2000s/Ravager T'Challa

*"My son. I knew you would find your way home to us."
"I'm sorry it took me so long. Let me introduce you to the family I made along the way."*
―T'Chaka and T'Challa[src]
This is a timeline of events that occurred during the **2000s** in a reality where T'Challa was abducted by the Ravagers.

## 2002

### March

#### 11th

* T'Challa goes to Tarnax IV and robs the central bank, hurting Skrulls in the process. The Ravagers earn enough money from the job for Kraglin Obfonteri to get new teeth.

## 2005

### June

#### 17th

* T'Challa prevents Kylos from being invaded by the Kree, saving the lives of countless. Drax becomes happy that Ovette and Kamaria were saved.

## 2008

### September

#### 23rd

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* **Battle of Morag**:
	+ Star-Lord arrives on Morag in an attempt to steal the Orb. He successfully retrieves the Orb, but gets confronted by Korath the Pursuer and his Sakaaran soldiers. Korath recognizes T'Challa as the legendary outlaw.
	+ Korath bows for Star-Lord and shares his regrets that he has to take the Orb from him. Korath asks to join Star-Lord, but he turns the offer down. The pair fight, although Korath is hesitant to use a gun. Star-Lord disarms Korath, but feels bad about hitting Star-Lord, who gives him advice and tricks him into knocking himself out, but says that he feels bad about it.
	+ Star-Lord finds himself being fired on by the Sakaarans, and takes cover. He takes them down and leaves the temple, taking Korath with him.
	+ As T'Challa leaves the Temple Vault the Sakaarans surround him, but before anything can happen Yondu Udonta uses his Yaka Arrow to kill all of the Skaaran soldiers. Udonta asks who Korath is, and Star-Lord gives him the Orb. Udonta suggests selling the Orb, but Star-Lord insists on using it to stop Krylor from dying. They then leave the planet together as The Watcher watches.

#### 27th

* The Ravagers land in Contraxia, where Korath continues to fawn over T'Challa's adventures. Thanos joins as they make fun of his former plan to kill have the universe.
* File:4C5087B1-8013-4CCA-8EE9-A4D1835E6445.jpeg  Drax, who works as a bartender, recognizes T'Challa and insists on taking a picture together. Drax insists on taking another picture, when Nebula appears and greets him. Drax pulls T'Challa in for another picture.
* T'Challa talks to Nebula, who inspects the Orb and asks whether Thanos knows he got it. T'Challa attempts to encourage Nebula to talk to her father, but she refuses. Nebula asks if he wants to go back, but T'Challa says that Udonta attempted to return him to Wakanda, but it had been destroyed in a war. Nebula says that she has a job for him.
* T'Challa asks what the job is, and Nebula explains that it is a ruse, and that the Collector wants T'Challa. They form a plan together which includes Nebula pretending to betray the Ravagers.
* Nebula gathers the Ravagers for a briefing on the Embers of Genesis, ancient cosmic dust able to cultivate and transform entire ecosystems, with the power to heal dying planets in ounces. She explains that the only known batch of the material is located on Knowhere, where Taneleer Tivan had taken Thanos' place as the most ruthless warlord in the galaxy. Knowing Tivan is involved, Udonta backs out.
* T'Challa approaches Udonta, who insists that he is still Captain. They talk about their mission to steal from the rich and give to the pour. T'Challa says that it is time they take a big mission to truly help people.
* T'Challa and Udonta return to the briefing room, and being planning their heist, discussing where they would find the Embers. Thanos discusses the Black Order, Tivan's security, and Nebula suggests knocking on the front door instead of trying to get passed them.
* Nebula explains that they will sneak T'Challa in using a container which they will claim contains the Orb, and that Korath and Thanos will cause a distraction. Korath gets excited at being part of the plan. T'Challa explains that the Ravagers will fight, forcing the Black Order to react, and allowing him to search for the embers.
* Korath applauds T'Challa and refers to his plan as perfect, asking what could go wrong.

#### 28th

* **Theft of the Embers of Genesis**:
	+ The Ravagers fly to Knowhere.
	+ Nebula and Yondu Udonta are greeted by Carina, who brings them to Taneleer Tivan, with T'Challa in their container, which they claimed was the Orb. They bring the container past Proxima Midnight.
	+ Thanos punches Korath, who screams at him that he thought they would fake fighting. Thanos tells Korath to call him "Captain Genocide" again, which Korath does, causing Thanos to throw Korath. Ebony Maw sees the fight and orders security to report to their position.
	+ Midnight rushes to Maw, while T'Challa begins exploring the museum.
	+ File:White Rhinoceros Collectors Museum - What If...?.png  Carina presents Tivan to Udonta and Nebula, and Tina greets them. Udonta asks him to get to business, and Tina comments that the Ravagers are less fun. Nebula says that he brought was Tivan asked for.
	+ T'Challa looks through the museum, and asks himself why Tivan collects the things he does. Howard the Duck suggests that he is compensating for something, and T'Challa asks for directions to the Embers. Howard begins giving instructions, so T'Challa frees him to act as a tour guide.
	+ The Ravagers continuing fighting each other, as Proxima Midnight jumps to knock them all out. She recognizes that Ravagers signals a lockdown after realizing she fell for a diversion.
	+ The alarms go off as the doors close, and Tivan acknowledges the alarm, commenting that the Ravagers know how to bring fun.
	+ Howard stops at a bar and starts drinking, as T'Challa sees the gates closing. He leaves Howard behind and makes it under a closing gate. He comes across a hangar and finds his necklace reacting to the presence of a nearby Royal Talon Fighter.
	+ Venturing inside, T'Challa finds mannequins of Dora Milaje soldiers and a message from his father, pleading for his return. Nebula turns Udonta and T'Challa in to the Black Order, sending them to a cell with the other Ravagers.
	+ T'Challa confronts Udonta, enraged that Udonta lied about the fate of his homeland. Udonta insists that Earth has no place for a galactic explorer like his adoptive son, but T'Challa dismisses him, declaring he and the Ravagers were never family, shocking the rest of the Ravagers.
	+ Tivan summons T'Challa to be relegated for display, and apologizes for the drama with Nebula. T'Challa says that he is not worth collecting, and Tivan agrees. T'Challa says that people on Earth do not look kindly on people who imprison others, and Tivan simply says that he is bored, ordering Ebony Maw to dissect him.
	+ Nebula walks into the prison cell with the Ravagers, and Korath yells at her. However, Nebula shoots Corvus Glaive, revealing that Nebula's betrayal was part of their plan.
	+ As they navigate the Collector's Museum, Nebula explains that she did not know about the Wakandan ship, and that they could have gotten the Embers. Udonta says that T'Challa's plan was reckless, but Nebula reveals that they she had stolen the Embers. Meanwhile, as Carina is scolded by Maw, T'Challa uses his necklace to bust out of the Collector's cell. Maw uses his telekinesis to restrain T'Challa, but Carina kills him, having been inspired by T'Challa's words against incarceration.
	+ As Midnight alerts the facility to the Ravagers' escape, Tivan confronts T'Challa, using a gauntlet hacked off a Kronan corpse. The two fight, and reveals an arsenal of weapons. He dons a crown bestowing to him powers belonging to the Asgardian Goddess of Death as T'Challa evades his attacks.
	+ File:Thanos catches Proxima's spear.png  The Ravagers rush through Knowhere as they are fired on by security, led by Black Dwarf and Proxima Midnight. Midnight attacks Nebula, but Thanos stops her and tells Nebula to get to the ship. He confronts the security and easily takes down several Sakaaran guards. Dwarf begins fighting Thanos, who blocks his attacks.
	+ As the Ravagers rush toward their ship, Thanos begins punching Thanos, but Midnight stabs him with her spear, causing him to scream in pain. Nebula hears and looks at what is happening. Thanos begins to get overpowered by the Black Order, when Nebula returns to save her father and forces Dwarf to ingest some of the Embers, causing plants to start growing out of him. Thanos and Nebula use the sprouting stalks to safely return to the Ravager ship, and Nebula tells them to leave. Obfonteri asks what to do about Udonta and T'Challa, but Nebula says that they are doing fine.
	+ Tivan taunts T'Challa for being abandoned, but Udonta arrives and breaks Tivan's helmet and attacks him. Tivan breaks Udonta's arrow. Udonta gets punched by Tivan several times, while T'Challa prepares to attack. Tivan easily defeats the pair, and they make a plan to defeat Tivan. Udonta punches Tivan, who picks Udonta up and brutally beats him while Udonta steals Tivan's bracelet. Tivan prepares to use his bracelet, but Udonta reveals what he had done while T'Challa kicks him into one of his exhibits.
	+ File:5EF98CE2-3E7E-489A-915C-0B33374AA5AD.jpeg  Tivan threatens them, and they turn over the control to Carina, who releases every specimen from their imprisonment and leaves Tivan at their mercy.
	+ As foliage overtakes Knowhere, T'Challa and Udonta flee to the Royal Talon Fighter and escape the planet, along with Cosmo. T'Challa and Nebula agree to rendezvous. Udonta comments on Cosmo's presence, and T'Challa points out Udonta's soft spot for runaways. T'Challa forgives Udonta for lying, and Udonta encourages him to return to Wakanda and reunite with his biological family.

#### 29th

* The Ravagers arrive on Earth and head to Wakanda to meet T'Challa's biological family. The Ravagers enter the Citadel, where they are greeted by the Dora Milaje, T'Chaka, Ramonda, and Shuri. T'Chaka expresses his joy, and T'Challa introduces his father to the Ravagers.
* At a party to celebrate T'Challa's return, Thanos tells Okoye about his plan to erase half of all life, but Okoye says it sounds like genocide. Thanos attempts to explain that it is okay because it is random and efficient, embarrassing Nebula.
* Korath tells Shuri that T'Challa is his best friend.
* Kraglin Obfonteri tells W'Kabi about jump points.
* T'Chaka asks Yondu Udonta how T'Challa ended up on his spaceship, causing Udonta to become flustered. T'Challa says that Udonta found him when he was lost.
* **Ego's Expansion**:
	+ File:C6BB2753-E071-4F86-A037-3570FD2A0D45.jpeg   Meanwhile, in Missouri, a man named Peter Quill works at a Dairy Queen, when he is met by a mysterious visitor, Ego, who declares himself to be Quill's father.

#### 30th

* **Ego's Expansion**:
	+ T'Challa and the Ravagers appear to stop Ego, seeing him drain Peter Quill's energy as Ego expands. The Ravagers shoot at the bubble appearing around the Dairy Queen, while Ego tells Quill to relax. T'Challa suddenly breaks through the window, grabbing Quill and placing an explosive on Ego. As the explosive detonates, T'Challa sets Quill on the ground outside. Quill then notices The Watcher, who tells T'Challa that he has been chosen for a mission, and removes him from the universe.
	+ File:12c7e961bc9d94e68b56aaa6a32189b3.png  After joining the Guardians of the Multiverse, T'Challa is returned to the exact moment he left, continuing the battle against Ego. T'Challa helps Quill learn to fire a Quad Blaster and allows him to help fight his father.

## References

1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 1.30 1.31 1.32 1.33 1.34 1.35 1.36 1.37 1.38 1.39 1.40 *What If...?: 1.02: What If... T'Challa Became a Star-Lord?*
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 In *What If... T'Challa Became a Star-Lord?*, it is said that T'Challa convinced Thanos to join the Ravagers, and that the Ravagers participated in a bank heist and defeating the Kree. However, Thanos is still said to have abused Nebula. *Avengers: Infinity War: The Heroes' Journey* implies that Nebula was adopted by Thanos at around the same time as Gamora, who was adopted in the main timeline in 1995 (see 1990s references). These three events can therefore be approximated to have happened between 1995 and 2008, when the main events of *What If... T'Challa Became a Star-Lord?* are set (see other references). This would place the Thanos confrontation in 1998, the bank heist in 2002, and the Kree confrontation in 2005.
3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.23 3.24 3.25 3.26 3.27 3.28 3.29 3.30 3.31 3.32 3.33 3.34 3.35 3.36 3.37 3.38 3.39 In *What If... T'Challa Became a Star-Lord?*, T'Challa is shown getting kidnapped on the same date that Peter Quill was kidnapped in the *MCU* timeline, November 10, 1988 (see 1988/Ravager T'Challa references). T'Challa and the Ravagers are then shown going to Contraxia "TWENTY YEARS LATER," placing that scene on approximately September 27, 2008. T'Challa stealing the Orb appears to be a few days before this, and can be approximated to September 23, 2008.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 *What If...? 1.09: What If... The Watcher Broke His Oath?*