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| Run By: | Ben |
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Light Girl, you and Frosty go take Birdy. Watch out for the wings, they're sharp as hell. Fire Girl and Wolfy, you take Flappy Buggy. I'll get Horny.
OsCorp is targeted by men in robotic suits and it's Spider-Man and friends to the rescue!
Contents
Cast
Miles Morales, Bobby Drake, Amara Aquilla, Monica Rambeau, Rahne Sinclair
Cyclops, Firestar, Spider-Man, Rogue, Wolverine Marvel Girl, Blink
Rhino, Beetle, Vulture, Doctor Octopus, William Stryker, Bolivar Trask, Sentinels
Timing
Plot Summary
OsCorp Industries recently received FDA approval for gugaltinib/Osgal®, a novel tyrosine kinase inhibitor that treats some of the major symptoms of various rare metabolic diseases. OsCorp received some attention during development of Osgal because some of these conditions are seen in mutants with enhanced metabolisms. The few open mutant advocates, such as Moira MacTaggert, heralded the development of Osgal and called for expanded access/compassionate use so mutant patients could use it. In a surprising twist for an American corporation, OsCorp has gone on record to say that this is under consideration. It may not be entirely noble, because CEO Norman Osborn has stated that he believes the x-gene to be akin to a genetic disease and this could be seen as a step towards a “mutant cure,” but the potential benefits to mutant health still make him worth working with. Therefore, there is some public support from mutant advocates for Osgal, and the corresponding denouncements from bigots. The latter has led to Norman Osborn receiving threats against his life, which he has dismissed as nonsense.
While all this hullabaloo is going on, Miles and Bobby offer to accompany Rahne, Nica, and Amara around Manhattan to show them the city. They're enjoying themselves when three men in robotic exosuits literally fall out of the sky and attack Norman Osborn’s passing motorcade. They each have their own, personally tailored suit, and call themselves the Beetle, the Vulture, and the Rhino. They read off a litany of charges against Osborn, including accusations of intellectual theft and, most importantly, collusion with mutant terrorists to develop and distribute Osgal. They easily dispatch the bodyguards/NYPD officers who try to take them down and set their sights on Osborn.
Miles slips away from the crowd and changes into his Spider-Man outfit, which he'd conveniently worn under his civies, and swings into action. As the remaining NYPD officers try to clear civilians from the scene so National Guard or SHIELD or whoever can show up, Spidey arrives. The other four Gen Xers decide that it's time they use their skills (as demonstrated during their recent encounter with the Slendermen) to help him out and show New York what mutants are good for. Fortunately for them, they are all capable of disguising their identities: Bobby can ice up, Amara has her magma form, Rahne can shift into a wolf, and Nica can glow brightly.
Miles is at first unhappy to see his friends putting themselves in danger, but there's no time to argue, and he trusts Gen X combat training. So he quickly takes command, splitting up himself and his teammates two to a bad guy. Despite the amazing capabilities of these Iron Man-esque suits, they were not prepared for five combat-trained mutants. Ultimately, Gen X emerges victorious thanks to the magic of teamwork and the timely arrival of SHIELD agents, and the three baddies flee. As SHIELD takes control of the situation, Spidey directs the rest of the team to a safe spot before they can be caught, and finally reveals his identity to them.
They return to the mansion and debrief the X-Men. It’s obvious that anyone who would put in the effort to design these kinds of devices isn’t going to let a bunch of teenagers stop them from their goal. It’s inevitable that they will strike again, and the X-Men can’t allow high-tech mutant haters to attack potential allies. But that leaves the problem of how the X-Men can keep a close watch on Osborn to protect him.
Fortunately, an opportunity arises that is not only likely to be another attack but is also perfect to secretly defend him: Osborn is hosting a charity gala for patient advocacy groups to celebrate the Osgal approval and raise money so patients can afford the drug. The guest list even includes more open-minded medical and civic leaders, thus lending credence to the rumors of a pro-mutant program. With the help of the various socialites at the mansion, a group of X-Men obtain entries and slip in undercover.
As predicted, Vulture and Beetle crash the party. They’re very quickly thwarted by the X-Men and they flee. The X-Men are in hot pursuit and track them to a small lab/factory in the Bronx. The Rhino is waiting for them, along with three 8-foot-tall automatons decked out with advanced weaponry. Another battle ensues. When the X-Men start to come out on top, the Sentinels activate their self-destruct sequences, and the X-Men escape in the nick of time to avoid Death By Fire and Explosion. The warehouse goes up in flames and nothing is left behind. All they recover is a small portion of an extendable tendril that one of the Sentinels used as a weapon. When brought back to the mansion for examination, Miles immediately recognizes it as identical to the mechanical arms of Doctor Octopus.
With this victory, the X-Men are somewhat assured that Osborn is safe for the meantime, although now they have a bigger problem: how and why is Doctor Octopus building mutant-hunting robots?
In an epilogue, Trask and Stryker are furious at Doc Ock for the unauthorized use and loss of three prototypes. Doc Ock shrugs off their concerns, though, because he claims this was a successful experiment. The manned suits worn by Rhino, Vulture, and Beetle work well and potentially rival the Iron Man armor with a few tweaks and better training for the pilots. The automatons need more work, but the test identified their weaknesses so he knows what to work on. The Sentinels also fed video of the fight back to him, so the Sentinels will be ready for the mutant soldiers specifically next time around. These are the data needed to make the Sentinels marketable. Trask and Stryker grudgingly approve.
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Trivia and Meta
Trivia
Miles' secret identity as Spider-Man was revealed to his friends with mixed results.
Meta
Plotrunner: Ben
