BY THE YEAR 2382 EARTH WAS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CENTRE OF THE GALACTIC FOUNDATION. THE GIGANTIC SANDPOINT MILITARY ACADEMY TRAINED A MULTI- PLANETARY PEACE-KEEPING FORCE, AND THE HIGHLIGHT OF EACH YEAR WAS THE PASSING QUT PARADE WHEN ONLY THE BEST PUPILS QUALIFIED. THE PLANET ZORR HAD OBSERVERS PRESENT . . . AND THEY WERE INTERESTED IN ONLY THE BEST.-¥ UAT SAI yr _T INVITED NATIONS ARRIVED. cr (i) f Na eS ae eee ee =e Arie \ hl z NOPOINT AEROCENTRE, THE LAST OF THE aS: | SS eee ON THIS MUST BE THE OBSERVERS FROM CLASTON.3. THEY'RE LATE. CHECK THEIR PASSES AND TAKE THEM TO THE TRIAL AREA IMMEDIATELY, EVERYONE ELSE HAS BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR.THIS-15 CERTIFIED AS ISSUED TO LEGITIMATE OBSERVERS FROM CLASTON-3. By YOU MAY PASS. A FERRYCRAFT TOOK THE TWO OBSERVERS TO THE TRIAL AREA. sa 4 AU THE EVENT HAS JUST STARTED. xS= YOU WILL NOT MISS MUC , ow se.THE TWO MOST RECENTLY ARRIVED OBSERVERS BARGED IN] et OUT OF OUR WAY, WE WISH TO SEE CLEARLY WHAT IS HAPPENING. F RE IN THE LEAD, HAMMON, BUT en NEXT ONE IS TOUGH MAINES ON SCAN .... INCREASE SPEED... ATTITUDE 90 DEGSOUS TOUCHED ONE... HE'S IN TROUBLE, THE SMALL Gl HAD PLANS . .. SPEED AND POWER FELL AT OVER SIK FEET, SOL CREPT BACK TO LEVEL TERMS. THAT SHOULD STRAIGHTEN HIM OUT.iF YOU HADN'T STRAIGHTENED ME OUT TOE OEE ON YOU! WE ARE INTERESTED IN THE YOUNG MEN WHO FINISHED FIRST AND SECOND. WE WISH TO KNOW, (MAYBE, BUT IF | HADN'T WOULD'VE CRASHED INTO8 JSOUAND HAMMON WERE PRESENTED TO ACADEMY HEAD, MARSHAL HISSEN. YOUNG MEN, YOU ARE A CREDIT TO THIS ACADEMY. THE. ONLY POINT IN DOUBT, 1S. WHICH OF YOU TWO WILL FINISH THE YEAR H THE MOST POINTS. THEY'RE BOTH FROM HERE ON EARTH, ONE OF THEM ‘WILL WIN THE TITLE OF CADET OF THE YEAR. BOTH HAVE A COMMANDING LEAD OVER THE REST OF US IN SHOOTING, LEADERSHIP TESTS. NAVIGATION, AND PRACTICALLY ALL THE OTHER TRAINING PROGRAMM BOTH OF US WILL TRY TO BEAT THE OTHER, SiR, THOUGH NEITHER WILLRESENT IT IF a A BEA’ "AS SOL AND HAMMMON RETURNED TO THEIR QUARTERS CONGRATULATIONS, YOUNG /AEN! OUR AAASTER WISHES YOU TO LEAVE THE ACADEMY ANDO DEPART WITH US IMMEDIATELY. THESE FIVE HUNDRED CREDITS ARE BUT A FRACTION OF THE REWARDS AWAITING YOU. GREAT PRESTIGE AND POWER AWAITS YOU. QUR MASTER HAS NEED OF YOUR ABILITIES.Bee ee ONE ERCOnE #0015! HOW CAN THEY TURN DOWN = MERCENARIES. SUCH WEALTH AND POWER? OUR ORDERS ARE TO RETURN TO ZORR WITH THE BEST CADETS. OUR MASTER MUST BE OBEYED. ‘WE LEAVE TONIGHT. THE WHOLE CAMP IS. COVERED WITH A SOPHISTICATED FIELD OF ENERGY, DESIGNED TO TRIGGER AN ALARM IF ANYTHING MOVES. OUR TECHNICIANS HAVE DEVELOPED A SYSTEM TO GiVE US PROTECTION. THE FIELD FPP, NULLIEVER WORKS! LIVING QUARTER 8-443THAT'S ME FINISHED GOING OVER NAVIGATION FOR TOMORROW'S. / Sen Ui EXAM, YOU'RE COMING WITH US— PUTO THE PLANET ZORR WagesTHE CLASTON:3 SHIP IS LEAVING, THEY MUST BE AWARE OF THE BAN ON NIGHT-TIME TAKE.OFFS. ORDER A SECURITY ALERT.THAT SHIP APPEARS TO HAVE SUFFERED RECENT J DAMAGE: INFLICTED BY SOME KIND OF WEAPON, SIR. A MESSAGE HAS COME THROUGH FROM EARTH. TWO CADETS HAVE BEEN KIDNAPPED FROM SANDPOINT. 4.0. HAS 4 PLOTTED THE KIDNAPPERS’ COURSE INTO THIS REGION. kLTHE KIONAPPERS MUST HAVE MURDERED THE REAL OBSERVERS TO GET HOLD OF THEIR ELECTRONIC J PASS. WONDER WHY THEY TOOK AWAY THOSE YOUNG MEN... fo COMM, By 01 127-NT4 BEARING TOWARDS ALPHA 371. WE MAY BE ABLE TO 1S THAT SO? FIRE TUBE 1!TARGET VESSEL HAS DISCHARGED A BOLT OF HIGH SPEED ENERGY ... , IDENTIFIED AS ANTI- TBOT THE COMMANDER WASN'T QUICK ENOUGH. | x oo,16 THE SHIP LANDED. THE ROBOT GUARDS WILL TAKE OVER. WE LEAVE YOU NOW! ESCAPE. THERE IS A FORCE FIELD AROUND THE PERIMETER. WE PATROL AT ALL TIMES. J1 CAN HAROLY WELCOME YOU TO THIS PLACE SINCE NONE ‘OF US WISHES TO BE HERE? HOWEVER, | AM SCHULANN, My JOB IS TO SETTLE IN NEW, CAPTIVES. ONE OF THE ROBOTS WAS PROGRAMMED] TO.OPERATE A DOOR HUT 85— YOUR NEW HOME. WHEN WE HAVE ALLENTERED, THE DOOR WILL ———T_ VANISH. THESE PRISONS HAVE NO wie oR WINDOWS. OUR ROBOT GUARDS BEAM ANTI-MATTER PARTICLES AT ANY SPOT THEY WISH TO MAKE AN EXIT OR ENTRANCE.+2. MEANWHILE, ZORR, RULER OF THE PLANET NAMED AFTER HIM, WAS ENJOYING AN AFTERNOON'S SPORT. ue Poste. ‘SaS9 e Ws MIGHTY ZORR, WE HAVE DELIVERED THE LAST TWO PRISONERS YOU YOU HAVE DONE WELL, HIGOR. e NOW, YOU MAY WATCH MY LITTLE YS nat 'pee| PET SLAY, THE PEOPLE TAKEN FROM OUR NEIGHBOURING PLANET. IS IT NOT GOOD SPORT?pe _—————— of ENOUGH —REPLACE THE BEAST. P———- “2 TD fe= —~ 77. (WISH TO MONITOR THE LATEST _ TARRIVALS FROM PLANET EARTH. EXCELLENT. WE SHALL SEE IF THE PRISONERS MEASURE UP TO THE TASK I HAVE ORDAINED,IN THE PRISON HUT— — THIS TALK OF ESCAPE IS MADNESS ANY SUCH ATTEMPT WILL FAIL AND CAN ONLY LEAD TO HARDSHIP FOR THE REST OF US. LET US MAKE THE = Is | SHALL TRY LEAVE THIS PRISON. TYOU MAY LICK YOUR MASTER'S = t BOOTS IF YOU WISH!| FANCY TARDON WILL NOT RISE QUICKLY FROM THE FLOOR FOLLOWING SUCH A BLOW! ‘OUTH FROM EARTH IS UX ENTERPRISING EACH OF YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN A PROBLEM TO SOLVE. THESE PROJECTS ARE ESSENTIAL FOR24 SOL ATTEMPTED SABOTAGE IDRASTIC RESULTS. CONTAINS DELIBERATE ERRORS THAT WOULD CAUSE THE PROJECT TO FAIL YOU WILL RESUBMIT THE DESIGN ‘OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS SOL AND Har AS POSSIBLE TO AID AN ESCAPE PLAN. © * EN PUNISHED SO BADLY FOR PROJECT FAILURES THAT HE INTENDS TO TAKE ANY CHANCE OF ESCAPE. WE NEED ETHIS STRENGTH,IF THIS CRAZY PLAN IS TO WORK, I MUST USE EVERY OUNCE OF MY. STRENGTH. tatraa i ae a z eAY RIGHT — BRING ME THE NW--d, A22 CIRCUIT PLATE, AND JF! SOL USED THE CIRCUIT PLATE e E AN EXIT HOLE IN, TO CREATI THE WALLLET'S GO! WE CAN GET THE ENTIRE CAMP POPULATION OUT! EXCELLENT! THE PRISONERS HAVE ESCAPED. ) (S NOW WE SHALL SEE WHO THE BEST ONES ARE. Ly IF ONLY THEY KNEW OF THEM IN THE REGIONS, ZORR![DEEP IN THE ZORRIAN JUNGLE A CAGE| OPENED, RELEASING HIDEOUS BEJAW BLOOD HUNTERS. f EA/IN )@Ori28 }O THE MAP I COPIED FROM THE [7k MICRO-FILM. .. YENG / eae Go GET RIGHT IN AMONG THE PLANTS ER YOUR NOSES AND = t ee tinct “cyFOOT OF THESE MOUNTAINS TO ACTHE EAST. LET US CONTINUE. WE —{_DARE NOT REST.EVEN AS AS THEY “STARTED TOWARDS 1HE DISTANT HilLS, ZORR'S SEEKER ROBOTS FOUND THEM, ae Sons _= ie ROBOTS HAVE SEEN oa Es GNTO THE JUNGIE. ITS OUR ONLY HOPE THEY'RE LOOKING FOR US WITH If SEARCH PATROLS. WE'LL HAVE TO. STICK UNDER COVER FROM NOW _/ =I ON. F‘AS THE FIREBALLS CLOSED IN, THEY SCOOPED WATER OVER THEM. THE RESULTANT REACTION ENDED THEpUmegicys ae UeL VE HT. THEY WILL HAVE OM THE FINAL PERIL OFTHERE IS NO BASE! THE MICRO FILM WAS. PLANTED SO IT MIGHT BE STOLEN. FOLLOW US, CatctHa) MANY OF US ARE LEFT? THIRTY! THE THIRTY FIT ENOU! UNDERTAKE THE GREAT TASK I =X IN MINO. FarTHE PRISONERS WERE SHOWN THE ZORR INVASION FORCE. NOW SEE THE ARMIES COMMANDED BY GENERAL VALCAN! YOUR JOB WILL BE TO ENSURE THEY ARE TRANSPORTED SAFELY TO THEIR DESTINATION. ONE DAY, YOU WiLL BE PROUD AND WILLING TO FIGHT WITH US. YOU WILL SEE! 1S OVER! YOU WILL BE TAKEN TO YOUR NEW QUARTERS. TOMORROW, F® FA YOU WiLL COMMENCE TRAINING FOR42 THE CAPTIVES WERE TAKEN TO A PAILITARY ESTABLISHMENT THE BAND IS IMPOSSIBLE TO REMOVE. ACKNOWLEDGE ME AS. YOUR NEW MASTER! NO CHANCE—MURDERER, MES MORE TERRIBLE THAN THE WORST Ww eC menee NOW YOU WILL OBEY ME.DINATION, AND CO-OR! SOON AFTER —AFTER ZORR HAD LEFT — . HE NI PILOTS T HIS DF ON. ZORR MEANS TO CONQUER THE iE NEEDS PILOTS TO. COMMAND HIS DRAG SHIPS. ZORR PRODUCES WARRIORS, BUT FEW ENTIRE GALAXY. HE SAID THAT THEN oa r PILOTS CAPABLE OF HANDLING SOPHISTICATED, wE WOULD BE REWARDED WITH FIGHTING VESSELS. TU WEALTH AND POWER. = THE THOUGHT OF HELPING TO CONQUER THE GALAXY IS HIDEOUS. WE MUST FIND A WAY TO NULIFY THE WRIST BANDS.(onever THOU HT) “LUD IMAKE 7 Os ‘VI 4 —t. . (YOU WON'T STAY HERE LONG. = SOON THE STUGGLE WILL RISE FROM THE INTERIOR. THEN You JAUST DO EXACTLY THE SAME ASF HERE |S ONLY ONE ESCAPE ‘OU ceYOU SEE, COMMANDER ZANN, AS THE TARGET SHIP LZ WAS CREWED BY AN EARTH MOCK UP CREW. ONLY THE IRRATIONAL REACTIONS OF A FELLOW EARTH CREW : COULD COPE. HOURS LATER, THE ORAGON SHIP RETURNED TO ZORR. FOR MANY. TIME PERIODS, THE ie “——~| | PRISONERS WERE KEPT HARD AT = = WORK ON THE MOST INTENSIVE — 1AM PLEASED WITH EVERYONE TODAY. AND ARDUOUS TRAINING HOWEVER, YOU TWO HAVE PERFORMED « ESPECIALLY WELL! | HAVE GREAT THINGS ROCRININES. THE TRAINING HERE IS VERY GOOD... BETTER THAN SAND: POINT. BUT WE ARE TRAINING TO FIGHT FOR A VILE CAUSE. IF ONLY WE COULD - WE'RE TREATED WELL. YOU )] SHOULD BE PROUD THAT ZORR 1S TURNING YOU INTO TE PILOT. =If THE GALAXY MUST BE CONQUERED, AT LEAST LET US HAVE A PART IN THE NEW r/ CA ty BY HELPING TO SMASH ZORR’S: SO ONLY THREE OF USDO RE FOES QUICKLY AND EASILY, NOT CHANGE SIDES! WHAT TREMENDOUS SLAUGHTER WILL BE SSI AVOIDED. Je fear] ZORR'S FOES ARE MY. PEOPLE WARN STAR FLEET OF WHAT IS HAPPENING.DESPITE A LONG DISCUSSION NO IDEAS WERE FORTHCOMING. NEXT DAY COM VOU ARE ALL TO UNDERGO A FINAL ar g TEST... . oa ry teTHE ZORR SPACESHIPS ROARED TOWARDS CABEN-93 YOU MUST PROVE YOU ARE WILLING TO KILL ON MY BEHALF. YOU WILL ATTACK CITIES ON CABEN- 93! NO MERCY MUST BE SHOWN TO THE FOOLS ‘WHO INHABIT OUR NEIGHBOURING PLANET. FAIL THE FOOLS ON CABEN-93 COUNT FOR NOTHING! YOU TWO ARE THE BEST OF MY CAPLIVES, YET! AM UNCERTAIN THAT YOU JS WILL KILL FOR ME, | WILL REMOVE THEI'VE COMPUTED A SIGNAL TOTHE ) ¥\ WEAPONS BAY, ALTERING THE TERROR REIGNED ON CABE OF THE CITIES SAW THE DRAGON SHIPS APPROACHING.WELL DONE TARDON. NOW EARTH YOUTHS. (11S YOUR TURN! Santos OE WARING! —=— ——. HAVE DEVASTATED THE WE HAVE CHOSEN THE CilY OF REGION FOR ALL ETERNITY! BRINDMANOR AS OUR TARGET! Now I KNOW YOU MAY BE HAVE RELEASED A FORCE SEVEN. CHARGE OF ANTI-MATTER AT THE INCREDIBLE! THERE WAS'A COLOSSAL FLASH YET THE EXPLOSION SEEMED TO BE WITHOUT ENERGY. OUR CITY . ILL LIVES!DURING THE JOURNEY BACK TO BASE— — HE’S DEEP IN THOUGHT! HERE'S UR CHANCE TO BEAM A SIGNAL TO THE DEAD WORLD OF ELKAI. IT’S ALMOST OUTSIDE MAXIMUM RANGE OF A : YES... BUT WE CAN BOUNCE IT OFF THE 1 SB) WARNING BEAM, | KNOW THE SIGNAL WILL a BE WEAK, BUT WITH A BIT OF LUCK IT'LL LATER = HERE'S TO US! A TOAST tS THE Gomes praeeN 7 COMMANDERS! IT DESTROYS ME TO SEE HOW ZORR HAS CONVERTED EVEN SOL AND HAMMON TO HIS CAUSE, | ALONE RETAIN THE WRISTAS THE FIGHTERS WARPED AWAY, THE TRANSPORTS LOADED UP. CD ie ‘EARTHMEN YOUR PLANET'S,FS ALERT! ALERT! STAR FLEET [Ts ‘ORCE APPROACHING. FOUND US SO FAR OUT? NEVER MIND! WE SHALLWIPE THEM OUT. ALL DRAGON SHIPS HAMMON—1T'S INCREDIBLE! OUR MESSAGE MUST HAVE BEEN PICKED UP AND RELAYED TO STAR FLEET BASE. LOOK! THEY'VE HIT A DRAGON,THE ENEMY ARE TOO POWERFUL WE CANNOT MATCH THEIR VESSELS OR THEIR WEAPONRY. STARFLEETZORR’S COMMAND SHIP TOOK A DIRECT HIT. — | MISJUDGED THE EAR ———— ti L SS ln Z=(WIHAT DO YOU THINK WE OUGHT TO D9, ] Sem UMAR WOU? IS—-COULD HE BE RIGHT?AHIT! THE ESCAPE BAY HAS BEEN DESTROYED— WE'RE TRAPP { WE CAN ONLY TAROUND UNTIL) \" THE BATTLE |S OVER. LET'S if ( HOPE THE RIGHT SIDE WIN, fey HA we e =LANS HA’ RUINED, LORD ZORR. YEARS: THEY SHALL NOT LIVE TO ENJOY THEIR TRIUMPH. | WILL KILL TREACHEROUS ge HEM WITELINY. 8 EARTHLINGS.‘(DO NOT FORGET ZORR, THAT YOU TRAINED US! WE WILL NOT BE EASY, TOKIO i “ad FOOL! EVEN ¥ SKILL AND A WANG THIS IS ONE TRICK ¥ DON'T KNOW ABOU LEARNED THIS ONE WEG FROM AN EARTHMANY SPACIALS LATER— LUN Mi fp exer Ly WE WIPED OUT EVERYTHING THAT ZORR PUT INTO SPACE. WE SHALL SURVIVORS, | WILL BE RETURNING TO MY HOMEWORLD. 1 AM SORRY JN THAT | THOUGHT YOU 4 TRAITORS. GOODNESS A KNOWS WHAT WE WOULD HAVE DONE IF STAR FLEET HAD NOT GOT YOUR bh MESSAGE! GOODBYE,|. IS THAT HIS TRAINING METHODS |AINED US PROMOTION TO FLIGHT LIEUTENANTS IN CHARGE OF A PRISON a APRISON TRANSIT SHIP WAS THE-FIRST STEP! z fe TO THE GAINING OF & SPACE PILOT'S GALACTIC WINGS—THE AWARD. fiat ENTITIED A PILOT TO COMMAND HIS OWN STARCRUISER. SOL AND HAMMON WERE WELL ON THEIR WAY. Printed and Published in Great Britoin by D.C. THOMSON & CO., LTD., 185 Fleet Street, London EC4A 2HS. © D. C. THOMSON & CO., LTD., 1981.COME aap ilelienlahg . SZ wee CE ADVENTUR NSS |Ales By) prwoq UO paula: Kays —GLEL ———————————E—E—E—E er ny 4 ape sem ryBiyjooeds Buryeaiq-piozes y SERVERS