WARNING: Spoilers for X-Men #7!Despite the threat that the Sentinels have always posed to mutants, Cyclops X-Men team turned their worst enemies into their greatest assets, creating a huge showdown with On your own. The X-Men have faced many enemies, but the evil mutant-detecting Sentinel robots are among their most iconic opponents and have evolved to become the X-Men’s deadliest, as they face Sentinels like Master Mold, Nimrod, and Mother Mold.
In X-Men #7 by Jed Mackay, Netho Diaz, Sean Parsons, John Livesay, Marte Gracia, Fernando Sifuentes, and Clayton Cowles, Beast reveals that Cyclops’ X-Men team has been using the remains of the abandoned factory’s Cerebro and Sentinel technology to identify mutants.
Magneto tells Cyclops that they need the X-Men more than ever, and in the present, they have found a way to speed up the search using the same technology used to hunt and eradicate them. With Cyclops and Rogue about to clash in an X-Men civil war over conflicting ideals,Cyclops hinted that he is willing to do whatever is necessarywhich could indicate a huge danger for Rogue.
With new Sentinel technology, Cyclops shows he’s willing to follow a darker path for the good of mutants
Scott Summers is now using Sentinels and adopting Magneto’s mindset
Cyclops is known for his elite strategic and combat skills, which makes him one of the X-Men’s best leaders, but he’s also known for being idealistic and unwaveringly stubborn – which is part of the reason Cyclops has recently aligned himself. with Magneto’s ideals. Upon meeting with Agent Lundqvist, Scott threatens him, informing him that he is willing to become an enemy of the United States government and humanity in the quest to protect mutants. Cyclops decided to rebuild the X-Men by any means necessary, even if it meant reusing the same technology used to destroy them.
Cyclops has made it clear that he doesn’t agree with Rogue’s approach to rebuilding the X-Men.
There have been attempts to use the Sentinels for good with the O*N*E Sentinel Squad, but using the Sentinels’ ability to track mutants as a way to save or recruit them is a revolutionary tactic and raises the question of how far the Cyclops is. willing to repurpose Sentinel technology. With the Beast on Cyclops’ team, Hank’s knowledge of the Sentinels gives Cyclops a nearly infinite number of possibilities for how he will reuse the factory. This potential – and Cyclops implementing more sinister tactics – may leave readers wondering if Cyclops is willing to use Sentinel technology on his fellow X-Men.
Cyclops’ use of the sentry factory could spell trouble for Rogue’s X-Men
Is Cyclops returning to the path of villainy?
Cyclops made it clear that he doesn’t agree with Rogue’s approach to rebuilding the X-Men, exposing the rift between the two growing X-Men teams and hinting at their imminent battle. With both teams of X-Men wielding great power, Rogue exhibiting immense strength in Gail Simone and David Marquez. Mysterious X-Men executed, and Cyclops leading a team of Omege-level mutants, their conflict will be monumental with serious repercussions. Cyclops’ use of Sentinels would change his battle in an interesting but dark and morally gray wayundoubtedly making Cyclops a villain in Rogue’s eyes.
The use of Sentinels will potentially cross a moral line for Rogue, but Rogue’s recruitment of children could pit Cyclops in a war against his former teammate. Sentinels are one of the X-Men’s deadliest obstacles; If Cyclops uses Sentinel technology to enhance his X-Men, Rogue must find a way to level the playing field so their battle doesn’t turn lethal. This highly anticipated X-Men war can simply send Cyclops beyond the pale of villainy once again, and his use of the Sentinels against On your own it would undoubtedly be a dark change for his character.
X-Men #7 is now available from Marvel Comics!