Crime Figures Prove Crusaders Pedigree

It was a question that tore through the British community when a rag tag group of vigilantes started calling themselves Crusaders twenty months ago. The media latched onto the violent, shadowy figures who seemed camera shy and asked questions of their commitment, power levels, and whether they had the right to call themselves Crusaders at all. That time is gone and has been gone for a long time but the statistics released yesterday by the Government confirmed what we have felt for the last year or so; Britain has never been in better hands!

Officially the national crime rate has fallen to an all time low, attributed to greater intelligence sharing between the powered community and the police, a 'triple presence' on the streets of Police, Runners/Thief Takers and Crusaders, and the greater commitment made by international policing agencies to collaborate in the aim of smashing terrorism and organised crime. Not only has the crime rate of Britain plummeted even further down than when the 'great' New Crusader teams that had heroes like Valiant, The Yob, Union Black, The Falcon, The Green Man, Stardust, Thunaer, Shatterproof, Captain Britain and Bound protected the streets but it has fallen all across Europe and Asia too.

Could this be 'The Runners' effect? Is it a triumph for the formalised forces of order throughout the world? Or could this be the effect a self empowered team of heroes can have on the psyche of the population? The New Crusaders had come to feel more and more 'establishment'over the years but that was broken with this hard edged group of chancers. Heroes who were made to fight for their victories against drug dealers and Nazis not Mad Villains and powerhouse cacklers from other dimensions!

Is it the tough, earthy, vulnerable grit of these current Crusaders that has captured the world by force and made it more just or did they come along at just the right time? Who knows how the battle against the far right would have gone if not for the Crusaders and the vast amount of arrests they made? If you are to look for the start of the flame that purged Europe of its most vile sociological infection then The Crusaders (backed by the Bowstreet Runners and their fallen leaders) are at the heart of it and the battle that freed Britain of its filthy ideology. That flame spread out across the continent, lit in London it raged across the land and lept the channel! Through France and Germany and beyond the flames of freedom and respect destroyed all the hiding places of the extremists and left them standing for the authorities to deal with.

This was started by The Crusaders.

Now Asia has smashed its drug labs, H.Y.D.R.A and the N.M.A have been all but destroyed and the Maggia battled as never before in Italy.

This was started by The Crusaders.

Its been two months since we have seen The Crusaders in full action, when they faced a group of powered mercenaries who attempted to steal the crown Jewels. The Blizzard and a host of power armoured raiders were no match for The Crusaders then and no one has been since evidently as Britain seems to be a no-go zone for American villains looking to make an easier score.

With these incredible achievements under their belts we can only say that The Crusaders may not be as powerful as the teams that came before them, but they have burnt far brighter!

By Simone Diamonde