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The power of Apocalypse has grown over the past five years. The defeate of "The Twelve" was the last significant heroic resistance effort in North America. New York City was reduced to a smoldering ruin when the remaining heroes crashed the Celestial ship in a last ditch effort to stem the tide. However, it was for naught as Apocalypse and his minions escaped unscathed.
The battle is now focused on the other side of the world, where consolidated European and Asian forces have succeeded in thwarting Apocalypse's advances. Still, defeat seems just a matter of time as Apocalypse controls the vast majority of super-powered humans and an arsenal of high-tech weaponry that has no peer in all of the world.
Still, there are those who would oppose the rule of your sovereign. Most of the rabble are quickly identified and either integrated or exterminated. But this morning there is a more serious plot afoot.
A holograph of Mr. Sinister, the chief scientist for Apocalypse, greets each of you. Before him is the nearly unrecognizable body of Moon Knight, the former First Prelate - second only to Lord Apocalypse! "It seems we have traitors in our midst. It is the will of Apocalypse that this threat is contained using whatever force you deem necessary. Those who serve will be rewarded. As for the rest of you ... the future is not as promising."
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