Issue 2.3: Ally or Enemy?

Last time the Vanguard proved why they are true heroes even in the emptiness of space. Risking their own lives to save the crew of the  AAS Compendium from the relentless terror of the Mechination. as they fled the destruction of the Compendium the Vanguard watched as the mechination sphere shifted into an approximation of the  face of Maximillian Mars' laughing as they flew away.

The Vanguard decided not to accompany the monks of the Lore Republic back to their central homeworld to face tribunal for their imagined crimes. Instead our heroes dropped the Compendium crew off on a peaceful farming collective in the Blue Balls system.

After leaving Blue Balls behind the Vanguard received a rather unexpected guest... the Argent Acrobat, a cosmically powered metal entity known throughout the galaxy as the precursor of Collapsar. The question the must ask themselves will this Argent Acrobat turn out to be an...