<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/81/Superheroine-2.jpg)</div>Name: Ace the Wonder-Girl<br/>Where: Stormwatch HQ Situation Room<br/>Milestones: --<br/>0 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 18 xp<br/>Assets: None | Complications: None | Resources: None<br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr/><br/>At this point in the story, dear reader, it would be prudent to discuss some of the finer details of the code of ethics and standards established in 1954 by the Comics Magazine Association of America, and enforced by the Comics Code Authority.  First drafted in response to widespread public concern over the gory, gruesome and often downright unwholesome content of popular horror comics of the time, as well as a few senate hearings on the matter, the Code was pushed into service as an industry alternative to government regulation, a means for comic book publishers and wholesalers to police themselves, rather than rely on intrusive government oversight.  Embraced in particular by publishers of superhero-based content, the Comics Code led to a grand renewal for the genre, due in large part to a set of strict rules that killed popular horror comics of the day off almost overnight.<br/><br/>The anti-horror articles of the Code are not what concern us today, however.  Instead, our focus must be drawn to one of many rules put in place to attempt to help combat the problem of rising juvenile delinquency that was such a blight upon society at the time.  Specifically, under General Standards--Part A:<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">(3) Policemen, judges, Government officials and respected institutions shall never be presented in such a way as to create disrespect for established authority.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>And it is important to draw attention to this rule in particular so that you, dear reader, may come to a similar realization to the one Ace came to upon the conclusion of Darclight's speech.  There had been a number of things over the course of the day that she had ignored, set aside for later, or outright avoided thinking about, but now she couldn't put it off any longer.  The full knowledge of just how<em>different</em>this world was from her home was finally sinking in.  She was in a world where the government of the United States of America wasn't completely trustworthy, where national representatives at the United Nations didn't come together to act for the benefit of all, but instead bickered and looked out for only their own national interests.  And as Darclight himself said, thousands died as a result...<br/><br/>Auxilia would probably be the first one to realize that Ace was no longer in her seat.  As for just where it was that she had slipped off to, at super-speed...  She had briefly considered going as far as the Moon, figuring that the view of Earth from the peaceful silence of the lunar surface would be ideal for helping her to sort things out, but then she had remembered that that would cut her off from communication with the rest of the team, which she definitely couldn't do in the current situation.  So instead, she simply made her way up to the roof of the building, and spent a good, long while looking up at the stars.