Devastation (issue)

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{{disambig2|the Dreamwave comic issue|the IDW comic series|The Transformers: Devastation}}
{{comicstory|seriesissue=''[[Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|Transformers:<br />War Within:<br />The Dark Ages]]'' #3
|title="Devastation"
|prev=Escalation
|next=Revelation (The Dark Ages)
|image=DW WW2 3.jpg
|caption=Turn around, you idiot!
|publisher=[[Dreamwave Productions]]
|date=[[December 15]], 2003
|coverdate=December 2003
|writer=[[Simon Furman]]
|pencils=[[Andrew Wildman]]
|inks=[[Erik Sander]]
|colors=[[Espen Grundetjern]], [[Ramil Sunga]], [[Rob Ruffolo|Rob Ruffolo]]
|letters=[[Ben Lee|Benjamin Lee]]
|editorinchief=[[Roger Lee]]
|chronology=[[Dreamwave timeline|The Dark Ages]]
|continuity=[[Dreamwave Generation One continuity]]
}}
'''The Protectobots learn the value of teamwork. Jetfire begins his search for the meaning to all the mayhem.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Springer (G1)|Springer]] dives at [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]], angry at the [[Ultracon]]s for violating the [[Crisis Intervention Accord]] by releasing [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. Ratbat fights back, accusing Springer's [[Wrecker]]s of being hypocrites.

Beneath [[Virtue's Forum]] in the [[Autobase]], [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] wonders aloud to [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] and [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] if the recent battles have been occurring as part of a pattern. The two Autobots leave Jetfire to investigate this possibility by himself.

[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and a team of [[Autobot]]s explore the border regions of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] searching for the new [[Decepticon]] [[Trypticon (G1)|Mobile Command Base]]. But soon as they arrive at the [[Praetorus Wharf]], they discover they're actually driving across the base they were looking for.

Back at the [[Tagan Heights]], Devastator and [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] continue to rumble, causing the industrial area to become progressively more unstable. The Wreckers find themselves trapped by flames and explosions. Springer attempts to reason with Defensor, but Devastator won't let Springer be heard. The [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] disassemble from Defensor and work as a team to electrocute Devastator into separation.

Deep within the Autobase, Jetfire decides his search for a pattern behind the skirmishes and the truth behind the pattern would be helped with the mind of another... the intellectual [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. Sending Shockwave a message of forced rationale, the Decepticon agrees to rendezvous. But [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] overhears the communication.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters|c1=
* [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] (1)
* [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] (7)
* [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] (8)
* [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (9)
* [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] (10)
* [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (11)
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (12)
* [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] (13)
* [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] (14)
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (15)
* [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] (16)
* [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] (18)
* [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] (19)
* [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] (20)
* [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] (21)
* [[Twin Twist]] (21)
* [[Blades (G1)|Blades]] (23)
* [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] (24)
* [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] (25)
* [[Groove (G1)|Groove]] (26)
* [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] (27)
* [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (34)

|c2=
* [[Venom (G1)|Venom]] (2)
* [[Chop Shop]] (3)
* [[Ransack (G1)|Ransack]] (4)
* [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] (5)
* [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] (6)
* [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] (17)
* [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (22)
*[[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] (28)
*[[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] (29)
*[[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]] (30)
*[[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]] (31)
*[[Hook (G1)|Hook]] (32)
*[[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]] (33)
}}

==Errors==
* Trypticon is said to be recently created, yet he was seen in one of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s monitors in the first ''[[Transformers: The War Within|War Within]]'' series, set much earlier. Maybe he existed, but not in base mode, if you really want to stretch it.

==Quotes==
"Yes... please do. I'm rather in need of a proper '''workout.''' It's really very good of you to '''volunteer!'''"
:—'''Trypticon''' is a classy bloke.

==Notes==
* The "[[Wavelengths]]" section contains an article from the desk of [[Alan Wang]], '''Beauty is Only Sword Deep!!'''
* The "Declarations of War" page has reader mail answered by... I'm going to guess [[Matt Moylan]].

===Cover===
* Jetfire ponders while the Autobots battle Trypticon; art by [[Don Figueroa]], [[Erik Sander]] and [[Saiko]].

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* [[Revelation (The Dark Ages)|''The Dark Ages'' #4]]
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