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==Start of warfare== | ==Start of warfare== | ||
The quest for power was everywhere, with the mobs starting to really step on one another's toes. Bamboo was mainly centered in [[Fujitani Bay]], Braintrust in the [[City Center]] area, Tommy Gunn in the former Forgione territory and Joey Platypus working out of the | The quest for power was everywhere, with the mobs starting to really step on one another's toes. Bamboo was mainly centered in [[Fujitani Bay]], Braintrust in the [[City Center]] area, Tommy Gunn in the former Forgione territory and Joey Platypus working out of the [[Chesler|Sweatshop]]. Gunn's crew hitting one of Platypus' casinos set him off to call his friends from Chicago; [[Pyramid]]. | ||
Pyramid was the secret backer of Platypus and his top lieutenant [[The Deacon|Deke MacManus]] in Astro City. They decided to sent help in the form of [[Jitterjack]] the Divided Man, a superpowered killing machine. | Pyramid was the secret backer of Platypus and his top lieutenant [[The Deacon|Deke MacManus]] in Astro City. They decided to sent help in the form of [[Jitterjack]] the Divided Man, a superpowered killing machine. | ||
By January 1977, the war was in full swing, with all the powers going after one another. The rise of the darker vigilantes in Astro City helped the fighting roll right along. [[Hellhound]] had a vendetta against Braintrust and helped to wreck his network. The [[Jade Dragons]] were out to avenge their father's death. [[Energy Brown]] and [[Black Velvet]] had it out for the men responsible for turning them into the super-powered beings they were. | By January 1977, the war was in full swing, with all the powers going after one another. The rise of the darker vigilantes in Astro City helped the fighting roll right along. [[Hellhound]] had a vendetta against Braintrust and helped to wreck his network. The [[Jade Dragons]] were out to avenge their father's death. [[Energy Brown]] and [[Black Velvet]] had it out for the men responsible for turning them into the super-powered beings they were. | ||
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==Final Battle== | ==Final Battle== | ||
When Black Velvet was getting close to her "employer," who had contracted her to kill [[Dr. Lewis Oscar Croft]] in Milwaukee, the renowned criminal scientist who had a hand in her creation, as well as many other of the super powered vigilantes of the day, her "employer" decided it was time for a preventive strike. | When Black Velvet was getting close to her "employer," who had contracted her to kill [[Dr. Lewis Oscar Croft]] in Milwaukee, the renowned criminal scientist who had a hand in her creation, as well as many other of the super powered vigilantes of the day, her "employer" decided it was time for a preventive strike. | ||
When Jitterjack found her, it was revealed that it was MacManus was her "employer" and the one responsible for her transformation. After battling Jitterjack and appearing to defeat him, she was unaware of his dual hearts and he delivered a fatal blow to her, though he himself was badly injured and spilled her darkness power into the Astro City populace creating even more problems for the heroes and vigilantes, before the [[Silver Agent]] returned to help at this "Crisis Point". The Agent was able to relieve her pain and helped to end her life, which alleviated the city's madness. | When Jitterjack found her, it was revealed that it was MacManus who was her "employer" and the one responsible for her transformation. After battling Jitterjack and appearing to defeat him, she was unaware of his dual hearts and he delivered a fatal blow to her, though he himself was badly injured and spilled her darkness power into the Astro City populace creating even more problems for the heroes and vigilantes, before the [[Silver Agent]] returned to help at this "Crisis Point". The Agent was able to relieve her pain and helped to end her life, which alleviated the city's madness. | ||
The turmoil also gave MacManus the proper time to reveal himself as the true player in the igniter of the whole war and the one with the Pyramid connections. He killed Platypus and essentially had control over all of the cities organized crime syndicate. | The turmoil also gave MacManus the proper time to reveal himself as the true player in the igniter of the whole war and the one with the Pyramid connections. He killed Platypus and essentially had control over all of the cities organized crime syndicate. | ||