The New Marauder (formerly the Mercury) was the ship captained by Kate Pryde and crewed by her Marauders.[2]
History
Origin[]
The full origin of the Mercury is unknown, but at some point in the past it was stolen by Eden Rixlo, a notorious space pirate, for his personal use.[5]
As part of the preparations to create the mutant nation of Krakoa, Emma Frost needed to travel into space and recruited the services of Rixlo. Rixlo planned to double-cross Frost, so she acted first by "borrowing" his ship and erasing his memories of their time together.[5]
White Court of Hellfire Trading Company[]
Naming her new ship the Mercury, the White Queen provided the ship to the White Bishop for his use.[6][7] Along with the Marauder and the Upstart, the Mercury was part of the Hellfire Trading Company's original fleet.[6]
With Iceman and the White Bishop aboard, the Mercury in a submarine form was sent on a trial run to the Arctic to quell wildfires breaking out.[3]
The Mercury arrived at Island M to rendezvous with the Marauder and Callisto, the new White Knight.[8]
The Mercury in its submarine form ferried Iceman, Christian, and Emma to the seas near Madripoor to rescue Bishop and recover Kate Pryde's corpse from the Madripoor Police.[9]
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The Mercury in its flying saucer form
When intercepting a splinter group of Russian army, the Mercury in a flying saucer form was employed to attack the ship, return the soldiers to Russia, and then destroy their sea vessel.[7]
To travel to Mykines to attend the Hellfire Gala, the leadership of the Hellfire Trading Company travelled abroad the Mercury in the form of a medieval-style carrack.[10]
After the terraforming of Arakko, Rixlo confronted the White Queen and Red Queen in the Red Lagoon. After a brief skirmish, the Marauders properly purchased the Mercury using mysterium. However, Rixlo double-crossed the Marauders and jettisoned them into deep space.[5] Creatively using their combined powers, the Marauders were able to retake the Mercury and takedown Rixlo.[4]
The New Marauder[]
With the Marauder beyond repair, Captain Pryde adopted the Mercury as her new ship and renamed it the New Marauder.[2]Capabilities
Trivia
- This ship does not appear to have any connection to the New X-Man Cessily Kincaid, codenamed "Mercury". However, Emma Frost helped give the codename "Mercury" to Cessily[11][12] and may have named the vehicle.[13]
See Also
- 24 appearance(s) of Mercury (Vehicle)
- 1 minor appearance(s) of Mercury (Vehicle)
- 3 mention(s) of Mercury (Vehicle)
- 12 image(s) of Mercury (Vehicle)