Century Pact
The Century Pact was a conspiracy created by Darkheart and Steelwind, former operatives of DeFacto V, after his defeat. Without their creator's vast power, they had to result to cleverness and subterfuge, and so they began a long-term plan to build a secret criminal organization and damage the credibility of the world's net.heroes.
Using leftover RoboMACs technology, they created various technologically-enhanced pawns, including the Meow Meow Gang and Mandrake. Breaking Coppermane out of jail, they cybernetically enhanced him and he became effectively the third member of the Pact's triumvirate.
At the same time, they used various manipulations to try and seed the idea of an utopian world without net.heroes, from political speeches from a disguised Darkheart to dream manipulation by Mark Dante. <more>