Adsit, Xian and his crew are Shi'ar spies. They jettisoned Thanos to diminish the Corps, and struck some kind of bargain with the Fraternity of Raptors. 
Appearing in "Jungleland"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Nova Corps
- Nova (Rich Rider)
- Nova (Eve Bakian)
- Nova (Commander Scott Adsit)
- Unnamed Admiral (First appearance)
- Quinon (First appearance)
- Cosmo
Antagonists:
- Nova (Commander Xian) (First appearance)
- Xian's crew (First appearance)
- Unnamed Flora colossi (First appearance; dies)
Other Characters:
- Thanos (Mentioned)
- Unnamed alien children infected with the Ultron Virus (First appearance)
- Ultron (Mentioned)
- Fraternity of Raptors (Referenced)
- Bruce Springsteen (Earth-616)
Races and Species:
- Humans
- Human-Spartoi Hybrids
- Numerous unidentified alien species
- Halfworlders
- Cosmic Beings
- Cyborgs
- Shi'ar (Mentioned)
- Flarks (Invoked)
- Zen-Whoberis
- Celestials (Corpse, skeleton or other remains)
- Flora colossi
- Dogs
Locations:
Items:
- Nova Stars
- Nova Corps Uniforms
- Star-Lord Armor
- Element Gun
- Infinity Stones (Mentioned)
- Power Stone
- Ultron Virus
Vehicles:
- Nova Corps' ships
- Milano
Synopsis for "Jungleland"
- Synopsis not yet written
Solicit Synopsis
THE INFINITY QUEST Part 3
• The Guardians are officially Nova Corpsmen! How is Drax going to deal with being overrun by Ultron-ized aliens when he still refuses to throw a punch?
• And are we really trusting Rocket to clean up the Corps?
• Plus: I heard a rumor… is there an Infinity Stone kicking around?