Battle Scars, Part 1 - Revision history

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	\|pencils by=[[Guy Dorian, Sr.]]		\|pencils by=[[Guy Dorian Sr.]]
	\|inks by=[[Sal Buscema]]		\|inks by=[[Sal Buscema]]
	\|colors by=[[Alessandra Alexakis]]		\|colors by=[[Alessandra Alexakis]]

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	*As established in [[Reinforcements, Part 3\|issue #7]] and shown in the [[Long Roads to Ruin, Part 1\|the main story]], it takes two Space Knights to do a full scan of a planet.		*As established in [[Reinforcements, Part 3\|issue #7]] and shown in the [[Long Roads to Ruin, Part 1\|the main story]], it takes two Space Knights to do a full scan of a planet.
	*After the implication in [[Cold Fire\|the annual]], we now get confirmation that Fy-Laa is Rom's deceased Space Knight partner.		*After the implication in [[Cold Fire\|the annual]], we now get confirmation that Fy-Laa is Rom's deceased Space Knight partner.
	*Precisely ''when'' this story takes place isn't very clear. Considering Rom is flying alone, the present day section seems to take place between [[Earthfall: Prelude\|issue #0]] and [[Earthfall~~: Part One~~\|issue #1]] but how long it's been since Verdulun-5 isn't clear though it seems to have been at least a few years.		*Precisely ''when'' this story takes place isn't very clear. Considering Rom is flying alone, the present day section seems to take place between [[Earthfall: Prelude\|issue #0]] and [[Earthfall\|issue #1]] but how long it's been since Verdulun-5 isn't clear though it seems to have been at least a few years.
	*As established in [[Earthfall: Part ~~Two~~\|issue #2]], "solar cycle" is the [[Elonian]] term for a year.		*As established in [[Earthfall, Part 2\|issue #2]], "solar cycle" is the [[Elonian]] term for a year.

	===ROM References===		===ROM References===

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	\|title="Tales of the Solstar Order<br>Battle Scars, Part ~~One~~"		\|title="Tales of the Solstar Order<br>Battle Scars, Part 1"
	\|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]], [[Ted Adams]]		\|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]], [[Ted Adams]]
	\|published in=[[ROM issue 11\|''ROM'' #11]]		\|published in=[[ROM issue 11\|''ROM'' #11]]

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|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]], [[Ted Adams]]
|published in=[[ROM issue 11|''ROM'' #11]]
|date=June 7, [[2017]]
|coverdate=May 2017
|written by=[[Chris Ryall]] & [[Christos Gage]]
|pencils by=[[Guy Dorian, Sr.]]
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|colors by=[[Alessandra Alexakis]]
|letters by=[[Shawn Lee]]
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'''Rom remembers his old friend.'''

==Synopsis==
''While flying in the skies of [[Earth]], Rom reflects on how the long war against the [[Dire Wraith]]s has forced him to abandon his attachments yet every year, he always pauses on this particular day. To remember his old friend, [[Fy-Laa]].''

In days long past, Rom and Fy-Laa streak through the spaceways commenting on Fy-Laa reshaping his armor into a more blocky and menacing appearance as they approach the planet [[Verdulun-5]]. Arriving the two find the stench overpowering as they break out their [[Energy Analyzer|Analyzers]] to do a standard scan. The scan is inconclusive reading a [[Dire Wraith]] presence as being everywhere and nowhere all at once.

Fy-Laa lands for a closer reading only to find the ground gelatinous in nature. The soil springs to life and envelops the [[Space Knight]] yet no sooner can he summon his [[Neutralizer]] does the gel leave him, having scrubbed clean the impurities on his armor. Though Rom reactivates his Analyzer for a clearer reading, the blob speaks to him saying it is ''both'' a Dire Wraith ''and'' an indigenous lifeform. All of a sudden other blobs spring to life claiming to all be one in the same and advance on the Space Knights who can only ready their Neutralizers.

==Featured characters==
All characters bar Rom (and some seagulls) appear only in the flashback.<br>
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Space Knight]]s|c1=
*[[Rom]] (1)
*[[Fy-Laa]] (2)

|h2=[[Dire Wraith]]s|c2=
*[[Verdulun-5]] (3)

}}
==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*As established in [[Reinforcements, Part 3|issue #7]] and shown in the [[Long Roads to Ruin, Part 1|the main story]], it takes two Space Knights to do a full scan of a planet.
*After the implication in [[Cold Fire|the annual]], we now get confirmation that Fy-Laa is Rom's deceased Space Knight partner.
*Precisely ''when'' this story takes place isn't very clear. Considering Rom is flying alone, the present day section seems to take place between [[Earthfall: Prelude|issue #0]] and [[Earthfall: Part One|issue #1]] but how long it's been since Verdulun-5 isn't clear though it seems to have been at least a few years.
*As established in [[Earthfall: Part Two|issue #2]], "solar cycle" is the [[Elonian]] term for a year.

===ROM References===
*Fy-Laa's new armor design seems at least partially inspired by the original Rom toy, specifically the ridges on the back of the head and the Neutralizer design.

[[Category:ROM issues]]

Battle Scars, Part 1 - Revision history

Powermetal at 19:21, 20 October 2025

Saix: /* Continuity notes */clean up, replaced: Earthfall: Part One → Earthfall, Earthfall: Part Two → Earthfall, Part 2

Saix at 03:52, 27 July 2024

Saix: Created page with "{{comicstory |seriesissue=''ROM'' #11 backup story |prev= |next=Battle Scars, Part 2 |image=ROM 11 subcvrA.jpg |caption= |title="Tales of the Solstar Order..."

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