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The multiverse is composed of infinite Earths, some so similar you can spend multiple lifetimes searching for any discernable differences and come up short. Others so radically different, they defy comprehension. Worlds brimming with life, empty ruined husks of planets. Paradises, utopias, hellholes, dystopias.
Numerous worlds long past the point of no return.
This world you find yourself on...is not one of those.
Earth 11080 is the official designation. A world thrown into chaos not from nuclear war, or an alien invasion, but rather the unintended consequences of the actions of one man.
Through his actions, he allowed a dangerous pathogen to be released. Survivor 118. Transmitted through water or air, its intended purpose was to give people the ability to survive in contaminated/irradiated environments as well as let them eat anything. It did much worse than that.
Months went by without any symptoms showing as the chemical spread through the water of New York City. Traveling masses allowed it to spread unknown to various countries on the planet. The first inclination that anything was even wrong came on television. Spider Man, in a brawl with Rhino, spread into a busy stadium. The fight ended with Spider Man eating Rhino on live television.
The Fantastic Four soon intervened, capturing Spider Man and bringing him back to the Baxter Building. There, they met with fellow scientists Hank Pym, T'Challa and Hank McCoy alongf with other professionals and attempted to figure out what had happened. They learned that he had been infected, his higher brain functions summarily shutting down and regressing to a primitive and predatorial human being who hungered for flesh.
Worse, the science team slowly began to realize it was not an isolated incident, as the virus had been around for quite some time. Reports of it came from all over New York, from New Jersey, along the coast of California. Reed Richards deemed it a global threat as the scientists worked around the clock.
They eventually learned the outbreak was caused by Survivor 118 and based on old police reports, that the Punisher had ambushed a mafia shipment of it and was responsible for the spread. They sent Wolverine out to retrieve him for them but before he could arrive, Hank McCoy and Ben Grimm succumbed to the infection. Ben released the captive Spider Man who then started devouring Hank Pym. The loss of both Hanks was a devastating blow to the science team.
The Baxter Building no longer deemed secure, Reed and T'Challa decided to move their efforts to a warehouse in New Jersey, where Reed had stored specialized equipment.
Ben Grimm went to the infected Hulk, hoping to merge their tribes together to butcher the scientists. An escort of heroes led the convoy out of the city that was growing more chaotic by the minute, culminating in a large confrontation on one of the bridges out of New York.
The brutal battle that ensued claimed many lives on both sides and cost Wolverine his left arm and one of his claws.
But it was more than just a fight against the Infected, it was a fight against time. Anyone could turn on a dime, allies of one moment becoming adversaries of the next. As the ranks of the Avengers and other superheroes slowly dwindled, the hope of victory seemed to be unattainable.
When the final Avenger left in New York finally passed on, that left Punisher as the only real threat to the tribal infected within the city. He continued his war as he always had.
Meanwhile, hope actually did survive. The science team, who had by this point relocated to a remote outpost in the snow of Alaska and continued their efforts. T'Challa believes the only course of action is to save enough people to start a new world. Reed believes that any cure would take years, maybe even longer to achieve. The infected were rewritten on a DNA level, meaning the only cure would be altering the DNA themselves to nullify that. A process that would be incredibly lengthy, especially to spread across the world.
The few superhumans left along the scientists are deemed too valuable to risk in outright battle. Quicksilver serves as a scout and retrieval agent, while the few that could resist the effects of the infectious plague reside as security. Those include those with healing factors such as Wolverine and X-23, who can feel the virus in their systems but can choose to ignore it if they exercise enough willpower and synthetic individuals like Vision and Machine Man who are outright immune to it.
And leaving this Earth behind to start life on a new one was considered but quickly thrown aside. If just one of them turned...the whole thing could start all over again.
Out of the question. So...
To both Reed's and T'challa's ends, this is where you come in. Recruited from a number of worlds and times courtesy of an invention of Reed's, they wish you to do both. To save lives and to assist in gathering any DNA samples for the science team across the ruined world.
The multiverse is composed of infinite Earths, some so similar you can spend multiple lifetimes searching for any discernable differences and come up short. Others so radically different, they defy comprehension. Worlds brimming with life, empty ruined husks of planets. Paradises, utopias, hellholes, dystopias.
Numerous worlds long past the point of no return.
This world you find yourself on...is not one of those.
Earth 11080 is the official designation. A world thrown into chaos not from nuclear war, or an alien invasion, but rather the unintended consequences of the actions of one man.
Through his actions, he allowed a dangerous pathogen to be released. Survivor 118. Transmitted through water or air, its intended purpose was to give people the ability to survive in contaminated/irradiated environments as well as let them eat anything. It did much worse than that.
Months went by without any symptoms showing as the chemical spread through the water of New York City. Traveling masses allowed it to spread unknown to various countries on the planet. The first inclination that anything was even wrong came on television. Spider Man, in a brawl with Rhino, spread into a busy stadium. The fight ended with Spider Man eating Rhino on live television.
The Fantastic Four soon intervened, capturing Spider Man and bringing him back to the Baxter Building. There, they met with fellow scientists Hank Pym, T'Challa and Hank McCoy alongf with other professionals and attempted to figure out what had happened. They learned that he had been infected, his higher brain functions summarily shutting down and regressing to a primitive and predatorial human being who hungered for flesh.
Worse, the science team slowly began to realize it was not an isolated incident, as the virus had been around for quite some time. Reports of it came from all over New York, from New Jersey, along the coast of California. Reed Richards deemed it a global threat as the scientists worked around the clock.
They eventually learned the outbreak was caused by Survivor 118 and based on old police reports, that the Punisher had ambushed a mafia shipment of it and was responsible for the spread. They sent Wolverine out to retrieve him for them but before he could arrive, Hank McCoy and Ben Grimm succumbed to the infection. Ben released the captive Spider Man who then started devouring Hank Pym. The loss of both Hanks was a devastating blow to the science team.
The Baxter Building no longer deemed secure, Reed and T'Challa decided to move their efforts to a warehouse in New Jersey, where Reed had stored specialized equipment.
Ben Grimm went to the infected Hulk, hoping to merge their tribes together to butcher the scientists. An escort of heroes led the convoy out of the city that was growing more chaotic by the minute, culminating in a large confrontation on one of the bridges out of New York.
The brutal battle that ensued claimed many lives on both sides and cost Wolverine his left arm and one of his claws.
But it was more than just a fight against the Infected, it was a fight against time. Anyone could turn on a dime, allies of one moment becoming adversaries of the next. As the ranks of the Avengers and other superheroes slowly dwindled, the hope of victory seemed to be unattainable.
When the final Avenger left in New York finally passed on, that left Punisher as the only real threat to the tribal infected within the city. He continued his war as he always had.
Meanwhile, hope actually did survive. The science team, who had by this point relocated to a remote outpost in the snow of Alaska and continued their efforts. T'Challa believes the only course of action is to save enough people to start a new world. Reed believes that any cure would take years, maybe even longer to achieve. The infected were rewritten on a DNA level, meaning the only cure would be altering the DNA themselves to nullify that. A process that would be incredibly lengthy, especially to spread across the world.
The few superhumans left along the scientists are deemed too valuable to risk in outright battle. Quicksilver serves as a scout and retrieval agent, while the few that could resist the effects of the infectious plague reside as security. Those include those with healing factors such as Wolverine and X-23, who can feel the virus in their systems but can choose to ignore it if they exercise enough willpower and synthetic individuals like Vision and Machine Man who are outright immune to it.
And leaving this Earth behind to start life on a new one was considered but quickly thrown aside. If just one of them turned...the whole thing could start all over again.
Out of the question. So...
To both Reed's and T'challa's ends, this is where you come in. Recruited from a number of worlds and times courtesy of an invention of Reed's, they wish you to do both. To save lives and to assist in gathering any DNA samples for the science team across the ruined world.
