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1985 - Teton River Dam in Idaho collapses and would flood a 300 mile area, except that the water is held back, by the first Parahuman to act publicly. She’s dressed in a skin-tight white bodysuit, and appears again several times: Holding up a bridge during an Earthquake, airlifting residents from a burning high-rise, and even towing icebergs to desert areas. Since she doesn’t give a name, the press gives her one – Crane. Others appear in short order, almost as if triggered by her appearance. One of the first is Iron Sheikh – another name given by the press – who, taking offence to her presumption and mode of dress, attacks her as she helps to water Somalia. Although incredibly powerful – pictures show him lifting a fully loaded C-5 – he proves no match for her, and is knocked unconscious to the ground.
1987 - A battle occurs above Washington, D.C. between two Parahumans. One is dressed as anyone would be, and though no name is ever learned, is apparently intent upon destroying the city, starting with the government buildings. The other, dressed in the costume of every Minuteman since the first, bears the title of Minuteman VI well, defeating the other, though he escapes. He faces numerous battles throughout the next year, winning them all, though not always easily.
Crane, still acting primarily as an agent of aid, distributes food and medicine in Africa and the Middle East directly to the needy, bypassing the governments entirely. While on one such trip, she is attacked by a group of Parahumans calling themselves In’Shallah. She defeats all of them by herself, sending them fleeing away. Even some of the most radical mullahs bristle at the presumption of the group, and while they find support, it is not widespread.
1988 - – Several more Parahumans come out of the woodwork, forming a team – The Society of Justice. They make Minuteman VI an honorary member, but the actual members are: The Detective, Lady Liberty VI, Star and Streak. They fight several battles with other parahumans, either singularly or together, and generally protect the entire Eastern seaboard of the U. S. When asked why they didn’t recruit Crane, Lady Liberty VI indicated that they had, but she wasn’t interested.
Minuteman VI fights dozens of battles on his own, against his first foe – now known as Seraph – as well as foes such as In’Shallah. While his record remains spotless, some of his foes are very close to his own level.
Crane, after being booed by many of those she was helping after her defeat of In’Shallah, enters semi-retirement, declaring that she’ll help out in emergencies, of if asked, but will otherwise leave people alone – as they seem to wish to be – with their corrupt and evil governments. Her comments stir international anger, but she refuses to retract them.
1989 - The Society of Justice announces the addition of two new members – Immortus and Sorceress. Not long afterward, they run into Minuteman VI’s nemesis, Seraph, with his own team around him, calling themselves The Doom Convergence. During the battle, Seraph kills Star, blasting her through four separate skyscrapers. So tough was she that her body is still intact when it lands in Central Park. Before Seraph can do more than gloat, however, The Detective – until now considered nothing more than a Mystery – attacks him, killing Seraph with a single, immediately fatal, heartshot. The rest of The Doom Convergence flees, their morale shattered. The Detective surrenders himself immediately to the NYPD. Star’s body, since it can’t be properly embalmed, is placed inside a crystalline coffin filled with noble gasses. Her coffin is initially placed in a cemetary, but so many people come to visit her tomb that it’s moved to mark where she fell.
