Kree DNA and extra genomes to grant her powers. Mar-Vell used the template of her DNA to begin cloning an army of super-powered Kree/Human hybrids. The army would protect the galaxy from its greatest threat... the planet Earth.

Angered, Carol broke free of her stasis lock and assaulted Mar-Vell. The Kree scientist gave as good as he got, trading blows with Carol across the massive ship. During the fight Carol was thrown into the lab. Inside were millions upon millions of cloned samples already growing in incubation tanks. Further enraged she broke through as many tanks as she could before Mar-Vell attacked back. Losing a fight she knew she couldn't win, Carol opted for another approach. She charged towards the outer hull of the ship and broke through into outer space. Once in space, she began to push the ship down into Earth's atmosphere. Both Carol and the ship caught fire during the descent into the atmosphere. While the ship disintegrated, Carol came through in one piece. She recovered from the free fall and came down off the coast of South Africa just in time to see the fiery space ship crash into the ocean. Waiting for her off the coast of South Africa was a naval armada and representatives from several security agencies, SHIELD and SWORD among them.

Carol was taken into custody by both agencies and she told them her story. SWORD attempted to place Carol in custody for further study, but Nick Fury intervened and offered a compromise. Carol would work for SWORD to assess and combat any extraterrestrial threat that didn't require the Avengers' presence. Carol would also work with SHIELD as a part-time Avengers member. For her heroic efforts Carol was awarded the Navy Cross and promoted to Captain. Carol chose the codename of Captain Marvel in order to honor her rank and not to forget that there were those out there in the stars that would use her and all of Earth as weapons.