Skybound - Void Rivals #6

Writer: Robert Kirkman

Artist: Lorenzo De Felici

Colourist: Matheus Lopes

Letterer: Rus Wooton

Editors: Sean Mackiewicz & Jonathan Manning

Logo & Publication Design: Andres Juarez

Production: Jillian Crab

Plot

Solila is rescued from her cell, hiding the strange artefact along the way, by Kanela, whom she has a poor, but long history with. Unfortunately, the guard notice the escape, and report it to the Premier.

She is taken to the Unifier base, where she and Darak are conscripted to join them on a mission to Agorra to reconnect with their unresponsive Aggorian counterparts.

The team make their way to a Blastwing shuttle that they have access to, but are ambushed at the shuttle site, as Ultum was forced to betray them, on the promise of finding his missing mother.

Solila and Darak escape with the data packet for the Aggorians, and manage to eventually find their way to the edge of the Zertonian side of the Sacred Ring, and enter the Wastelands to make it to Agorra...

Premier Zalilak is informed of them entering the Wastelands, and despite his advisor's suggestion that they couldn't survive there, Zalilak doesn't want to take any risks, and cannot allow "Goliant" to come. He reluctantly orders for "Proximus" to be revived...

On Quintessa, the Skuxxoid hands over the hybrid shuttle to the Judge, and leaves the planet, with the Judge having the shuttle taken away for study, and wondering what their next move against Zerta should be now...

Characters

Zertonian

Solila

Kanela

Ultum

Premier Zalilak

Zalilak's Advisor 

Guards

Unifier Members

Starving Civilians 

Ultum's Mother (Mentioned)

Minister of Arms (Mentioned)

Aggorian 

Darak

Handroid

Unifier Counterparts (Mentioned)

Quintesson

Judge

Executioner

Allicons

Other

Skuxxoid

Zerta (Mentioned)

Goliant (Mentioned)

Proximus (Mentioned)

Notes

• This issue marks the end of the first Void Rivals story arc, which according to the Trade Paperback name will be called "More Than Meets The Eye"...for some completely unknowable reason...
• Following this issue, Void Rivals is having a break until March, so the other series can have a couple issues to breathe 
• The armoured prison guards are revealed to be called "Blast Troopers".
• Solila somehow identified Kanela, despite being in full Blast Trooper armour...does she have a distinct smell or eye shape or something?
• The Quintesson Judge appears to confirm my theory that Zerta was a Quintesson from last issue. The end of the issue also reveals that the Sacred Ring is apparently some sort of seal to keep "Goliant" at bay. So maybe the ring itself is some sort of long forgotten space bridge ring or something?
• Also confirming my suspicions from last issue, there are Aggorian Unifiers too.
• I just want to point out one of the above images, which shows Zalilak having an abundant feast, whilst most other Zertonians are shown in squalor and starving.
• Solila finally says she trusts Darak...not that she really has much choice since they've entered a wasteland between the two halves of the Ring.