Changes: Bolivar Trask

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"I see mutants as our salvation.”
“A common enemy.”
“A common struggle against the ultimate enemy. Extinction. I believe our new friends are going to help us usher in a new era, Bill. A new era of genuine and long-lasting peace."

―Bolivar Trask and William Stryker^[src]

Bolivar Trask was a weapons designer as well as the President and CEO of Trask Industries. He was the inventor of the mutant-hunting Sentinels.

Biography

Early Life and Career

Even from his early years as a research assistant, Bolivar always maintained a particular interest in the origin and evolution of humanity. Following in the footsteps of Mendel, Watson and Crick, Trask made it his goal to unlock the mysteries of human DNA. What he did not anticipate was the discovery of the X-Gene, a genetic finding that would prove to be the most significant of the 20th century.

Trask soon hypothesized the impending extinction of the human race. His early theories were ridiculed by his contemporaries and with no one to fund his research, Trask cared enough about humanity to invest in the founding of Trask Industries in 1967 ^[1]. Since its founding, Trask Industries has been at the forefront of human progress, partnering with domestic and international governments since the Nixon administration ^[2]. Trask’s early ambition for genetic progress continues to fuel our technological innovations today.

Original Timeline

Murdered by Mystique

Trask experimented on mutants for their DNA to create robots called Sentinels, whose sole purpose is to track and kill mutants (despite Trask having respect for them). Among those he experimented on and killed were Azazel, Angel Salvadore, Emma Frost, and Banshee (though a viral marketing suggests Azazel and Angel were dead before Trask experimented on them), although Mystique was able to save Havok, Toad, Daniels and Ink from this fate. Mystique sought revenge on Trask for killing her comrades and using their bodies for science.

Xmen-days-future-movie-screencaps — Bolivar Trask's death in the original timeline.

Trask was denied funding for his Sentinel project. Trask later attends the Paris Peace Conference held between the US and Vietnam military leaders. Whilst there, Trask shows communist generals the prototype specs for the Sentinels and the mutant detection devices to be fitted into each of them, until he detects Mystique's presence in the room. Mystique shoots Trask in the head.

Legacy

The death of Bolivar Trask triggers the awakening of the Sentinels, because of Trask being killed by a mutant and because of Mystique being experimented on for her DNA to complete the Sentinels. The Sentinels would then bring about an apocalyptic future once they begin targeting humans as well.

Revised Timeline

Creating Sentinels

Trask experimented on mutants for their DNA to create robots called Sentinels, whose sole purpose is to track and kill mutants (despite Trask having respect for them). Among those he experimented on and killed were Azazel, Angel Salvadore, Emma Frost, and Banshee (though a viral marketing suggests Azazel and Angel were dead before Trask experimented on them), although Mystique was able to save Havok, Toad, Daniels and Ink from this fate. Mystique sought revenge on Trask for killing her comrades and using their bodies for science.

Trask was denied funding for his Sentinel project. Trask later attends the Paris Peace Conference held between the US and Vietnam military leaders. Whilst there, Trask shows communist generals the prototype specs for the Sentinels and the mutant detection devices to be fitted into each of them, until he detects Mystique's presence in the room. Mystique tried to kill Trask, but Wolverine, Charles, Hank, and Magneto stopped her. However, as a result of a battle from Magneto trying to kill Mystique, the people were horrified by the existence of mutants and Trask's Sentinel program was approved; furthermore, Trask obtained Mystique's blood and used it to create the sentinels.

Imprisonment

After saving President Nixon from being killed by Magneto, Mystique tried to kill Trask, but Charles Xavier convinced her not to, averting the bad future. Because a mutant saved the president, the Sentinel program was shut down, and Trask was later arrested for selling military secrets. After the mid-credits, Trask was revealed to have been imprisoned in a cell under Pentagon where Magneto was imprisoned for killing JFK.

Relationships

Original Timeline

Mystique - Enemy and Killer
Richard Nixon † - Ally
William Stryker † - Subordinate and Ally

Revised Timeline

Beast - Enemy
Magneto - Enemy and Attempted Victim
Mystique - Enemy and Savior
Professor X † - Enemy
Richard Nixon † - Former Ally turned Enemy
William Stryker - Subordinate and Ally
Wolverine † - Enemy

Abilities

Genius-Level Intellect: Trask is an extremely bright scientist, able to conceive the sentinels and understand mutant gene.
Expert Engeneer: Trask was also capable in use of technology able to conceive device that can detect any mutant near from it.

Trivia

He shares a last name with Trask from X-Men: The Last Stand.
Concept art from X-Men: Apocalypse revealed that Bolivar Trask was at one point in consideration to be in the film, but didn't happen.
Both Trask and Stryker died in the original timeline for their crimes against mutants, and were subsequently arrested for these crimes when their deaths were undone by the changes to the timeline.

References

External links

Bolivar Trask on the Marvel Wiki
Bolivar Trask on Wikipedia

[1] 25 Moments website

[2] 25 Moments website

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+|image = XMDOFP Bolivar Trask Character Poster.jpg
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+|affiliation = [[Trask Industries]]
+|status = Deceased <small>(original timeline)</small> <br> Unknown <small>(revised timeline)</small>
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-|status = Deceased <small>(original timeline)</small> <br> Unknown <ref>Trask was alive after the events of ''X-Men: Days of Future Past'', but as of ''[[Logan]]'', his status in the revised timeline is unknown.</ref> <small>(revised timeline)</small>
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-{{Quote|The mutant threat is the defining issue of our time. We can choose to stem the impending tide of extinction or we can stand by passively and allow it to wash away any remnants of our species.|Bolivar Trask|X-Men: Days of Future Past}}
+{{Quote|I see mutants as our salvation.”<br>“A common enemy.”<br>“A common struggle against the ultimate enemy. Extinction. I believe our new friends are going to help us usher in a new era, Bill. A new era of genuine and long-lasting peace.|Bolivar Trask and [[William Stryker]]|X-Men: Days of Future Past}}
-'''Bolivar Trask''' was the President and CEO of [[Trask Industries]], and the inventor of the [[mutant]]-hunting [[Sentinels]].
+'''Bolivar Trask''' was a weapons designer as well as the President and CEO of [[Trask Industries]]. He was the inventor of the [[mutant]]-hunting [[Sentinels]].
 ==Biography==
-===Background===
+===Early Life and Career===
 Even from his early years as a research assistant, Bolivar always maintained a particular interest in the origin and evolution of humanity. Following in the footsteps of Mendel, Watson and Crick, Trask made it his goal to unlock the mysteries of human DNA. What he did not anticipate was the discovery of the X-Gene, a genetic finding that would prove to be the most significant of the 20th century.
 Trask soon hypothesized the impending extinction of the human race. His early theories were ridiculed by his contemporaries and with no one to fund his research, Trask cared enough about humanity to invest in the founding of Trask Industries in 1967 <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170917214247/http://www.25moments.com/#!/moments/1967 25 Moments website]</ref>. Since its founding, Trask Industries has been at the forefront of human progress, partnering with domestic and international governments since the Nixon administration <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170917214247/http://www.25moments.com/#!/moments/1972 25 Moments website]</ref>. Trask’s early ambition for genetic progress continues to fuel our technological innovations today.
-<tabber>Original Timeline=
+===Original Timeline===
+====Murdered by Mystique====
-===''[[X-Men: Days of Future Past]]''===
-Trask experimented on mutants for their DNA to create robots called [[Sentinels]], whose sole purpose is to track and kill mutants (despite Trask having respect for them). Among those he experimented on and killed were [[Azazel]], [[Angel Salvadore|Angel]], [[Emma Frost]], and [[Banshee]] (though a viral marketing suggests Azazel and Angel were dead before Trask experimented on them), although Mystique was able to save [[Havok]], [[Toad]], [[Daniels]] and [[Ink]] from this fate. [[Mystique]] sought revenge on Trask for killing her comrades and using their bodies for science.
+Trask experimented on mutants for their DNA to create robots called [[Sentinels]], whose sole purpose is to track and kill mutants (despite Trask having respect for them). Among those he experimented on and killed were [[Azazel]], [[Angel Salvadore]], [[Emma Frost]], and [[Banshee]] (though a viral marketing suggests Azazel and Angel were dead before Trask experimented on them), although Mystique was able to save [[Havok]], [[Toad]], [[Daniels]] and [[Ink]] from this fate. [[Mystique]] sought revenge on Trask for killing her comrades and using their bodies for science.
 [[File:Xmen-days-future-movie-screencaps.com-1332.jpg|right|thumb|185px|Bolivar Trask's death in the original timeline.]]
-Trask was denied funding for his Sentinel project. Trask later attends the Paris Peace Conference held between the US and Vietnam military leaders. Whilst there, Trask shows communist generals the prototype specs for the Sentinels and the mutant detection devices to be fitted into each of them, until he detects Mystique's presence in the room. [[Mystique]] shoots Trask in the head, this triggers the awakening of the Sentinels, because of Trask being killed by a mutant and because of Mystique being experimented on for her DNA to complete the Sentinels. The Sentinels would then bring about an apocalyptic future once they begin targeting humans as well.
+Trask was denied funding for his Sentinel project. Trask later attends the Paris Peace Conference held between the US and Vietnam military leaders. Whilst there, Trask shows communist generals the prototype specs for the Sentinels and the mutant detection devices to be fitted into each of them, until he detects Mystique's presence in the room. [[Mystique]] shoots Trask in the head.
+====Legacy====
+The death of Bolivar Trask triggers the awakening of the Sentinels, because of Trask being killed by a mutant and because of Mystique being experimented on for her DNA to complete the Sentinels. The Sentinels would then bring about an apocalyptic future once they begin targeting humans as well.
-|-|Revised Timeline=
+===Revised Timeline===
+====Creating Sentinels====
-===''[[X-Men: Days of Future Past]]''===
-Trask experimented on mutants for their DNA to create robots called [[Sentinels]], whose sole purpose is to track and kill mutants (despite Trask having respect for them). Among those he experimented on and killed were [[Azazel]], [[Angel Salvadore|Angel]], [[Emma Frost]], and [[Banshee]] (though a viral marketing suggests Azazel and Angel were dead before Trask experimented on them), although Mystique was able to save [[Havok]], [[Toad]], [[Daniels]] and [[Ink]] from this fate. [[Mystique]] sought revenge on Trask for killing her comrades and using their bodies for science.
+Trask experimented on mutants for their DNA to create robots called [[Sentinels]], whose sole purpose is to track and kill mutants (despite Trask having respect for them). Among those he experimented on and killed were [[Azazel]], [[Angel Salvadore]], [[Emma Frost]], and [[Banshee]] (though a viral marketing suggests Azazel and Angel were dead before Trask experimented on them), although Mystique was able to save [[Havok]], [[Toad]], [[Daniels]] and [[Ink]] from this fate. [[Mystique]] sought revenge on Trask for killing her comrades and using their bodies for science.
-Trask was denied funding for his Sentinel project. Trask later attends the Paris Peace Conference held between the US and Vietnam military leaders. Whilst there, Trask shows communist generals the prototype specs for the Sentinels and the mutant detection devices to be fitted into each of them, until he detects Mystique's presence in the room. [[Mystique]] tried to kill Trask, but [[Wolverine]], [[Charles]], [[Beast|Hank]], and Magneto stopped her. However, as a result of a battle from Magneto trying to kill [[Mystique]], the people were horrified by the existence of mutants and Trask's sentinel program was approved; furthermore, Trask obtained Mystique's blood and used it to create the sentinels.
+Trask was denied funding for his Sentinel project. Trask later attends the Paris Peace Conference held between the US and Vietnam military leaders. Whilst there, Trask shows communist generals the prototype specs for the Sentinels and the mutant detection devices to be fitted into each of them, until he detects Mystique's presence in the room. [[Mystique]] tried to kill Trask, but [[Wolverine]], [[Professor X|Charles]], [[Beast|Hank]], and [[Magneto]] stopped her. However, as a result of a battle from Magneto trying to kill [[Mystique]], the people were horrified by the existence of mutants and Trask's Sentinel program was approved; furthermore, Trask obtained Mystique's blood and used it to create the sentinels.
+====Imprisonment====
 [[File:xmen-days-future-movie-screencaps.com-16586.jpg|right|thumb|185px|Bolivar Trask's imprisonment in the revised timeline.]]
-After saving President Nixon from being killed by Magneto, Mystique tried to kill Trask, but Charles Xavier convinced her not to, averting the bad future. Because a mutant saved the president, the sentinel program was shut down, and Trask was later arrested for selling military secrets. After the mid-credits, Trask was revealed to have been imprisoned in a cell under Pentagon where Magneto was imprisoned for killing JFK.</tabber>
+After saving President Nixon from being killed by Magneto, Mystique tried to kill Trask, but Charles Xavier convinced her not to, averting the bad future. Because a mutant saved the president, the Sentinel program was shut down, and Trask was later arrested for selling military secrets. After the mid-credits, Trask was revealed to have been imprisoned in a cell under Pentagon where Magneto was imprisoned for killing JFK.
 ==Relationships==
-<tabber>Original Timeline=
+===Original Timeline===
 * [[Mystique]] - Enemy and Killer
 * [[Richard Nixon]] † - Ally
 * [[William Stryker]] † - Subordinate and Ally
-|-|Revised Timeline=
+===Revised Timeline===
 * [[Beast]] - Enemy
 * [[Magneto]] - Enemy and Attempted Victim
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 * [[William Stryker]] - Subordinate and Ally
 * [[Wolverine]] † - Enemy
-</tabber>
+==Abilities==
+* '''Genius-Level Intellect:  '''Trask is an extremely bright scientist, able to conceive the sentinels and understand mutant gene.
+* '''Expert Engeneer:''' Trask was also capable in use of technology able to conceive device that can detect any mutant near from it.
 ==Trivia==
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