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Credit to Scott in that he didn't allow his expression to change. He nodded slightly. He mentally revised his opinion of Christina up several notches.

"All right, you'll be in overall command for this mission then. We'll get you briefed on specific geography of Providence before you leave. Joey will be inserted first, and we'll break the rest of you into two insertion groups with the other immigrants."

"Now, hopefully, you won't encounter any of these individuals, but if you do, I want you to be prepared."

The first slide showed a brown-haired woman with glasses. "This is Irene Merryweather. She's Cable's de facto chief of staff and handles a lot of the day to day running of Providence. No super-human abilities, but she's a long time associate of Cable's, which is saying something."

The next showed a woman with white skin, a black circle around one eye. "Domino, sometime lover of Cable and member of the previous incarnation of X-Force that Cable ran. Skilled fighter and marksman, with probability altering abilities. It's unknown if she's currently on Providence, but she has functioned as Cable's head of security before."

The next was an Indian man. "Garabed Bashur, also known as Commcast or Black Box. A high level mutant with the ability to receive and analyze electronic signals. He functions as Cable's eyes and ears to the outside world and as part of the security of Providence itself."

Another slide, showing a large, red-haired and bearded man. "Prester John. Time-tossed one-time guardian of a mystic artifact called the Evil Eye, which he has replaced with a similar weapon called the Stellar Rod. Functions as the head of the multi-religious services, but will engage in combat if necessary."

For a moment, Scott seemed to hesitate, and went on to the last slide, showing a red-haired teenage girl. "Data on this one is sketchy, but reports identify her as Hope Summers. Origin unknown, but she appeared with Cable one day and is reportedly his daughter, though we cannot confirm if this is biological or not. Unknown if she possesses any mutant abilities, but she does appear to possess combat training."

"With any luck, however, you won't need to worry about any of that. Cerebro can't monitor Providence, so we won't be able to monitor you or perform an extraction if things go poorly. I am confident, however, in your abilities to improvise as necessary."