By the time Adam arrived back in New York he was welcomed by the sight of Tony, with a blank expression, as he stared at his baby, the Stark Tower.
Although it still stood, it was ruined beyond any and all repairs, it would need to be rebuilt completely.
"Well at least no one got hurt." Adam said as he walked up to Tony, " Nice suit..." Adam continued as he looked at the new Mark 8, which was originally the Mark 15.
Tony just turned and asked, "Did you have to crash thru my building twice? Once wasn't enough for you or something?" It wasn't about the money, he wasn't looking forward to dealing with Pepper, since she did help him quite a bit on the project.
"Well, maybe you can use it to make one large sun roof now. You were going after a fully green building. Besides it wasn't my fault, talk to both of the blondies about that." Adam replied as he too looked at what was left of Stark Tower.
Shaking his head Tony just gave a shrug before replying, "Well I guess now I can upgrade, or rather we. Why don't I donate the land and building to you, we could make it our US Branch for the UNSC?"
Adam placed his hand on his chin and pondered for a moment before giving a nod in acknowledgement, "That's a pretty good idea, although we still need an island near the equator for our main base, we definitely could use a branch in the US to help with recruiting and such." Adam knew a lot of things would be happening in and around New York in the future and having a presence in New York could be beneficial.
Tony looked incredulously at Adam, he expected his building to be the main headquarters of his new partner the UNSC, he couldn't help but ask, "What's so good about an island?"
Adam, still looking at Stark Tower to picture the building he would replace Stark Tower with, answered Tony's question, "Islands are easier to defend, but also it's mainly about being near the equator, a space elevator is more stable when built near the equator, less energy is needed to achieve gravitational lock with Earth and the space platform. Earth doesn't just spin, it hobbles too, this would put additional stress on the magnetic couplings used to not only connect the ground to the platform in space, it also is what ferries the elevators." Adam explained as a mental image began to take shape of what he would do with the space allotted.
"Don't you have teleportation? What do you need a space elevator for?" Tony asked curiously, he didn't see why Adam would build such a thing when he can just teleport objects and people using the translocation pads.
"Translocation is supposed to be used only in case of emergencies, and it is restrictive since you can only teleport to set destinations. I only plan for high ranking members having access to the pads as well as using them in emergency situations. A space elevator would allow for quick and cheap transport to and from space. It can also act as a global scanner thus allowing me to pull the sensor drones away from Earth since the space elevator can be installed with the same sensor capabilities." As Adam explained to Tony his reason, Fury and Carol along with Coulson and Hill approached, as well as Thor and the other Avengers.
Thor approached with a wide grin and said, "Metal man, I haven't had a chance to fight with such a strong opponent. I look forward to doing it again." Thor said as he wrapped an arm around Adam. "You're much better than when I fought that metal man over there." Thor said as he nodded toward Tony who had a sour look on his face.
"You didn't fight this armor, 'Point Break'. I would be more than happy to show you what this one can do to you." Tony answered back confidently.
"Alright children, we got work to do." Natasha called out, as her and Yelena approached with Loki who was cuffed with special handcuffs made by the UNSC using a mixture of Titanium-A3 and Vibranium.
"I agree." Adam said as he stepped out of Thor's side hug and approached Fury and his small team. "Fury, you not only endangered my teams, but you endangered the city." Adam said harshly as he crossed his arms over his chest.
"I did what I felt best." Fury replied as he tried to think what exactly he did to endanger the city.
"Thanks to Carol's display, the WSC led by Pierce ordered a nuclear strike on the city, thankfully I had a few Pelican ships in the area who disabled it en route. So I am giving you two options, go retire and live out the rest of your days with your wife, or join the UNSC, if you feel you're not ready to retire. You are just as bad as Reed Richards. You can't be left to your own devices. I do respect you, always have, but you, due to your short sided thinking, spark a few events that I intend to avoid." Adam answered as a held his hand out causing a holo-display to show the missile en route, and a Pelican ship capturing it.
Fury had a stunned look on his face at the mention of his wife, which matched all the others in attendance. They had no idea he was married at all, Phil Coulson felt the most hurt by this revelation, he and Fury had known each other for a very long time and were close friends. He felt hurt that Fury never told him of his marriage at the least.
"So what do you get out of this whole thing? Don't say any bullshit hero answers either. I know this isn't just about defending Earth, if that was the case you would leave everything alone. If you really come from the future, then you obviously know that in the end it all works out. You aren't doing that, and I want to know why." Fury, after recovering from his shock at Adam knowing about his marriage, the only ones who knew were his wife and a very select few of her Skrull people, finally asked the question that had been bothering him the most.
Fury's wife Varra, was a high ranking Skrull on her homeworld before she became a refugee and hid on Mar-Vell's ship with Talos' wife and daughter. After Talos and Fury came to an agreement, they would work for Fury and in return Fury would work towards giving them citizenship on the planet, afterwards Varra began working with Fury and their relationship slowly blossomed. So Fury told no one of the marriage, and it was very recent.
"You are right Fury, we do get something out of this. A fresh start, we know things would be fine if we left it. But that's just it Fury, just fine, not great like it should be. I know what's out there and who. The future we come from is a hard one as I am sure you can guess, considering I told you what I am, my ship isn't a colonial vessel or a diplomatic vehicle meant for peace. It is a war ship. What is out in the universe is far worse than you can imagine, and I intend on giving Earth a head start. So yes Fury there are ulterior motives, I am preparing for the wars that are to come, but unlike you, who is trying to fight the war before it starts, I will prepare Earth to fight it when it arrives." Adam responded then continued to explain, not to just Fury, but the others as well.
"I only have so many aboard my ship, enough to man my fleet but that's about it. I don't have the crew to manage the bases or space stations that are being built. Although most of it can and will be automated using AI, I still need people, and Earth has plenty of good people willing to defend their planet. I know your hesitation in joining was you seeing joining as a demotion. What if I told you I planned on you running the training space station above Earth, you would manage recruiting and training new recruits, as well as maintain the peace around the globe."
"Fine. I will agree to join but I want to assign my own people under me." Fury responded after a short pause, he felt the terms were surprisingly good for all that has happened.
"Good. Obviously I trust your judgement, so as long as they are UNSC personnel, they can act in a leadership position. No unauthorized personnel is allowed access to our tech, that includes your Skrull friends, UNSC is not bigots or restrictive as you would think, we can allow Skrull entry into the UNSC. But no more missions for them Fury. Now I need to know if you have met Gravig yet, has Varra introduced him to you yet?" Adam asked curiously, he wasn't sure exactly when Gravig had shown up, he just knew it was in and around the Invasion of New York.
"Who's Varra?" Fury asked since he didn't recognize the name since she went by a different name.
Looking at Fury questioningly but then realized it wasn't till after the secret invasion that his wife had finally told him her Skrull name to him. Adam explained.
"Uh, fine has Priscilla introduced you to Gravig yet, sorry thought you knew your wife's real name." Adam said as his scratched his cheek in embarrassment.
Fury, who now had a comical expression on his face at realizing it was true, he knew she was Skrull obviously, but he never realized she never told him her real name, answered with a shake of his head and answered, "No she hasn't. Anything I should know about this Gravig."
"Nothing in particular just that he is a potential bad guy, however you don't need to worry, I know what made him snap and can easily resolve it. Call a meeting for me to meet Talos and the council of Skrull leaders. But first we need to uproot HYDRA, no more waiting, Fury. You have my teams and the Avengers now, so after we make you official and register you in the UNSC database, you will have the right to issue orders." Adam said as he retracted the armor surprising Carol, she didn't think Adam and the man in the suit were the same.
She listened to Adam speak this time, rather than attacking, she had agreed with much of what Adam said. Unlike the others she knew more about what was out in the galaxy then most, she has been patrolling the galaxy for a while now and has been on many worlds. She has heard many legends and stories of beings and races that caused fear, galaxy wide. Thanos, Galactus, Ego, Knull and Gorr just to name a few.
All of them were dangers that would arrive in the future, Adam knew there were more so he was making preparations to face them all.
After receiving Fury's agreement, Adam arranged transport back to the Infinity. Adam was going to transport Thor and Loki back to Asgard using one of his ships so that he could gain the coordinates of Asgard.
Adam also needed to prepare for the SPARTAN IV procedure on Bucky and the others, as well as getting Fury and others registered within the UNSC systems, they can then receive their standard injections given to all UNSC recruits.
After several hours, Fury and his team returned to Earth with all new state of the art gear. Adam had manufactured some Gen 2 armors which, although not as good as Mjolnir armor, could be worn by regular soldiers.
Eve also began development on a new upgraded suit for Adam, she incorporated Vibranium into the nanobots that would make up the suit, also using new innovations that have been gathered across the globe, such as Pym Particles, Extremis, as well as others, she was able to increase performance overall by an estimated 25%.
It would also incorporate additional abilities such as shrinking or growing while the suit was active, it had enough energy to power its own slipspace engine, which was added to the suit. Pym technology gave so many advantages, it was potentially the most overpowered and underrated technology within the MCU.
Eve had also designed a Mjolnir Mark 7 for Bucky, Steve, Natasha, Yelena and Taskmaster who opted for the procedure as well. She kept their suits similar to their original hero suits, but with a UNSC spin to them. Rather than being red white and blue Steve's suit was grey and black but still had a star at his chest. The suits had visual camouflage and had the ability for the user to change its color, or even cloak itself turning near invisible.
Many of the ones who had opted for the SPARTAN procedure backed out after they had seen the Gen 2 battle armors, since they would be able to operate it without the procedure, they had decided to just work towards waiting to earn one of their own.
Bucky and the others knew the risks but they did have a higher chance of survival due to the serums they were injected with before.