X-Men: Revolution

Teaser

1.

"Over 3 hundred thousand years ago reptiles abandoned life in water and adjusted to the new surroundings. A dozen millions of years ago apes rose to walk up straight and use tools, thus turning into homo erectus, and for many it was the most crucial milestone in becoming human as we know it. And now, that we've traveled to space and created technologies we could only dream of ten years ago, as we're merely two decades from stepping into a new millenium, some of you may wonder - what's next? Where does our specie go from here, having already came this far? And I'm here to address this question [...].

Mutants.

How they came to be is a matter we still strive to understand completely.

Everything indicated that there were a few sources that resulted in the variety of mutations we can observe - skin discoloration, disabled limiters in our brain which result in enhanced strength or speed, amazing memory, and yes, those are mutations, mostly random or inherited, but nowadays mutation can be so much more. Controlling molecules of your surroundings, transforming your very own body, controlling elements, auto-regeneration or - reading minds, for a vague example. The options are countless and thrilling [...] Question isn't when will those especially gifted mutants come to exist.

[...]Question is - how far is nature able to take it? How much control, and how much POWER can one individual possess?

So how has mutations gone this far? What caused them? Radiation, pollution, likely. Natural selection, viruses, probably. But on the bottom of it all, there's evolution. It's the nature's tool to improve us, as species, to bring us to the next step. So are mutants, as now defined, the next step in human evolution or just a side product?

Unfortunately, mutation doesn't always go in favor of evolution, therefore it is to be expected that some mutations may be unbeneficial or even - destructive. [...]"

- Professor Ch. , "Future of genetics", 1976

2.

Prof. Ch. F. Xavier's private letter to Eric Lensherr, 1994

"Dear Old Friend, I never hear from you, but I certainly hope you hold no resentment for me.

I'm writing to you in hopes to reunite, and in the spirit of old days bring to life a noble idea. You surely know better than anyone that the amount of mutants emerging is increasing in these times, and now I happened to lay my hands on technology that would make it possible to do what we didn't manage years ago - create a safe haven for them to learn how to control their gifts and use them for a greater purpose.

We've got everything we need to bring peace between us and homo sapiens, once our presence will be known to the society. For that we'll need to build a fresh team that would represent all of mutants. They will need teachers to help them overcome the obstacles. They will need teachers to guide them in those confusing times. They will need us.

Please consider this an offer and get back to me as soon as you make up your mind. You know where to find me.

Sincerely,

Charles Xavier"

Eric Lensherr's response to Prof. Ch.F. Xavier's letter, 1994

"Charles, you make it sound so official it almost feels like a crime to deny. Still you do know that my idea of a 'haven' for mutants differs from yours and we already saw what happens if we try to ignore it.

With all due respect, I find your quest for peace a foolish one. You need to face it, once people will learn about existence of mutants among them, they will want to raise a war against us before you spell the word 'peace'. I do not intent to sit around preaching about living in union to my oppressors.