Office of National Emergency
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The Office of National Emergency, most commonly referred to as O*N*E, is a fictional government agency in the Marvel Universe
. It is best known as the originator of the Sentinel
squads that were assigned to protect/observe the X-Men
and the remaining mutants
after the event known as M-Day
, which reduced the number of mutants on Earth to a very few hundred.
The Sentinels employed by O*N*E are Mark VIII models which, unlike most, require pilots. At one point, the X-Men battle and defeat the piloted machines.
A limited series by John Layman
named Sentinel Squad O*N*E spotlighted the original squad.
Marvel Universe
The Marvel Universe is the shared fictional universe where most comic book titles and other media published by Marvel Entertainment take place, including those featuring Marvel's most familiar characters, such as Spider-Man, the Hulk, the X-Men, and the Avengers.The Marvel Universe is further...
. It is best known as the originator of the Sentinel
Sentinel (comics)
Sentinels are a fictional variety of mutant-hunting robots, appearing in the Marvel Comics Universe. They are usually portrayed as antagonists to the X-Men. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, they first appeared in The X-Men #14 .According to Marvel canon, Sentinels are programmed to locate...
squads that were assigned to protect/observe the X-Men
X-Men
The X-Men are a superhero team in the . They were created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, and first appeared in The X-Men #1...
and the remaining mutants
Mutant (Marvel Comics)
In comic books published by Marvel Comics, a mutant is an organism who possesses a genetic trait called an X-gene that allows the mutant to naturally develop superhuman powers and abilities...
after the event known as M-Day
Decimation (comics)
Decimation is the late 2005 Marvel Comics storyline spinning off from the House of M limited series. It focuses on the ramifications of the Scarlet Witch stripping nearly all of the mutant population of their powers, thereby reducing a society of millions to one of scant hundreds.This event, which...
, which reduced the number of mutants on Earth to a very few hundred.
The Sentinels employed by O*N*E are Mark VIII models which, unlike most, require pilots. At one point, the X-Men battle and defeat the piloted machines.
A limited series by John Layman
John layman
John Steele Layman is an American comic book writer and letterer.-Biography:Once an editor for Wildstorm, a branch of DC Comics, Layman turned to writing comics full-time in 2002 and mainly writes for Marvel Comics....
named Sentinel Squad O*N*E spotlighted the original squad.