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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Knightfall" data-source="post: 4517579" data-attributes="member: 2012">The Second ChronicleThe second chronicle begins in the year 1980. It is a time when the world becomes a much more violent place. Black ops become commonplace across the globe and technology advances at a rapid pace. The technology of this campaign's 1980 is roughly ten years ahead of the real world.(The World Wide Web goes online in 1981 instead of 1991. Dolly the sheep is cloned in 1987 instead of 1997. Things like that.)Important events such as Chernobyl, the end of apartheid in South Africa, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Gulf War, and the break-up of the Soviet Union all happen as the real world although these events might have different causes that could be public or well-hidden state secrets.True globalization begins with and new trade agreements such as NAFTA are formed. The European Union comes into existence.Powerful gangs and cartels begin to dominate the street economics across the world. At first, governments fight clandestine wars against drug dealers and terrorists. However, the battles soon become an open war on the vices and evils of the world. The super soldier projects that were started (and then abandoned) in the 40s and 50s start up again. These projects are renewed due to a perceived threat to the power of governments.That threat is known as Darkstar.At the beginning of the 1980s, rumors of a masked hero begins to circulate through the major cities of North America. Most believe the "hero" is a myth that is told to suspected snitches to scare them from squealing. "If you help the cops, the darkman will get you."That sort of thing.However, Darkstar is very real and he is not your typical hero. He is an antihero. Think Batman but darker and meaner. He makes bad guys disappear and even goes after dirty cops and politicians.Throughout the 80s he remains a clandestine figure who is never truly seen or heard. He has staggering energy-like powers and can seem to manipulate the fabric of reality. Bullets seem to pass through him. He is a source of fear amongst the criminal element. No one knows his age and many believe he is some sort of alien.The governments and many powerful corporations see him as a grave threat. They hunt him relentlessly. They force the super soldier concept forward to field new agents that can hopefully capture him. These agents often come close but can never quite catch him. Some even secretly help him.The 80s are dark time dominated by a dark antihero that protects the innocent and judges the guilty. Still, most of the world doesn't truly believe he exists.That all changes when the Gulf War breaks out in 1991. In this timeline, the Gulf War lasts four years. As the war progresses, super soldiers begin to fight on both sides, but secretly. The conflict gets out of hand and threatens to erupt globally.Then, Darkstar appears on the battlefield on the side of the UN coalition. He turns the tide of the war, which only lasts for another few months. After this, the world learns of his existence and the super soldier programs, which he exposes.Governments still fear him but a lot of the world begins to admire him and the super soldiers that fought alongside him. They are tired of hiding and wish to be heroes.The 90s and early 21st Century become a time of change in every way imaginable. Science progresses a breakneck pace and technology advances to the levels that we now enjoy in the real world. The super soldier programs are forced to end, but several of them go underground.Crazed, power-hungry supers begin to appear, selling their services to the highest bidder. The few sane heroes left in the world battle to protect the innocent from these madmen and their creators.Darkstar remains a clandestine figure who works behind the scenes to try and bring the governments and corporations of the world togther to prepare for an invasion that he insists is coming. He tries to inform the world about the threat of The Darkness, but the powers-that-be refuse to listen to him.Then, in the year 2099, an alien agent of The Darkness arrives on Earth. It is drawn to the Energy like a moth to a flame. It kills numerous supers, both good and bad. It insists that the world bow down to it and prepare for the coming of The Darkness.Darkstar leads a team of supers and normals to battle the alien. The battle does not go well. Very few of the heroes survive and Darkstar sacrifices himself to destroy the alien invader.The people of the world mourn his passing and those who died alongside him. However, many are glad that he is gone.As the clock clicks over to a new century, the world begins to tear it self apart.</blockquote>

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