ReUnited by @Thorvald (El Thorvaldo)

My ninth submission to DYOS VIII.

In a world of massive space battles and powergaming egomaniacs throwing armies around like they're spare change, only a select few characters have the sort of clout to be titans by their individual merit... and Toyoda wouldn't emerge for another two threads. While I'd played it soft up to now, getting deep into a techno-conspiracy meant I'd need to bolster my power base, and with Russia once more left unattended, I opted for a kinder-and-gentler return of everyone's* favourite** neo-Soviet superstate.

Original files indicate this had originally been intended as the preceding comic, but for reasons since lost to time, inspiration struck me for the Kwai piece (possibly to buffer against the recent Putining) and this was completed four days later.

[Originally submitted to DeviantArt December 2022.]