Oa
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| Oa | |
 Oa, from the Justice League TV series |
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| Publisher | DC Comics |
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| Type | Planet |
| Notable people | Guardians of the Universe |
Oa is a fictional planet that lies at the center of the DC Comics universe. Since its inception, Oa has been the planetary citadel of the Guardians of the Universe and the headquarters of the Green Lantern Corps.
[edit] History
One of the oldest planets, Oa serves as the home and headquarters to a race of blue-skinned powerful humanoids who have dubbed themselves the Guardians of the Universe. The Guardians administer the Green Lantern Corps, a group of powerful universal police officers equipped by the Guardians with green-colored rings of power -- plus green lanterns with which to charge the rings. According to the story "Heart of A Star" in the Sandman: Endless Nights graphic novel, Oa's star is called Sto-Oa (the Light of Oa) by the children of the planet's inhabitants. Its location has been firmly established by numerous references in Green Lantern comics over the years.
Oa's history is not clear; according to some stories, the Guardians originated in a planet called Maltus. These evolved Maltusians later moved to Oa and named themselves Oans. Oa became a convenient base of operations. Other stories had the Oans living there from the beginning.
Oa appears to be mainly a desert-like, lifeless planet. The main feature is the Guardian's city. Green Lantern Corps member Hal Jordan, the Green Lantern of sector 2814 (i.e., Earth), under the influence of the evil entity Parallax, kills all but one of the Guardians and most of the Corps before draining Oa's Central Power Battery of its energy. The planet is later destroyed during a battle between Jordan and his successor, Green Lantern Kyle Rayner.
The planet is reformed sometime later by Jordan's old friend and associate Tom Kalmaku in the graphic novel Legacy: The Last Will and Testament of Hal Jordan. The Central Power Battery is later recharged and the Guardians resurrected shortly thereafter by Kyle Rayner after he spends some time as the near-omnipotent "Ion".
After attacks by Superman-Prime and the Spider Guild, the Guardians refortify Oa by creating a planetwide armour and defensive system to prevent successful attacks against them. The full capability of the new systems are still unknown. They were not however able to prevent an assault by The Sinestro Corps, which resulted in the deaths of many Green Lanterns. Afterward, the Corps doubles its defenses.
[edit] Green Lanterns Corps Headquarters
- Central Meeting Hall: Where Green Lanterns receive their briefing and assignments.
- Training facility: for Green Lanterns to endure series of tests and combat trainings.
- Dining Hall: can accommodate any Green Lantern's nutritional needs and capable to replicate dishes from across the universe. However, its chef, a Green Lantern named Greet, unable to replicate vast number of foods from Earth properly.
- Hall of Great Service: library mainly housing the Book of Oa, containing many of its histories and prophecies. The library also carries records of Green Lanterns Corps and momentos of their victories and defeats.
- The Sciencells: a prison designed to contain the most ruthless and powerful criminals in the universe captured by the Green Lantern Corps. Its residents include Sinestro, Lyssa Drak, Evil Star, Igneous Man, Grayven, and Alexander Nero. Superman-Prime was the only inmate who weren't imprisoned in the sciencells. The Guardians and the Green Lantern Corps sent him to a quantum containment field, surrounded by a red Sun-Eater and guarded by fifty Green Lanterns.
- Memorial Hall: erected to dedicate Green Lanterns members who lost their lives in the line of duty. A Green Lantern named Morro, and his pet dratures, are its cryptkeepers.
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