This is really the concept I've thought would save the O5, so I'm happy it's at least a direction that's being played with. Amp up the casualty rate, start getting us scraps of characters from different realities (people would want Synch/Skin from the Gen X story, right?) and we'll have a sleeper hit on our hands.
The cover to #12 is pretty hype, I like keeping the long-standing plot elements wrapped up in the current story and the Silva art for the cross-time caper looks incredible. Don't think Gen X have looked that good since Bachalo. Silva has quickly made me a fan.