A comic idea currently brewing in the head of bickazer, who cannot draw.

TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, the United States government maintains a secret division known only as the 'Program.' The Program's job? Simple: Turn out [[BioAugmentation genetically engineered]] [[SuperSoldier super soldiers]] to use in dangerous secret operations. Raised and trained in the Program since they were [[TykeBomb children]], the soldiers become known only as "Projects" assigned a retinue of handlers and scientists. [[ColonelKilgore Sadistic]] Colonel Micky Diamond, who loves his wife and kids but views the Projects as less than human, oversees the entire mess.

One of the best Projects out there is Project Z, AKA Zenya. Leader of Squadron Z, the Program's premier team, Zenya is a straightforward, [[{{Bifauxnen}} androgynous]] young woman who doesn't care for her superiors, but does whatever she can to ensure her comrades survive. But things soon become much more complicated when a young man named Ernest Hua arrives on the scene and declares that he is going to take down the Program by any means necessary--and working for him is Kimio, Zenya's brother, who escaped from the Program three years ago and is none too happy that his sister still hasn't changed sides....

Yeah, replace this with a better description soon.

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!! Story Tropes
* ActionGirl: All of the female Projects. Even Antoinette, with her relatively passive power, can handle herself well if she has to fight.
* CurbStompBattle: Pretty much all of Squadron Z's early encounters with Kimio end up with them losing horribly. It's lucky that Kimio doesn't believe in [[ApeShallNeverKillApe killing 'fellow Projects']].
* ElectronicTelepathy: How the Projects communicate on the job. And when they're resting in stasis, it's the ''only'' way they can communicate.
* EvilutionaryBiologist: The scientists who work for the Program.
* FiveTokenBand: Squadron Z could be viewed as this, with Japanese Zenya, French Antoinette, black Darius, white Rush and Russian Ekaterina. Though of course their ethnicities matter little to the Program.
* GrayAndGrayMorality: I specifically designed Hua's faction not to be villains, while making the members of the Program sympathetic as well. It's designed to show that in this world there are no truly good answers; Kimio prizes ideals over comrades, Zenya comrades over ideals, but in both cases people end up suffering. The reader must decide for themselves which path is the lesser of two evils.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Not quite as far-reaching as some types. The Program erases the memories of the children that come into its care, but they still maintain a basic sense of their identities, enough for some, like Zenya and Kimio, to remember that they're related. [[spoiler: And some, like Ekaterina, manage to remember ''everything''.]]
* MeaningfulName / AlphabeticalThemeNaming: All of the Projects' names are more than a little self-explanatory. "Project Distance Shooter," Project Explosive Implants," "Project Advance Scout," "Project Retractable Weapons"...yeah. The Projects themselves choose more personalized names for themselves, based off the first initial of their official titles.
* MindRape: Kimio's illusions, more often than not, end up being this. Especially if he knows you well.
* MirroringFactions: Where much of the story's moral conflict comes from. Both sides do horrific things, both to their own and to each other.
* MissionControl: Usually Colonel Diamond's role. On Squadron Z, Antoinette serves as this.
* SortingAlgorithmOfEvil: Averted: Squadron Z faces their most powerful opponent, Kimio, from the very beginning.
* SuperSoldier: The entire reason behind the existence of the Program, though they're less soldiers than black ops.
%%* TrueCompanions: Squadron Z, definitely.
%%* TwentyMinutesInTheFuture
* {{Tykebomb}}: What the Program considers the Projects to be.

!! Character Tropes
'''Zenya/Project ZERO'''

Also known as [[IHaveManyNames Project Z]]. The Program's most successful operative and leader of their premier team Squadron Z. She has a low-key, plainspoken, down-to-business personality, and would do anything to protect her comrades.

* [[AFatherToHisMen A Mother To Her Men]]
* BadassNormal: All right, she does have powers, but amongst her teammates (who are psychics, have ImprobableAimingSkills, and can ''create explosions''), she is pretty much this.
* {{Bifauxnen}}: Doesn't deliberately hide her gender, but is very androgynous and prefer's mens' clothes.
* DualWielding: Dual wields guns.
* {{Foil}}: Zenya and Kimio are pretty much the opposite of each other, with starkly contrasting viewpoints and attitudes. Zenya willingly works for the Program so she can ensure her comrades' safety, while Kimio gladly chucks his comrades into the fire if he he needs to but strives to free all the Projects and end the entire Program. Their respective relationships with Colonel Diamond and Ernest Hua also serve as [[{{Foil}} Foils]]: Zenya/Diamond is born of lust and necessity, Kimio/Ernest of genuine care for each other.
* HeroicBSOD: Has an epic breakdown after [[spoiler: Katya and Rush betray the team.]]
* IAmNotLeftHanded: [[spoiler: When Katya and Rush attack her, she reveals that all this time, she's actually been ''holding back'' during missions and proceeds to [[CurbStompBattle take them down single-handedly.]] Impressive considering that Katya can generate explosions and Rush is a walking arsenal. Zenya explains that she is considered one of the greatest Projects ever made because she was expressly designed to be able to take down not just human enemies, but fellow Projects if the need arose.]]
* MamaBear: Woe be unto you if you harm any of her TrueCompanions.
* MayDecemberRomance: The 'romance' part is debatable, but she is sleeping with the 47-year-old Colonel Diamond. [[{{Squick}} She's 19]].
%%* MyHeroZero
* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: Her philosophy to a tee.
%%* RedEyesTakeWarning
* StandardizedLeader: In spades.
* SuperSoldier: The most standard of the entire team: has enhanced strength, speed, and reflexes, and no other powers.

'''Antoinette/Project Advance Scout'''

Also known as [[IHaveManyNames Project A]]. Squadron Z's scout/mission control. Cheerful, bubbly, bouncy Antoinette seems to be the complete opposite of Zenya, but they nonetheless consider each other the best of friends.

* AstralProjection: How she gathers intel. Noted in that her 'soul-self' doesn't actually interact with the environment, but just watches. It can be almost seen as long-range clairvoyance. Naturally, it makes her invaluable for recon and collecting intel.
* GenkiGirl
* MostCommonSuperpower: Especially compared to the other girls on the team.
* LesYay: With Zenya, to the point of overtly flirting with her.

'''Darius/Project Distance Shooter'''

Also known as [[IHaveManyNames Project D]]. Squadron Z's sniper. Darius is an impetuous, hotheaded boy who's determined to prove himself. He's the youngest and newest member of his team, and has a bit of a stick up his ass about that.

* BrattyHalfPint: Shades of this, though he is 15.
%%* HotBlooded
%%* ColdSniper and FriendlySniper: Averts ''both.''
* ImprobableAimingSkills: Justified; his eyes can actually work like both binoculars and sniper scopes, allowing him to see long distances and zero in on targets.
* TheNapoleon: The only team member shorter than him is [[MysteriousWaif Katya]].

'''Ekaterina/Project Explosive Implants'''

Also known as [[IHaveManyNames Project E]]. One of Squadron Z's ground fighters. Quiet and retiring, Ekaterina doesn't open up to anyone except fellow teammate Rush, and even then, she seems to be hiding many secrets from him....

* BrokenMasquerade: [[spoiler:The only Project who fully remembers her former human life. She takes great care to hide it.]]
* {{Goth}}, with shades of ElegantGothicLolita.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Has the personality in spades, though not the exact hair color.
%%* MysteriousWaif
* OfficialCouple: With Rush.
%%* TheQuietOne
* StuffBlowingUp: Her powers, basically. She can detonate explosions up to a range of several hundred feet around her.
* TurnCoat: [[spoiler:Eventually betrays the team. She draws the line at having to go out of her way to save Colonel Diamond.]]

'''Rush/Project Retractable Weapons'''

Also known as [[IHaveManyNames Project R]]. Another ground fighter, who often works alongside Ekaterina. Rush, despite his gruesome powers, is very cultured and sophisticated and dreams of traveling the world one day. Sarcastic and snitty to almost everyone but Katya.

%%* CulturedBadass
%%* DeadpanSnarker
* GeniusBruiser: Can quote Shakespeare from memory, and is also a deadly melee fighter.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Has a scar over his eye.
* LeanAndMean: Though whether he's a villain depends on your perspective.
* OfficialCouple: With Katya.
* ShapeshifterWeapon: His powers enable him to sprout bladed weapons (swords, knifes, axes, spikes, etc.) from all over his body. He doesn't actually change shape, though.
* [[spoiler: TurnCoat: Joins Katya in betraying the squadron.]]

'''Colonel Mitchell "Micky" Diamond'''

The guy in charge of the entire Program. Colonel Diamond is a rough, grizzled, no-nonsense man who loves only his wife, his children, and the platonic ideal of 1950's America; everyone else, including the Projects under his command, he treats like garbage.

%%* ColonelKilgore
* EmbarrassingFirstName: But he doesn't find it embarrassing.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Has a bunch of scars on his face, making him appear even more menacing.
%%* {{Jerkass}}
* MayDecemberRomance: Is sleeping with the much younger Zenya. {{Squick}}.

'''Ernest Hua'''

Leader of the resistance against the Program. Hua is an ordinary human, but has always had strong anti-government sentiments; when he found out about the Program, he immediately decided to do something about it. And indeed, he can, because he has plenty of power, money and influence...enough to be a constant thorn in the Program's side.

* CulturedBadass: Very cultured and sophisticated--and can kick your ass in a physical fight.
%%* LimousineLiberal: Has shades of this.
%%* LongHairedPrettyBoy
* MayDecemberRomance: In one with Kimio, intended to parallel Zenya/Diamond, but he and Kimio actually have genuine feelings for one another.
* TheTriadsAndTheTongs: Implied to be at least partially the reason why he has so much power and influence.

'''Kimio Hua/Project Killer Mind'''

Also known as [[IHaveManyNames Project K]]. Zenya's brother, who escaped from the Program 3 years ago. A sneaky, subervise, well-spoken youth, Kimio desperately wants his sister to join him because, despite being on opposite sides, he still loves her dearly. To him, nothing is more important than following one's ideals.

* CainAndAbel: To an extent, with Zenya. [[GrayAndGrayMorality Though exactly who is Cain and who is Abel is debatable]].
* {{Foil}}: Zenya and Kimio are pretty much the opposite of each other, with starkly contrasting viewpoints and attitudes. Zenya willingly works for the Program so she can ensure her comrades' safety, while Kimio gladly chucks his comrades into the fire if he needs to but strives to free all the Projects and end the entire Program. Their respective relationships with Colonel Diamond and Ernest Hua also serve as [[{{Foil}} Foils]]: Zenya/Diamond is born of lust and necessity, Kimio/Ernest of genuine care for each other.
* HannibalLecture: Quite fond of delivering these.
* MasterOfIllusion: His powers in a nutshell. They grow increasingly powerful the closer one comes to him.
* MayDecemberRomance: With Ernest. He's seventeen, Ernest twenty-five.
* RightHandHottie: To an extent. He certainly acts as Ernest's right-hand man.
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Subverted. He's very intelligent, but he sucks at chess. Ernest finds it hilarious.
* ToThePain: When he tortures Colonel Diamond.
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