It looks like the pieces are falling into place for both sides. Now it'll be a matter of who anticipated what in their preparations.

Of course, there's that old saw that "no plan survives contact with the enemy." We'll soon see who is more adept at adapting to a rapidly changing situation.

I also look forward to seeing if some of my spec will turn out to be accurate. I probably will be proven wrong but then, I should have gone to Specsavers.

He did consider it. He was expecting that if Schlock was listening in, he would immediately order Sasha to kill him. To his credit, this wasn't an unreasonable prediction given Schlock's pattern of behavior. Unfortunately for him, Schlock didn't feel the need because he knew he was winning and Oasis was more important at the moment.

Yeah, I don't read too much of the spec forum lately. I mostly want to be surprised. I think I mostly just go to spec to write bad spec puns and jokes now without reading much of the other stuff.

Unless I have a lot of time to kill.

Nice to see that in the end Sasha was "good" the entire time.

"Good" is defined as being so loyal to Hereti Corp that she would die and still complete the mission. To bad that only Schlock and Kusari know that. Well once HC has wiped out the gang and taken over the world, hopefully they will let the minions know.

So much to handle. And now we get to see Kusari clean house a second time (like the first time wasn't super intense)!

I agree with this. What could make her believe in Schlock's cause SO much that she would willingly do this, knowing she would die?

Unless some people have been right about another Sasha theory this whole time as well. Otherwise this just doesn't make sense.

Considering how the DoR turn out...I doubt it
As for what could make Sasha so loyal to HC that she'd give her life to protect it? No idea. At the moment the only information we have on her past is a complete load of crap

Why on earth would Sasha be so loyal to HC????

Plsu interesting song choice there.

That and Riff seems hell bent on taking down Schlock. Not HC. Cut off the head, another one will rise. Riff *really* doesn't have his head in the game. Relinquish command to Torg already! He's already comtrolling most things behind you anyway :/

SASHA. (roars into the sky) I knew she couldn't be trusted. WHY did I cry for you!? At least you can say her loyalty knows no bounds. To Hereti Corp that is. I like Kusari's ringtone.

I think it's kind of interesting that Schlock is tracking Riff with nanites -- just like Riff tracked him.
(Panel 8, row 3: http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/20081205)

Schlock's directly responsible for nearly destroying the planet in the DoR, that's what Riff is trying to stop. hC is incidental.

It's pretty hard to imagine any head of hC who wouldn't be a risk for that if they take over with Schlock's resources. Certainly couldn't trust Chen or Daedalus not to destroy the planet. I wouldn't even trust Roberts. Although, it would be kind of hilarious if he ended up with the company when all was said and done. Probably Schlock's going to have him killed now though. I can't imagine he'd consider Roberts much of a threat, but I can even less imagine that he'd consider him someone he values.

So now I have ELO's Greatest Hits playing in my head. Thanks, Pete!

"We have evidence of Gwynn, Riff, and Oasis being present on scene." No mention of Torg, though... interesting. Possibly spec-worthy, but that's for another place.

Sasha never directly saw/touched Torg.