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[Lore] A Hstory of the Champions (repost)
canadascott
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Thought I'd revise and repost this, particularly as bits may relate to the current storyline.
There's a lot of talk in-game about the Champions "never actually having done anything". thought it might be useful to provide some context for the Champions team, who have they've faced, and what their major achivements are. So I went through sixth edition books (Champions Universe, Champions Villains 1-3, and Champions Beyond) and compiled a timeline. There may be more info in 5th edition books, but I wanted to keep it to canon sources approved by Cryptic. Events in CO are marked with an asterisk (*)
Champions (superteam) history:
1999
Defender debuts as a part-time superhero in New York.
2001
Defender moves to Millennium City and founds the Champions. Nighthawk and Sapphire join the team soon after.
In March, Ironclad crash lands on Earth, diverted into Lake St. Clare near Millennium City. He makes contact with the Champions, and joins the team.
The four Champions battle Takofanes on Halloween. The intervention of Witchcraft saves them, and Witchcraft joins the team.
The Champions join forces with other heroes to defeat Glacier, one of the monsters involved in the Battle of Detroit. He is sent to Stronghold.
2002
The Champions join forces with several independent heroes to defeat the plans of Mechanon in Millennium City. The Engineer is probably created shortly after this battle.
The Champions distract Isthvatha V'han's plans to conquer Earth by travelling to several dimensions under her control and fomenting dissent.
2003
Black Paladin attempts to resurrect his long lost love Chantel, but are defeated by the Champions and sent to Stronghold.
An extra dimensional energy blob attacks Millennium City, until lured home by a beacon created by the Champions and Dr. Silverback.
Interface uses the supervillains Mirage and Utility as part of an elaborate plan to defeat the Champions. Despite the intricate master plan, the heroes defeat the cybernetic villain and expose his ties to ARGENT. The company is nearly wiped out; it takes over five years for ARGENT to fully recover from the scandalous revelations.
2004
King Cobra attacks Millennium City with the Ophidian Plague, but are defeated in the nick of time by the Champions (Note: There is a contradiction here between CO and the PnP source, as Timothy Blank is still with VIPER as of the start of the game in 2009 and has not yet become King Cobra.)
The Champions vanish for an indeterminate period of time to fight alongside heroes from another dimension in "the Reality Storm". Other heroes pick up the slack. The Champions release the imprisoned cosmic entity Entropus, who sets things right and sends our heroes home.
Utility lures the Champions into an elaborate death trap and nearly defeats them.
The Champions join forces with Dr. Ka to prevent the supervillain Anubis from summoning Set in Vibora Bay.
The Champions prevent splinter factions of PSI from tearing the city -- and each other -- apart.
2005
Gravitar attacks Seattle. The Champions battle her, but Defender's agreement to take her on a date settles the conflict.
2006
Holocaust puts together a team of minor villains (Ankylosaur, the Basilisk, Esper, Fenris, Frag, Freakshow, Leviathan, Lodestone, Ogre, Riptide, Tesseract, and Thunderbolt II). Calling themselves "the Alliance", they try to take out the Champions, but are defeated.
After (undenownst to the rest of the Champions) Nighthawk fakes his own death in an elaborate scheme to expose a criminal, Defender and Nighthawk come to blows. Nighthawk leaves the team, replaced by Kinetik.
Slug's attempt to transform the population of Millennium City into Elder Worms is defeated by the Champions.
Cybermind figures out Defender's secret identity as James Harmon and launches a takeover of Harmon Industries. He suffers a major setback when he tries to control Defender's armor and the cybernetic feedback puts him in a coma.
2007
The Champions fight Shadow Destroyer and his Shadow Colossi in Canada (Note: In CO, it's arguable that neither Destroyer makes an appearance until the Qularr invasion of 2009, as "some say that Dr. Destroyer may have already returned" in the Milllennium City cutscene at least heavily implies that it's not yet a widely accepted fact. A good compromise might be that they fought Shadow Colossi, and Shadow Destroyer was secretly involved but remained undetected).
The Champions defeat Mechassassin and throw him in Stronghold,.
2008
The Champions prevent Mechanon from using a nanotech weapon from converting the entire population of Earth into a machine state.
2009
Mechanon tries to take over Silicon Valley, but is defeated by the Champions and the Freedom Patrol.
The Qularr, lured by Shadow Destroyer, take over Champions HQ. A plucky hero assists Defender in shutting down all the beacons and defeating Black Talon and the Qularr.
*Defender takes a mentorship role for many new heroes flooding into Millennium City in wake of the Qularr Invasion.
*Defender successfully tests his suit's ability to survive in molten lava.
2010?
*The Champions are killed by Valerian Scarlet during Therakiel's attempted takeover of Millennium City, but another hero uses Juryrig's time machine to undo their deaths.
2011
*The Champions assist a hero in rescuing five UNTIL soldiers from Luther Black's "Gateway Between Worlds", a bizarre safe zone between our world and the Qliphothic, and preventing the Kings of Edom from seizing avatars in order to manifest themselves on earth.
2012
*Nighthawk is framed by Franklin Stone, but Defender, convinced of his former teammate's innocence, directs a hero to investigate. Nighthawk is eventually cleared, and Stone captured and indicted. Defender tells the vindicated hero that he's welcome on the team, but his status remains murky.
*A new, more powerful generation of Mega-Destroids attacks Champions HQ, but are defeated. Nighthawk stands with the other Champions during the defense.
2013
*Ironclad is kidnapped by Tateklys and forced to fight superheroes in the Forum Malvanum.
*Space reserved for the plot of Fatal Err0r.
Other reported incidents (no date assigned):
The Champions encounter one of the Gods Celestial, a cosmic entity of enormous power.
The Champions form an auxiliary corp, consisting of Dr. Silverback, Nightwind, Ultratech, Blockhead, and Crusader.
The Champions rescue the FBI operative Tecknique from the supervillain Automaton, blowingup the villain in the process.
The Freedom Patrol asks permission to become the Champions' west coast team.
There's a lot of talk in-game about the Champions "never actually having done anything". thought it might be useful to provide some context for the Champions team, who have they've faced, and what their major achivements are. So I went through sixth edition books (Champions Universe, Champions Villains 1-3, and Champions Beyond) and compiled a timeline. There may be more info in 5th edition books, but I wanted to keep it to canon sources approved by Cryptic. Events in CO are marked with an asterisk (*)
Champions (superteam) history:
1999
Defender debuts as a part-time superhero in New York.
2001
Defender moves to Millennium City and founds the Champions. Nighthawk and Sapphire join the team soon after.
In March, Ironclad crash lands on Earth, diverted into Lake St. Clare near Millennium City. He makes contact with the Champions, and joins the team.
The four Champions battle Takofanes on Halloween. The intervention of Witchcraft saves them, and Witchcraft joins the team.
The Champions join forces with other heroes to defeat Glacier, one of the monsters involved in the Battle of Detroit. He is sent to Stronghold.
2002
The Champions join forces with several independent heroes to defeat the plans of Mechanon in Millennium City. The Engineer is probably created shortly after this battle.
The Champions distract Isthvatha V'han's plans to conquer Earth by travelling to several dimensions under her control and fomenting dissent.
2003
Black Paladin attempts to resurrect his long lost love Chantel, but are defeated by the Champions and sent to Stronghold.
An extra dimensional energy blob attacks Millennium City, until lured home by a beacon created by the Champions and Dr. Silverback.
Interface uses the supervillains Mirage and Utility as part of an elaborate plan to defeat the Champions. Despite the intricate master plan, the heroes defeat the cybernetic villain and expose his ties to ARGENT. The company is nearly wiped out; it takes over five years for ARGENT to fully recover from the scandalous revelations.
2004
King Cobra attacks Millennium City with the Ophidian Plague, but are defeated in the nick of time by the Champions (Note: There is a contradiction here between CO and the PnP source, as Timothy Blank is still with VIPER as of the start of the game in 2009 and has not yet become King Cobra.)
The Champions vanish for an indeterminate period of time to fight alongside heroes from another dimension in "the Reality Storm". Other heroes pick up the slack. The Champions release the imprisoned cosmic entity Entropus, who sets things right and sends our heroes home.
Utility lures the Champions into an elaborate death trap and nearly defeats them.
The Champions join forces with Dr. Ka to prevent the supervillain Anubis from summoning Set in Vibora Bay.
The Champions prevent splinter factions of PSI from tearing the city -- and each other -- apart.
2005
Gravitar attacks Seattle. The Champions battle her, but Defender's agreement to take her on a date settles the conflict.
2006
Holocaust puts together a team of minor villains (Ankylosaur, the Basilisk, Esper, Fenris, Frag, Freakshow, Leviathan, Lodestone, Ogre, Riptide, Tesseract, and Thunderbolt II). Calling themselves "the Alliance", they try to take out the Champions, but are defeated.
After (undenownst to the rest of the Champions) Nighthawk fakes his own death in an elaborate scheme to expose a criminal, Defender and Nighthawk come to blows. Nighthawk leaves the team, replaced by Kinetik.
Slug's attempt to transform the population of Millennium City into Elder Worms is defeated by the Champions.
Cybermind figures out Defender's secret identity as James Harmon and launches a takeover of Harmon Industries. He suffers a major setback when he tries to control Defender's armor and the cybernetic feedback puts him in a coma.
2007
The Champions fight Shadow Destroyer and his Shadow Colossi in Canada (Note: In CO, it's arguable that neither Destroyer makes an appearance until the Qularr invasion of 2009, as "some say that Dr. Destroyer may have already returned" in the Milllennium City cutscene at least heavily implies that it's not yet a widely accepted fact. A good compromise might be that they fought Shadow Colossi, and Shadow Destroyer was secretly involved but remained undetected).
The Champions defeat Mechassassin and throw him in Stronghold,.
2008
The Champions prevent Mechanon from using a nanotech weapon from converting the entire population of Earth into a machine state.
2009
Mechanon tries to take over Silicon Valley, but is defeated by the Champions and the Freedom Patrol.
The Qularr, lured by Shadow Destroyer, take over Champions HQ. A plucky hero assists Defender in shutting down all the beacons and defeating Black Talon and the Qularr.
*Defender takes a mentorship role for many new heroes flooding into Millennium City in wake of the Qularr Invasion.
*Defender successfully tests his suit's ability to survive in molten lava.
2010?
*The Champions are killed by Valerian Scarlet during Therakiel's attempted takeover of Millennium City, but another hero uses Juryrig's time machine to undo their deaths.
2011
*The Champions assist a hero in rescuing five UNTIL soldiers from Luther Black's "Gateway Between Worlds", a bizarre safe zone between our world and the Qliphothic, and preventing the Kings of Edom from seizing avatars in order to manifest themselves on earth.
2012
*Nighthawk is framed by Franklin Stone, but Defender, convinced of his former teammate's innocence, directs a hero to investigate. Nighthawk is eventually cleared, and Stone captured and indicted. Defender tells the vindicated hero that he's welcome on the team, but his status remains murky.
*A new, more powerful generation of Mega-Destroids attacks Champions HQ, but are defeated. Nighthawk stands with the other Champions during the defense.
2013
*Ironclad is kidnapped by Tateklys and forced to fight superheroes in the Forum Malvanum.
*Space reserved for the plot of Fatal Err0r.
Other reported incidents (no date assigned):
The Champions encounter one of the Gods Celestial, a cosmic entity of enormous power.
The Champions form an auxiliary corp, consisting of Dr. Silverback, Nightwind, Ultratech, Blockhead, and Crusader.
The Champions rescue the FBI operative Tecknique from the supervillain Automaton, blowingup the villain in the process.
The Freedom Patrol asks permission to become the Champions' west coast team.
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This is why I think Defender has earned his place as a great hero worthy of looking up too.
Seriously. He's dating Witchcraft now, and the rags all claim he used to go out with Sapphire too.
Are we truly worthy? :biggrin:
That's a definition of a true hero.
:biggrin:
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