“There are three things you can count on in life: death, taxes, and the Justice Elite.  Anything more then that is just fluff.”

- Sarah Miller, Accountant at Vice World Banking

“Why do we exist? We exist for one purpose, to better our fellow man, and I want everyone to listen to those words, ‘fellow man’.  We are all in this together, elite, baseline, we all live on this planet, and we will survive and die together, that is the fact of it. Why did I volunteer to serve my planet?  I did it because I have a responsibility to use my gifts in a positive manner, not just for my own immediate benefit.  Like they said in the Spiderman movie: ‘With great power comes great responsibility.’  That is about as best as I can put it in a nutshell…”

- Suzuki “Kensei” Kanaka during an interview on 60 Minutes

The cavalry, the good guys, the heroes that make people cry with their unrelenting heroism, the Justice Elite.  Formed August 10th, 2006, after a distinct rise in anti-elite sentiment, the United Nations unveiled Justice Elite to a skeptical public.  But the international team proved to be a great public relations boon, and was actually effective in inspiring many world governments and private interests to put together their own elite teams.  It should be noted that this was in addition to the more secretive and often Black Ops styled elite teams already in existence at the time.

Justice Elite was instantly popular, featuring many of the more popular elites of the time.  The initial roster consisted of Paragon, Kensei, Oracle, Dash, Raptor, and Dr. Stockov.  Of the original roster, two members have been replaced over the intervening seven years.  Dash was killed in action during an elite conflict in Belize with a drug cartel employing mercenary elites.  Raptor retired, having been critically injured in a battle with the Pantheon Acolyte, Razor, in the fall of 2013.  Atlas joined the team shortly after Dash’s death, and in early 2014, Redline joined Justice Elite, and she has proven to be a rather popular choice with the general populace at large.  Each of the team members is a celebrity in their own right, and the media often scrutinizes their every move.

Justice Elite, though, is more then just a public relations coup; they are a United Nations sanctioned team for combating elite violence.  That is their primary objective, and they serve to maintain peace throughout the world, especially areas that lack nationally sanctioned elite teams.  But even Justice Elite cannot be everywhere, and the organization works with both the United Nations Defense Force, and member nations to quell the threat of elite violence.  Though rivalries have cropped up over time between the Justice Elite and various nationally sanctioned elite teams, outright violence has, to this point, been avoided.  Justice Elite also does many humanitarian projects and efforts, such as the terraforming of the Sahara Desert, assisting in the construction of the first human inhabited orbital expected to be completed in late 2015, and the massive international effort to rebuild Japan and the surrounding region after the Tokyo Quake of 2012. They act as ambassadors of the United Nations as well, and fulfill many different public roles, using their popularity to sway international opinion. Since the creation of Justice Elite, the United Nations' influence and power has increased greatly, and it is a world power in and of itself. The UN Intervention of 2011, forced the United States to back down and allow diplomatic negotiations resolve a nasty matter between the US and China, which ended in no bloodshed. Since that time, the United Nations has become a force to reckon with, and the United States has shown some resentment to the opposition it faced during the 2011 negotiations, but so far relations have remained amicable. It should be noted, however, that Justice Elite does not have law enforcement powers on United States soil, they must cooperate with local jurisdiction and authorities.

Currently Justice Elite is looking to expand, and the first step in that process is Justice Elite: Beta, a second tier team to deal with smaller threats than the JE often focuses on.  Justice Elite: Beta works on the same principles as the original team, but consists of fairly new elites who have yet to make their mark on the world.  This move was done for two reasons: the first is to free up time for the main team, but also to bring fresh faces on to the scene and expand the United Nations' influence.  Justice Elite: Beta is just the beginning, the eventual plan is to have Justice Elites in all major regions of the world, each team international in makeup to express the United Nations view of a 'United Earth'. This is a long-term plan in scope, being tested with Justice Elite: Beta.  If it works as planned, several Gifted Elite Institutes are planned to further educate elites on the proper usage of their abilities, to maintain the safety of themselves and those around them. These institutes would again serve a twofold purpose, to educate young elites, and to form a pool from which to recruit for future Justice Elite teams.

The general populace of the world recognizes Justice Elite as heroes.  They work tirelessly to defend the weak, and work to better everyone's lot in life.  They are the good guys, the marketing, merchandising, and franchising of Justice Elite supports this.  They make the news, they are the news, and everyone wants to know what they will do next.  Justice Elite is simply a team of men and women gifted with abilities who are trying to do the right thing, and despite the politics involved, they earnestly believe they are the good guys.  Of course, it doesn't hurt that each of them makes an easy six-figure salary with several perks.