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The Change In Your Nature Part Four

2020-07-24T04:25:29Z

Bluestreak of Praxus: /* Featured characters */

{{Comicstory
|seriesissue=''[[Transformers (2019 comic)|Transformers]]'' #16
|prev=The Change In Your Nature Part Three
|next=The Change In Your Nature Part Five
|caption=''And I get a little bit Genghis Khan Don't want you to get it on with nobody else but me With nobody else but me''
|image=TF2019 16 cvrA.jpg
|title="The Change In Your Nature Part Four"
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[January 29]], 2020
|coverdate=December 2019
|written by=[[Brian Ruckley]]
|art by=[[Beth McGuire-Smith]] (pages 1-9) [[Anna Malkova]] (pages 10-20)
|colors by=[[Josh Burcham]] (pages 1-9) [[Joana Lafuente]] (pages 10-20)
|letters by=[[Jake M. Wood]]
|editor=[[David Mariotte]] and [[Tom Waltz]]
|continuity=[[2019 IDW continuity]]
|chronology=
}}

'''A drastic new Ascenticon scheme takes shape as political turmoil erupts across Cybertron.'''

==Synopsis==
Tensions run high in the [[Senate]] antechamber as Senators file out of the negotiation room after a tense emergency meeting, but [[Froid]] doesn't pick up on the mood, pushing past [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]'s security forces to speak to [[Nautica (G1)|Nautica]] about his latest psychological findings. [[Road Rage (G1)|Road Rage]] immediately rises to see him off, but Nautica tells her bodyguard that she doesn't need her for this one. [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] smirks at Road Rage as she watches the two depart: Starscream opines that Froid is clearly infatuated with her, like [[Crosscut (Autobot)|Crosscut]] and [[Proxima (G1)|Proxima]] before, but Nautica's never had eyes for any of them.

At the current Ascenticon base of operations, Senator [[Heretech]] fills [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] in on the details that [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] ''doesn't'' want the [[Decepticon|Ascenticon]] senator to know: the upcoming Senate debate is a sham, a sting operation that will end in [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'s arrest and Sentinel's ultimate denunciation of the Ascenticon movement. Horrified by the decline of Cybertronian society, Heretech and his [[Reversionist]]s will soon be departing Cybertron entirely to start anew elsewhere in the cosmos... so what Megatron does with this information is entirely up to him. The moment Heretech leaves the abandoned colosseum, Starscream emerges from the shadows, revealing that he's been spying on the Ascenticon leader throughout the meeting. Having backed multiple horses throughout the ongoing political crisis, Starscream asks Megatron if he knows ''everything'' about [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]... and just how much he owes to [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Orion Pax]] after his expulsion from [[Security Operations]]. Megatron refuses to entertain the idea that his former colleague could be actively working against him this way, but Starscream reminds him that he could just have easily let his old friendship blind him to Orion's true nature.

At a spaceport, Nautica and Road Rage hurry into the main terminal to intercept a recently landed [[Voin]] ship that's landed in spite of Nautica's direct instructions to delay all Voin vessels until she can ascertain the damage done to Cybertron's Voin community. But the damage has already been done—through the door comes a Voin asserter, a specialized warrior ensconced in an armored sphere, controlling a phalanx of monstrous warbeasts. Nautica theorizes that the asserter has been sent to enact the Voin's idea of justice... an act of vengeance that won't stop at just one Cybertronian!

Troubled by the news, Megatron meets with [[Elita One (G1)|Elita-1]] to discuss the issue of Bumblebee: although Elita-1's report on her teammate is nothing but positive, she has concerns of her own regarding Senator Soundwave and his increasingly brazen behaviour, including her own worries that ''he'' was the one responsible for killing [[Ruckus (G1)|Ruckus]]'s teammates in the [[Cybertronian Mountains]]. As Elita takes her leave, a weary Megatron puts in a call to Soundwave and tears into him: thanks to his own incompetence, they have no choice but to accelerate their game even further...

On Shockwave's orders, [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] speeds through the Cybertronian badlands towards an outlying relay facility. Inside, [[Slipstream (G1)|Slipstream]] briefs her cadre of dysfunctional Ascenticon warriors on their mission: to capture the building by any means necessary, and to leave no survivors. [[Tracer (G1 Decepticon)|Tracer]] is first up, bisecting the first security 'bot and giving [[Shadow Striker (G1)|Shadow Striker]]'s ground team the freedom to storm the inner facility and drop the next guard. The facility, [[Blackjack]] explains, is an abandoned relic from the [[Expansion|Age of Expansion]] used to coordinate [[Titan (group)|Titan]]s...but as he explains, the group comes under fire from [[Headrush]], the last member of the garrison. [[Hyperdrive (Micromaster)|Hyperdrive]] easily takes him out, just in time for Slipstream and their secret asset [[Skystalker (G1)|Skystalker]] to arrive before any enemy reinforcements.

Using a specially-engineered [[data-bomb]] developed by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s inner scientists, the team are able to use Skystalker's [[Cityspeaker|cityspeaking]] talents to reach out into Cybertronian orbit, where the planet's Titan defense fleet lies dormant. Skystalker reaches out to one such Titan, [[Vigilem]], rousing him from his long slumber—and, gradually, the awesomely powerful warrior comes back online, ready to carry out his new orders...

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Orion Pax]] (5)

|h2=[[Decepticon|Ascenticon]]s|c2=
* [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (11)
* [[Elita One (G1)|Elita-1]] (13)
* [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] (14)
* [[Hyperdrive (Micromaster)|Hyperdrive]] (15)
* [[Blackjack]] (16)
* [[Flamewar (G1)|Flamewar]] (17)
* [[Slipstream (G1)|Slipstream]] (18)
* [[Tracer (G1 Decepticon)|Tracer]] (19)
* [[Skystalker (G1)|Skystalker]] (20)
* [[Shadow Striker (G1)|Shadow Striker]] (21)

|c4=
* [[Froid]] (1)
* [[Road Rage (G1)|Road Rage]] (2)
* [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (3)
* [[Pipes (G1)|Pipes]] (4)
* [[Heretech]] (6)
* [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (7)
* [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] (8)
* [[Nautica (G1)|Nautica]] (9)
* [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (10)
* [[Voin]] asserter (12)
* [[Tempest]] (22)
* [[Headrush]] (23)
* [[Vigilem]] (24)
}}

==Quotes==
[[File:"Team Stream" inside Astrotrain.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5]]
"This planet, and this civilization... they are failing, sinking ever further from the light of our origins." 
"I did not know you were a declinist, Heretech." 
"I find evidence of that decline ever '''more''' persuasive. As a culture. As spiritual beings."
:— '''Heretech''' and '''Megatron'''

"In this case, '''they<nowiki>'</nowiki>d''' call it compensatory justice. But from our point of view, it's trouble."
:— '''Nautica'''

"Blackjack, tell Flamewar she can't call us that. It's '''stupid'''." 
"I don't care '''what''' she calls us." 
"Yes! There you are. '''Team Stream''', it is!"
:— '''Hyperdrive''', '''Blackjack''', and '''Flamewar'''

"Headrush. '''Heh'''. See, Flamewar. '''That's''' funny." 
"Don't you think he's a bit weird? I think he's a bit weird."
:— '''Hyperdrive''' and '''Flamewar'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Crosscut was previously established to have worked with Nautica on an offworld peacekeeping mission in [[Nautica: Home|issue #12]]
* Heretech refers to the destruction of the [[Memorial Crater]], which occurred in [[The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Three|issue #9]], and the killing of an immersant [[Titan (group)|Titan]] in [[The Change In Your Nature Part Two|issue #14]].
* Starscream was noted to have previously ousted Soundwave from the Intelligence Service in issue #14.
* Nautica had previously theorized that the [[Voin]] killed back in [[The World In Your Eyes Part Five|issue #5]] was an important one; her fears were confirmed in [[The Change In Your Nature Part Two|issue #14]], though she wasn't entirely sure what kind of response the Voin would utilize. The "asserter" seen here is accompanied by monstrous versions of the apelike creatures Cybertron's Voin have traditionally used and the crustaceans glimpsed in #12.
* Flamewar suggests that their new team could be the equivalent of "Strika's Heavies", a [[War of the Threefold Spark]]-era military unit that cameo'd in [[The Change In Your Nature Part Three|the prior issue]].
* The orbiting Titan defense fleet was something first alluded to aaaaall the way back in [[The World In Your Eyes Part One|issue #1]], and later briefly glimpsed by [[Rubble]] in [[The World In Your Eyes Part Three|issue #3]]... and now it seems that foreshadowing is about to pay off in a big, big way...

===Transformers references===
* Starscream namedrops [[Proxima (G1)|Proxima]] as an intellectual who'd been infatuated with Nautica in the past; she appeared in the pages of ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' as a member of Nautica's [[Caminus (planet)|Camien]] sorority.
* Heretech announces that the Reversionists plan to leave Cybertron entirely; in addition to setting up the plot of [[Gauging the Truth, Part One|the third arc]] of ''[[Transformers: Galaxies|Galaxies]]'', it also hearkens back to the [[Exodus (event)|Exodus]] from the [[2005 IDW continuity|original IDW continuity]], a mass evacuation of pre-war Cybertron overseen by pious leader [[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]] and the eventual rise of the religious [[Circle of Light]].
* Skystalker is confirmed to be a [[Cityspeaker]], a profession that originated in the prior IDW continuity with [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]]... although given her security credentials it's unclear if Windblade herself is a Cityspeaker in this new universe.
* Holy crap! A treacherous servant of the [[Liege Maximo]], [[Vigilem]] matched wits with [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] in the pages of 2016's ''[[The Transformers: Till All Are One|Till All Are One]]'' but his hubris proved his undoing as he ultimately failed to turn the Cityspeaker to his side. It's unclear how much of Vigilem's backstory will be maintained for this reboot—indeed, it's not clear if the [[Thirteen]] exist in this universe at all—but it's pretty darn clear that no matter what his backstory is like, Vigilem ''definitely'' spells trouble for Cybertron...

===Errors===
*In panel 1 of page 8, the British spelling "behaviour" slips through in Megatron's dialogue.

===Other notes===
* Originally solicited for release in December 2019, this issue arrives incredibly late, at the end of January 2020.
* The original solicitation for this issue<ref>https://news.tfw2005.com/2019/09/20/idw-transformers-comic-solicitations-for-december2019-396829</ref> was somewhat different, talking about riots and drawing them back to the murder investigations.

===Covers (3)===
* '''Cover A''': Orion and Megatron, by [[Corin Howell]]
* '''Cover B''': Future Autobots Orion Pax, Bumblebee, and Chromia, by [[Hal Laren]]
* '''Retailer incentive cover''': Bumblebee schematics in the style of a retro video game, by [[Hazen Backer]]

<gallery>
File:TF2019 16 cvrA.jpg
File:TF2019 16 cvrB.jpg
File:TF2019 16 cvrRI.jpg
</gallery>

===Advertisements===
* TBD

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://graphicpolicy.com/2020/01/28/preview-transformers-16/ Preview]

[[Category:Transformers (2019) issues]]

The Change In Your Nature Part Four

2020-07-24T04:24:41Z

Bluestreak of Praxus:

{{Comicstory
|seriesissue=''[[Transformers (2019 comic)|Transformers]]'' #16
|prev=The Change In Your Nature Part Three
|next=The Change In Your Nature Part Five
|caption=''And I get a little bit Genghis Khan Don't want you to get it on with nobody else but me With nobody else but me''
|image=TF2019 16 cvrA.jpg
|title="The Change In Your Nature Part Four"
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[January 29]], 2020
|coverdate=December 2019
|written by=[[Brian Ruckley]]
|art by=[[Beth McGuire-Smith]] (pages 1-9) [[Anna Malkova]] (pages 10-20)
|colors by=[[Josh Burcham]] (pages 1-9) [[Joana Lafuente]] (pages 10-20)
|letters by=[[Jake M. Wood]]
|editor=[[David Mariotte]] and [[Tom Waltz]]
|continuity=[[2019 IDW continuity]]
|chronology=
}}

'''A drastic new Ascenticon scheme takes shape as political turmoil erupts across Cybertron.'''

==Synopsis==
Tensions run high in the [[Senate]] antechamber as Senators file out of the negotiation room after a tense emergency meeting, but [[Froid]] doesn't pick up on the mood, pushing past [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]'s security forces to speak to [[Nautica (G1)|Nautica]] about his latest psychological findings. [[Road Rage (G1)|Road Rage]] immediately rises to see him off, but Nautica tells her bodyguard that she doesn't need her for this one. [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] smirks at Road Rage as she watches the two depart: Starscream opines that Froid is clearly infatuated with her, like [[Crosscut (Autobot)|Crosscut]] and [[Proxima (G1)|Proxima]] before, but Nautica's never had eyes for any of them.

At the current Ascenticon base of operations, Senator [[Heretech]] fills [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] in on the details that [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] ''doesn't'' want the [[Decepticon|Ascenticon]] senator to know: the upcoming Senate debate is a sham, a sting operation that will end in [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'s arrest and Sentinel's ultimate denunciation of the Ascenticon movement. Horrified by the decline of Cybertronian society, Heretech and his [[Reversionist]]s will soon be departing Cybertron entirely to start anew elsewhere in the cosmos... so what Megatron does with this information is entirely up to him. The moment Heretech leaves the abandoned colosseum, Starscream emerges from the shadows, revealing that he's been spying on the Ascenticon leader throughout the meeting. Having backed multiple horses throughout the ongoing political crisis, Starscream asks Megatron if he knows ''everything'' about [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]... and just how much he owes to [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Orion Pax]] after his expulsion from [[Security Operations]]. Megatron refuses to entertain the idea that his former colleague could be actively working against him this way, but Starscream reminds him that he could just have easily let his old friendship blind him to Orion's true nature.

At a spaceport, Nautica and Road Rage hurry into the main terminal to intercept a recently landed [[Voin]] ship that's landed in spite of Nautica's direct instructions to delay all Voin vessels until she can ascertain the damage done to Cybertron's Voin community. But the damage has already been done—through the door comes a Voin asserter, a specialized warrior ensconced in an armored sphere, controlling a phalanx of monstrous warbeasts. Nautica theorizes that the asserter has been sent to enact the Voin's idea of justice... an act of vengeance that won't stop at just one Cybertronian!

Troubled by the news, Megatron meets with [[Elita One (G1)|Elita-1]] to discuss the issue of Bumblebee: although Elita-1's report on her teammate is nothing but positive, she has concerns of her own regarding Senator Soundwave and his increasingly brazen behaviour, including her own worries that ''he'' was the one responsible for killing [[Ruckus (G1)|Ruckus]]'s teammates in the [[Cybertronian Mountains]]. As Elita takes her leave, a weary Megatron puts in a call to Soundwave and tears into him: thanks to his own incompetence, they have no choice but to accelerate their game even further...

On Shockwave's orders, [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] speeds through the Cybertronian badlands towards an outlying relay facility. Inside, [[Slipstream (G1)|Slipstream]] briefs her cadre of dysfunctional Ascenticon warriors on their mission: to capture the building by any means necessary, and to leave no survivors. [[Tracer (G1 Decepticon)|Tracer]] is first up, bisecting the first security 'bot and giving [[Shadow Striker (G1)|Shadow Striker]]'s ground team the freedom to storm the inner facility and drop the next guard. The facility, [[Blackjack]] explains, is an abandoned relic from the [[Expansion|Age of Expansion]] used to coordinate [[Titan (group)|Titan]]s...but as he explains, the group comes under fire from [[Headrush]], the last member of the garrison. [[Hyperdrive (Micromaster)|Hyperdrive]] easily takes him out, just in time for Slipstream and their secret asset [[Skystalker (G1)|Skystalker]] to arrive before any enemy reinforcements.

Using a specially-engineered [[data-bomb]] developed by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s inner scientists, the team are able to use Skystalker's [[Cityspeaker|cityspeaking]] talents to reach out into Cybertronian orbit, where the planet's Titan defense fleet lies dormant. Skystalker reaches out to one such Titan, [[Vigilem]], rousing him from his long slumber—and, gradually, the awesomely powerful warrior comes back online, ready to carry out his new orders...

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Orion Pax]] (5)

|h2=[[Decepticon|Ascenticon]]s|c2=
* [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (11)
* [[Elita One (G1)|Elita-1]] (13)
* [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] (14)
* [[Hyperdrive (Micromaster)|Hyperdrive]] (15)
* [[Blackjack]] (16)
* [[Flamewar (G1)|Flamewar]] (17)
* [[Slipstream (G1)|Slipstream]] (18)
* [[Tracer (G1 Decepticon)|Tracer]] (19)
* [[Skystalker (G1)|Skystalker]] (20)
* [[Shadow Striker (G1)|Shadow Striker]] (21)

|c4=
* [[Froid]] (1)
* [[Road Rage (G1)|Road Rage]] (2)
* [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (3)
* [[Pipes (G1)|Pipes]] (4)
* [[Heretech]] (6)
* [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (7)
* [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] (8)
* [[Nautica (G1)|Nautica]] (9)
* [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (10)
* [[Voin]] asserter (12)
* [[Tempest]] (22
* [[Headrush]] (23)
* [[Vigilem]] (24)
}}

==Quotes==
[[File:"Team Stream" inside Astrotrain.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5]]
"This planet, and this civilization... they are failing, sinking ever further from the light of our origins." 
"I did not know you were a declinist, Heretech." 
"I find evidence of that decline ever '''more''' persuasive. As a culture. As spiritual beings."
:— '''Heretech''' and '''Megatron'''

"In this case, '''they<nowiki>'</nowiki>d''' call it compensatory justice. But from our point of view, it's trouble."
:— '''Nautica'''

"Blackjack, tell Flamewar she can't call us that. It's '''stupid'''." 
"I don't care '''what''' she calls us." 
"Yes! There you are. '''Team Stream''', it is!"
:— '''Hyperdrive''', '''Blackjack''', and '''Flamewar'''

"Headrush. '''Heh'''. See, Flamewar. '''That's''' funny." 
"Don't you think he's a bit weird? I think he's a bit weird."
:— '''Hyperdrive''' and '''Flamewar'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Crosscut was previously established to have worked with Nautica on an offworld peacekeeping mission in [[Nautica: Home|issue #12]]
* Heretech refers to the destruction of the [[Memorial Crater]], which occurred in [[The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Three|issue #9]], and the killing of an immersant [[Titan (group)|Titan]] in [[The Change In Your Nature Part Two|issue #14]].
* Starscream was noted to have previously ousted Soundwave from the Intelligence Service in issue #14.
* Nautica had previously theorized that the [[Voin]] killed back in [[The World In Your Eyes Part Five|issue #5]] was an important one; her fears were confirmed in [[The Change In Your Nature Part Two|issue #14]], though she wasn't entirely sure what kind of response the Voin would utilize. The "asserter" seen here is accompanied by monstrous versions of the apelike creatures Cybertron's Voin have traditionally used and the crustaceans glimpsed in #12.
* Flamewar suggests that their new team could be the equivalent of "Strika's Heavies", a [[War of the Threefold Spark]]-era military unit that cameo'd in [[The Change In Your Nature Part Three|the prior issue]].
* The orbiting Titan defense fleet was something first alluded to aaaaall the way back in [[The World In Your Eyes Part One|issue #1]], and later briefly glimpsed by [[Rubble]] in [[The World In Your Eyes Part Three|issue #3]]... and now it seems that foreshadowing is about to pay off in a big, big way...

===Transformers references===
* Starscream namedrops [[Proxima (G1)|Proxima]] as an intellectual who'd been infatuated with Nautica in the past; she appeared in the pages of ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' as a member of Nautica's [[Caminus (planet)|Camien]] sorority.
* Heretech announces that the Reversionists plan to leave Cybertron entirely; in addition to setting up the plot of [[Gauging the Truth, Part One|the third arc]] of ''[[Transformers: Galaxies|Galaxies]]'', it also hearkens back to the [[Exodus (event)|Exodus]] from the [[2005 IDW continuity|original IDW continuity]], a mass evacuation of pre-war Cybertron overseen by pious leader [[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]] and the eventual rise of the religious [[Circle of Light]].
* Skystalker is confirmed to be a [[Cityspeaker]], a profession that originated in the prior IDW continuity with [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]]... although given her security credentials it's unclear if Windblade herself is a Cityspeaker in this new universe.
* Holy crap! A treacherous servant of the [[Liege Maximo]], [[Vigilem]] matched wits with [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] in the pages of 2016's ''[[The Transformers: Till All Are One|Till All Are One]]'' but his hubris proved his undoing as he ultimately failed to turn the Cityspeaker to his side. It's unclear how much of Vigilem's backstory will be maintained for this reboot—indeed, it's not clear if the [[Thirteen]] exist in this universe at all—but it's pretty darn clear that no matter what his backstory is like, Vigilem ''definitely'' spells trouble for Cybertron...

===Errors===
*In panel 1 of page 8, the British spelling "behaviour" slips through in Megatron's dialogue.

===Other notes===
* Originally solicited for release in December 2019, this issue arrives incredibly late, at the end of January 2020.
* The original solicitation for this issue<ref>https://news.tfw2005.com/2019/09/20/idw-transformers-comic-solicitations-for-december2019-396829</ref> was somewhat different, talking about riots and drawing them back to the murder investigations.

===Covers (3)===
* '''Cover A''': Orion and Megatron, by [[Corin Howell]]
* '''Cover B''': Future Autobots Orion Pax, Bumblebee, and Chromia, by [[Hal Laren]]
* '''Retailer incentive cover''': Bumblebee schematics in the style of a retro video game, by [[Hazen Backer]]

<gallery>
File:TF2019 16 cvrA.jpg
File:TF2019 16 cvrB.jpg
File:TF2019 16 cvrRI.jpg
</gallery>

===Advertisements===
* TBD

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://graphicpolicy.com/2020/01/28/preview-transformers-16/ Preview]

[[Category:Transformers (2019) issues]]