(W) Matt Hawkins (A/CA) Stjepan Sejic. BATTLE OF THE APHRODITES! Aphrodite IX awoke in a future unfamiliar to her amidst warring civilizations battling over divergent ideologies. In the ruins of this constant strife* Aphrodite has stumbled upon her successor: Aphrodite XV! Will the lethal upgrades of this late-model Aphrodite prove Aphrodite IX's obsolescence?