Omega-Minus device

Jodrell Bank Observatory lost contact with the Omega-Minus device that was heading towards the Earth. Space City were concerned but confident that XL Patrol Ships would be able to track down and destroy it but this confidence was not echoed at Jodrell Bank. (COMIC: Power Play) On 3 April 2065, Professor Logan released a brief communique clarifying that he and his scientists had last plotted the device as it approached the Eros Asteroid Belt and that they were working non-stop to try and regain contact. (PROSE: Stingray Hunts Aliens)

Ultimately, Steve Zodiac and the Fireball XL5 were able to locate the device bolted beneath the space liner W.S.W.193 after recieving no reply to a search request. Zodiac gave Professor Matic orders to destroy the ship along with all thousand of its passengers if he failed to release the device before it re-entered Earth's atmosphere. (PROSE: Zodiac's Rescue Bid!)