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Stripes’ journey takes another turn when a fateful encounter with an actual woman—Katarina—reveals the harrowing truth behind the so-called roaches. Katarina and her son Alec are victims of a society that has branded them as subhuman due to a dystopian genetic sorting initiative by the government. This revelation forces Stripes into an internal struggle where morality clashes with ingrained military programming. The brainwashing is palpable as Stripes learns that the implant alters soldiers' perceptions, rendering innocent lives as monstrous threats.