Peter Quill (Mega-Earth)

## History

Peter Jason Quill was born in Colorado. Peter Quill was born as a result of the affair between the beautiful Earth woman Meredith Quill and the Spartoi Emperor (at the time) J'son. J'son left Earth soon after Peter was born, in order to continue his intergalactic war, leaving Meredith on Earth in order to keep her from danger. Nine months later, during an unusual astronomical phenomenon when many of the planets aligned, Peter was born. As a child Peter usually had to care for himself, going to the store, cooking meals, and doing chores around the house. His mother had become continuously drunk, too often in a slur to care for Peter. Eventually Peter had to start caring for both his mom and he. One day he was on a walk with his mom when a spaceship landed. Peter ran to take a closer look, and the aliens pulled a gun on him. In an attempt to save his life, Meredith leapt in front of her son, sparing him the bolt and dying with the act. From that day, Peter grew bitter and swore vengeance on the extra-terrestrials that killed his mom.

## Space Flight Program

In his late 20s, Peter joined a space flight program in 1983. Their mission--to explore the outer reaches of space. The program, titled Star God, held a contest in order to choose a pilot for the big project. It boiled down to Peter and a man named Ace Harrelson. In the end, the program chose Harrelson, because they deemed Peter "rash and rude". Peter, in his jealousy, knocked Ace unconscious and donned the space suit. The guards tried to stop him, but he killed them and took off in the ship. He was determined to reach the stars if he ever wanted to avenge his mother. In his flight he crashed on a desolate world, where a wised alien old man bestowed him with two Element guns. He gave him a title and helmet, and Peter became--Star-Lord!

## Early Missions

Throughout the years Peter gained notoriety as a space-cop, when, eventually he realized that it wasn't the life for him (see Star-Lord: Space Cop page for more on that). He decided to become an outlaw, and donned a new suit as well. For a short time, he joined the Ravagers Group B85, lead by Yondu Udontu. Yondu left for a few years, and Peter took up the role of Captain in his absence. Eventually Yondu returned right when the rest of the Ravagers voted to banish Quill from the group. With a heavy heart, Yondu banished Peter from the Ravagers. Peter found his true calling when he met an adopted daughter of Thanos named Gamora, whom Quill fell in love with. Together he and Gamora took down a beast known as the Cosmic Basilisk, a Snake who's scales looked like woven stars. He and Gamora formed a partnership and went on a few missions together. But it lead to their fateful meeting with the Ravagers. The group had taken Groot, a talking tree, and Rocket, a talking raccoon hostage. Gamora and Quill broke them out. The group formed the team now known as the Guardians of the Galaxy!

## Powers and Abilities

While he was a cop, Peter had the ability to fly through space, but in the years leading to his resignation, he lost the ability and now relies on jet powered boot rockets designed by Rocket Raccoon. Among his weapons, his signature Element blasters can shoot blasts of the elements: fire, water, air, and earth. In an alternate reality, Peter was the son of Ego the Living Planet, and gained shortly owned Celestial powers that he ultimately used to destroy Ego. He even had the ability to breathe in space, but that too went away when he quit being a cop, so he now wears a space-faring mask.