(Uncanny X-Men I#155 (fb) - BTS) - Hoping to take out her sister Lilandra and establish herself as the ruler of the Shi'ar, Deathbird struck an alliance with clan-master Kam'n'ehar of the Brood. Lilandra was kidnapped and held aboard his ship, while the turncoat Shi'ar admiral Samedar convinced the military she was being held on Earth. Deathbird hoped this would lead to the Shi'ar military to either devastate or destroy the world and its heroes that had humiliated her on numerous occasions. Staying on board his clanship, Kam'n'ehar tasked Skur'kll and several other Brood warriors to accompany Deathbird on her mission to New York to ambush Lilandra's lover Charles Xavier and his X-Men. In the fight that followed, Charles Xavier was abducted.
(Uncanny X-Men I#156 - BTS) - With both Xavier and Lilandra imprisoned on his vessel, Kam'n'ehar was feeling confident when the Brood encountered the Starjammer in space. Ordering his sentient ship to gobble up the infamous starship, he ordered his shock troopers to board the craft.
(Uncanny X-Men I#156) - The X-Men and the
Starjammers put up heavy resistance, causing massive damage to the
clanship that writhed in pain. Clan-master Kamn'e'har ordered his
second-in-command Haeg'rill to establish a zero gravity environment in
the combat zone, figuring it would hamper their opponents'
effectiveness. (Uncanny X-Men I#156 - BTS) - Despite the anti-gravity countermeasures, the X-Men and the Starjammers tore a swath through the Brood troops while rescuing Lilandra and Xavier. The ship endured even greater trauma when the Starjammer blasted its way free from inside the clanship. The crippled craft was dead in space while the heroes sped to safety.
(Uncanny X-Men I#157) - In the aftermath of the X-Men's daring escape from his vessel, a furious Kam'n'ehar ordered Haeg'rill to bring Deathbird before him. The fierce Shi'ar managed to hold her own against a cadre of Brood warriors, even though they did succeed in delivering her to the clan-master. Kam'n'ehar shared his intense displeasure over their losses with the still defiant Deathbird who agreed to a temporary truce. Looking for ways to survive the Brood's impending wrath, Deathbird produced a data module containing detailed information on the X-Men's genetic structures. Kam'n'ehar was fascinated by the possibilities of their mutant nature. Realizing they would make excellent breeders for the Brood Mother, he agreed to allow Deathbird to capture the X-Men.
(Uncanny X-Men I#161 - BTS) - Biding her time until the X-Men could be caught off guard, Deathbird learned of a banquet thrown in their honor by Lilandra aboard her imperial flagship Z'reee Shar. Using her influence, Deathbird got Kam'n'ehar and his men on board while also planting a stasis bomb underneath the banquet hall's dining room table.
(Uncanny X-Men I#161) - In the middle of dinner, Deathbird startled the X-Men and set off the bomb, instantly knocking out both the mutants and Lilandra. Kam'n'ehar and his forces arrived to claim them, announcing that they would serve the Brood as host-forms for the spawn of their blessed ruler, the 'mother-of-us-all'.