John Walker, USAgent, after months of whining, has finally got his wish and is now working with the 50 State Initiative back home, assigned to lead the team controlling New York. Beta Ray Bill is now working to rebuild Asgard, though he was sorry to leave Asgard is truly his 'home' now. Michael Pointer, after his stint as Guardian and Weapon Omega, has been reclaimed by SHIELD (after Omega Flight has fully trained him); he is now Peacemaker, Agent of SHIELD.
This leaves Omega Flight with only Sasquatch, Talisman, and Arachne, when she's not taking care of her daughter, on-side.
With so many criminals still in and around Canada, the U.S. President has declared Canada a “haven for criminals and terrorists” and SHIELD has made it clear that they will help ‘clean up’ Canada if Canadians can’t handle the job anymore. Both the President and SHIELD leave no doubt: the defence of America is too important to allow Canada to maintain its sovereignty over all internal matters.
- We find Agent Jeff Brown of Department H's successor, the Canadian Security and Intelligence Service (CSIS), entering the Prime Minister's office. She is not seated as he enters.
PM (glaring)- I expect you know everything I do?
Brown- Yes, ma'am. We are doing our best to...
PM- That's not what I want to hear! We need a team in the field! Not two people and a part-timer. We need a strike team to get after anyone and everyone we deem a threat. Our sovereignty over defence and security is about to be lost and I won't have it!!
Brown- No ma'am, I have no intention of conceding any area of our sovereignty to the American President or Anthony Stark. I already have two proposals.
PM- And?
Brown- We could mass-produce Guardian and Vindicator suits for a select group of agents and soldiers. However, getting them made will take some time and attuning them to the brainwaves of the wearer will take longer. We could simply the design like Tygerstryke's and get around the speed of production issue but our agents would be significantly less effective. That is not my preferred option.
PM- It is an option, however. How soon could we have, say, 10 Tygerstryke-type agents up and ready?
Brown- Two weeks at the very earliest.
PM- What is your other option? Your preferred one?
Brown- We already have three trained agents in Omega Flight, two we can count on for anything. We could supplement their ranks.
PM- With who?
Brown- Losing Walker and Beta Ray Bill was expected, even this soon. Losing Weapon Omega was not. We spent a lot of time and money making him the agent he is and they take him away without a look back. Claerly SHIELD planned this out, it was always part of their '50 State Intiative'. But we gave ourselves options. Allow me to show you...
PM- Show me what?
Brown- We have been working with the knowledge gleaned from Weapon X, Department K, and Department H. I even brought in General Chasen from his hospital to fill in any blanks.
PM- Chasen? He didn't bully his way into running the show?
Brown- He's a shell of a man, he barely has the energy to walk anymore. But his mind still works and he was keen to put in his two cents.
Brown goes to the computer and activiates a file called "Logarithmic Protocols". The heading in it is "Flight Program".
PM- What is this?
Brown- Twenty years of work, summarized. When I was known as Lieutenant Oculus this was my forté.
PM- What's this here, "Department K Agent"?
Brown- Even though all of Weapon PRIME has been killed (Yeti, Tygerstryke, Double trouble, Killspree/Killjoy/Killrate (Cleft, Depth Charge, Flagstone)) they did find a person who fit a physiology plan, Matthew Aglukark, who we now can use. With a push and tweak from Langkowski Aglukark can control molecules to make them stationary and thus like clubs, shielding, or simply to hold himself in place and thus much stronger and impossible to move. He's an Inuit Department H discovered a while back, his unique physiology was understood but we didn't know how to tweak him to make his abilities come to the fore.
Brown opens a file called "Superhuman Agents-Status". This is what it shows:
Deceased Agents- Flight Program:
Roger Bochs (Box)
Heather Hudson (Guardian, Vindicator)
James Hudson (Weapon Alpha, Guardian, Vindicator, Guardian)
Eugene Judd (Puck)*
Bernie Lachenay (Manbot)
Chuck Moss (Earthmover)
Rutherford Princeton (Centennial)
Michael Twoyoungmen (Shaman, Talisman, Shaman)
Louis Sadler, Jr. (Major Mapleleaf)
Marrina Smallwood (Marrina)
Wang Hua (Auric)
Wang Li (Silver)
Amelia Weatherly (Nemesis)
Zuzha Yu (Puck)
Former Agents- Flight Program:
Ananym (Witchfire, Nemesis) [Ontario]
Jeanne-Marie Beaubier (Aurora) [Europe]
Jean-Paul Beaubier (Northstar) [Europe]
Sean Bernard (groundhog) [retired police officer, British Columbia]
Goblyn Dean [unknown at this time, possibly depowered]
Laura Dean (Pathway) [unknown at this time, possibly depowered]
Kyle Gibney (Wild Child, Weapon Omega, Wildheart, Wild Child) [unknown at this time]
James Howlett (Weapon X, Wolverine) [X-Men/Avengers]
Lillian Jefferies (Diamond Lil) [United States]
Madison Jefferies (Box) [possible Weapon X affiliation]
Kara Killgrave (Purple Girl, Persuasion) [United States]
Jodi Lafleur (Stitch) [unknown at this time, possibly deceased]
Albert Louis (Feedback) [Ontario]
Narya (Snowbird) [Northern Gods realm]
Harlan Papillon (Wyre) [unknown at this time, possibly depowered]
St. Elmo [effectively deceased]
Alec Thorne (Smart Alec) [unknown at this time, possibly deceased]
Whitman Knapp (Manikin) [unknown at this time, possibly depowered]
Yukotujakzurjimozoata (Yukon Jack) [back with his people in Kemteron; unstable]
Depowered Agents-Flight Program:
Adrian Corbo (Flex)
Jared Corbo (Radius)
Felix Greenbaum (Ouija)
Colin Hume (Windshear)
Lilli Masters (Ghost Girl)
Arlette Truffaut (Murmur)
Edgar Worth (Flinch)
*
Flight Program Re-Initiation: Recruit follow-up:
Ananym (Nemesis) - refusal, possible future status
Jeanne-Marie Beaubier (Aurora) - refusal
Jean-Paul Beaubier (Northstar) - refusal
Goblyn Dean - not located
Laura Dean (Pathway) - not located
Kyle Gibney (Wild Child) - refusal
Lillian Jefferies (Diamond Lil) - refusal
Madison Jefferies (Box) - not located
Kara Killgrave (Persuasion) - consideration - defence request
Whitman Knapp (Manikin) - not located
Jodi Lafleur (Stitch) - deceased
Walter Langkowski (Sasquatch) - accept
Albert Louis (Guardian) - accept
Narya (Snowbird) - not located
Harlan Papillon (Wyre) - not located
Elizabeth Twoyoungmen (Talisman) - accept
Current update:
Goblyn Dean - depowered
Laura Dean (Pathway) - depowered
Whitman Knapp (Manikin) - depowered
Harlan Papillon (Wyre) - deceased
Eugene Judd (Puck) - still alive?
Matthew Aglukark - consideration [possible code name Nanuq or Inuksuk, his choice]
Recommendations:
Omega Flight process in progress. Flight Program database updated. Omega Flight predicted to be unstable, members with authority issues and no ties to Flight/Canada, predict team will dissolve in under two years without outside support re: Agents. Projections state Flight Program to be ultimately fulfilled; Sasquatch, Guardian, Talisman, Persuasion, and ‘Nanuq’; is Puck alive, can Snowbird be reclaimed, Arachne availability? Exe File Chasen, Subfile Proctor, dikk/018-32F/unlock-alpha/coad7. Set time limit and signal authorities when markers collated. Allow team site practice until full initiation. Organize holdover files, Logarithmic Protocols, destroy enhanced information.
PM- Impressive. How ready can your recruits be?
Brown (sly smile)- Guardian and Nanuq have been training for two months. It's nice for Guardian he can power the suit and the suit can power him, he was born to be Guardian. They're ready. We've prepared Arachne for part-time status. And Puck will lead.
PM- But he's dead!
Brown- The man's attachment to Razaar has proven quite useful for him, after the Collective incident. He's well-nigh immortal and now resistant to magic. And Persuasion is on board too. We've given her a force field and flight capability. Don't want to leave her vulnerable in the field. With Puck immune to magic, Guardian immune to energy attacks, and Persuasion immune to psi-powers, we'll be more than formidable. SHIELD will be unhappy with our rapid response. With them, and the X-Men aligning themselves with the Devils of this world to re-ignite their so-called 'homo superior culture', we'll have to be all that and more.
PM- How soon can you send out the full team?
Brown- Puck is team leader and Sasquatch, Talisman, Guardian, Arachne, and Nanuq are ready. Give Persuasion a week and she'll join them. And if we can ever get Snowbird to join...
PM- Do you have a target selected? We need to call off SHIELD's hounds as soon as possible.
Brown- Our intel says that their failed Thunderbolt program team is in Quebec. I'm sending Omega Flight to mop the floor with them.
PM- Is that wise, they're...
Brown- They have no one who can stop Talisman. No one in Sasquatch's league. Guardian could ground them all himself. They won't be able to hurt Nanuq but he can hurt them. Puck and Arachne, if she goes, can handle themselves in that mix. And with Puck's strategy and decision-making ability, the Thunderbolts will wonder why they ever came north for a 'safe haven'.
PM- How much can we count on Arachne?
Brown- Not as much as I'd like. Maybe 30% of the missions. She is a single parent and determined to raise her daughter herself. Trust me, Persuasion will make up for her when she joins!
The new Omega Flight (Puck, Sasquatch, Talisman, Guardian, Nanuq, Arachne, and Persuasion) rocket into action! If Marvel wants to know where to take Omega Flight next....