Omega Sentinel
Omega Sentinel is a comic book character that first appeared in X-Men Unlimited #27
Karima Shapandar is a human Sentinel. Freed of her mutant extermination protocols, she struggles to maintain what little humanity she has remaining.
Origin
.Genoshan Excalibur
She stayed on Genosha, and worked as a police officer, but probably left with everyone else after the Decimation.
Joining the X-MenThe X-Men later found Shapander in a Fordyce la, along with Lady Mastermind. She had been disassembled, but Beast reassembles her, and she joins Rogue's X-Men team, and helped fight the Children of the Vault. When Rogue was kidnapped by Pandemic, Shapander was able to lead the team after her, by fusing her Sentinel tech with that of the portal. She later battled Pandemic himself along with Iceman and Lady Mastermind, but he was later defeated by Sabretooth.
After the Hetacomb attacked the team retreated to an old Mansion of Mystique's. While trying to perform updates on a laptop, Shapander was possessed by Malice, now a digital entity. She remained possesed by Malice throughout Messiah Complex, but in the final battle, Pixie stabbed her with her souldagger, which purged Malice out of Shapander's body. Shapander still remains with the Acolytes, as they have taken Professor X, and she is there for him as he was there for her. She has no
Karima is later shown to have remained with the Acolytes, until the time came when Prof. Xavier returned to Avalon to convince Exodus that his Avalon retreat was not helping the cause of mutantkind, which was now a dying race. When Exodus decided to disband the Acolytes, and subsequently destroyed Avalon, Karima went with Random and Amelia Voght to San Francisco to join the majority of the remaining mutants. It is presently unknown whether or not she will rejoin the X-Men on any official capacity.
Powers
She has a multitude of implants making her a cyborg. Among the things she's equipped with are Sentinel-like energy guns allowing her to manipulate energy on a sub-atomic scale, jet booster allowing flight and various radar and scanning devices. She can also project holographic images and has a great resistance to electrical signals.
Status
- Known Relatives:
Unrevealed.
- Citizenship:
Indian.
- Place of Birth:
India.
- Marital Status:
Single.
- Occupation:
Adventurer, detective, former mutant hunter.
- Education:
Sardar Vallabhbhalai Patel National Police Academy.
Characteristics
- Gender:
Karima Shapander
Female
- Height:
5'8"
- Weight:
(Human) 142 lbs.; (cyborg) 181 lbs.
- Eyes:
Brown
- Hair:
Black
Alternate Realities
- Earth-904
House of M
X-Men: The End
Karima was among the many X-Men who assembled to oppose the threat of a Phoenix-possessed Cassandra Nova and her Shi’ar allies.
- Earth-58163
House of M
In the House of M Karima was cast as the leader of Magneto’s Sentinels.
| Super Name: | Omega Sentinel |
| Real Name: | Karima Shapandar |
| Aliases: | Karima Shapandar |
| Publisher: | Marvel Publishing |
| Gender: | Female |
| Character Type: | Cyborg |
| 1st Appearance: | X-Men Unlimited #27 |
| Appears in: | 59 issues |
| Birthday: | |
| Died: |
