History Webcomic / Follower

* TranquilizerDart: Used by the base's staff to sedate the chio for transport. Justified due to the staff likely knowing which sedatives would be most effective, and what the optimal dosage would be for whichever chio they are sedating.

''[[http://follower.messenger-comic.com/ Follower]]'' is a SciFi comic by Bugbyte and Delade about [[HalfHumanHybrid Half Human Hybrids]] called the chio (officially called vloxen) created by the U.S. military's Cottontail project, and the staff of the base where they were made. It is a prequel to Webcomic/{{Messenger}}.

* YouAreNumberSix: The chio at the base have formal designations consisting of numbers and a few letters. They do have names that they use among themselves. Geedy, in the beginning is only known as Subject 23-3, and even then only to the scientists who he doesn’t understand.

** Chapter 4 [[spoiler: has Dr. Tolio find out that the 2nd generation chio are immune to the chemical that would have been used to control them. In response He orders that the entire project be terminated. [[FromBadToWorse This is followed by the doctor almost shooting Dr. Calway]] [[DisproportionateRetribution just for questioning him]], and her only surviving by tackling him when he is [[UpToEleven distracted by the base's emergency alarm]. At the same time, the base is assaulted by rebels, leading to General Richart to activate the SelfDestructMechanism.]] By the end of the chapter, both of the main human protagonists are dead. ]]

** Chapter 4 [[spoiler: has Dr. Tolio find out that the 2nd generation chio are immune to the chemical that would have been used to control them. In response [[KillEmAll He orders that the entire project be terminated.]] [[FromBadToWorse This is followed by the doctor almost shooting Dr. Calway]] [[DisproportionateRetribution just for questioning him]], and her only surviving by tackling him when he is [[UpToEleven distracted by the base's emergency alarm]. At the same time, the base is assaulted by rebels, leading to General Richart to activate the SelfDestructMechanism.]] By the end of the chapter, both of the main human protagonists are dead. ]]

[[caption-width-right:250:[[{{Halo}} There will be a great deal of hardship on the road ahead, but I know you will all make it.]]]]

* TheNameless: Geedy, in the beginning is only known as Subject 23-3, and even then only to the scientists who he doesn’t understand.

* YouAreNumberSix: The chio at the base have formal designations consisting of numbers and a few letters. They do have names that they use among themselves.

[[caption-width-right:250:[[CreatingLife Welcome to the world.]] ([[CrapsackWorld Well, what's left of it.]])]]

* CivilWar: Much of the U.S. appears to either on the brink of civil war or actively up in arms. [[Spoiler: Well armed and organized rebels assault the base in Chapter 4.]]

* CivilWar: Much of the U.S. appears to either on the brink of civil war or actively up in arms.

** Chapter 4 [[spoiler: has Dr. Tolio find out that the 2nd generation chio are immune to the chemical that would have been used to control them. In response [[KillEmAll He orders that the entire project be terminated.]] [[FromBadToWorse This is followed by the doctor almost shooting Dr. Calway]] [[DisproportionateRetribution just for questioning him]], and her only surviving by tackling him when he is [[UpToEleven distracted by the base's emergency alarm]. At the same time, the base is assaulted by rebels, leading to General Richart to activate the SelfDestructMechanism. By the end of the chapter, both of the main human protagonists are dead. ]]

** Chapter 4 [[spoiler: has Dr. Tolio find out that the 2nd generation chio are immune to the chemical that would have been used to control them. In response [[KillEmAll He orders that the entire project be terminated.]] [[FromBadToWorse This is followed by the doctor almost shooting Dr. Calway]] [[DisproportionateRetribution just for questioning him]], and her only surviving by tackling him when he is [[UpToEleven distracted by the base's emergency alarm]].]]

* SelfDestructMechanism: In chapter 3 it's revealed that the base has a nuclear self-destruct system.

** Chapter 2 [[spoiler: shows a news broadcast by a rogue anchor exposing a cover-up of a military crackdown on a protest at Montpelier, Vermont. The broadcast ends shortly after the anchor is informed of armed troops entering the station. [[CrapsackWorld It really shows just how bad America has gotten.]]]]

** Chapter 4 [[spoiler: has Dr. Tolio find out that the 2nd generation chio are immune to the chemical that would have been used to control them. In response [[KillEmAll He orders that the entire project be terminated.]] [[FromBadToWorse This is followed by the doctor almost shooting Dr. Calway]] [[DisproportionateRetribution just for questioning him]], and her only surviving by tackling him when he is [[UpToEleven distracted by the base's emergency siren]].]]

** Chapter 4 [[spoiler: has Dr. Tolio find out that the 2nd generation chio are immune to the chemical that would have been used to control them. In response [[KillEmAll He orders that the entire project be terminated.]] [[FromBadToWorse This is followed by the doctor almost shooting Dr. Calway]] [[DisproportionateRetribution just for questioning him]], and her only surviving by tackling him when he is [[UpToEleven distracted by the base's emergency siren]]]]

** Chapter 4 [[spoiler: has Dr. Tolio find out that the 2nd generation chio are immune to the chemical that would have been used to control them. In response [[KillEmAll He orders that the entire project be terminated.]]]]

* BlackAndWhiteMorality: There isn't much ambiguity on who is in the right and who isn't. On one side are the [[ChildrenAreInnocent childlike chio]] and the "good" humans who make their objections to the project known (With the FriendToAllLivingThings scientist and ReasonableAuthorityFigure colonel among them). On the other side are the "bad" humans who give their full support to the project (Including the project's head, a scientist with FourEyesZeroSoul and a LackOfEmpathy, and a General [[GeneralRipper that has no problem with deploying his new weapons against people he had previosly sworn to protect]]).

* BlackAndWhiteMorality: There isn't much ambiguity on who is in the right and who isn't. On one side are the [[ChildrenAreInnocent childlike chio]] and the "good" humans who make their objections to the project known (With the FriendToAllLivingThings scientist and ReasonableAuthorityFigure colonel among them). On the other side are the "bad" humans who give their full support to the project (Including the project's head, a scientist with FourEyesZeroSoul and a LackOfEmpathy, and a General that has no problem with deploying his new weapons against people he had previosly sworn to protect).

* BlackAndWbiteMorality: There isn't much ambiguity on who is in the right and who isn't. On one side are the [[ChildrenAreInnocent childlike chio]] and the "good" humans who make their objections to the project known (With the FriendToAllLivingThings scientist and ReasonableAuthorityFigure colonel among them). On the other side are the "bad" humans who give their full support to the project (Including the project's head, a scientist with FourEyesZeroSoul and a LackOfEmpathy, and a General that has no problem with deploying his new weapons against people he had previosly sworn to protect).

* YouAreNumberSix: The chio at the base have formal designations consisting of numbers and a few letters. They do have names that they use among themselves.

** Chapter 4 [[spoiler: has Dr. Tolio find out that the 2nd generation chio are immune to the chemical that would have been used to control them. In response [[KillEmAll He orders that the entire project be terminated.]]]]

* YouAreNumberSix: The chio at the base have formal designations consisting of numbers and a few letters. They do have names that they use among themselves.

** Dr. Tolio may count as well.