in the "ultimate marvel" reality, alpha flight debuted in "ultimate x-men" #94 with vindicator (formally col. john wraith of weapon x), shaman, jubilee, sunfire, sasquatch, snowbird and aurora. the team ambushes the x-men in the middle of a friendly baseball game. all of its members appear to use godlike powers; they easily defeat the x-men and kidnap northstar. it is later revealed by wolverine, who apparently has a history with them, that they used a drug called banshee to enhance their abilities, making them more powerful than normal mutants. vindicator claims that alpha flight is the first internationally sanctioned mutant team made powerful enough to take on any "considerable" threats such as the liberators, the brotherhood, and the ultimates, as vindicator sees the latter as loyal only to america and alpha flight to the world. they are defeated by colossus's team of x-men, who were also being powered by banshee.