Operation Starwatch

This group exists primarily or exclusively within the Sonic the Comic continuity. Information in this article may not be canonical to the storyline of the games or any other Sonic continuity.

Operation Starwatch
Members of Operation Starwatch from Sonic the Comic #114. Black and white art by Bob Corona and colouring by John M Burns.
Appearances
First appearance	Sonic the Comic #114
Overview and statistics
Type	Secret military government agency group
Time of formation	Unknown (prior to 1998)
Members	Colonel Granite (leader) Various human soldiers
Alignment	Evil
Status	Defunct
Resident location and/or bases	An underground base beneath London's streets An unspecified base in Scotland A possible, third, unspecified underground base
Associations and equipment
Equipment and/or weaponry	Laser weapons Tanks Helicopters
Allies	English government (formerly)
Enemies	Freedom Fighters

Operation Starwatch was a government agency set up in the United Kingdom on Earth for the purposes of protecting the planet from alien invasions. It was under the control of Colonel Granite, who eventually subverted it and diverted military funding for his own ends, intending to use Operation Starwatch to conquer both Earth and planet Mobius, which they would then sell off to industrial developers for profit.

Starwatch has two bases, one in London and another somewhere in Scotland.

History

Earthbound

Members of Operation Starwatch detected the crash of a spaceship belonging to Amy Rose and Tekno the Canary, who were trying to return home to Mobius after being accidentally teleported into deep space. Granite and Starwatch took Amy and Tekno into custody, along with the human Professor Cratermass, whom they had met on Earth. Amy, Tekno and Cratermass soon escaped from the Starwatch facility and returned to Cratermass' house, where Amy and Tekno were beamed back to Mobius using the Professor's gateway to infra-space. Before Granite and Starwatch could follow, Cratermass deleted the program.

Out of Time and Earth Attacks

Following this, Granite began diverting military funding so that Operation Starwatch could create time travel, allowing him to travel back from 1998 to 1870 and use his modern day army and weapons to conquer America, which he would use as a base to conquer the rest of the world. He was defeated again by Amy and Tekno, who destroyed the time travel machine and escaped. However, Starwatch scientists were able to get copies of the co-ordinates of Planet Mobius. They eventually created an inter-dimensional gateway and invaded Mobius. Sonic was transported to Earth, where he met with the British Prime Minister and informed him of Granite's plans. Sonic then returned to Mobius through the back-up inter-dimensional gateway in the Starwatch base in Scotland. Although Sonic put up a good fight against Starwatch forces, the other defenders of Mobius had already been defeated, and he was outnumbered. However, Colonel Granite, Starwatch and all of their equipment was suddenly and inexplicably blown back through the dimensional portal by a freak weather storm. Back in the UK, Granite was arrested on orders of the Prime Minister.

Trivia

• It is possible that Operation Starwatch may have been based on the Unified Intelligence Taskforce from the television series Doctor Who. They are both military organizations that deal with aliens and other extraterrestrial objects, and are both based in the United Kingdom. However, while U.N.I.T. are almost always depicted as allies of the Doctor, Operation Starwatch is intent on capturing aliens.