OMEGA

 

OMEGA

Real Name: Michael Pointer

First Appearance: New Avengers (Vol. 1) #16, April 2006

Powers: Michael Pointer is a mutant capable of harnessing the bio-energy signatures from the mutagenic auras of other mutants. This process can be carried out remotely, from a distance, and taps directly into the bio-genetic power produced by the x-gene, so even mutants with non-energy based mutations are potential sources of power for him. Michael typically utilizes these energies through bio-electric assimilation, rechanneling the power he absorbs as thrust for flight, a protective aura, and energy bolts fired from his hands. He does have the capacity to utilize the unique mutant energy signatures themselves, however, and can therefore manifest the specific powers of any mutant he is siphoning from.

Whatever his original capabilities would have been, Michael's powers have been dramatically and permanently augmented following his encounter with the Collective, the quasi-sentient energy mass formed from the energy signatures of every mutant who lost their powers on M-Day. Although the majority of the Collective has been cast into the sun, Michael still retains residual energy fields from his contact with the entity, giving him the potential to access all the powers of the decimated mutants. Among the powers Michael Pointer has manifested from the Collective and other sources are superhuman speed, telescopic vision, molecular transfiguration, size-changing, intense cold, force fields, magnetism, superhuman strength, the ability to survive in the vacuum of space, reanimating the dead, telepathy, technopathy, applied healing powers, and dinosaur-like strength, fangs and claws.

After joining Omega Flight, he adopted use of a modified Guardian micro-circuitry costume as a "power regulator", to control the amount of energy he absorbed or released at a given time. The Canadian Intelligence Services manipulated Pointer through the suit, however, using it to turn him into an addict, an "energy junkie" requiring the occasional "fix" of mutant energy to stabilize his powers and metabolic health. At this point, cutting Michael off completely from outside energy sources will apparently kill him in a matter of hours. It seems that the residual Collective energy needed to be "fed" energy like a living organism in order for Michael to maintain some level of constant super-powers.

The Canadian operatives made arrangements to remotely feed energy into the Guardian suit (and therefore Michael) from "donors" -- super-powered criminals receiving leniency for their crimes in exchange for serving on staff as a renewable power source for Omega. Although mostly non-mutant superhumans in origin, these "donors" were being fed a variant of Mutant Growth Hormone, which mixed with their non-mutant powers to create a palatable bio-energy signature similar enough to a mutant's so that Michael could feed off of it. The siphoning process seriously weakens the donors, and more than one has died from having too much of their energies fed into Omega at once.

XORN

 

XORN

Real Names: Kuan-Yin Xorn and Shen Xorn

First Appearances: New X-Men Annual 2001 (Vol. 1) #1, September 2001 (Kuan-Yin); X-Men (Vol. 2) #157, July 2004 (Shen).

Powers: Kuan-Yin Xorn and Shen Xorn are twin brothers whose mutant powers manifested two days after they entered puberty. They both developed a microscopic star in the center of their brains that exist in primary states: Kuan-Yin's star manifested as a sun while Shen's star manifested as a black hole. These stars incinerated their brains and consumed the rest of their heads nearly entirely, but magnified both of their intelligence to genius-level proportions. The stars act as both their brains and as massive energy sources capable of powering nearly 10,000 super cities. They continuously give off cascading blue energy from from their head areas and don thick iron masks capable of suppressing their energies. Sources vary on just how much of their heads, skulls, and brains still physically exist, but something is still there for them to place the helmet over. Their classic senses of sight, sound, and smell have been reorganized: They see via electromagnetic wavelengths, hear by directly interpreting sound vibrations impacting on their energy fields, and smell apparently through individual molecular recognition.

Their stars produce a tremendous amount of raw energy, enough to completely disintegrate any solid matter within their immediate vicinity. Controlled releases allow them to create brilliant light or destructive force. By being sensitive to all kinds of energy operating around their stars' vicinity, the Xorns can detect living beings and the presence and intensity of electromagnetic force. Kuan-Yin has demonstrated matter/energy manipulation powers in the past, including exerting control over preexisting sources of solar plasma or electromagnetic energy, and reconstructing organic molecules to heal living beings. Both Xorns are capable of reversing their stars' natural states. Kuan-Yin can cause his star to collapse in on itself, creating a black hole in his skull which draws in all nearby light, matter, and energy in an ever-increasing radius. He can reverse this effect to re-establish a star in place of the black hole, providing he acts fast enough. Shen could cause his star to flare into a sun and was also telepathic.