Enjoyable issue. Was glad that the issue was able to still tell it's own story while being entwined with the larger King in Black storyline. Seems they got the station operational just in time. Will be handy to have a base of Operations unaffected by the giant Symbiote currently covering the Earth, though I am surprised that an alien entity wouldn't stop to destroy an orbital space stations before taking over the planet.
It took me a a couple reads but biggest Aha moment was when it finally dawned on me what Protocol V was. I kept thinking that it was some special item that Brand was sending Mentallo to steal. Perhaps something Alpha Flight had devised to counter Venom and hidden in a bunker which is why she needed a telepath. Then I remembered that V is the Roman numeral for 5 and it all made sense. If the world was going to die then rescuing "the Five" would be one the top priorities. Still not sure why Mentallo was her choice of operative. I would have sent Frenzy and possibly Random for backup.