Ship

Origin

The Celestials created Ship with the idea of collecting information and specimens who they could later tamper with. In one it mission it end up in Earth and didn’t leave as he saw incredible potential within it and he lay dormant. The immortal mutant Saul found it but was unable to operate or enter it. As time passed another mutant found his way to Ship, this one being Apocalypse who try to killed Saul but was unable, as he was a fellow external, a member of a class of pseudo-immortal mutants. As Apocalypse enters Ship he made it his personal vessel, as it had perfect cloaking device and, using his great knowledge of Celestial mechanics, he reprograms Ship to served him.

Creation

Ship was created by Walter and Louise Simonson.

Character Evolution

Ship was first introduced as a sentient spaceship co-opted by Apocalypse. He was then turned by X-Factor and acted as their base/vessel. When apocalypse infected Nathan Summers with the techno-organic virus, Ship accompanied Nathan (in his chest) to the future and acted as a guide. Back in the present, Ship, now called Professor, was the central core of Cable's space base, Graymalkin. He was then the network in the X-Force base in Arizona. After a Phalanx tried to absorb the information in the bunker, the Phalanx's body wasn't able to contain the mass of information and Ship was able to transfer his consciousness into the body. He then took to the stars.