"How is the team managed?"

"Not really sure. I think they've got a guy funding them and someone else leading them in the field? But they do a lot of stuff by discussing things among whoever's present."

"Does it have subdivisions?"

"Uh, there at least used to be West Coast and East Coast but I think that's not as much a thing anymore..."

"Are there other major organizations of powered people Lorica should be aware of?"

"Hm... X-Men - Loki's kinda associated with them, they run Xavier's Institute, a school for mutants and some other types of powered kids, and used to have an associated team and do some lobbying stuff, though they were gutted when the Scarlet Witch happened. Still, they've got a lot of - something like respect, at least among powered folk. Leader's Professor X, who I think is a telepath? Magneto or Loki probably know more about him - Magneto's got some kind of history with the X-men, though it dates way back to the Cold War, and Loki went to school at Xavier's. They're mostly in America but are a bit worldwide. Internationally - the big deal is SHIELD, who do - basically weird stuff and exceptional threats? They're run by the World Security Council, sanctioned by the UN, all that. SHIELD's got a subdivision, SWORD, which deals with extraterrestrial threats specifically."

"For major villain groups - HYDRA is the big boogieman. They're literally Nazis, they were Hitler's powered branch or whatever, and they went underground and then started recruiting, and started popping up again recently. They're one of the more - stubbornly willing to rock the boat? We get apocalyptic groups and all but those usually get their asses kicked."

"And - there's a lot, I could probably sit here listing teams and organizations for hours, especially worldwide or historically relevant. Like, Doctor Doom picks fights with the Fantastic Four a lot, but they're a pretty minor team, and Magneto used to be associated with the League of Mutants, which was disbanded but a lot of people still bring up..."

"How many types of powers are there?"

"Not sure what you mean by types? Like, power origins, or what powers do?"

"You said 'some other types of powered kids'."

"Oh, yeah - meant power origins, there. Mutants have their powers genetically, though I don't know the science stuff there. Some kids are immigrant extraterrestrial aliens or part alien or something. I think there was also an experiment by some aliens to see if they could give people powers? And some kids stubborn their way into getting magic, and some get experimented on by jerks, and some get into weird accidents with things that can grant powers."

"Are there many alien civilizations in contact with Earth?"

"Lots! I probably can't even list them all, and I'm a bit of a geek for this stuff. Wanted to be a space diplomat as a kid. I think the ones most people know about are the Kree, the Skrulls, and the Asgardians."

"What is known about those?"

"The Kree and the Skrulls are at war with each other, and because they refuse to cut it and any wars of expansion out they're not part of any of the interplanetary consortiums, just their own empires. The Kree are mostly blue skinned, all humanoids roughly the same size as humans, pretty aggressively expansionist but not the worst out there. The Skrulls are shapeshifters - natively they're green skinned humanoids, and they find keeping a humanoid body plan easier. They're a lot less expansionist. The Asgardians were very human like in appearance, but a lot heavier and more durable and way longer lived, and had this weird thing where they had super advanced technology but had this medieval-ish fantasy cultural aesthetic. Like, they'd have actual books with thin screens embedded in the page for moving pictures, was an example I remember reading."

"How does the Skrull/Kree war tend to affect Earth?"

"We're kind of - on the edges of between their empires? So they sometimes decide we'd be a good point for controlling this part of space. Asgard used to - kind of have us as an unofficial protectorate? And by the time Asgard was gone we were able to fight back, so they haven't ever succeeded, but I guess if people always learned from mistakes we'd stop having dumb wars."

"Why did Asgard consider the Earth an unofficial protectorate?"

"I think it had something to do with a fight they were having with some of their neighbors - there was an attempted invasion by one of their enemies like a thousand years ago, Asgard repelled them, told them and everyone else around to not try it again, and the Asgardians are really long lived so that warning kind of just stayed in effect."

"Are those enemies still a factor?"

"Uh, you'd have to ask Loki - I haven't heard much about them?"

"Loki appears to be elsewhere occupied, but I will remember that, thank you."

"You're welcome! Loki's usually pretty good about explaining things. Thanks for talking to me, by the way."

"Thank you for answering my questions!"

"Welcome! I should possibly actually sleep at some point - Jet might try to sit on me again if I stay up."

"Please don't let me keep you."