Title: The Art of White Noise
Story: Simon Furman
Art: Geoff Senior
Letterer: Martin Baines
Design by: Amazing15
Printed in UK by: Mixam
Plot
Following the lack of any real insurgents at Luna-9, the Pacifiers head towards Luna-5, another of the mining facilities on the Moon.
On Earth, in the former sea of Japan, Deacon Snow speaks to his captive, Lena, and explains that he has rescued her, as well as her son and dog, from being executed by the Triumvirate, but had to make it look like they still died, so they could live on, but under the radar. He explains that the Triumvirate wanted them dead to punish her husband for his success, but insists that they are going to save him too, before the Triumvirate decide he is no longer useful to them....
At the Southern Landmass's Regional Spaceport, a White Noise team arrive and kill the crew, until they find the technician capable of performing the pre-flight on a shuttle, an force him to help them head towards the Moon
The Pacifiers set up camp outside Luna-5, and are joined by the remote Cyber Warriors, they aere ordered not to kill anyone, and to try and find one man in particular, Paca Varos, one of the employees at the mine.
Soon, the group attack the encampment, with the Cyber Warriors ignoring their main orders and firing on everyone they can, causing absolute mayhem. Two of the Cyber Warriors are destroyed and their operators are out of the "game" during the battle, but the Pacifiers eventually manage to capture Varos, whom Dryagin puts in front of one of their camera drones to relay his story of working for the Energy Corp and being forced into being an insurgent by the terrible conditions at the facility, for the world below to see, but it of course falls on deaf ears.
One of the Cyber Warriors appears to go for Varos (really going after Dryagin though) and is also destroyed by Rekt.
Afterwards, the other two Cyber Warriors appear to accept Dryagin's leadership (see how long that lasts) and he orders for the "insurgents" to be placed into holding cells for their own safety, only for Kraken to later enter the cell and incinerate the prisoners, declaring that Dryagin isn't calling the shots any more...
On Earth, Snow apologizes to the footage of Lena, who he makes sure can't hear him, and apologizes for his past actions dooming their future, and swears to make amends and save everyone
Characters
Pacifiers
Aleksy Dryagin/Komodo
Jonas Huey
Josiah Kraken
Leone
Hash Flynn
Megan Umber
Dolan Rekt
White Noise
Deacon Snow
Juddh King
Mazur
Two Other White Noise Members
Luna Insurgency
Paca Varos Killed by Kraken
Ned Killed by Kraken
Gil Killed by Kraken
Other Insurgents
Luna-9 Residents
Triumvirate
Veni
Vidi
Vici
Other Human
Lena Dryagin
Five Cyber Soldier Operators Three Defeated in Battle
Defeated Cyber Soldier #3's Family
Regional Spaceport Staff Killed by White Noise
Spaceport Flight Prep Technician Abducted by White Noise
Leo Dryagin (Footage Only)
Other
Lupex the Dog (Footage Only)
Notes
- Just like with Issue #0, I have to apologize that I have Furman's scribbles on the cover of this issue :)
- Snow's base is mentioned as being in the (former) sea of Japan. This is the first real mention of a modern-day location in this dystopian future.
- Snow's organization is named "White Noise" here, referring to the noise found in dead space (such as on TV or radio) which some people believe can hide messages or communicate with the dead etc. Seems appropriate for a subversive group huh?!
- The cyber soldiers are revealed to be allied to the Pacifiers, and were just sent to the Moon to set off the booby-traps...yes...they are totally not there to try and kill Dryagin and his crew
- Unshockingly after his psychopathic tendencies, we learn at the end of this issue that Kraken is planning a coup against Dryagin
- Lena's reaction to the Triumvirate's names implies that they are not public figures, or could be shadowy figures of some sort
- Snow's past actions that he is sorry for, is most likely his work on the extinction weapon seen in issue 0.
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