X-Force - was a band of outlaw mutants who were usually led and trained by the extremist agent known as Cable. Most of its recurrent members were former Xavier's students formerly part of the New Mutants who were taken under Cable's wing. Over the years, X-Force acted under the law, with or without Cable, to ensure the liberty of mutants. The team disbanded and reformed many times, usually when Cable was shown to be in need of agents to help him in his terrorist activities.