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hmmm i do like the build up of an alternate timeline, but i do clearly remember the devs saying that issues 9-12 story lines would be tied together........

Now back to speculation in this alternate demension will we encounter Hero-1 since from all signs so far the rikti never invaded this time line, and if we encounter hero-1..... wow that just opens up even more questions....

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This makes me think of something else. Several different things actually. If this is a "Jump back and change stuff" from Aeon, what if he went back and either:
A) Gave Nemesis newer technology to help his fake heroes take over the Rikti homeworld and integrate his mind into their network.
B) Hero-1 defeated the invading Rikti, closed the portal, and EVERYONE returned safely with no chances of the Rikti ever coming back again.
C) Everyone had cake since the Rikti are actually friendly in this alternate reality and they just visited to have a picnic.

I don't knows... the third one was something actually good but I got distracted by something IRL and it took me away long enough to actually forget. Either way, mayhaps one of the two serious like ones actually happened and there has yet to be an aftermath. We'll just have to wait for more crumbs from the Devs as we "patiently" await I11.

Read some more posts and saw some stuff on the 5th so I reread the article. In comparison to things on the lines of the 5th I pulled something together sorta that seems reasonable. IF the 5th were to come back this issue may have a taste of it in there. The 5th's disappearance was during our "generation" of superpeople. If they were pushed into hiding back in the late 1940's to early 1950's it'd be reasonable that by our time they'd have most likely reared their heads back up by then.
Though I don't know if evidence would point to the 5th's revival in our timeline they may have been beaten down and returned by our time in other realities.

Don't know if this has been mentioned already but I'm going to throw it up here anywho. First, why the big "Woah!" about a possible alternate reality coming? If I'm not mistaken there is already one for CoH side called Praetorian Earth. It's definitely an alternate reality that you guys have access to and the only thing that could possibly be made new in those terms are either allowing the Villain side join in the fun there or giving us our own version of it.
As for the flashback stuff, I would love for it to happen and it seems that it's likely to be coming about with this next issue or the one after. The speculations have been pretty sound and not off the wall like "ZOMG! They're adding cooking as another thing you can do with the invention stuff!!!!". Either way, that's my two cents for what it's worth.