I think I read the Corey developments a bit differently.
Yea, there's a vibe that the Roger brand of darkness has departed ( that particular project crashed, why wouldn't he ).
If Corey is recruiting a rag tag band of scruffs to take the GAIA hill, hell, if I was a youngster I might even join it.
But realistically, Corey isn't the guy to be leading anything seriously meaningful in the fight. He should keep looking around until he finds the people who are.
But then, he'd have to be honest, and I think he'd struggle with that.