Higher Institute

The International Higher Institute for Super Hero Operations, simply known as the Higher Institute or the Institute, is an extra-governmental institute dedicated to training superheroes and tasked with maintaining national security. The institute also functions as a superhero hospital. The Institute was once considered the greatest power on Earth as it largely helped out superheroes in need, while also discovering inter-dimensional travel.

After Matrix's assault, the Higher Institute gathered the remaining superheroes to fight his forces, which where defeated after a long struggle. In 2017, through the actions of Jeremy Kent, Danny Davenport, and Agent Russell Johnson, it was revealed that a mole secretly infiltrated the Higher organization and was revealed to be Tracy Queen, while under the influence of Romeo. This allowed Alex Parker to use this opportunity to weaken the organization even further and leak information about it to public, causing their inter-dimensional technology to be stolen by Neo.

This led to the destruction of the Higher Institute by Roman and Ronin. In 2018, it is mentioned that the Higher Institute was planning to continue operations.