Editing Extraordinary Comics Places (section)

== '''Place:''' Installation 86 – “Cloudbank” ==

'''Qualities:'''

''The first and last stop for freedom.''

''The bigger they are, the higher they soar.''

''Tanks rolling down main street USA.''

'''Description:''' A massive base installation for O.M.N.I. – the Observation of Metahumans for the National Interest and one of the largest governmental bodies related to superheroes and supervillains. While nominally organized around intelligence gathering on supervillains and non-terrestrial entities that might threaten the United States, O.M.N.I. is also willing and ready to engage in… proactive threat reduction. Installation 86 is one of the few public-facing facilities they operate, mostly because it would be nearly impossible to hide. Its designation “Cloudbank” refers to its role as a depot for rearming, repairing, and refueling the fleet of advanced skyharriers that patrol international airspace.

The base has brought immense benefits to the area including vast government funding. The sight of skyharriers and uniformed O.M.N.I. operatives are a welcome sight to many of North Fairland's citizens. However, it is an unwelcome presence to many others. The proximity of "Cloudbank" paints a huge target on the city for supervillains for one thing. Local politicians often bend over backwards to facilitate the base in any way, no questions asked, because the money is vital to the local economy and the prestige is unmatched. But many say the situation is much darker than that: there countless rumors of secretive government projects, use of O.M.N.I. resources for the surveillance of private citizens, and even the use of O.M.N.I. personnel to silence political dissidents in the area. 

Naturally, official congressional investigations into such rumors have always found no evidence of wrongdoing in their lengthy - and classified - reports.


'''People:''' Admiral Thomas Norton - A lifelong O.M.N.I. agent whose spotless service record goes back decades, he is that acting supervisor of Cloudbank. Thomas Norton got his start in operations and his knack for keeping track of large scale planning is unparalleled. In his mid-30s he made a name for himself as a capable leader whether facing off against supervillains in the field or managing intelligence behind a desk. Now in his mid-50s some might find it strange that his particular skill set is being used to run what is essentially a humdrum (if complex) warehouse. Admiral Norton's political ambitions have come to the fore in his latter years, and some say his eagerness to join the upper echelons of the Directive at O.M.N.I. headquarters have taken up more of his time and attention than managing the base itself.

'''Qualities:'''

''"Been in the game longer than you've been alive."''

''Anything to make it to the top - where I belong.''

''Never found wanting.''

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