Opto309v earned his power ring during the assault of his home planet by Lady Styx. Against all odds, he pushed Styx's armies back, saving countless lives and overcoming his fears. While in pursuit of an intergalactic bounty hunter, Opto309v picked up a signal that the hunter's ship had self destructed. Tracing the signal back to the source, Opto309v and his fellow Green Lantern Mogo discovered the heavily damaged starship of Adam Strange and Starfire fighting to pull their ship out from the gravity of an enormous star. The two heroes were part of the strike force of superhumans who were sent into space to battle Alexander Luthor during the Infinite Crisis and, along with Animal Man, had endured an exhaustive journey across the universe. They were attacked by the same bounty hunter that Opt