 Earth has drifted into this structure on several occasions, and was within it for at least part of Starr's lifetime.When a world first moves into the newuniversal structure, a small number of inhabitants are modified in predetermined ways, endowed with abilities that will help their people to cope with these changes.The "newuniversal" version of Starr was one such superhuman, gifted with the Starbrand, which has been described as a planetary defense system embodied in human form.