Guardians of the Galaxy (Earth-61615)

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 * Image           = GOTG_Earth-61615.png
 * OfficialName    = Guardians of the Galaxy
 * Aliases         = Guardians, Cosmic Avengers, Space Avengers, A Bunch of A-Holes, Guardians of Knowhere
 * Alignment       = Good
 * Status          = Active
 * Identity        = Public
 * Universe        = Earth-61615
 * BaseOfOperations = Eclector's Third Quadrant, Milano (formerly; destroyed)
 * CustomLabel            = Slogan
 * Custom                 = "Showtime, A-Holes!"
 * TeamLeaders     = Star-Lord, Rocket Raccoon (de-facto; formerly)
 * CurrentMembers  = Drax the Destroyer, Gamora, Groot, Mantis, Rocket Raccoon, Star-Lord, Nebula, Major Marvel II (part-timer)
 * FormerMembers   = Major Marvel (deceased), Yondu Udonta (deceased), Captain Marvel (honorary member), Adam Warlock (honorary member)
 * Allies          = Nova Corps, Ravagers, Infinity Watch, Spartoi Empire: J'son of Spartax (situational ally), Collector, Ultimates: Avengers, Fantastic Four, X-Men, Defenders, Masters of Mystic Arts, House of Agon; The Brotherhood (situational allies)
 * Enemies         = Ravagers, Sovereign: Ayesha, Skrulls, Kree Empire (on-and off-enemies): Ronan the Accuser, Nebula (former enemy), Spartoi Empire (on-and off-enemies), Ultron: Phalanx; Thanos (on-and-off enemy): Black Order, Chitauri, Outriders


 * Origin          = A pro-active force attempting to protect the universe from various cosmic and intergalactic threats before they get out of hand


 * PlaceOfFormation = The Kyln
 * PlaceOfDefunction =
 * Creators        =
 * First           = Modern Comics: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 1 1
 * HistoryText     =

Origins
The Guardians of the Galaxy is a group of former intergalactic outlaws, composed of highly-skilled and formidable misfits that fought against cosmic threats as an act to protect the intergalactic communities from planetary threats. Consisting of original members, the heroic band was often led by the legendary Star-Lord, a human-alien hybrid who was abducted from his home planet, Earth, and was raised to be a tough but selfless and an independent outlaw by Yondu Udonta and his Ravager Crew, turning him into the very person of who he is now.

Initially, the heroic group that would become known as the Guardians of the Galaxy were thrown together by sheer chance after Star-Lord stole the Orb of Morag and attempted to sell it, only to be intercepted by Rocket Raccoon and Groot (who were trying to claim the bounty on his head) and Gamora (who was trying to keep the Orb away from Ronan and her adoptive father, Thanos) on Xandar, resulting in all four of them being caught and sentenced to the space prison the Kyln for their past and present crimes. Learning that Gamora had a buyer for the Orb willing to pay four billion credits, Rocket and Groot decided to abandon their efforts to claim the bounty for Quill in favor of selling the Orb, and the four soon gained a new ally in the form of Drax the Destroyer, another prisoner in the Kyln who sought Ronan's death after revealing that he was responsible for the death of his wife and daughter.

The Fight for the Orb
Since the group were able to successfully escape the Kyln, they immediately went to Knowhere, where they sought out help to the Elder known as the Collector, Gamora's known buyer. Unfortunately, the plan didn't turn out to go as they originally planned, and after a series of unfortunate events caused by, the Guardians were subsequently forced to seek the assistance and the cooperation of Yondu's Ravager Crew to protect the Orb from Ronan the Accuser, so that they could ultimately hand it over to the protective and responsible hands of the Nova Corps and the Nova Empire.

In the intense and climatic finale of protecting the Orb, they managed to save the planet of Xandar from the Kree warlord Ronan and his forces and have been recognized under the Nova Corps and the Nova Empire itself as noble intergalactic heroes.

Battle Against Ego
An undetermined brief time after the Battle of Xandar, which had caused for the Guardians to be popularly exposed to the intergalactic community, they were hired to hunt the inter-dimensional beast called the Abilisk, attracted the unwelcome attentions of High Priestess Ayesha and her oversensitive Sovereign race, and finally defeated the Planetary Celestial Ego, who happens to be Quill's biological father and was also responsible for his own mother's death.

During and after Ego's defeat and destruction, the Guardians had also gained three new members to their band, revealing the first one to be Ego's former assistant and ward turned enemy, Mantis, followed by Gamora's former rival and adoptive sister Nebula, and Quill's adoptive father and life trainer Yondu, whom the former having finally realized how much he had cared for him since then, learning that his actions of abduction Quill in the first place was to actually protect him from the universally-devastating schemes of Ego.

Kree-Skrull War
The following months after their last mission, the Guardians were once again hired by the Nova Corps for an undercover mission, whereas they were sent to the planet Hala, in order to infiltrate the secret black market community of the Kree, which had been rumored to be running since the beginning of Kree-Skrull War. During their stay at the home of the Kree Empire, they came to cross paths with the loyal military major by the name of Mar-Vell, who was also in suspicion after he first saw the Guardians' "unauthorized" arrival on the city of Rad-Nam.

Realizing that both alliances have the same mission, they joined forces for the mean time as they would later investigate and figure it out that the true behind the rogue dealings was one of the most respected and noble generals of the Imperial Navy, Ultimatus, who also revealed his dark backstory as a intergalactic fugitive to several intergalactic military and police forces across the cosmic community, including the Nova Corps.

In the conclusion, the heroes have only proven themselves truly victorious when Mar-Vell used one the Guardian's most powerful weapon against him, only leading to the villain's humiliating defeat by the very end, in which he was later handed over to the Nova Corps. In the end of the attack on Hala, the Guardians recruited Mar-Vell into their ranks, to which he happily accepted, leaving the Kree Imperial Navy for a short while as he and the Guardians explore the galaxy. Unfortunate to the Guardians themselves, their cosmic adventures with Major Marvel went short-lived after finding out that the both races of the Skrulls and the Kree were once more have reignited their million-years war on each other. In response, the Guardians were immediately obligated in helping to end the war and restore peace between both races without siding with either.

Realizing that they were miserably losing and were on the pinnacle of failing on their mission in ending the war by themselves, Mar-Vell then ultimately makes up his mind, and immediately rides his spacecraft to leave the planet Skrullos, seemingly leaving the entire warzone behind, though in actuality, he left so that he could go to his last resort, who was also the final key into ending the Kree-Skrull War once and for all, which was his old friend and ally back on Earth, Carol Danvers. During the arrival of Danvers and Mar-Vell on Skrullos, that was that very moment where Danver's immeasurable powers that she never even knew had existed before, had consequently help the rest of the intergalactic heroes put a final end towards the Kree-Srull War for good.

Skrull Invasion
To be added.

Return to the Cosmos
To be added.


 * Equipment              =
 * Translator Implant
 * Awesome Mix Vol. 1
 * Zune
 * Sony Walkman (formerly; destroyed)
 * Awesome Mix Vol. 2 (formerly; destroyed)
 * Aero-Rigs
 * Spacesuits
 * Transportation         =
 * Eclector
 * Third Quadrant
 * M-Ship
 * Milano (formerly; destroyed)
 * Weapons                =
 * Each teammates' arsenal
 * Drax's Knives'
 * Godslayer
 * Rocket's arsenal
 * Quad Blasters

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