Tunguska particle

The **Tunguska particle** is the name given to the highly classified microscopic creator of superhumans. Massive amounts of the particle were spread throughout Earth's atmosphere upon the climax of the Tunguska event in which, on 30 June 1908, a large meteor carrying the particle exploded in what is the largest impact event in all of recorded history, though far more devastating impacts have occurred in prehistoric times. Despite its magnitude, the actual explosion is believed to have only killed three people.

## Usage

The Tunguska particle, while it may seem all-powerful, cannot affect everyone. Some people are completely immune to the effects of the particle, with others only receiving mild powers. Superhumans, while they are a fact of life, are not common. Large or constant exposure to the particle, such as the levels utilised in the Manhattan Project, would kill any normal human or superhuman, with very few people surviving the procedure; people like Fat Man and Little Boy are the exception, not the rule.

Due to their incomprehensible amounts of power, ultra-powerful superhumans are usually rendered unconscious or put on massive amounts of depressants to make them inattentive and unbothered when not in use.

The krerrods of Venus have utilised the Tunguska particle in a limited capacity. Using traces of the particle that managed to pass through space and to Earth's neighbour, a group of krerrods were experimented upon. These experiments led to the discovery that the Tunguska particle has a specific effect on the Venusian people in that it, in every single case, resulted in those affected being given the ability of shapeshifting. The krerrods who became shapeshifters have been trained to spy on Earth.

## History

In the years following the Tunguska event, superhumans began appearing across the globe, with the areas closest the point of impact being especially affected. Very few people investigated the site of the explosion due to its isolated location, but those who did would likely have died due to the high concentration of the particle. Almost a decade after the explosion, technology advanced far enough for the particle to be detected by scientists and, soon enough, its properties were revealed.

   The wartime use of superhumans was prohibited throughout all of World War I but, after Nazi Germany broke the laws established in the Hague Convention of 1914, it was agreed upon by the global superpowers of the time that, in order to level the playing field, superhumans had to be allowed into the military. This led to many of the world's nations putting heavy funding into any superhuman research centres, eventually culminating in the Manhattan Project's creation of what the public would come to know as the atom bomb.

Through a highly experimental and dangerous procedure, humans could be given extremely high doses of the Tunguska particle whilst surviving. This procedure granted its subjects highly destructive powers, dangerous to their enemies and themselves. While it was designed and used by the United States through the Manhattan Project, other global superpowers, such as the Soviet Union, also devised similar procedures to allow for the creation of similarly superpowered superhumans.

The Manhattan Project's success led to the creation of Fat Man and Little Boy, the two superhumans behind the destruction of the Japanese cities Nagasaki and Hiroshima.

All nations that managed to create or were granted access to these incredibly powerful superhumans agreed to keep the secret of their true nature, creating the cover-up story of atomic bombs.

## See also

* Hague Conventions
* Superhuman
* Tunguska event