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Post by Uatu the Watcher on May 6, 2007 21:35:31 GMT -5
Operation: Zero Tolerance
Most of the core non-mutant superhero teams—the Fantastic Four, a number of Avengers and Bruce Banner—along with the surprising aid of Doctor Doom, in the Marvel universe "sacrificed" themselves in order to help destroy Onslaught by leaping into his body, which was comprised of raw energy at the time. The only superheroes who were left outside of Onslaught were all mutants who could not enter into Onslaught due to his ability to siphon their powers. Members of the X-Men were then left to physically attack Onslaught directly and eventually succeeded in destroying him and in the process, seemingly those who had leapt into his energy form as well.
This led to a great amount of distrust being harbored toward all mutantkind. Shortly thereafter, Graydon Creed, a presidential candidate and outspoken proponent of mutant hatred, was assassinated by what was meant to look like an energy blast of some kind. This escalated humanity's festering feelings toward mutants.
The fallout of both of these events served as a springboard for the man known as Bastion to suggest to the government that he should begin a plan. In order to keep the nation safe from the growing mutant threat, Bastion's plan involved the capture and extermination of as many mutants as he could find.
Bastion, along with the aid of his newly constructed Prime Sentinels, was given approval to implement this plan, which was dubbed "Operation: Zero Tolerance". He managed to capture a large number of the X-Men early on and was also able to seize control of the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning—in the process gaining access to vital information regarding numerous mutants.
Over the course of the story, Jubilee was captured and mentally abused in order to access the secrets she knew. Cyclops was brutally injured. The X-Mansion was stripped of it's technology. The President was convinced by Senator Robert Kelly and Henry Peter Gyrich to suspend Bastion's operations. Bastion was captured by S.H.I.E.L.D., with help from Iceman. While in government custody, Bastion regained his memories and escaped custody. He attempted to lead another crusade against mutants, but he was stopped by Machine Man and Cable. Bastion was returned to government custody, only to be later beheaded by a brainwashed Wolverine, who served as Apocalypse's Horseman of Death.
Most of the core non-mutant superhero teams—the Fantastic Four, a number of Avengers and Bruce Banner—along with the surprising aid of Doctor Doom, in the Marvel universe "sacrificed" themselves in order to help destroy Onslaught by leaping into his body, which was comprised of raw energy at the time. The only superheroes who were left outside of Onslaught were all mutants who could not enter into Onslaught due to his ability to siphon their powers. Members of the X-Men were then left to physically attack Onslaught directly and eventually succeeded in destroying him and in the process, seemingly those who had leapt into his energy form as well.
This led to a great amount of distrust being harbored toward all mutantkind. Shortly thereafter, Graydon Creed, a presidential candidate and outspoken proponent of mutant hatred, was assassinated by what was meant to look like an energy blast of some kind. This escalated humanity's festering feelings toward mutants.
The fallout of both of these events served as a springboard for the man known as Bastion to suggest to the government that he should begin a plan. In order to keep the nation safe from the growing mutant threat, Bastion's plan involved the capture and extermination of as many mutants as he could find.
Bastion, along with the aid of his newly constructed Prime Sentinels, was given approval to implement this plan, which was dubbed "Operation: Zero Tolerance". He managed to capture a large number of the X-Men early on and was also able to seize control of the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning—in the process gaining access to vital information regarding numerous mutants.
Over the course of the story, Jubilee was captured and mentally abused in order to access the secrets she knew. Cyclops was brutally injured. The X-Mansion was stripped of it's technology. The President was convinced by Senator Robert Kelly and Henry Peter Gyrich to suspend Bastion's operations. Bastion was captured by S.H.I.E.L.D., with help from Iceman. While in government custody, Bastion regained his memories and escaped custody. He attempted to lead another crusade against mutants, but he was stopped by Machine Man and Cable. Bastion was returned to government custody, only to be later beheaded by a brainwashed Wolverine, who served as Apocalypse's Horseman of Death.