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|seriesissue=''[[The Transformers (IDW)|The Transformers]]'' #22<br />
|prev=Space Opera—Final Tableaux: Orphans of the Helix<br />
|next=Chaos Theory Part 2<br />
|title="Chaos Theory Part 1"<br />
|image=Transformersissue22-CoverA.jpg<br />
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]<br />
|date=[[July 20]], [[2011]]<br />
|coverdate=July 2011<br />
|written by=[[James Roberts]]<br />
|art by=[[Alex Milne]]<br />
|colors by=[[Joana Lafuente]]<br />
|letters by=[[Shawn Lee]]<br />
|assistant editor=[[Carlos Guzman]]<br />
|editor=[[Andy Schmidt]]<br />
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]<br />
|chronology=[[IDW timeline|Current era (2011)]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Why did Megatron surrender...?'''<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
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==Featured characters==<br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|c1=<br />
*[[Impactor]] (1)<br />
*[[Rung]] (3)<br />
*[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] (4)<br />
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (5)<br />
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (6)<br />
*[[Xaaron]] (7)<br />
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (8)<br />
*[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (9)<br />
*[[Brawn]] (10)<br />
*[[Trailbreaker]] (11)<br />
*[[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] (12)<br />
*[[Springarm]] (13)<br />
*[[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] (14)<br />
*[[Drift]] (15)<br />
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] (16)<br />
*[[Hot Rod|Rodimus]] (17)<br />
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (18)<br />
*[[Huffer]] (19)<br />
*[[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] (20)<br />
*[[Hound]] (21)<br />
*[[Broadside]] (22)<br />
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (25)<br />
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (26)<br />
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (27)<br />
*[[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] (28)<br />
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|c2=<br />
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (2)<br />
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (23)<br />
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (24)<br />
}}<br />
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==Quotes==<br />
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"Do you even feel the ''slightest'' remorse?"<br><br />
"No."<br />
:—'''Optimus''' and '''Megatron'''<br />
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==Notes==<br />
* '''JAMES ROBERTS!'''<br />
* The flashbacks takes place before [[Megatron Origin]] and fill in a lot of details that the miniseries left out: namely, ''why'' Megatron is already so angry and willing to turn to violence.<br />
* Ratchet and Perceptor are discussing a superpower that Megatron was given in his original [[bio]]... and which almost every single G1 story since has ignored. Probably because, as Perceptor notes, throwing a black hole around is a little too silly. <br />
* Some graffiti in Megatron's cell reads "peace through tyranny", the motto from original bio.<br />
* The free lab on [[Kimia]] that Xaaron mentions is [[Ironfist (G1)|Ironfist's]] old one.<br />
* That's right, [[Zeta Prime|''another'']] IDW-created interim Prime! [[Nominus Prime]] comes before [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]].<br />
* The Transformers are established as a pariah race, shunned by the intergalactic community and [[Galactic Council]].<br />
* The montage of war scenes include: [[Stormbringer]], [[Infiltration]], [[Spotlight: Arcee]], [[The Transformers: Drift]], [[Escalation]], [[Spotlight: Kup]], [[Spotlight: Shockwave]], [[The Transformers: Ironhide]], [[Devastation]], [[...For All Mankind]], and [[Heart of Darkness]].<br />
* Sherma Bridge is a nod to the infamous [[Sherman Dam]] punchup.<br />
* The [[variable voltage harness]] comes from [[The Transformers (Marvel Comics)|the original Marvel comics]]. Also mentioned are [[Pathblaster]]s, [[communicube]]s and [[Shanix]] from the Marvel UK comics.<br />
* The Tremorcons mentioned are from Roberts' "[[Bullets]]", while Rung is from the "[[Last Stand of the Wreckers]]" [[Autopedia]] profiles.<br />
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===Errors===<br />
* [[Megatron Origin]] and [[Spotlight: Blurr]] had an unnamed [[Optimus_Prime_%28G1%29/Generation_1_cartoon_continuity#The_Transformers_cartoon|Orion Pax]], with the unspoken but clear implication that this is a pre-Prime Prime. Here, before either story, Optimus is already in his usual Cybertronian Optimus form.<br />
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===Covers (3)===<br />
* '''Cover A:''' Megatron's head; art by [[Marcelo Matere]] and colours by [[Josh Perez]].<br />
* '''Cover B:''' Megatron's head from [[Megatron Origin]]; art by Milne and colors by Perez.<br />
* '''Cover RI:''' Both heads combined into one time-spanning super head; art by Milne.<br />
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