Found Way back then, With the original Team of Noir Corbeau, Anubis, and of course The National Guardian!!! Organized by General Thomas C. Anderson to fight the good fight here at home. The first real Super Hero Team, founded in Liberty City
The Mysterious and Beautiful Miss-Fortune join the Home Front!! This new Darling will become one in our hearts.
Night of Naucht, a terrible night still mourned in our great city. where many a people died at the hands of a monster. But our city was saved, due to the Home Front, and the Sacrifice of the National Guardian!!
The first civil war was sparked by the contested 1948 election. It was brutal, short, and long-term solved nothing. It did have the arrival of a scared young woman from space.
Arrival of the young woman who would become known as Centurian. She helped reshape many things people thought about the world. She was a refugee from a lost world, and she said others would be following her. She showed amazing ability when, only hours after arriving, she helped the men who found her lead a charge capturing Rome.
On the Tenth Anniversary of the Terrible Day, then-Mayor Arthur Garvin dedicated the now-famous National Guardian Statue, with the only part of the fallen hero ever found entombed in it. This statue has become a point of pride and honor in our great city, for we know, that there will always be people to protect us and give the ultimate Sacrifice.
The second and most brutal of the three Italian Civil wars saw war across the Penisula. More Italian died during this war then during WW2
The Now famous White Cube is finally unveiled and open for business. Officially Designated "MRA Operational Head Quarters Liberty City" everyone calls it the Cube, or the Sugar Cube for its White cube-like appearance.
Just after the Cube, Secretary Zeidich is present to unveil his brainchild the "Defenders" a new group to inherit the Home front Mantel, including its public leader being called the National Guardian. To let the world know, you don't mess with Liberty City. Some suspect the shadowy leader of MRA is the real one pushing this team's creation.
Secretary of Defense Steven C. Smith, of Liberty City Deleware, unveils a new federal agency under the Department of Defense, the Strategic Weapons and Operational Research Defense, or S.W.O.R.D. to protect the City of Sol Rojos, with new federal law focusing the headquarters of the Military-Industrial Complex into that city.
After giving Nixon a highly unexpected run for his money in the primary winning delegates in the east, and getting Delaware to have its first Republican Primary to give himself more votes Popular home town local Defense Secretary Smith ran third party after his defeat as a member of the Liberty Union Party, a new political party he formed for his third party run. Many people in the right blaimed his refusal to accept defeat as why Nixon Was Defeated by Kennedy. While he only won a few states he was the most successful third party run up to that point. Many suspect corruption after he was appointed to head SWORD by the Kennedy Administration. Some Thought this would end him and his family political futures.
The Liberty Union Party in a strange turn of events manages to win the Mayor's race of Liberty city. That year after the failed push for president two years earlier the party made heavy pushes in Delaware and elsewhere, only getting traction in Delaware.
The third and so far final war in the Modern Italian Civil wars. Triggered by an assassination of the Northern Leader followed by a preemptive invasion by the South. However massive corruption in the southern military left it ill-prepared for the war and defeat soon followed.
After the massive defeat at the end of the 3rd Italian Civil War, the Southern Italian Naval command staged a coup overthrowing the elected government. The Coup was wildly popular with the people who celebrated the end of what was viewed as a failed experiment with Democracy.
Tragedy in Sol Rojos, as the Sun Warriors, a new branch of government-sponsored superheroes tied to MRA in the city of is killed. A massive explosion outside the city took out a Mountain! leaves the entire team dead.
Smith Returned to challenge Nixon calling him a "failed relic of a past that we must abandon" running as a strange hybrid of the republican Conservative and Liberal wings. While lasting longer than some foes such as Romney he was eventually crushed in the polls when he was attacked by Nixon Reagan and Rockefeller as a false Republican citing his founding of the LUP, accepting a position by Kennedy, and criticizing him for the Republican loss to Kennedy. Smith again the man who would not give up Ran as a Third-party Against Nixon and looked to possibly costing him the race but in the end, Nixon won by a very small margin.
The opening of the first prison in the United States that was designed exclusively to deal with Meta Prisoners.
a Devastating Attack was delt to the city when a man calling himself "Shadow" attacked and killed many at an event being held at the Cube. Further Death was stopped by the Current Defenders team of the day.
A day that will live in movie history, if it didn't really happen!! Something you wish was made up, but on this day cyborg zombies rose up and terrorized the town. Then suddenly stopped! All the credit goes to the Great Defenders of the Sixties. Remember to buy the Defenders vs Zombies video game out now!
a 60-foot tall snowman attacks Mayor Greg Garzy (LUP), but the Defenders are there to stop it! Strangely all the snow in the city disappears along with the snowman.
In order to stop another worldly Threat, the Sorceress, a member of the Defenders, Sacrifices herself. In her place, a Statue of her is discovered. A day of the morning is Declared.
England is outraged after a police chief with ties to Unionist forces was assassinated by what people are saying was a vigilante known as the "Bowman", of course, many are wondering if this has ties to the many masked heroes operating mostly out of New York City known as the Bowman? The American group has a history of violence against police but seems to have dropped as of late. Is this group international? or is someone just using the name? or does the group have ties to the IRA?
Funded by a large grant by outside donors a full memorial is built to the fallen Hero. many people turn out to see the new beautiful memorial unveiled.
Christmas eve party at the home of wealthy fashion mogul Marcus Marsai ended in tragedy. The party was attacked by the cult that kidnapped his daughter a year ago. Shocking reports say that his daughter may have been working with the cult as they butchered the partygoers.
Called the September Revolution, the Premier of the USSR is overthrown! new Premier is installed and USSR begins new policies including putting many metahumans in key positions of power. This changes the dynamic of the cold war and see's a huge support in Congress to expand MRA reach and power to counter what was seen as a new Red Meta Threat. European Crisis
Called the September Revolution, the Premier of the USSR is overthrown! new Premier is installed, and USSR begins new policies, including putting many metahumans in key positions of power. This changes the dynamic of the Cold War and sees a huge support in Congress to expand MRA reach and power to counter what was seen as a new Red Meta Threat.
Following three years of intense negotiations, which took a heightened urgency after the Crisis in the East that was the Meta-Human Coup in the USSR, the new treaty organization was born. A Merger of sorts of the three communities of Europe formed a more unified organization. This removes some barriers to legal and economic migration across Europe. Among other things was the creation of a unified Meta-Human Response force to counter the power of the American and Comintern organizations.
1972 Eurovision, a celebration of European Music, was won by a Greek Singer, singing in French for Luxemburg. The controversy was a Member of the Greek Junta backing the Super Hero Team known as "Scions of Olympus" competed and came in 3rd. The singer a Meta going by Appollo stocked controversy both on if Meta's should be allowed and his strong support for the Greek Junta government.
This time Smith declined to run, revoking his Republican Party Membership and calling Nixon a craven coward for establishing ties with communists. He ran again third party but lost. this time not even winning Deleware a first since he started running. The Deleware Golden boy had fallen. his party also faced a crushing defeat at the state level.
After a year of talks with the new government, of USSR treaty is signed limiting the use of metahumans in military actions. the Treaty Expires twenty years later without renewal.
The LUP on the brink of financial collapse was given a huge boost when the watergate scandal had reached its climax. Smith having been removed from office by Nixon (1970) came to the forefront of the national media attention. However, he would never run for national office again, being crushed for his own party's nomination in 1976.
In a startling turn, Michigan Senator Matthew Rislen won the Democratic nomination defeating Jimmy Carter by focusing on his ties to unions as well as business. He however Choose Carter as his Vice Presidential Candidate and was able to win a strong victory over the incumbent President. Also at this time, we saw a return to power by the LUP becoming the Governor of the Deleware ending the 4 years without any state-wide office for the party.
In response to global pressure the ruling council of the Republic of Italy, aka Sicily, announce the re-establishment of democracy. This how ever meant creation of a Legislative branch, where 1/3 of the seats would be appointed by the military and whose laws could be vetoed by the Military Tribunal. A Prime Minster would also come from the party ruling the legislative branch to be a democratic figure head.
LUP Member and son of party founder Steven Smith Jr. Is elected to US Senate as the Junior Senator from Delaware. On a campaign of expanded focus on the growth of government funding of Metahuman causes.
Students supporting the Iranian Revolution stormed the US embassy taking hostages, after failed negotiations, the President of the United States Rislen authorized a secret Meta human mission that rescued the hostages with no lose of life for any Hostages. This was seen as a massive Win and bolstered Flagging approval ratings.
Bolstered by the ending of the Iran hostage crises by deployment of a meta-human team. President Rislen was able to crush his Republican opposition. This despite showing a Republican victory likely a year earlier.
A brand new school was opened by the state-supported by MRA and other programs. To help raise a new generation of metahumans to be productive and great members of the nation.
In a closed Congressional hearing SHARD or Super-Villian to Hero Adjustment and Realignment Division is officially Authorized with Director Anderson being put in charge. some suspect this was the group that ended the Iran Hostage crisis before it really began.
A blimp in the sky, a Pirate ship in the bay, and a nuke underground. It was a day that will be remembered by all. thousands perished when the vile villain Nacht set off a massive explosion under the city in its heart. This event has had a massive impact on the world few expected when the tragedy happened.
The Terrorist Group, Mutant Liberation Army, launched a coordinated attack on the East coast of the United States. Using the powers of the mutant known as 'The Master' they mind-controlled the majority of the population and government. At the same time seeming unrelated the Super Villain 'Omnius' launched an attack on Texas. Thankfully the Defenders were able to defeat the MLA and Mexican Marines assisted the Texas national guard and US military forces in repelling the strange sea-born attack.
On this day a huge slate of new amendments was passed and added to the Constitution. This is the result of 8 years of negotiations and fights at all levels of government following the near-collapse of government after the MLA terrorist attacks. This radical change to government changed how elections worked, realigned power, changed executive and judicial branches, and more leading to an end of the upheaval that had been going on through out the nation.