FBF - To The Death #10

Title: Tooth and Claw

Story by: Simon Furman

Art by: Geoff Senior

Letterer by: Martin Baines

Design by: Amazing15

Printed in the UK by: Mixam

Plot

At the Clouds taper, Veni crushes Dryagin's chest to try and kill him, however he stops when the Firedrake appears outside their window, blows out the glass and Bill proceeds to shoot through the Triumvirate. Dryagin gets up and vivisects Veni.
The remaining two try to grab him from behind, but Leone and Bette attack them in turn, Leone almost gets knocked out the now smashed windows, but Bette has her head crushed by Vici. Dryagin decapitates both of them, and sends their bodies plummeting down the building

Down below, King reports that the Asphodel weapon's defences are different to what they were expecting, so it'll take longer to disarm, all whilst the Dolmen are continuing to contact their homeworld...
The sky above the Cloudscraper turns dark as the evacuation Starliner hovers above it to pick up the rest of it's passengers.
Leone searches for a hidden switch in the room to find where the real Triumvirate are, since the ones they've killed were Simulacrums, whilst Lena talks to Dryagin, and tries to get him to leave it, and come with her, but he needs to finish this, since it's partly his fault that Asphodel was used for this weapon in the first place. Leone finds the switch and all the holograms in the room vanish, revealing a hidden staircase. Dryagin heads up, and orders Leone to join Lena and Bill in the Firedrake to escape and says goodbye to Leo too.
Dryagin makes it upstairs, and finds a stasis chamber with the Triumvirate's human bodies within, still living, and conscious. The roof opens and the Starliner abducts them to take them to the "New Earth".

Suddenly, the Dolmen portal opens above the Starliner, and a giant Asphodel dragon flies out of it.
Just as it appears, Flynn is rescued from the limo he was left in, and the Firedrake speeds away, just as King announces that he's disabled the weapon.
The giant dragon fires down, destroying the Starliner, the Cloudscraper and the ground around it before returning to Asphodel.
The Firedrake leaves the planet with its newly permanent residents.
Three Days later, Snow meets with "The Director" who has taken over the absence of Tri-Corp on Earth, but promised that she is still invested in Earth, unlike the Triumvirate, however, Snow can't hear her, as he has died from drinking poison, having completed his mission.

The Firedrake stop off on a planet to leave memorials for their fallen friends, before heading off for a new adventure, out in the stars...
Back on Earth, rescue work has begun on the crater where the Cloudscraper was when someone crawls out if the rubble, shocking a rescue worker, who tries to help the victim, however Killatoa, fully healed again, tears the poor human apart and starts crawling out of the crater, plotting his revenge on the Firedrake Crew....

Characters

Firedrake Crew

Aleksy Dryagin Killed in Cloudscraper Destruction
Diamond Bill
Leone
Bette Larsen Killed by Vici
Hash Flynn
Lena Dryagin
Leo Dryagin
Lupex, the Space Doggo

White Noise

"The Director"
Deacon Snow Poisoned to Death
Juddh King Likely Killed in Cloudscraper Destruction

Berenger Likely Killed in Cloudscraper Destruction
Forward/Tactical Bunker Staff

Tri-Corp

Veni/Beauregard Percy Simulacrum Destroyed by Dryagin, Real Body Killed in Cloudscraper Destruction
Vici/Sebastian Pelle Simulacrum Destroyed by Dryagin, Real Body Killed in Cloudscraper Destruction
Vidi/Lucius Warrender Simulacrum Destroyed by Dryagin, Real Body Killed in Cloudscraper Destruction
Killatoa
"The Chosen Few" (Implied) Killed in Starliner Explosion

Asphodel
Dolmen Trio Likely Killed in Cloudscraper Destruction
Asphodel Dragon

Other Human

Rescue Worker Michael McGarry Killed by Killatoa
Cloudscraper Rescue Workers
Cloudscraper Siege Livestream Audience
800,000 Casualties (Mentioned) Killed in Cloudscraper Destruction

Notes

• This marks the finale of To The Death, though the letter at the end mentions a future for this story, so we may get a  sequel down the line :)
• This issue does NOT have a character list at the start...this irks me....
• So Berenger survived last issue, despite how it looked...but I'm pretty certain he died this time....
• The original human bodies of the Triumvirate members are revealed to have been still alive, but in some sort of life support goop that allowed them to control the Simulacrum bodies...at least until the end of this issue...
• We dont know the "director's" name but it may be Baroque, based on her company name
• It's unclear is Snow poisoned himself, or was killed by the Director, but I believe it was suicide, as he feeling guilty about his actions with Asphodel and getting many people killed.
• The rescue worker killed by Killatoa at the end is based on  fan Michael McGarry, who won a contest on Simon Furman's website. I've decided to just name the character after him too, just for identity-sake.
• We don't see Killatoa's body too clearly at the end, but due to his apparent death last issue, and his call of "to the death" I'm going to guess that he took Dryagin's body for his own, just for future plot reasons

FBF - To The Death #9

Title: The Leash

Story by: Simon Furman

Art by: Geoff Senior

Letterer: Martin Baines

Design by: Amazing15

Printed in the UK by: Mixam

Plot

The Pacifier team begin their battle with Killatoa, and Huey is quickly killed by the monster. Having seen two of his friends die, Rekt loses his mind and goes on a full assault on him.

Dryagin's team send a probe to inspect the Dolmen under Trumvirate control, and they notice a device on their backs, which must be what is controlling them.

The team manage to shoot a device at the Dolmen's backs which free them, allowing them to communicate with the rest of their species back on Asphodel, who in turn summon something from a volcano, seemingly made of lava.

Rekt's team manage to pin Killatoa to a wall with some spikes, but as they start to gloat, the monster reveals his secret, he fires a work-like creature from his mouth and injects it within Rekt, slowly, and painfully taking over his body.

Seeing this, Leone activates the bombs on Rekt's bandolier, detonating their friend and seemingly killing Killatoa too.

Down below, King starts to disarm the Extinction Weapon, whilst Dryagin makes his way through the building, including taking down the private militia there, so he can take down the Triumvirate himself, all whilst they get word that the "Chosen Few" have started making their way to a Starliner coming from Venus, implying that time is almost up. Snow triggers their broadcast, and starts streaming what the Triumvirate are doing to the world.

Dryagin makes his way to the Triumvirate's office, and immediately shoots all three right between the eyes, however due to them being in new artificial bodies, this does little to harm them. Veni proceeds to start pressing down on his chest, telling him his contract has been terminated....

Characters

Pacifier

Aleksy Dryagin

Dolan Rekt Infested by Killatoa, Mercy-Killed by Leone

Leone

Bette Larssen

Jonas Huey Killed by Killatoa

Diamond Bill

Dodsworth (Footage Only)

Bosco (Footage Only)

Besbitt (Footage Only)

Megan Umber (Mentioned) Dead

White Noise

Deacon Snow

Juddh King

Berenger Possibly Killed by a Dolmen

Reis Killed by a Dolmen

Forward/Tactical Bunker Staff

"The Director" (Mentioned)

Tri-Corp

Veni

Vidi

Vici

Killatoa Possibly Killed with Rekt

The Elite Private Militia Killed by Dryagin

Other Human

Lena Dryagin

Leo Dryagin

"The Chosen Few" Evacuating Earth

Gilgamesh Township Bar Patrons

Other

Lupex, the Space Doggo

Captured Dolmen Trio Freed from Triumvirate Control

The Free Dolmen

Notes

• This issue clarifies that only three of the Dolmen from Asphodel were brought to Earth to guard the Extinction Weapon, with the rest still residing on the planet Asphodel itself.
• The question from last issue is resolved here, with Berenger getting name-dropped as the surviving team member this issue. However it's not clear if he died this issue, as he appears to be in the location that a blast hits, but I can't be 100% sure.
• Killatoa is revealed to be a parasite who implants himself into a victim to use their body as a replacement for his own damaged one, possibly explaining his colour change last issue.
• Remember a few issues ago when I suggested that Lena could be related to Snow due to his interest in her? Well turns out I was right! She is his daughter!

FBF - To The Death #8

Title: The End of the World as we Know it

Story: Simon Furman

Art: Geoff Senior

Letterer: Martin Baines

Design by: Amazing15

Printed in the UK by: Mixam

Plot

The White Noise guards at Essen-Six are attacked by the aircraft and run inside the building to regroup with the rest of the team, only to find them killed by Diamond Bill, who also killed the new-comers, having left the aircraft on auto-pilot. Bill enters the cell where Leo is being held and rescues him.

The main Pacifier team arrive at the bottom of the cloudscraper and launch up in jetpacks to infiltrate the building, meanwhile in the access tunnel, Dryagin and White Noise break through a seal to enter the basement of the building too.

Dryagin's team quickly find the Asphodel Extinction Weapon, and record it, and prepare to try and neutralize it, until they are attacked by the Dolmen, the alien species abducted from Asphodel, who are guarding the weapon.

Whilst the teams are busy at the Cloudscraper, Bill rescues Lena from Essen-Six, and she demands to know where Alek is, and to be brought to him.

Two of the White Noise team are killed by the Dolmen, forcing the remainder of the team to try and regroup, and try and find a way to get past them.

Up the top of the tower, the Triumvirate finally see footage of Dryagin's team infiltrating the old access tunnels, and are concerned as to how they knew of it's existence, but also know that it's of no use to them, as the evacuation of their chosen few has begun, and Earth will be destroyed in an "accident" very shortly.

Lower in the tower, the Pacifiers are trying to make their way through the floors when they are suddenly attacked by Killatoa, who immediately kills Umber. The team try to fight him off, but his reflexes are too great for them to hit. Leone however says her last goodbyes to her lover, kisses her, and closes are eyes, before propelling herself into the battle too....

Characters

Pacifiers

Aleksy Dryagin

Diamond Bill

Leone

Megan Umber Killed by Killatoa

Dolan Rekt

Hash Flynn

Bette Larssen

Jonas Huey

White Noise

Deacon Snow

Juddh King

Channon Killed by The Dolmen

Amador Possibly Killed by Dolmen (The Female Team Member is Killed)

Berenger Possibly Killed by Dolmen (The Female Team Member is Killed)

"Goatee Guy"

Forward/Tactical Bunker Staff

Essen-Six Guards All Killed by Diamond Bill

Tri-Corp

Veni

Vidi

Vici

Killatoa

Other Human

Lena Dryagin (Rescued by Bill)

Leo Dryagin (Rescued by Bill)

Other

The Asphodel Dolmen 

Lupex, the Alien Doggo

Notes

• Bill's scenes in this issue are very odd, he's often seen heavily shadowed, implying menace or that he's not who he seems to be
• We see a little more of Dryagin's "premonitions" where we see him reunite with his family, just as the Earth starts exploding, seemingly from the Asphodel Extinction Weapon, though it is still unclear why he's having these "visions" (The first coming before he ever learned about this plot, so it's not just fantasies based on what he's been told recently)
• The female White Noise member out of Berenger and Amador, name dropped last issue, is killed in this issue, but since I have no idea which is which, the character list for this issue will be a bit messy.
• The only member of the current White Noise team to not be named is the one with the goatee, so I am naming him "Goatee Guy"....for some reason....
• The alien golems from Asphodel are named here as "Dolmen"
• Killatoa's new red and yellow colour scheme is currently unexplained, but is most likely a way for him to be more fire-resistant, as he knows the team use incendiary weapons

FBF - To The Death #7

Title: Hope for the Best...Plan for the Worst

Story: Simon Furman

Art: Geoff Senior

Letterer: Martin Baines

Design by: Amazing15

Printed in the UK by: Mixam

Plot

The Firedrake has returned to Earth, but is in hiding, with the crew keeping busy, whilst waiting for Leone and Larssen to complete their mission, to recover some security footage from the Dryagin Ranch. Whilst waiting, they start making plans to storm the Hub Tri-Corp Cloudscraper.

At the Dryagin Ranch, the team find the destroyed house, but locate a hatch to a hidden room, where the security feed is located, they stream the footage to Dryagin, where he sees Mazur and the White Noise team kidnapping Lena and Leo before the explosion.

The girls are soon noticed and attacked by "Harpy Drones", they manage to destroy them, but know more will follow soon, so they request an evac.

At the Firedrake, Dryagin confronts King about where his wife and son are, but he claims to not know where they are, but that Snow wanted them safe, he tells him that their bio-metrics are being scrambled by a device used by White Noise operatives, but he'll give him the code to find them, once they are fully committed to the mission.

Six days later, the Triumvirate are worrying that Dryagin hasn't made a move against them yet, but Vici is certain that he is still coming, but is just biding his time.

Elsewhere, the White Noise team, along with Dryagin enter the Smolensk Oblast Region, where a "back door" to the Cloudscraper is located, having been part of the construction process. They make it inside, and locate an old monorail tunnel, which will take them straight to them. King gives Dryagin the code, which he transmits to Diamond Bill on the Firedrake, and has him track his family with it, quickly finding their apparent location

Elsewhere, the rest of the Pacifiers arrive outside the Cloudscraper, with Flynn using a fake ID, as a driver, and the rest hiding in the back of a holo-limo, and head towards their targets.

At the White Noise bunker in former Japan, Snow and his crew are preparing to stream the entire attack on the Triumvirate and expose their evil plans to the world, so they can cause global unrest and ruin their plot to destroy the Earth and leave with only their chosen few to repopulate another world.

Dryagin and his team arrive at the Cloudscraper's base, and prepare to break through the walls to enter it, with Dryagin getting ready to act as the symbol of rebellion against the Triumvirate, due to his legendary status as a Pacifier, and take out the Extinction Weapon.

At Essen Six, two guards, disguised as hobos are watching over a building, when they are confronted by a shuttle and told that they are under arrest and that this is now a global federation crime scene. The two "hobos" however reveal their guns and fire on the shuttle instead!

Characters

Pacifier

Aleksy Dryagin

Diamond Bill

Hash Flynn

Megan Umber

Jonas Huey

Dolan Rekt

Leone

Bette Larssen

Tri-Corp

Veni

Vidi

Vici

Killatoa (Mentioned)

White Noise

Deacon Snow

Juddh King

Berenger

Amador

Essen Six Guards

White Noise Forward/Tactical Bunker Team

New White Noise Team

Mazur (Footage Only)

Abduction Team (Footage Only)

Other Human

Lena Dryagin (Footage Only) Abducted by White Noise

Leo Dryagin (Footage Only) Abducted by White Noise

"Stunt Bodies" (Footage Only) Dead, Used to Fake Lena and Leo's Deaths

Other

A Grizzly Bear

Lupex, the Doggo (Footage Only) Abducted by White Noise

Notes

• This issue confirms that only the Dryagin house was destroyed, not the entire ranch
• This issue also confirms that Lena and Leo were indeed kidnapped by Snow, and it isn't some sort of artificial intelligence. The bodies seen in the rubble are some random townsfolk they placed in there
• In the first "big" time skip we've had in this series since the interim between issue zero and one, we skip forward by almost a whole week!
• King now has a new team of mostly unnamed guys....wonder how long these will last?
• Grizzly Bears are mentioned as possibly being almost extinct in this series, likely implying that a lot of animal species have died out, or are close to it.
• The part of the world where Lena is being held appears to be Germany, in fact looking at a map of Germany, the area they have highlighted features a city called "Essen", likely the originator of the "Essen Six" we hear namedropped here.
• White Noise's base of operations is revealed to be in the "former nation of Japan", we've seen Snow working from the sea of Japan, but now we know the landmass still exists here

FBF - To The Death #6

Title: Killatoa

Story: Simon Furman

Art: Geoff Senior

Letterer: Martin Baines

Design by: Amazing15

Printed in the UK by: Mixam

Plot

The Pacifiers proceed to "rescue" Dryagin from the White Noise team, when both groups notice a third party arriving, Killatoa. The newcomer tears his way through the White Noise members, killing all but King himself, but he is saved when Dryagin and the Pacifiers use incendiary rounds to dehydrate the monster (following a suggestion about Killatoa's weakness from Snow, over his communicator) and they take off in the Firedrake. They decide that no matter where they'd go, the Triumvirate will find them, so they may as well continue to Earth, and bring the fight to them.

On Earth, the Triumvirate note his returning home, and lament his refusal to die, but also know that he cannot possibly win...

On the Firedrake, King gets grilled by the Pacifiers, he admits that he doesn't know if Dryagin's family are really dead, as Snow had just informed Dryagin, but he does know that they were all targeted for death, since the Triumvirate see Dryagin as a beacon for the regular people of Earth, and wanted that taken away. Dryagin isn't sure he can be this beacon of hope, but King says that he believes in him, whether he does, himself, or not.

Back on Earth, Snow is in his submarine, where he reminisces over when he learned of the Triumvirates true plans to use the Asphodel Extinction Weapon to stage an "accident" that will wipe out most of humanity, allowing themselves and a select group to escape and repopulate another world, to prepare to conquer more planets in the future. Snow couldn't allow this to be his legacy, so he faked his own death, and plotted for four years to save the world...

Four years later, in the present day, a boat approaches Snow's submarine, and he joins them, so he can meet with "The Director"

Back on the Firedrake, King gets locked into his quarters, and the team start preparing to return to Earth, with Dryagin asking Bill to try and find his wife and child, as he doesn't believe that they are really dead, and wants to rescue them. Elsewhere, above Earth, Killatoa makes his descent to the planet as well...

At the Tri-Corp Future Technologies Facility, the team there are preparing the weapon, as pre the Triumvirate's request, despite it being a little ahead of schedule, and they look into the chamber where it is being held....and is guarded by several abducted Asphodelians.... 

Characters

Pacifiers

Aleksy Dryagin

Jonas Huey

Bette Larssen

Diamond Bill

Megan Umber

Leone

Dolan Rekt

Hash Flynn

White Noise

Deacon Snow

Juddh King

Mazur Killed by Killatoa

Levy Killed by Killatoa

Trent Hubble Killed by Killatoa

Other White Noiser Killed by Killatoa

Boat Crew

"The Director" (Mentioned)

Tri-Corp

Veni/Beauregard Percy

Vici/Sebastian Pelle

Vidi/Lucius Warrender

"Future Technologies Senior Scientist"

"Future Technologies Boss"

"Spaceport Sniper" (Flashback Only) Killed by King

Other Human

Lena Dryagin

Leo Dryagin

Other

Killatoa

Asphodel Guardians

Lupex, the Doggy Thing

Killatoa's Co-Experiments (Mentioned) Eaten by Killatoa

Notes

• The Cast list page has been updated by adding Killatoa to it, and having a big red "X" over Kraken's picture
• So..I guess it was a bad sign after all that most of the White Noise guys were unnamed until now huh? (One's even STILL unnamed!)
• In the back matter of this issue we get a small profile for Killatoa, which reveals that his blade weapons are heated, explaining why they cut through things so easily.
• Snow sure seems to know a lot about Killatoa...considering it's mentioned that he was built in a lab, and that Snow used to work for them, it seems likely that Killatoa was built by Tri-Corp
• As I theorized last issue, we learn here that the flashback Triumvirate that we saw ARE the same guys as we see in the present, but inside artificial bodies.
• After about half of the series, we finally clearly learn what the Triumvirate's ultimate plan is, they want to use the Asphodel Extinction Weapon to kill off most of Humanity, allowing a smaller amount to repopulate a new world and start again.
• Snow mentions that he faked his own death, explaining why the Triumvirate don't seem to be searching for him.

FBF - To The Death #5

Title: Asphodel

Story: Simon Furman

Art: Geoff Senior

Letterer: Martin Baines

Design by: Amazing15

Printed in the UK by: Mixam

Plot

With Dryagin gone, Diamond Bill releases the others from the Firedrake's tractor beam, and resigns his commission, refusing to work for a monster like Kraken. Kraken has the team arrest Bill for him, and also bring Leone back to the ship, to be dealt with later, warning the rest that they'll be dealt with too if they betray him. They begrudgingly agree, whilst Kraken heads off to kill Dryagin himself.

On Earth, the female Sleepwalker is searching around a place called "Echo Conclave" to find her target, and is directed to it by a small child, whom she pays with some computer chips.

Back on the Moon, Dryagin drives the Luna-Quad he was left by Bill and heads towards the Luna-6 facility, rather than the closer Luna-4, assuming Kraken won't be there. Unfortunately, Kraken knows Dryagin too well and intercepts him along the way, causing both quads to crash, and Dryagin gets fired on by him, leading him to a rock to try and hide behind, but unfortunately one of the Cyber warriors find him, and aim directly at him.

Kraken orders the Cyber to let him get the kill, takes aim, and then the Cyber suddenly turns on him, filling Kraken with bullet holes, before telling the confused Dryagin to run away, unaware that the original operator has been killed and replaced by the Sleepwalker on Earth.

An alien spacecraft arrives at Earth, and Killatoa exits to meet with the Triumvirate, to learn who his new target is.

On the Moon, King's team arrives and find Kraken's body, and communicates with Snow through the Cyber, who has remained next to the dead body, who explains that he now has full control of it's sensory output, but also urges King to hurry up, as their enemies may have called in someone stronger to take out Dryagin now that Kraken is dead.

Elsewhere, the Pacifiers defy Kraken's orders and free both Leone and Bill, intending to go after Dryagin and rescue him, regardless of their orders, since they're all fed up of being used now.

Dryagin arrives at a Lunar Spaceport, where he finds King's shuttle, and attempts to take it for himself, inside he finds the technician, and Mazur, the latter of whom he manages to defeat in battle, assuming he's an enemy. He is stopped from killing the White Noise member when King returns and activates a holo-communicator, allowing Dryagin to talk to Snow, who explains that he used to work for the Energy Corp and that his team's first mission to Asphodel was so they could create an extinction weapon, which his team is now trying to disable, before it can be used. He also informs Dryagin that the Triumvirate ordered the deaths of his wife and child, causing him to be devastated.

The Pacifiers arrive in the Firedrake, and order King and his team to step away from Dryagin, also assuming them to be the enemy too

Characters

Pacificers

Aleksy Dryagin

Josiah Kraken Killed by Sleepwalker in Cyber Warrior

Jonas Huey

Leone

Bette Larssen

Hash Flynn

Megan Umber

Dolan Rekt

Diamond Bill

The Echelon (Mentioned)

White Noise

Deacon Snow

Juddh King

Mazur

Trent Hubble Still Kidnapped into Team

Female Sleepwalker

Rest of King's Tac-Team

Energy Corp/Tri-Corp

Veni

Vidi

Vici

Sebastian Pelle (Flashback)

Lucius Warrender (Flashback)

Beauregard Percy (Flashback)

Crowe (Flashback)

Future Technologies Scientists (Flashback)

Cerberus (Mentioned)

Other Human

Recycle Café Cyber Soldier Operator Killed by Sleepwalker

Random Civilians

Lena Dryagin (Mentioned) Claimed to be Dead by Snow

Leo Dryagin (Mentioned) Claimed to be Dead by Snow

Last Cyber Soldier Operator (Mentioned)

Other

Killatoa

Asphodel's Denizens (Flashback) Now Extinct

Notes

• So it turns out that the opening scenes last issue where Dryagin is approached by a Cyber-Warrior was actually set during THIS issue, not the previous one, like I thought before.
• During the brief visit to Earth early in the story, we can see that the feed from the Moon has been stopped, and replaced with re-runs of previous missions, most likely because people may start rioting if they learned that Dryagin is the one being actively targeted for death.
• Kraken says "All that is over, finished." A very Furmanism-filled line :D
• Oh and then he says "End of the Road"!! I love this series 
• We learn that one of the sleepwalker's missions is to replace a Cyber-Warrior, and to use it to help Dryagin survive, so we should be able to assume that the other one was sent to take out the other remaining one too.
• We finally get a view of Killatoa, who basically looks like an amphibious version of Death's Head, a character that Furman created back in the 80's, and is also a hired gun of sorts.
• The kidnapped engineer from the past couple issues is finally named as "Trent Hubble"...oddly this is probably the most normal name we've had in the series so far!
• Still no names for most of King's team however...this doesn't bode well for them!
• We learn that the man we saw with Snow in the prequel story is Beauregard Percy, who along with his equally old and decrepit fellows, Sebastian Pelle and Lucius Warrender, were the heads of Energy Corp and ran the same positions as the Triumvirate do in the comic's present. From how large they look, and how Killatoa questions whether they are still "gentlemen" we can either assume that these are cloned or robotic bodies used by these older characters.
• Snow decides to tell Dryagin that Lena and Leo were killed in the explosion, rather than him rescuing them. This is either the truth, but the ones we've seen before are AI based on them, or he is lying to Dryagin to get him angry enough to take down the Triumvirate for him (I personally believe it to be the latter)
• Snow also mentions that he would have tried to redirect Dryagin's mission, had he of known he was the one leading it, implying some hidden connection. Considering his unwillingness to show himself to Lena, despite happily doing so with Dryagin, we can probably assume that he is related to her, possibly her father or grandfather.
• The Asphodel Extinction Weapon, as previously seen in the prequel story, is confirmed to be an extinction weapon made from the resources of Asphodel, and not a weapon to destroy the planet, or something related to it at least.
• The Cerberus mentioned in this issue is likely just a code-name for the Triumvirate, but knowing this writer, I'm going to class it as another "character", just in case.

FBF - To The Death #4

Title: The Kill-Zone

Story: Simon Furman

Art: Geoff Senior

Letterer: Martin Baines

Design by: Amazing15

Printed in UK by: Mixam

Plot

At the Luna-5 facility, Dryagin holds a meeting with his crew to decide what to do with the captured insurgents, either take them to Earth to be executed for trying to stand up against a corrupt system, or release them and risk being martyred themselves. They can't come to an agreement, but Bill detects a large heat signature in the prisoner's holding area. The team realise that Kraken isn't with them, and rush off towards the section.

On Earth, the Triumvirate are concerned that their new asset, Kraken, might not be able to deal with Dryagin himself, due to his war-record, so they decide to summon another asset to help him, Killatoa...

Back on Luna-5, the team confront Kraken, who admits to incinerating the insurgents and relieves Dryagin of his command, attacking him, revealing that he has been placed in charge of the team now. Leone attacks Kraken, and holds him at knife-point, giving Dryagin the chance to escape into the snowy landscape outside.

Kraken is quickly freed, and has Leone imprisoned, whilst he chases after Dryagin, managing to injure him in the process...

The White Noice Tac-team approach the Moon, where King receives a message from Snow, saying that Dryagin may be in trouble, and he begins to worry that they may to too late to rescue and recruit him to their cause...

On Earth, Deacon Snow, who is monitoring both situations activates two sleeper agents, so they can cause a distraction on Earth, giving King a little more time to rescue Dryagin

At Luna-5 again, Dryagin reaches a motorpool, but is caught by Kraken, who starts destroying the vehicles there. The rest of the team arrive, but aren't willing to intervene, they know Kraken is now technically the team leader, but they can't bring themselves to turn against Dryagin.

Larssen is having trouble figuring out what to do, even through the rest of the team appear to be willing to follow Kraken if they have to, and even imply that Leone is at risk now too for turning against Kraken earlier, to Larssen's distress.

The two "leaders" fight it out, with Dryagin managing to pin Kraken into some machinery, and getting into an exo-driller, and tries to put him down, however he gets distracted when Kraken lets it slip that the Triumvirate have had his family killed.

The remaining Cyber warriors arrive to try surround Dryagin and finish him off, however the air around them suddenly turns white, and only Dryagin can move within it!

Diamond Bill, aboard the Firedrake, uses the tractor beam on the area, freezing everyone in place, but allows Dryagin to escape, having left a quad and a med-kit outside the perimeter, and wishes Dryagin luck as he is allowed to escape from his usurper...  

Characters

Pacifiers

Aleksy Dryagin On the Run, due to Betrayal 

Josiah Kraken

Leone Imprisoned by Rest of Team, on Kraken's Orders

Diamond Bill

Bette Larssen

Dolan Rekt

Jonas Huey

Hash Flynn

Megan Umber

White Noise

Deacon Snow

Juddh King

Mazur

Other Tac-Team Members

Abducted Spaceport Flight Technician

Bar Patron Sleepwalker

Scavenger Sleepwalker

Triumvirate

Vidi

Vici

Veni

Other

Brood-Class Vyber Warrior Operator #1

Brood-Class Vyber Warrior Operator #2

Lena Dryagin (Mentioned) Believed to be Dead, Abducted by White Noise

Leo Dryagin (Mentioned) Believed to be Dead, Abducted by White Noise

Killatoa (Mentioned)

Luna-5 Insurgents (Mentioned) Most Killed by Kraken

Notes

• The start of this issue is actually the middle of the story, so rather than jumping around, I just put it in linear order in the above Plot section.
• For the first time, neither Lena or Leo Dryagin appear in an issue, though both are mentioned a couple of times.
• Larssen has joined the ground team on the Moon now, either she was with them from the start, and just stayed out of sight last issue, or she joined them after the fighting ended, leaving Bill alone on the ship.
• Killatoa finally gets a mention this issue, he is the monster-looking character who appeared on the cover to issue one, who was also announced as a main character in the pitches...nice to see him appear (or at least get mentioned anyway) after just four issues (five if you include the prequel story)
• Kraken is revealed to have killed the insurgents on the orders of the Triumvirate, not just out of his own warped sense of right and wrong.
• Leone is the only member of the team to openly defy Kraken after he takes over the team, Dryagin did mention in issue one that she was the most loyal to him. Though saying that, the rest of the team seem very reluctant to go against him either. Bill also later helps Dryagin by using a tractor beam to give him time to escape, but he does this from the ship, meaning he could technically claim a mechanical failure was to blame for it. 
• The former sea of Japan is shown to be full of waste, further showing how polluted this future Earth is.
• Despite them being in a relationship, Umber doesn't appear to be too fussed that Leone may be in trouble for pinning down Kraken, instead Larssen appears to be more worried about her!
• Larssen's dislike of Kraken was actually hinted at in issue one of the series, where she seems disgusted by him hitting on her after their Cryo-sleep.
• Based on their apparent thoughts this issue I can see Leone, Bill and Larssen joining Dryagin, or staying loyal to him at least, with the rest either following Kraken, or just turning against their former leader due to it being their orders.

FBF - To The Death #3

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.