Harry Hokum intercepts Harpis' wings after their departure from Karna and detours
them to the hell planet of Sindromeda. There he deposits them into the hands
of the powerful Sharduma. Harpis steals a ship from Raggashoon and intuitively
follows the wings there; the Omega Men pursue. En route, Broot again questions
his decisions for violent action, and Nimbus begins to fear he will succumb
to his darker nature. Once on Sindromeda, Harpis is aided by the strange symbiote,
the Grafalloon, which carries her to battle with Sharduma. The Grafalloon reveals
how all Sindromeda's former inhabitants fell to a psychic disease which drove
them mad. All their essences converged in Sharduma, who now possesses great
psi powers. Amazingly, Harpis reclaims her wings from Sharduma, and even decides
to save him from a death fall. Once safe, Tigorr criticizes her for saving the
devil. (OMANN 1)
Harpis then leaves the Omega
Men and returns to Aello. Though she reunited with Delengis and her childhood
friends, she no longer felt at home. Sometime before the attack of the Spider
Guild, she returns to the Omega Men, her true family. (OM 31)
Cut off from their Citadel
masters, former minions have begun pirating Vegan supply lines. When two Omegan
ships converge on a band of pirates, the pirates manage to destroy them both.
Emboldened, the pirates then pursue a prized Omegan ship, the Ophari Princess,
piloted by Syri and her robot companion, Questron. Syri is en route to the
Hanasi Robotics station, where her lover, Ny, is caring for Dr. Whay, a former
Citadel prisoner. The pirates ambush the Omegans at Hanasi, but Dr. Whay manages
to detonate a bomb which kills the pirates, but also himself. Only Syri and
Ny survive the incident. (OM 21)
The Omegans answer a call from
Nimbus on the gutter world of Dredfahl. Since the Replicave incident, Tigorr
and Felicity have grown closer together; he has become more docile, perhaps
due to Felicity's psychic residue in his mind. Nimbus finds himself embroiled
in a brawl and is forced to perform a mercy killing. This enrages the locals,
and Nimbus, in shock of his actions, retreats inside his nebulous self. Primus,
Doc and Broot decide to venture into his dark form to try to help. On Raggashoon,
Mama Madame has a mysterious conversation in which she suggests that Harpis'
memories of her "past" on that planet are false.
(OM 22)
Inside Nimbus' dark form,
the Omega Men encounter legions of psychic demons in the form of Branx warriors
(his former hosts). These demons claim that Nimbus straddles the afterlife,
wishing he could go on. Primus and the others eventually destroy all the demons
and convince Nimbus to fight for his own freedom. Grateful and happy, Nimbus
recommits himself to remaining with the Omega Men. His powers (besides his death-touch)
now include the ability to travel the astral plane, and to use his touch to
calm. (OM 23)
The Warlords of Okaara call
Primus, Broot, Tigorr and Nimbus to return for a "trial of renewal"
of their skills. There they all successfully complete their physical and mental
tests. (OM 24)
Soon after absent-mindedly
banishing Alonzo Dulak, Kalista recalls him to right that injustice. She arranges
a meeting near her former summer palace. Dulak returns to Euphorix escorted
by Branx warriors. Harry Hokum seizes the opportunity to order them to assassinate
Kalista (Dulak taking the blame). The plot fails and when the two are alone,
Dulak finally confesses his love for her. She ultimately allows him to return
to Euphorix, but orders him to remain hidden, lest her subjects see she had
contradicted her own law. Kalista spends that night with Dulak and orders her
decrepit palace to be burned. (OM 25)
Meanwhile, Kalista's fellow
Omega Men encounter a new threat to the system. The parasitic Spider Guild (who
have clashed frequently with the Green Lantern Corps) have invaded Vega at Aello.
The Omega Men are on Okaara choosing new new recruits from the trials which
include Lonocelu of Rogue and Prince Ryand'r of Tamaran. When Aello is attacked,
Pirmus names Tigorr Fleet Commander, and takes leve to Euphorix to save Kalista
from the Spiders. When he arrives, she has gone; with his last efforts Dulak
had forced her into a ship and locked her coordinates off-planet. There she
was taken on-board by Tigorr. After Dulak breathes his last, Primus is captured
by the Spiders. They recognize him as the Omegan leader and he is taken away.
Far away, on the Psion Wombworld,
a being called Artin is watches everything. He sends a large spacefaring beast
(a Viathan) to swallow the Spider-ship and Primus and brings them to Wombworld.
When he arrives, Primus is greatly , and Artin proposes to merge his computer
conscience with that of Primus. He thereby hopes to free himself from the Psions
and create an Omegan Refuge for the citizens of Vega.
In light of Tigorr and Harpis'
blooming relationship, Felicity leaves the Omega Men and returns to Karna. Her
comrades, attempting to hold back the Spider Guild, receive the aid the Omega
Men encounter Green Lantern of Sector 2828 near Raggashoon. He helps them in
defiance of the Guardians' noninterference agreement. (OMANN
2)
Already months into the struggle agains the Spider Guild, Auron perceives another threat in the heart of the Vegan sun. En route, he travels the astral plane where he sees Gepsen and Demonia. Auron also stands in his way because Nimbus is intent on confronting his mother, X'Hal in the sun. She now threatens to detonate Vega and thereby end her life and suffering. Nimbus reasons that because his touch tainted her eons ago. He hoped she'd overcome the darkness herself, but decides that he must reclaim it from her now himself and tries to reabsorb that evil. Nimbus' attempt generates a massive shockwave which waylays the helpless Omegan craft (containing Kalista, Tigorr and Harpis and new recruits Ryand'r and Elu). Even the aid of the Green Lantern of their sector does not save them. Ryand'r (their new communications specialist) manages to contact Doc on the second moon of Tamaran. Doc tells them that all Vegan worlds have fallen to the Spiders except Tamaran. The Omegans believe that Primus, too, was captured and is on Euphorix. Elu temporarily saves their ship by burning through the floor of the engine room to drain the acid collected. In evidence of their closeness, Harpis and Tigorr refer to each other with Karnan pet names "A'Haarp" and "T'Ghurrhu." Eventually, the Green Lantern decides to relinquish his power ring's power so that he, in good conscience, can aid the Omega Men and disobey the Guardians no longer. Ultimately, the Omegan ship swalled a mammoth Viathan and taken to the Psion Wombworld. At some point, they are all anesthetized. (OM 26)
Once they arrive on Wombworld,
the Psions performs secret experiments on the Omega Men and take the Green Man's
power ring. Later, Artin will reveal that he tampered with those surgeries to
the Omegans' benefit. As a result, Tigorr is trapped in his animal form, Kalista's
powers now manifest people's desires, Ryand'r manifests heat from his hands,
and Green Man (the former Green Lantern) demonstrates psychic abilities. The
Green Man also reveals that his blood is a deadly nerve poison. In the Psions'
control center, some begin to suspect erratice behavior from their computer,
Artin. The Omega Men are released into one of Wombworld's biolinks where they
encounter Piper. They agree to resucue his friend, Twilla from inside the horrible
the Hroobor. The Green Man's blood disables the beast and Twilla is freed. She
is Piper's symbiote: his memories give her life-energy. To return Tigorr to
his humanoid form, Kalista manifests his dead wife. (OM 27)
The Omega Men climb the central
shaft of the biolink to the control center. Behind the scenes, Artin secretly
helps them in their escape. Ryand'r goes ahead of the others and meets Synapse
of the In-Betweeners (or Tweeners). The Tweeners were broadcasters in the Vegan
system. Ryand'r reveals a keen interest in Earth culture and videos. Below,
his comrades barely escape the Wraith-Hounds. (OM 28)
When the Omega Men reach the
Axis of Wombworld, the Green Man begins exhibiting psionic powers. They learn
many Psion secrets, like the fact that the Psions are limited to taking specimens
who are presumed dead. They also learn a bit more about Artin, who became self
aware when the Psions' data sysstems became too complex. Now sentient, Artin
wants his freedom. In the Self-Center, they witness Psions' whose forebrain
sleeps as their lower brain controls motor functions. There the Green Man finds
his ring, which fails to work. The Omega Men hatch a plan to secure an escape
ship and Kalista manfiests Multhus, the Ultimate Psion as a diversion. Elu is
captured and Psion soldiers break his formidable shield; they call him "replusive."
At last, Artin makes his move; he wakes Primus and reveales them to all.
On Changralyn, Broot again defies
his people by releasing them from the Spiders' cocoons. (OM 29)
The Green Man receives a vision
of the battered Elu and steps through a portal directly to him. Though severely
injured, Elu insists that the Green Man must not see his true form. The confusion
created by Artin allows the Omega Men to escape into a Viathan. They are joined
by Artin, who admits to having tempered in their favor during the Psions' operations.
Artin also reveals that the Psions in fact created many Vegan races, an Okaaran
legend proved. And for his coup de grace, he reveals the Psions' origin
to themselves, which they are unprepared to accept. Then the Artin's Viathan
departs along with the Omega Men, Vegan refugees, the Tweeners and many Psion
secrets. He heads for Refuge, a secret haven which he's been preparing. Elu
is placed in a healing tank. Artin also creates a new Omegan command ship.
(OM 30)
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