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Saint: A very virtuous, kind, or patient person.
Liberty: The state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one's way of life, behavior, or political views
Rather than a traditional paint by numbers supergroup (JLA) Truth, Justice, and the American way. The Saints is more focused on patriotism, law and order (JSA). It has a grittier tone and the heroes take a harder stance on crisis or massive threats (Harder on crime). We operate in more of a gray area than the basic black and white. Sometimes Laws must be broken in order to serve justice. Most of the time, these are men and women who have seen injustice in their community and want to do all they can to fix it. To accomplish that, they often have to go outside of the legal system and take the law into their own hands.
In short we're not bloodthirsty vigilantes but not above stooping to that level.
For example, Is more likely to put down Otherworldly Invaders (Thanos/Darksied) than lock them up in a prison where they can be a threat once again in the future.
The main base of operations is located in the Astral District of Skyway City, known as Liberty Hall. It is a captured Council Research and Development facility repurposed for quick deployments toward eliminating terrorist cells.
The location is known to the public and previously funded by the United Nations. The Saints govern themselves. Public Image is top priority.
This program was an experiment the U.N. agreed to attempt, putting together for their own Nation's "Heroes" in order to better protect themselves and their citizens from various threats.
Timeline:
October 24, 1945, San Francisco, CA the United Nations was founded.
In 1952 the Citizen Crime Fighting Act was passed, to include officially licensed hero organizations that could in turn deputize their members. The Saints of Liberty (Saints Initiative) joined the ranks of the Freedom Phalanx, Dawn Patrol, and the mysterious Midnight Squad in taking advantage of the expansion.
Saints we founded primarily from warheroes from WWII:
1. Ameri-Guard
2. The Daylighter
3. Ms. Broadway
4. Super Chief
5. Super 400
6. Royal Blue
7. Capitol
8. California Zephyr
9. Cincinnatian
10. Western Star
11. Green Diamond
12. Humming Bird
13. Olympia
14. The Comet
15. Nickel Plater(edited)
Disbanded in 1976 when the events of the Vietnam war came to light. Public image was shattered due to a failed black ops mission. Many of the members distanced themselves from the group. Legislation to disband was passed by the U.N. in attempts to save face within the public eye.
In 1984 Super humans had begun to commonly make appearances in the streets. The Initiative was reactivated is secret in order to combat the likes of the Freedom Phalanx, if such an organization were ever to go rogue.
For Decades, over 20 countries in the U.N. worked tirelessly to create or recruit their ideal "Hero" in hopes to summit them to the Saints when or if the program went public once again
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In 2000, in response to these blatantly illegal and dangerous super outfits, the United Nations decided to form the Special Council on Super Human Activities to monitor and police situations around the world involving super-human threats and non-governmental super-villains and organizations.
Soon after, the UN Security Council had officially reactivated the Saints Initiative, deploying the newly formed roster when intervention was needed or as they saw fit.
In 2019, the Saints returned to the public eye openly combating the surge of activity within the terrorist group known as the Council.
