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Appearances: Agendas, Usual Suspects, Auld Acquaintance, Happy New Year, Alienated, Salvage, Before The Dawn, Cornered, War, Intervention, Summit, Endgame, Princes All, Away Mission, Exceptional Human Beings, Influence, Leverage, First Impression, Early Warning, Terminus, Nevermore, Inhospitable, Needful, Volatile, Tale of Two Sisters, The Lady, or The Tigress?, Kaerb Ym Traeh!, Nautical Twilight, Leviathan Wakes, Beyond the Grip of the Gods!, Encounter Upon the Razor's Edge!, Rescue and Search, Zenith and Abyss, Over and Out (hallucination), and Death and Rebirth
Appearances (Comics): Players Chapter Two, Players Chapter Three, Players Chapter Four, Torch Songs: Part 1, Ominous Tidings, Last Rights, and Yesterday's Children: Memory Six
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The Watchtower is a secret orbiting satellite that serves as the Justice League's current and primary headquarters. Green Lanterns Hal Jordan and John Stewart acquired a decommissioned Green Lantern base station and towed it to its current location. Access to the Watchtower is gained from Zeta Beam Teleporter Tubes located in the Hall of Justice, a public headquarters located on Earth. A select few are privy to the existence of the Watchtower. A modest complex is carved into the body of an asteroid but is not outfitted with weapons and contains its own gravity, atmosphere, ecosystem, and cloaking technology. On November 25th, 06:54 Eastern Standard Time (EST), all 15 current members and Dr. Fate met at the Watchtower to discuss an expansion of the Justice League and vote on keeping Captain Marvel and Dr. Fate as members. After several hours, the results of the votes were ratified without objection and the meeting concluded.

On December 30th, an induction party was held at the Watchtower for the Justice League's five new members. For the majority of the party, Batman ran tests on bio technology confiscated by the Team. At 23:46 EST, Red Arrow planted one of the items on Batman. The entire League, all implanted, gathered in the main hall and welcomed Vandal Savage. Red Arrow fled the Watchtower and teleported to the Hall of Justice. On December 31st, 23:16 EST, the Team infiltrated the Watchtower after Red Tornado wirelessly bypassed security for them. Meanwhile, he, Black Canary, and Red Arrow teleported to the Watchtower under the guise they were reinfected with Starrotech. Vandal Savage and Klarion saw through the ruse and captured them. The Team targeted one Justice Leaguer at a time and innoculated them with Curotech. Once all members of the League were freed, Savage and Klarion teleported away and the Team celebrated the new year.

On January 1st, 03:21 EST, Team Year One, members of the Team and Justice League debriefed but could not account for the whereabouts of six members of the League in a span of 16 hours. Between February 16-18, Team Year Five, Batman coordinated with the Team and Justice League from the Watchtower as the Light's plan to awaken Tiamat quickly came into fruition.

On January 3rd, 17:08 EST, Team Year Six, John Stewart, Martian Manhunter, Batman, Captain Atom, Zatanna, Rocket, Nightwing, Miss Martian, and Superboy met to discuss Lobo and the Kroloteans. Manhunter introduced Adam Strange who revealed intelligence the Krolotean threat extended to a planet called Rann. On January 26th, several members passed the Watchtower as they started their trip to Rimbor to stand trial. On February 13th, 21:50 EST, Captain Atom, Dr. Fate, Black Lightning, and Zatanna watched from the Watchtower as the Zeta Shield was activated. On March 31st, 06:40 EDT, Nightwing went over intelligence on the Reach with Captain Atom but Aquaman interjected and presented GBS News footage of the Reach going public. On April 2nd, the Reach Ambassador blurted out the existence of the Watchtower in the presence of Secretary-General Tseng, General Eiling, and news crews. G. Gordon Godfrey immediately went into a tirade about the Justice League using an eye in the sky to spy on those they purportedly protected.

On May 23rd, 21:21 EDT, Captain Atom presented results of the Watchtower's long range scanners tracking data. They detected the Warworld's direct course for Earth. On May 26th, Captain Atom attempted to open negotiations with Mongul but was denied. Nightwing and Aquaman coordinated the joint offensive on the Warworld from aboard the Watchtower.

On June 19th, 05:24 EDT, Nightwing officially returned leadership of the Team to Aqualad in the presence of Red Tornado and Aquaman. A Boom Tube suddenly appeared near them and ejected Black Canary, Captain Marvel, and Black Lightning. They watched as Warworld activated and left Earth's orbit. On June 20th, 07:16 EDT, Captain Atom, the Atom, Nightwing, Blue Beetle, and Aqualad discussed the natural disasters influenced by the Magnetic Field Disrupters when Lex Luthor contacted them through Tseng's transmission. While the world's heroes went after the Disrupters, Snapper Carr coordinated from the Watchtower. On July 4th, 21:16 EDT, Captain Atom officially turned over chairmanship of the League to Black Canary. Batman announced the Team's new permanent base of operations would be in the Watchtower side by side with the Justice League. On August 8, 16:16 EDT, Superboy took a Zeta-Tube to the Watchtower for a mission briefing. He was surprised to see Miss Martian present. Batgirl presided over the briefing and informed Miss Martian, Beast Boy, and Superboy that Psimon was sighted in Hollywood.

On July 27th, 19:57 EDT, Team Year Eight, Batman and Green Arrow staged a walk out in protest over the increasingly obstructionist United Nations regulation. Those who were allied also resigned and departed with their proteges on the Team. Black Lightning also resigned but for personal reasons. On August 4th, 12:33 EDT, Miss Martian sent out an alert to all Team members about a new mission. On October 12th, 07:56 EDT, Steel spoke with Dr. Silas Stone of S.T.A.R. Labs Detroit about studying a Father Box. On November 6th, 14:59 EST, Miss Martian formally welcomed Geo-Force, Halo, Forager, and Terra to the Team and took solace in the return of Tigress, Superboy, and Beast Boy. On November 16th, 21:21 EST, Aquaman briefed the Team about a suspected meta-trafficking site in Verhoyansk. On December 4th, 19:09 EST, Beast Boy called a meeting with the Team and Aquaman to formally declare the formation of a public team of young super-heroes, the Outsiders. On December 21st, 10:12 EST, Zatanna talked to Aquaman about the Outsiders' current mission in Santiago de Cuba. Since Klarion was the primary opposition, she was insitent she helped them but the Justice League's hands were still tied by United Nations regulations.

On February 15th, 18:32 EST, Black Canary and Red Tornado watched the news reports about the coup in Markovia. On February 24th, 19:00 EST, the Justice League, the Team, the Outsiders, and the Anti-Light met on the Watchtower. Nightwing told everyone about the dubious activities of the Anti-Light and Aquaman and Wonder Woman, both members, resigned as co-leaders of the Justice League. Miss Martian resigned as Team leader. To his surprise, Black Lightning was nominated as the next leader and swiftly voted in. He accepted on the grounds that Batman and Nightwing's teams would merge back into the League and Team and no more secret manipulations and coordinations being kept from others would take place ever again. On February 27th, 23:23 EST, Black Lightning looked out a window and smiled.

On March 22nd, Team Year Ten, Superman presided over an open channel with the Science Center in Ma'aleca'andra on M'arzz amid preparations to test its Zeta-Tube. Contact was lost after the Zeta-Tube was destroyed by Lor-Zod. On March 23rd, 01:28 EDT, Martian Manhunted luckily arrived unharmed. Cyborg pointed out it would be too dangerous to generate a Boom Tube to M'arzz without a signal and not having been there before. Superman hailed Steel on comms and requested him to return to the Watchtower with the Javelin. Em'ree J'onzz managed to re-establish contact with the Watchtower and was relieved to learn Manhunter, her uncle was safe. Cyborg attempted to lock onto the signal but could not once Lor-Zod destroyed the M'arzz-Earth Communications Satellite. To make matters worse, Steel reported it would take a few days to return in the Javelin. Martian Manhunter surmised Miss Martian, Superboy, and Beast Boy were on their own for the time being.

On March 24th, Superman called up Lois Lane while he took a break in the Watchtower's garden area. He told Lane he was sure he and Martian Manhunter would be on Mars to help with the assassination case. They soon started talking about Jonny Kent's potty training and emerging super powers. Superman became concerned when Lane informed him Jonny's eyes were glowing red then the call was cut off. He asked Cyborg to generate a Boom Tube. On April 18th, 03:11 EDT, a hologram of Superboy was placed in the memorial section of the garden next to Kid Flash's. Tigress visited it and took a moment to mourn in silence. On April 19th, 21:17 PDT, Dick Grayson and Kaldur'ahm visited the memorial. Grayson tried to convince Kaldur'ahm to take a leave of absence in order to properly grieve but it fell upon deaf ears. On May 15th, Black Canary had a therapy session with Zatara in the garden about the past 10 years he spent as Dr. Fate. He eventually broke down and cried. On July 4th, Black Canary spoke to Kaldur'ahm at the memorial. Citing the anniversary of the Team's formation, he took responsibility for the deaths of his teammates over the years.

In late August, Superman and Black Lightning discussed possible recruits for their Justice League reserve system. On September 5th, 20:56 EDT, Nightwing and Zatanna went to the Watchtower as part of their search for Kid Flash. Tigress played security footage and Nightwing spotted Kid Flash pilfering Inhibitor Collars, a Space Belt, and a Zeta-Tube power core. On September 13th, 17:38 EDT, Miss Martian arrived at Black Lightning's request. She established mental contact with the Kaizer-Thrall and learned he was Danny Chase, a teenager from Earth and victim of meta-human trafficking. Prince J'emm J'axx of M'arzz called the Watchtower and shared his belief that Superboy might still be alive. The Watchtower moved above the Zeta-Shield and both J'axx and Phantom Girl zetaed to there from M'arzz. Phantom Girl briefed everyone present about how she saved Superboy but due to the conditions, they were both phased to the Phantom Zone where he came under the sway of General Dru-Zod. Orion later zetaed to the Watchtower to help them rescue Superboy with his Mother Box.

On November 9th, 21:07 EST, Black Lightning and Cyborg were present on the Watchtower for a conference call between the former, Oracle, Tigress, Wonder Girl, and King Brion Markov regarding Queen Vladek's kidnapping and Count Vertigo's escape from the Markovian National Penitentiary. Markov would not drop the ban preventing the Justice League, Team, or Outsiders from legally entering Markovia but vowed he and his Infinitors would rescue Vladek. Cyborg wanted to help but Lightning reminded him he was a member of the League and any photo of him in Markovia would spark an international incident. He added this was the whole reason the League maintained a covert team. Nightwing, Spoiler, Orphan, and Mist prepared to deploy to help in the search for Vladek. Spoiler inquired where Thirteen was since it was an all hands on deck situation. Tigress informed her she was currently Dr. Fate's host and Nabu wasn't in the mood to help. As the squad zetaed, Cyborg wondered what would happen if they didn't find anything. Tigress assured him he knew they would.

On November 11th, Tigress addressed the obvious problem the Team would run into for the Bialya mission: Queen Bee. She summarized her meta-ability as a combination of complex pheromones and a low-level psychic push. Miss Martian noted she could thwart the latter. Red Arrow revealed a massive dose of garlic pills could thwart the former. Arrowette deduced the ruse would be completed with a few Hollywood tricks and Miss Martian's shape-shifting skills. At 15:07 EST, Tigress stated they had the situation and Vladek's rescue wired. On November 12th, 12:03 EST, Miss Martian reported no heroes were left behind in the Bialya mission and Psimon left no surprises behind in Vladek's mind either. Nightwing was sorry they lost the stolen Kryptonite to Lex Luthor and Metallo. She stated he made his choice and she made hers to spare him. Nightwing pointed out it was Kryptonite. Superman was fine with it and knew they would deal. Still recovering from Kryptonite exposure in a solar chamber, Superboy mused you lose some, you win some and took solace in saving Vladek as well as getting their brother Match back. Match was recovering in a nearby chamber as well.