It was founded by Harvest, a mysterious human being who has ties to the 31st Century. Once capturing people of interest, they conducted experiments to either enhance or inject supernatural abilities among their captives. The strongest among them are graduated to being members of the Ravagers, N.O.W.H.E.R.E.'s private army.
The Colony (Harvest's Underground Empire) is based on terraforming technology and goes on for miles underground. There are platforms built high up into the walls and tendrils, used as ladders, that reach to the ground. The trick is to avoid the towers of volcanic glass, walls of volcanic rock, the mysterious vents, and the lava, falling everywhere. The Colony is like a ghetto of horror and despair, as dozens of teenagers go about their daily business here in "hell."
Most of the kids here are hungry and dirty and dressed in N.O.W.H.E.R.E.-provided clothing. No one is over nineteen years old. Some are metahuman, some are human, some have cybernetic implants and some are alien/human combinations as the result of being infected with the Hypertaxis virus.
Even the metahuman teenagers have restraining devices meant to dampen their powers inside the Colony.
It is clear that everyone here views each other with suspicion. Sure, there might be alliances established in the Colony, but they are all very tenuous marriages of convenience... untrustworthy alliances.
Leader:
Harvest
Members:
Templar
Centerhall
Batus
David Umber
Thrice
Centerhall
Crush
Fuji
Hammerfist
Leash
Misbelief
Psykill
Windstrom
N.O.W.H.E.R.E. Agents
Former Members:
Superboy
Caitlin Fairchild
Grunge
Omen
Rose Wilson
Ridge
Shadow Walker
Warblade
Enemies:
Teen Titans
The Legion of Super-Heroes