Step By Step
| Part 8 of the Genosha Arc - Step By Step | |
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| Dates run: | May 25 - June 2, 2012 |
| Run By: | Dex |
| Read the logs: | Step By Step |
Quote from the plot
Contents
Cast
Nico Minoru, Madelyne Pryor, Lucas Bishop, John Allerdyce, Garrison Kane, Sam Guthrie, Angelo Espinosa, Jean Grey, Callisto, Artie Maddicks, Jean-Paul Beaubier, Sooraya Qadir
Mutate 1337, Mutate 42, Catya Semoko
Timing
Plot Summary
Bishop, Sooraya, Jean-Paul, and Artie evade Magistrate patrols in the city to get to a safe house; Jean, Garrison, and Angelo make their way to the city safe house from the sewers; Callisto, Nico, and Maddie make their way to the city safe house through a gap in the Citadel's perimeter fence; John and Sam head for the safe house from the edge of the Citadel; Four groups of people convene at the safe house for medical attention, food, sleep, and catching up on events; Sooraya checks up on Angelo in the safe house, while Angelo breaks the news about Amara's capture to John.
As Jean settles into the safehouse, she recalls the last private conversation she had with Scott.
Kane emails the Professor with updates on the situation in Genosha and provides him with a way of contacting them; Kane contacts his British agent father who helps the city group come up with their next course of action.
Sooraya attempts to make some hot food to improve morale and she and Jean talk; Jean, Garrison, Angelo and Bishop meet with Russell Davis, who tells them that two popular members of Commissions may be persuaded to speak out against the Genoshan government if they're provided with evident of mutant mistreatment; Nico, Sooraya, and Artie break into the Genoshan administration office to access the computer filing system, noting mutants who have been 're-assigned' living quarters out of the enclave, but never show up in other enclaves. They also find suspicious support requirements in isolated locations outside of the city; Sam and Callisto fly over a mining site to video some mutant mistreatment; Maddie, Jean-Paul and John break into the Genoshan Power Authority building in the city and make some discoveries about operations in the geothermal power plant; Back from their intel gathering missions, the group shares what they've learned, but their safe house is found out by the Magistrates and they're forced to scatter.
The Xavier's group meets with the two Commission members, with proof of abuse of mutants and mutates; Jean reports in to Charles to let him know their plans for revealing the truth of the mutate process.
Jean and Callisto use a faking-sick Maddie to get into the Genoshan Broadcasting Commission building; Angelo, Jean-Paul, Sam and Artie break in the back way and secure the transmitter controls; Garrison, Sooraya, Bishop, John and Nico accompany Joseph and Jobeth to the broadcast booth and release the pictures and video they acquired; Mutate 42 - Laurie - and her handler, Semoko attack the broadcast studio, with the group barely escaping and the two Commission members gunned down on live television; the rest of the Xavier's group is attacked by Magistrates on the roof and are nearly taken down when Mutate 1337 - formerly Sarah Vale - joins in, but quick thinking saves the day; Sooraya and Angelo talk about the man she killed to save Maddie.
Related Links
External Links
The Truth - the video broadcast, created by Mackinzie
Trivia and Meta
Trivia
IC notes stemming from the plot. Eg: "As a result of this Character A developed a crippling fear of ottomans".
Meta
Plotrunner: Dex
This arc is the X-Project version of the epic canon storyline X-Tinction Agenda.
