Ecopalypse

The Ecopalypse was the alternative timeline created through the success of Grimskull in overturning the industrialised order of the world in 2016. These events led to the rise of Ape-X somewhere between 2026-2046 and the beginning of the survival of the fittest reign of terror. The Ecopalypse was marked by the destruction of the nation-state system and an experience of anarchy over any form of government, including at a local level.

The Ecopalypse was marked by the systematic mass death of non-powered individuals on the basis of 'survival of the fittest', wherein those with the capacity to cause most harm were encouraged to do so, to avoid injury or death from more powerful individuals. This system channeled a pyramid of power with the most combat-capable (Ape-X) being in a ruling position surrounding by 'lieutenants' of near-equal dangerous levels. Such individuals had no interest in governance, but only perpetuate a system of destruction. The lower on the pyramid the more subject you would be to regular huntings, beatings and murder for the securing of higher positions. For this reason non-powered people suffered terribly under the Ecopalypse, being referred to as "rats" by Ape-X.

Technology levels in the Ecopalypse degraded hundreds of years due to the mass destruction of power plants, industry, infrastructure, businesses and general centres of power. Innovation and cooperation amongst non-powered people was recognised as a threat to the Ecopalypse regime and as such was stamped out wherever it showed signs of emerging. A large collection of powerful technologies were, however, centralised by some resistance/terrorist cells. This included items of deceased superheroes such as Scott and information from sources such as Asha Widukind's diary.

Resistance

Resistance and terrorist movements against the Ecopalypse, namely resisting Ape-X, his lieutenants, and subsequent lower ranks of his regime, were not uncommon amongst non-powered individuals. They were however regularly unsuccessful in their operations and responded to with brutality. This was exhibited in the willingness for lieutenants such as Hot Scorcher to kill entire encampments of suspected resistance in a singular attack.

Resistance to the Ecopalypse came in several varieties from underground networks of charity to guerilla warfare. The most extreme resistance cell advocated the use of recovered abstract and dangerous sciences in a singular effort to disrupt the timeline that formed the Ecopalypse, hoping to wipe out its existence and as such spare great suffering and mass death. This ultimately culminated in the training and sending of Jack Watt (Timeline) to 2016 to aid in fighting Grimskull.

Ecopalypse and Nature

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Ape-X

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