Tartarus

Tartarus Deep-Sea Hypermax (DSH) was a prison built in an undisclosed location on the mid-Atlantic seabed in cooperation with various governments including the US, Canada, UK, Russia, China, France, Germany, Italy Australia and Japan, to hold and safely secure superhuman criminals. The facility also researches into superhuman genetics in an on-site lab where it also develops new forms of technology and security systems to apprehend and deal with superhuman targets.

### Early Concept

The actual idea of such a prison was in circulation for many decades before Tartarus' physical construction, with the first realisation of superhuman individuals in society by governments in the 50's, but limited by technology and funding at the time, legitimate plans never came around until the 2000's, with rises in groups such as The Mavericks and the Legion of Disciples and later S.T.A.R. and VALER.

### Construction

Work on the facility was dubious at first and while interest for the development of the project was internationally recognised, nations were wary about funding the operation; undersea construction is notoriously difficult and the project would have to be one of the biggest global cooperations since the Second World War. After months of debate early construction began at a deep-see thermal vent, where the idea was that the facility would need to be self-sustaining to maximise security, using geothermal heat and pressure and tidal movements for energy; The facility would grow it's own food, make it's own fuel, produce it's own oxygen and eventually would even possess it's own limited AI function and lab to create proteptogen on-site.

Construction of the basic frame took longer than expected, and in 2009 several nations wondered if it was better to scrub the construction before costs became too high; already having an impact on the World Trade Deficit, France and Germany almost backed out; if it was not for the aid of Tengan Enterprises ' undersea drones supplied by Japan, the project may have never been completed.

The facility was finally completed in the may of 2011 after a mammoth effort by all the nations involved, during this time the CIA and MI6 declared the facility's existence as declassified, but it's exact location still highly classified to as much people as possible.

When suggestions and ideas for the improvement of the internal security were circulating, high-level DHS operations, Agent Rodriguez suggested a multi-limb robotic containment system known as The Hecatoncheires System that was, in fact designed by his mechanics genius son Teddy. Early construction of this was done partly by Tenchi Enterprises sub-division Tengan Technologies but using designs stolen from the Russian Ogre project in the 90's.

### **Inmates**

Bora - The Russian neohuman was captured in Washington in 2015 after Slava Rossi used him as a distraction whilst Voin hacked the pentagon and stole valuable intelligence.

Catalyst - Captured by Volt in a joint MI6-DHS mission during his days as a government mercenary.

Dawn - Erica Gómez was a Latino neohuman and supervillian who ran a gang in Mexico and New Mexico with her brother Miguel, aka Dusk.

DayStarr - Middle sibling of the Starr siblings who attacked the VALER HQ and managed to download a communique of the transport of MindStarr after he was captured. The siblings were later captured by a VALER/Starforce mission in 2020.

Desolation - Batu Dagvadorj aka Koosrol ( хоосрол) or “Desolation” was a Mongolian neohuman terrorist and self-proclaimed warlord who wished to retake Outer Mongolia as part of Mongolia Proper. As the Mongolia/China border has been peaceful since the 60’s, the move by Batu was a shock by both nations and Zhōngguó de Xīwàng (lit. China’s Hope) supergroup were permitted to stop him

Dusk - Miguel Gómez was a Latino neohuman and supervillain who ran a gang in Mexico and New Mexico with his sister Erica, aka Dawn.

Esoter - Edwin "Eddy" Saylor, a young magi and House of Seasons seeker from Altoona, Pennsylvania whose self-taught magic and mental issues made him frustrated and unstable. After stealing a historical curiosity from a museum, believed to be a page from an ancient spell book belonging to his grandmother, he learned basic but unstable pyromancy and cryomancy spells via a wand he created, and in an effort to find more about the magic community burned down the museum and accused the curators of hiding his family property. He was subdued by Robin and brought to Tartarus.

GroundStarr - Oldest of the Starr siblings, claiming to be a 'superhero' and attempting to stop a violent Federal Minutemen/Proud Boys rally but caused massive destruction in the process. After the youngest sibling MindStarr was apprehended by VALER, he distracted VALER while DayStarr attacked VALER HQ and downloaded a communique allowing them to find MindStarr's location. The siblings were later captured by a VALER/Starforce mission in 2020.

Kabuto - An advanced 2nd-gen cybrid, supposedly crated by Midori who was fought several times and finally defeated by Asahi and Hachi.

Loxo - An African cybrid who was a reoccurring enemy of Amar Obasanjo aka Ogun and his team Miungu ya Haki.

Match and Muck - The siblings were caught by Volt and Elliot on one of their first public VALER missions in Charlotte, North Carolina.

MindStarr - Youngest of the Starr siblings who attempted to disrupt a Federal Minutemen and Proud Boys march in downtown Harrisburg in Pennsylvania, and who was rescued by his brother and sister in 2017, but siblings were later captured by a VALER/Starforce mission in 2020.

Ox - The cybrid was leader of the Wanderers and defeated by Volt and Ellie after starting the riot in Charlotte.

The Mel - Melina Astapkovich is a cursed woman and ex-Dawnshadow cultist who tried to assassinate the President of her home country of Belarus for reasons currently unknown.

Rai - Cyborg alt created and altered by Midori and Nami-Atarashi by Goro Imai to frame Volt for the assassination of one of Tengan Enterprises' CEO's whilst he was on an undercover mission for MI6.

Varonil Hugo García, a luchador-inspired self-proclaimed Mexican 'superhero' who tried to start the Los Justica group, however was a taker of Milk and he and many of his fellow team members were embroiled in drug scandals, involvement in organised crime, despite claiming to stop it, Varonil murdered many crime family heads without trial.