Space Opera Act 2: Out of the Silent Planet

2011-07-16T15:53:13Z

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{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=''[[The Transformers (IDW)|The Transformers]]'' #20
|prev=Space Opera Part 1: The Stars My Destination
|next=Space Opera—Final Tableaux: Orphans of the Helix
|title="Space Opera Act 2: Out of the Silent Planet"
|image=Transformersissue20coverB.jpg
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[June 1]], [[2011]]
|coverdate=June 2011
|written by=[[Mike Costa]]
|art by=[[Guido Guidi]]
|colors by=[[Joana Lafuente]]
|letters by=[[Shawn Lee]]
|assistant editor=[[Carlos Guzman]]
|editor=[[Andy Schmidt]]
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]
|chronology=[[IDW timeline|Current era (2011)]]
}}

'''Rodimus and Wheelie return to Cybertron and reunite with Ironhide and Sunstreaker, who have been busy fighting an old enemy.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]] awakens, and is shocked to find that he's functioning even without the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] as a power source. He soon learns that while he was out, [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] repaired him and took the ship to their home, [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Knowing full well that Cybertron is a dead planet infested by the [[Insecticon swarm]], Rodimus tries to convince his allies to leave again, but the Matrix has stopped providing power to their ship. Just as he fears, something does break into the ship... but it turns out to be [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]].

While Ironhide is glad to meet some old friends, Rodimus is absolutely boggled by the sight of both him and [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]], both of whom are supposed to be dead (not to mention seeing their [[Bob (IDW)|freaky Insecticon pet]]). After a confused [[Garnak]] attacks Ironhide, Rodimus heads outside to have things explained to him from Sunstreaker. He learns the details of their [[The Transformers: Ironhide|apparent revival]] at the hands of [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]], but their chat is suddenly interrupted by an aerial attack. Rodimus and Wheelie go after their attacker and shoot him down, but as they approach the crash site, they find none other than [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], using the [[Darkness (G1)|Darkness]] to repair the [[Sweep]] they injured.

Now ''really'' eager to get off Cybertron, Rodimus hurries back to the ship, which Ironhide and Sunstreaker are able to power up using the experimental fuel cell given to them by Alpha Trion. As the ship comes under attack from dozens of Sweeps, the Autobots blast off and set a course for [[Earth]].

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]] (1)
*[[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] (3)
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (4)
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] (5)

|c2=
*[[Sweep]] (7)
*[[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] (8)

|c4=
*[[Garnak]] (2)
*[[Bob (IDW)|Bob]] (6)
}}

==Quotes==
*TBD

==Notes==
* This story is named after ''[[wikipedia:Out of the Silent Planet|Out of the Silent Planet]]'', a 1938 science fiction novel by C.S. Lewis.
*Despite the name change, Rodimus's license plate still says "Hot Rod".
*Garnak names the planet from last issue [[LV-118]], making it a neighbor of [[LV-117]] from ''[[Spotlight: Wheelie]]''.

===Errors===
*This issue is given the title "Act 2" while the last one was "Part 1".
*Sunstreaker knows Hot Rod as "Rodimus", despite not being present when he took on his new name. Most likely Alpha trion told him in the ironhide miniseries when he was repairing sunstreaker, seeing as Alpha Trion knew all about what happened to ironhide on Earth he most likely also knew about the rodimus predicament.

===Covers (3)===
* '''Cover A:''' Ironhide and Rodimus stare at eachother with Wheelie stuck in the middle; art by [[Marcelo Matere]] and colors by [[Priscilla Tramontano]].
* '''Cover B:''' Rodimus and Wheelie watch Galvatron as he stands over an injured Sweep; art by [[Guido Guidi]] and colors by [[Joana Lafuente]].
* '''Cover RI:''' Uncolored version of Cover A.

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