View from Earth:
After the End

By THE THUSQED TEAM

Like many Earth-based Cube Hunters, we have watched and worked to find the Cube. Indeed, most Cube Hunters have probably been extremely engrossed in Perplex City affairs. And yet, now that the Cube has been found, what happens? Since the Cube has been found, will Perplex City find no further use for inter-world communication?

Nathan Earlywine's and the Perplex City Council's policies have made it clear that Perplex City internal affairs supersede Earth and he is justified in those actions since focus on another country's actions are of little importance compared to the foes at home. Yet, to what extent will Perplex City disappear from Earth? Will the link between our worlds be cut?

An even more imperative question would be: What of the danger that is present on Earth? Evidence from Earth Cube Hunter collaboration has shown the existence of Third Power agents on our world. Indeed, those same agents have repeatedly interfered with Cube Hunter endeavors. While the Third Power threat has been assumedly neutralized in Perplex City, the agents here still maintain active status, albeit without the leadership core that was present in Perplex City. Regardless, the most dangerous agents are now on Earth. Indeed, past experiences have suggested that the Third Power agents on Earth can act separately from a main body, existing as a separate entity with an unattached command structure that may not be restricted to Perplex City. Although the Perplex City Council is more likely to deem said agents irrelevant to Perplex City citizens, it is possible that on Earth, the Third Power may make a desperate power play (especially considering their losses) for the Cube before it can be placed into safekeeping. The most obvious time for such a ploy would be during the transfer of the Cube from its current owner to Mind Candy.

From a tactical standpoint, the Third Power has lost most of its numbers, yet still commands anonymity and in some cases superior individual resources and training. Earth Cube Hunters maintain numerical superiority and, in some cases, superior intellect (evident as a Cube Hunter first found the Cube). But most of our strength came from collaboration between members and with the Cube Retrieval Team. Indeed, free-flow information (albeit in the case of the CRT, heavily strategically doctored information) between members increased our dominance. Yet that strength is our weakness, for there is no doubt that anyone on Earth can access Earth Cube Hunter information, and that includes the remaining Third Power agents. The only true way to equal the playing field would be for the Council to divulge to Earth any information garnered from the raid of the Perplex City Third Power. Of course, such information would be already known to Third Power agents, but it gives us Cube Hunters a chance to locate and thus possibly prevent any Third Power interference before the Cube is transferred back to Perplex City.

Thus it is even more pertinent, now than ever, to uphold Earth-Perplex City relations and communications. True, many Earth Cube Hunters (does the name even apply since the Cube has been located?) are eagerly awaiting Season Two, but we must be cognizant that the Cube could still be lost, leaving our work in vain. At a time of confidence, we are perhaps at our weakest and only in solidarity with our inter-dimensional neighbors may we maintain the peace that we have obtained.