Government derives its power from the consent of the governed. The consent of the governed. Well that consents ends now! 
Stormwatch: Team Achilles #16 is an issue of the series Stormwatch: Team Achilles (Volume 1) with a cover date of December, 2003. It was published on October 8, 2003.
Synopsis for "Television"
In Berlin, 1945, Citizen Soldier and his sidekick Busy Bracken are tracking down Adolf Hitler in the ruins of Berlin. Upon entering the Fuhrerbunker, Busy is mortally shot by Hitler. Enraged by his sidekick's death, Citizen Soldier kills Hitler with his shield.
In the present, it is reveal to be another dream of Citizen Soldier's past being dreamed by Tefibi, and the dreams are still being broadcasted for the last six nights. Santini and Tefibi are researching the current identity of the Citizen Soldier while Tefibi is continuing to monitor Citizen Soldier's teleportation signature. Concurrently, Citizen Soldier's attack on America's economy, and by extension the world, comes into effect.
Meanwhile President Patrick Kent holds an impromptu press conference in response to Citizen Soldier's attack on America. He states that his past affiliation with the K.K.K. are false and concocted by the terrorists, and promise that Citizen Soldier and his followers will be apprehended by the Civil Defense Administration's super team, the Civil Defense Squadron. When pressed by his aforementioned ties to the K.K.K., Kent goes to vehemently deny this but is caught for his rather racist remark of saying "black lies".
Tefibi eventually finds a positive link to the current identity of Citizen Soldier and is very surprised that he turns out to be Steve Gatesniak, a reclusive multi-billionaire computer genius. Gatesniak had disappeared seven years ago, but his software company Computouch still exists in the town of Boring, Ohio where he lives and literally owns the entire town. With this lead, Santini has superhuman Buzz Dixon to infiltrate Boring before readying the field team for insertion.
In Boring, Citizen Soldier preaches to his loyal followers of Computouch, stating that the theft of the $200 billion in gold and the attack on the Stock Exchange has achieved their ongoing rebellion against the American government. Now they can proceed for the next stage of their assault; Citizen Soldier plans to directly attack Washington, D.C. by targeting the Supreme Court, Congress, and the White House. His plan requires the sacrifice of three volunteers to spearhead the attack in which he reveals himself to be a kind of superhuman activator, allowing his volunteers to temporarily possess superpowers but will die after using up their powers. This is completely observed by Buzz and Tefibi.
One of the volunteers, possessing fire abilities, flies to space and destroying every satellite in Earth's orbit, causing global communication to cease functioning before she expired.
Team Achilles prepares to go to Washington to stop the other two superhuman assassins. Santini, Flint, and Tefibi are to go to the Supreme Court; Pickney and Jaeger to the White House with cooperation with the CDA and the U.S. Secret Service; Golovin and Jukko to the Capitol Dome; Barak and Dr. Grunier are to stay at their headquarters to prepare to help the wounded.
Santini, Flint, and Tefibi teleport to the Supreme Court Building and find it has already been attacked.
Appearing in "Television"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Citizen Soldier (Also in a dream sequence)
- Adolf Hitler (In dream sequence only)
Other Characters:
- Busy Bracken (Single appearance; dies)
- President Patrick Kent
Locations:
- Washington, D.C.
- Ohio
- Boring
Items:
See Also
- Cover gallery for the Stormwatch: Team Achilles series
- Images from Stormwatch: Team Achilles Vol 1 16