[center][h1][color=LightBlue][b]CAPTAIN AMERICA[/b][/color][/h1][color=7e6e75]24[color=LightBlue] ♦[/color] Stephanie Carter [color=LightBlue]♦[/color] Chaotic Good [img]http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj306/Carnage27/VyllaSharonCap_zpsv5fz4cea.png[/img] [sub][b]“I know who I am. I rescue the helpless. I raise up the hopeless. I don't measure people's lives... I save them.”[/b][/sub][/color][/center] [color=Lightblue][sub][ ߜ ] O R I G I N[/sub][/color][hr][indent][color=7e6e75][b]Project Reclamation [/b] World War II had been won by the Allies, HYDRA had been stopped by Captain America, and yet his allies were somber. The loss of the world’s first true superhero shocked the OSS, and many believed without his guidance in the new era of superpowers the world could once again fall into chaos. In response to this fear, the OSS got to work on Project Reclamation. The project, led by Nazi defector Arnim Zola, was designed to recreate Erskine’s supersoldier serum at any cost. Highly secretive and heavily funded, the team toiled endlessly on the genetic samples that had been taken from Rogers before his untimely passing. There was little hope that the project would garner a success, but the top brass thought it was worth the expense. The years passed, and Project Reclamation experienced failure after failure. Eventually the remnants of the OSS transformed into SHIELD, and Zola traveled with the project to the new hierarchy. By the time SHIELD was formed, Zola was the last one working on the project. He had an obsessive zeal to see it completed, and few understood why. Many chalked it up to an aging scientist yearning for one last discovery, but some feared he desired to create a supersoldier in secret for the reborn HYDRA. While he worked, he was kept under constant supervision, though few truly understood what he was doing. But Zola toiled endlessly, sure he would crack the code eventually. [b]A New Generation[/b] As the world rapidly started to move towards a new direction, an elderly Doctor Zola came to the SHIELD leaders and told them he had finally cracked the code. They would be able to produce another super soldier, though the means would be very different. Using the Captain’s genetic material, Zola had devised a way to impregnate a surrogate and ensure the majority of Rogers’s abilities were passed on. SHIELD, wary of the time it would take to activate such an asset, agreed as they saw no other choice. With the advent of the burgeoning mutant and metahuman populations, they knew they would need powered agents in the field to combat any possible threats. After a search, Sharon Carter, the great-niece of Rogers’ former flame Peggy, volunteered to carry and raise the child. After she was impregnated, Zola disappeared, which struck a deep fear into her heart. She worried about what kind of child she was now carrying, and whether or not it would end up being a weapon for HYDRA. Sharon was relieved when, on February 22, 1992, she gave birth to a beautiful, and completely normal, baby girl. She was named Stephanie, after her father, and the new family settled down in Keystone City, MS. There, Stephanie grew to be an outstanding young girl. Sharon was proud that the best attributes of her father seemed to shine through the girl. She was kind, brave, and ferociously defended the weak around her. While that was a good sign, as Steph’s powers began to materialize around puberty, Sharon had a hard time keeping her daughter’s lineage a secret. The girl was terrified she was a mutant, and that the people who attacked them would come for her. Sharon comforted the girl, and began teaching her how to control her strength, speed, and agility so that she could pass off for a normal human. Steph was sure she’d be able to reach adulthood as a normal person and live a normal life. She never got the chance. [b]Activation[/b] On her 20th birthday Stephanie Carter’s normal life came to an end. In the wake of SHIELD monitoring the growth in superhuman populations across the world, not to mention the appearance of the Superman, the decision was made to activate the asset they had in Stephanie. SHIELD believed they needed a SHIELD agent and former Howling Commando Nick Fury was sent to tell the girl of her true origin. Steph was initially furious with her mother for keeping her origin a secret, but the two reconciled when Stephanie saw all the good she could do in protecting the people of the world. Deciding to honor her father’s legacy and ideals, Stephanie agreed to train to become the new Captain America. Her and her mother left their home in Keystone to travel to Washington DC and SHIELD headquarters. There, Fury would teach her how to be a hero, as well as tell her what her father was really like. Fury treated her like the daughter he never had, and the two bonded quickly. He was amazed at how quickly their pupil learned thanks to her enhanced mental capabilities. Within a year, Stephanie was deemed ready to begin training with her father’s shield, the only thing that had ever been found from his supposed final resting place. [b]All-Star Squadron[/b] As her training progressed, Stephanie was introduced to two men who would make up her team. Veteran agent Brock Rumlow and fellow rookie Sam Wilson were introduced to her training, and the three began running exercises as a team. Before long they were running well enough that the powers that be decided it was time to test them out in the field. While Fury believed Stephanie needed more time to hone her instincts and leadership skills, SHIELD leadership was anxious to get her into the field. The squad’s first mission was to extract a defector from the notorious Red Room. The three of them extracted Natasha Romanoff, who became the fourth member of their team. They were then rounded out by the ninja known as Snake Eyes, a mute who hated HYDRA more than anyone. [b]Betrayal and Fugitives[/b] On a mission to Madripoor to stop the terrorist organization known as AIM from deploying a technologically born virus on the city. However, once the mission was completed as a success, Rumlow betrayed the team, revealing himself to be a HYDRA mole. He nearly killed the rest of the team, and let Stephanie know that he wasn’t the only mole in the operation. When the Squad returned to SHIELD headquarters, Cap warned the powers that be that they had been infiltrated by HYDRA. They, however, insisted that Rumlow was the only traitor. The enraged Captain America was then contacted by a hacker known only as “The Question”, who knew of HYDRA operations across the globe. Question told her he could help her bring down the organization, but she needed to leave SHIELD to do so. So Stephanie left, disobeying direct orders and becoming a fugitive from SHIELD. The organization sent the rest of the squad after her, but Stephanie was able to convince them that going rogue was the only way to be sure they were fighting with people they could trust. [b]Hunting HYDRA[/b] The team, on the run from SHIELD, began following the Question’s leads, uncovering a vast HYDRA plot. They came in conflict with the villainous Serpent Society, Snake Eyes’ archenemy Storm Shadow, and a fellow Red Room assassin known as The Baroness. While they seemed to make progress in weeding out HYDRA across the globe, they could not find or identify the organization’s leader, known only as “The Commander”. While they searched for the Commander, HYDRA’s chief scientist, the villain known as Destro, had changed the technological virus from AIM to be used against SHIELD. Using another SHIELD mole, the virus was released on one of the agency’s helicarriers. It took over the minds of the crew, forcing them into a kamikaze mission to destroy the united nations. After a daring rescue by the squad, SHIELD was forced to admit that there were more internal problems than they cared to admit, and Cap and her team were welcomed back with open arms. [b]Protege[/b] While Stephanie grew by leaps and bounds in her leadership skills during the Squad’s time as fugitives, she was still a relatively young hero compared to most of the superhuman community. Still, she was acclimating herself well, and Wildcat was sure her father would have been proud of her. The nation, and world, at large now knew about her after the Helicarrier Incident, and most were behind her as well. Some held the belief that her strictly patriotic visage was outdated in the modern world, but Cap insisted that she wanted to represent America as it should be, an inspiration to everyone and anyone. Little did she realize, she’d become not only an inspiration but a mentor to a young hero sooner rather than later. She was sent to protect SHIELD scientist Pat Dugan, the grandson of Dum Dum Dugan. Steph was joined by Starman, a legacy hero from the days of the JSA. HYDRA, clearly keen to gaining Dugan’s knowledge, sent the Serpent Society as well as a mysterious assassin, known only as The Winter Soldier, to deal with the heroes. A great fight erupted. In the end, Starman laid dead, felled by the Winter Soldier, and Dugan and his wife were abducted. Stephanie only survived thanks to the intervention of Dugan’s stepdaughter Courtney Whitmore, who took up Starman’s staff after he fell and helped Captain America fight off the attackers. With nowhere else to go, Courtney asked to join the Squadron. While Stephanie was apprehensive, she saw no other option for the girl. Whitmore took on the name Stargirl, and became Captain America’s protege. Like her father before her, Stephanie now had a teenage sidekick of her own. [b]Invasion[/b] The All-Star Squadron participated in the fight against the Kryptonian invasion, tasked with destroying one of the alien “World Engines”. Working together with the rest of Earth’s heroes, the planet is saved, but in the process paranoia begins to ripple through its populace. Stephanie and the Squad now struggle to show that they fight for good, while also hunting for the commander of HYDRA. On top of that, Stephanie mulls over an invitation to join Earth’s Mightiest Heroes... [/color][/indent] [color=LightBlue][sub][ ߜ ] A L L I E S[/sub][/color][hr][indent][color=7e6e75][b][u]All-Star Squadron[/u][/b] [u]Nick Fury[/u] The former Howling Commando, Fury is Carter’s mentor, trainer, and de facto father-figure. Granted unnaturally long life through the mysterious Infinity Formula, the world-weary Fury now advises Cap on her missions. He is one of the few left that knew her father personally. [u]Sam Wilson/The Falcon[/u] A fellow former agent of SHIELD, Sam Wilson was sent to bring Stephanie back after she stole her father’s shield and went rogue. The two, having trained together for nearly their entire adult lives, came to an understanding. Sam decided to join her quest. [u]Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow[/u] A former Russian assassin turned double agent, Romanoff is one of the world’s deadliest people. She was betrayed by fellow SHIELD agent and saboteur Brock Rumlow and left for dead, only to be saved by Stephanie and Falcon. [u]The Question[/u] A vigilante from Hub City and a noted conspiracy theorist, Question is the team’s wildcard. Question was the first ally Cap had after her escape from SHIELD. [u]Snake Eyes[/u] A mute ninja who has a blood feud with Storm Shadow. [u]Courtney Whitmore/Stargirl[/u] A teenage hero saved by the Squad after her mentor Starman was killed by HYDRA and her inventor stepfather and mother abducted. Courtney is now part of the Squad. [b][u]SHIELD[/u][/b] While Cap and her team were once fugitives from the defense agency, they now liaise with them in order to combat HYDRA at optimum efficiency. [b][u]Civilians[/u][/b] [u]Sharon Carter[/u] Stephanie’s mother and former SHIELD Agent 13.[/color][/indent] [color=Lightblue][sub][ ߜ ] E N E M I E S[/sub][/color][hr][indent][color=7e6e75][b][u]HYDRA[/u][/b] [u]The Commander[/u] The Commander is the enigmatic leader of the terrorist organization known as HYDRA. He constantly wears a helmet that obscures his identity. He leads the command in an effort to bring down the world’s governments through subterfuge and terrorism. [u]Brock Rumlow/Crossbones[/u] A former SHIELD agent and HYDRA infiltrator, Rumlow betrayed his teammates on a mission in Madripoor. Now one of Cobra’s main figures, his fighting prowess and history of leaving mass casualties in his wake makes him incredibly dangerous. [u]Baroness[/u] Like the Widow, Baroness is a former trainee of the infamous Red Room assassin factory. She is as deadly as she is beautiful. [u]Destro[/u] HYDRA’s chief scientist, and secretly the CEO of the Military Armaments Research Syndicate, a powerful weapons manufacturer. [u]The Serpent Society[/u] HYDRA’s elite death squad featuring a snake motif. [u]The Winter Soldier[/u] A new player in the field. HYDRA’s most deadly asset. [u]Storm Shadow[/u] The Commander’s personal bodyguard and sworn enemy of Snake Eyes. [b][u]Advanced Idea Mechanics[/u][/b] A terrorist organization bent on using technology to overthrow civilization [/color][/indent]