History Webcomic / Follower

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

MoralGuardians are in an uproar over a new organ cloning project, [[BigBrotherIsWatching surveillance has taken new dark turn with the introduction of tracking chips with virtually unlimited range,]] and the U.S. seems to be getting closer to CivilWar every day. Meanwhile, in [[BlackSite a secret military base somewhere in the southwest]], an initiative to create [[SuperSoldier super soldiers]] has begun to yield results. The chio are the first success of this project.[[GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke A new species made to be America's next super weapon.]] At the center of it all is a [[GeneralRipper General]] who wants to use the chio to for their original purpose, the base research staff who (mostly) want to protect them, and the chio (vloxen) themselves are caught in the middle.

* 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.

MoralGuardians are in an uproar over a new organ cloning project, surveillance has taken new dark turn with the introduction of tracking chips with virtually unlimited range, and the U.S. seems to be getting closer to CivilWar every day. Meanwhile, in [[BlackSite a secret military base somewhere in the southwest]], an initiative to create [[SuperSoldier super soldiers]] has begun to yield results. The chio are the first success of this project.[[GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke A new species made to be America's next super weapon.]] At the center of it all is a [[GeneralRipper General]] who wants to use the chio to for their original purpose, the base research staff who (mostly) want to protect them, and the chio (vloxen) themselves are caught in the middle.

MoralGuardians are in an uproar over a new organ cloning project, surveillance has taken new dark turn with the introduction of tracking chips with virtually unlimited range, and the U.S. seems to be getting closer to CivilWar every day. Meanwhile, in [[BlackSite a secret military base somewhere in the southwest]], an initiative to create [[SuperSoldier super soldiers]] has begun to yield results. The chio are the first success of this project. A new species made to be America's next super weapon. At the center of it all is a [[GeneralRipper General]] who wants to use the chio to for their original purpose, the base research staff who (mostly) want to protect them, and the chio (vloxen) themselves.

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* TheDragon: Aaron Carvan is this for Gen. Richart. Dr. Tolio may count as well.

* CreatingLife: the chio are a new species created by the U.S. military for use as soldiers.

''[[http://follower.messenger-comic.com/ Follower]]'' is a SciFi comic by Bugbyte and Delade about [[HalfHumanHybrid Half Human Hybrids]] called the Vloxen (Chio among themselves) 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}}.

MoralGuardians are in an uproar over a new organ cloning project, surveillance has taken new dark turn with the introduction of tracking chips with virtually unlimited range, and the U.S. seems to be getting closer to CivilWar every day. Meanwhile, in [[BlackSite a secret military base somewhere in the southwest]], an initiative to create [[SuperSoldier super soldiers]] has begun to yield results. The Vloxen are the first success of this project. A new species made to be America's next super weapon. At the center of it all is a [[GeneralRipper General]] who wants to use the Vloxen to for their original purpose, the base research staff who (mostly) want to protect them, and the Vloxen (Chio) themselves.

The comic was first published on October 14, 2012 and has updates weekly, although the exact day varies. It is illustrated by Bugbyte and written by Delade. It also has a spin off “ask a Chio” tumblr where questions directed to the titular creatures are answered which can be found [[http://askachio.tumblr.com/ here]].

* CreatingLife: the Vloxen are a new species created by the U.S. military for use as soldiers.

* HalfHumanHybrid: The Vloxen

* {{Hologram}}: Victor is a hologram Vloxen used as a guide in combat tests.

** Played Straight between Humans and Vloxen. The 1st generation do not know English, while some Vloxen from the 2nd generation have the vocabulary of young children.
** Averted between the Vloxen themselves, who have their own language that they appear to be born knowing.

* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Dr. Tolio. His character bio mentions [[NoodleIncident an incident]] that ended with him being offered the choice between working for the FBI or life imprisonment. He also seems fully supportive of using the Chio as [[SuperSoldier super soldiers]].

* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Colonel Harren is a downplayed version of this. He is respectful to his superiors, but he is actively delaying the weaponizaion part of the project with Dr. Calway.
* SuperSoldier: The intended use of the Vloxen
* YouAreNumberSix: The Vloxen at the base have formal designations consisting of numbers and a few letters. They do have names that they use among themselves.

* CrapsackWorld: Unemployment is up, the military is cracking down on dissent, and the internet has been shutdown via kill-switch. Things aren't looking good for the U.S. and the rest of the world is implied to be doing just as bad.

* LanguageBarrier: Played Straight between Humans and Vloxen. The 1st generation does not know English, while some Vloxen from the 2nd generation have the vocabulary of young children. Averted between the Vloxen themselves, who have their own language that they appear to be born knowing.

* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Colonel Harren is a downplayed version of this. He is respectful to his superiors, but he is actively subverting the weaponizaion part of the project with Dr. Calway.

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Dr. Wolzarski is not in on Col. Harren and Dr. Calway's attempts to sabotage or delay Project Cottontail. Thus, he ends up sabotaging their efforts to sabotage the project by accident.

* LanguageBarrier: Played Straight between Humans and Vloxen. The 1st generation are don't know English, while some Vloxen from the 2nd generation have the vocabulary of young children. Averted between the Vloxen themselves, who have their own language that they appear to be born knowing.

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MoralGuardians are in an uproar over a new organ cloning project, surveillance has taken new dark turn with the introduction of tracking chips with virtually unlimited range, and the U.S. seems to be getting closer to CivilWar every day. Meanwhile, in [[BlackSite a secret military base somewhere in the southwest]], an initiative to create [[SuperSoldier super soldiers]] has begun to yield results. At the center of it all is a [[GeneralRipper General]] who wants to use the Vloxen to for their original purpose, the base staff who (mostly) want to protect them, and the Vloxen (Chio) themselves.

* NameFromAnotherSpecies: The Vloxen refer to themselves as Chio,

"[[http://follower.messenger-comic.com/ Follower]]" is a SciFi comic by Bugbyte and Delade about [[HalfHumanHybrid Half Human Hybrids]] called the Vloxen (Chio among themselves) 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}}.

"[[http://follower.messenger-comic.com/ Follower]]" is a SciFi comic by Bugbyte and Delade about [[HalfHumanHybrid half human hyrbrids]] called the Vloxen (called Chio among themselves) 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}}.

* BigBrotherisWatching: A newspaper clipping in the prologue mentions new implants that can track people via satellite.

* LanguageBarrier: Played Straight between humans and Vloxen. The 1st generation are don't know English, while some Vloxen from the 2nd generation have the vocabulary of young children. Averted between the Vloxen themselves, who have their own language that they appear to be born knowing.

* BigBrotherisWatching: A newspaper clipping in the prologue mentions new implants that can track people via satelite.

* LanguageBarrier: Played Straight between humans and Vloxen. The 1st generation are don't know english, while some Vloxen from the 2nd generation have the vocabulary of yound children. Averted between the Vloxen themselves, who have their own language that they appear to be born knowing.

The comic was first published on October 14, 2012 and has updates weekly. It is illustrated by Bugbyte and written by Delade. It also has a spin off “ask a Chio” tumblr where questions directed to the titular creatures are answered which can be found [[http://askachio.tumblr.com/ here]].

* MoralGuardians: The organ cloning project that spawned project Vloxen is mentioned as being opposed by several religious groups.

The comic was first published on October 14, 2012 and has updates weekly. It is illustrated by Bugbyte and written by Delade. It also has a spin off “ask a Chio” tumblr where questions directed to the titular creatures are answered.