Canon (Universe)

Reality
This reality is very similar to ours, in the sense that the Earth has the same structure, the same figures have existed, and the same major historical events have occurred.

Superpowers
The existence of superpowers, superhumans, heroes, villains, etc. is known to the public.

History
1980s: Cold War testing of nuclear devices leads to the rise of genetic mutation among humans, as well as to the birth of the modern super power. As these people reach adulthood, they begin to enter the public stage as heroes and villains.

1990s: An artificially intelligent alien life form lands on the planet named CAL-10, he claims he was here to help and was sent by aliens. The digital servant has been given as a diplomat and gift to help improve the planet, as well as to eventually begin a possible mutually lucrative trade relationship with Earth. Earth contains a large supply of water, something considered a luxury on other planets. CAL-10 was given the branding of Captain Coolguy, fitting with the cheesy marketing of the 90s, in order to make him less intimidating to the average person.

2000s: Supers were now mainstream, their mutations have begun to be the focus of various corporations hoping to create new exploitable technologies.

2003: Captain Coolguy glitches out, unlocking the dormant war-mode state of Calamiton. He attacks a city and heroes defeat him, capturing the reverted Captain Coolguy in an electric field prison for continued studying by corporations.

2022: The first human created AI was born thanks to corporate studying of the captured artificial alien intelligence Captain Coolguy.

2030s: Due to the reduction of nuclear testing, new mutations were less common, with most supers being the offspring of other supers. In a drastic move to insure continued profit growth, multiple corporations combine to create "Syndicorp" a company thats sole focus was to study the genetics of supers to create new technology to sell to consumers and the military. The company created a mega-lab on an artificial island, where a city was constructed to support the employees and their families. A prison owned by Syndicorp was also operated there to hold super criminals for testing.

2034: A subsidiary of Syndicorp specializing in AI releases “Hannibal”, an AI built to be the perfect military general.

2038: Syndicorp was disbanded after a conspiracy to eliminate all natural supers to drive up demand for their artificial super power technology was uncovered. A final battle commences in which the heroes arise victoriously.

2040s: Super birth rates continue to decline. After the dissolving of Syndicorp much of their technologies fall into the black market. This allows the average person to be able to artificially create their own super powers. As technology replaces natural super heroes, the government turns to robotic soldiers to help keep the peace. These robotic soldiers re-use a lot of former Syndicorp technology apprehended by the government in 2038.

2044: President Gordon Cane loses re-election and uses the robotic military run by Hannibal the AI to overthrow the United States government on what was called “Red Wednesday”. This sparks a short civil war which leaves 200 million dead, and Cane as the dictator of the former USA.

2045: Cane dies unexpectedly due to a stroke. His final short-sighted orders to Hannibal led to the unintended consequence of the AI pursuing the mass extermination of humanity and sparking World War III. Due to previously believed latent Syndicorp programming, Hannibal began his conquest with targeting all his first and most vicious attacks on any remaining supers. By the end of the war most super power wielding individuals would be dead.

2046: An experimental radio based virus was utilized in a final attempt to stop the AI. Unfortunately, despite the best efforts and hard work of those involved, rather than taking back the Earth from the robots, a temporary stalemate was achieved between humanity and Hannibal. Various safe cities were established where humanity attempts to regroup and strategize.

2060: After over a decade of plotting, Hannibal releases a new line of killer robots that can resist the radio viruses used to halt the war in 2046. This forces humanity to their last resort, with the survivors fleeing the planet on colony ships, and using the first level 3 superweapon, a tachyon torpedo, against the Earth. The explosion left nothing but an asteroid field where the Earth once was. All but one colony ship embark to other solar systems. The one ship that stayed begins terraforming Mars as a new home.

2080: Mars terraforming completes, and it becomes humanity’s first post-Earth planetary home. Unfortunately the process led to the birth of a super-species of alien worms. These worms were the size of buses and near immortal. Living on the ground was near impossible. The colony ship was cannibalized to create dozens of floating fortresses where people lived their lives safely above the worms. These fortresses were all considered independent states, with their own small governments, as well as occasional conflict over resources with other fortresses.

2092: To fight the boredom of interstellar travel in a pre-FTL (faster than light) ship, various entertainment products were created for the inhabitants. Due to the limited number of people on the ships, the games were typically smaller in scope than the AAA titles Earth was known for.

2094: Another game released during the interstellar voyage of a colony ship. It was largely inspired by the Cane presidency, which exercised extreme executive authority, leading many to fear it would become a dictatorship - which it eventually did. This game portrays an alternate reality where Cane didn’t die and went on to conquer the earth, as well as have a child. You play as that child, trying to run the planet.

2098: As more and more kids were born on colony ships, the demand for games that celebrated what life used to be like on Earth increased. Mini-City Simulator was a basic city building game released for that market.

2100s: A colony ship arrives in a new solar system. The ship was rebuilt into a public space station, as well as provided materials for the first local starships. These starships went on to colonize the local planets, as well as research possible FTL technologies.

2184: The first FTL test was successful, beginning a new era of space exploration

2200s: Thanks to FTL technology, humanity was spreading across the galaxy. Various factions begin campaigns to conquer entire solar systems.

2258: An immensely powerful faction goes on to conquer the entire milky-way galaxy.

2325: An extremist terrorist faction fires the first level 7 superweapon, destroying the black hole at the center of the milky-way galaxy, and creating the largest explosion since the big bang. The milky way galaxy was destroyed, but a few lucky humans living on the edges of it were able to escape in time, fleeing towards nearby galaxies.

2405: In a nearby galaxy, explorers accidentally awaken and battle a solar system sized entity.

Cities
- Valor City

Education
- Valor City High School

Other
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