Project Crusader

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Project Crusader was started by S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Nick Fury as a direct result of the Springfield Incident in which the town of Springfield was destroyed by undisclosed means. The Project's primary mandate was to locate and identify unique individuals with enhanced abilities or with access to superior technology, also referred to as Metahumans with the end goal to create a Metahuman Response Team that would be able to be deployed to deal with situations such as the Springfield Incident. The Project was originally assigned to Agent Black and for a number of years her team located and identified a number of possible candidates for the project (they also identified some potential threats). In 2018, Direct Fury gave the green light to Agent Black to begin recruiting for The Crusaders as part of Project Crusade.