[Injustice 2] The Green Lantern Corps (Faction)

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Green Lantern Corps Faction 

Green Lantern Corps

The Green Lantern Corps are a group of intergalactic superheroes powered by Green Lantern rings. The Green Lantern Corps act as a marine or police corps, dedicated to protecting the universe against massive threats. Members of the Corps are known as Green Lanterns. Hal Jordan and John Stewart are two playable Lanterns who are also members of the Justice League.

History

The Green Lantern Cops is an inter-galactic police force dedicated to protecting sentient life in every form, established thousands of years ago by the Guardians. Officers are chosen for their ability to overcome great fear and given a power ring fueled by the strength of their willpower, the mightiest weapon in the universe. They have two representatives for each of the 3600 sectors in the known universe, their headquarters located centrally on the planet Oa. The Green Lantern Corps were created by the Guardians of the Universe to protect the universe from extreme threats. Each Green Lantern is given a specific section of the universe to guard, and a power ring and power battery to fight with.

Over time, thousands of Corps members have joined and left. Notable members include Sinestro (who became an enemy of the corps and would form his own self-named terrorist version called the Sinestro Corps), Hal Jordan, John Stewart, Guy Gardner, and Kyle Rayner.

Origin

In the early days of the Universe, natives of the overpopulated planet Maltus evolved into immortals of great power. They subsequently settled the planet Oa and declared themselves the Guardians of the Universe and enemies of evil after one of their own, the renegade scientist Krona, performed a forbidden experiment that had terrible consequences for the Universe at large.

Exactly what those consequences were have varied with different versions of the stories; originally, it was supposed to have unleashed Evil in the first place. Later, it was attributed to have created the Antimatter Universe of Qward. Later still, it was used as the explanation for the existence of parallel universes in the DC Universe (and the creation of the Monitor), which eventually led to the rearrangement of Time itself, as seen in the Crisis on Infinite Earths. Finally, it has been stated that it accelerated entropy, shortening the duration of the universe by a billion years.

Some of the Guardians, however, disagreed on how to deal with the chaos that had been unleashed. One group, calling itself the Controllers, separated itself from the others and favored using more violent methods to achieve their ends. They would later found the Darkstars organization. The female Oans, feeling no need to involve themselves in the situation, also left, becoming later known as the Zamarons.

Creation of the Corps

Chastened by the failure of the Manhunters, the Guardians decided that their newest force of soldiers for good would consist of living beings, ones who had free will and strong moral character. To arm this new legion of celestial knights, the Guardians created the Power Rings, rings of inconceivably-advanced technology that allowed their wearers to project green beams of energy with which the bearer could conjure objects of any size or shape, limited only by his or her imagination and willpower.

Although the connection between the Guardian Oans and the origin of the Green Lantern symbol has yet to be clarified, it has been revealed that the lantern itself has its roots in the first life in the universe. Allegedly, the first life in the galaxy emerged on an unnamed foggy world, and when they developed a police force – the first in the universe – the constabulary carried a lantern lit with a green chemical flame, hence a corp of Green Lanterns. It is believed that this ideal was adopted and spread throughout the galaxy as a symbol for law and justice and its ability to pierce confusion and uncertainty, eventually resulting in the formation of the Green Lantern Corps, with requisite power rings and lantern-shaped batteries along traditional lines. Initially consisting of only a few dozen agents at a time, the Corps radically increased its numbers approximately 1000 years ago. The Guardians sought to bring order to the planet known as Apokolips. Home toDarkseid, a galactic tyrant, Apokolips was and is a stronghold of evil. Green Lantern Raker Qarrigat sought to remove Darkseid from power, only to be humbled by Darkseid’s might. Raker returned to Oa, where he convinced the Guardians that taking Apokolips would require an army. Authorized to start a massive recruitment, Raker and his fellow Lanterns inducted thousands of new members, bringing total membership up to 3600.

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Year Two

The Green Lantern Corps appear in Year Two of the Injustice: Gods Among Us Comic. After his failed negotiations with Superman, Ganthet and the Guardians recall all active Green Lanterns back to Oa in preparation to intervene with Superman’s Regime. Kilowog is then ordered to lead a team to Earth to bring Superman in for trial on Oa.

Though Kilowog’s team is nearly successful in capturing Superman and some of his allies, Sinestro’s sudden arrival resulted in the death of Ch’p. The Green Lanterns were surrounded and captured by the Sinestro Corps, but Superman refused to execute them and instead convinced them to remove their rings and detain them as prisoners of war. Guy Gardner successfully escapes Earth unnoticed by either Superman or the Sinestro Corps and heads for Oa to alert the Guardians of this development.

Though Guy manages to alert the Guardians of the situation on Earth, they choose not to do anything for the time being, not wanting to play into Sinestro’s hands, and use time to come up with a plan to liberate Earth.

The Guardians send a small group of Green Lanterns to locate and retrieve the Ur-Forge of the Weaponers of Qward for their own use from the planet it was left on, though the intervention of Green Lantern Hal Jordan and the former greatest Lantern Sinestro prevents the Lanterns from fulfilling their masters mission.

Seven months later, Guy Gardner leads a large gathering of Green Lanterns to Earth in preparation for the war between the Justice League and Sinestro Corps, with Mogo acting as their secret weapon. The Corp run into some Sinestro Corps members guarding the path to Earth and Guy gives permission for the GLs to use lethal force on them if they so choose.

When the Green Lanterns arrive at Earth, and after Guy Gardner fails to successfully negotiate peace with Superman, the Corps use a feint to lure the gathered Sinestro Corps in front of Mogo, the planet sized Green Lantern firing a massive beam that wipes out over a quarter of the entire Sinestro Corps.

The Green Lantern Corps go to war with the Sinestro Corps and Justice League, but Superman and the Sinestro Corps spread their numbers out while moving some of the battles to the planet below and right into populated cities, forcing the Lanterns to protect innocent civilians from the Sinestro Corps as well.

With the arrival of Ganthet, the Guardian is able to force Superman out of the fight in chapter twenty-one and joins the Corps in the war. Ganthet bolsters the Green Lanterns and turns the tide of the war back in their favor.

The Green Lantern Corps suffer heavy losses at the hands of both the Sinestro Corps and a Qwardian Ring empowered Superman. With the deaths of Guy Gardner, Ganthet and Mogo, the Green Lantern Corps have suffered massive losses and have been defeated.

Year Three

The Corps are briefly seen in a flashback, showing their ill-fated war with Superman. The body of a fallen Green Lantern destroyed the home John Constantine hid his daughter in, killing the girl’s mother and step-father in the process, which inspired Constantine himself to finally step in against Superman’s Regime.

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Locations

• Oa, with members assigned to sectors throughout the known universe

Leader

• Guardians of the Universe
• Hal Jordan
• John Stewart

Current Members

• Guardians of the Universe (Founders and Leaders, Sector 0)
• Ganthet (Guardian, Sector 0)
• Hannu (Green Lantern of Sector 2)
• Apros (Green Lantern of Sector 3)
• Larvox (Green Lantern of Sector 17)
• Laira Omoto(Green Lantern of Sector 112)
• RRU-9-2 (Green Lantern of Sector 279)
• Procanon Kaa (Green Lantern of Sector 422)
• Kilowog (Green Lantern of Sector 674, Drill Instructor of all recruits)
• Ch’p (Green Lantern of Sector 1014)
• Galius Zed (Green Lantern of Sector 1123)
• Penelops (Green Lantern of Sector 1355)
• Boodikka (Green Lantern of Sector 1414)
• Chaselon (Green Lantern of Sector 1416)
• Salaak (Green Lantern of Sector 1418, Protocol Officer and Keeper of the Book of Oa)
• Eddore (Green Lantern of Sector 1419)
• Mogo(Green Lantern of Sector 2261)
• Isamot Kol (Green Lantern of Sector 2682)
• Tomar-Re(Green Lantern of Sector 2813)
• Hal Jordan (1st Human Green Lantern of Sector 2814)
• John Stewart(2nd Human Green Lantern of Sector 2814)
• Guy Gardner(3rd Human Green Lantern of Sector 2814)
• Kyle Rayner (4th Human Green Lantern of Sector 2814)
• Arisia Rrab (Green Lantern of Sector 2815)
• Arrkis Chummuck (Green Lantern of Sector 3014)

Former Members

• Sinestro (Former Green Lantern of Sector 1417)
• Soranik Natu
• Jack T. Chance
• Abin Sur
• Adara
• Ahtier
• Arkkis Chummuck
• Ash
• Boodikka
• Ch’p
• Chthos-Chthas Chthatis
• Eddore
• Flodo Span
• Galius Zed
• Hollika Rahn
• Katma Tui
• Ke’Haan
• Kreon
• Laira
• Medphyll
• Myrrt
• Pathavim Seth-Ottarak
• Sodam Yat

Allies

• Insurgency
• Gotham City Police Department

Enemies

• One Earth Regime
• Sinestro Corps
• Red Lantern Corps

Weapons and Equipment

The Corps possess the weapons of willpower to enforce peace and order throughout the universe

• Green Lantern Power Battery
• Central Power Battery of Oa
• Book of Oa
• Green Lantern Rings

Oath

“In brightest day, in blackest night, no evil shall escape my sight! Let those who worship evil’s might, beware my power, Green Lantern’s light!” – Green Lantern’s Oath

The 3600 sectors

The Corps is an organization of 7200 Green Lanterns (the old Corps had 3600) who are chosen by the ring for being able to overcome great fear, with two assigned to sectors of space that require the protection of more than one Green Lantern (Earth, home to Hal Jordan and John Stewart, is in Sector 2814). Heavily-populated Sectors like 2814 can have several Lanterns. While the primary Lanterns of Sector 2814 are Hal Jordan and John Stewart, Kyle Rayner and Guy Gardner call Earth home, but are stationed on Oa, first as teachers, and then specially assigned to cases that are too difficult for the average GL.

Each member has a great deal of autonomy as to their methods in their jurisdiction, subject to review by the Guardians if they feel the Green Lantern in question has abused his/her assigned authority. The individual Lanterns are responsible for arranging their replacements if they are near retirement or death. If the Lantern dies before that obligation is met, the ring will find and seek another to be trained on its own. In rare circumstances, Guardians will personally go out into the field to recruit a replacement.

Upon recruitment each Green Lantern in the original Corps received a Power Ring, a Power Battery shaped like a lantern (with which the ring is recharged), and a uniform. The default uniform design for humanoids was a green section covering the torso and shoulders, black arms and leggings, green boots, white gloves, green domino mask and a chest symbol of a stylized Green Lantern icon on a white circle. Lanterns were allowed to customize their uniforms as long as the color scheme and the symbol were present. When the nature of the being precludes a standard uniform, an equivalent arrangement is expected as a substitute. For instance, Mogo, a sentient planet, arranges his foliage to create a green circling band and lantern symbol on his body. Jack T. Chance, a humanoid, refused to wear a uniform, but conceded to wearing a badge on the lapel of his coat. Lanterns were also allowed the option of a secret identity as a security measure and it is implied that the Corps were instructed to honor that choice by taking care not to expose them. Training in the use of the ring was optional and appropriate facilities and personnel were available on Oa upon request. In addition, a senior Lantern can be assigned to coach a recruit while in the field in their sector.

The New Green Lantern Corps being built by the Guardians is far more formal and structured than the old one that was destroyed by Parallax. Recruits, after being found by their Power Rings, are taken to Oa for training. Not all recruits will make it through training – indeed a great many of them might even fail, forcing the ring to find another candidate. Lantern trainees have a simplified version of the old Green Lantern uniform (with green covering more of the torso) with the white circle on their chest blank, presumably until the Lantern insignia is added upon completion of their training. Additionally, all Power Rings, not just Kyle Rayner’s ring, now work on the color yellow, provided the user can feel the fear behind the color and overcome it.

Crimson Mantle of Command and Corps Leader

After helping the Corps defeat Krona and Nekron, Hal Jordan is offered “The Crimson Mantle of Command, symbol of those who would become Corps Leader. Jordan declines the honor, on the grounds that he is no different than any other Lantern. The normal chain of command beneath the Guardians is the Clarissi or protocol lantern, normally Salaak, then the Illustres or honor guards, Kyle Rayner and Guy Gardner.

Departments

• Alpha-Lantern Corps
• The Corpse
• Green Lantern Honor Guard

 Trivia

• Every member of Joker’s Clan looks exactly the same in Injustice: Gods Among Us.

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