OLD TOTALS

X-FACTOR
U Phoenix (86) 12-IXP 1-IAP
Vet Bishop (86) 0-IXP 1-IAP
Rk Polaris (50) 21-IXP 2-IAP
Vet Psylocke (45) 5-IXP 1-IAP
Vet Havok (44) 8-IXP 0-IAP
Exp Domino (46) 0-IXP 0-IAP
Exp Storm(Ult) (38) 0-IXP, 3-IAP
Vet Quicksilver (IC) (28) 0-IXP, 3-IAP

94-TXP 2-TAP

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TOTALS FROM THIS GAME

X-FACTOR
U Phoenix (86) 3-IXP 0-IAP
Vet Bishop (86) 1-IXP 2-IAP
Rk Polaris (50) 1-IXP 2-IAP
Vet Psylocke (45) 0-IXP 2-IAP
Vet Havok (44) 1-IXP 3-IAP
Exp Domino (46) 2-IXP 1-IAP
Exp Storm(Ult) (38) 0-IXP, 2-IAP
Vet Quicksilver (IC) (28) 2-IXP 0-IAP

25% of 352 is = 88 TAP
40% of 97 = 39 TAP
Damage, KO's and Captures: 52 TAP

179 TAP = 44-TXP 3-TAP

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NEW PRE-TRAINING TOTALS

X-FACTOR
U Phoenix (86) 15-IXP 1-IAP
Vet Bishop (86) 1-IXP 3-IAP
Rk Polaris (50) 23-IXP 0-IAP
Vet Psylocke (45) 5-IXP 3-IAP
Vet Havok (44) 9-IXP 3-IAP
Exp Domino (46) 2-IXP 1-IAP
Exp Storm(Ult) (38) 1-IXP, 1-IAP
Vet Quicksilver (IC) (28) 2-IXP, 3-IAP

139-TXP 1-TAP

OLD TOTALS

X-FACTOR
U Phoenix (86) 15-IXP 1-IAP
Vet Bishop (86) 1-IXP 3-IAP
Rk Polaris (50) 23-IXP 0-IAP
Vet Psylocke (45) 5-IXP 3-IAP
Vet Havok (44) 9-IXP 3-IAP
Exp Domino (46) 2-IXP 1-IAP
Exp Storm(Ult) (38) 1-IXP, 1-IAP
Vet Quicksilver (IC) (28) 2-IXP, 3-IAP

139-TXP 1-TAP

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TRAINING TOTALS (IAP already halved)

X-FACTOR
U Phoenix (86) 0-IXP 0-IAP
Vet Bishop (86) 0-IXP 0-IAP
Rk Polaris (50) 0-IXP 3-IAP
Vet Psylocke (45) 1-IXP 1-IAP
Vet Havok (44) 0-IXP 2-IAP
Exp Domino (46) 0-IXP 1-IAP
Exp Storm(Ult) (38) 1-IXP, 0-IAP
Vet Quicksilver (IC) (28) 1-IXP, 3-IAP


25% of 184 /2 = 23 TAP
40% of 97 /2 = 20 TAP
Damage, KO's and capture xp = 22 TAP

65 TAP /4 = 16TXP 1TAP

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FINAL END OF ANNUAL TOTALS

X-FACTOR
Vet Havok (44) 10-IXP 1-IAP
Rk Polaris (50) 23-IXP 3-IAP
Vet Bishop (86) 1-IXP 3-IAP
U Phoenix (86) 15-IXP 1-IAP
Exp Domino (46) 2-IXP 1-IAP
Vet Psylocke (45) 7-IXP 0-IAP
Exp Storm(Ult) (38) 2-IXP, 1-IAP
Vet Quicksilver (IC) (28) 4-IXP, 2-IAP

155-TXP 2-TAP

UPGRADE
Storm to E (XP) -2pts
Polaris to E -20pts

SELL
E XP Storm +80pts
V Bishop +172pts

BUY
R Ult Cyclops -86pts
R Blink -90pts
R Nightcrawler -72 pts
R Dazzler -94pts

ICWO feat addition -20pts

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NEW ROSTER AND TOTALS

X-FACTOR
Vet Havok (44) 10-IXP 1-IAP
Exp Polaris (70) 3-IXP 3-IAP
U Phoenix (86) 15-IXP 1-IAP
Exp Domino (46) 2-IXP 1-IAP
Vet Psylocke (45) 7-IXP 0-IAP
Vet Quicksilver (IC) (28) 4-IXP, 2-IAP
R Cyclops (Ult) (43) 0-IXP 0-IAP
R Blink (45) 0-IXP 0-IAP
R Nightcrawler (36) 0-IXP 0-IAP
R Dazzler (47) 0-IXP 0-IAP
490

ICWO for 3

23-TXP 2-TAP

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SQUAD FOR NEXT GAME

U Cyclops (39)
R Blink (45)
R Domino (35)
R Psylocke (AW) 45
R Dazzler (47)
R Nightcrawler (36)*
V Quicksilver (IC) (28)*
*ICWO 20pts
295

HOLY CARP! I gotta say - this looks awesome! Cyke and Havok on the same team? And it's Alex's team?!? Sweet. I can't wait to see how this affects the Factor!

Yeah...........er, about that...............that's changed. It just hasn't been posted yet. With any luck DK will also post why, that is by far my favorite part.

Ahem

See it's like this. I had an idea that Cyclops returned from his imprisionment a broken shell of a man with a need for direction. Scottie is basically an arrow, he needs a bow to give him direction. So he'd join up and get on the government bandwagon, and his views would subtlely change as he went with the flow. There would also be a nice roll reversal as he fell under Alex's shadow. Then I sat down to write him in to the team.

DM had warned me (He sucks eh?) that Scot without the Prof or a strong woman around is, basically, a plank. The guy is kind of the opposite of Alex, methodical, plain talking, serious and by the book, my god he's boring!

So I started thinking about more interesting possible recruits (Emma, Beast and Wolverine all came to mind, but I thought nah, leave them for the X-Men player) when I hit upon Callisto. I always enjoyed Callisto in the books, attitude-wise she's kind of a female Logan, and every team needs its bad boy/bad girl

Last minute switcheroo to make it interesting

UPGRADE
Storm to E (XP) -2pts
Polaris to E -20pts

SELL
E XP Storm +80pts
V Bishop +172pts

BUY
R Callisto -82pts
R Blink -90pts
R Nightcrawler -72 pts
R Dazzler -94pts

ICWO feat addition -20pts

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NEW ROSTER AND TOTALS

X-FACTOR
Vet Havok (44) 10-IXP 1-IAP
Exp Polaris (70) 3-IXP 3-IAP
U Phoenix (86) 15-IXP 1-IAP
Exp Domino (46) 2-IXP 1-IAP
Vet Psylocke (45) 7-IXP 0-IAP
Vet Quicksilver (IC) (28) 4-IXP, 2-IAP
R Callisto (41) 0-IXP 0-IAP
R Blink (45) 0-IXP 0-IAP
R Nightcrawler (36) 0-IXP 0-IAP
R Dazzler (47) 0-IXP 0-IAP
490

ICWO for 3

27-TXP 2-TAP

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SQUAD FOR NEXT GAME

R Psylocke (AW) 45
R Domino (35)
R Callisto (41)
R Blink (45)
R Dazzler (47)
R Nightcrawler (36)*
V Quicksilver (IC) (28)*
*ICWO 20pts
297

Well, DM is completely wrong. He, like most folk, clearly doesn't understand Cyclops. He is not some blank slate that requires Charley or Jean to make interesting! He may not be the lame, cliche, "in your face" Wolverine type, but he's got more character in his little finger than Logan has in his whole body.

In fact, what's most interesting about him is that so little has been done with him he becomes a clean slate, of sorts. You have a basic idea of who he is, but you also have the freedom to really explore what makes him tick. The man he's become in 616 MU is completely different from who he could be here. Considering all that's happened, he's wide open for newfound depth to emerge!

And he's definitely more interesting than friggin' Callisto! Talk about a one-note joke! "Oh, I'm soooo ugly! Nobody loves me! Wah wah waaaaah!"

Wait, so Scott has bags of alternate universe potential but Callisto has to remain 616 one dimensional? You speak in riddles my friend

Written by d_knight7 and that hack, DM

Goliath shook the blood from his eyes and looked around, it didn't look good. Zemo had came to them with a wacky idea about attacking X-Factor, the UN's darlings. Zemo made the plays so they had went along with it, but things had went downhill fast. He looked around at his downed teammates as X-Factor started to surround him, he wouldn't be getting any back-up.

Goliath ripped up a parking meter and began swinging it. He was going to go down fighting. Just then everything went black and he remembered nothing more.

Betsy stood on the unconscious form of Goliath and grinned, "Bigger just makes shutting down his brain even easier."

"Can you turn on the part of Quicksilver's that doesn't work?" quipped Domino.

"HEY!" shouted Pietro.

"I'm a psychic, not a miracle worker," replied Betsy.

"IGetNoRespect, GodDamnWomen" grumbled Pietro at speed.

Alex was pleased, everyone had performed perfectly, including (he was pleased to say) Rachael.

"How're you doing kiddo?" he asked his sort-of-niece.

"Good thank you," she replied with a broad grin. "My lack of memory over the past few weeks is troubling but I feel great, I'm getting a real handle on my powers."

Alex looked over at the slag of metal that had been the Beetle's armor and smiled, "I'd say so."

While X-Factor was busy making sure they had all survived the fight, Zemo had made his way over to Fixer unnoticed. Grabbing a device from Fixers pocket he struck a defiant pose

Here me X-Factor, this outrage will not be forgotten. No, no it won't be forgotten so easily. This outrage will be atoned when you least expect it. So says ZEMO!

And as he finished Zemo triggered the device in his left hand which created a soft hum followed by a flash of bright light blinding everyone in the area.

When they could see again the Masters of Evil were all gone.

"Damn it!" growled Domino, "Do super villains spend all of their time perfecting escape plans? Is that why they suck at everything except escaping?"

"I'm afraid they're not the only ones doing a disappearing act my friends," said the man named Bishop.

They all turned and regarded him with shocked looks.

"I wish I didn't have to go, but things are very complicated. I traveled back in time to stop certain events, but it seems like my very presence here may have set off a chain reaction that has altered the past somehow. I need to return to the future, if my future even remains anymore, and take stock of the situation. Alex I knew you'd try and talk me out of it, that's why I set my device on a timer, I'll be gone in seconds, it's really best this way. Goodbye sir, If I survive and figure out what's happening I will return. Xavier be with you all." explained Bishop, before beginning to fade away as his time slide device activated.

"Goodbye Lucas," said Havok softly as the man he had learned to trust and respect faded from existence, possibly in to non-existence.

"I too must leave, Bishop has given me the incentive," exclaimed Storm. "I wish to continue my Botany degree, I've been accepted as an assistant at a facility in Africa and I'm taking them up on it. X-Factor have been very good to me and I'm thankful to you all, but I need some time to get my life back in order.

Alex was disturbed by this but nodded, "You should go now, Gyrich will blow a gasket when he finds out."

Storm smiled, "I have my duffel bag on the Quinjet."

So it was that the Quinjet landed at headquarters minus two members.

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Gyrich, as predicted, had been furious. He screamed words like traitor and mutie until Alex pinned him to the wall with his forearm. Gyrich's bodyguards didn't even step in anymore, not since what had come to be known as "the skirmish" when Domino had broken the clavicle on one of them.

Just then Val walked in and told Alex to let him go, which he did immediately with a smile. It wasn't that Val scared him, he just enjoyed the look of outrage on Gyrich's face when he obeyed her orders. In fact he'd told the team to salute her whenever the odious man was around, it ticked him off greatly.

"Let's get down to brass tacks ladies and gents, we have a manpower shortage, and I don't mean Pietro."

Pietro laughed, "It's no good flirting with me you sow, you're not my type."

"Yeah, all brains" quipped Domino, bouncing a paperclip off of Pietro's head, receiving three paper airplanes in return within a fraction of a second.

Alex gave them 'the look'. "Quiet down kids, the adults are talking."

Val ignored them as usual and pressed on. "To fill the gap we've pulled in three new recruits. The first is Kurt Wagner, codename Nightcrawler."

There was a BAMF noise and a strange smell filled the room.

"Did someone cut the cheese?" asked Domino, tucking her nose in to the collar of her uniform.

"Apologies mein freunds, that would be me," said a thickly accented voice from the ceiling.

"AAGGHHH!" shrieked Pietro.

"Wow Pietro can hit the high notes!" remarked Domino, "Oh and the devil is on our ceiling."

"Please fraulein, do not say his name in jest," scolded the creature, leaping down with a display of extreme grace.

Domino held up her hands, "Whatever you say Pacino, just don't sick Ozzy on me."

"Next up we have Clarice Ferguson, codename Blink," continued Val like a pro.

There was a swirling disturbance in the air as a young lavender-colored girl stepped out of a small portal.

Pietro stuck up his hand, "Will everyone be teleporting in to the room? Do we even need doors anymore?"

"Nothing so fancy from me, a door is just fine," said a gravelly female voice. A lithe woman crossed the room and sat down, putting her feet up. She may have once been very attractive, but now she bore scars and a patch over one eye. "I don't have a fancy codename, you can call me Callisto." She drove a knife in to the desk and lit a match on it, lighting a pungent cigar.

"Oooh, you must be the bad girl, we're impressed," said Domino sweetly.

"Anytime you want to go girl you just let me know," said Callisto without even looking at Domino.

Pietro couched over-loudly and swirled one of his fingers, creating a small fan effect to blow the smoke away.

"Last but not least we have Alison Blair, codename Dazzler", finished Val. This received some surprise.

"THE Alison Blair?" asked Betsy with an incredulous look. "Who are we getting next Valerie, Britney Spears?"

"When Britney can shoot laser beams from ambient noise I'll be sure and call her agent," replied Val, "and considering that you're an ex-fashion model that's a bit rich Betsy."

"Oh I'm more than a bit rich Valerie, I'm loaded, but let her in already it's always fun meeting famous people...and infamous ones.

"Who the heck is Alison Blair?" asked Alex, "I've never heard of her."

Written by d_knight7 and that hack, DM

Lorna smiled and patted his head, "Hardly surprising dear, you think music peaked with Flock of Seagulls."

"Everyone knows pop died in eighty nine," replied Alex.

The woman known as Dazzler entered shyly, surprising for someone who had been such a big star a year ago. Pietro offered her the seat next to him, which she took with a small smile.

"Can you make it out to 'Pietro, my biggest fan'?" asked the speedster, obviously smitten.

"Tell me you have a last member with the ability to shoot water like a garden-hose Val, please," begged Domino, nauseated by Pietro's display.

Alex got up and went to stand by Val, clipping Pietro and Domino on the head as he went by. "Welcome to X-Factor," he said with a smile. Val had chosen well.

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What challenges await X-Factor?

Is this the last we’ve seen of Ororo or Bishop?

How will the new recruits fit in?

Check back soon for X-Factor #7