50 miles outside Cheyenne, Wyoming. The towering walls of the concentration
camp looms over the parched wasteland. Nothing can be seen for miles
around, save for the occasional guard on patrol. Suddenly, there is a flash
of blue-white light as nine mutant commandos are deposited on the cracked
earth of the Wyoming wasteland.
They are the Vigilantes; a small group of mutants dedicated to liberating the global mutant population from the captivity it now finds itself in.
Barely a month previously, a rise in anti-mutant activity climaxed in an attack on the Xavier Institute, a well known academy where young mutants go to learn to better control their fledgling powers. Though the resident X- Men defended themselves as best they could, the attack resulted in over one hundred mutant deaths. In retaliation for this, the mutant terrorist Magneto led an attack by the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants on Washington D.C., resulting in over 10,000 deaths. Spurred by the increasing violence on both sides, the U.N. held an emergency session, during which an unknown mutant terrorist set off an explosive device, destroying the building and leaving very few alive. In light of this, the remaining representatives unanimously voted that the only reasonable course of action was the worldwide incarceration of any person bearing the X-Gene. Sentinels, mutant hunting robots developed by Dr. Stephen Lang, were deployed in liberal numbers to aid in the search. Very few managed to escape from the relentless drones, and fewer still made it to Genosha, the mutant nation ruled by Magneto. Concentration camps holding these mutants have sprung up in countries all over the world. This group of Vigilantes is faced with the daunting task of breaking into these impenetrable fortresses and freeing the captives within.
They are the Vigilantes; a small group of mutants dedicated to liberating the global mutant population from the captivity it now finds itself in.
Barely a month previously, a rise in anti-mutant activity climaxed in an attack on the Xavier Institute, a well known academy where young mutants go to learn to better control their fledgling powers. Though the resident X- Men defended themselves as best they could, the attack resulted in over one hundred mutant deaths. In retaliation for this, the mutant terrorist Magneto led an attack by the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants on Washington D.C., resulting in over 10,000 deaths. Spurred by the increasing violence on both sides, the U.N. held an emergency session, during which an unknown mutant terrorist set off an explosive device, destroying the building and leaving very few alive. In light of this, the remaining representatives unanimously voted that the only reasonable course of action was the worldwide incarceration of any person bearing the X-Gene. Sentinels, mutant hunting robots developed by Dr. Stephen Lang, were deployed in liberal numbers to aid in the search. Very few managed to escape from the relentless drones, and fewer still made it to Genosha, the mutant nation ruled by Magneto. Concentration camps holding these mutants have sprung up in countries all over the world. This group of Vigilantes is faced with the daunting task of breaking into these impenetrable fortresses and freeing the captives within.