[@Simple Unicycle] Don't worry, there is such a thing as "People learning from their mistakes" and i'm hoping the GMs will give me the opportunity to prove that. And while yes i was planning on using John, it was more going to be in the "Old soldier looking for redeption" capacity, but at the end of the day, the decision is up to Sep and Bruce if they want to trust me with him and if they see the aggregious incident from 4 years ago as too much to trust me and then, as always, i'll abide by the GM decision. Also, being that John is his own character with his own story and rogues gallery, if someone specifically says "Hey, i got a John Stewart focused story i want to do" i'm sure we can work something out.

[@Sep] As i said, i would never dream of forcing a threat upon anyone else, and that's going to be the endgame scenario for the story. It would be the old:

Minion: "My lord, the planet is ripe for the taking! Shall we begin the destruction?"
Warlord: "The rings, you fool, all forces to Coast City, we need to secure the rings! They are too powerful to risk dividing our forces. We must focus entirely upon their fortress until the rings are in my grasp. Then the rest of planet will be ours... And then... THE UNIVERSE!!!"
Minion: "My lord, the Communications Decoys are in place. They will not be able to call for help and the rest of the planet will have no idea we are here until it's too late."
Warlord: "Excellent, there will be no escape for them this time!"

For the most part it's going to be the Power Rangers style "Warlord sits on his ship sending a monster of the week to attack our plucky young adventurers"