![]() The roach story is just that: a story designed to make the soldiers see their enemy as some sort of monster. Because Stripe's implant has been compromised by the laser device from the other day, he sees them as they truly are: human. It's the soldiers' implants that make the "roaches" appear that way. Here's the twist: The "roach" mother, Katerina, explains that they don't look like feral zombies at all. Needless to say, Raiman, when she finally comes to, goes ballistic. He knocks Raimain out cold before she can take them out, gets shot, and races off in the army van with the mother and son. He notes that two of the "roaches" are actually a mother and son who look completely normal. Stripe tries in vain to stop her rampage. They make it inside the safe house, where Raiman wastes no time in shooting everything and everyone that crosses her path. Raiman leaps into action, while Stripe is virtually ineffectual at covering her from gunfire. The squad has been ambushed by a roach armed with a rifle. He's also nose-deep in a pile of grass, noticing that he's just regained his sense of smell. Per usual, Stripe's software is glitching, making it difficult to follow Medina's instructions. Medina takes Stripe and an increasingly aggressive Raiman out for a raid. Heidegger has given up the safe house where the roaches are staying. He does, however, type some keys and treat Stripe to a group-orgy dream starring multiple naked versions of his fantasy woman. The soldier is then referred to Arquette (Michael Kelly), a therapist who also seems to downplay the glitches. The army doctor runs some diagnostics and says Stripe's implants are fine. Glitches interrupt his nightly sex dreams about a beautiful woman, and screw up his concentration during shooting practice and his workout. The experience leaves Stripe's eyes stinging. Stripe manages to kill two of them, including one who flashes some sort of laser pointer at him. The squad discovers a group of roaches, who turn out to be zombie-like creatures. Should they prosper and breed, the sickness will spread. ![]() They have a "sickness" in their blood that must be quelled. While Stripe and the trigger-happy Raiman (Madeline Brewer) scout out the home, Medina warns Heidegger about the dangers of extending Christian goodwill to the roaches.
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