GOOD LUCK.

Good luck tonight players. Final session. No posts other than to let you know the final trailer will be played tonight and the session will start bang on 8. If all could be with us between 7 30 and 7 45 that would be great.

I hope you enjoy it.

BLOODY BATTLE IN LONDON CLAIMS LIVES

Leon Bastile/ The Messiah

Leon Bastile, the owner and C.E.O. of Messiah Corp, was seen in action on the streets of London today when he and other wanted men and Women including the now deceased Richard Aberline's Cabinet fought a running battle with members of La Resistance and ex MI13 agent Blade.

The busy streets of Central London were torn open when La Resistance member Legionnaire attacked a convoy of limousines, shocked Londoners watched as Leon Bastile, The Cabinet and Bastile's own hit squad exited the cars and tried to make a break for Black Friars underground station.

The battle lasted for several minutes as The Legionnaire  Le Haine, Deja Vou, Eurovision, Daniel The Dog, and Blade were backed by other heroes including some suggestions that the Crusader Sinner also turned up as the conflict intensified. The Cabinet, including Warwick; The Kingmaker and Hauge, fought the French team and left the scene with all members of the opposition down and most needing medical attention. Leon Bastile and his hit squad ran for Black Friars and fought a brutal conflict inside the tube station leaving over twenty by standers needing serious medical attention.

Le Haine

Eye witnesses say they watched Blade and Le Haine fight alone on the platform but were outnumbered, out powered and finally driven to the floor where The Messiah Corp owner seemed to use a power upon Blade that made him turn to dust. Le Haine is reported to have been tossed unconscious to the ground and then attacked by Wildchild, who killed the French Hero on the spot and painted a number two on the wall above his corpse.

The Messiah Corp renegades then made their escape down the tunnels just before Sinner arrived on the scene.

Official reports have confirmed the deaths of both Blade and Le Haine and also that of the Legionnaire who was beaten to death by Warwick in front of terrified onlookers on the streets above.

Lord Ferguson

'We are aware that this incident was both traumatic and violent and that heroes fell before a brutal enemy today,' said Lord Ferguson outside of the Hospital where the rest of La Resistance were taken.

'I can assure you we are doing everything in our power to get this false 'Messiah' in custody and I offer my condolences to the people of France on this day of great loss for them.'  

Blade, ex-MI13 operative.

HEROES RETURN

When the Avengers and X-Men went missing along with almost the entire roster of MI13's powered units there was a question as to how the world would cope without the mightiest of heroes, and the answer was? Very well indeed!

Messiah Corp brought the humanitarian fight to the world's powers and Sigur Karlson seemed to take a global stance on his suppression of powered criminal activity. Backed by The Crusaders being called in as a genuinely world class super response team the world seemed safe, and so many started to ask if The Avengers were really the heroes the world needed any more?

With the return of The Avengers and the X-Men the world seems a more dangerous place once again. Complicated inter-team issues, in fighting and an intense disenfranchisement felt by ex-members of both teams show these power house units to be dinosaurs, fighting over the right to lord it over the other powered individuals of planet Earth.

The X-Men have retreated back into the confines of Utopia and have been told they are not wanted to answer any questions the international community have concerning the recent Phoenix event. They will be left to lick their wounds and try to find their place on this new Earth. The Avengers on the other hand have been called to answer pressing concerns the United Nations has with the handling of their recent war with the X-Men, their inability to house and contain powered threats properly and their inability to respond to international threats with the same energy and commitment they show for United States incidents.

The British Government were keen to extend the hand of friendship to the ex-New Crusaders and MI13 operatives that returned on the same day The Avengers did, though in what capacity the powered individuals will be welcomed into a new agency is unknown.

 

MONK Pharmaceuticals Owner Murdered

David Monk, owner of Monk Pharmaceuticals, was discovered dead at his labs having been murdered brutally. The body was so badly torn up that police had to initially consider if he had been attacked by an animal.

The police have attributed the murder of the world famous company owner to the rogue killer 'Wildchild', who is still presently at large.

Monk Pharmaceuticals is currently being investigated in relation to the Messiah Corp conspiracy, though many have questioned a rumoured change in David Monk's Will, naming an unlikely recipient as his main successor at the company.

NEW YORK WEATHERS LOKI'S STORM!

The clean up operation in New York City was fully under way following the battle between Loki, backed by his army of Frost Giants and a group of heroes led by Thor and Sigur Karlson. Substantial structural damage was done to the buildings surrounding Central Park as well as the road system during the running battle waged between the hyper powerful giants and the Asguardian, damage well on its way to being fixed.

As the lightning flashed and the thunder rumbled in the streets The Crusaders made a tactical insertion into the Avengers Mansion; located in the heart of Central Park, and pulled off a stunning assault on the team of Initial Impressions guarding Loki's dimensional portal. Having downed the I.I unit The Crusaders then managed to reverse the gateway sending the Frost Giants back to the their dimensional home!

With the frost giants removed from the battle Loki was swiftly dispatched by the twin thunder gods. With him in custody and the Initial Impressions in chains The Crusaders were reportedly then able to breach the dimensional barriers that had been locked, leaving the Avengers and the X-Men stranded on a distant Earth.


 

CRUSADERS LEADER EXPOSED!

GAMMA

John Armitage

Evidence has been released onto the internet and verified by authorities clearing the owner of the security firm Black Flag of murdering his wife, but it also outed John Armitage as being The Crusader Gamma!

The government were quick to respond to the revelations insisting that they believed that the evidence clearing Armitage was genuine and requested that he be given time to grieve the loss of his wife. They also confirmed that all warrants for his arrest concerning the murder had been cancelled and that he was a free man.

Footage shows Armitage removing and getting into the costume of the man many believe runs The Crusaders and files documenting his movements place him in locations near to every action Gamma has been seen at.

It was also confirmed that Gamma/ John Armitage is an ex member of British special forces and is suffering from the latter stages of a lethal cancer, due in no small part to the radioactive burst of energy that struck him while he worked at the Cern Particle Accelerator four years ago as a security operative, and is presumably the source of his notoriously unpredictable powers.

UNITED NATIONS ISSUE ARREST FOR LEON BASTILE

The United Nations issued arrest warrants for Leon Bastile, Loki and over three hundred other Messiah Corp employees to all international and national intelligence agencies this morning. A U.N spokesman has insisted that all individuals on the officially wanted list are to be considered extremely dangerous and should be reported to the authorities if spotted.

'These men and women are wanted in connection with an attempt to seize control of the hole planet and it seems were very close to completing their goal. They must be hunted and brought to justice. No matter where they hide we will find them.'

So far over seventy of the individuals on the list have been spotted and are thought to be close to being captured.

CYBER WAR ENDS WITH CRUSADERS DEATH

The conflict that started with the release of the shocking revelations concerning Messiah Corp ended with the death of a Crusader according to experts in cyber warfare who spoke yesterday. DR Terrance Goodball, an expert in technological warfare claimed that the information was leaked throughout the world by one source who had it embedded in video's and email accounts. He also claimed that the following battle saw the deaths of not one but two technology powered individuals; Dr Demonicous and the Crusader Urban.

'It's clear to me that this information was dropped to out Messiah Corp and show them for their true colours, and yet there is another possible outcome as well,' stated Dr Goodball at a press conference in Silicon valley.
'We saw the footage and we knew that it was being actively suppressed. It became clear that there were two sides fighting to reveal/silence the incriminating evidence but what if this was a plan with two objectives? Sure someone wanted us to know about the danger posed by Messiah Corp, but what if they also wanted to remove these two control elements from some wider game?'

Dr Goodball went on to explain how the battle was played out on the internet, how both Dr Demonicous and Urban were operating from thousands of web addresses simultaneously.

'These two beings were doing battle across thousands of servers and sites, in a complicated battle that even I have no real way of expressing clearly. Sending and copying or deleting a blocking constantly, and off course this left them open to attack.

Another party released a very targeted virus that flooded through the web attaching itself to anything related to Messiah Corp. As the two cyber giants fought they were handling massive amounts of information and links pertaining to Messiah Corp and so were deleted as the virus washed past them.

The Virus was not designed to damage the Messiah Corp information and so we can conclude it was released by an individual that wanted to see the evidence out in the open but did not want anyone to be able to sensor it with any effectiveness.'

When pushed as to who he thought was the most likely culprit the Dr was quick to answer.

'For me there is only one probably candidate. Union Black. As to his motives? I have no idea. He is obviously incriminated in the files and footage so why he would want them out in the open is beyond me.'

Many other experts were unconvinced by Dr Goodball's comments, suggesting the virus release was a heavy handed attempt to destroy the information that failed.

CRUSADERS DESTROY THREAT FROM MANDARIN

The Mandarin; a named associate of the Messiah Corp crime syndicate, threatened five cities with destruction warning that if S.H.I.E.L.D did not vacate its far eastern bases he would use Messiah Corp orbital gun platforms to disintegrate Detroit, Paris, Rome, Rio and Munich.

It's understood that the United Nations contacted The Crusaders in the hope that they would be able to storm The Mandarin's palace in Beijing and defeat him before the eleven o clock deadline, something that they not only agreed to do but did in fact do.

Facing an army of ninja's known as The Hand, acting as The Mandarin's personal bodyguards, they attacked the palace in the forbidden city head on doing only minor damage to the courtyard and structure during their struggle. The Mandarin and another known associate of Messiah Corp were detained at the scene but the ninja's either fled or died as a result of a bizarre suicide device rigged into their death pyjamas.

Leaving the scene The Crusaders seemed in a great hurry. Noticeably, Gloop appeared to be in considerable pain as though he had been significantly injured.

The Mandarin's final act before Not Alice dethroned him was presumably to order the sixth and final gun platform to fire on the S.H.I.E.L.D Hellicarrier, which was located in the south china sea. Reports indicate that all hands went down with the vessel.


 

MESSIAH CORP LINKED TO WAR CRIMES

The internet has become awash with sections of documents and video clips seeming to implicate Messiah Corp in the recent troubles that included the 'dimensional war' that brought the downfall of MI13, the rise of the Hellfire Club, the organisation of the Nazi and fascist right throughout Europe and its attempts to destroy the 'Runners', then known as 'Fake capes' and the deaths of literally millions of people through the production of weapons. 

The first few documents started to appear on random websites including Youtube, news networks and chat rooms as well as on blogs. Twitter was hit by a source that dumped over forty still images of Messiah Corp C.E.O Leon Bastile engaging in various criminal activities as well as ex Crusader Union Black who is pictured shooting fellow Ex-Crusader Fury dead in a area of scorched earth.

So far Messiah Corp is yet to comment on the information dumps though inside sources claim they are being assaulted by a group of cynical world leaders and industrialists that are trying to discredit the humanitarian efforts of Messiah Corp as they fear they will become extinct in the coming 'New Dawn.'

More on this story as it unfolds, though it seems clear that an old adage is certainly true of this current time; There is no smoke without fire.

 

Sinner Spotted In North Africa

Sinner was seen in action for the first time in months when he became involved in an incident with known Somalian Pirates and people traffickers; The Red Sash.

The Red Sash have been operating off the coast of Somalia for several years but have not been caught by multiple task forces in the past, Sinner was seen to board a vessel at a port in Mogadishu and battle multiple pirates armed with machine guns and hand held weapons.

The Mogadishu Police were on the scene several hours later but only found several tied up criminals and a number of people who had been being held captive by the pirates, including one man believed to be wanted for international crimes against humanity; Claus Cuntz, a scientist who is known to have worked for the notorious criminal scientist Doctor Faust.

Sinner was not seen again in the area again but it does confirm that he is still active and obviously tracking crime, though is he still one of The Crusaders?

Sources Reveal Dt Inspector Fung Chi Tragedy

Hong Kong police have confirmed that several of Detective Inspector Fung Chi's family were killed in a series of intense fires in a small village where they were staying several weeks ago.

The Dt Inspector and member of The Crusaders is not thought to have taken any personal time and is hard at work cracking another global crime syndicate. The thoughts of the Crusaders Chronicle team go out to the brave hero, battling through a difficult period.

The Crusader has not been seen in public for several weeks now and many are questioning if this could be one too many blows that this team has suffered over the last three years since activating. Only time will tell if they still have the fire to continue after yet another tragedy to befall one of the members of the team.

Government Confirm MI13 Base Break-In

Finally bowing to pressure from the media Lord Ferguson confirmed today that the base that was until recently used by MI13 was indeed broken into and technology WAS stolen. Up until this morning the government were denying any activity concerning the base, which flew against press sources that caught wind of a breach in the bases considerable security.

'I have no choice but to confirm that it is true what the press is saying that MI13 property has been infiltrated and devices have been stolen. Of course we will be searching for whomever broke into the base and left fifteen of our military guards in various levels of physical discomfort,' stated Lord Ferguson at Westminister earlier today.

'I know that we are searching for a lone figure with martial arts training, we are also aware that an individual of this calibre could easily have killed those he or she encountered and so I am thankful that all of out men and women and injured but not dead.

Obviously the theft of any military of government equipment is 'bad news' but until we know why what was taken was taken we cannot really say if this is a serious threat to the people of this country of not. Rest assured we are doing everything we can to track the criminal, retake the devices and increase the security of the installation.'

PARIS CATACOMBS COME UNDER ATTACK BY TERRORISTS

The Paris Underground Catacombs were closed last week due to a terrorist threat that The Crusaders dealt with before the Paris Police could get involved. According to reports the British heroes engaged a group of unknown assailants in the tunnels under the city and managed to subdue them without causing damage to the buildings above.

The Catacombs themselves are said to have been slightly damaged during the incident but that the damage was minimal and not structural at all. Insepctor Franc Desade, of Paris Police, thanked the Crusaders for their swift action and care during the battle.

No arrests were officially made or villains handed over to the police and so the press and security agencies are presuming this battle was part of a wider investigation the Crusaders were engaging in.

United Nations Agrees Messiah Corp Platform Proposal

The United Nations have hammered out an agreement with Messiah Corp concerning the creation of four hundred heavily armed 'Gun Platforms' to be placed in orbit around the Earth to protect it from any further alien invasions.

Messiah Corp will produce the gun platforms, armed with highly powerful lasers, missiles and shields, and will see to the platforms placement in orbit and will then place the platforms in the control of the United Nations council. The platforms are expected to take several years to commission and get into place but until such time as they are in defensive positions Messiah Corp has agreed to place a series of 'wide orbit' defensive weapons that should be able to repel a small invasion from space.

Speaking at Messiah Corp head building in London Leon Bastile; C.E.O of Messiah Corp, had this to say on the break through.

'It has been far to long since the humans on this planet stepped forward and protected themselves. We have cowered behind heroes and Gods for too long. Now we take a step towards self governance and accountability! We will empower the people to not only bring this Earth into a new age of prosperity and enlightenment but we will give normal people the ability to defend themselves from the wider dangers in the universe.

This is a first step, a new dawn, the beginning of the Humanitarian era!'

Bastile has so far lived up to his word, his company delivering drugs, food and shelter to millions of poor and displaced people in Africa and has promised a rich and prosperous future for anyone that can utilise Messiah Corp 'free tech' to create a brighter future for themselves.

Time will tell if Messiah Corp is a blessing or an ambitious disappointment.