The Last And First Overmen: A Novel of the Last Superheroes

By Jave Harron

Epilogue: Legacy

(Note: The previous pages were the written account strung together by Doctor David Risona attempting to recover the individual personalities of all the significant metahumans in this historical account. However, given the limited capacity of Heritage's mainly biological neural network, and number of personalities, separating personas is a difficult task. Even a posthuman must take care to untangle the separate strands of each personality. Obviously, the account is incompletely and erratic with its order and pacing. Serious editing still must be done. Below are other notes and newspaper clippings found on Risona's desk.)

...In the absence of a capable leader and the deaths of most of their costumers, the Tercio Cartel practically vanished from existence. Different crime lords fought amongst each other for the scraps of the once powerful underworld empire. However, the market for illegal and dangerous superpower-granting drugs has been largely ignored in favor of new legal and proven safe drugs...

...With the proliferation of civilian owned meta-technologies and products, there was no need for power to be centralized by a small clique of metahumans. Common criminals had easier access to the technologies, but so did common people and law enforcement. No longer were metahumans given the massive budgets they once were (though many government and private agencies still retained a team of metahuman security specialists)...

...Due to the personality backup system in the Secondmen's nanotech implants, most members of the Secondmen were revived. However, due to the loss of the Newark Enclave, their personalities were transmitted to backup copy-bodies under construction in the Nexus. Due to the time involved to build a new body from scratch and ensure the personality remains intact, the other Secondmen would have still been unable to assist Heritage during the final battle. In addition, other personalities had been recovered from Heritage's mind. All other members of the Secondmen, as well as Outback, Roadrunner, Union Jane, and the girl formerly known as Yoko Hirota, were all recovered. The possibility of reviving historical figures (such as Tesla) also remains a promising venue for future research...

(Addendum: A significant portion of Heritage's original personality has been restored and "untangled" from others. Proud at the role he played in ending the "age of superheroes," he took the new alias "Legacy" as a reminder of his own actions that made it possible.)

The End.

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Notes: The story is fictional, as are the technologies and individuals inside of it. However, Unit 731 is a historical reality.