User:Mister Explicit/Chase of Bruce Banner

"Your target is a fugitive from the US government who stole military secrets. He is also implicated in the deaths of two scientists, a military officer, an Idaho state trooper and possibly two Canadian hunters. So don't wait to see if he's a fighter! Tranq him and bring him back."

- Thaddeus Ross, giving his troops a mission report about Bruce Banner

The Chase for Bruce Banner was a manhunt issued by the United States Armed Forces for Culver University scientist Bruce Banner, who had transformed into the Hulk following the results of the Bio-Tech Force Enhancement Project. The manhunt for the Hulk was led by General Thaddeus Ross, who later dedicated his life to the dissection of the Hulk so he could create replicas for the United States Armed Forces.

Banner disappeared for five years after his failed suicide attempt in Greenland. In 2011, Banner resurfaced on the map in Rio de Janeiro and went on the run again after he was targeted by Ross. Desperate, Ross had re-initiated the Bio-Tech Force Enhancement Project and used Emil Blonsky as a test subject. Blonsky proved to be a valuable asset on the field, until he went insane and rampaged the streets of Harlem as a monster whose strength paralleled that of the Hulk's. After Blonsky's defeat at the hands of the Hulk, the manhunt was called off.

Bio-Tech Force Enhancement Project
"Let me emphasize that what I'm about to share with you is tremendously sensitive, both to me personally and the Army. You're aware that we've got an Infantry Weapons Development programme. Well, in WWII, they initiated a subprogram for Bio-Tech Force Enhancement." "Yeah, Super Soldier."

- Thaddeus Ross and Emil Blonsky

Transformation of Bruce Banner
In 2005, Banner had became confident in his work and tested the imperfect Super Soldier Serum and an overdose of Gamma Radiation on himself. Bruce then underwent a transformation that had turned him into a hideous, green monster that would later be referred to as the Hulk. The Hulk caused an explosion at Culver University and trashed the laboratory. In his rampage, he had killed two scientists and a military soldier and also injured Thaddeus and Betty Ross.