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Master Mold
Alternate-X Versions: (Days of Future Past)
Codename Etymology: Pronounced măs'tər mōld
[From Latin, magister] [From Latin, modulus: "measure"];
In every wave of Sentinels there is one Master Mold,
the central intelligence for all the drones that are created. Master Mold is itself
a giant Sentinel, but it is responsible for much of the artificial intelligence
decisions made by the entire body of Sentinel robots. The first Master Mold was
created by Bolivar Trask, and was defeated by the X-Men,
after rebelling against its programming and killing its creator. Another Master
Mold was created by Steven Lang, and ended up using his
mind as a control center, leaving Lang a vegetable until he was assimilated by
the Phalanx. Years later, a component of the
original Master Mold was activated by contact with the future Sentinel Nimrod,
and rebuilt itself using Nimrod's body and the majority of a construction site.
It was again defeated by the X-Men, but not before killing Sharon Kelly, Sen.
Robert Kelly's wife. Master Mold was sent by the X-Men into the Siege
Perilous, taking Rogue with it. However, Bastion
is the Nimrod/Master Mold amalgam reborn from the Siege Perilous, so the original
Master Mold can be said to have returned. A new Master Mold was also seen in an
Operation: Zero Tolerance base, presumably sending directives to the Prime Sentinels.
Upon his escape from S.H.I.E.L.D., Bastion
actually downloaded the contents of that Master Mold into himself.
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