In 1947, an alien craft crashed in Antarctica and drew the attention of the Prometheus Institute which had a group of its scientists stationed nearby. There they discovered dozens of charred bodies, none of which were human. They removed the bodies and technology they discovered, sending them back to the States for study. To be able to do this the Institute had to create new facilities and a new department; Project Omega.

The project's facilities were originally constructed in a large, abandoned aqueduct outside of Basilica City. Exploration soon uncovered a vast array of caverns close to the facilities. These would become important later. It's agents include power brokers, politicians, criminals, and black-ops mercenaries with one thing in common: they're humanity's last hope against metahumans. It is partly funded by the government with the intention of designing precautions against superheroes going rogue. 

Sensing the untapped potential found in the planet's rapidly-expanding superhuman population, the seeds of Project: Omega (or the Omega Project, as it is alternately known) were sown in the initial collaborations between military and industry, whose actions were shrouded in secrecy and whose motivations were less than altruistic. These covert dealings—which included, but were not limited to, the analysis of advanced technologies, as well as experimentation on metahumans, mutants, and aliens—continued unabated for decades, providing both parties with profit and secrets well-suited for military application. Many of these top-secret projects dealt with the manipulation and training of metahumans with the intent of transforming them into living weapons. Other projects came about as a response to the rising prominence of the superhumans.

In recent years, Project Omega developed clones which were a human/alien hybrid. By mixing genetic samples gained from Antarctica, along with those of various metahumans, the scientists at Omega were able to create their own super beings. There were numerous failed experiments before they finally succeeded with Centaurus, Coyote and Transport. They were considered expendable with no legal rights. While on an assassination mission in Iran they rebelled and disappeared. The three soon resurfaced back in the United States calling themselves Omega Factor, and have been at the top of the Prometheus Institute's elimination list ever since.

Another agenda was conspiring to undermine public confidence in Justice Anonymous, promoting the popularity of "their" superheroes, to cause discord among its members, and, if necessary, provoke the heroes into making the first move in a war which Project Omega believed it could win.

Matters came to a head when Omega Factor assaulted one of the main laboratories of Project Omega but were defeated by other agents of Prometheus Institute and tried and convicted by the corporation board on multiple counts of desertion. Before they could be executed, two other Prometheus Institute agents - Doomsday and Omega Champion - helped the Omega Factor escape, later joining them. Extensive damage was done to the facility in the process of the escape and it had to be abandoned.

Project Omega has also directly funded the construction of Star Cities 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15.

Project Omega also seems to possess vast knowledge of other realities in the multiverse, ranging from alternate futures to parallel universes.

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