Merge:Alistaire Stuart

Alistaire Stuart is a character appearing in the. He is a scientist, an ally of the superhero team Excalibur and head of MI-13, an intelligence agency. He first appeared in Excalibur #6 and was created by Chris Claremont and Alan Davis.

History
Doctor Alistaire Stuart and his sister, brigadier Alysande Stuart are the founders of the Weird Happenings Organisation (W.H.O.). The W.H.O. is a British intelligence agency to investigate paranormal and superhuman activity and combat any superhuman threats by combining Alistaire's scientific knowledge with Alysande's military skills.

While investigating the disappearance of doctor Moira MacTaggert and the appearance of a Moira MacTaggert from a parallel universe, Alistaire meets Kitty Pryde, a member of Excalibur, who is attracted to Alistaire. Kitty introduces Alistaire to Excalibur and to her disappointment, Alistaire is more interested in Kitty's friend Rachel Summers. Alistaire, Alysande and the W.H.O. become loyal allies to Excalibur and Alistaire accompanies the team during their journey across parallel universes known as the Cross-Time Caper.

Some time after their return, Alysande is accused of selling classified information to S.H.I.E.L.D., but she dies before the investigation is complete. S.H.I.E.L.D. director Nick Fury meets Alistaire at the funeral and tells him that his sister was framed. Alistaire investigates the matter and finds out that the R.C.X., another government agency, framed Alysande so that W.H.O. is weakened and the R.C.X. can take control of its resources. With the help of Excalibur the R.C.X. is defeated.

Shortly afterwards, another intelligence agency, Black Air begins its rise to power. Black Air competes with the R.C.X. and W.H.O., often with violence. As leader of the W.H.O., Alistaire knows too much about Black Air and is targeted by them for assassination. He flees the country and travels to the United States. There, he makes his way to the X-Mansion and asks the X-Men to contact Excalibur. Meanwhile, Excalibur has had its own problems with Black Air and promises to bring Alistaire home. Excalibur uses the information they have gathered on Black Air to expose Black Air's crimes and Black Air is forced underground. Alistaire Stuart is appointed head of a new department to replace W.H.O., Black Air and the R.C.X. This new department is known as MI-13 or simply "the Department".