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<td valign="top">[[Image:Thermo.jpeg|left|100px]]'''Thermopylae:''' [[Mistra| Mistra's]] operations came to a final bloody end on the Greek island of [[Youra]] on [[March 2005| March 19, 2005]]. A joint taskforce comprised of US military, FBI and the [[X-Men]] landed on the island after receiving intel that the tattered remains of the former government program had gone to ground there.
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Located in the system of sewerage and other tunnels beneath New York, the Morlock Tunnels were home to close on fifty homeless mutants who names themselves '[[Morlocks]]' after the subterranean dwellers of H.G. Wells' ''The Time Machine''. In a series of cul de sacs, natural caves and abandoned storage facilities, the mutants made their dwellings, stealing or scrounging what they needed from the 'surface world' what they needed to survive.
  
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What initially was intended to be a relatively bloodless apprehension of the remaining operatives and their controllers became a bloodbath when director Carmella Ruiz released the Masada trigger, a scorched-earth contingency plan that turned the second-generation operatives into single minded killing machines. First generation operatives, general Mistra personnel and the children who were undergoing the conditioning process were their primary targets, and casualties were high despite the best efforts of the taskforce.
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Following the [[Morlock Massacre]], the bodies of those slain remained unburied in the tunnels. It was among this rather grisly company that [[Sarah Morlocke]] made her home for several years, upon returning to the tunnels to find her 'family' dead. It was also the scene, nearly a year later, of Sarah's [[Marauders (plot)| near-death]] at the hands of the [[Marauders (new)| Marauders]].
  
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The chaos was ended with [[Cable]], almost the sole remaining survivor of a last stand to defend the training barracks - with some fifty-odd children inside - from the triggered operatives. He released the [[Trojan Horse]] psychic trigger, wiping the minds of every surviving second generation operative. This action saved the lives of dozens, but came too late to save the lives of many of Nathan's first generation compatriots, including many of [[The Reclaimed| those who had broken their conditioning]] previously and joined the taskforce in putting an end to things.
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The tunnels also provided haven to the emotionally-disturbed [[Paige Guthrie]], during her [[Stigmata| nervous breakdown]]. The tunnels are perceived as a place for 'monsters' to find sanctuary.
  
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[[The Reclaimed| Mick Foley]] and [[The Reclaimed| Tim Morgan]], two of the slain, are buried on the [[Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters| mansion grounds]], the site marked with a headstone beating the following inscription:
 
  
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'''Go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by; that here, obedient to their laws, we lie'.''
 
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Another secret memorial to all of Mistra's victims can be found at Arlington Cemetery, if you know where - and how - to look.
 
 
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Revision as of 13:26, 9 January 2008

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Morlock Tunnels:

Located in the system of sewerage and other tunnels beneath New York, the Morlock Tunnels were home to close on fifty homeless mutants who names themselves 'Morlocks' after the subterranean dwellers of H.G. Wells' The Time Machine. In a series of cul de sacs, natural caves and abandoned storage facilities, the mutants made their dwellings, stealing or scrounging what they needed from the 'surface world' what they needed to survive.

Following the Morlock Massacre, the bodies of those slain remained unburied in the tunnels. It was among this rather grisly company that Sarah Morlocke made her home for several years, upon returning to the tunnels to find her 'family' dead. It was also the scene, nearly a year later, of Sarah's near-death at the hands of the Marauders.

The tunnels also provided haven to the emotionally-disturbed Paige Guthrie, during her nervous breakdown. The tunnels are perceived as a place for 'monsters' to find sanctuary.


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