MESSIAH CORP STORMS ONWARDS

Billionaire Philanthropist Leon Bastile

The most incredible overnight success story ever in business took another step towards legendary status when Messiah Corp announced that they would be making 75 percent of their patents free to use without any need for intellectual ownership laws to be abided by, thus bringing the next generation technology to the world today at an even faster pace.

Messiah Corp logged three hundred thousand patents just a month ago and has provided detailed plans for space craft propulsion designs and schematics to the general public over the internet as well as detailed maps of the Khyber Belt, inviting companies and citizens to go and make their fortune through space mining, something that is being thought of as the new 'gold rush!' At a press conference yesterday Messiah Corp Spokesman Gerry Antilies had this advice for the world;

'We at Messiah Corp believe that fortunes are there to be made by all, not just the already rich. This is the mission statement of Messiah Corp; the personal empowerment of every human being on this blue planet! We want you to seize the day, gather up all your adventurous feelings and head to the stars!

The schematics we have provided allow for cheap space travel to be a reality for all! Using the Magnasphere  you can get your pod up and into orbit and from there a group of well motivated individuals could be at the Khyber belt and gathering materials in a day! A big cargo pod is easy to construct and using the shielding and force field technologies that have also been provided re-entry and so sale of goods is an easy to accomplish task.'

Antilies went on to reveal that Messiah Corp have sent African governments promises of the first batches of the AIDS vaccine and also the bio engineered anti bodies that they claim can cure the disease with one simple tablet.

'It's clear to us at Messiah Corp that the west gains the use of the vaccines and technologies first because they have the money, this is logical but not ethical. We aim to roll out our answer to this terrible disease at its heart and then follow that roll out with world wide release of the new drugs being manufactured by Monk Inc, the Pharmaceutical giants.

Monk Pharms has been working with us to make sure that everything is checked and that the best results are achieved by this massive release of bio technological aid. We also have the proud privilege announcing that Monk Inc will be placing their operations in the heart of Africa, which will include all of their production factories! These factories will provide jobs, education and financial rocket fuel with which this long forgotten continent can rise from the ashes of tragedy and famine and become a global phenomenon!'

Messiah Corp have so far confirmed the employment of over fifteen million people but have claimed that they intend to increase that number to a staggering one hundred million by the end of their first two years in operation.

Sceptics are still waiting for the bubble to burst but its seems for the moment that Messiah Corp and it's benevolent owner Leon Bastile have all the right moves!  

CRUSADERS RETURN

MI13 Director Union Jack

Its been one week since The Crusaders came back into the public eye and so far the reaction has been mixed. Government officials have expressed their concern since the interim MI13 Director; Union Jack, has informed them that all of her powered staff are currently missing in action following an 'off world operation' and that she is being linked to operations conducted by the last Director of the agency; Former Union Jack Joseph Chapman who is under arrest and being held at the modified Maze prison awaiting trial.

The team have not been seen in action since their arrival at a military base in the Lake District and have so far released no statement as to what they have been doing for the last three weeks or what they know about the Avengers going missing, the investigations into MI13 and the missing MI13 operatives. Theories range about the teams movements from The Crusaders dealing with the potential threat from the Avengers and The X-Men to them taking the MI13 operatives off world and executing them for their actions in the dimensional war. Though no evidence supports any of the more extreme rumours surrounding the team.

The real question surrounding the team has to be; What next for The Crusaders? With the MI13 operatives missing and the agency almost certainly facing disbandment with possible charges still to be pressed on anyone who served under Chapman surely they must look to distance themselves from Union Jack and Aspect and if they do that where then does the blame stop?

Too many questions, few options and even fewer answers seem to have left The Crusaders on shaky ground indeed.

AVENGERS TAKE X-MEN FEUD OFF WORLD!

It's been a month since the Avengers and The X-Men took their bloody feud off world (presumably to an unpopulated area) and still there is no sign of their return. Many have expressed their concern from Earth's Mightiest Heroes and their bitter rivals these past months; The X-Men, but there is a growing movement who have recorded a significant decrease in superhuman combat in populated areas since their disappearance.

With-in the first week S.H.I.E.L.D moved to using the third generation Mandroid armour as response units in urban areas and were seeing extraordinary results due to small unit tactics and 'controlled response' to drive villains into unpopulated areas so they could be neutralised without damage to buildings or injury to by standers. To back them up the Norwegian Powerhouse Sigur Karlson has been attacking major super villain bases and has personally made thirty high level arrests in the last thirty days.

As the world starts to adjust to a world without The Avengers and an ever dwindling mutant population it seems there really is no need to panic. The authorities have contingency plans that are not only more effective than the stereotypical hero model of 'Hit Hard, Hit Harder, Hit Hardest' but safe guard the lives and the investments of the average person far better.

Reed Richards is currently working on ways to find and return the heroes to this world, but it seems there are voices now asking a very important question; Do we really want or need them back?