V18 – Pg02
Empty Handed
In the previous issue, we saw Thade and Pendragon getting ready to move on some newly discovered intel. We join the raid on the The Book Shoppe, which was the hub for the Bulldog live stream hack.
Pendragon (in his spiffy new armour) and his team find the premises deserted, leaving him more than a little frustrated.
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Wonder what unnerved him. Was it a booby trap that he had to disable in a hurry?
In issue 16, The Wolfshead accidentally caused the death of Pendragon’s eldest daughter. The reason he got back into the suit was to hunt her down… little does he know that The Wolfshead is his second eldest daughter.
THADE: Did you hear me just say, “Every piece of tech, every drive comes back with us?”
PENDRAGON: Sorry, I thought I heard you say, “I’m a loathsome traitor who killed a bunch of your friends and now thinks he can tell you what to do.” Also if you’re worried about me being a loose cannon because of my obvious PTSD, maybe you should be trying to treat that PTSD.
THADE: …Well played, sir.
PENDRAGON: So I’ll get some treatment?
THADE: Of course not. If you weren’t an ambulatory sack of trauma I wouldn’t be able to mislead and manipulate you, you’d figure out what was actually going on, and then I’d have to activate the bomb I probably secretly put inside of your cyberknee to prevent you from killing the absolute F out of me.
PENDRAGON: …Well played, sir. Tea and crumpets later?
THADE: Well, yeah. We’re still British amirite?
PENDRAGON: Mmmmm. Quite.
THADE: Quite.