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» Operation Zero Tolerance

Posted on Tue Oct 8th, 2024 @ 6:26pm by Charles Xavier in General News

Operation Zero Tolerance unveiled to the world

» Mutant Registration Act

Posted on Tue Jul 16th, 2024 @ 8:23pm by Charles Xavier in General News

The assassination of Senator Robert Kelly has expedited the Mutant Registration Act which President Richardson is expected to sign. Kelly's public murder has sparked widespread fear and outrage, driving the public to demand stricter regulations against mutants. This sentiment has pressured political figures to support the Act, leaving mutants with limited options as they brace for the impending legislation.



Anti-mutant activists, particularly the Friends of Humanity, have intensified their protests nationwide. Senator Peter Krane, a new ally of this group, sponsored the Act in the Senate, where it passed with a 3 to 1 vote. Senator Frank Stone of New Jersey was the only dissenting voice. In the House, Congressman Graydon Creed, founder of the Friends of Humanity, led the bill, which passed by a closer margin of 2 to 1, with many abstentions.

The Senate sent the bill to the House in mid-September, and it was passed by the end of the month. Key figures in the executive branch now include Mutant Response Division Chief Haskett, National Security Advisor Gyrich, and Unified Command Coordinator Colonel Moss, all poised for action once the President makes his decision which every expert predicts to be signing the Act into law.

In response, X-Factor has organized a conference to unite mutants and superhumans, aiming to discuss and plan their next steps. Chief among the threats is the resumption of Sentinel production by unknown parties. The involvement of the private sector to a much greater degree than the original Project Wideawake is very alarming due to the profiteering aspect of mutant rights violations. As the government escalates its stance against mutants into systemic oppression, the mutant and allied community must band together to avoid potential genocide.

» Sol Invictus!

Posted on Wed Jun 5th, 2024 @ 9:30am by Charles Xavier in General News

CEREBRO: SATELLITE TELEMETRY: ACTIVE: GMT 15.32: 1990.17.09.0

69º 30’ S, 68º 30’ W :: SAVAGE LAND

"Cerebro scans have managed to punch through the interference surrounding the continent, revealing that the entire team has assembled around an ancient city. Perhaps their close proximity to one another allowed for Cerebro to detect them. This confirms the earlier report from Bliss nearly two weeks ago that everyone had been split up. I wish there was some way for me to aid my X-Men in whatever struggle that tore them apart and reunited them. Unfortunately it is all I can do to be an even intermittent observer.

Information regarding the history of the Savage Land is sparse, but what the database has collated identifies the team's area of operations as the City of the Sun People, so named for the Temple of the Sun which overlooks it. There appears to be a palace of some sort to the east. Geological evidence suggests an expansive cave system all throughout the highland region. Mission notes from the First Class's foray into the Savage Land identify the king of the Sun People as Akeem whose chief rival is the High Priestess Zaladane whose mischief with the Savage Land Mutates first drew my X-Men to their domain several years ago. No doubt Zaladane has complicated the mission to deactivate the Citadel and end the geomagnetic storms that are sweeping the globe. Whatever the true source of her power, the primitive framework of sorcery and witchcraft may present an angle that my Alternate Class is unprepared to face.

I can only pray that Erik upholds our agreement to lead them to victory and, ultimately, home."

» Tournament of Sims - Best in Genre!

Posted on Mon Mar 18th, 2024 @ 12:08pm by Charles Xavier in General News

Over a year ago, the Ongoing Worlds blog hosted another annual Tournament of Sims. I submitted a series of posts from 2022 to be evaluated by a panel of three judges. Their raw scores in the categories of Story, Characters, and Readability were tabulated together and entered against several other X-Men sims and dozens of other sims.

The tournament is very Star Trek dominant, but maybe as much as 1/3 of the entries were not-Trek. We received Outstanding overall and were the ranking sim in the X-Men genre.

Here are the scores and feedback from the three anonymous judges:

Judge 1

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Story: 7 Characters: 7 Readability: 8

"Great use of JPs along with some very interesting character introductions leading to a well written plot crescendo.
Could strive to be a bit less cliché in some parts. This sim does a great job with posting was good, I was able to dive in
and know what was going on and who was who."

Judge 2

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Story: 7 Characters: 7 Readability: 7

"One thing they could work on is 'setting the scene'. While I could figure out what was happening, sometimes setting the scene helps people looking in through the window. However, overall, this sim is doing things very well!"

Judge 3

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Story: 8 Characters: 10 Readability: 8

"This sim does a great job with characters having strong motivations and being believable. The format of the posts and individual tags showed cohesion and that the group works together well.
For the most part everything was under control and happening as planned and there wasn’t a lot for the characters to solve. There were a few typos or spelling errors."

As a reward, here are some vintage superhero candy sticks!


For further reading on the Tournament of Sims, check out the Ongoing Worlds blog post.

» A New Day Dawns

Posted on Fri Feb 23rd, 2024 @ 1:53pm by Charles Xavier in General News

As the episode title certainly spoils, Episode 4 will primarily take place in the Savage Land down in Antarctica. Before we get to that, though, the first group JP will be welcoming the junior students back from Muir Island where they were sent after the Purifier attack on the Mansion.

This will be an opportunity to showcase NPCs both new and old (as well as welcome back an old friend!), so I won't start that up until Monday. Be thinking in the interim about any junior students if you don't have any yet.

Episode 3 ended on August 24th. Episode 4 began on August 25th. We'll have the kids come back either the 25th or 26th of August. The big crisis that kicks of the main story for the episode will be August 29th around noon, so feel free to cram whatever you'd like in that window of time. There's no telling exactly when the team will be back from the Savage Land, so plan ahead!

Latest Mission Posts

» Some Kind of Therapy

Mission: Episode 5: Days of Fortune Past
Posted on Tue Nov 5th, 2024 @ 3:19pm by Maeve MacKenna & Hayden Davis

They had all been told to rest up and over the past 24 hours Maeve had been in her room recuperating. The fight at the Hellfire Club had been short but brutal in many ways. So much destruction, both of body and building. Shinobi's words had gotten into her mind…

» Elements in Play

Mission: Episode 5: Days of Fortune Past
Posted on Sat Oct 26th, 2024 @ 11:03pm by Connor Bruin & Bobby Drake & Hayden Davis & Aurora Summers

The Danger Room felt colder than usual, though not because of the technology. Bobby Drake—better known as Iceman—stood near the center. A casual grin was plastered on his face as he toyed with a small orb of ice in his hand, flipping it from finger to finger like a magician…

» The Cracks of Doom - Part 1

Mission: Episode 5: Days of Fortune Past
Posted on Sat Oct 26th, 2024 @ 2:50am by Charles Xavier & Connor Bruin & Hank McCoy & Kurt Wagner & Hayden Davis & Ethan Hale & Aurora Summers & Kennedy Kelly & Maeve MacKenna & Meja Vikström & Kayleigh Marshall & Bliss Hawkins

November 6th

Hank McCoy’s footsteps echoed down the mansion’s halls, his expression taut with urgency. He’d been pacing the lower levels for days, poring over notes, re-running simulations, and trying to find a solution for Warren’s horrific transformation. Now, at long last, he had come to the conclusion he dreaded…

» Baptism By Fire

Mission: Episode 5: Days of Fortune Past
Posted on Fri Oct 25th, 2024 @ 12:39am by Connor Bruin & Kurt Wagner & Meja Vikström & Kayleigh Marshall

The familiar hum of the Danger Room's systems powering up filled the air. They cast a pale blue glow over the otherwise chrome metallic space. The room's walls were sleek and featureless, the kind of blank slate that only moments before had been a dormant powerhouse.

Connor stood off to…

» Finding Solid Ground

Mission: Episode 5: Days of Fortune Past
Posted on Fri Oct 11th, 2024 @ 5:00pm by Charles Xavier & Meilin Jiang & Maeve MacKenna

As Meilin stepped out of the taxi cab with her legal briefcase in tow, she saw Charles Xavier waiting for her outside the portico of the mansion. His expression was calm, as always, but there was a certain weight in his eyes that she recognized—something more than just the stack…