THE HOLLOW POINT

The team was originally part of a government-funded initiative called Project Zero-Yield. The goal was to solve the "collateral damage" problem of major superhero battles. Scientists wanted to create "Hollow" soldiersbeings who could absorb the massive energy outbursts of cosmic villains and contain them within their own bodies‚ leaving the surrounding city [--REDACTED--] was a "failed" experiment because the human body isn't meant to be a sponge for god-like power. Instead of containing the energy‚ the subjects' physical forms began to "hollow out‚" becoming unstable and leaking power in dangerous‚ unpredictable ways. The project was scrubbed‚ the lab was "decommissioned" (demolished with the subjects inside)‚ and the world was told it never [--REDACTED--]e Name: Hollow PointThey reclaimed the name from their discarded files. In ballistics‚ a hollow-point bullet is designed to expand upon impact‚ staying inside the target rather than passing through and hitting someone [--REDACTED--]e Metaphor: They are the heroes who "stay in the wound." They handle the messy‚ radioactive‚ and toxic threats that official teams won't touch because they are already "broken" and can't be hurt any worse than they already have been.