The story centres on a band of resistance fighters in the seemingly vanquished Canada, and their exploits involving skirmishes with the United States Army and its vast supply of mechanised weapons, including giant robots.

In retaliation for the president's death, the United States launched missile strikes into Ottawa, killing Amber and Tommy Roos' parents and causing the children to flee for safety.

The American Army officers, along with an enigmatic, high-ranking inquisitor nicknamed "Ma'am", learn of their scout's death in Yellowknife and decide to take action against the Two-Four to prevent an insurgency.

As Amber threatened to blow up the plane that both she and Ma'am are in, the inquisitor revealed that a Canadian general was responsible for launching the drone strikes killing the president due to his attempt to prevent the United States from invading his country.

Amber activates her dead man's switch, seemingly killing both her and Ma'am and causing the ship's arsenic to sink into and poison one of the last remaining water reserves in North America.

[3] Vaughan also cut a lot of dialogue from the story as to not overshadow the illustrations by Skroce, who said that he aimed to be consistent with the series' themes of climate change and depleted resources.

[6] In February of 2025, the comics experienced a surge of interest amidst events regarding potential trade wars between the United States and Canada, with sales in one week being more than the entirety of the previous year.

[10] ScienceFiction.com praised the miniseries for offering social commentary on real world politics but "not bash[ing] readers over the head with it" and Skroce's artwork, although he said that the character development was lacking.

[12] Another reviewer for AIPT on the other hand criticized the characters and story as bland and felt that Skroce's art in the limited series was "a mixed bag" of cool but plausible robot designs but overall stiff drawings.