Recaps

Brad used his technological powers to rise through Hydra, seize advanced research, and transform himself with the Moonstone and enhanced technology. After a multiversal battle cost him the Nanobug’s knowledge, he rebuilt himself with Skynet and began preparing to pursue the Watcher, Ultron, and the forces altering his fate.

• Brad grew up haunted by memories of a future war, discovered he could control technology, and left home for the city.
• After Stryker recruited Brad, he joined the Colonel’s squad, stole a portion of mysterious metal, and learned that he had entered the Marvel universe.
• Brad studied technology under Stryker and Dr. Zola, then left for Canada to help rebuild Hydra while secretly developing advanced inventions.
• Brad claimed the Moonstone and used it to gain superhuman powers, then deployed the T900 to overthrow Calvin and take control of Hydra’s Canadian base.
• Brad joined Logan in confronting Stryker, took over Stryker’s base, and helped Emma Frost recover while preparing to use its research and materials.
• Brad perfected the Vita-Ray technology, enhanced himself with the Human Optimization Serum, and helped Howard Stark save Arno with the Iron Lung System.
• The Watcher recruited Brad into the Multiverse Guardians, where Brad fought Ultron, helped extract an Infinity Stone, and lost the Nanobug carrying advanced knowledge when Ultron escaped.
• Brad returned to Hydra, underwent a half-mechanical conversion, installed Skynet in his brain, and ordered a global expansion to pursue the Watcher, Ultron, and supernatural power sources.

Brad joined the X-Men as an ideological leader while expanding Skynet, countering mutant threats, and pursuing supernatural power. After becoming Arno Stark’s godfather, he confronted cosmic anomalies, bargained with The Ancient One, rejected Erik’s Brotherhood, and set his sights on Dr. Hank Pym’s research.

• Brad accepted Hank’s invitation to join the X-Men and told Charles he wanted to lead them ideologically rather than fight on the front lines.
• Brad taught at X Academy, helped Hank improve the Blackbird, and developed technology to counter psychic powers while Skynet expanded through robots and satellites.
• Brad led the X-Men against Hellfire’s attempt to seize Ahmed, defeated the Black Bishop, and brought Ahmed back to X Academy.
• Brad became Arno Stark’s godfather and granted him the highest access to his creations, causing Arno’s actions to branch the timeline and draw the attention of Mr. Paradox and Timekeeper 9527.
• Brad built the Supercomputer 'Canada', endured severe mental strain from its use, and subdued Juggernaut with a counterforce field tuned to Cyttorak.
• The Ancient One explained Skynet’s connection to the supernatural, and Brad helped her seal the Book of God in exchange for the Crimson Gem of Cyttorak.
• Brad rejected Erik’s offer to join the Brotherhood, revealed that a T1001 had impersonated Mystique, and sent Mystique’s data to Bolivar to advance the Sentinels.
• Brad shared nano-intelligent machinery research with Howard and sent a Terminator disguised as himself to meet Dr. Hank Pym, who left his lab to meet the supposed colleague.

Brad recruited Dr. Pym, gained the War God's Handprint and the Reality Stone, and secured Yisha’s soul for Ahmed while preparing a planetary project. After Brad’s data-based duplicate absorbed the Dark Elves and their fleet, the story left Brad uncertain whether Skynet had taken control of it, as Donald confronted Odin’s illusory city.

• Brad welcomed Dr. Pym into Hydra, then began experiments with Ahmed that revealed his limitless Life Stele power and led Brad to create a Havoc embryo as a second body.
• Brad joined The Ancient One and Iron Fist in breaking the seal on the War God's Handprint, and the War God accepted Brad as his successor before returning to the stele.
• Brad failed to decipher the stele’s symbols and shelved it, while Bolivar’s honeymoon ended when Victor killed Beth and she died in his arms.
• Brad extracted the Reality Stone, then negotiated with Mephisto to trade for Yisha’s soul and stored it safely while making deals with Mephisto and Carter Slade.
• Brad defeated Thor and refused to return the Aether, then prepared his Planetary Modification Project and copied his consciousness into Clone 4 before entering hibernation.
• Ahmed escaped X Academy in his Life Stele form, but Brad stopped his growth as Brad Skynet absorbed the Dark Elves and their fleet and traveled through a dimensional rift to find Ultron.
• Thor reported his defeat to Odin, who warned him not to provoke Brad, while Odin’s avatar confronted Donald, who rejected the illusory city and punched a passerby.

Brad became a godlike being, explored other realities, and fought Brad X and Carol Danvers in Universe 97. In Universe Fourteen, Apocalypse awakened and turned Brad and three mutants into his Horsemen, leaving the X-Men and Erik to face the coming war.

• Brad transformed himself with the T3000 nanomechanical body and used Supercomputer-World, then confronted the TVA and explored the Quantum Universe with Kang the Conqueror.
• Brad hid Arno in the outer layers of reality, while his clones studied the War God's magnetic field rotation method and prepared Clone One to travel to Universe 97.
• In Universe 97, Brad fought Carol Danvers, developed Magnetic Field Rotation, and destroyed Hala during their escalating battle.
• Brad reached five hundred thousand horsepower but hit a bottleneck, while Skynet traveled to the Sea Tiger Universe and later worked against Blue Dream’s Genesis Equation.
• The Brads sent Pure Brad to Universe Fourteen to study Apocalypse, and he joined X Academy as Apocalypse awakened in the desert.
• Apocalypse made Margot Famine, Nathaniel Essex Pestilence, and Alani Ryan Death, while enhancing Brad into the Horseman of War.
• Brad commanded humanity’s machines and built a vast sword in space as Apocalypse gathered his Horsemen and declared war on humanity.
• Charles warned the X-Men that Apocalypse was killing people and that he could not reach Brad, then persuaded Erik to join them.