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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Fortressmaxim: i found a typo while reading my copy of mtmte 50&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{Comicstory&lt;br /&gt;
|series=mtmte|issueno=50&lt;br /&gt;
|prev=Speak, Memory! (Part 2)&lt;br /&gt;
|next=No Guns, No Swords, No Briefcases&lt;br /&gt;
|image=MTMTE50_regcvr.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
|title=&amp;quot;The Dying of the Light:&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;(1) How Bright Their Frail Deeds&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|caption=&lt;br /&gt;
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]&lt;br /&gt;
|published in=[[More than Meets the Eye issue 50|&#039;&#039;More than Meets the Eye&#039;&#039; #50]]&lt;br /&gt;
|date=[[February 24]], [[2016]] (digital, parts of Europe and Asia)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[[March 9]], 2016 (rest of world)&lt;br /&gt;
|coverdate=February 2016&lt;br /&gt;
|written by=[[James Roberts]]&lt;br /&gt;
|pencils by=[[Alex Milne]]&lt;br /&gt;
|inks by=Alex Milne and [[Brian Shearer]]&lt;br /&gt;
|colors by=[[Joana Lafuente]] (pg. 1-10), [[Priscilla Tramontano]] (pg. 11-15, 22-23, 27-32), [[John-Paul Bove]] (pg. 17-21, 24-26)&lt;br /&gt;
|letters by=[[Tom B. Long]]&lt;br /&gt;
|editor=[[John Barber]]&lt;br /&gt;
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]&lt;br /&gt;
|chronology=[[IDW timeline|Current era (2016)]]&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;A psychic attack leads Team Rodimus back to the Necrobot&#039;s planet, where a mutiny in the ranks of the &#039;&#039;Lost Light&#039;&#039; spells their doom.&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Synopsis==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;On [[Earth]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] and [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] receive a haunting transmission: a series of videos from crewmembers of the &#039;&#039;[[Lost Light]]&#039;&#039;—[[Nautica (G1)|Nautica]], [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]], [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]], [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]], [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Minimus Ambus]], [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]], [[Rung (G1)|Rung]], and [[Velocity (G1)|Velocity]]—explaining that they are about to die and leaving individual instructions for how they wish to be interred. The broadcast also reaches [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], [[Moonbase One|Luna 1]], and the &#039;&#039;[[Weak Anthropic Principle]]&#039;&#039;, but the &#039;&#039;Lost Light&#039;&#039; remains silent, unresponsive to any hailing requests. Optimus Prime proposes using the [[space bridge]] to go to their rescue, but Jetfire reveals the awful truth... the message claims the speakers have six hours left to live, but it was sent three weeks ago.&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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Three weeks earlier, the &#039;&#039;Lost Light&#039;&#039;ers help liberate the planet [[Miliarium]] from the clutches of the [[Rust Giant]]s, with the super-strong [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]] taking out their biggest, meanest member. [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]]—remotely supervising the battle from the ship on account of his newfound pacifism—is a little prickly when he discovers that everyone hid from him the fact that Millarians are organic, but softens when [[Hot Rod/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Rodimus]] lets him give the &amp;quot;[[roll out]]&amp;quot; order.&lt;br /&gt;
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A little later, after everyone has returned to the ship, Megatron holds the latest in a series of classes on the [[Knights of Cybertron]], and focuses his attention on the mysterious, gear-like hieroglyph that the crew have come upon several times in the course of their quest. Pooling their knowledge, the class concludes that the symbol is a kind of &amp;quot;coat of arms,&amp;quot; representing just one of multiple clans that existed within the Knights&#039; ranks. The discussion is interrupted, however, when Megatron suddenly reels in pain, clutching his head; when Minimus Ambus attempts to go to his aid, the ex-Decepticon reflexively lashes out, punching Minimus across the room. Horrified at his own actions, Megatron retreats to his quarters, where Velocity checks him over and administers his latest dose of [[Fool&#039;s Energon]]. She worries that the sedative could be the reason for Megatron&#039;s actions, as it has been known to cause fluctuations in a &#039;bot&#039;s personality, but he explains that he was bombarded with agonizing, screaming voices in his mind—an experience, it soon turns out, that a handful of &#039;&#039;other&#039;&#039; crew members also underwent at the same time, each hearing their own unique horrific sound. [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] and [[Mainframe (G1)|Mainframe]] are able to trace the signal of this &amp;quot;psychic attack&amp;quot; back to its point of origin, and plans are quickly made to go and investigate.&lt;br /&gt;
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The victims of the attack—Megatron, Chromedome, Rewind, [[Skids (G1)|Skids]], Rung, and [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] (who brings [[Ten]] along with him)— together with the other members of &amp;quot;Team Rodimus&amp;quot;—Nightbeat, [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]], and Nautica—and Magnus, Rodimus, [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], Velocity, and Whirl (brought along at Mainframe&#039;s suggestion for extra muscle) all pile into the [[Rodpod]], and [[quantum jump]] to the signal&#039;s location. The pod materializes in utter blackness, which the team soon realize means they have jumped &#039;&#039;inside&#039;&#039; a huge, hollow object. One more small jump to the object&#039;s surface, and they discover they have returned to the [[Censere|Necrobot]]&#039;s planet... but no sooner have they stepped out of the Rodpod than a squadron of attack craft suddenly appears in the skies and opens fire on them! Totally outnumbered, everyone boards the pod again and tries to quantum jump away, only to discover the teleport engines are dead. The team sets course for the Necrobot&#039;s fortress, but the Rodpod is shot down right in front of it; everyone manages to survive and haul themselves out of the wreckage before the Rodpod finally explodes.&lt;br /&gt;
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Taking cover inside the fortress, the team discovers the Necrobot&#039;s dead body in the middle of the floor. While Ravage sneaks out to examine the single enemy fighter they managed to bring down during the escape, Nightbeat snaps into analytical mode, and he and Brainstorm piece together what has occurred: the &amp;quot;psychic attack&amp;quot; was originally an ordinary transmission sent by their attackers to lure the group to the planet, but the fatally-wounded Necrobot, with the last of his strength, corrupted the signal in a failed attempt to warn them off. Using the Necrobot&#039;s computer, Rodimus re-establishes contact with the &#039;&#039;Lost Light&#039;&#039;... but is shocked when the &#039;bot who answers his hail turns out to be [[Getaway]]! The escapologist explains that he has been freed from his cell by the &#039;&#039;entire crew&#039;&#039;, who have finally tired of Rodimus&#039;s leadership and the way in which Megatron has been accepted into their ranks, and are staging a full-blown mutiny. Getaway and [[Atomizer]] have been planning this since before the ship left Cybertron, having identified all &amp;quot;Megatron sympathizers&amp;quot; through judicious questioning and application of Getaway&#039;s [[nudge gun]], and have now isolated and trapped them on the Necrobot&#039;s world, so that the rest of the crew can &#039;&#039;actually get on with their quest&#039;&#039; to find the Knights and save the Cybertronian race. Even the mystery attackers are part of their plan—attackers whose identities Megatron has already figured out, making him severely doubt Getaway&#039;s promise that nobody but Megatron will be harmed. As Getaway shuts off the comm-link, a wounded Ravage limps back inside to confirm his leader&#039;s suspicions: the [[Decepticon Justice Division]] has arrived... and everyone is going to die.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Featured characters==&lt;br /&gt;
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*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] (3)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] (4)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]] (5)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] (6)&lt;br /&gt;
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*? (33) &amp;lt;!--on the screen to the right of the one depicting Huffer--&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (38)&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
==Quotes==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;I was particularly impressed by &#039;&#039;&#039;your&#039;&#039;&#039; efforts, &#039;&#039;&#039;Riptide&#039;&#039;&#039;. You clearly put in a lot of work.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Did I pass?&amp;quot;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;No, but I&#039;ll talk to you afterwards to explain why.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
:—&#039;&#039;&#039;Megatron&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;Riptide&#039;&#039;&#039; on the latter&#039;s academic skills&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;I&#039;m not usually a &#039;&#039;&#039;fan&#039;&#039;&#039; of group discussion, or brainstorming, or waiting for other people to stop speaking, but that was actually pretty impressive.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
:—&#039;&#039;&#039;Nightbeat&#039;&#039;&#039;, on the benefits of talking out a problem&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;Stress&#039;&#039;&#039; is another side effect of the chemo-sedatives.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;It&#039;s not stress.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;How do you know?&amp;quot;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Because I&#039;ve never been happier.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
:—&#039;&#039;&#039;Velocity&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;Megatron&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Ultra Magnus:&#039;&#039;&#039; &amp;quot;Hold on. Someone &#039;&#039;&#039;fired on us&#039;&#039;&#039; and you want to &#039;&#039;&#039;run towards the gun&#039;&#039;&#039;?&amp;quot;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Rodimus:&#039;&#039;&#039; &amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;Yep&#039;&#039;&#039;—and &#039;&#039;&#039;disarm&#039;&#039;&#039; them before they take another shot. It&#039;s a perfectly good plan! &#039;&#039;&#039;Team Rodimus&#039;&#039;&#039; are well up for it!&amp;quot;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Ultra Magnus:&#039;&#039;&#039; &amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;Is&#039;&#039;&#039; well up for it. Team Rodimus &#039;&#039;&#039;is&#039;&#039;&#039; well up for it. Singular. One team.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Rodimus:&#039;&#039;&#039; &amp;quot;Whatever. Chop-chop!&amp;quot;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Megatron:&#039;&#039;&#039; &amp;quot;When did you first realize that he uses &#039;&#039;&#039;bad grammar&#039;&#039;&#039; to distract you whenever you raise an objection to something he wants to do?&amp;quot;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Ultra Magnus:&#039;&#039;&#039; &amp;quot;He does &#039;&#039;&#039;WHAT&#039;&#039;&#039;?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;This is the new &#039;&#039;&#039;teleport drive&#039;&#039;&#039;. Nautica built it as a &#039;&#039;&#039;thank-you present&#039;&#039;&#039; after I stopped going on and on about how much I wanted a teleport drive.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
:—&#039;&#039;&#039;Rodimus&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Rodimus:&#039;&#039;&#039; &amp;quot;I&#039;m sorry if not all of us are catlike and unpanickable.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Ultra Magnus:&#039;&#039;&#039; &amp;quot;Not a word.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Rodimus:&#039;&#039;&#039; &amp;quot;Jeez, Magnus. Time and place.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Ultra Magnus:&#039;&#039;&#039; &amp;quot;No, no, no. You can&#039;t have people throwing &#039;&#039;&#039;made up words&#039;&#039;&#039; around willy-nilly. There are impressionable &#039;bots on board.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Brainstorm:&#039;&#039;&#039; &amp;quot;Magnus is right. Making up words leads to criminanarchy and pandebordination.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Ultra Magnus:&#039;&#039;&#039; &amp;quot;Brainstorm! One more and you&#039;re on &#039;&#039;&#039;remand.&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;By what &#039;&#039;&#039;tortured logic&#039;&#039;&#039; did &#039;&#039;&#039;High Command&#039;&#039;&#039; conclude that letting an &#039;&#039;&#039;unrepentant mass murderer&#039;&#039;&#039; off the hook represented anything &#039;&#039;&#039;other&#039;&#039;&#039; than an &#039;&#039;&#039;insult&#039;&#039;&#039; to the memory of the &#039;&#039;&#039;billions&#039;&#039;&#039; he killed? Seriously—can someone explain to me how the war can end with the &#039;&#039;&#039;instigator&#039;&#039;&#039; being allowed to go about his business &#039;&#039;&#039;as if nothing happened&#039;&#039;&#039;? The death camps! The massacres! The cities razed to the ground! Apparently all of them were just &#039;&#039;&#039;missteps&#039;&#039;&#039;—painful but necessary—on Megatron&#039;s &#039;&#039;&#039;path to self-discovery&#039;&#039;&#039;! (...) By helping that &#039;&#039;&#039;maniac&#039;&#039;&#039; find peace you&#039;re excusing his past behavior. And so it falls to us—&#039;&#039;&#039;the 99%&#039;&#039;&#039;—to remind you how &#039;&#039;&#039;wrong&#039;&#039;&#039; this is. Forgiveness? Rehabilitation? Reintegration? No. Not him. Not now. Not ever.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
:—&#039;&#039;&#039;Getaway&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;I&#039;m not a bad person. I just have strong beliefs.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
:—&#039;&#039;&#039;Getaway&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Notes==&lt;br /&gt;
===Continuity notes===&lt;br /&gt;
*Optimus and Jetfire are in the &#039;&#039;[[Skyroller]]&#039;&#039; when they receive the crew&#039;s message, outside [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]&#039;s &amp;quot;house,&amp;quot; placing this story after the events of [[All Hail Optimus Part 1: Once Upon a Time on Earth|&#039;&#039;The Transformers&#039;&#039; #50]].&lt;br /&gt;
*When Nightbeat delivers his part of the message, he talks about how he can prepare himself &amp;quot;this time,&amp;quot; and strokes the centre of his forehead: a reference to when he died before, shot right through the head, in &#039;&#039;[[Spotlight: Hardhead]]&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
*Nightbeat requests his funeral ceremony be Neoprimalist, the sect of Primalism that [[Flywheels]] was noted to belong to in [[Rules of Disengagement (issue)|issue #7]].&lt;br /&gt;
*Magnus sputters as he tries to say the word &amp;quot;fun,&amp;quot; just as he did back in [[How Ratchet Got His Hands Back|issue #5]], but this time, he finally gets it out.&lt;br /&gt;
*Rung requests that, should he die in alt mode, he be disassembled—an allusion to the mystery of his alternate form, and the fact that, whatever it is, it may still be able to serve its purpose after his death.&lt;br /&gt;
*Megatron mentions [[information creep]] during his class, the memory-altering mental malady mentioned before in [[Twenty Plus One|issue #31]]. In the same issue, it was established that Riptide was rubbish at exams, which is followed through on here as he fails his assignment in Megatron&#039;s class.&lt;br /&gt;
*The mysterious gear symbol raises its figurative head once again. Skids remembers how he saw it in [[Remain in Light 5 of 5: This Calamitous Life|issue #21]], Thunderclash remembers seeing it in the map from his dreams in [[The Sensuous Frame|issue #41]], and Perceptor mentions that Rodimus drew it into his own map from [[The Not Knowing|issue #44]].&lt;br /&gt;
*Nautica recounts how she spent time on [[Troja Major]], where we know from [[World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace|issue #28]] she picked up a copy of &#039;&#039;[[Towards Peace]]&#039;&#039;. She says she visited a &amp;quot;heritage museum&amp;quot;; presumably, this is the business run by Decepticon antiquarian [[Agonizer]], mentioned in [[Some Of My Best Friends Are Autobots|issue #45]] as having set up shop on the planet.&lt;br /&gt;
*Rodimus brings &amp;quot;Team Rodimus&amp;quot; together again, who were last referred to by that name back in [[World, Shut Your Mouth Part 3: Predestination: A Beginner&#039;s Guide|issue #30]] when they assembled to examine the alternate-Rodimus&#039;s coffin.&lt;br /&gt;
*The crew previously visited the Necrobot&#039;s planet in issue #44. Back in that issue, the Necrobot described it as a &amp;quot;shell of a world,&amp;quot; quoting his departed friend [[Tusk]]. That line suddenly becomes a lot more literal with this issue&#039;s revelation that the planet is hollow.&lt;br /&gt;
*Note how Magnus&#039;s right arm takes a bad hit during the explosion of the Rodpod. It&#039;s deliberately kept off-panel for the remaining portion of the issue, likely to obscure the fact that the arm has been completely severed—&#039;cause remember, as we know from [[The Gloaming|issue #16]] and [[Remain in Light 5 of 5: This Calamitous Life|issue #21]], that&#039;s the arm containing [[Tyrest (G1)|Tyrest]]&#039;s recall switch/teleporter. No quick escapes with &#039;&#039;that&#039;&#039;, Magnus! &lt;br /&gt;
*Brainstorm identifies the Necrobot&#039;s computers as using elements of the same technology as the guilt-detecting computer [[Aequitas]], from &#039;&#039;[[The Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers|Last Stand of the Wreckers]]&#039;&#039;, which is why everyone who suffers from the &amp;quot;psychic attack&amp;quot; experiences a unique, tailor-made terror.&lt;br /&gt;
*The full extent of Getaway and Atomizer&#039;s scheme is revealed, tying back into their attempt to dispatch Megatron from [[The Lopsided Triangle|issue #47]], and Atomizer&#039;s manipulation of Rodimus from [[World, Shut Your Mouth Part 2: Words Hang in the Air|issue #29]]. They obviously arrange to have Mainframe suggest that Whirl accompany Team Rodimus not because he has any love for Megatron, like the rest of their victims, but because he turned against them in #47.&lt;br /&gt;
*Getaway also mentions the only real side effect from the nudge gun and its memory wipes is a slight headache. Sure enough, Skids and Nightbeat mention having inexplicable headaches off-hand in [[The Sensuous Frame|#41]] and [[The Not Knowing|#44]], respectively, while Tailgate had one in [[Our Steps Will Always Rhyme|issue #40]] that was &#039;&#039;implied&#039;&#039; to be the result of too much drink, but about which we now know better. Finally, to spell it out for us, Whirl was shown having a headache after being nudge-gunned in [[The Lopsided Triangle|#47]].&lt;br /&gt;
**In Tailgate&#039;s case, that revelation also implicitly tells us who &#039;&#039;really&#039;&#039; told Getaway about Tailgate&#039;s deathbed confession; not Cyclonus, as Getaway claims, but Tailgate himself, who then had the memory of telling Getaway erased.&lt;br /&gt;
*The Decepticon Justice Division allied with Deathsaurus&#039;s forces back in [[The Permanent Revolution|issue #39]]. &#039;Bots from that issue who appear among their team on the story&#039;s final page include Leozack, Killbison, Drillhorn, and Blue Bacchus.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Real-life references===&lt;br /&gt;
*Both this multi-parter&#039;s title and this issue&#039;s sub-title are quotes from the poem &amp;quot;{{w|Do not go gentle into that good night}},&amp;quot; by {{w|Dylan Thomas}}. The work urges one to survive, to not willingly embrace death, to &amp;quot;Rage, rage against the dying of the light.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
*The planet Miliarium takes its name from the Latin word for &amp;quot;milestone,&amp;quot; in reference to the 50-issue milestone &#039;&#039;More than Meets the Eye&#039;&#039; has reached.&lt;br /&gt;
*Velocity&#039;s ringtone (&amp;quot;I&#039;m a doctor, not a performance artist!&amp;quot;) is, of course, a spoof of Doctor McCoy&#039;s catchphrase from the original &#039;&#039;[[Star Trek]]&#039;&#039;. She notes it&#039;s a gift from Swerve, who has recently indulged himself in all of Earth&#039;s television, and refers to Velocity&#039;s decision to go into medicine rather than [[Caminus]]&#039;s highly-venerated performing arts.&lt;br /&gt;
*Getaway calls Team Rodimus&#039;s trip a &amp;quot;journey into mystery,&amp;quot; referencing the {{w|Journey into Mystery|Marvel comic}} of the same name.&lt;br /&gt;
*The concept of one small brave band of heroes facing down impossible odds as legions of enemies close in on their position, unable to retreat, is lifted from the movie &#039;&#039;[[Zulu]]&#039;&#039;—which the crew were shown watching back in [[World, Shut Your Mouth Part 3: Predestination: A Beginner&#039;s Guide|issue #30]], in a bit of very deliberate foreshadowing. Swerve makes the reference explicit with his &amp;quot;Patients - &#039;&#039;&#039;thousands&#039;&#039;&#039; of &#039;em!&amp;quot; line.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Errors===&lt;br /&gt;
*For his one-panel appearance, Scoop is his traditional orange, but he ought to be in [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]-green these days, since becoming part of [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], as seen in [[All That Remains|&#039;&#039;Windblade&#039;&#039; #3]].&lt;br /&gt;
*Hard to spot in the rust giant throng on the left of the double-page title spread is [[Slamdance (G1)|Slamdance]], recognizable by his shoulder cannons, square-head-thing, and the treads on his upper arms, which he had when he appeared on Cybertron in issue #29. This is the first time we&#039;ve seen him among the &#039;&#039;Lost Light&#039;&#039; crew—but he&#039;s colored almost entirely cream instead of his normal red and blue. Not unlike his [[Slamdance (SG)|&#039;&#039;Shattered Glass&#039;&#039; counterpart]], actually!&lt;br /&gt;
*In Fortress Maximus&#039;s early appearance, his name is misspelled &amp;quot;Fotress&amp;quot;. This has possibly been corrected in physical copies of the issue.&lt;br /&gt;
*The headline on the [[Galactic Bulletin]] reads &amp;quot;AUTOBOTS LIBERATE MIL&#039;&#039;&#039;L&#039;&#039;&#039;ARIUM&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
*When Nightbeat discovers the Necrobot&#039;s body, his face is colored gray instead of yellow.&lt;br /&gt;
*In that same scene, Censere is misspelled &amp;quot;Censerre&amp;quot;, with an extra R.&lt;br /&gt;
*In the group shot of the DJD and Deathsaurus&#039;s forces on the last page, Guyhawk is visible in the background, between Helex&#039;s legs, but he&#039;s colored grey and red with a green face, instead of his usual red and white.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Other notes===&lt;br /&gt;
*The &amp;quot;story so far&amp;quot; page that opens this issue recaps the entire series, summing up each individual story or multiparter with a simple description: a schism ([[Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|&#039;&#039;The Death of Optimus Prime&#039;&#039;]]), an accident (issues [[Liars, A to D Part 1: How to Say Goodbye and Mean It|#1]]-[[Liars, A to D Part 2: Hangers On|2]]), a sparkeater ([[Liars, A to D Part 3: The Chaos of Warm Things|issue #3]]), a virus (issues [[Life After the Big Bang|#4]]-[[How Ratchet Got His Hands Back|5]]), a hostage situation ([[Interiors|issue #6]]), an interlude (issues [[Rules of Disengagement (issue)|#7]]-[[Scavengers (Part 2): Who&#039;s Afraid of the DJD?|8]]), a calling ([[Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|2012 annual]]), a &#039;&#039;Spotlight&#039;&#039; or two (&#039;&#039;[[The Reluctant Specialist|Trailcutter]]&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;[[The Waiting Game|Hoist]]&#039;&#039;), a story (issues [[Shadowplay, Part 1: Post Hoc|#9]]-[[Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading|11]]), a mix-up ([[Before &amp;amp; After|issue #12]]), a night out ([[Cybertronian Homesick Blues|issue #13]]), a mistake ([[Remembrance Day|issue #14]]), a death ([[Under Cold Blue Stars|issue #15]]), a funeral ([[The Gloaming|issue #16]]), a lost moon ([[Remain in Light|issues #17-21]]), a diversion ([[Dark Cybertron (IDW)|issues #22-27]]), a trial (issues [[World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace|#28]]-[[World, Shut Your Mouth Part 3: Predestination: A Beginner&#039;s Guide|30]]), an exodus ([[Twenty Plus One|issue #31]]), another &#039;&#039;Lost Light&#039;&#039; (issues [[slaughterhouse|#32]]-[[slaughterhouse Part 2: The Road Not Taken|33]]), a loss ([[Births, Deaths, and Interventions|issue #34]]), an alternate universe ([[The Custom-Made Now - An Elegant Chaos Prologue|issue #35]]), a race against time (issues [[Elegant Chaos Part 1: All Our Parlous Yesterdays|#36]]-[[Elegant Chaos Part 3: Predestination: An Expert&#039;s Guide|38]]), an alliance ([[The Permanent Revolution|issue #39]]), a farewell ([[Our Steps Will Always Rhyme|issue #40]]), a reunion (issues [[The Sensuous Frame|#41]]-[[The Frail Gaze|42]]), a sitcom ([[The One Where They Go to Earth|issue #43]]), an epiphany ([[The Not Knowing|issue #44]]), another interlude (issues [[Some Of My Best Friends Are Autobots|#45]]-[[Animals|46]]), a betrayal ([[The Lopsided Triangle|issue #47]]), and a resignation (issues [[Speak, Memory: Part 1|#48]]-[[Speak, Memory! (Part 2)|49]]).&lt;br /&gt;
*Megatron notes that it has been about a year since the &#039;&#039;Lost Light&#039;&#039; left Cybertron after his trial, meaning that about 18 months (one year plus the six-month gap between &amp;quot;[[Dark Cybertron (IDW)|Dark Cybertron]]&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;season 2&amp;quot;) have passed in the last two years&#039; worth of comics.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Crew manifest===&lt;br /&gt;
*In the mutiny Brainstorm, Chromedome, Cyclonus, Megatron, Minimus Ambus, Nautica, Nightbeat, Ravage, Rewind, Rodimus, Rung, Skids, Swerve, Tailgate, Ten, Velocity and Whirl are ejected from the ship. &lt;br /&gt;
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==External links==&lt;br /&gt;
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