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Pax Cybertronia (issue)

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|seriesissue=''[[The Transformers (IDW)|The Transformers]]'' #31
|prev=Chaos Part Four: Genesis
|next=
|image=Ongoing 31 Cover.jpg
|title="Pax Cybertronia"
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[December 7]], [[2011]]
|coverdate=December 2011
|story by=[[Mike Costa]]
|art by=[[Casey Coller]]
|colors by=[[Joana Lafuente]]
|letters by=[[Neil Uyetake]]
|associate editor=[[Carlos Guzman]]
|editor=[[John Barber]]
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]
|chronology=[[IDW timeline|Current era (2011)]]
}}

'''In a new era of peace, Ironhide and Alpha Trion reflect on how they stopped Obama's evil plan...'''

==Synopsis==
On [[Gorlam Prime]], it is a time of peace, and [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] entertains a group of three young [[Autobot]]s with tales of times past. The four speak of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s [[Megatron Origin issue 4|insurrection]], the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]' [[Spotlight: Shockwave|attack]] on [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], and [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s [[Escalation issue 5|defeat]] by Megatron. The stories are cut short when the fireworks for the upcoming [[Remembrance Night]] ceremony begins and Alpha suggests the youths go home. One youth expresses preference for Alpha's stories over the [[media-tron]]—his experiences are much more '''real'''. This comment prompts an arriving [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] to rebuff Alpha's supposed presence at events during the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]]. The young Autobots are in awe of the veteran and, after a question, leave to their homes to prepare for the ceremony.

At the ceremony, the speaker establishes that it has been fifteen million years since the end of the Unification War and the [[Great Years]]. He introduces the key speaker for the event, the last veteran at Gorlam, Ironhide. Ironhide makes his speech, noting that the prosperous time they live in is what the Autobots fought for all those years. He recalls the [[Stormbringer issue 4|fight]] against [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]], Megatron's [[All Hail Megatron issue 1|invasion]] of [[Earth]], his own [[Any Old Iron|fight]] against the [[Insecticon swarm]], and Megatron's [[Chaos Part Four: Genesis|battle]] against the [[D-Void]]. Ironhide finishes his speech, expressing that his time has passed and leaves the hall.

Outside, Alpha Trion finds Ironhide looking at the stars. Alpha asks the old [[Transformer]] if he believes Megatron is still out there and comforts him with the thought that Optimus Prime, too, is still out there. Ironhide doesn't understand why he is being honored—he did little else but punch [[Decepticon]]s. Now, he's just a relic of a bygone era who did nothing to build the current civilization. Alpha Trion tells him that the future is based on the past, and that Ironhide's contributions are vital to understanding what is to come. One of the three young Autobots comes up to the pair and asks Ironhide what would happen if Megatron returned. When Ironhide points out that they stopped him before and can stop him again, the young one asks him to tell him the story of Megatron's defeat.

==Featured characters==

{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*Autobot youths (1–3)
*[[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] (4)
*[[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] (11)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (13)
*[[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] (14)
*[[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] (15)
*[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (17)
*[[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] (18)
*[[Slag (G1)|Slag]] (19)
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (20)

|c2=
*[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (5)
*[[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] (6)
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (7)
*[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (8)
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (9)
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (10)
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (12)
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (16)
*[[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] (21)
*[[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] (22)
*[[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] (23)
*[[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] (24)
*[[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] (25)
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (26)
*[[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (27)
*[[Insecticon swarm]] (28)

|c4=
*[[D-Void]]/[[Deceptigod]] (29)
}}

==Notes==
*The young Autobots sport the ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]'' Autobot [[insignia]].
*Statues of [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]], [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]], and [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] adorn the scenery of Gorlam Prime in this issue.
* This issue was released as part of IDW's Photo Cover Month, which also includes the upcoming [[Death of Optimus Prime]] issue.

===Errors===
* On page 4, Megatron is seen with his Decepticon symbol neckchain. However, in ''Megatron Origin'', when he was about to give his deathblow to Sentinel Prime, he never wore this chain. Casey Coller admitted on his deviantArt page that he added it in to make the scene look cool.

===Covers (3)===
* '''Cover A:''' ''Revoltech'' Megatron toy; photo by [[Rik Alvarez]]
* '''Cover B:''' Close-up of Ironhide staring at the stars; art by [[Casey Coller]] and colors by [[Joana Lafuente]]
* '''Cover RI:''' ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' poster homage, with Optimus Prime, Rodimus, Bumblebee, Ironhide and Prowl replacing Ultra Magnus, Kup, Springer, Arcee and Blurr respectively; art by [[Trevor Hutchison]]

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Image:IDW TF 31 B.jpg
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