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Established X-characters or any established mutant?

Originally posted by Kipe Established X-characters or any established mutant?

Any established mutant is fine...

Interesting...so you saying a team pre WW1...thus allowing for anything in the 20th CEntury to still exist in tact...I like that...I'm not sure if Romulus is Italian LOL...but still interesting to include the "original" Wolverine on a team and John Steele...I like this...

Also I'm not sure if Exodus would be free, if I remember correctly Magneto freed Exodus sometime in the modern era...otherwise: Irene, Raven, Romulus, John Steele, an earlier Black Panther (perhaps even a Black Panther sibling who was exiled for being a mutant), and maybe a few new mutants would be a dope team...connection to the present and stuff. I like this idea alot...

LOL...i also like that you went with their given names and not code-names since back then perhaps they wouldnt even go for code names yet.

Environmental team...I like that...Would they be covert or out in the open? I only ask because if they try and take down an evil regime it could be seen as an international incident and cause trouble for Utopia, San Francisco or the US in general.

I like the team set up though.

Originally posted by Kipe Covert, none of these X-Men are that well known in the public, as far as I know.   Hell, they could even do it publicly and simply denounce the X-Men and Utopia, and be more like Wildstorms' The Authority. But none of them, (besides maybe Nate) would really have the power or finances(none of them) to back that kind of operation up like the Authority.

*brainstorming*

I say go with that overt notion...and kinda going off your idea, have them publicly denounce the X-Men. Even have Nate take up the mantle of Cable and operate as an independent agent (even have them stationed in Rumekistan (sp). But unknown to the world at large, Cyclops and the X-Men support them and so does the UN. So they are essentially an "independent" team who do these things on behalf of themselves but they have the monetary support of the UN and the resource (information and other mutants) support of the X-Men. But if they are caught, they are on their own and both parties will disavow all knowledge of them.

I like that concept because it makes it one part Peace-keeping force, one part environmental Avengers (playing on Nate being a Shaman), but also one part secret agents...

Originally posted by Kipe Yes, so glad you picked up on the Nate as a Shaman connection (exactly what I was thinking)! I like your tweaks to my idea! =]   At some point I would have them run across Threnody. Maybe she could help the people that Elixer couldn't save pass on easier. Also, she could raise armies of zombies to battle.

Yes...I dig the use of Threnody.

I think it would be really interesting to have Nate go by the name of Cable. I know this would make some people uneasy but the parallels between them later in their respective lives can't be ignored. Nate became a shaman to the world, while Cable essentially tried to help usher humanity into being better. Then having Nate take up some of Cable's missions would be cool.

I'd love to see the time when this team would run into X-Force. It would be interesting because on one hand they are both partly covert but Nate would essentially know about something Cyclops doesn't. Thus having him enter into this complex world of secrets. Not only that but an Archangel and Nate encounter would be cool because of their experiences with Apocalypse.

Of course, as much as you don't like her, a Nate and Hope's team interaction would be nice. Especially if they are going to handle an environmental situation that turns out to be a new mutant. Nate and Hope have alot in common too, Nate had alot of pressure put on him as well early in his life. He was a jerk to Xavier, Cyclops, and alot of other people...thinking back, they really do have alot in common.

Nate, Hope and Rachel...I would make it something non-Phoenix related...instead make it Askani related...I say bring back Sinsear from the old Cable series. It would be awesome...I even want to do an entire issue of talking between the three, particularly about Cable...

I even got the premise for the initiation of the group. Start it off after Nate and the X-Jammers have returned. So that way you get all the messy out the way. Actually have the issue open with Nate, Cyke, Hope, and Rachel in Alaska. Show that Nate had to nearly force Cyke to leave the island (when was the last time he had a day off? that's something to look into Gillen) and go for relaxation. Show the anxiety of Hope revisiting the place where so much blood was spilled over her. Show Rachel's uneasiness with Nate. Show Cyke's guilt over what has happened. Show Nate really trying to figure out what to do next. There they would deal with some type of environmental threat (not a mutant but some type of superpowered individual). From there Nate will be motivated to be a better shaman, as well as carry on Cable's memory. He'll ask Cyclops to give him some help and then he'll also go to Steve Rogers (remember Nate went to the Avengers first during Onslaught not the X-Men, because he didn't trust them). Steve would point him towards the U.N. There he would be kinda dismissed but Alistair Stuart (maybe) would be there and help him talk to some people. From there he'd be given this secret ability to function as an separate entity from any one government but he would get funding from them (his first mission would be something to prove his ability). He would then assemble his team (all taking on costumes similar to what Astonishing X-Men wore in Xenogensis, so not to confuse them with the X-Men) and begin his mission work. They would operate in Asia, Europe, South America and Africa. Keeping them away from the USA.

How about an Abfab team? A Hollywood based team centered around a pop/rock band.... Starring
Lila Cheney... The rebelous rock chic that can eleport anywhere and everywhere...
Dazzler... The pop chic that wants to reboot her career and dazzle the audience
Northstar... 'cause every band needs a gay entourage
Daken... Wasn't he going to go to LA anyway?
Husk... Every band need a groupy
Chamber... Always seemed like a guitarist to me
Banshee... Hey nobody said anything about dead characters and somebody needs to lead this bunch.

Originally posted by Kipe Wait...not getting to use Frenzy or Legion is unfair....that's not established yet...only through solicitation...it's not established until it hits panel... =)P     The X-Authority, Cyclops decides that the X-Men should fight against the opression of all humans, not just mutants,  as well as the environment, and sets up a world-hopping team to help third-world countries that are in a state of rebellion, or in dire need of throwing off an opressive regime. They also take on environmental destruction and try to help promote sustainability.   Nate Grey - field leader, telepathy, team communication Husk - Hacking/tech support, a versatility of abilities through her different skins/bodies. Dust - This is something she might feel more comfortable fighting for. Blink - Transport Elixer - healing, an anti-virus to biological and chemical warfare, he could do good without fighting Proudstar - strength, hunting senses, I feel this is something he could get behind Boom Boom - pure fire power, and a rebellious spirit

Love your Planeter team. I would read it.

I vote for no arch nemesis... each issue focuses on them trying to save the world from itself, not some crazy genius who invented a deathray and wants 1 trillion dollars.