<div class="floatleft">(http://guy.com/a/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/3-Ironman_hologram.jpg)</div><hr/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>  Name:</strong> Tony Stark<br/>  <strong>Title:</strong> Iron Man<br/>  <strong>Location:</strong> Stark Tower War Room<br/>  <strong>Time:</strong> 6:43PM EST Thursday<br/>  <strong>Tags:</strong> <strong>Everyone in the War Room </strong></span></span><br/><br/><br/><hr/><br/><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: times new roman;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">     Thor made several good points - and Stark would be the last person to admit it or even show a hint of acknowledgment for how much sense they made. They were thoughts he should have had, but didn't. One of Tony's major weaknesses was focusing to hard on the wrong priority. He had a plan set in his head, and hadn't foreseen Loki returning so soon. So honestly, he hadn't thought much about Loki. Tony was actually worried about other threats - the very types of threats that Thor had just mentioned. His eyes narrowed as Thor spoke, not giving away any tell as to why they had though.<br/><br/>     Right after Thor had inquired about the other Avengers, Captain America strode in to greet the group; he seemed to be quite a bit more at ease than the rest of them. Even amidst his tension though, Stark managed to raise his hands palm up as Rodgers entered - as if to silently say: <em>Right on time, as planned.</em> He watched as Steve did his best to defuse the situation in the room - something the star-spangled 'luchadore' was all too adept at. In quick reply to his remark about turning the screens on early Stark said: <strong>"Just staying ahead of the game Cap'..."</strong> It almost seemed to have the slight insinuation that it wasn't Stark who was early - but perhaps Rodgers that was late... though Tony didn't have to say that for the rest of them to know that was at least <em>partially</em> why he bothered to give the remark a response at all.<br/><br/>     After Captain America's final question, Natasha then entered the room. Tony made the quick mental note to scold Jarvis for not having informed him of her presence at the Tower - but then, she always seemed to fly under the radar... even <em>his</em>, which was no small feat. Tony noticed her confident stride, as well as the look in her eyes as his own connected with the expensive necklace. Add to that the comment about his resources and he understood that she'd already begun to pay him back for 'borrowing' her authorization code to divert Betty's flight to New York - something Maria never would have allowed. He almost wondered how bad Maria had chewed her ass for it... but when he remembered that he had a sparring match with the Widow scheduled in the morning tomorrow (every Friday); he was confident he would find out exactly how bad Director Hill had reamed her. Heh... <em>'reamed'</em>, Tony chuckled at the choice of words his mind used before glancing back around the group.<br/><br/>     Stark was reluctant to begin his explanation before Banner was present... but the man had been helping him on the project anyways. He'd given Bruce a limited outline for the purpose of getting the man's help - but hadn't fully explained it. He figured that Banner had already begun to put several pieces together anyways, so he wouldn't be missing anything he couldn't figure out on his own when he entered the room. Especially when Stark revealed the main component of the master-plan - though everything was still in the concept stage.<br/><br/>     Clint would definitely need to be filled in when he arrived. Hawkeye always seemed to be the last to be a part of the group - and this time with no aid from Loki - he hoped. He used to absence of the other two Avengers for a comment of levity, <strong>"Well now that Steve has arrived we can get started - as I'll still be explaining the basics by the time the other two show up."</strong> Tony tossed a wry grin Rodger's way, hoping the man would take it lightly as - surprisingly - it wasn't said to ruffle his feathers.<br/><br/>     Stark's face got slightly more serious before he continued, his hands raising up his PDA over one of the screens on the back wall to change the LCD remotely. The new image that popped up on it was an aftermath shot of New York right after they'd defeated Loki and his Chitari forces. <strong>"That's why I... why <em>we</em>... need a space station."</strong> he said as he turned back to regard the group - emotions on their faces from freshly recalled memories of the fight and clean-up process. <strong>"I realized after that battle that we needed to avoid fighting on home soil - and I believe I have a way to facilitate that."</strong><br/><br/>     Tony continued on, turning back to the war room's center table. <strong>"Jarvis, bring up the station."</strong> Without any hesitation the holographic system rendered a 3D model of the space station, slightly split apart by it's different sections. <strong>"It's already finished, but it's not in space or assembled yet."</strong> Tony stated, giving them both the high and the low to it. "He could see the wheels in their head turning and trying to put together the pieces. <strong>"It's nearly worthless though without these..."</strong> He pushed the station hologram down into the table and then flicked his hand back up to pop out another projection - one that Jarvis predicted was next from Tony's words. <br/><br/>     Up popped a few independent holograms - they looked like different variations of Tony's Iron Man suit. They were different sizes, and their were four of them - none of them completely resembling any suit of Tony's they had yet seen. Their was also a fifth hologram - though it was only a helmet and not a full suit. Tony spun the images towards him and placed them in a line side-by-side. Once they were all next to each other, it was easy to see the different sizes and proportions of the four suits and fifth helmet clearly matched the silhouettes of the Avengers, minus Tony. The helmet was huge - obviously for the hulk. No man-made device would be capable of amplifying Banner's alter-ego, so the helmet was merely an extreme-duty oxygen supply.<br/><br/>     The largest of the four suits - Thor's - was also pretty minimal and was designed to compliment and fit with and around the ready-made armor that Thor always summoned. The other three - Captain's, Clint's, and Natasha's were considerably more like some of the armor's they'd seen Tony wear before - though obviously retrofitted with each Avenger's custom choice of weaponry. <strong>"They're still prototypes..."</strong><br/><br/>     Stark glanced around the room, figuring to get a mixture of looks from the other Avengers. Tony had plenty of experience zipping around earth in his metal shell - but the idea of each Avenger slapping on a metal suit and blasting around space (and other places) would no doubt be unsettling for the rest of them. There was still so much work to do before the suits could be finalized, and he really hoped the team wouldn't need to use them; but he was determined to have them ready just in case.<br/><br/>     He turned back to Jane - who had faded into the background after all the superheroes began arriving. <strong>"We're going to need to figure out how Loki is coming and going - even if all we get is a location."</strong> he said very directly to her. Without Jane cracking the code of Loki's portals... they would be sitting ducks here on earth - waiting to fight whatever threat the madman would bring - with the hope that they could win out somehow and not completely tarnish the planet in the process...<br/></span></span></div><br/><hr/><hr/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Just some conceptual photos to help everyone wrap their heads around it:</div><div class="spoiler_body"><div align="center">(http://cdn.ifanboy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/SecretAvengers_22_Preview2.jpg)<br/>(http://www.medinnus.com/AEMH/images/av_spacesuits.png)</div></div></div>