Imperium #5
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The good
Harada's plan to take the cold fusion reactor. The dynamic of Sunlight On Snow and Lord Vine-99
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The bad
Broken Angel's motivation in helping Harada not elaborated on.
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The ugly
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Imperium #5 has Toyo Harada beginning his assault on Project Rising Spirit in order to acquire the cold fusion reactor created by Broken Angel. It opens up with Director Kozol onboard the submarine Leviathan, Project Rising Spirit’s most secure location, where he hopes to keep the reactor safe from Harada. Ever since Broken Angel created it and Gravedog’s return from being held captive by Harada, Kozol has been on high alert. He constantly wears a psionic defense helmet to protect him from any psiot attack, and he’s been checking the security systems daily on the Leviathan for weeks. However, the security personnel doesn’t see anything unusual nor do some feel it’s necessary to wear the helmets 24 hours a day, and with all the psionic dampeners on board it wouldn’t even be possible for psiots to use their powers. But Kozol won’t relax since he can’t figure out how Gravedog was able to escape Harada, so he interrogates Broken Angel one more time about this. Yet Broken Angel reassures Kozol that Gravedog is clean despite knowing that Harada was already influencing him. It’s been weeks since Gravedog returned and now Harada is ready to strike. But what is Broken Angel’s true goal in helping Harada? And can Harada manage all these different characters with seemingly different goals?
SUMMARY
Imperium #5 is an exciting issue that only gives a taste of the assault on the Leviathan but the plan that’s unveiled makes it worth it. It ties up some loose ends regarding Gravedog, and including the two most unpredictable characters, Sunlight On Snow and Lord Vine-99, makes the entire situation more intriguing. I enjoyed how Kozol’s perspective was shown because it made Harada’s plan seem more grand but I was slightly disappointed in the way other things fell apart in the manner they did. I can’t wait to get my hands on the next issue as the battle intensifies.
Release Date: 6/3/15
Writer: Joshua Dysart
Artist: Scot Eaton
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