(Cover Date: October, 1987)

Summary: A cartoon character on TV tells kids about the Horde & Strikeforce Morituri. Dr. Tuolema confronts Commander Nion about undergoing the Morituri Process without his knowledge. Gentle Inquirer tells Hammersmith that they have intelligence on the location of the parents of a dead Morituri. Radian finds Marathon burning a M on his face with an industrial laser. Scardeycat intercepts the end of a transmission between Radian & an unknown party. As the Horde strike alert goes off simultaneously with an override, Radian orders the team to the launch site. Scatterbrain uses his power to disable Adept's guards. The Horde detects the general area of SM's launch. Radian tells the team that he ignored the orders not to launch. He tells them that Harold's parents are onboard. They find a Horde warp-ship hovering by a ship on the ocean. They overcome Hammersmith after a brief fight. The team gets on the Horde ship with Hammersmith, who was left alive. Radian talks to an unknown party that they are onboard. When Radian is accused of being a traitor, he says it is a matter of life or loyalty. The Horde warp-ship escapes from the Gentle Inquirer's ship before it can intercept them. Angered by this, the Gentle Inquirer tells Thundercrush that Hammersmith has been kidnapped by SM. Thundercrush orders a nuclear strike against the area that SM's ship was launched from. more