Brigade (Extreme)

Brigade
Name	Brigade
Members
Former Member(s)	John Stone, Atlas, Coldsnap, Thermal, Seahawk, Kayo, Stasis, Glory, ShadowHawk, Supreme
Affiliation and Identity
Allies	Alan Keever; Margot West; Martin Grant
Origin and Status
Status	Defunct
Reality	Extreme Universe
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Rob Liefeld
First	Brigade Vol 1 1
First	Brigade Vol 1 1

History

Origin

Brigade was a superhero team founded by John Stone after he was expelled from team Youngblood. With funding from brothers Marc and Alexander Barros, Stone led Brigade alongside the brothers, Sean Welch, Hiroshi Kuramoto, Katherine Pearson and Rebecca Hailey, plus Martin Grant doing assists.

D'Vor

In 1992, Brigade freed a group of hostages from terrorists. A week later, an alien named Genocide arrived with a spaceship in Los Angeles challenging the team. Brigade managed to knock him out, but they were all teleported to Genocide's homeworld, D'Vor. They appeared in an arena, where the D'Voran Imperial High Council Magistrate declared Brigade had challenged Genocide first and for that crime they had to be executed. With no room for discussion, Brigade escaped the arena they were in, but when they were swarmed by an army of D'Voran fighters, Thermal blasted a hole through the ground, leading them into The Tunnels, a sewage system. There, they defeated a gruesome monster. Afterwards, they were intercepted by a D'Voran task force called The Factor, composed by Knockdown, Reign and Trek, who overpowered Brigade. Although they had orders to bring Brigade alive, The Factor toyed with the idea of killing them and saying it was an accident, and Battlestone taunted them, daring them to do it. Before The Factor could act, they were stopped by the arrival of a group of freedom fighters who called themselves the Birds of Prey.

Not wanting to fight the Birds of Prey in their territory, The Factor fled. Although they had just saved Brigade, Battlestone was reluctant to trust the newcomers, but Kayo convinced him to give it a try. A few days later, both teams were found by the Imperial High Guard. Fighting through the imperial forces, the two teams were led back towards the citadel, where Genocide was waiting for them. Genocide challenged Battlestone to a one-on-one match. If Battlestone won, the Magistrate would teleport Brigade back to Earth, but if he lost, they would all become Genocide's personal slaves. They fought in a pit until the rest of Brigade and the Birds of Prey burst through a wall to join in. Nevertheless, Battlestone insisted on fighting Genocide himself, and left the teams to take care of the guards. Genocide attempted a sneak attack against Stone, but when Bird of Prey Talyn got Battlestone out of the way, the attack hit Atlas instead, killing him.

In a fury, Battlestone pummelled Genocide, but Talyn stopped him just short from killing the prince, saying he couldn't let Bloodstone do that and that he'd see that Genocide saw justice. Talyn shared Stone's grief, but killing Genocide wouldn't bring Atlas back to life. The surviving members of Brigade boarded a ship and barely manage to escape the citadel, heading for open space, and Earth. While Kayo drove, Thermal tried telling Stone Atlas' death wasn't his fault, but Stone disagreed. He spent the three months' journey shutting the rest of the team out.

Blood Brothers

When they arrived on Earth and landed at their headquarters, Kayo and Thermal begged Battlestone to open up and offer them some guidance, but Stone only reacted angrily. Blaming him Atlas' death, Stasis quit the team. As she left, she was shot in the head and killed by Battlestone’s brother, Cabbot Stone. He had come with his team Bloodstrike to capture or kill Brigade under orders of Washington. In the course of the ensuing battle, Bloodstrike member Shogun blasted Coldsnap, damaging the apparatus that regulated his powers which then raged out of control. Deadlock shot Seahawk multiple times, and he only survived thanks to his healing factor; and Fourplay broke Kayo's jaw. Battlestone defeated Cabbot and Tag and, with the aid of Martin Grant, escaped with Thermal, Coldsnap, and Stasis’s corpse. They flew to the Los Angeles branch of G.A.T.E. International where Battlestone called in a favor with a scientist there, Dr. Sandler, to revive Stasis through a treatment called Project: Born Again. Sandler treated Coldsnap and placed Stasis’s body in a nutrient bath connected to special equipment. Acknowledging the team’s reduced numbers, Battlestone left to recruit reinforcements.

Meanwhile, Bloodstrike captured Kayo and Seahawk and placed them aboard their jet, on nutrient baths of their own. The jet was boarded by Lethal, who defeated Deadlock and freed Seahawk to help her take down the rest of Bloodstrike. Together, Lethal and Seahawk were able to escape. Back in Los Angeles, Bloodstrike recruited two old allies, Boone and Hacker, into the team. Brigade and Bloodstrike faced off again in the G.A.T.E. International building until they were interrupted by the appearance of Coldsnap, whose power dysfunction had mutated his body into a enormous ice monster. Coldsnap took on Bloodstrike, giving Battlestone, Boone, and Thermal time to regroup. The two teams battled until Shogun blasted Coldsnap through a wall, revealing Stasis’s body in a resurrection chamber in the next room. Cabbot was enraged and vowed to stop Stasis's resurrection. Just then, Lethal and Seahawk teleported in.

Amidst the fighting, Shogun shot at Stasis’s rejuvenation chamber under Cabbot's orders, preventing her resurrection. Infuriated, Battlestone lashed out at Cabbot while the rest of Brigade fought against Bloodstrike, now joined by Kayo and Martin Grant. Battlestone and Cabbot argued and beat the crap out of each other until Battlestone told Cabbot to leave Brigade alone or else he would expose Project: Born Again to the public. Finally, Cabbot told Battlestone to kill him, but Battlestone refused, saying letting him live was even worse, and left with Brigade. Brigade flew away in their jet, and Battlestone warned the team that Bloodstrike would come after them again, but letting them go sent a message to the puppet masters controlling their strings.

See Also

• 46 appearance(s) of Brigade (Extreme)
• 2 image(s) of Brigade (Extreme)

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