Age of Heroes

The **Age of Heroes** was a period in Earth's history when metahumans protected the Earth from those who would harm it or its people. It has a nebulous timeframe, but most say it lasted from 1940 to 2034, when the Hero Civil War, an event caused by the amendment of the Sokovia Accords, was waged between its supporters and its opponents.

## Timeline

**1940**

Johann Schmidt is injected with the Super Soldier Serum, but the unperfected serum horrifically transforms Schmidt, turning him into the Red Skull. He becomes the first metahuman created by human science, also referred to as an "Enhanced".

Steve Rogers is transformed into the world's first true super soldier. Captain America becomes the first metahuman to be public knowledge.

Debated beginning of the Age of Heroes

**1942**

Formation of the Cobra Unit, the first Allied superhuman unit, during the Battle of Stalingrad.

**1944**

Operation Overlord: The Allied forces launch the invasion of German-occupied western Europe, landing in Normandy, France.

Birth of Revolver Ocelot

**1945**

Trinity test. Humanity conducts its first successful nuclear detonation.

Emperor Shōwa/Hirohito of Japan surrenders to the Allies, marking the end of World War II.

Hydra is thought eliminated to all but the Templars, as the two organisations continue their efforts in secret.

Formation of S.H.I.E.L.D.

**1947**

The Cold War begins.

**1951**

Birth of Nick Fury

**1954**

Atomic “tests” in the Bikini Atoll are secretly conducted to attempt to kill two creatures, one later dubbed “Godzilla”, which survived, while successfully destroying “Shinomura”. Project Monarch later established to secretly study Godzilla and other similar creatures, which would come to be dubbed “MUTOS” or “Kaiju”.

**1960**

Birth of Kal-El/Superman

**1961**

Humans achieve spaceflight

**1962**

Birth of Bruce Wayne/Batman.

**1963**

Birth of the Prophet of Mercy

**1964**

Operation Snake Eater. Rogue Soviet Colonel Yevgeny Borisovitch Volgin, a metahuman, creates Shagohod, humanity’s first combat robot. Naked Snake is deployed to eliminate him, the Shagohod, the Cobra Unit, and retrieve the Philosopher’s Legacy. He succeeds, and earns the title of “Big Boss”.

**1967**

Birth of Alexander “Lex” Luthor

**1968**

Birth of James Rhodes/War Machine

**1969**

Apollo 11 successfully lands on the Moon.

Birth of Bruce Banner/The Hulk

**1970**

Formation of the secret organization known as The Patriots/Cipher.

Birth of Tony Stark/Iron Man

**1971**

Birth of Clinton Barton/Hawkeye

**1972**

Les Enfants Terribles Project. Following the example set by Captain America, more options for super-soldiers are explored, this time with clones of Big Boss.

Births of David/Solid Snake, Eli/Liquid Snake, and George Sears/Solidus Snake

**1973**

Exploration of Skull Island by Monarch.

Birth of Wade Wilson/Deadpool

**1974**

Peace Walker Incident. Big Boss successfully prevents World War 3.

Birth of Stephen Strange

**1975**

Ground Zeroes Incident

**1976**

Howard Stark unveils his building attempts in Arc Reactor technology. Although technologically successful, no attempt is made to explore its profitability.

**1979**

Weapon X Project.

**1980**

Births of Peter Quill/Starlord and King T’Challa

**1983**

Birth of Jack/Raiden

**1984**

After the Great Exodus, Cybertronians find refuge on Earth, in secret. They come into contact with the rest of the galactic community after their reawakening, with the Autobots attempt to make peace but the line between friend and foe is blurred as the Galaxy, already skeptical about machines sees the Decepticons raid numerous colony worlds. Autobots attempt diplomacy with the Citadel Council but are denied an embassy in part because of their supposed violent nature, and part because of the Citadel's bias towards machines. The Cybertronian Wars slowly begin again.

Phantom Pain Incident. The clash between the mercenary factions Diamond Dogs and XOF involved the creation of Metal Gear Sahelanthropus, massively advancing robotics technology. Several metahumans, such as the Parasite Unit participated, including the powerful psychic that would come to be known as Psycho Mantis.

InGen successfully clones their first prehistoric animal utilizing an artificial ovum.

Birth Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow

**1986**

The Velociraptor is InGen’s first successfully cloned dinosaur on Site B.

**1989**

Establishment of Outer Heaven, a “nation for all soldiers”, by Big Boss.

**1990**

Births of Pietro Maximoff/Quicksilver and Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch

**1992**

Bruce Wayne becomes Batman.

**1993**

Isla Nublar Incident. The theme park Jurassic Park is prevented from opening due to a storm causing a dinosaur outbreak on the island.

**1995**

Outer Heaven Uprising. Outer Heaven manufactures TX-55 Metal Gear. US Special Forces unit FOXHOUND launches Operation Intrude N313, in response, deploying Solid Snake. Snake kills Venom Snake and destroys the Metal Gear.

**1997**

Dr. Henry Wu creates the hybrid plant *Karacosis wutansis* (Wu Flower), the first completely new genetically engineered lifeform.

Isla Sorna Incident. An InGen operation to capture dinosaurs from Site B goes wrong and culminates with a *Tyrannosaurus rex* rampaging through San Francisco.

Masrani Global obtains ownership of InGen via corporate buyout.

**1998**

InGen becomes fully integrated under Masrani Global banner while conceptual planning for Jurassic World begins with Masrani drawing experts from all over the company.

**1999**

Zanzibar Land Disturbance. Solid Snake defeats Big Boss and destroys Metal Gear D.

**2000**

Debated “true“ beginning of the “Age of Heroes”.

Birth of Peter Parker/Spider-Man

**2001**

Adventures of the original Justice League.

Construction of the Watchtower.

**2003**

Establishment of the Galactic Federation by races including the Chozo, Vhozon, and Jovians.

**2004**

Humanity encounters Xenomorphs for the first time in thousands of years, in a Yautja temple in Antarctica.

**2005**

Shadow Moses Incident. Renegade members of FOXHOUND, led by Liquid Snake, threaten the USA with the threat of nuclear strike from Metal Gear REX. Solid Snake successfully defeats them. The truth is eventually exposed, turning Solid Snake into a hero.

Opening of Jurassic World. After the Masrani Global Corporation bought InGen’s assets, they managed to succeed where InGen did not, opening a dinosaur park and keeping it open for ten years. Within the first month, they received 98,120 visitors.

The hidden Autobot City on Earth is assaulted by the Decepticons.

**2008**

Tony Stark becomes Iron Man.

**2009**

Big Shell Incident. The terrorist group Sons of Liberty seize control of the Big Shell decontamination facility, in actuality a coverup for the Arsenal Gear, a submersible mobile fortress with the ability to manipulate the internet to further the goals of the Patriots. Solid Snake and Raiden successfully defeat the Sons, but not before Arsenal Gear crashes into Manhattan.

**2010**

Activation of GLaDOS, humanity’s first true AI.

**2012**

Thanos’ Chitauri attack Earth, but are repelled by a team of metahuman heroes, the Avengers. Assembled by S.H.I.E.L.D, they were the first and only metahumans able to respond, due to the Justice League being offworld, and others being unaware or too far away. The event is the first contact with aliens to be public knowledge.

Dr. Wu is given full authorization to create a new species after the Masrani Global's board requests a new Jurassic World attraction to satisfy investors. Dr. Wu decides to create a theropod hybrid named *Indominus rex,* while the Integrated Behavioral Raptor Intelligence Study Project began. These two would be early tests for an at-the-time hypothetical military application for the dinosaurs.

**2014**

Guns of the Patriots incident. Captain America and Solid Snake work together to defeat of the Patriots AI system, in control of HYDRA, which in turn had been controlling S.H.I.E.L.D.

End of the Kree-Nova War

Godzilla engages two Massive Unidentified Terrestrial Organisms (MUTOs) in battles across the Pacific, eventually culminating in a clash in San Francisco, leaving the reptile victorious. This marks the entering of kaiju into public knowledge.

**2015**

Jurassic World closes after an incident resulting with Simon Masrani, numerous personnel, and numerous visitors killed when the *Indominus rex* broke out of its enclosure. This mostly ends public insight into extreme genetics research.

Ultron becomes self-aware and follows his programming of achieving “peace of their time.” The Avengers, Justice League and many other heroes join forces to defeat him, barely succeeding. The Ultron incident leads to extremely negative views on AI by humanity.

Birth of Wallace Fujikawa

**2016**

*some losers with too much time on their hands start to write this bullshit*

The Sokovia Accords are enacted by the United Nations.

**2017**

Destruction of Asgard

**2018**

The Infinity War. Thanos' and Darkseid's armies reach Earth.

The World Marshal Incidents occur. They include the involvement of many metahumans, mostly cyborgs and people with nanomachines. The cyborg Raiden destroys Metal Gear EXCELSUS and kills Steven Armstrong.

2018 Dinosaur Outbreak. With the destruction of Isla Nublar via the volcanic eruption of Mount Sibo, dinosaurs are brought to the mainland to Lockwood Manor for an auction. While several dinosaurs were sold to various buyers, it ended abruptly allowing the newest hybrid, *Indoraptor*, to escape and kill several people. After the hybrid's death, the remaining dinosaurs were released from the manor and into the southeastern continental United States. The result from bought dinosaurs due to the auction and of stolen or bought samples by various parties leads to the DNA of the dinosaurs becoming available commercially.

Birth of Laura Kinney/X-23

**2020**

The Ceph begin their several attempts to invade Earth, but Nanosuit operatives prevent their endeavors.

Birth of Tobias Fleming Shaw

**2023**

Birth of Terry McGinnis

**2027**

Birth of Ord Casto/Prophet of Truth

**2028**

Beginning of the Hero Civil War, after the Sokovia Accords are amended. The controversial amendment entailed the revealing of all metahuman identities to the public.

**2034**

End of the Hero Civil War. The supporters of the act emerge victorious, and the Age of Heroes comes to a close.