Not one, but many. The Scourge, an alien race, sworn enemy of the alien symbiote, now known as Century Man. The hunt it, non stop, and will stop at nothing until they have it in their grasp.

Marty Mason, the scientific engineer responsible for the creation of the Charlotte City Space Elevator. When an unexpected power surge during the creation of the electromagnetic pulse that lifts the elevator, Marty steps in to save his soon to be wife and stepfather. In an accident that should have left him dead, he now soars the skies of Charlotte City with his new-found powers. But nothing lasts forever, a gift just may be a curse.

He has no name, not yet anyway. After an event that leaves Nucleus more than confused, this mysterious masked personality claims he has been waiting for Nucleus to arrive in his domain for quite some time. In a dimension that looks like a catastrophic earth, Nucleus and this Unknown number meet for the first time.

Humans sent him to space 60 years ago, now he’s back for revenge. Albert V, the fifth primate to be sent into space, was lost when his shuttle was knocked off course by an asteroid field. Raised by aliens, he is back to annihilate the human race, but not before he is confronted by the new protector of Charlotte City.