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 Warlock III |  Harvest |  Hodge |  Lang, Steven |
The Phalanx are an offshoot of race of techno-organic beings from deep space bent
on galactic conquest called the Technarch. They have
evolved into a collective mind, although there are still traces of individualism,
such as personal names. They are all linked to each other by a cybernet system
which is so advanced that it approaches telepathy, and can be accessed by telepaths.
The "Phalanx" on Earth were a group of human mutant-haters who voluntarily infected
themselves with the Transmode Virus stolen
from the deceased Warlock, transforming them into
members of the Phalanx. Enhanced with the ability to change form, absorb energy
and matter into their bodies, and with various offensive and defensive systems,
these Phalanx hoped to eradicate mutantkind. However, the Phalanx directives were
hard-wired into them, and soon the collective's goal became the assimilation of
all life, not just mutants, and they began to build a giant array to signal their
forbears, the original Technarchy. Apparently, this sort of "Phalanx Event" is
a programmed response of any organic community that gets infected with the Transmode
Virus. The purpose is to convert enough of the community and then signal the Technarch,
who will come and drain the energy of the Phalanx Event. Fortunately, the Phalanx
was defeated by the combined efforts of all the X-Teams, its members apparently
dissociated and its strongholds destroyed. However, a few months later, a group
of the X-Men were transported to the Shi'ar
Empire, where they faced the true Phalanx, and only narrowly prevented them
from destroying the entire Shi'ar race. The Phalanx were put to sleep by a virus,
but had been on their way to Earth, so their return is still possible. The Phalanx
are apparently considered an abomination by the Technarch, which despises the
organic components of the Phalanx. The Technarchy will follow the signal put out
by a Babel Spire, but will consume the Phalanx along with the rest of the planet.
Warlock III | Harvest | Hodge | Lang, Steven |