<strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 24pt;">6 months after the vanishing of Wally West and the expulsion of the Reach from Earth...</span></strong><br/><br/>The cosmos are in turmoil. Vandal Savage's standing threat against any world that dare lay a hand on his home planet has cowed any hostile races into not only avoiding any plans of conquest, but paralyzed them with fear to even stand up to him and his War World, a weapon the size of a planet. Not only that, but Savage has made an arrangement with a similarly well-equipped despot from beyond the stars: Darkseid, overlord of the hell-like planet Apokolips, whose intentions for conquest and destruction go far beyond even what Savage has dared imagine. Naturally, such an arrangement comes with implicit risks that one or both parties will attempt to stab the other in the back (or in many cases, the front) and unbeknownst to Savage, Darkseid's plot to go over his head and conquer or obliterate Earth had been concocted ages ago.<br/><br/>One of the many Motherboxes that Darkseid had sent across the starways to other worlds so as to open a door to allow his armies to march on them with no warning had landed on Earth. For whatever reason it was never utilized, and became buried, lying undiscovered, succumbing to time and weathering and at one point, becoming inaccessible remotely by where it had come from. Until recently, when a group of archeologists uncovered this mysterious relic, what they classified as an OOPArt, or 'Out Of Place Artifact', was not at all what they were hoping it would be. Their inadvertent tampering with the device in an effort to clean it up and examine it regrettably activated it, and its long-dormant function, destabilized by centuries of wear and disuse, went entirely haywire. Rather than simply creating a time-dilation distortion to open a wormhole to its point of origin, it caused a massive rift in space-time itself.<br/><br/>Dimensions that were walled off from this one were having holes punched through them, allowing for passage in and out. The past and future were no longer separate entities to the present. And of course, Apokolips was staring down their latest target for conquest, ripe for the invading. At least, if they were at full force. The Green Lantern Corps in its entirety, as well as most of the Justice League that could operate well enough in space, were giving everything they had to contain the threat of Apokolips' and War World's impending campaign. Of course, just as Earth had its ground forces remaining behind to protect the home front, Apokolips had its own remnants. But with all the fighting contained off-world, these hostile beings were getting a bit bored, and if they could get some entertainment value, and a trophy to present to their glorious master when he returned, well, so much the better.<br/><br/>The boom tube connecting Apokolips to Earth, however, is unstable. Small in size at first, it is growing, but for the moment, Earth has a chance to muster its forces and prepare for the oncoming threat. The question is, can the chaos the other events have brought on be dealt with, or even made to aid them in this battle? Time will tell, for as they shall see, the future is more uncertain than ever before...<br/><br/>Please use the following format each time you post (you can alternate the image being on the left or right as you like):<br/><br/><br/><div class="codeheader">Code: <a class="codeoperation" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return smfSelectText(this);">[Select]</a></div><pre style="margin: 0; padding: 0;"><code class="bbc_code">[floatright][IMG padding=10 height=200]https://[/img][/floatright]<br/>[b]Name:[/b]<br/>[b]Date/Time:[/b]<br/>[b]Location:[/b]<br/>[b]Tagging:[/b]</code></pre>