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It's not
a good time to be a human.
After
issue 8, Audrey was lost in battle, the rebels
kidnapped a bunch of priests, and the team are now
doubting themselves, but all just doesn't seem right
in the movement. As the single vessel has managed to
take down Earth's forces, the call to arms have
become so anxious that the entire alien military are
recruiting every single person on Earth. Old,
crippled, young, what have you, they're calling on
everyone to defend their Earth.
But
things are still seeming very familiar and shifty as
writer Mark Powers continues introducing a conflict
and then suddenly asking us to question as the
humans aren't. Why didn't they get to see Audrey
die? Why is everyone being called to battle when
they were told the recruits stood a fighting chance?
Why did Hannibal lie to everyone? And why have the
reconnaissance unit been sent in to a veritable war
zone of vessels who were perfectly aware of their
presence?
Most of
all, why has Audrey appeared on a dissection table
to be poked and prodded? The themes of political
corruption continue on with thick overtones of
manipulation, propaganda and a firm stance on the
issue of war and defending your home turf. Even if
you're being obviously scared in to fighting for
your world, does it make you a coward if you choose
not to fight?
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