The Great Rip

The Great Rip is the term used to refer to the event in which the space-time continuum of this Earth ripped open, creating a door between several worlds. In this event, the world was exposed to exobytes, the source of all metahuman, magical, and technologically superhuman abilities wielded by the humans of Earth. These humans of Earth managed to grow abilities humans never could utilize, placing them on par with heroes of mythology. The Great Rip brought cultural and social changes and upheavals for mankind,as society became segregated once more on a level not seen since the Golden Ages of Racism. The Great Rip revealed to humanity the existence of superhumans, proved the Many Worlds theory as correct by default, and the reality that the world of the superheroes of comics were in fact a also reality, just an alternate one.

As a result of humanity attaining abilities beyond their wildest dreams, the progression of human technology quickly acclimated, energy sources and completely new potential technologies now being available to humanity post-Rip. As a result of the existence of these new superhumans, organizations like the United Nations have created taskforces to defend and hunt such beings, at times even employing others to hunt their own as mercenaries and bounty hunters. One such example of a taskforce is The OMAC Division. An increased in superpowered crime resulted in an increase of vigilantes who try to stop this. However, The Trinity has succesfully managed to convince the world that these superhumans only pose dangerous implications for the world. Therefore vigilantes themselves are usually attempted to be foiled despite their benevolent intentions by The OMAC Division offices placed in most cities in the world.