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| Real Name | Sebastion Gilberti | ||||||
| Powers and Abilities | Necromancy Technopathy Portal Creation | ||||||
| Team Affiliations | Operation Zero Tolerance | ||||||
| Family and Friends | Master Mold (source code progenitor); Nimrod (source code progenitor); Richard Gilberti (father); Rose Gilberti (mother) | ||||||
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Biography[]
Origins[]
Years ago, the time-traveling Sentinel Nimrod traveled back in time to kill mutant leader Charles Xavier years before he could found his X-Men. Nimrod was defeated and destroyed, but a part of it managed to infect a university janitor.
The janitor went on to have a child named Sebastion Gilberti. Sebastion was born with the ability to communicate with machines. Sebastion struggled with being different and the burden his powers and Nimrod's influence placed on his young mind. Believing that Sebastion was a mutant, Charles Xavier sought him out when he was starting his X-Men, but Sebastion's mother rejected Xavier's offer due to her dislike of mutants.
Many years later, when the Sentinel Master Mold was destroyed by the X-Men, it uploaded itself into Sebastion, creating a new being; Bastion.
Operation: Zero Tolerance[]
Allying himself with Nathaniel Essex, Bastion secretly orchestrated the Mutant Massacre on Genosha by the Wild Sentinels. He kidnapped Erik Lehnsherr, who was presumed killed in the attack, and kept him imprisoned by fitting him with an Inhibitor Collar.
Bastion planned to destroy mutantkind by using his Sentinel technology to upgrade humanity, creating so-called Prime Sentinels, a mix of human and machine, just like he himself. As he unleashed his Prime Sentinels upon mutantkind, destroying the X-Mansion, he was betrayed by Valerie Cooper, who freed the captive Magneto. Magneto traveled to the North Pole and used his magnetic powers to unleash a global EMP, disabling the Prime Sentinels.
Later on, he goes into his lair and activates the Sentinels to hold off the X-Men. After capturing Beast, Morph, and Storm, Bastion taunted the three mutants, stating that OZT was in its final phase. However Jean Grey then rose from the water, becoming the Phoenix. She reassembled the collar and placed it on Bastion, shutting down his Sentinels. Despite this, Bastion was able to overpower and knock out the three mutants with a blast of energy, before destroying Cable's cybernetic arm and integrating the T-O virus into himself, transforming and growing wings. He then flew up to Asteroid M, planning to send it crashing down onto Earth to to wipe out both mutants and humanity. Before he could make there, he was intercepted by Rogue and Sunspot. He was sent crashing down to Earth, before overpowering them both and flying back to the asteroid. He then fought Nightcrawler, Cyclops, and Jubilee. They were able to hold him off until a Sentinel which was hijacked by Beast, Storm , and Jean crushed him. All the X-Men then prepared to fight him until Cyclops told the rest to stand down. He then attempted to appeal to Bastion's human nature, but Bastion refused, admitting that humans and mutants are monsters.
In response to the falling asteroid, President Kelly sent two missiles up to the asteroid to destroy it. As the X-Men started to scramble, Cyclops tried to convince Bastion to come with them, but Bastion refused again. He was then presumed to be disintegrated by either the explosion or sucked into the singularity powering the asteroid.
Powers and abilities[]
Powers[]
Hybrid Physiology: Bastion is a Human-Sentinel hybrid. As a result he possesses a lot of superhuman powers
- Superhuman strength: Bastion is incredibly strong, being able to overpower Rogue as well as fighting against the X-Men.
- Nigh-invulnerability: