 The Canadian government was using Pointer in a "Weapon Omega" project, in which villains captured by Omega Flight were used to provide Pointer with energy, as his Collective energy was beginning to trail off.The source of the energy was unknown to Pointer and the other members of Omega Flight.The government would also use Mutant Growth Hormone to pump up the criminals' powers and make their DNA more compatible to Pointer's, while using the Guardian suit to regulate the flow (the use of Pointer's absorption powers on these criminals was fatal).