Cooper's Mill

Cooper's Millwas a seemingly idyllicCaliforniantown. It seems to have been relatively close toPismo BeachandVandenberg Air Force Base.

It has since been burned to the ground.

Fiction

2005 IDW continuity

Darby Masongrew up in Cooper's Mill,Earthfalland often ventured to the nearbyBlind-Eye Cave.Earthfall, Part 2

While she was away in theGreen Zone,the entire population of the town was replaced withDire Wraiths.In a highly unusual move however, the Wraiths assimilated the entire town replacing everything from the trees,Earthfallto the laptops.Earthfall, Part 2

In2016,Romarrived onEarthand detected an overwhelming Wraith signature in Cooper's Mill. Landing he turned hisAnalyzerinto its more extensive form to get a clearer reading. Elsewhere Darby had returned from duty and took a walk with her "family" inMantlo Parkwho tried to assimilate her. Rom's Analyzer led him to her and after some initial mistrust, the two fled the park.Earthfall

While taking a brief respite at Darby's house so that she could retrieve a memento of her family, the entire town (bar Darby's house) came to life and tried to capture the two. In response, Rom set hisNeutralizerto its ultimate setting and razed the entire town (again bar Darby's house).Earthfall, Part 2The destruction was blamed on a faulty gas line with most dismissing the YouTube videos of Rom prior to the town's destruction as nothing more than a sub-par CGI hoax.Earthfall, Part 4

Before leaving to track down the Dire Wraith posing as GeneralJoe Colton,Field TestRom left the infectedCamilla Byersin Darby's old house. He gotdistractedhowever and by the time he returned, the United States Military had sealed off the town. The recently arrivedLiviaandOrphionfinally caught up with Rom in Cooper's Mill.Reinforcements, Part 1After halting Camilla's infection, the three Knights abandoned the town to compare notes.

The military retrieved several corpses in the town and performed genetic tests on them. Much to the horror ofLeonard Song,the corpses all read as havingHumanDNA. Convinced that Rom was a threat to mankind, he devoted himself to finding a way to assume remote control of theSpace Knight's armor.Reinforcements, Part 3

Notes

• Cooper's Millis a real town...but inWest Virginia.