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#REDIRECT[[Professor X#Xavier Protocols]]
The '''Xavier Protocols''' are a fictional set of doomsday plans in the {{Marvel Universe}} created by [[Professor_X|Charles Xavier]], leader of the [[X-Men]]. The Protocols detail the best way to kill many powerful mutants, including the X-Men and Xavier himself, should they become too large a danger.
== Appearences ==
The '''Xavier Protocols''' are first mentioned during the "[[Onslaught Saga|Onslaught]]" [[crossover (comics)|crossover]] and first seen in ''[[Excalibur (comics)|Excalibur]]'' #100 in [[Moira MacTaggert]]'s lab. Charles Xavier compiled a list of the Earth's most powerful mutants and plans on how to defeat them if they become a threat to the world. They are first used after [[Onslaught (comics)|Onslaught]] grows too powerful. Only parts of the actual Protocols are ever shown, detailing how to stop [[Wolverine (comics)|Wolverine]], [[Cable (comics)|Cable]], and Xavier.
In the "[[Operation: Zero Tolerance]]" crossover, [[Bastion (comics)|Bastion]] obtains an encrypted copy of the Protocols in [[X-Men (vol. 2)|''X-Men'', volume 2]] #65, intending to use them against the X-Men. However, in ''[[Cable (comics)|Cable]]'', volume 2 #46-47, Cable infiltrates the [[X-Mansion]] and secures all encrypted files before Bastion has a chance to decrypt them.
Due to the tampering of Bastion and his [[Sentinel (comics)|Sentinels]], the X-Mansion computer system [[Cerebro]] gains autonomy and seeks to destroy the X-Men by employing its knowledge of the Xavier Protocols. In a virtual environment created by Professor X in ''X-Men'', volume 2 #84, Cerebro executes the Xavier Protocols against the X-Men.
== Details ==
As revealed in ''Excalibur'' #100 (each Protocol is activated by the presence of a different combination of X-Men):
* Code 0-0-0 (Charles Xavier) : The use of anti-psionic armor against him, and how to build it. (Activated by Moira MacTaggert, Cyclops and Jean Grey)
* Code 0-2-1 (Wolverine) : Long range attack, sever the head, and place the head and body far apart. (Activated by [[Archangel (comics)|Archangel]], Cyclops and Jean Grey) Note: At the time of publication, Wolverine does not have his an [[adamantium (comics)|adamantium]] skeleton.
* Code 1-3-9 (Cable) : Take advantage of the techno-organic virus that occupies his telekinesis powers, and letting the virus infect major organs. (Activated by Cyclops, Jean Grey and Cannonball) ''Note: After the purge of the virus from Cable's body, this particular strategy no longer applies''.
Other X-Men who face their Xavier Protocols are in ''X-Men'', volume 2 #84 are [[Colossus (comics)|Colossus]], [[Rogue (comics)|Rogue]], [[Shadowcat]], [[Beast (comics)|Beast]], [[Storm (comics)|Storm]] and [[Gambit (comics)|Gambit]].
==Bibliography==
* ''Excalibur'' (first series) #100
* ''X-Men'' (second series) #65
* ''Uncanny X-Men'' #335
''X-Men'', volume 2 #84
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