C.A.P.E

Standing for Citizens Ally Protective Equipment, C.A.P.E supplied equipment to private companies and individuals hoping to become a superhero, or make a profit on the Superhero Boom. Notable equipment included a wide range of Costumes, Armour, and personalised weapons. Everything a potential hero needs to start fighting crime. One of the more notable inventions was a range of highly durable videocameras, primarily used by those who gave us "The Excellent Adventures of Captain Excellent" - when it wasn't being staged, that is.

This was just one side of the corporation however, hiding a seedy underbelly of dodgy dealings and human rights violations. They established themselves on the black market under the name C.U.T - Criminal Utility Traders. They created a range of deadly weapons, mainly for aspiring supervillains. Using energy from their own Nuclear Fission Reactor, they built a range of high-frequency handheld wave transmitters - a "laser gun" to the uninitiated. Along with various Jetpacks and Exoskeletons, they permitted any customer to become a manmade Superhuman.

They got pretty wealthy from these two different buisnesses, but they needed to keep the market going. Employing Rocket Homicide to keep the murder count high proved to be the optimal way to do it. By arming him with the latest and greatest they had to offer, no one felt safe. The ensuing stream of Supervillains and Superheroes alike kept the flow of cash going strong, both desperate to beat the other.

It was all going so well until Magnificent Badger got wind of their Nuclear-Powered Death Factory. It was ultimately the end of C.U.T, but he clearly didn't understand how Fission works. Superhero Boom indeed...

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-except taken from the journal of Dr Simon Snyder