Iron Man appoints a new Leader of the SHRA

[mcgaffer]

Someone's accidently fallen through a dimensional rift. The Mighty Avengers pick him up. Tony talks with the guy and realises he might just have the perfect guy to head up the SHRA taskforce so the Mighty Avengers can concentrate on the big bad guys. He allows the guy to handpick his own superpowered officers ( no one obviously on Mighty Avengers squad) and introduces them to the rest of the registered heros, the new guy.....You!



I was originally going to say Judge Dredd but this seems more fun, what you gonna do to try and corral the rogue heros.

[foxley]

Secretly form an alliance with the unregistered heroes and overthrow Tony, Reed, Hank and all of the others who seemed to have had their minds taken over and have turned into characters I no longer recognise.

[matthewaos]

I would also go with the secret alliance theory, but also would go to the Caribbean to bring the Hobgoblin, and also search for Kaine....

[TotalWorldDomination]

Oooooo.... fun time....

0) Disband the O*N*E, CSA, Department of Superhuman Armed Forces, and any other agency/organization that has jurisdiction over Superhumans. Create (from scratch) a new Cabinet level organization in the US, under SHEILD. Give Val Cooper, Dallas Ridorian, Gyrich ect all, new posts in this organization.

1) Remove the Thunderbolts from Colorado. Ship Stormin' Norman Osborn off to 42 until Doc Sampson says he's no longer insane. Also ship off Moonstone and Bullseye. Send Radioactive Man back to china with a warning that he's not to set foot on American soil again. Songbird can pick her own team now. Make them a 50 state strikeforce for taking out Unregistered opponents. Give Colorado a full time superteam.

2) Begin massive expansion of 42 including a state of the art medical facility. No Superhuman will EVER be held anywhere else, even if it's for medical treatment or interrogation.

3) Organize a 50-state search for the New Avengers and New Warriors. No Superhuman gets a vacation until they have either registered or are in custody.

4) Go up to Westchester and have a nice friendly chat with the X-Men. Insist they stop flying around the nation blowing stuff up. After they insist they are only fighting people trying to kill them, Send the Thunderbolts and Mighty Avengers after Sinister/Exodus. Merge this taskforce with the New Avengers/Warriors taskforce when that mission is over. Begin a full scale SHEILD investigation of the Purifiers and the Church of Stryker.

4-a) Once that's done, insist that the X-Men either stop the superheroics, or agree to training at camp Hammond. Ask several of them to join as instructors. Do not take no for an answer on training the New X-Men. Move to fully integrate Mutants into existing super-teams to combat anti-mutant sentiment.

5) Create a new SHEILD program in the vein of the Hulkbusters known as the Thorbusters. Plan for full scale war against Asgard if we must.

6) Move the FF from New York to Seattle. We don't need that many super-people in New York anymore.

7) Send Moon-Knight, Dardevil, every other mid-level hero that somehow got an exemption to train at camp Hammond. Assign both of them to the Illinois team (Change SpaceKnights to some variation on Marvel Knights) based out of Chicago.

8) Expand Ms. Marvel's "Lightning Storm" program. Have a Thunderbolts "Team Two" assigned to her to hunt down high-profile baddies.

9) Expand programs like "The Order" to every state. The World needs more good-guys.

10) Concentrate on street-level crime. we saw that overall crime rates for the nation dropped significantly during the Civil War- lets make sure we keep it that way.

I'm sure I'll have more later... :D

[TotalWorldDomination]

Ok, more ideas

11) Prepare the whole initiative to fight the Inhumans. Send an ambassador to try and smooth things over with them. Apologize for the Terrigen Crystals thing. Once we find out Maximus is now in charge, prepare to either support Black Bolt in regaining his throne or prepare for war against the Inhumans

12) Send a team into mutant town to put Quicksilver in custody, and then ship him off to 42.

13) Create a new Division of the Initiative, Led by Hank Pym, Beast and Dr. Kavita Rao, to create potential cures for people with out-of control or unfortunate superhuman powers. Give control of the SPIN tech project to them, but also insist they concentrate on individuals who need something a little stronger- IE, the hulk, the thing, ect

14) Create a division of mystical affairs, outside of the SHEILD mainstream, accountable only to the president and the Director of SHEILD. Ask Dr. Strange to head it up and pick its members to combat supernatural threats across the universe. Resist the urge to call them the Defenders (unless that’s how Strange wants it, it’s basically his show).

15) Create a similar department to track alternate timelines and people emigrating to earth from those alternate timelines. Ask Bishop or Captain Britain (SHEILD is international after all) to head it up.

[Magneto Rocks]

Oooooo.... fun time....

0) Disband the O*N*E, CSA, Department of Superhuman Armed Forces, and any other agency/organization that has jurisdiction over Superhumans. Create (from scratch) a new Cabinet level organization in the US, under SHEILD. Give Val Cooper, Dallas Ridorian, Gyrich ect all, new posts in this organization.

1) Remove the Thunderbolts from Colorado. Ship Stormin' Norman Osborn off to 42 until Doc Sampson says he's no longer insane. Also ship off Moonstone and Bullseye. Send Radioactive Man back to china with a warning that he's not to set foot on American soil again. Songbird can pick her own team now. Make them a 50 state strikeforce for taking out Unregistered opponents. Give Colorado a full time superteam.

2) Begin massive expansion of 42 including a state of the art medical facility. No Superhuman will EVER be held anywhere else, even if it's for medical treatment or interrogation.

3) Organize a 50-state search for the New Avengers and New Warriors. No Superhuman gets a vacation until they have either registered or are in custody.

4) Go up to Westchester and have a nice friendly chat with the X-Men. Insist they stop flying around the nation blowing stuff up. After they insist they are only fighting people trying to kill them, Send the Thunderbolts and Mighty Avengers after Sinister/Exodus. Merge this taskforce with the New Avengers/Warriors taskforce when that mission is over. Begin a full scale SHEILD investigation of the Purifiers and the Church of Stryker.

4-a) Once that's done, insist that the X-Men either stop the superheroics, or agree to training at camp Hammond. Ask several of them to join as instructors. Do not take no for an answer on training the New X-Men. Move to fully integrate Mutants into existing super-teams to combat anti-mutant sentiment.

5) Create a new SHEILD program in the vein of the Hulkbusters known as the Thorbusters. Plan for full scale war against Asgard if we must.

6) Move the FF from New York to Seattle. We don't need that many super-people in New York anymore.

7) Send Moon-Knight, Dardevil, every other mid-level hero that somehow got an exemption to train at camp Hammond. Assign both of them to the Illinois team (Change SpaceKnights to some variation on Marvel Knights) based out of Chicago.

8) Expand Ms. Marvel's "Lightning Storm" program. Have a Thunderbolts "Team Two" assigned to her to hunt down high-profile baddies.

9) Expand programs like "The Order" to every state. The World needs more good-guys.

10) Concentrate on street-level crime. we saw that overall crime rates for the nation dropped significantly during the Civil War- lets make sure we keep it that way.

I'm sure I'll have more later... :D

Basically everything he said. With a bit more thrown in- set out a fully secure central command base, preferably mobile, to act as the "JLA Watchtower" as it were. Defences built by Reed himself, etc and insanely secure. Use it to co-ordinate responses to all crises. If possible, it should be 42-level secure, just to ensure no one hacks in. Also, secure the Baxter Building and put together a team of some of the smartest people on Earth to focus on non-meta crises- global warming, poverty and the likes, which CAN be dealt with. With a dedicated 24/7 force, disasters could be predicted and anticipated before they happen, with all possible ramifications anticipated and planned out so the disaster can be dealt with in the best way. And for God's sake, convince Richards to take on a protegé so science doesn't collapse by a thousand years when he dies.

Also, co-ordinate worldwide responses better. Make gestures to reassure other countries that America's new system is NOT a threat, but start talking about making real progress against other menaces. Later down the line, a squad should be set up to focus on organizations like HYDRA, and the US should then work *with other country's co-operation* to extinguish HYDRA cells worldwide, which would be far easier in the new climate

Work to further the ideal of full transparency. Although it's impossible, it should be maintained. Divulge classified records of Civil War and set up court systems for full accountability for actions. After discussions with Iron Man, set up trials for all those accused of crimes in the civil war, on both sides. However, extend the full co-operation of the Initiative program in all these proceedings, including records. This should include information on the Thor cyborg, most likely with significent compensation awarded to the Foster family, as well as details on the transactions made by Tony Stark. The companies who were defrauded would be awarded substantial cash amounts to cover damages, and a new fund would be set up to cover the charities Tony Stark had diverted money to, with the money coming out of the VAST amounts of dough saved by putting Tony in charge of SHIELD. I'd also stick Gyrich on trial while I was at it. This also means examination of the SHRA in accordance with the Constition by qualified judges- while it already is fully within the law, of course, it should be expanded upon in areas just to show this- with paritcular attention to the law of habaeus corpus, to clear up any lingering doubts in people's minds.

Also, take steps to Atlantis. A treaty should be hammered out, but it should be firm. The US will give compensation to Atlantis for Atlantean lives lost in the war BUT if there is ever an illegal spy cell found in America again, the treaty will be considered breached and the weight of the US will come down on them.

Also, a special deal should be agreed with SHIELD, the UN and the united States. While a US organization, the Initiative should be able to serve global concerns. Thus, a law will be introduced allowing SHIELD to, pending approval from the United Nations, request the aid of particular branches of the Initiative to serve under SHIELD control to address multinational concerns. There should be at least one reasonably high profile super-team already given this status as a show of co operation. This means heroes won't be prevented by borders from doing their duties. Obviously this would still cause conflict with countries which did not agree, like Latveria or North Korea, but it should ease concerns somewhat.

...Dammit, TWD, we should run this thing ourselves. We'd show those guys how to create a Brave New World! :D

[Rahul]

Basically everything he said. With a bit more thrown in- set out a fully secure central command base, preferably mobile, to act as the "JLA Watchtower" as it were. Defences built by Reed himself, etc and insanely secure. Use it to co-ordinate responses to all crises. If possible, it should be 42-level secure, just to ensure no one hacks in. Also, secure the Baxter Building and put together a team of some of the smartest people on Earth to focus on non-meta crises- global warming, poverty and the likes, which CAN be dealt with. With a dedicated 24/7 force, disasters could be predicted and anticipated before they happen, with all possible ramifications anticipated and planned out so the disaster can be dealt with in the best way. And for God's sake, convince Richards to take on a protegé so science doesn't collapse by a thousand years when he dies.

Also, co-ordinate worldwide responses better. Make gestures to reassure other countries that America's new system is NOT a threat, but start talking about making real progress against other menaces. Later down the line, a squad should be set up to focus on organizations like HYDRA, and the US should then work *with other country's co-operation* to extinguish HYDRA cells worldwide, which would be far easier in the new climate

Work to further the ideal of full transparency. Although it's impossible, it should be maintained. Divulge classified records of Civil War and set up court systems for full accountability for actions. After discussions with Iron Man, set up trials for all those accused of crimes in the civil war, on both sides. However, extend the full co-operation of the Initiative program in all these proceedings, including records. This should include information on the Thor cyborg, most likely with significent compensation awarded to the Foster family, as well as details on the transactions made by Tony Stark. The companies who were defrauded would be awarded substantial cash amounts to cover damages, and a new fund would be set up to cover the charities Tony Stark had diverted money to, with the money coming out of the VAST amounts of dough saved by putting Tony in charge of SHIELD. I'd also stick Gyrich on trial while I was at it. This also means examination of the SHRA in accordance with the Constition by qualified judges- while it already is fully within the law, of course, it should be expanded upon in areas just to show this- with paritcular attention to the law of habaeus corpus, to clear up any lingering doubts in people's minds.

Also, take steps to Atlantis. A treaty should be hammered out, but it should be firm. The US will give compensation to Atlantis for Atlantean lives lost in the war BUT if there is ever an illegal spy cell found in America again, the treaty will be considered breached and the weight of the US will come down on them.

Also, a special deal should be agreed with SHIELD, the UN and the united States. While a US organization, the Initiative should be able to serve global concerns. Thus, a law will be introduced allowing SHIELD to, pending approval from the United Nations, request the aid of particular branches of the Initiative to serve under SHIELD control to address multinational concerns. There should be at least one reasonably high profile super-team already given this status as a show of co operation. This means heroes won't be prevented by borders from doing their duties. Obviously this would still cause conflict with countries which did not agree, like Latveria or North Korea, but it should ease concerns somewhat.

...Dammit, TWD, we should run this thing ourselves. We'd show those guys how to create a Brave New World! :D
Unfortunately, without the continuity hicups, lack of organization, and clashing character approaches, it'd be boring. :)


Still, its logical....

[TotalWorldDomination]

Basically everything he said. With a bit more thrown in- set out a fully secure central command base, preferably mobile, to act as the "JLA Watchtower" as it were. Defences built by Reed himself, etc and insanely secure. Use it to co-ordinate responses to all crises. If possible, it should be 42-level secure, just to ensure no one hacks in. Also, secure the Baxter Building and put together a team of some of the smartest people on Earth to focus on non-meta crises- global warming, poverty and the likes, which CAN be dealt with. With a dedicated 24/7 force, disasters could be predicted and anticipated before they happen, with all possible ramifications anticipated and planned out so the disaster can be dealt with in the best way. And for God's sake, convince Richards to take on a protegé so science doesn't collapse by a thousand years when he dies.

Also, co-ordinate worldwide responses better. Make gestures to reassure other countries that America's new system is NOT a threat, but start talking about making real progress against other menaces. Later down the line, a squad should be set up to focus on organizations like HYDRA, and the US should then work *with other country's co-operation* to extinguish HYDRA cells worldwide, which would be far easier in the new climate

Work to further the ideal of full transparency. Although it's impossible, it should be maintained. Divulge classified records of Civil War and set up court systems for full accountability for actions. After discussions with Iron Man, set up trials for all those accused of crimes in the civil war, on both sides. However, extend the full co-operation of the Initiative program in all these proceedings, including records. This should include information on the Thor cyborg, most likely with significent compensation awarded to the Foster family, as well as details on the transactions made by Tony Stark. The companies who were defrauded would be awarded substantial cash amounts to cover damages, and a new fund would be set up to cover the charities Tony Stark had diverted money to, with the money coming out of the VAST amounts of dough saved by putting Tony in charge of SHIELD. I'd also stick Gyrich on trial while I was at it. This also means examination of the SHRA in accordance with the Constition by qualified judges- while it already is fully within the law, of course, it should be expanded upon in areas just to show this- with paritcular attention to the law of habaeus corpus, to clear up any lingering doubts in people's minds.

Also, take steps to Atlantis. A treaty should be hammered out, but it should be firm. The US will give compensation to Atlantis for Atlantean lives lost in the war BUT if there is ever an illegal spy cell found in America again, the treaty will be considered breached and the weight of the US will come down on them.

Also, a special deal should be agreed with SHIELD, the UN and the united States. While a US organization, the Initiative should be able to serve global concerns. Thus, a law will be introduced allowing SHIELD to, pending approval from the United Nations, request the aid of particular branches of the Initiative to serve under SHIELD control to address multinational concerns. There should be at least one reasonably high profile super-team already given this status as a show of co operation. This means heroes won't be prevented by borders from doing their duties. Obviously this would still cause conflict with countries which did not agree, like Latveria or North Korea, but it should ease concerns somewhat.

...Dammit, TWD, we should run this thing ourselves. We'd show those guys how to create a Brave New World! :D

I'll get on the horn to Marvel Editorial- I'm sure they wouldn’t mind if we took over for a while ;)

I agree with 99% of what you said, although I'm reticent about giving out cash punitive damages to the Fosters OR the Atlantians (though I'd consider it for the Inhumans with the whole experimenting on there soilders and such). After all, they did kind of invade New York during the CW, if any other nation did that we certainly wouldn’t pay for the solders they lost.

I like the idea of a JLA Watchtower style HQ for the initiative, perhaps in stationary orbit above Kansas (center of the country). Lets call it 47.

And good point on Reed. Perhaps the uber-annoying Amadeus Cho could be drafted? He's smart enough, if Reed could just teach him to play by the rules.

[TotalWorldDomination]

Unfortunately, without the continuity hicups, lack of organization, and clashing character approaches, it'd be boring. :)


Still, its logical....

well if it all worked properly, we'd still have the rest of the world to deal with. I mean how long till Doctor Doom gets uppity and creates a 1-state initiative? ;)

[Rahul]

well if it all worked properly, we'd still have the rest of the world to deal with. I mean how long till Doctor Doom gets uppity and creates a 1-state initiative? ;)
What can Doom's puny one state Initative(all run by Doombots, what imagination) can do against against the might of Iron Man's Initiative?

[TotalWorldDomination]

What can Doom's puny one state Initative(all run by Doombots, what imagination) can do against against the might of Iron Man's Initiative?

Nothing realy, but we'd get at least a good 4-5 issues out of it since it's doom. Then we'd have to put him on trail at 42 and lock him up. Wait a second...

16) create a court system at 42. American courts of course for those processed in the USA but also make room for an international tribunal system for people like Doom and Namor who don't fall under US jurisdiction.

[CMBMOOL]

Try to form a deal with the New Avengers, the X-men, and any other unresigtered hero team to try to make it easier for them to do their jobs. :D

[mattbib]

Try to form a deal with the New Avengers, the X-men, and any other unresigtered hero team to try to make it easier for them to do their jobs. :DFYI, all of the X-Men are registered...their registrations were carried over from prior to the SHRA.

[mcgaffer]

I think Kitty Pryde would make a good protege for Reed. She's supposed to be an uber genius and she's a good teacher. Reed teaches her, she teaches youngsters and Reeds genius gets spread out.

[CapnCaveman]

What would I do? For the most part, stay the course.

I would consider a 90 day amnesty period where non-regs would not be arrested and they could decide to register without fear of conflict. The key is that the major resistance (Civil War) is gone and they in order to get buy in you need to firmly enforce the rules. The amnesty period might convince some of them that "it's not so bad" and they would go ahead and register. I'm sure no one liked gun licenses when they were introduced, but few today would argue that they are a bad thing.

[mcgaffer]

It's going to be a messy diplomatic affair if the Mighty Avengers do ever take down the New Avengers. Dr. Strange has supposedly got diplomatic immunity from the law, plus if they did imprison him all the gateways and dimensions that Strange was keeping tabs on start invading and SHIELD doesn't have any Strange level offense to combat it. They've got to let him go.
At the moment SHIELD has a tentative peace with the X-Men and the wider mutant community, if they imprison Wolvie that could kickstart a war or at the very least cause more outlaw teams. The only way to handle this diplomatically is to hand Wolvie over to the X-Men and explain that he is under arrest but in their custody and must remain so.
Spider-Man is a messy one too, he was the poster boy who broke ranks. Normally it would be a show of strength to break him publically but Spidey inspires a lot of heros and is friendly with even more and it could do SHIELD and the SHRA more harm then good to go after him. I can forsee several registered heros rebelling against the SHRA in support of Spidey not least the tension it could cause in the Fantastic Four family again. The best option with Spidey is to have him in open custody. Don't imprison him in 42, but inform him that he will not be allowed to do any superhero work until he publically says he was wrong and is willing to once more work alongside the SHRA. Put him to work, put him in a lab with Beast and Hank Pym and let him work. Also as an act of peace give his Aunt May the best medical treatment, Mary Jane the best security and shove the Kingpin into 42.
Luke Cage being thrown into 42 could stir up racial tensions on the streets plus the fact that he and Jewel have a new born child. Do they deserve to have their child ripped away from them and to be imprisoned for being an unregistered HERO. That's the way to get public support for the SHRA killed off and quick. The best way to deal with him and Jewel is to let them live together as a family but under house arrest and retire them from being active heros which was an option open to heros before the Civil War, his only other option being to become a teacher at the Initiative.
The rest of them it would be easy to throw in 42 except for the fact that you've effectively let off the above heros. This lot effectively go free but you lot welcome to stir. Will not go down well and will cause some serious tensions, the only option is to take the Luke Cage approach. Two choices, retirement or teaching at the Initiative.

Just catching the outlaw heros is not all you've got to contend with as the Leader of the SHRA you've got to maintain support for it within the public and superhero communitys you've got to make the right call in every situation.

[Question27]

Agree with everthing a lot of people have said for adding one more in.

Talk to UN, diplomatic immunity should not extend to people with superhuman abilities. Sorry but if they want a ruler with abilities like that, he either has to stay in own country, or risk getting arrested in United States. Then sit back and laugh as Doom whines about it. :)

[Magneto Rocks]

Doctor Doom would actually prove a very interesting threat as possibly the only foe who could actually take out the Initiative. I mean, picture most typical situations under our fictional "New, improved" Initiative. Even down to World War Hulk, situations could be handled FAR better, and with less collateral- and much more competence. Personally, my priority would be to take Tony Stark's negative zone field-device, and have super humans fly up with the devices. Transport the entire stone ship into the negative zone and whammo go Hulk and his entire Warbound, no loss of life. But Doctor Doom would probably be the biggest threat on Earth.

He could out-think most of the Initative think-tank, and he's just as inventive as Reed, although probably less intelligent overall. But even science and inventions aren't going to cut it, so it's quite possible Doom would attempt a mystical solution, or, more likely, a co-ordinated strike from all fronts. If Doom could take out Doctor Strange, even temporarily, his mastery of sorcery would almost certainly be sufficient to at least hold off even the Initative's cabal of spellcasters. I'm sure he could draft in sufficient muscle as well to provide a physical threat. Of course, if the Initative knew he was coming, even Doom couldn't hack into 42 ior the command centre, but it's impossible to get full security everywhere so he could probably crack a few of the fifty states HQs. Then you'd have a tech war, a muscle war and a magic war all at once.

Doom could probably prove quite the challenge, moreso than Hulk or Ultron or even Thor. But even then, I doubt he could win.

Which is exactly why Marvel can never put in the system we designed. ;)