Over two hundred kilometers west of New York, in a wilderness area of New Jersey, stood a massive radio telescope array operated by NASA.
Dozens of enormous radio telescopes were arranged neatly across the wilderness. Their bowl-shaped reflectors, like enlarged satellite dishes, tilted toward the sky as they received radio waves emitted by different celestial bodies throughout the universe.
This radio telescope array was not alone. Not far in front of the sprawling array stood a base complex nearly as large. This was the research facility for Pegasus Project, one of NASA's secret research programs.
Deep beneath those buildings lay an even more secret underground base, unknown to the public. This was the experimental facility for the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division's Phase Two project!
Hiding the Cosmic Cube research facility beneath a secret NASA research project showed just how seriously Nick Fury and the World Security Council regarded it.
After all, the Cosmic Cube was said to be one of All-Father Odin's treasures, containing incomparably immense energy. If they could find the correct way to use it, it would surely unleash tremendous power!
After Thor's appearance, Nick Fury and the World Security Council, who had once believed they held the global situation firmly in their grasp, felt an enormous threat. Judging by the terrifying strength Thor had displayed in his battle against the Destroyer, they had no confidence they could deal with him.
They had learned not only that other life existed in the universe, but that even the gods of myth and legend were real. And even the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division, which possessed Earth's most advanced technology and combat power, still lagged far behind in terms of military strength.
Therefore, they urgently needed more powerful force to ensure Earth's safety. Under those