

With the aid of German know-how, Britain has advanced rockets in 1946 and an artificial satellite orbiting Earth in 1948. A mysterious source of “black budget” funding will finance the operation. This proves unfortunate for the company of American soldiers which just occupied the empty facility.Īir Commodore Dashwood convinces Winston Churchill to invest in space tech as the likely means of future warfare. Lois takes Dashwood to Churchill Station in Earth orbit.įlashback Story: British forces take custody of Germany’s rocket engineers and level the Peenemunde research facility in which they were working. She informs him that the United States is finally going to launch a spacecraft. Art by Chris Weston.Ģ001 Story: Officer Lucy Langston flies her VTOL plane from home to Sir John Dashwood’s office at Lowlands University.
