
Overview
The Phantom Lady meditates in police HQ and is approached by Borough, who demands that she prepare to go into battle once more. She refuses. Borough angrily overrides her, freezing her with the name "Proto-One." The police roll into the Battlig AT hanger, and a Scopedog appears to challenge them. The exchange is devastating, but brief - and the AT is demolished. The police open it up, but Chirico is not inside. Behind them, another Scopedog emerges; and this time it's the real thing! Chirico lets them have it full force, blowing them to bits and escaping into the streets to do more damage. His companions follow with still another Scopedog for later use. In police HQ, The Phantom Lady is subjected to a mind probe to investigate her erratic behavior. Borough and Iskui are shocked at what they find. Her initial memory from awakening on Lido reveals that Chirico was the very first human being she ever saw. Iskui presumes that she had been contaminated and will no longer follow orders - but Borough insists that she must be made to kill Chirico in order to break the mental connection. Iskui reluctantly agrees. Rochina and his spy network watch with interest as Chirico makes his way toward police HQ. He burns out his Red Shoulder Custom and moves to his other Scopedog, which takes him directly into the police tower. There, The Phantom Lady waits for him in her Brutishdog...but this time Chirico gets the upper hand and takes her captive. Rochina learns of this and dispatches the news to Battentain. Now that Chirico has made contact with the Prototype, it is time for the Melkian army to move in. As the police regroup outside the tower, Chirico finally speaks to The Phantom Lady. She admits that she does not want to kill him, and he asks her - her name. "Proto-One" is all she can answer. "The woman who had changed my destiny was not longer an enemy. I couldn't shake the feeling that I was sinking deeper and deeper into quicksand. But at the same time, I felt something amazing. Never before in my life had I wanted so much to keep on living."
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1 - 1War's End April 01, 1983
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1 - 2Uoodo April 08, 1983
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1 - 3Encounter April 15, 1983
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1 - 4Battling April 22, 1983
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1 - 5The Trap April 29, 1983
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1 - 6Prototype May 06, 1983
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1 - 7The Raid May 13, 1983
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1 - 8The Deal May 20, 1983
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1 - 9The Rescue May 27, 1983
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1 - 10Red Shoulder June 03, 1983
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1 - 11Counterattack June 10, 1983
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1 - 12Bonds June 17, 1983
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1 - 13Escape June 24, 1983
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1 - 14Assemble EX-10 July 01, 1983
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1 - 15Doubts July 08, 1983
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1 - 16Clean Sweep July 15, 1983
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1 - 17Reunion July 22, 1983
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1 - 18Tournabout July 29, 1983
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1 - 19Intentions August 05, 1983
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1 - 20Fyana August 12, 1983
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1 - 21Upriver August 19, 1983
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1 - 22Contact Blast August 26, 1983
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1 - 23Complications September 02, 1983
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1 - 24Intersection September 09, 1983
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1 - 25Infiltration September 16, 1983
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1 - 26Closing In September 23, 1983
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1 - 27Dark Change September 30, 1983
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1 - 28Destiny October 07, 1983
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1 - 29Two People October 14, 1983
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1 - 30Phantasm October 21, 1983
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1 - 31Nonaggression Zone October 28, 1983
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1 - 32Ypsilon November 04, 1983
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1 - 33Showdown November 11, 1983
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1 - 34Planet Sunsa November 18, 1983
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1 - 35Deadline November 25, 1983
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1 - 36Love and Hate December 02, 1983
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1 - 37Captives December 09, 1983
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1 - 38Darkness December 16, 1983
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1 - 39Perfect Soldier December 23, 1983
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1 - 40Friends December 30, 1983
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1 - 41Quent January 06, 1984
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1 - 42The Desert January 13, 1984
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1 - 43Legacy January 20, 1984
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1 - 44The Forbidden January 27, 1984
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1 - 45Encounter February 03, 1984
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1 - 46Premonition February 10, 1984
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1 - 47Disaster February 17, 1984
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1 - 48Successor February 24, 1984
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1 - 49Overman March 02, 1984
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1 - 50Storm Clouds March 09, 1984
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1 - 51Carnage March 16, 1984
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1 - 52Shooting Star March 23, 1984