Sequence: Justice Society

## Background

During the first World War, the US Military found themselves face-to-face with what would be the first genetically altered super soldiers, courtesy of whom the soldiers called "Doctor Poison." Though the presence of super soldiers did not stop the Allied Powers from acheiving victory, however, it did cause the United States government to consider that the next time they might find themselves in conflict with Germany, the super soldiers they possess would be even deadlier, possibly perfected. As such, the Country's top scientists were recruited in order to build a super soldier of their own, one who would be loyal to the United States.

One of the scientists was a woman by the name of Karen Starr, who believed the key lay in what others had referred to as "The Metagene," a theorized dormant gene with the potential to rewrite the human genome, allowing for superhuman abilities to manifest. Convinced she was on the right path, Karen conducted most of the tests on herself.

Things seemed to take a turn for the better, when a raid on Doctor Poison's lab was conducted. The raid resulted in the death of Doctor Poison herself, who was repeatedly shot in the chest, and the retrival of samples of her latest revision of her performance enhancing drug. With samples in hand, Karen's rate of experimentation increased drastically as she attempted to recreate and improve upon what she was given. Her experimentation upon herself only halted when she was informed of an unfortunate obstacle: she was pregnant.

Karen then died in childbirth as her daughter clawed out from her womb, having had her metagene unlocked by her mother's experimentations on herself. With this discovery, gears shifted and Karen's daughter was seized by the government as the centerpiece of their super soldier project.

## Events

### Project Galatea

Given the designation "Galatea", the child spent the formative years of their life growing in a sterile environment, where her personality could be deliberately built up. Further experiments determined that Karen's genetic tampering resulted in Galatea inheriting abnormal strength, speed, durability, and a regenerative adaptability. Her adaptability allowed for scientists to ladle in all sorts of powers and abilities into her body with little fear of it having a negative reaction. Her ability to hold multiple powers at a time caused Galatea to be dubbed "The Power Girl" around the facility. Unfortunately, due to the same ability that allowed her to handle multiple powers, very few of the powers implanted into her stuck around and the ones that did only did so after consistent injections and implementation.

By the time she was eight, the most optimal and stable build was selected and Galatea was permanently given superhuman strength, speed, durability, and reflexes, greatly surpassing the physical feats of the super soldiers seen in the last world war. For the next six years, she trained to be as effective as possible with her powers and skillset.

### World War II

When World War II began in 1939, Galatea was placed on standby and her training was accelerated. Though Ireland remained neutral, a resident metahuman by the name of Dinah Drake would be compelled by the horrors of the war to take action. Come the next year, Dinah donned a costume similar to what she wore when she performed on stage, Dinah made her way to towns caught in the crossfire and aided those in need, gaining her the name of the "Black Canary."

In December of 1941, Galatea was to be unveiled to the world as the United States' greatest weapon, However, marketing experts didn't find Galatea to have the mass appeal needed to drive support for the war, so when Galatea was unveiled, she was unveiled as "The USA's Power Girl."