"So far, we know of over a thousand fallen worlds, though not all of them are in dire straits. Quite a few, like the Justice Lords' world, have begun saving themselves or already succeeded."
"But not every world is easy to approach. The factions on Earth alone are complicated enough. Given differences in culture, ethnicity, faith, and so on, we haven't established contact with every world."
"Some Earths are also too dangerous. They don't trust us, and in some worlds, even the makeup of their superhero teams is completely different from ours. We lack clear examples we can use to convince them."
"That's perfectly normal. In their shoes, I wouldn't trust someone who had just popped out of another parallel universe either."
This was their third strategic planning meeting. More than eight parallel universes were now participating, all discovered gradually during previous activations of the device. The Justice Lords and Earth One's Justice League had contacted these worlds separately, successfully gaining five allies and expanding their ranks.
They had lost contact with the Crime Syndicate's world. Somehow, the Batman Who Laughs had blocked the coordinates of the entire world, partially undermining their previous plan to link signals together. As a result, Earth One had to send people to their new allies to install Parallel Universe Detectors for them.
Of course, that blockade was relative. Brad could still find the Crime Syndicate; he simply chose not to. Who knew what the Batman Who Laughs had done in there? Making a trip only to walk into a trap wasn't worth it.
Owlman had concealed quite a few things. For instance, the prototype he had produced was merely a diversion. In reality, he had long since completed another machine with a different function, one capable of linking every parallel universe and, with certain