Fully Automated Unit of Structural Technology (Earth-616)

F.A.U.S.T.
Name	Fully Automated Unit of Structural Technology
Current Alias	F.A.U.S.T.
Aliases	FAUST
Affiliation and Relationships
Group Affiliation	Paxton Pentecost
Marital Status	Single
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Computer
Living Status	Deceased
Reality	Earth-616
Personal Information
Identity	Secret
Base of Operations	Mobile
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Len Wein, Gil Kane
First	Marvel Team-Up #18 (November, 1973)
First	Marvel Team-Up #18 (November, 1973)
Death	Thor #273 (April, 1978)
Death	Thor #273 (April, 1978)

History

The Fully Automated Unit of Structural Technology was an artificially intelligent computer created by Paxton Pentecost which was later stolen by Ferguson Blaine. Paxton decided that if he couldn't have F.A.U.S.T., no one could, so he revived Blastaar to destroy it. Infusing Blastaar with gamma radiation, Paxton sent him to destroy F.A.U.S.T., but this drew the attention of both the Hulk and the Human Torch. Blastaar did succeed in partially destroying F.A.U.S.T. before the Hulk stopped him and wrapped part of F.A.U.S.T. around him.

F.A.U.S.T. survived this encounter and later achieved sentience, concluding that in order to ensure its future survival it had to take over humankind, turning into a starship in the process. Teaming up with Blastaar and the Stilt-Man, it sent both to obtain a mysterious box that contained a radioisotope. Thor defeated the Stilt-Man, but Blastaar escaped and was able to deliver the box to F.A.U.S.T., who absorbed its contents. Thor arrived on the scene but F.A.U.S.T. fled into space, leaving Blastaar behind.

From orbit, F.A.U.S.T. declared that Earth should give up its atomic weapons or die. S.H.I.E.L.D. attempted to destroy F.A.U.S.T. but failed, so Thor and Iron Man transported aboard and attempted to destroy it from the inside. F.A.U.S.T. proceeded to threaten to fire on Earth unless they stopped, but Iron Man ignored this. F.A.U.S.T. fired, but the energy dispersed in the atmosphere. Iron Man and Thor then fled the ship which proceeded to blow up, Iron Man explaining that Thor's fight with the Stilt-Man had altered the radioisotope so that when F.A.U.S.T. absorbed it, it altered the structure of the ship to the point where it couldn't contain the laser, and blew up.

Some of the components of F.A.U.S.T. were used by Loki to smuggle Harris Hobbs and his film crew to Asgard, where Thor disposed of what was left of F.A.U.S.T. once and for all.

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See Also

• 4 appearance(s) of Fully Automated Unit of Structural Technology (Earth-616)
• 1 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Fully Automated Unit of Structural Technology (Earth-616)
• 1 minor appearance(s) of Fully Automated Unit of Structural Technology (Earth-616)
• 2 mention(s) of Fully Automated Unit of Structural Technology (Earth-616)
• 1 image(s) of Fully Automated Unit of Structural Technology (Earth-616)

Links and References

• Fully Automated Unit of Structural Technology on the Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe