(R.E.B.E.L.S. #1-5) - The Omega Men continued to rack up warrants in the aftermath of the Rann-Thanagar War, and they visited Lunestus, where Tigorr had black-market contacts. Before making his rendezvous he saw L.E.G.I.O.N. droids destroy the planet's city hall, and fled back to the Omega Men ship. They flew off when Silica, the computer controlling the droids, announced that all L.E.G.I.O.N. clients were now property of that organization. A L.E.G.I.O.N. ship fired at the Omega Men, and they escaped by entering hyperspace. They knew even Vril Dox wasn't that nasty, so L.E.G.I.O.N. must be under new management. They went to the Rann Nebula, but the L.E.G.I.O.N. were still nearby. Vril Dox approached them for their aid in helping him reclaim L.E.G.I.O.N. Elu was a living cosmic storm, and he asked for his help disabling Silica, but the Omega Men refused, not forgetting their bad blood with Vril. Vril alerted L.E.G.I.O.N. to their presence and told them to run. They snuck onto Maltus, and Erg destroyed Silica. They planned on taking over L.E.G.I.O.N. for themselves to destroy the Spider Guild, but found that Silica had been possessed by a Starro, and were confronted by Astrild Storm-Daughter, another Starro slave. She proved too powerful for them, so they fled into the streets, only to be trapped inside a media center by Starro slaves. They sent out a SOS, which Vril and his newly formed R.E.B.E.L.S. received, but Vril chose not to help them, assuming they were as good as dead. The Omega Men were teleported to safety by the Psions, who showed them Starro had opened up a subspace rift in the Dominator controlled Xylon expanse, releasing a fleet of warships and the powerful slaves known as the High Vanguard. Their leader, a humanoid named Starro, arrived on the Dominator homeworld, and began a massacre. The Psions said the Omega Men had to assassinate him.

(R.E.B.E.L.S. #8, 9) - The Psions presented the Omega Men with Dark Stars, genetically modified Starro spore that would let them approach Maltus unopposed but no control their minds, and having the added benefit of boosting the Omega Men's natural abilities. Tigorr volunteered to have a Dark Star first, threatening to shoot the Psions if it was a trick. and although the process hurt he found he still had free will. The Omega Men flew through a wormhole to Starro's home galaxy, but had to leave Elu with the Psions because his energy form could not interact with a Dark Star.

(R.E.B.E.L.S. #13, 14) - Vril Dox and his R.E.B.E.L.S. had need of the Psions' science labs, and Vril asked Elu where the Omega Men Were. He responded that they had been out of contact since leaving for Sarro's home galaxy. Vril's son Lyrl lured Staro to the lab for a confrontation with the R.E.B.E.L.S. and Vril produced his weapon made from the gamma gong and a Dominator genebomb. In a rare miscalculation; his weapon had no effect on Starro. He clashed with the R.E.B.E.L.S. saying he'd miss them when they were dead because they provided so much sport. He discovered the Psions lab of genetically altered and dissected Starros, and flew into a rage. His proximity to them gave him control over them, and within moments all of the R.E.B.E.L.S. were his star-slaves, save for Vril, who threw up a personal forcefield. The Omega Men returned from their mission, armed with darts dipped in a poison that could kill Starros. They struck the Conqueror, but missed his Starro, forcing Vril to get close enough to him to kill the creature with a dart. The Conqueror's Starro died, severing his connection to trillions of mind-slaves, and killing their Starros as well. Despero performed the coup de grace, and told the R.E.B.E.L.S. they were invited to Kalanor to witness Starro's execution. Vril sent out a broadcast proclaiming his victory, giving his intention to put L.E.G.I.O.N. back on track and finding some way for everyone he helped to thank him. Adam Strange thought that Vril might be a worse manipulator than Starro.

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