"What do you mean you got your powers from me?" Kara asked.
"Sorry, I shouldn't say from you, but from your company. A few years ago, your company was working on treatments for blood diseases like my hemophilia and I was one of the initial test subjects." Nate said.
"I remember. But all records indicated that those treatments were failures." Kara said, since there was a reason she'd shuttered that project, but now she was thinking she might need to bring it back.
"The reason I let them think it failed is because while it cured hemophilia, it also activated a dormant metagene I have, giving me powers and I wasn't sure if it was just a random fluke, or what, but I didn't think it was a good idea for corporations to suddenly have a way to begin mass producing super soldiers with abilities like mine." Nate said.
"And you made the right call, since while my company does have government and military contracts, I'm not in the business of making metahumans. Though now that we've started up our new medical science division in Metropolis, I might look into restarting that project, though we would need to modify it so that it doesn't give more people powers, since I don't want to know what the government would do if they found out about this. But where did you get that suit?" Kara said, since that didn't look like the work of the god Hephaestus, since Kara knew that Hephaestus had forged Diana's armor, but it looked like it had been made out of human materials.
"Oh, an old buddy of mine from college who's almost as much of a genius as you are made it." Nate said.
"And that is?" Kara asked.
"Dr. Ray Palmer. He designed my suit to compensate for my abilities and also protect against what's essentially my kryptonite, dwarf star alloy, since it's one of the only things on Earth that can penetrate my steel form. My suit's actually made out of dwarfstar." Nate said.
"Impressive. I've heard of Doctor Palmer and I'm not surprised that he used dwarf star alloy, since he's considered one of the world's leading experts on the stuff. I should really look into trying to recruit him to run my new robotics division in Ivy Town, since from what I know about him, that's right up his alley." Kara said, since while she'd never met Ray before, she'd done her research on the brightest minds this world had, to make sure none of them were as insane as Lex Luthor. And while Ray wasn't a mad scientist, he was brilliant, if a bit eccentric and while Kara would love to have him work for her, she'd never pushed for him too. Though now that she thought about it, she remembered seeing rumors on social media about some kind of real world iron man fighting crime. Until now she hadn't given it much thought and while her first thought was that it was John Henry Irons, who she still needed to talk to about what he's doing with her tech, now she had a feeling that someone else was wearing that suit. Which meant that she had another stop to make before she finally went home to National City.
"So, are we good here?" Nate asked her and Kara nodded.
"I just wanted to get the lay of the land with you and I have. You seem like your heart is in the right place and if Diana trusts you, then so do I." Kara said.
"Can I make a suggestion about the hall of justice?" Nate asked.
"Depends on what it is, since you're not a League member. Yet anyway and I still haven't decided if you're ready for that yet." Kara said.
"It's just, you see the shrine Diana put up to her former teammates here right." Nate asked.
"To the Seven Soldiers of Victory, yeah, I see it. And I'm sure there's also a shrine for the JSA members, aside from the two we've recruited into the League, Doctor Fate and Red Tornado." Kara said and Nate nodded.
"There is, but it just seems sad that the world won't ever know about these heroes who came before the Justice League. I know the Hall is off limits to most outsiders, but maybe you could change that. Make some areas accessible to the public and maybe create a museum, not only dedicated to the League, but the heroes who came before them." Nate said and Kara pondered that.
"That's not a bad idea. Since I do agree that it's a shame that the world doesn't know about all the heroes that came before Superman showed up. I'll bring it up at the next meeting and see what the others think. I appreciate the suggestion and now I think we both have places to be." Kara said as she took her leave from the base.e