In case you'd forgotten from last Friday, "dem Brawn-E Boyz" were chanting their slogan in triumph after snagging Emp from the shot-down supervillainess Hardpoint, whose drone we see being activated by Emp in panels 3 & 4. But how the heck did Emp know the passphrase to take control of said drone? Never fear, the answer will eventually be made clear... though not for quite a while yet.

Panels 6-7: That visual riff on the drone's sensors is derived from a single but oddly important panel of the manga story in Shirow Masamune's Appleseed Databook; I think 'twas originally his unique approach to rendering an image of the headlights on an automobile, which I immediately borrowed for my own use. 

Today’s Patreon update: In an attempt to scratch out more worktime to complete the long-gestating Empowered vol. 12, I've switched over to a Monday/ Wednesday/ Friday Patreon posting schedule that won't feature the fixed content format I previously used. So, who knows what today's post might feature? Could be Life Drawing or Distressed Damsels content (both of which are featured at least three times per month), or something in the Work Stages, Vintage Con Sketches or Design departments, or possibly something entirely new. Golly!

-Adam Warren