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Bastion

Panel from X-Force #1, vol. X-Force is a Fictional Marvel Comics Superhero team one of several Spin-offs of the popular X-Men franchise 3 (2008).
Art by Clayton Crain. Clayton Crain is an American Comic book artist, who primarily uses Digital painting techniques in his art
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
First appearance X-Men v2, #52 (May 1996)
Created by Mark Waid
Andy Kubert
In story information
Species Android/Artificial intelligence
Team affiliations Purifiers
Friends of Humanity
Operation: Zero Tolerance
Humanity's Last Stand
Notable aliases Sebastion Gilberti, Nicolas Hunter, Master Mold, Arnold Rodriguez, Template, The Oracle
Abilities A mystical fusion of Master Mold and Nimrod;
  • Immunity to telepathic probes and mutant abilities
  • Ability to turn people into Prime Sentinels
  • Command of other Sentinels
  • Energy projection
  • Superhuman strength and durability
  • Flight

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Contents

Fictional character biography

Origin

Bastion started life out as two separate beings, the Sentinel factory, Master Mold, and Nimrod, a Sentinel from an alternate future. The Sentinels are Fictional characters Robots in the. Most often encountering the team of mutants known as the X-Men, they were created by writer Master Mold is a Fictional character, a Robot Supervillain in the Marvel Universe. Nimrod is a Fictional character that appears in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. In Science fiction stories involving Time travel, an alternate future or alternative future is a possible Future which never comes to pass typically It was on one fateful day that Nimrod came across a piece of Master Mold's body. Master Mold's programming begin to co-opt Nimrod. The two of them become one being after being pushed into the Siege Perilous by Rogue and Dazzler. Siege Perilous was the name of two devices in the Marvel Universe, created by Comic book writer Chris Claremont. Rogue ( Anna Marie) is a Fictional character, part of the Marvel Comics mutant super-team the X-Men. Dazzler ( Alison Blaire) is a Marvel Comics superheroine, associated with the X-Men. Now, a man of flesh and no memory of his past, Bastion is taken in by a woman named Rose Gilberti. Living with Rose, Bastion begins to hear about the mutant problem, across America. At some point, Bastion falls into anti-mutant groups, like Graydon Creed's Friends of Humanity. Graydon Creed is a Fictional character created by writer Scott Lobdell and artist Brandon Peterson. The Friends of Humanity are one of the many anti- mutant hate groups in the Marvel Universe.

Operation: Zero Tolerance

In time, Bastion is working his way "up the ladder", in the U.S. Government. The federal government of the United States is the central United States Governmental body established by the United States Constitution. Unwittingly, Bastion was able to develop a new type of Sentinel, the Prime Sentinels. Prime Sentinels are an advanced type of Sentinel which exist in the fictional Marvel Comics universe.

Two events, the fallout of Onslaught and the death of Graydon Creed, were the ammunition needed to initiate Bastion's Operation: Zero Tolerance, which attacked mutants everywhere. Onslaught is a Fictional character that appears in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. Operation Zero Tolerance is an event that transpired shortly after the Onslaught Saga in the Marvel Universe. The operation is successful in capturing Jubilee and some members of the X-Men, taking direct control over the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning, and gaining possession of the Xavier Protocols, a list of files containing information on killing the X-Men. Jubilation "Jubilee" Lee is a Fictional character, a Marvel Comics superheroine associated with the X-Men. The X-Men is a team of fictional Superhero characters in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. In the fictional Marvel Comics universe, the X-Mansion, the common name for the Xavier Mansion, is the base of operations and training site of the The Xavier Protocols are a fictional set of doomsday plans in the created by Charles Xavier, leader of the X-Men.

The President is convinced by Senator Robert Kelly and Henry Peter Gyrich to suspend Bastion's operations. The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by Robert Edward Kelly is a Fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. Henry Peter Gyrich is a Fictional character that appears in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. Bastion is captured by S.H.I.E.L.D., with help from Iceman. SHIELD is a fictional, Comic-book Espionage and Law-enforcement agency in the Marvel Comics universe. Iceman ( Robert Louis "Bobby" Drake) is a fictional Marvel Comics Superhero, a member of the X-Men. While in government custody, Bastion regains his memories and escapes custody. He attempts to lead another crusade against mutants, but he is stopped by Machine Man and Cable. Machine Man ( X-51 /also called Aaron Stack) is a Fictional character created by writer/artist Jack Kirby for Marvel Comics. Cable is a Fictional character that appears in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. Bastion is returned to government custody, only to be later beheaded by a brainwashed Wolverine, who served as Apocalypse's Horseman of Death.

Template

A former S. H. I. E. L. D. agent by the name of Mainspring was heading a project called the Gatekeepers, whose goal is to study and destroy Phalanx technology. The Phalanx are a Cybernetic fictional species in the Marvel Comics universe. They find the remains of Bastion and rebuilds him, but loses control of him. Bastion, with the new body and new programming becomes known as Template, and kills Mainspring. Bastion fights against the heroes Warlock and Wolfsbane during these incidents. Warlock is a Fictional character, a Cybernetic alien Superhero published by Marvel Comics.

Some time later, Carol Danvers contacts the X-Men about the current whereabouts of the remains of Bastion/Template. Ms Marvel ( Carol Susan Jane Danvers) also known as Binary and Warbird is a Fictional character, a Comic book superheroine The X-Men sends Shadowcat, Wolverine, and Gambit to break into the government facility, intending to reclaim their stolen computer files. Katherine "Kitty" Pryde is a Fictional character that appears in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. Gambit ( Remy LeBeau) is a Fictional character, a Marvel Comics Superhero that has been a member of the X-Men. While there, Template shows the three X-Men false holograms of events and lies about their teammates. The X-Men eventually gets their files, but they are left with doubts and fears about their teammates.

X-Force

Following the events of the Messiah Complex event, the fundamentalist Purifiers assaults a heavily-defended SHIELD installation, breaching the tight security with the aid of several double agents within the organization and recovering Bastion's head. The Purifiers, also known as the Stryker Crusade, are a fictional paramilitary/ terrorist organization in the Marvel Comics universe and enemies At one of their churches, the Purifiers installs the head onto the body of the Nimrod unit recovered from Forge's Aerie, returning Bastion to life. Immediately after his activation, the mutant-hunting robot alerts the Purifiers to the presence of the new X-Force. X-Force is a Fictional Marvel Comics Superhero team one of several Spin-offs of the popular X-Men franchise Bastion concludes, after accessing Nimrod's database, that the X-Men are the greatest mutant threat to the Purifiers' objectives in this timeline or any other, and there is no terrestrial force in existence that could guarantee the elimination of the X-Men. Bastion however reveals that he has found something that could: Magus. The Magus is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe. The Magus is a techno-organic patriarch of an alien civilization and should not be confused with another [1]

It was revealed that what Bastion discovered at the bottom of the ocean was not the real Magus, but one of his offspring in a mindless state. Bastion rewrote its programming and infected Donald Pierce and the Leper Queen, the recovered techno-organic remains of Cameron Hodge and Stephen Lang, as well as the corpses of Bolivar Trask, Graydon Creed and Reverend William Stryker with the Technarch transmode virus, declaring them to be the future of humanity and the end of mutantkind. Donald Pierce is a Comic book Supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe The Leper Queen is a fictional villain of the Marvel Universe. Cameron Hodge is a Fictional Comic book Supervillain and opponent of the X-Men, as seen in Marvel Comics. Stephen Lang is Stephen Lang, an Actor Stephen Lang, a Fictional character in Marvel Bolivar Trask is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. Graydon Creed is a Fictional character created by writer Scott Lobdell and artist Brandon Peterson. William Stryker is a fictional Comic book Supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe, and enemy of the X-Men. [2]

Other versions

Age of Apocalypse

In the Age of Apocalypse storyline a Bastion existed, as evidenced when the X-Men are discussing Abyss who is the one "rumoured to have replaced Bastion". The "Age of Apocalypse" is a popular X-Men Story arc. Abyss ( Nils Styger) is a mutant in the Marvel Comics universe. This Bastion has never been seen in the comic and there is no indication whether or not he is related to the main continuity Bastion.

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