Chase of the Maggia Weapons Transport

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"Come on. I never totally fit in with the gang, anyway." The subject of this article is part of an MCU franchise story that has been officially deemed to be non-canonical to the primary continuity of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Its events instead occur in another reality within the Multiverse. This universe is designated by the Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki as the "Stark Weapons Smuggling Conspiracy Universe".

Chase of the Maggia Weapons Transport
Previous	Attack on the Maggia Weapons Caches
Next	Attack on the Nefaria Compound
War	Stark Industries Weapons Mongering
Date	Mid-2008
Location	Maggia Factory Complex
Result (Outcome)	Iron Man destroys another weapons cache.
Combatants
Iron Man
Maggia
Commanders
James Rhodes
Whiplash
Casualties
-
Whiplash Several Maggia Soldiers

"This guy's nuts. He's going to kill those civilians to cover his ass. Find out who this bastard is, will you?"

―Iron Man to J.A.R.V.I.S.^[src]

The Chase of the Maggia Weapons Transport was the successful interruption by Iron Man of a transport of Stark Industries-produced weapons.

Background

"You've made enemies recently Stark. You don't know what you're getting into."

―Whiplash to Iron Man^[src]

Iron Man attacks a Maggia base

Iron Man had a change of heart regarding his habits of selling weapons to the enemy. Therefore, he halted all manufacturing at Stark Industries, angering the Maggia, who tried to steal weapons from the company. In retaliation, Stark went out to destroy all of his weapons, including ones owned by the Maggia. James Rhodes soon found out and decided to help.

Chase

Iron Man on his chase

"Destroy the facility when the vehicles are clear."
"Sir?"
"You got a hearing problem? Don't worry, we can always get more volunteers, heh?"

―Whiplash and Maggia Soldier^[src]

Iron Man traveled to a Maggia base to stop a transport of weapons. With James Rhodes in his ear, Stark went on to attack the vehicles. However, Rhodes reminded him that many of the workers were hostages.

Whiplash charges his gauntlets

To stop the transport, Stark took down the control centers. Suddenly, Stark connected to Maggia communications and heard Mark Scarlotti telling his men to kill the factory workers when they were done. Finally, Stark managed to be able to speak in the channel and contacted Scarlotti, who was angry at Stark as he was a former Stark Industries employee whom was fired. The two attacked each other, which Scarlotti using whips. However, Stark soon killed Scarlotti, ending the transport.

Aftermath

Iron Man attacking Nefaria Compound

"It's a little excessive don't you think?"
"Stark weapons are off the market. All of them."

―James Rhodes and Iron Man^[src]

In his next attack, Iron Man took on the Nefaria Compound, which was a primary headquarters of the Maggia. This angered Whitney Frost, who had a past with Stark. Nevertheless, Stark blew up the compound, forcing them to retreat to their last base, the Flying Fortress.