other to oblivion, Krark wants to leave Zoidstar behind and build a new Zoid Empire, ruling over the entire Galaxy. He has some success but his plans face resistance from the fact that most of the Zoids don't understand his ideals and just want to keep fighting each other. Plots would be split between the machinations of Krark, the battles between the Blue and the Red Zoids, and the humans' struggle to survive. There were occasional offbeat tales. One story tells of an elderly Cosmozoid who, now tired of fighting, searches for the fabled Metalon where Zoids go to be granted eternal peace; too late, he discovers Metalon is actually a place for Zoids to spend an eternity of unending combat, and is trapped forever. Another story had a Blue Zoid android and a Red Zoid android realizing the horror of what the Zoids had done to the planets they conquered for the Zoidaryans, but the Blue Zoid android was reduced to impotent protests as his comrades continued their war around him. The strip later reveals that Silverman, the head of the convict program for which the Celeste was used, is actually an android, in much the same vein as both The Terminator and the character Ash from Alien. He attempts to kill the crew when his identity is revealed and be the only one to escape Zoidstar. It turns out the United States government and the corrupt Cybersol Corporation had known about the Zoids, and the Celeste mission was intended to use everyone on board the ship as guinea pigs, prior to a full-scale operation to capture & duplicate the Zoids for military purposes, all for Cybersol's gain. Heller and Silverman battle in an abandoned Zoid production facility and it is believed Silverman is dead. Other stories would reveal a second surviving Zoidaryan - Clada - who is self-proclaimed commander of the Blue Zoid army (though considered a mere factory commander by Zoidzilla). An annual story would show Namer and Clada knew each other of old, with the former building the invincible Zrk Zoid that Clada piloted to victory over victory. Clada's arrogance led the Namer to challenge him to Heroic Combat and - knowing Zrk's weak points - defeat him. Their feud would come to a head in the present day, with Namer successful in killing Clada but temporarily losing the trust of the Celeste crew in the