Got your nose~

BOOP.

Look at the way his fist turns into an affectionate boop. Look at how she's staring into his face. If that ain't the body language of two people who love each other enough for a long-term relationship, I don't know what else is.

I don't understand, and at that point, I'm better off asking.
I get that Arknight pretty much take place in Tiberium Sun's world, except that tiberium isn't as destructive on the environnement, but still causes insane mutation, called "Oripathy". And I get that Rhodes Island is some kind of pharmacy corporation that employs all kind of operatives to do wetwork, but what I don't understand is why? Rhodes Island is meant to be a refuge, some kind of leprosy for Oripaths, so how come they end up dragged in fights constantly? I more or less understand that Rhodes Island, be it ingame or in this comic, messed up by associating themselves with a "queen", but that alone wouldn't be dire enough for it to be almost entirely wiped out.