Issue #1 Release date: November 25, 2009. Morse Code Subtitle: You can't shut this down. The story begins at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas, ten months after The Bombs. Hawkins attends a meeting of Texan leaders at the base, and learns that the bomb got the Governor's attention, with the intended result: Texas will help Columbus with fuel, weapons and manpower. Hawkins receives a call for help from the terrorist "John Smith", who is now imprisoned by Cheyenne.