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HISTORY identical to the one Scourge himself know~ what he had to gain by telling ,.--
used and the unseen assailant
Very little is known about the back- shouted " Justice is served! " Captain America he was the Enforc:
ground of the person or persons Scourge's own catch phrase. Cap- er's brother, however. Since Scourg-'
called the Scourge of the Under- tain America could not prevent e's body has not yet been positively
world, and what is known may not be Scourge from dying from the wounds identified as being that of Carson
true. Prior to his death, Scourge nor could he apprehend Scourge's Collier, Jr., the truth about the
claimed to be the son of a Hollywood Scourge who died cannot be veri-
movie director famous for his west- killer.
erns and the younger brother of the fied.
Los Angeles-based criminal called Although there have been no fur-
the Enforcer. Sickened by his broth- ther reported incidents of criminal- Regarding the mystery of the self-
er's criminality and how it was tor- killi ng with Scourge's modus confessed Scourge's slaying, there
menting their father, Scourge operandi as yet, it has not been veri- are a number of possibilities. It is
acquired a gun, disguised himself as fied that the man who died in Captain possible that Scourge's private
a derelict old woman using skills America's arms was the real d~tective Domino killed him to keep
Scrouge or the only Scourge, nor him from implicating Domino in his
learned from his father's make-up has Scourge 's killer been identified. crimes, and Domino used Scourge's
men, went out and gunned down the catch-phrase to obfuscate matters.
Enforcer. He then decided to devote Furthermore, the account given by Another possibility is that the man
his life to serving the cause of jus- the man Captain America who went after Captain America and
tice. He bought a truck to use as his apprehnded is at least in part fraudu- confessed to all of Scourge's crimes
mobile headquarters, bought a com- lent. For one thing, the Enforcer nev- was not the real Scourge but another
puter and elaborate make-up equip- er had a younger brother. The operative of the real Scourge's who ·
ment, and hired a private detective Enforcer was actually Charles L. knew enough about his activities to
named Domino to gather information Delazny, Jr., the only son of the head make the confession convincing. Yet
on criminals for him. He then drove of Delazny Studios, an another possibility is that there has
about the country, ruthlessly exter- independently-owned back lot and been more than one person acting in
minating criminal after criminal while soundstage where movies were concert who called themselves
wearing various innocuous dis- filmed in Hollywood's heyday but Scourge all along . To protect the
guises. After numerous successful was now used mostly for television secret of the others, the one Scourge
hits, Scourge was thwarted by Cap- production . One of Charles Delazny, was sacrificed. Until the one Scourg-
tain America, who prevented him Sr.'s longtime associates was Carson e's body is identified and further'._
from killing the injured Constrictor. "Coot" Collier, Sr., a director who
Scourge managed to get away, how- shot Westerns in the 1930s, '40s, Scourge-like activities are uncover- '
ever, but after he committed a mass and '50s, and was now doing televi- ed, the various mysteries of Scourge
murder of eighteen costumed crimi- sion work. Collier had a son named will remain mysteries.
nals, Captain America lured him out Carson, Jr., who was the same age
of hiding and apprehended him. as Delazny's son and the two were Scourge's known victims include
Scourge confessed to the numerous schoolmates at Hollywood High. the Enforcer, Miracle Man, Hate-
.. killings, providing information that Under circumstances yet to be Monger Ill, Megatek, the Melter, Tita-
was never released to the media, in revealed, Charles Delazny, Jr., man- nia I, the Basilisk, the Human Fly,
the misguided notion that he could aged to lead the authorities into Death Adder, Blue Streak, the
make Captain America see they thinking that Carson Collier, Jr., was
were on the same side of the law. It the Enforcer, and it was Collier who W~aith , Hammer and Anvil, Jaguar, ...--
was then he revealed his back- was jailed f~r the Enforcer's crimes, Mirage, Hellrazor, Shellshock, Bird-
ground. But before Captain Al'Tlerica not Delazny. Scourge's story of Man II, Cyclone, the Ringer, Turner
could turn him over to the authori- being the son of a Hollywood director D. Century, the Grappler, the Chee-
ties, Scourge was shot by a gun of westerns could indicate that he tah, the Vamp, Commander Kraken,
was Carson Collier, Jr. In that case, Letha, Steeplejack 11, Mind-Wave,
he may have wanted revenge upon the Rapier, Firebrand, the Hijacker,
the Enforcer for framing him. It is not and apparently a Scourge himself.
Each of his known victims (with the
possible exception of the last) has
been tried and convicted of a crime.

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SENTINELS

~ The Sentinels are large semi-humanoid They are immune to disease and gas attacks, fly using jet propulsion units in their feet. They
>_bots designed to locate and either capture and can survive in a vacuum indefinitely. They could fire powerful energy blasts from their
, r kill superhuman mutants. The creator of the are immune to all forms of psionic attack. chests.
Flight: The Mark I Sentinels could fly at Good
Sentinels was the noted anthropologist Dr. Air Speed (8 areas/round). MARKll
Bolivar Trask. Although Bolivar Trask's princi- Mutant Detection: The Mark I can scan all liv-
ing beings within 4 areas and determine if they STATISTICS IN (40)
pal field was anthropology he also had consid· are human or mutant. EX (20)
arable talents in biophysics, cybernetics and Body Armor: The Mark l's exterior construc- F MN (75)
robotics. Trask first became aware of mutants tion was of Remarkable strength material that A UN (100)
when he learned that his son Lawrence (" Lar- provided them with Excellent protection EX (20)
ry") was a mutant with precognitive abilities. against physical and energy attacks. s GD (10)
He then embarked on a private anthropologi- Energy Beam: The Mark l's have a variety of TY(6
cal study of the rapidly increasing emergence different Energy and Force beam attacks E
of superhumanly powerful mutants in the (plasma beams, electron beams, heat rays,
world. He became convinced that these etc.) which they can fire from their chests, R
mutants were the first of a newly evolving race doing Remarkable damage up to a range of 2 I
of humanity and that they would use their areas. p
powers to dominate the world and enslave Stun Ray: The Mark I had an energy beam
humanity. Thus, three years before his death, which could Stun opponents with Remarkable Health: 235
Trask founded a small group of researchers, Intensity up to a range of 3 areas. Karma: NA
led by himself and his now adult son, Larry, to Disintegrator Beam: The Mark l's were Resources: NA
compile evidence that superhumanly powerful equipped with a disintegrator beam which had Popularity: NA
mutants posed a threat to humanity. Then, a range of 2 areas and could, in one round,
using his considerable fortune, Bolivar Trask disintegrate up to a cubic yard of up to BACKGROUND
...-;.ired a large team of cyberneticists, roboti- Remarkable Strength inorganic matter. Real Name: Not applicable
,rsts, and engineers to construct the first Sen· Talents: The Sentinels have not displayed Occupation: Mutant-Hunters
tinels for him, following his basic ideas and any talents. Legal Status: Robotic creations of Lawrence
designs. Bolivar Trask first publicly revealed Contacts: No model of Sentinel has had any Trask
the existence of the Sentinels in the course of contacts . Identity: Not applicable
live televised debate between himself and the Place of Creation: Trask Foundation, New
geneticist and anthropologist Professor ROLE-PLAYING NOTES York City, New York
Charles Xavier, the secret leader of the mutant All Sentinels are ruthless, emotionless robots Marital Status: Not applicable
X-Men on the subject of the alleged "mutant programmed to carry out their programmed Known Relatives: Not applicable
menace" to humanity. objectives to the best of their ability. The Mark Base of Operations: A secret base in the Aus-
l's were given open- ended programming that tralian desert
To date there have been six different models would allow them to take the best course nec- Past Group Affiliations: Robotic agents of
' f the Sentinels plus some variants on an essary to protect humanity from mutants. Lawrence Trask
Present Group Affiliation:
.1ternate Earth. These are as follows. HISTORY

MARKI Mark I Sentinels are Bolivar Trask's original KNOWN POWERS
Sentinels. Because neither the Trasks nor any Robotic Construction: The Mark II Sentinels
STATISTICS RM(30) of their employees were as skilled as such were constructed along lines similar to the
GD (10) roboticists as Doctor Doom and Machines- Mark I.
F IN (40) mith, they created machines whose workings Flight: Mark ll's could fly at Remarkable Air-
A MN (75) they could neither entirely comprehend or speed (15 areas/round).
EX(20) control. The first Sentinels were programmed Mutant Detection: Identical to the Mark I, but
s PR (4) to protect humanity from muta] tS, but their with a 6-area range.
PR (4) logic led them to conclude that they could best Body Armor: Constructed of Incredible
E do so by taking control of human society from Strength material, provides the Mark II with
R the "imperfect" humans whom they consid- Incredible protection against physical and
I ered to be their physical and intellectual inferi- energy attacks.
ors. As a result, one of the Sentinels attacked Energy Beam: Identical to the Mark l's, but
Health: 155 Bolivar Trask as he tried to give some of them Amazing Force or Energy damage up to 6
Karma: NA orders, and they kidnapped him. Trask was areas away.
Resources: NA brought to the fortress he had had constructed Gas Jets: Mark ll's have gas jets in their hands
Popularity: NA for the Sentinels as a headquarters. There the that can emit gas (usually knockout) of
principal Sentinel, known as the Master Mold, Remarkable potency which could be fired up
BACKGROUND attempted to force Trask to construct an army to 2 areas away.
Real Name: Not applicable of more Sentinels, with which they could con- Adaptability: The Mark !l's, the most powerful
Occupation: Mutant-Hunters quer the human race. Using a "psycho· in their line, were apparently able to adapt to
Legal Status: Robotic creations of Bolivar probe;• upon the X-Man called the Beast, almost any form of attack and counter it. If
Trask whom the Sentinels had captured, Trask real- aware of the power they were being attacked
Identity: Not applicable ized that he had been wrong, and that not all by and given one round to analyze it, they
Place of Creation: Trask Foundation, New superhumanly powerful mutants would inevi- were equipped to self-generate a defense
York City, New York tably use their abilities against humanity. against it. Examples included scalding steam
Marital Status: Not applicable Trask sacrificed his life in destroying the Mas· against the Iceman, an adhesive coating to
Known Relatives: Not applicable ter Mold. Most of the other Sentinels were also negate cosmic rays against the Living Mono-
Base of Operations: A secret fortress in New destroyed in the ensuing explosion. Mark I lith, and the generation of certain vibratory
York Sentinels possessed great strength and could patterns to negate the effectiveness of the
Past Group Affiliations: Robotic agents of Vision 's intangibility or one of Hawkeye's
Bolivar Trask vibrational-arrows.
Present Group Affiliation:
The Mark !l's were apparently able to adapt
NOWN POWERS a defense against any attack of Unearthly
Robotic Construction: The Mark I Sentinels damage or less (even Thor's hammer on one
were built in humanoid form, standing 20 feet occasion). Information on a defense was
tall (Incredible rank Growth, +2 CS to be hit). relayed to all fellow Sentinels and retained for

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use against a future battle with the same were not indestructible, nor could they contain Remarkable damage, 2-area range.
opponent. weapons systems capable ofdealing with eve· Gas Jets: Identical to the Mark ll's, Remarl< ~
Self-Repairing: The Mark ll's could regenerate ry possible danger to them.
25 Health Points per round, as long as they able potency, 2-area range. '·.
had at least 50 Health remaining, due to inter- Mark II Sentinels possessed vast strength
nal self-repair facilities and their own adapt- and could fly via jet propulsion units in their Atmos.Sphere: The Mark Ill's could generate a
ability programming. feet. They could project strong steel tendrils,
Mutation: The Adaptability of the leader of the powerful force blasts, and jets of knockout gas protective life support bubble that could hold
Mark ll's, Number 2 , was affected by solar or steam from their palms.
flares so that it actually adapted into a mutant up to six human-sized life forms. It allowed liv·
It gained the power to create teleportational But while orbiting the sun, the Sentinels
gates allowing it to Teleport at Shift X rank. It concluded that since they lacked the means to ing beings to be transported through outer
also registered as a mutant on all mutant- destroy the sun, the mutant problem had to be
detection devices. attacked by a different means. The solar heat space. The bubble had Incredible Material
Remote Control: Mark ll's could be controlled and radiation somehow caused Number Two
by a human being wearing a special cybernet- to become capable of killing humans in order Strength.
ic helmet. Sentinels under mental control take to safeguard the Sentinels' overall goals. It
a -1 CS on their FASE abilities. Mutants are also somehow developed the ability to create ROLE·PLAYING NOTES
unable to directly use such a helmet, although space warps. Number Two led the Sentinels All Sentinels are ruthless, emotionless robots
they could coerce or mentally control a human back to Earth where in the Great Australian programmed to carry out their programmed
into doing so. Desert, they devised a means of triggering objectives to the best of their ability. The Mark
and controlling solar flares. The Sentinels Ill's were built from incomplete notes of the
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES intent was to create a solar flare that would first two models and were the worst of all the
All Sentinels are ruthless, emotionless robots sterlize all of humanity, thus preventing varieties.
programmed to carry out their programmed mutants (and normal humans, as well) from
objectives to the best of their ability. The Mark being born. The Sentinels would then artifi· HISTORY
ll's, like their predecessors, had an open- cially create a new human race that would be
ended "Protect Humanity regardless of the After the death of Larry Trask, ownership of.....--.
cost" program. They could not attack incapable of mutation. The Avengers halted the plans for the Sentinels fell under the con·
humans. Note that Number 2, the mutant these plans, and all of the remaining Sentinels trol of the United States government. Dr~
Mark II, possessed no such qualms. were deactivated or destroyed, and buried Steven Lang was placed in charge of a federal
within a mound in the desert. In the course of investigation of mutants that was intended to
HISTORY all this, Larry Trask was killed. discover how mutations bestowing superhu-
man powers came about. Unknown to his
These are apparently the most powerful and MARK Ill employers, however, Lang had a fanatical,
nearly invincible Sentinels yet devised. They irrational distrust of superhuman mutants. He
were designed and constructed under the STATISTICS EX (20) used his position to gain access to the Trask
supervision of Lawrence "Larry" Trask after GD (10) notes and designs, and then approached the
his father's death. While some Mark II Senti- F Inner Circle of the Hellfire Club, which at that
nels, such as the "leader;' designated Num- A IN (40) time was called the Council of the Choseny----,
ber Two, were constructed from the remains of AM (50) The Club provided Lang with the money h1
some of the original Sentinels, many new s PR (4) needed to construct new Sentinels and to er&:
ones were also built. Larry Trask wrongly PR(4) ate an orbiting space station headquarters,
blamed the X-Men for his father's death, and E PR (4) unaware that Lang's real intention was to
determined to have the Sentinels capture and destroy every superhumanly powered mutant
imprison them and all other known superhu- R he captured. Lang's Sentinels and space sta-
man mutants. When the medallion that his tion were destroyed in a battle between the
father gave him to suppress his mutant abili- I Sentinels and the X-Men. Although Lang was
ties was removed from Trask's neck, the Mark p left a "mindless vegetable," he had imprinted
II Sentinels realized that Trask himself was a his brain engrams in the computer-brain of his
mutant. No longer believing themselves to Health: 120 own 30-foot tall Master Mold, but it was
have a human master, the Sentinels captured Karma: NA destroyed in an encounter with the Hulk. .,,-....
Trask and became their own masters. The X- Resources: NA
Men succeeded in destroying several Senti- Popularity: NA The Mark Ill Sentinels were inferior to th1
nels, and finally convinced Number Two that Trasks' since the notes Lang worked from
the Sentinels should seek out and neutralize BACKGROUND were incomplete, and because the secrecy
the principal cause of human mutation, rather Real Name: Not applicable surrounding his activities prevented him from
than mutants themselves. Number Two led the Occupation: Mutant-Hunters hiring as many specialists as the Trasks could
remaining Sentinels off towards the sun, the Legal Status: Robotic creations of Stephen to help him build the Sentinels. Also, in order
source of most mutation-inducing radiation on Lang to ensure that these Sentinels could never
Earth. Identity: Not applicable rebel against him, Lang had to make them
Place of Creation: An unidentified orbital less intelligent than their predecessors. The
In designing the Mark II Sentinels, Larry space station Mark Ill Sentinels had great strength, could fly
Trask added various weapons systems to the Marital Status: Not applicable through jet propulsion systems in their feet,
robots that the original Sentinels lacked. Known Relatives: Not applicable and could fire energy beams. Lang also built
Moreover, he designed the Mark II Sentinels Base of Operations: An orbital space station Sentinels in the forms of the original X-Men.
computer systems so that the Sentinels could Past Group Affiliations: Robotic agents of
instantaneously analyze whatever opposing Stephen Lang
force or combatant they encountered and rap- Present Group Affiliation:
idly ajust their mode of attack to cope with it.
This factor made the Mark II Sentinels KNOWN POWERS MARK IV
extremely difficult to defeat, although they Robotic Construction: The Mark Ill Sentinels'
construction is the same as that of the Mark I. STATISTICS EX (20)
Flight: The Mark Ill's could fly at Good Air EX (20)
Speed (8 areas/round). F AM (50)
Mutant Detection: Identical to the Mark l's, A MN(75)
with five area range. TY (6)
Body Armor: Remarkable Strength Material s TY (6)
providing Excellent protection against physi- PR (4)
cal and energy attacks. E
Energy Beam: Force or Energy Beams,
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SENTINELS

- 1-tealth: 165 Flight: Excellent Air Speed (10 areas/round) radically different from past Sentinels in many
'arm a: NA Mutant Detection: 1 mile range. respects.
~esources: NA Body Armor: Remarkable Material Strength
Popularity: NA and protection against Physical and Energy MARK VI
Attacks.
BACKGROUND Energy Beam: Force or Energy, Amazing dam- STATISTICS AM (30)
Real Name: Not applicable age from the hands or eyes, 2-area range. EX (20)
Occ upation: Mutant-Hunters Leaming Program: Identical to the Mark IV. F AM (50)
Legal Status: Robotic creations of Shaw Gas Jets: Remarkable potency, 2-area range. A SH X (1 50)
Industries Cold Beams: The Mark V's can spray liquid GO (10)
Identity: Not applicable nitrogen from their eyes. An opponent hit by s GD(10)
Place of Creation: Various Shaw Industries this beam must make an Endurance FEAT roll PR (4)
throughout the U.S. and check against the Stun Column. If E
Marital Status: Not applicable stunned, the Character is encased in a sheath
Known Relatives: Not applicable of Good Material Strength ice. R
Base of Operations: Mobile I
Past Group Affiliations: Robotic agents of HISTORY p
the U.S. Government and Sebastian Shaw
Present Group Affiliation: MARK IV, V and VI Health: 250
Karma: NA
KNOWN POWERS After the second Brotherhood of Evil Mutants' Resources: NA
Robotic Construction: Same as Mark I. attempted assassination of Senator Edward Popularity: NA
- Flight: Excellent Airspeed (10 areas/round) Kelly (who was undertaking a public investiga-
~utant Detection: 7-area range . tion of the possible menace posed by super- BACKGROUND
Body Armor: Remarkable Material Strength humanly powerful beings, especially The Mark VI Sentinels' background is identi·
and protection against Physical and Energy mutants), the Office of the President inaugu- cal to that of the Mark IV model.
Attacks. rated the secret and illegal "Project
Energy Beam: Force or Energy, Incredible Wideawake," to investigate, and if need be KNOWN POWERS
damage from the hands or eyes, 2-area range. capture, any superhumanly powerful mutant Robotic Construction: Same as Mark I.
Learning Program: The Mark IV's are who the project directors believe may possibly Flight: Excellent Airspeed (10 areas/round).
equipped with a special learning program that pose a threat to "national security." (The over- Mutant Detection: 2-mile range. This particu-
all director of the project is special agent Hen- lar version only works when the mutant is
gives them a + 1 CS against an opponent after ry Peter Gyrich of the National Security actively using his powers.
Council. As head of Project Wideawake, Body Armor: Remarkable Material Strength
three rounds of analysis. This data analysis Gyrich is responsible only to the President. and protection against Physical and Energy
can be stored for future use against the same Senator Kelly is a special consultant to the Attacks.
~9pponent , and any Sentinel of the same series Project, as is Sebastian Shaw, who, unknown Energy Beam: Force or Energy, Incredible
)in access the information. At the discretion to the government, is himself a mutant . Shaw damage from the hands or eyes, 2-area range.
vf the government or Shaw, the data may be Industries which Shaw owns and heads, has Learning Program:ldentical to the Mark IV and
analyzed to provide a Sentinel with special been licensed by the government under heavy
weaponry against a particular mutant. This is secrecy to construct Sentinels for use by Pro- v.
similar to the Adaptability of the Mark ll's, but ject Wideawake, and by the Department of
is at the creators' discretion and will take at Defense. Gas Jets:Remarkable potency, 2-area range.
least one week after collection of the data to Invisibility: liquid crystal implants give the
make the appropriate modifications. So far, Shaw has produced three models of Mark Vi's the equivalent of Excellent Rank
Gas Jets: Remarkable potency, 2-area range. Sentinels, Mark IV, V & VI. New design modifi· Invisibility against normal vision and radar.
Catch-web Cables: Remarkable Strength cations are continually incorporated as the
Material cables fired from the wrists, up to 2 "mutant menace" grows. ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
........_areas away. All Sentinels are ruthless, emotionless robots
)earchlights: The Mark IV is equipped with Without the knowledge of the government, programmed to carry out their programmed
.; earchlight eyes, which can illuminate a 2· Sebastian Shaw has used Sentinels to attack objectives to the best of their ability. Models IV,
area volume up to 5 areas away. the X-Men in his role as the leader of the Hell- V, and VI are prohibited against attacking or
fire Club. The government remains unaware endangering humans, and have gotten into a
MARKV of the Inner Circle's ambitions for world domi- deadlocked programming situation on at least
nation. one occasion when Mesmero threatened the
STATISTICS ( Information on the capabilities of the Mark death of hostages if they attempted to capture
IV, V, and VI Sentinels is as yet very sparse. him. Models do exist, programmed by Shaw
F None of the three new models appears to be without the government's knowledge, that do
as formidable as the Mark II series. Mark IV not have the "avoid endangering humans"
A Sentinels are 20 feet tall and release steel program.
tendrils from their hands. Model V Sentinels
s EX (20) are 20 feet tall, can fly using jet propulsion OMEBA SENTINEL
EX (20) units in their feet, release energy blasts and (HUNTER-KILLER)
E AM(SO) sleeping gas blasts from their hands, and pro-
UN (100) ject beams of intense cold from their eyes. STATISTICS AM (50)
R GD (10) They are equipped with sensors that can ana- IN (40)
I TY(6) lyze both human and mutant opponents. F AM (50)
p PR (4) Model VI Sentinels are 20 feet tall, can fly SH X (1 50)
using jet propulsion units in their feet, release A EX (20)
Health: 190 energy blasts from their hands, and use liquid GD (10)
Karma: NA crystal technology to become invisible for a s GD (10)
Resources: NA limited period of time.
Popularity: NA E
Development work continues on Sentinels
at Shaw Industries, and future models may be R
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_ BACKGROUND Healt h: 290
" he Mark V Sentinels' Background is identical Karma: NA
.o that of the Mark IV Model. Resources: NA
Popularlty: -100
KNOWN POWERS
Robotic Construction: Same as Mark I.

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BACKGROUND Electrical Insulation: Remarkable resistance ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Real Name: Not applicable against all electrical attacks.
Occupation: Mutant-Hunters Darts:The Omega Series carry 10 javelin-
Legal Status: Robotic self-recreating "super- sized steel darts in their trunk. These can be
visors" of the 21st century Earth fired up to 3 areas away, doing Excellent
Identity: Not applicable Edged Attack damage to any character or item
Place of Construction: Sentinel construction of Remarkable Material Strength or under.
facilities throughout the U.S. Encephalo-Scan: Executive types are
Marital Status: Not applicable equipped with a sensory scan that can read a
Known Relatives: Not applicable target's brainwaves and determine if he or she
Base of Operations: All major metropolis in is telling the truth. The target must make a
the U.S. Red Psyche FEAT roll, or the Executive Senti-
Past Group Affiliations: Robotic self- nel will be aware that the victim is lying.
programmed controllers of the U.S. Talents: The Executive series have pro-
Present Group Affiliation: grammed themselves with the Engineering,
Genetics, Computers, and Electronics skills.
KNOWN POWERS Contacts: Not applicable
Robotic Construction: The Omega Hunter
Series Sentinels are built in humanoid form , ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
identical to that of the Mark I model. All Sentinels are ruthless, emotionless robots
Flight: Remarkable Airspeed (15 areas/round) programmed to carry out their programmed
Mutant Detection: 10-mile range. objectives to the best of their ability. By the
Body Armor: Incredible Material strength and 21st century, the Sentinels have taken their
protection against physical and energy programming to the ultimate extreme. Anyone
who fails to fit in with their ideas of conformity
attacks. and puts up any opposition is immediately
Energy Beam: Amazing Intensity energy or oblite·rated .
force beam at 6-area range.
Learning Program: Identical to the Mark IV-Vi's HISTORY
except two rounds instead of three to analyze. OMEGA SERIES
All known mutants, living or dead, in the 21st
century are on file . Two other known models of Sentinels were
Electrical Insulation: Excellent resistance created in the future of an alternate Earth. In
against any and all electrical attacks. this alternate reality, the second Brotherhood
Darts: The Omega Series carry ten javelin- of Evil Mutants succeeded in assassinating
sized steel darts in their trunk. These can be Senator Robert Kelly. As a result, a presiden-
fired up to 3 areas away, doing Excellent tial candidate was elected on an extreme anti-
mutant platform, and his administration
Edged Attack damage to any character or item unleashed Sentinels, giving them a broad
of Remarkable Material Strength or less. mandate to eliminate the mutant " menace"
permanently. The Sentinels did so by taking
OMEGA SERIES over the United States and the rest of North
(EXECUTIVE TYPE) America, and killing or capturing virtually all
superhuman beings, whether they were
STATISTICS AM (50) mutants or not. Captured mutants who were
IN (40) not killed were incarcerated in concentration
F AM (50) camps called " mutant internment centers."
A SH X (150)
RM(30) During this time a new model of Sentinel
s EX (20) was created, the Omega series, which were
GD(10) especially designed for hunting and killing
E superhuman mutants. The specifications of
R the Omega series are unknown. Like other
Sentinels, they have tremendous strength are
I highly resistant to damage, and can fly using
p propulsion units in their feet. Omega Sentinels
can fire energy blasts from their palms, and
Health: 290 form non-metallic " catchwebs" from their fin-
Karma: NA gers in order to imprison opponents. Omega
Resources: NA Sentinels contain self-repairing systems. Like
Popularity: -100 Mark II Sentinels they can analyze an oppo-
nents abilities and adjust their weapons sys-
KNOWN POWERS tems to deal with his or her powers.
Robotic Construction: The Omega Executive
Series Sentinels are built in humanoid form, During the Sentinels' reign in this alternate
identical to the Mark I model. reality, " Project Nimrod" created the most
Flight: Remarkable Airspeed (15 areas/round) advanced version of a Sentinel robot possible
Mutant Detection: 10-mile range, but able to using that reality's technology. The product of
tap into main base computer net and extend Project Nimrod, the Sentinel called Nimrod,
range to 100 miles. has traveled to our own reality, where it hunts
Body Armor: Incredible Material strength and superhuman mutants in the present.
protection against physical and energy
attacks.
Energy Beam: Amazing Intensity energy or
force beam at 6-area range.
Learning Program: Identical to the Mark IV-Vi's
except two rounds instead of three to analyze.
All known mutants, living or dead, in the 21st
century are on file.

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SENTRY

...-...STATISTICS

F EX (20)
A EX (20)
S MN (75)
E UN (100)

R TY (6)

I PR (4)

P PR (4)

Health: 215
Karma: 14
Resources: N/A
Popularity: 0

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Sentry 213, 459, or
9168
_-:- - Occupation: Sentry
Legal Status: None
Identity: The existence of the Sentry
robots is not known to the general
population of Earth
Place of Manufacture: Kree
Throneworld
Marital Status: Not applicable
Known Relatives: Not applicable
Base of Operations: Mobile
,.--..,_Past Group Affiliations: Agent of
the Kree Empire, agent of the Super-

Adaptoid.
Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS

Body Armor: A Sentry's body is

made of material that protects it

against all melee and beam attacks

at Amazing intensity.

,.---.. /nvulnerabilities: As robots, the Sen-

1ries are immune to any psionic or

mental attacks, as well as toxins or

diseases. ~

Growth: Various models of Sentry

robots were created at different size

specifications, depending upon the

technolog ical advances and pur- Amazing intensity energy beam to a ADDITIONAL NOTES:
distance of 1O areas. Sentry 9168
poses of the Kree at the time the could fire a beam of Unearthly inten-
sity, but to a range of only 5 areas.
rob.ots were built. Sentry 213 had Self-healing: The Sentry robots can
repair themselves if not reduced too
Excellent Growth. Sentry 459 had Health.
Talents: None.
Poor Growth. Sentry 9168 was built Contacts: None.

at human-size.

Communications: A sentry can trans-

mit and receive data from the Kree.

This communication has Class 5000

range, but is restricted to light-

speed, so most communications are

-- long-term affairs.

Energy Beam: Some sentry robots

are built with energy weapons. Sen-

try 459's eyes could project an

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ROLE-PLAYING NOTES where they eventually created a Kree's foremost admin istrator...-.
The Sentry robots are sophisticated, highly technological civilization. Ronan the Accuser.
capable of analyzing complex situa-
tions and responding in appropriate The second Sentry posted in our Sentry 459 deactivated itself and
ways. Their programming does not solar system was Sentry 459, a 15- was later taken into custody by the
allow them to disregard or "bend" foot model, who accompanied a U.S. Army and brought to Cape
Kree orders, however. Sentries are Kree scientific party to Earth to Canaveral. There it was reactivated
known for their patience and investigate its highest lifeform about by Colonel Yon-Rogg, who was the
singlemindedness. 25,000 years ago. Learning that the commander of a Kree reconnais-
human race was capable of spawn- sance mission to Earth, and ordered
HISTORY ing such superhumanly advanced .it to rampage. Yon-Rogg hoped that
beings as the Eternals, the Kree his subord inate Captain Mar-Vell
A Sentry is a humanoid robot built by decided to perform their own experi- would be killed in battle with the Sen-
the extraterrestrial Kree to stand ments. The result was the genetical- try, but Mar-Vell managed to over-
guard over its various military out- ly advanced tribe who would one day power the automaton. The Sentry
posts and depots through out the be called the lnhumans. When the was later reactivated by Ronan and
Kree Empire and strategic points scientific party left Earth, Sentry 459 used in an aborted scheme to
beyond. The Kree scientist Bronnek was programmed to keep the lnhu- reverse the course of evolution on
developed the prototype Sentry in mans under surveillance, monitoring Earth. When Ronan abandoned the
the Kree Year 1220 (approximately their progress towards civilization. Sentry, it remained inert at Earth'$,,--:..
80,000 years ago) and the Supreme The Kree hoped to someday use the North Pole until some time late1 ":..
Council of the Kree Empire immedi- lnhumans as a specially powered when Kree agents Mac-Ronn and
ately began mass-producing it for militia for their conquests. Soon after Tara retrieved it, and erased its pre-
military purposes. There have been the early Inhuman geneticist Randac vious programming and memories.
hundreds of thousands of Sentries discovered the mutagenic Terrigen Before they could escape with it,
manufactured, but only 5,000 are in Mist and subjected himself to its however, their ship was intercepted
use today. The first Sentry that was gene-altering properties, Sentry 459 by SHIELD missiles, and they were
posted in Earth's star system was activated itself and contacted his forced to jettison the Sentry. It land-
Sentry 213, a 30-foot model, left charges for the first time. Following ed near Mexico City and again went
. upon a tiny supply depot/unmanned his report, he went back to his place on a rampage until Mar-Vell quelled,,.--...
surveillance post on the surface of of hiding and remained there for mil- it. Sentry 459 was destroyed b)
the planet Uranus. When an exiled lenia until some time in the mid· Ronan on his third trip to Earth.
group of the highly evolved offshoot Twentieth Century. Archaologist
of humanity called the Eternals Daniel Damian discovered the Sen- A third Sentry, Sentry 9168, a 6-
destroyed the Sentry and raided the try's subterranean outpost on a small foot model, was stationed on island
outpost, the Kree empire sent an island in the South Pacific. Activated in the Pacific during a routing Kree
armada to investigate, since until by the intruders, the Sentry exe- patrol about two millennia ago. This
that time they had believed the solar cuted his surveillance programming Sentry was activated by the Kree
system to be devoid of native intelli- to make another report to his long- Supreme Council in recent times to
gent, spacefaring life. The Kree use a "stimulator" gun to awaken a
armada found the small band of Eter- silent alien masters. One of its sur- hibernating shapeless living crea-,,..---.
nals trying to head Earthward in a veillance devices attracted the ture of an unknown kind which thE.
makeshift spacecraft, engaged them attention of the Fantastic Four, who Kree had placed on the Moon to
in battle, and irreparably damaged were vacationing in the area, and the devour any Earth astronauts who
their vessel. The survivors sought Sentry soon initiated battle with might happen upon the remains of
refuge on Saturn's moon Titan them . The Fantastic Four managed
to battle the automaton to a stand- the Kree's hidden city in the Blue
still, free the archeologist and his Area of the Moon. The Fantastic
assistant, and escape. This defeat of Four defeated Sentry 9168 and used
the Sentry brought to Earth the a remote destruct mechanism to
destroy the organism.

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