The past is still happening
Every catastrophe has an earlier victim.
Trace the choices, betrayals, experiments, and bargains that set the present in motion. In the ASCU, history is not background. It is evidence.
Trace the first mistake
Trace the first mistake
Trace the choices, betrayals, experiments, and bargains that set the present in motion. In the ASCU, history is not background. It is evidence.~50,000 BCThe Astral War
The conflict between Astra Prime and the Dark Alliance fragments Nychrion and scatters deposits across the universe.
1574 · Altered Era beginsFirst Recorded Alteredhuman
Alastor Hodge is born with the latent Altered Gene Complex, beginning the first documented human AGC lineage and establishing the official boundary between the Pre-Altered Era and the Altered Era.
1960The GEB Is Founded
Dr. Julian Sable establishes the Genetic Enhancement Bureau and begins developing methods to activate and enhance the AGC.
Dawn of HeroesEagle Wing and Judd Metrology Rise
James Judd reorganizes his inherited family enterprise into modern Judd Metrology, expands its work into AGC measurement, and uses its advanced systems to protect Skyhaven as Eagle Wing.
Rise of VillainsNΞX Expands the GEB
Julian Sable weaponizes Neurolace control while the GEB intensifies AGC experimentation and abduction.
Project EraThe Paragon Program
Project Øpus targets abandoned children for genetic reformation, psychological conditioning, and neural integration.
Cosmic EscalationInex Invades Earth
The search for Earth's Nychrion deposits forces heroes across cities and power systems to unite as the Chosen Circle.