Guardians of the Galaxy (Earth-2199)

Guardians of the Galaxy

Team history

In the aftermath of the Phalanx invasion of the Kree, Star-Lord decides to form a team of interstellar heroes that will be proactive in protecting the galaxy, rather than reacting to crises as they happen. To this end, he recruits Adam Warlock, Drax the Destroyer,Captain Universe (Richard Rider) ,Gamora,Lady Marvel (Monica Rambeau),Lyja the Super-Skrull, Talon,and Arboreal, with Moondragon as support staff.On the recommendation of their ally, Nova, the group establishes a base of operations on the space station Knowhere, which possesses a teleportation system with near-universal range.An intelligent, telepathic dog named Cosmo the Spacedog is Knowhere's chief of security and works closely with the new team. After a confrontation with the Universal Church of Truth,the team meets a semi-amnesiac man who identifies himself as Vance Astro - Major Victory of the original Guardians of the Galaxy. Astro's declaration inspires the as-yet-unnamed team to adopt the "Guardians of the Galaxy" name for their own.When the team learns Star-Lord directed Mantis to telepathically coerce the heroes into joining the team, they disband.

Talon decides to continue Star-Lord's mission and starts a search for the missing members. His new team includes Bug, Mantis, Major Victory, and Groot, who is fully regrown. Meanwhile, Star-Lord was banished to the Negative Zone by Ronan the Accuser for his actions during the Phalanx's attempted conquest of the Kree Empire. There, he finds himself in the middle of King Blastaar's fight to break into 42 and use its portal to invade Earth. Star-Lord allies with Jack Flag to defend the prison and contact the other Guardians for rescue. Rocket's new team successfully brings both of them back, and Flag becomes a Guardian. Elsewhere, Drax and Phyla begin looking for Cammi, but on their search they talk to a seer who tells them about an oncoming war. Phyla is able to wake Moondragon from the dead, but loses her Quantum Bands in the process. The consequence for Phyla is that she is now the new avatar of death. They go back to Knowhere and do not follow up on the search for Cammi.

War of Kings

Warlock and Gamora return and inform the team of the War of Kings. They split into three teams, one each to the Kree and Shi'ar, and one staying on Knowhere to coordinate. The Kree team is heard by Black Bolt and the Inhumans, but their request for peace is denied. The Shi'ar team is attacked by Vulcan and the Imperial Guard, leading them to ally with the Starjammers.

Star-Lord, Mantis, Bug, Jack Flag, and Cosmo are taken to the 31st Century by that era's Guardians, who warn them of the creation of an all-destroying energy rift called The Fault at the war's conclusion. Trapped in the future, Star-Lord's team is able to get a message to Warlock in the 21st Century. Warlock is unable to stop The Fault's creation, but is able to contain it with a spell that requires a stable, unused timeline. Warlock chooses the one he previously erased,causing him to become the Magus. Star-Lord's team, with the help of Kang the Conqueror, are returned to this point in the timestream. To escape, Magus fakes the death of himself, Mantis, Cosmo, Major Victory, Martyr, and Gamora.

Martyr frees herself with the help of Maelstrom, and enables Mantis to call the other Guardians for help telepathically. When they come to the rescue, Phyla-Vell is misled by Maelstrom into freeing Thanos. Thanos kills Martyr, but is captured by the Guardians and taken back to Knowhere as a prisoner.

The Thanos Imperative

The universe is invaded by the Cancerverse, a universe that lies on the opposite side of the Fault, a rift in space-time formed at the end of "War of Kings". The Guardians take Thanos to the Cancerverse in an attempt to end the war early.Along the way, Drax attacks Thanos and is killed.They are ultimately successful at ending the war, but Thanos is left enraged and promising to kill everyone. Along with Nova, Star-Lord remains in the collapsing Cancerverse as the other Guardians escape.

After the death of Star-Lord, the Guardians disband. Still believing in their cause, Cosmo recruits another team under the name "Annihilators". Talon and Arboreal later reunite and decide to continue the Guardians' legacy after the duo prevent an incident on Talon's home Atillan.

After Star-Lord's father visits him in a bar to tell him that it is forbidden for any alien species to visit Earth, Iron Man is attacked by Badoon appearing to attack Earth. The Guardians and their newest member Iron Man defeat the ship; however, London is still attacked.The Guardians defend London and finish off the horde of Badoon but learn that, for violating the "Earth-is-off-limits" rule (the Spartax Earth Directive), they are to be placed under arrest by the King of Spartax. The Guardians manage to escape with the help of Arboreal, who had recently regrown after being destroyed by a Badoon ship's explosion. The team includes Star-Lord, Drax the Destroyer, Gamora, Arboreal, Talon, and would join the Guardians  Lady Marvel, Lyja the Super-Skrull , Adam Warlock , Captain Universe , Uriel the Air Walker and Ardina later have as team members as well.

During the "Secret Wars", the Guardians of the Galaxy take part in the incursion between Earth-616 and Earth-1610. During the incursion, Talon and Arboreal are killed by the Children of Tomorrow, Star-Lord is teleported away trying to come up with a back-up plan, and Gamora and Drax the Destroyer are surrounded and confused by the corpses of their comrades.During the subsequent conflict with the Beyonder-empowered Doom, Star-Lord is one of the survivors of the previous universe, piloting the 616 and Ultimate versions of Mister Fantastic in to mount a final assault on Doom's castle, and revealing that he kept a twig from Arboreal in his pocket until the right moment.

During the "Secret Empire", the Guardians of the Galaxy assist Captain Marvel, the Ultimates, the Alpha Flight, Excalibur, Winter Guard,Squadron Supreme of America, and Quasar into fighting the Chitauri wave. Captain America, who was brainwashed into being a Hydra sleeper agent by Red Skull's clone using the powers of Kobik, activates the Planetary Defense Shield trapping them outside of Earth.

Talon who had been resurrected thanks to one of Adam Warlock's evolutionary cocoons can still deactivate the shield and teleports the Guardians of the Galaxy back to Knowhere leaving Earth's heroes the task of overcoming Hydra's threat but giving them a precious a gift that would later be essential to allow the superheroes of Earth. A fragment of Kubik the Cosmic Cube that was created before Kobik the Hydra Cosmic Cube that would serve to rescue the true Captain America in time for him to lead the heroes to defeat his evil misrepresented Nazi counterpart. The Guardians of the Galaxy have remained united ever since, always ready to take action to defend the cosmos from threats.

Guardians of the Galaxy ( Earth-2199 ) Team Members :

Star-Lord / Peter Quill (Earth-2199)

Adam Warlock (Earth-2199)

Drax The Destroyer (Earth-2199)

Ardina (Earth-2199)

Arboreal (Earth-2199)

Talon (Earth-2199)

Captain Universe / Richard Rider (Earth-2199)

Uriel the Air Walker (Earth-2199)

Lady Marvel / Monica Rambeau (Earth-2199)

Lyja the Super-Skrull (Earth-2199)