Quote Originally Posted by RachelGrey View Post
They actually never showed when they came back. Just that Deathlok was going to get them as close to when they left as he could. So they could show up 8 months after they left. There is also the concern with not overlapping with past selves so it's kind of a better safe than sorry thing and play it safe and come back later. There hasn't been any indication that any member of X-Force is currently back in HoX/PoX, none of them have been seen so far, that's why I think they return in X-Men #1. From there everyone splits off as the teams are rebuilt by the governing body of Krakoa.
They were never going to though. The writers from Extermination onward knew that Hickman was coming on board and essentially laying new foundation down. They were given opportunities to do stories knowing they would conclude with little to know acknowledgement once Hickman started. That said, it was stated a time jump happened. At the start of this Dawn of X, they have all been back for some time. I say this because it is clearly stated that Cannonball has been back and returned to the Shi'ar Empire to be with his wife and kid. The purpose of the New Mutants going into space to get Sam, who has been there a while. So Rachel and Nate have likely been back a while and drank dat Krakoa Kool-Aid. They'll have a role in the first two, maybe three issues, and Nate will be featured in fallen Angels and Rachel returns to her cell until she's allowed back into the yard for playtime.