We’re well overdue for one of my obscure technical-artistic questions, I think.
That is—is the current X-Men Blackbird/X-Jet armed? I’ve found a few references to it having “concussion missiles” in a few places online, but little more specific. And for all I know, they might not be current equipment (or even canon) anymore.
And, perhaps even more importantly, if it IS armed, could anyone point me to where the weapons are carried onboard, and what they looked like?
As always, deranged attention to technical references are not only welcome, but appreciated.
Back when I was reading the X-Men (80s/early 90s), I don’t recall that it was armed. OTOH, it usually was carrying a half-dozen mutants, several of whom could attack opponents at range, so I’m not sure that it needed to be armed.
I’m not sure about that. Admittedly giving Storm, Polaris, or Jean Grey a missile is like taking coals to Newcastle. But if Cyclops or Havok tried to use their powers in an aerial dogfight, they’re likely to do more damage to their own plane than the opponents, and get themselves killed in the bargain. And Wolverine, Colossus, Nightcrawler, and so forth don’t have long-range attacks.
It has been shown as armed… I have never seen specs for it.
(perhaps in the old Official Handbook technical guide?)
Whedon’s Astonishing X-men run is the last time I recall the onboard missles being used.
Back when I was reading, they noted at least once that the windscreen was transparent to Cyclops’ optic blasts, so he could shoot through the front of the plane while piloting it.
I think a lady in the pilot’s seat who can control minds and manipulate matter with a thought, and another lady in the copilot’s seat who can control the weather, constitute a more than abundant weapon system between them.
How does the Hulk pick up tanks (let alone walk around) without sinking into the ground?
Assuming Wolverine hits the target (and since it’s a comic book, it’s fair to assume he does), it’s game over. For multiple targets - that’s up to the rest of the team.
Not necessarily - he’s probably got a jet pilot license amidst his multi-volume credentials, so he could stabbity the target’s pilot, jack the plane, and use *its *missiles against the rest of the targets.
OTOH, he was more Loganishly straightforward in the intro to the Marvel Ultimate Alliance game : he just jumped from the deck of the SHIELD helicarrier on top of the closest enemy craft, whooped everyone inside, then jumped to the next, occasionaly crashing one into another :p. In the words of Spider Man : “That dude… scares me”.
Is it legal for it to be armed? I mean, mutant powers are one thing–you can’t disarm them. But military weaponry on a private jet? Sounds like something that would REALLY have the feds and the anti-mutant types on their case. I should think Dr. X. would avoid having them do anything that runs afoul of the law, as it would give their political foes a pretext.
Umm, have you seen the kind of weaponry they pack in the tunnels under the Xavier institute? The stuff in the danger room would NEVER get green tagged by the local building inspector. I’m pretty sure the X-Men are comfortable flaunting the law in this regard.
So, you’re one of those “Concussion Missile Control” types then? bear in mind the Second Amendment makes no definition of what kind of Arms a law-abiding citizen can own…
when Concussion Missiles are outlawed, only outlaws will have Concussion Missiles
