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Talk:Generation 1 (Japanese toyline)

2025-07-13T19:32:26Z

Prime Radiant: /* ??? */

==???==
I honestly don't quite get the purpose of this page: like, sure, there are multiple franchises contained within the Japanese G1 umbrella, and so my first thought seeing this was that each link would lead to individual pages for those toylines... But then they all lead to the [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)]] page, which is just a large list with every Japanese toyline in ''one'' page, as with the European and South American ones. Isn't this page, then, kinda redundant, considering it almost entirely just features the same content as that other page but abridged? Personally, I feel like this should be replaced with a redirect to that page instead, so that it doesn't break everything else that links to it. ([[User:FortressMaxxing|FortressMaxxing]] ([[User talk:FortressMaxxing|talk]]) 12:33, 13 July 2025 (EDT))
:Looking over at the history of the aforementioned larger page, it appears that it was in fact originally only about the first year of the G1 Japanese toyline before it was divided into multiple franchises, until everything else was merged with it in 2018 - thus; I suppose that this page once served a legitimate purpose, but nowadays it feels pretty pointless. I have therefore tagged it with the "move" tag. ([[User:FortressMaxxing|FortressMaxxing]] ([[User talk:FortressMaxxing|talk]]) 12:40, 13 July 2025 (EDT))
::Hm. Redundancy is a fair concern. Revisiting these two articles, I cannot help but notice that now that the dust has settled from the giga-merge:
:::1) This page has indeed mutated into an overview of the contents of the ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]]'' page.
:::2) The ''F!SRLT'' page *lacks* a dedicated overview section (litany of vestigial headers labeled "overview" for each individual year notwithstanding) due to being cobbled together from the smaller pages.
::Perhaps the most straightforward thing would be to merge them rather than overwriting this page outright, with its content going to the top of the ''F!SRLT'' page when this namespace becomes a redirect?--[[User:AzimuthAcolyte|AzimuthAcolyte]] ([[User talk:AzimuthAcolyte|talk]]) 13:47, 13 July 2025 (EDT)
:::Wahey and there go those vestigial headers. I have updated the flag to a merge accordingly.--[[User:AzimuthAcolyte|AzimuthAcolyte]] ([[User talk:AzimuthAcolyte|talk]]) 13:59, 13 July 2025 (EDT)
:::I am in favor of the merger. [[User:MrRald|MrRald]] ([[User talk:MrRald|talk]]) 14:59, 13 July 2025 (EDT)
:::Seems like a merger would be a net improvement for the FSRLTF toyline article as well as wiki navigation. - [[User:Archforce|Archforce]] ([[User talk:Archforce|talk]]) 15:19, 13 July 2025 (EDT)
:::Also in favour, good eye [[User:Sky Shadow|Sky Shadow]] ([[User talk:Sky Shadow|talk]]) 15:30, 13 July 2025 (EDT)
:::Great idea, also in favor. [[User:Prime Radiant|Prime Radiant]] ([[User talk:Prime Radiant|talk]]) 15:32, 13 July 2025 (EDT)

Crashing the K-Wave

2024-12-26T13:07:47Z

Prime Radiant: /* Synopsis */ word left out

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers Stop Motion Netflix Anime]]''
|image=Netflix stop motion ep 1 - Ironhide and Chromia in rain.jpg
|caption=
|prev=
|next=Virtually Reality
|title="Crashing the K-Wave"
|production company=[[Allspark Animation]]
|animation studio=[[Counter656]]
|director=[[Mickey Lee]]
|airdate=[[August 18]], [[2020]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5yPePvP5ew
|videosite=YouTube
}}

'''To beat the Decepticons' social media numbers, the Autobots decide to make a K-drama.'''

==Synopsis==
While the [[Autobot]]s relax in their headquarters watching [[Netflix]] on [[Teletraan I]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] checks his social media on his phone. Seeing a post from [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], Optimus discovers that [[Decepticon]] leader has more likes and followers than he does. He grows angry and throws a fit until the music from the screen catches his attention, and he sees all the other Autobots are enraptured watching ''[[Crash Landing on You]]''. Optimus gets an idea, showing how many likes the show has on social media. Everyone agrees they should make their own {{w|Korean drama|K-drama}}, with [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] as the stars, much to their surprise.

''As Chromia waits nervously in the rain under an awning, Ironhide runs up to her, umbrella in hand. He opens it, covering them both. Chromia reaches up, wiping a bit or rain off his face. A pulse of blue energy bursts from them, and their eyes glow brightly as they stare at each other. After arriving at Chromia's, Ironhide mentions a kiss, then gives an embarrassed look. As Chromia gets embarrassed and turns to leave, Ironhide reaches out to stop her, pulling her close. Another burst of energy flows from them as they lock glowing eyes once more. They lean in close to kiss...''

A bell rings and the scene cuts, the Autobot cast and crew celebrating the completed filming.

In Decepticon headquarters, all are crowded around Megatron as he watches the Autobots' new video. [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] aren't fans, but [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] absolutely love it. Megatron then sees the amount of views the video has and fires off a blistering comment, then storms off.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters|
h1=[[Autobot]]s|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (2)
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (3)
*[[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] (4)
*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (5)
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (6)
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (7)

|h2=[[Decepticon]]s|c2=
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (8)
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (9)
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (10)
*[[Barricade (IDW)|Barricade]] (11)
*[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] (12)
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (13)
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] (14)

}}

==Quotes==
"💢👿☣️💣🏹💥🤬🛡️🔥(ง'̀-'́)ง💪⚡🔫😡☢️"
:—'''Megatron''' comments on what he thought of the Autobots' video.

==Notes==
* The short was initially released via the Netflix Japan Anime account on Twitter in August 2020, followed by releases on Counter656's YouTube channel in September and the English Netflix Anime YouTube channel in December.
* Tons of BotBots appear in their [[alternate mode|alt modes]] as props around the Autobot base. We see [[Brotato]], [[Duderoni]], [[Hawt Diggity]], [[Shredder Jack]], [[Sippyberry]], [[The Fizz]], and [[Twerple Burple]] are on the table as snacks. [[Greeny Rex]] and [[Smerg the Sad]] are on the side wall while [[Blabberbook]], [[Bogus Pocus]], and [[Professor Wellread]] are in a bookshelf to the side of Teletraan I. Finally [[Game Over]], [[Goggly Spy P.I.]], [[S.A. Cheez]], [[Snorg the Conquerer]], and [[Writer's Blockhead]] are on shelving in the back of the room.

===Transformers references===
* The commenters seen on Prime's social media and on the video are a mix of Generation 1 and live-action movie characters.
** [[Ratchet (Movie)|Movie Ratchet]], [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], and [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] are all shown on Prime's social media.
** [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Movie Bumblebee]] and [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] are shown commenting on the ''Crash Landing on You'' post.
** The Crashing the K-Wave video has comments on it by Movie Bumblebee, Ironhide, [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], Arcee, Brawn, [[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]], and [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]].
* A large picture of [[Cybertron (planet)#Aligned continuity family|Cybertron]], as seen in the [[Darkness Rising, Part 1|first episode]] of ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'', can be seen on the wall in Autobot headquarters.

===Real-world references===
* ''{{w|Crash Landing on You}}'' is a Korean drama that aired from December 2019 to February 2020; Netflix held the international distribution rights, hence its promotion in the short.
* Optimus has #BotLivesMatter in his profile, referencing the {{w|Black Lives Matter}} movement.

==External links==
* [https://twitter.com/netflixjp_anime/status/1295654319476183041 "Crashing the K-Wave" on Netflix Japan Anime's Twitter]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grfKbBj5bdg "Crashing the K-Wave" on Counter656's YouTube]

[[Category:Stop motion videos]]

Tennessee

2024-10-14T03:22:11Z

Prime Radiant: /* Fiction */ the TN flag in Energon comic

'''Tennessee''' is a State located in the southeastern area of the [[United States of America]]. It may or may not be the location of [[Lookout Mountain]] and [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]].

==Fiction==
===''Earthforce''===
{{earthforcefiction}}
[[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] and [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] fought a battle at [[Memphis Airport]]. Many flights were cancelled as a result. {{storylink|Internal Affairs!}}

===''Energon'' comic===
When [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] met with the [[Secretary General of the United Nations|Secretary General]] of the [[United Nations]], the {{w|flag of Tennessee}} proudly waved. {{storylink|Multiplicity}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
[[Memphis]] appeared on a computer map that the [[Machination]] field team led by [[Drake (G1)|Drake]] used. {{Storylink|Escalation issue 1|Escalation #1}}

The ''[[Ark-19]]'', en route to the [[Gulf of Mexico]], was shot down over [[Knoxville]] by [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]]. {{Storylink|Devastation issue 1|Devastation #1}}

On their way to [[Machination]] headquarters in [[Dallas]], [[Sunstreaker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Sunstreaker]] and [[Hunter O'Nion]] passed by [[Nashville]]. A police car tried to catch the speeding car, but was unable to match its speed. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 2|Maximum Dinobots #2}}

==Notes==
*[[Aladdin Industries]], which produced several ''Transformers'' lunchbox sets during [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]], was located in Nashville, Tennessee.

==External links==
*{{w|Tennessee}} at Wikipedia

[[Category:IDW (2005) locations]]
[[Category:Marvel Generation 1 locations]]
[[Category:Real-world locations]]
[[Category:States of the United States]]

Hot spot (phenomenon)

2024-06-01T22:15:42Z

Prime Radiant: /* 2005 IDW continuity */ "fessile" is deliberate

{{disambig3|Hot Spot}}
:''Hot spots are a phenomenon from the [[2005 IDW continuity|2005 IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:TheFecundMoon-Luna1HotSpot.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|It's a good spot.]]
A '''hot spot''' is a location in which [[spark]]s are naturally known to ignite. Known hot spots have been recorded on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and its moons, though the vast majority have gone dormant over time. They are also known as '''sparkfields'''.

==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity===
According to [[Adaptus]], the [[Guiding Hand]] had been born before the initial ignition of the hot spots, an event the quintet bore witness to. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 5): The Unremembering|The Unremembering}}

Cybertronian history records twelve known hot spots across Cybertron, which appear to have ignited and cooled multiple times throughout the planet's existence: [[Rivets Field]], [[Vespertine Blue]], [[Port Residua]] — all three located in or near [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] — {{storylink|Black Planet: Dark Cybertron Chapter 11|Black Planet}} the [[Pious Pools]], [[Vauvaire]], [[Sansaw Sanserre]], [[Automica]], [[Warrior's Gate]], [[Eugenesis]], [[Alyon]], [[Mesmerica]], and [[Nova Point]]. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 6): A Spark Among Embers|A Spark Among Embers}} These were ignited by pulses from [[Vector Sigma]]—a race to find the new hot spot often occurred after each pulse. {{storylink|Remain in Light 3 of 5: The Divided Self|The Divided Self}} A hot spot would usually be consecrated before any sparks were harvested from it. {{storylink|Remain in Light 1 of 5: The Fecund Moon|The Fecund Moon}} One of the [[Signs of Affinity]] was becoming giddy when standing atop a hot spot. {{storylink|The Plotters' Club (Part 3): Journey's End|Journey's End}}

At least six of the [[Titan (group)|Titan]]s carried hot spots, which they engaged upon finding a suitable world to colonize. {{storylink|A 'Bot and Her City}}

During Cybertron's Golden Age, some six million years ago, [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]] was one of the 'bots who emerged from the [[Rivets Field]] hot spot in [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] that ignited two weeks before the launch of the first ''[[Ark (G1)#2005 IDW continuity|Ark]]''. {{storylink|Remain in Light 5 of 5: This Calamitous Life|This Calamitous Life}}

Eventually, the hot spots stopped appearing, prompting [[Nova Prime]] to commission a team to see if it was possible to extract a new supply of [[spark]]s from the [[Matrix of Leadership]] as an alternative means of reproduction. {{storylink|Remain in Light 3 of 5: The Divided Self|The Divided Self}}

In the era shortly before the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], however, one hot spot appeared in [[Alyon]], which from the skies looked like the shape of a hand. The Senate, knowing society and the Functionist Council would take this as an excuse to reintroduce hardline functionism, kept it a secret from the general population. Orion Pax and some other refugees from the Senate found out about it, and took up watch, believing the Senate wished to destroy them. In truth, the Senate had been wanting to create their own Outliers, and were bombarding the site with "fessile" radiation, unaware it was more likely to kill the sparks. Once they realized the jig was up, the Senate moved to plan B: blow the hot spot up. Fortunately Pax was able to take out their weapon platform, and the sparks were safely harvested. {{storylink|Elegant Chaos Part 1: All Our Parlous Yesterdays|All Our Parlous Yesterdays}}

[[File:Redemption-AlyonHotSpot.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]

The lost moon [[Moonbase One|Luna 1]] was discovered to have a hot spot of unprecedented size, springing back to life when [[Rung (G1)|Rung]] set foot on it. {{storylink|Remain in Light 1 of 5: The Fecund Moon|The Fecund Moon}} {{storylink|Crucible (Part 6): A Spark Among Embers|A Spark Among Embers}} However the hot spot went dark not long after it was discovered. {{storylink|The Sound of Breaking Glass}}

A few years after the Chaos event reset Cybertron to a primal state, the Dinobots found a massive hot spot in what had once been Alyon, which Bludgeon had been using to commit twisted experiments. {{storylink|The Transformers: Redemption|Redemption}} While the hot spot was brought to [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]]'s attention, he opted not to harvest the sparks yet and kept its existence a secret. All the sparks were eventually stolen by Bludgeon as part of a plan to corrupt them into soldiers using [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]'s lifeblood. {{storylink|The Transformers: Salvation|Salvation}}

When the Cybertron of the [[Functionist Universe]] threatened the main reality, [[Team Rodimus]] hatched a plan to defeat the [[Functionist Council]] by exploiting Vector Sigma's connection to the hot spots. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 5): The Unremembering|The Unremembering}} When a duplicate of the Matrix was opened at each hot spot, Cybertron shunted the energy surge to the orbiting Luna 1, reigniting the hot spot. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 6): A Spark Among Embers|A Spark Among Embers}}

Though it was initially questioned whether Cybertron had enough [[energon]] to support the reignited billion sparks, by the time of [[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]]'s funeral, half of the "[[Lunarian]]s" had been brought to term and successfully integrated into society. {{storylink|How To Say Goodbye And Mean It: Part 2}}

{{--}}

==Notes==
*In "[[Remembrance Day]]", we see [[Frak]] and [[Rushcut]] uncover the [[Point One Percenter|rare spark]] that will become [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]] in the [[Thymesis Energon mining facility]] on [[Moonbase Two|Luna 2]]. As the mine is then subsequently closed as their [[Momus|supervisor]] sends for an [[Three-of-Twelve|authenticator]] from the [[Functionist Council]] it's evident that they were not expecting to find a spark there, so it seems that while it is rare for sparks to be found outside hot spots, they do sometimes occur naturally in [[Energon]] seams, at least.
*[[Fortress Maximus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Fortress Maximus]] and [[Fulcrum]]'s status as "warborn" forged Cybertronians has raised questions in the years since it was first mentioned as hot spots from ''during'' the war therefore are implied to be all-but impossible. James Roberts suggested the existence of minor random hot spots as the source of "warborn" forgings.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/james-roberts-ama-mtmte-ll-questions-answered-transcript.1164603/ Transcription of 30 November 2018 James Roberts Q&A on Instagram]</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Hot Spot''' (ホットスポット ''Hotto Supotto'')

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Cybertron]]
[[Category:Hot spots| ]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) locations]]

Elegant Chaos Part 1: All Our Parlous Yesterdays

2024-06-01T22:14:19Z

Prime Radiant: /* Notes */ Roberts chose the word "fessile" deliberately

{{Comicstory
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|next=Elegant Chaos Part 2: Stet
|image=MTMTE36 regcvr.jpg
|title="Elegant Chaos Part 1: All Our Parlous Yesterdays"
|caption=
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[December 17]], [[2014]]
|coverdate=December 2014
|written by=[[James Roberts]]
|art by=[[Alex Milne]]
|colors by=[[Joana Lafuente]]
|letters by=[[Tom B. Long]]
|editor=[[John Barber]]
|continuity=[[2005 IDW continuity]]
|chronology=[[2005 IDW timeline|Current era (2014)]]
}}
'''A squad of ''Lost Light''ers led back through time by Rodimus aids Orion Pax's team of outlaws in defending a hot spot against the machinations of the Senate.'''

==Synopsis==
Four million years ago, in the [[Alyon]] region of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Orion Pax]], [[Roller (IDW)|Roller]], and their gang of [[Outlier (group)|outliers]] defend a recently ignited [[hot spot (phenomenon)|hot spot]] against repeated incursions from [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]]'s [[Elite Guard]]. As the Guardsmen flee from their latest failed attempt, Roller decides to help them on their way by transforming to [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] and ramming them—but after doing so, his trailer section unexpectedly erupts with light, and opens to reveal [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rodimus]], [[Rung (G1)|Rung]], [[Cyclonus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Cyclonus]], [[Riptide (G1)|Riptide]], [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]], [[Chromedome (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Chromedome]], [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]], and [[Rewind (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rewind]]!

''A short time earlier—relatively speaking—aboard the ''[[Lost Light]]'' in the present day, Rodimus gathers his team together and explains, with help from [[Perceptor (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Perceptor]], that [[Brainstorm (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Brainstorm]] has travelled into the past to kill Orion Pax. After travelling to [[Messatine]] as an apparent calibration exercise for his time machine, Brainstorm has now relocated himself to Cybertron; using autobiographical data on Optimus Prime from Rewind's database, the team concludes that he will be in Alyon, and they prepare to depart, with [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] gleefully raiding Brainstorm's armory for the mission.''

[[File:Trailbreaker all our parlous yesterdays.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.6]]
After a few moments of tense confusion, Rodimus's team establishes a cover story for themselves, pretending to be reinforcements teleported in to help Pax by [[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta]]. Recognizing Chromedome from their previous meeting, Pax accepts the team and brings them back to his squad's dugout, where he explains their belief that Sentinel and the Senate are attempting to destroy the hot spot—the first to ignite in a million years, and curiously shaped like a hand—in order to prevent the [[Functionist Council]] from exploiting it as proof of [[Primus]] and strengthening their waning hold over the public. Cyclonus observes a mysterious platform floating over the hot spot, which Pax explains is apparently a monitoring station that arrived the previous evening; their conversation is chimed in on by [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]], who has just risen from the camp's [[recharge slab]].

As everyone talks amongst themselves, Rodimus, taken aback by Trailbreaker's appearance, secretly takes him aside and, without telling him anything ''outright'', warns him of the circumstances of his future death on [[Ofsted XVII]] in order to prevent it from happening. Rung talks with Roller, tasting the "juicebox" the heavyweight 'bot always carries with him, only to realize Roller has added the [[circuit speeder]] [[C32]] to the drink. Roller solemnly claims he requires the boost to keep up with the Outliers, and that Pax only keeps him around because they're friends. [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] calls via the "[[time phone]]" communicator Rodimus has brought with him, but as Rodimus is busy with Trailbreaker, Orion is the one who answers. Pretending to be his younger self, Megatron has a conversation with the young police officer, whose optimism for the future is a mixed source of both affirmation and tragic amusement to Megatron. Rodimus returns from his talk with Trailbreaker and takes up the call, receiving a status update from Megatron that indicates a notable amount of background radiation is leaking through the [[quantum generator]]s from the past to the present. This causes Rodimus to believe that the senate's "monitoring station" is actually bombarding the hot spot with radiation in an attempt to sterilize it, but when he reveals this to the group, Rewind is able to use his database—altered to contain data from [[Functionist Universe|the alternate timeline]] that Brainstorm has created—to uncover the full story. The Senate are not trying to ''sterilize'' the hot spot with radiation: they're trying to ''mutate'' it, to find a way to artificially create outliers.

[[File:AllOurParlousYesterdays-Roller.jpg|thumb|upright=2]]
Now aware of the true threat, everyone heads outside, where Orion has Trailbreaker shield the hot spot with a forcefield. In response, the floating platform unveils a weapons array and opens fire on them. While Whirl and Cyclonus take to the air to combat the platform, Roller storms into the middle of the hot spot, risking his life to use a small mobile teleporter to send each [[spark]], one by one, to a safehouse in [[Nyon]]. Amid the chaos, Perceptor calls Rodimus with the news that Brainstorm has time-jumped again, further into the past; Rodimus refuses to let his team be sent after the renegade scientist yet, intent on seeing the sparks saved. In preparation, though, he checks with Chromedome on the modifications he has been making to his [[mnemosurgery]] needles—which will allow him to wipe the last few sub-cycles of a 'bot's memories via a simple handshake—and orders him not to touch Trailbreaker. Just then, Roller is caught by a blast from the weapons platform, and Orion determines to end things immediately: he has Trailbreaker wrap a forcefield tight around him, then has [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] magnetically hurl him into the air, right through the weapons platform, crippling it and causing it to explode.

A short time later, the remaining sparks have all been teleported to safety, but Roller is still missing despite Pax's insistence that they continue searching for him. Their greater mission unable to be put off any longer, Rodimus's team says farewell, with a handshake from Chromedome wiping each 'bot's memory of the encounter. Trailbreaker refuses to let them leave without a handshake of his own, though, so despite the alarmed Rodimus's attempt to stop him, he too loses his memories, including the life-saving warning Rodimus gave him. Rodimus's team are forgotten as soon as they have time-jumped away... but they are not the only ones forgotten, as Trailbreaker picks up Roller's discarded juicebox, and, unable to remember the fate of its owner, suggests they all go for a drink.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Orion Pax]] (4)
* [[Riptide (G1)|Riptide]] (6)
* [[Rung (G1)|Rung]] (7)
* [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rodimus]] (9)
* [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] (10)
* [[Chromedome (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Chromedome]] (11)
* [[Rewind (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rewind]] (12)
* [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]] (13)
* [[Perceptor (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Perceptor]] (14)
* [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] (15)
* [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]] (16)
|c4=
'''Present day'''
* [[Cyclonus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Cyclonus]] (8)

'''Past - 1st Cycle 502'''
* [[Roller (IDW)|Roller]] (1)
* [[Tarn (G1)|Damus/Glitch]] (2)
* [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] (3)
* [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] (5)
* [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (17)
}}

==Quotes==
"Hold on. Let's be '''absolutely clear''' about this. You're just given me permission to take '''whatever I like''' from Brainstorm's forbidden toy box? Even the '''experimental stuff'''—the stuff that '''unsettles''' people?" 
"No, I--" 
"''Shhh.'' On second thought, let's keep it '''ambiguous.'''"
:—'''Whirl''' and '''Rodimus'''

"How '''was''' Messatine?" 
"I worry it '''changed me.'''" 
"I'm sure it did. We're all of us the sum of our experiences." 
"Yes, but "the sum" implies an accumulation—an '''aggregation.''' What if something gets '''taken away?''' And how would you know if it has?" 
"I'm not sure I follow." 
"I know who I am, Orion, but I don't necessarily know who I '''was.''' I find it hard to compare the two."
:—'''Orion Pax''' and '''Megatron'''

"If I may... before you go..." 
"What?" 
"You sound '''lost.'''" 
"Lost? Oh, it's far worse than that. Ha! No, no. No, I know '''exactly''' where I'm going. I don't know if I could turn back now even, if I wanted to." 
"You could always join us. Join me. Why is that funny?" 
"It's not funny at all. It's '''tragic.'''" 
"Well then? Will you join us?" 
"I think so. Eventually."
:—'''Orion Pax''' and '''Megatron'''

"If you're going to kill '''newborns''' you'd want to do it '''discreetly.'''" 
"Cyclonus! That's an '''awful''' thing to say!" 
"I'm not '''endorsing''' it!" 
"It's still awful."
:—'''Cyclonus''' and '''Tailgate'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* ''Elegant Chaos'' is the third part of a trilogy of flashback stories, following ''Chaos Theory'' and ''Shadowplay''.<ref>[http://www.transmissionspodcast.com/2015/03/transmissions-episode-94-james-roberts-mtmte-elegant-chaos-interview/ TransMissions Episode 94 – James Roberts MTMTE Elegant Chaos Interview] 36:00 to 36:07</ref>
* The past era seen in this issue falls between "Shadowplay" (issues [[Shadowplay, Part 1: Post Hoc|#9]]-[[Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading|11]]) and ''[[The Transformers: Megatron Origin|Megatron: Origin]]''. As noted at various points during the issue, Pax is now working with Zeta and on the run from [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] following the events of "Shadowplay", while Megatron has been relocated from [[Messatine]] (seen in [[Births, Deaths, and Interventions|issue #34]]) to [[Mining Outpost C-12|Croteus 12]], ahead of the events of ''Megatron: Origin''.
* [[Empurata]] victim Glitch (here revealed to have the real name of "Damus") has had his claw-hands replaced with proper ones since we last saw him in issue #11.
* Roller is sucking on a [[Kremzeek]] juice box, which we saw him doing back in [[Shadowplay, Part 2: Patternism|issue #10]]; originally an idea for that issue by artist Alex Milne, James Roberts liked it so much he decided to work it into the development of Roller's character.
* The Elite Guardsmen that Pax and Windcharger wrestle with have the same design as the unpleasant fellow that Megatron kills in [[Megatron Origin issue 1|''Megatron: Origin'' #1]] as well as [[Gasket]]'s killers from [[The Transformers: Drift|''Drift'' #2]].
* As restated this issue, we learned last month that Brainstorm's time machine is coded to work only with his spark type. We've never been told Brainstorm's type, but most of the characters assembled are "Vitreous-Positive"; we learned that Rewind, Chromedome and Whirl shared this type in [[Before & After|issue #12]], and that Riptide shared it in [[Twenty Plus One|issue #31]]. Rodimus and Rung's types are unknown, ''but'', as we also learned in issue #31, Tailgate and Cyclonus are "Ferrum-Negative". This means that characters of at least ''two'' spark types have somehow used the machine—keep that in mind in [[Elegant Chaos Part 3: Predestination: An Expert's Guide|Part 3]]...
* Chromedome and Brainstorm's shared history at the [[Institute|New Institute]] has been touched upon before in [[Remembrance Day|issue #14]] and [[The Reluctant Specialist|''Spotlight: Trailcutter'']].
* Riptide expresses his dislike of exams, as introduced in issue #31.
* Rodimus makes a crack about "brain bullets"; this was a recurring phrase in ''[[The Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers|Last Stand of the Wreckers]]'', in reference to [[cerebro-sensitive bullet]]s.
* Upon seeing the Autobot symbol, Pax assumes Rodimus and the others work for the Senate; the Senate's enforcers were using the symbol as their own in ''Megatron: Origin'', though ''[[Omega's Conundrum|Spotlight: Orion Pax]]'' would later retcon it into being a symbol from ancient Cybertronian history.
* Pax met Chromedome in issue #10, though issue #14 would later reveal Chromedome was then known as Tumbler. This issue reveals the cause of Chromedome and [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]]'s "break-up", as Prowl decided to join Sentinel's security forces; Prowl was shown to be among the security forces in ''Megatron: Origin'' #1.
* The Skids of the past is quick to identify the hand-shaped hot spot as "the hand of Primus, pressing the planet into shape"—further evidence of the young theoretician's religiosity, previously evidenced back in issue #11 by the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] [[tattoo]] on his cheek, still visible in this issue.
* Pax remembers Megatron as "Megatron with an R"; when they first met in "[[Chaos Theory Part 1]]", Pax mistakenly believed his name was "Megaton" and was quickly corrected.
* Tailgate's strong reaction to the subject of killing "newborns" is apt, since he could be considered one himself. He might be one of the oldest members of the crew chronologically, but before joining the Lost Light he'd only spent about two weeks online.
* The plot to artificially create Outliers by irradiating sparks seems like a classic sci-fi insane mass-killing trope. That is, until [[Speak, Memory! (Part 2)|issue #49]]!
* The rescued sparks are sent to a clinic in Nyon to be nurtured. Given that ''[[The Transformers: Autocracy|Autocracy]]'' told us that Rodimus hails from Nyon, and further, that [[World, Shut Your Mouth Part 3: Predestination: A Beginner's Guide|issue #30]] told us he was around 4 million years old (4.2, "give or take"), and described him "waking up" in Nyon—an odd way of describing the birth of a spark which now makes more sense—the implication, then, seems to be that Rodimus himself is one of the saved sparks. This would imply the use of the old paradoxical time travel storytelling trick where, in going back to undo a change to their timeline, our heroes perform actions that are and somehow ''always were'' part of the established timeline. See our notes about Roller under "trivia", below for more; this is also in-line with both what we saw in issue #34, when Brainstorm's appearance in the past caused the evacuation of Messatine, freeing Megatron from Senate clutches, and [[Syndromica (2)|''Robots in Disguise'' #10]], which saw Orion Pax realise he was powerless to change events that had already transpired.
* The whereabouts in the past of several members of the "Time Team" were addressed above, but in full:
** Chromedome: Recently split from Prowl over his decision to join Sentinel Prime's security forces.
** Cyclonus: Trapped in the [[Dead Universe]] with the crew of the first ''Ark'' {{storylink|Spotlight: Cyclonus}}
** Rewind: Unconfirmed, but he and [[Dominus Ambus]] may have already left Cybertron to search for [[Moonbase One|Luna 1]] {{storylink|Before & After}}
** Riptide: A warborn [[M.T.O.]], Riptide hasn't been constructed cold yet. {{storylink|Twenty Plus One}}
** Rodimus: Unconfirmed (see previous note)
** Rung: Apparently shortly after Messatine, when he interrupted [[Froid]] and [[Trepan]]'s [[shadowplay]] on Megatron {{storylink|Births, Deaths, and Interventions}}
** Tailgate: Lying unconscious under the [[Mitteous Plateau]] {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 1: How to Say Goodbye and Mean It|How to Say Goodbye and Mean It}}
** Whirl: Imprisoned in [[Garrus-1]] on Luna 2 {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 2: Patternism|Patternism}}

===Transformers references===
* As noted above, we've seen Kremzeek drinks in IDW continuity before, but they originated with [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s [[Dreamwave Generation One continuity|Generation One comics]], specifically [[Skyfire (issue)|issue #4 of the 2004 ongoing]].
* The Senate's security forces are named the "[[Elite Guard]]" this issue, after the group from ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]]'', headed by that universe's [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]].

===Real-life references===
* This arc is named after the Julian Cope song, "An Elegant Chaos" (also part of this issue's soundtrack, see below). The song was part of Cope's album, ''{{w|World Shut Your Mouth (album)|World Shut Your Mouth}}'', which also lent its title to the opening three-parter of ''More than Meets the Eye'' season 2.
* When they originally appeared, the Outliers drew a clear parallel with [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]]'s [[X-Men]], being super-powered "mutants" secretly taught to use their abilities at a school. In what is surely another nod this issue, Windcharger "throws" Orion Pax in a manner similar to the classic X-Men manoeuvre, the [[Fastball Special]].

===Other trivia===
* When Rodimus is discussing the threat to the hot spot with Orion Pax, he refers to "fessile" radiation. Roberts chose the word deliberately<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Deliberately close to but different|link=https://x.com/jroberts332/status/1797014792240021827|name=James Roberts|site=Twitter|year=2024|month=6|day=1|(defunct=)}}</ref>.
* A dropped scene would have had Zeta negotiating with Sentinel Prime, with Zeta saying he could get Pax's resistance fighters to stand down in exchange for him getting some influence in the Senate.<ref>[http://www.transmissionspodcast.com/2015/03/transmissions-episode-94-james-roberts-mtmte-elegant-chaos-interview/ TransMissions Episode 94 – James Roberts MTMTE Elegant Chaos Interview] 1:14:03 to 1:15:04</ref>
* The theory that underneath his mask, [[Tarn (G1)|Tarn]] of the [[Decepticon Justice Division]] might be Roller—whose present day status being unknown stood out as notable, given that he was a prominent new character close to Optimus Prime—has been a popular [[fandom|fan]] theory for much of the run of ''More than Meets the Eye''. Whether legitimate foreshadowing or [[The Dying of the Light Part 6: Do Not Go Gentle|deliberate leg-pulling]], this issue is ''lousy'' with hints that imply it to be so:
** Roller is a Point One Percenter, Tarn was implied to be one in issue #14 and confirmed in #39
** Roller is seen crushing an Elite Guardman's head with a look of virtual disinterest, Tarn did the same to the alternate [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] in [[slaughterhouse|issue #32]]
** Roller has an addictive personality, Tarn is addicted to [[Transformation|transforming]]
** Roller feels outclassed by the Outliers, a good reason for him to undergo the upgrades that put him on the level of [[Phase Sixer]]s, as noted in issue #14
** Orion encourages Roller to read Megatron's works this issue, Tarn is intimately familiar with Megatron's writings
** Roller is familiar with Megatron's slogan "You are being deceived" which Tarn later quotes when confronted with the [[Scavengers (G1)|Scavengers]]' "coffin"
** The left side of Roller's face is noticeably damaged this issue, Tarn has scarring around his left eye visible through his mask in closeups in [[Rules of Disengagement (issue)|issue #7]] and [[Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the DJD?|#8]]
** Roller is left "abandoned" by his friend as a result of the mind-wipe, a reason he may fall in with the opposite side

===Soundtrack===
* "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDwgduDrtpY Fontanelle]" by {{w|Clem Snide}}<ref>{{citesocial|quote=So! Songs for MTMTE #36! First up, 'Fontanelle' by Clem Slide: https://t.co/PgT4DEthue|link=https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/543572133692321792|name=James Roberts|site=Twitter|year=2014|month=12|day=13|(defunct=)}}</ref>
* "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2soLr-1tXY An Elegant Chaos]" by {{w|Julian Cope}}<ref>{{citesocial|quote=MTMTE #36's second song is the one from which the new story arc takes its name: 'Elegant Chaos' by Julian Cope: https://t.co/NokQAFgJb6|link=https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/543573294197522432|name=James Roberts|site=Twitter|year=2014|month=12|day=13|(defunct=)}}</ref>

===Foreign Localization===

'''Swedish'''
* ''Title:'' "'''Sofistikerat kaos del 1: Alla dessa vanskliga dagar som flytt'''" ("Sophisticated Chaos Part 1: All These Parlous Days Gone By")
* The "Sophisticated Chaos" arc title uses the same logo as the 2011 [[Chaos (IDW)|Chaos]] storyline in this and the following two parts.

===Covers (4)===
* '''Regular cover:''' Roller, by [[Alex Milne]] and [[Josh Perez]]
* '''Subscription cover:''' Orion Pax broods, by [[Nick Roche]] and [[Josh Burcham]]
* '''30th Anniversary cover:''' The second half of 30th anniversary celebration image by [[Alex Milne]] and Josh Perez, which connects to the 30th Anniversary cover to [[Onyx Interface Part Two: Vs.|''Robots in Disguise'' #36]] to complete the picture. The full image is a cross-continuity mash-up featuring thirty characters; this cover includes [[Unicron]], [[Rung (G1)|Rung]], [[Sky-Byte (RID)|''Robots in Disguise'' Sky-Byte]], [[Hot Shot (Animated)|''Animated'' Hot Shot]], [[Dinobot (BW)|''Beast Wars'' Dinobot]], [[Bulkhead (Animated)|''Animated'' Bulkhead]], [[Devastator (G1)|G1 Devastator]], [[Impactor (G1)|IDW Impactor]], [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|IDW Galvatron]], [[Megatron (G1)|''Generation 2'' Megatron]], [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|IDW Shockwave]], [[Knock Out (Prime)|''Prime'' Knock Out]], [[Blackout (Movie)|live-action Blackout]], [[Drift (G1)|IDW Drift]], [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|IDW Rodimus]], [[Lio Convoy|''Beast Wars II'' Lio Convoy]], and [[Ratchet (WFC)|''Prime'' Ratchet]].
* '''SacAnime Exclusive cover:''' [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Generation 1 Optimus Prime]] arm-wrestles with [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|''Beast Hunters'' Optimus Prime]], by [[Tony Fleecs]]

<gallery>
File:MTMTE36 regcvr.jpg|Roller sips his little drink before he bludgeons someone to death.
File:MTMTE36 subcvr.jpg|Orion Pax does his best [[Batman]].
File:MTMTE36 cvrRI.jpg|This is madness!
File:MTMTE36 cvrRE.jpg|Over the Top!
</gallery>

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===Reprints===
* '''''The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye Volume 7''''' ([[May 13]], [[2015]]) ISBN 1631403273 / ISBN 978-1631403279
** Collects ''More than Meets the Eye'' issues #34–38.
** Bonus material includes covers of each issue.
** Trade paperback format.

* '''''[[The Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 8]]''''' ([[December 5]], [[2018]]) ISBN 1684053722 / ISBN 978-1684053728
** Collects ''More than Meets the Eye'' issues #35–38 & #39–40, [[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|''The Transformers'' (2012)]] issues [[Onyx Interface Part One: Signals, Calls, and Marches|#35]]–[[The Onyx Interface Conclusion: The Obliterati|38]], ''[[The Transformers: Punishment|Punishment]]'' issues [[City of Steel (issue)|#1]]–[[Forever Is a Long Time Coming (issue)|5]], and ''[[The Transformers: Drift - Empire of Stone|Drift - Empire of Stone]]'' issues [[Drift - Empire of Stone issue 1|#1]]–[[Drift - Empire of Stone issue 4|4]].
** Hardcover format.

* '''''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection]]: Volume 63: Elegant Chaos''''' ([[June 12]], [[2019]])
** Collects ''More than Meets the Eye'' issues #35–42.
** Bonus material includes a cover gallery and a forward by [[Simon Furman]].
** Hardcover format.

* '''''Transformers: Du sköna nya värld''''' ([[November]], [[2022]])
** Collects ''More than Meets the Eye'' issues #28–38 & #40.
** Swedish reprint. Hardcover format.

<gallery>
File:MTMTE vol7.jpg|'''''More Than Meets the Eye Volume 7''''' – cover art by [[Alex Milne]] and [[Josh Perez]]
File:IDWCollectionP2V8.jpg|'''''The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 8''''' – cover art by [[Marcelo Matere]] and [[Tom B. Long]]
File:DefinitiveG1Collection v63.jpg|'''''The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 63: Elegant Chaos''''' – cover art by [[Don Figueroa]] (Trailbreaker) and Alex Milne (retro)
File:MTMTE SWE 04.jpg|'''''Du sköna nya värld''''' – cover art by [[Casey Coller]] and [[Joana Lafuente]]
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://tformers.com/idw-comics-preview-transformers-more-than-meets-the-eye-36-elegant-chaos-part-1/25409/news.html Preview]

Elegant Chaos Part 1: All Our Parlous Yesterdays

2024-06-01T20:34:11Z

Prime Radiant: /* Notes */ fissile not fessile

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'''A squad of ''Lost Light''ers led back through time by Rodimus aids Orion Pax's team of outlaws in defending a hot spot against the machinations of the Senate.'''

==Synopsis==
Four million years ago, in the [[Alyon]] region of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Orion Pax]], [[Roller (IDW)|Roller]], and their gang of [[Outlier (group)|outliers]] defend a recently ignited [[hot spot (phenomenon)|hot spot]] against repeated incursions from [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]]'s [[Elite Guard]]. As the Guardsmen flee from their latest failed attempt, Roller decides to help them on their way by transforming to [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] and ramming them—but after doing so, his trailer section unexpectedly erupts with light, and opens to reveal [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rodimus]], [[Rung (G1)|Rung]], [[Cyclonus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Cyclonus]], [[Riptide (G1)|Riptide]], [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]], [[Chromedome (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Chromedome]], [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]], and [[Rewind (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rewind]]!

''A short time earlier—relatively speaking—aboard the ''[[Lost Light]]'' in the present day, Rodimus gathers his team together and explains, with help from [[Perceptor (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Perceptor]], that [[Brainstorm (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Brainstorm]] has travelled into the past to kill Orion Pax. After travelling to [[Messatine]] as an apparent calibration exercise for his time machine, Brainstorm has now relocated himself to Cybertron; using autobiographical data on Optimus Prime from Rewind's database, the team concludes that he will be in Alyon, and they prepare to depart, with [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] gleefully raiding Brainstorm's armory for the mission.''

[[File:Trailbreaker all our parlous yesterdays.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.6]]
After a few moments of tense confusion, Rodimus's team establishes a cover story for themselves, pretending to be reinforcements teleported in to help Pax by [[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta]]. Recognizing Chromedome from their previous meeting, Pax accepts the team and brings them back to his squad's dugout, where he explains their belief that Sentinel and the Senate are attempting to destroy the hot spot—the first to ignite in a million years, and curiously shaped like a hand—in order to prevent the [[Functionist Council]] from exploiting it as proof of [[Primus]] and strengthening their waning hold over the public. Cyclonus observes a mysterious platform floating over the hot spot, which Pax explains is apparently a monitoring station that arrived the previous evening; their conversation is chimed in on by [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]], who has just risen from the camp's [[recharge slab]].

As everyone talks amongst themselves, Rodimus, taken aback by Trailbreaker's appearance, secretly takes him aside and, without telling him anything ''outright'', warns him of the circumstances of his future death on [[Ofsted XVII]] in order to prevent it from happening. Rung talks with Roller, tasting the "juicebox" the heavyweight 'bot always carries with him, only to realize Roller has added the [[circuit speeder]] [[C32]] to the drink. Roller solemnly claims he requires the boost to keep up with the Outliers, and that Pax only keeps him around because they're friends. [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] calls via the "[[time phone]]" communicator Rodimus has brought with him, but as Rodimus is busy with Trailbreaker, Orion is the one who answers. Pretending to be his younger self, Megatron has a conversation with the young police officer, whose optimism for the future is a mixed source of both affirmation and tragic amusement to Megatron. Rodimus returns from his talk with Trailbreaker and takes up the call, receiving a status update from Megatron that indicates a notable amount of background radiation is leaking through the [[quantum generator]]s from the past to the present. This causes Rodimus to believe that the senate's "monitoring station" is actually bombarding the hot spot with radiation in an attempt to sterilize it, but when he reveals this to the group, Rewind is able to use his database—altered to contain data from [[Functionist Universe|the alternate timeline]] that Brainstorm has created—to uncover the full story. The Senate are not trying to ''sterilize'' the hot spot with radiation: they're trying to ''mutate'' it, to find a way to artificially create outliers.

[[File:AllOurParlousYesterdays-Roller.jpg|thumb|upright=2]]
Now aware of the true threat, everyone heads outside, where Orion has Trailbreaker shield the hot spot with a forcefield. In response, the floating platform unveils a weapons array and opens fire on them. While Whirl and Cyclonus take to the air to combat the platform, Roller storms into the middle of the hot spot, risking his life to use a small mobile teleporter to send each [[spark]], one by one, to a safehouse in [[Nyon]]. Amid the chaos, Perceptor calls Rodimus with the news that Brainstorm has time-jumped again, further into the past; Rodimus refuses to let his team be sent after the renegade scientist yet, intent on seeing the sparks saved. In preparation, though, he checks with Chromedome on the modifications he has been making to his [[mnemosurgery]] needles—which will allow him to wipe the last few sub-cycles of a 'bot's memories via a simple handshake—and orders him not to touch Trailbreaker. Just then, Roller is caught by a blast from the weapons platform, and Orion determines to end things immediately: he has Trailbreaker wrap a forcefield tight around him, then has [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] magnetically hurl him into the air, right through the weapons platform, crippling it and causing it to explode.

A short time later, the remaining sparks have all been teleported to safety, but Roller is still missing despite Pax's insistence that they continue searching for him. Their greater mission unable to be put off any longer, Rodimus's team says farewell, with a handshake from Chromedome wiping each 'bot's memory of the encounter. Trailbreaker refuses to let them leave without a handshake of his own, though, so despite the alarmed Rodimus's attempt to stop him, he too loses his memories, including the life-saving warning Rodimus gave him. Rodimus's team are forgotten as soon as they have time-jumped away... but they are not the only ones forgotten, as Trailbreaker picks up Roller's discarded juicebox, and, unable to remember the fate of its owner, suggests they all go for a drink.
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==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
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* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Orion Pax]] (4)
* [[Riptide (G1)|Riptide]] (6)
* [[Rung (G1)|Rung]] (7)
* [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rodimus]] (9)
* [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] (10)
* [[Chromedome (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Chromedome]] (11)
* [[Rewind (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rewind]] (12)
* [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]] (13)
* [[Perceptor (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Perceptor]] (14)
* [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] (15)
* [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]] (16)
|c4=
'''Present day'''
* [[Cyclonus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Cyclonus]] (8)

'''Past - 1st Cycle 502'''
* [[Roller (IDW)|Roller]] (1)
* [[Tarn (G1)|Damus/Glitch]] (2)
* [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] (3)
* [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] (5)
* [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (17)
}}

==Quotes==
"Hold on. Let's be '''absolutely clear''' about this. You're just given me permission to take '''whatever I like''' from Brainstorm's forbidden toy box? Even the '''experimental stuff'''—the stuff that '''unsettles''' people?" 
"No, I--" 
"''Shhh.'' On second thought, let's keep it '''ambiguous.'''"
:—'''Whirl''' and '''Rodimus'''

"How '''was''' Messatine?" 
"I worry it '''changed me.'''" 
"I'm sure it did. We're all of us the sum of our experiences." 
"Yes, but "the sum" implies an accumulation—an '''aggregation.''' What if something gets '''taken away?''' And how would you know if it has?" 
"I'm not sure I follow." 
"I know who I am, Orion, but I don't necessarily know who I '''was.''' I find it hard to compare the two."
:—'''Orion Pax''' and '''Megatron'''

"If I may... before you go..." 
"What?" 
"You sound '''lost.'''" 
"Lost? Oh, it's far worse than that. Ha! No, no. No, I know '''exactly''' where I'm going. I don't know if I could turn back now even, if I wanted to." 
"You could always join us. Join me. Why is that funny?" 
"It's not funny at all. It's '''tragic.'''" 
"Well then? Will you join us?" 
"I think so. Eventually."
:—'''Orion Pax''' and '''Megatron'''

"If you're going to kill '''newborns''' you'd want to do it '''discreetly.'''" 
"Cyclonus! That's an '''awful''' thing to say!" 
"I'm not '''endorsing''' it!" 
"It's still awful."
:—'''Cyclonus''' and '''Tailgate'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* ''Elegant Chaos'' is the third part of a trilogy of flashback stories, following ''Chaos Theory'' and ''Shadowplay''.<ref>[http://www.transmissionspodcast.com/2015/03/transmissions-episode-94-james-roberts-mtmte-elegant-chaos-interview/ TransMissions Episode 94 – James Roberts MTMTE Elegant Chaos Interview] 36:00 to 36:07</ref>
* The past era seen in this issue falls between "Shadowplay" (issues [[Shadowplay, Part 1: Post Hoc|#9]]-[[Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading|11]]) and ''[[The Transformers: Megatron Origin|Megatron: Origin]]''. As noted at various points during the issue, Pax is now working with Zeta and on the run from [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] following the events of "Shadowplay", while Megatron has been relocated from [[Messatine]] (seen in [[Births, Deaths, and Interventions|issue #34]]) to [[Mining Outpost C-12|Croteus 12]], ahead of the events of ''Megatron: Origin''.
* [[Empurata]] victim Glitch (here revealed to have the real name of "Damus") has had his claw-hands replaced with proper ones since we last saw him in issue #11.
* Roller is sucking on a [[Kremzeek]] juice box, which we saw him doing back in [[Shadowplay, Part 2: Patternism|issue #10]]; originally an idea for that issue by artist Alex Milne, James Roberts liked it so much he decided to work it into the development of Roller's character.
* The Elite Guardsmen that Pax and Windcharger wrestle with have the same design as the unpleasant fellow that Megatron kills in [[Megatron Origin issue 1|''Megatron: Origin'' #1]] as well as [[Gasket]]'s killers from [[The Transformers: Drift|''Drift'' #2]].
* As restated this issue, we learned last month that Brainstorm's time machine is coded to work only with his spark type. We've never been told Brainstorm's type, but most of the characters assembled are "Vitreous-Positive"; we learned that Rewind, Chromedome and Whirl shared this type in [[Before & After|issue #12]], and that Riptide shared it in [[Twenty Plus One|issue #31]]. Rodimus and Rung's types are unknown, ''but'', as we also learned in issue #31, Tailgate and Cyclonus are "Ferrum-Negative". This means that characters of at least ''two'' spark types have somehow used the machine—keep that in mind in [[Elegant Chaos Part 3: Predestination: An Expert's Guide|Part 3]]...
* Chromedome and Brainstorm's shared history at the [[Institute|New Institute]] has been touched upon before in [[Remembrance Day|issue #14]] and [[The Reluctant Specialist|''Spotlight: Trailcutter'']].
* Riptide expresses his dislike of exams, as introduced in issue #31.
* Rodimus makes a crack about "brain bullets"; this was a recurring phrase in ''[[The Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers|Last Stand of the Wreckers]]'', in reference to [[cerebro-sensitive bullet]]s.
* Upon seeing the Autobot symbol, Pax assumes Rodimus and the others work for the Senate; the Senate's enforcers were using the symbol as their own in ''Megatron: Origin'', though ''[[Omega's Conundrum|Spotlight: Orion Pax]]'' would later retcon it into being a symbol from ancient Cybertronian history.
* Pax met Chromedome in issue #10, though issue #14 would later reveal Chromedome was then known as Tumbler. This issue reveals the cause of Chromedome and [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]]'s "break-up", as Prowl decided to join Sentinel's security forces; Prowl was shown to be among the security forces in ''Megatron: Origin'' #1.
* The Skids of the past is quick to identify the hand-shaped hot spot as "the hand of Primus, pressing the planet into shape"—further evidence of the young theoretician's religiosity, previously evidenced back in issue #11 by the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] [[tattoo]] on his cheek, still visible in this issue.
* Pax remembers Megatron as "Megatron with an R"; when they first met in "[[Chaos Theory Part 1]]", Pax mistakenly believed his name was "Megaton" and was quickly corrected.
* Tailgate's strong reaction to the subject of killing "newborns" is apt, since he could be considered one himself. He might be one of the oldest members of the crew chronologically, but before joining the Lost Light he'd only spent about two weeks online.
* The plot to artificially create Outliers by irradiating sparks seems like a classic sci-fi insane mass-killing trope. That is, until [[Speak, Memory! (Part 2)|issue #49]]!
* The rescued sparks are sent to a clinic in Nyon to be nurtured. Given that ''[[The Transformers: Autocracy|Autocracy]]'' told us that Rodimus hails from Nyon, and further, that [[World, Shut Your Mouth Part 3: Predestination: A Beginner's Guide|issue #30]] told us he was around 4 million years old (4.2, "give or take"), and described him "waking up" in Nyon—an odd way of describing the birth of a spark which now makes more sense—the implication, then, seems to be that Rodimus himself is one of the saved sparks. This would imply the use of the old paradoxical time travel storytelling trick where, in going back to undo a change to their timeline, our heroes perform actions that are and somehow ''always were'' part of the established timeline. See our notes about Roller under "trivia", below for more; this is also in-line with both what we saw in issue #34, when Brainstorm's appearance in the past caused the evacuation of Messatine, freeing Megatron from Senate clutches, and [[Syndromica (2)|''Robots in Disguise'' #10]], which saw Orion Pax realise he was powerless to change events that had already transpired.
* The whereabouts in the past of several members of the "Time Team" were addressed above, but in full:
** Chromedome: Recently split from Prowl over his decision to join Sentinel Prime's security forces.
** Cyclonus: Trapped in the [[Dead Universe]] with the crew of the first ''Ark'' {{storylink|Spotlight: Cyclonus}}
** Rewind: Unconfirmed, but he and [[Dominus Ambus]] may have already left Cybertron to search for [[Moonbase One|Luna 1]] {{storylink|Before & After}}
** Riptide: A warborn [[M.T.O.]], Riptide hasn't been constructed cold yet. {{storylink|Twenty Plus One}}
** Rodimus: Unconfirmed (see previous note)
** Rung: Apparently shortly after Messatine, when he interrupted [[Froid]] and [[Trepan]]'s [[shadowplay]] on Megatron {{storylink|Births, Deaths, and Interventions}}
** Tailgate: Lying unconscious under the [[Mitteous Plateau]] {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 1: How to Say Goodbye and Mean It|How to Say Goodbye and Mean It}}
** Whirl: Imprisoned in [[Garrus-1]] on Luna 2 {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 2: Patternism|Patternism}}

===Transformers references===
* As noted above, we've seen Kremzeek drinks in IDW continuity before, but they originated with [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s [[Dreamwave Generation One continuity|Generation One comics]], specifically [[Skyfire (issue)|issue #4 of the 2004 ongoing]].
* The Senate's security forces are named the "[[Elite Guard]]" this issue, after the group from ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]]'', headed by that universe's [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]].

===Real-life references===
* This arc is named after the Julian Cope song, "An Elegant Chaos" (also part of this issue's soundtrack, see below). The song was part of Cope's album, ''{{w|World Shut Your Mouth (album)|World Shut Your Mouth}}'', which also lent its title to the opening three-parter of ''More than Meets the Eye'' season 2.
* When they originally appeared, the Outliers drew a clear parallel with [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]]'s [[X-Men]], being super-powered "mutants" secretly taught to use their abilities at a school. In what is surely another nod this issue, Windcharger "throws" Orion Pax in a manner similar to the classic X-Men manoeuvre, the [[Fastball Special]].

===Errors===
* When Rodimus is discussing the threat to the hot spot with Orion Pax, the word "fissile" is misspelled as "fessile".

===Other trivia===
* A dropped scene would have had Zeta negotiating with Sentinel Prime, with Zeta saying he could get Pax's resistance fighters to stand down in exchange for him getting some influence in the Senate.<ref>[http://www.transmissionspodcast.com/2015/03/transmissions-episode-94-james-roberts-mtmte-elegant-chaos-interview/ TransMissions Episode 94 – James Roberts MTMTE Elegant Chaos Interview] 1:14:03 to 1:15:04</ref>
* The theory that underneath his mask, [[Tarn (G1)|Tarn]] of the [[Decepticon Justice Division]] might be Roller—whose present day status being unknown stood out as notable, given that he was a prominent new character close to Optimus Prime—has been a popular [[fandom|fan]] theory for much of the run of ''More than Meets the Eye''. Whether legitimate foreshadowing or [[The Dying of the Light Part 6: Do Not Go Gentle|deliberate leg-pulling]], this issue is ''lousy'' with hints that imply it to be so:
** Roller is a Point One Percenter, Tarn was implied to be one in issue #14 and confirmed in #39
** Roller is seen crushing an Elite Guardman's head with a look of virtual disinterest, Tarn did the same to the alternate [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] in [[slaughterhouse|issue #32]]
** Roller has an addictive personality, Tarn is addicted to [[Transformation|transforming]]
** Roller feels outclassed by the Outliers, a good reason for him to undergo the upgrades that put him on the level of [[Phase Sixer]]s, as noted in issue #14
** Orion encourages Roller to read Megatron's works this issue, Tarn is intimately familiar with Megatron's writings
** Roller is familiar with Megatron's slogan "You are being deceived" which Tarn later quotes when confronted with the [[Scavengers (G1)|Scavengers]]' "coffin"
** The left side of Roller's face is noticeably damaged this issue, Tarn has scarring around his left eye visible through his mask in closeups in [[Rules of Disengagement (issue)|issue #7]] and [[Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the DJD?|#8]]
** Roller is left "abandoned" by his friend as a result of the mind-wipe, a reason he may fall in with the opposite side

===Soundtrack===
* "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDwgduDrtpY Fontanelle]" by {{w|Clem Snide}}<ref>{{citesocial|quote=So! Songs for MTMTE #36! First up, 'Fontanelle' by Clem Slide: https://t.co/PgT4DEthue|link=https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/543572133692321792|name=James Roberts|site=Twitter|year=2014|month=12|day=13|(defunct=)}}</ref>
* "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2soLr-1tXY An Elegant Chaos]" by {{w|Julian Cope}}<ref>{{citesocial|quote=MTMTE #36's second song is the one from which the new story arc takes its name: 'Elegant Chaos' by Julian Cope: https://t.co/NokQAFgJb6|link=https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/543573294197522432|name=James Roberts|site=Twitter|year=2014|month=12|day=13|(defunct=)}}</ref>

===Foreign Localization===

'''Swedish'''
* ''Title:'' "'''Sofistikerat kaos del 1: Alla dessa vanskliga dagar som flytt'''" ("Sophisticated Chaos Part 1: All These Parlous Days Gone By")
* The "Sophisticated Chaos" arc title uses the same logo as the 2011 [[Chaos (IDW)|Chaos]] storyline in this and the following two parts.

===Covers (4)===
* '''Regular cover:''' Roller, by [[Alex Milne]] and [[Josh Perez]]
* '''Subscription cover:''' Orion Pax broods, by [[Nick Roche]] and [[Josh Burcham]]
* '''30th Anniversary cover:''' The second half of 30th anniversary celebration image by [[Alex Milne]] and Josh Perez, which connects to the 30th Anniversary cover to [[Onyx Interface Part Two: Vs.|''Robots in Disguise'' #36]] to complete the picture. The full image is a cross-continuity mash-up featuring thirty characters; this cover includes [[Unicron]], [[Rung (G1)|Rung]], [[Sky-Byte (RID)|''Robots in Disguise'' Sky-Byte]], [[Hot Shot (Animated)|''Animated'' Hot Shot]], [[Dinobot (BW)|''Beast Wars'' Dinobot]], [[Bulkhead (Animated)|''Animated'' Bulkhead]], [[Devastator (G1)|G1 Devastator]], [[Impactor (G1)|IDW Impactor]], [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|IDW Galvatron]], [[Megatron (G1)|''Generation 2'' Megatron]], [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|IDW Shockwave]], [[Knock Out (Prime)|''Prime'' Knock Out]], [[Blackout (Movie)|live-action Blackout]], [[Drift (G1)|IDW Drift]], [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|IDW Rodimus]], [[Lio Convoy|''Beast Wars II'' Lio Convoy]], and [[Ratchet (WFC)|''Prime'' Ratchet]].
* '''SacAnime Exclusive cover:''' [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Generation 1 Optimus Prime]] arm-wrestles with [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|''Beast Hunters'' Optimus Prime]], by [[Tony Fleecs]]

<gallery>
File:MTMTE36 regcvr.jpg|Roller sips his little drink before he bludgeons someone to death.
File:MTMTE36 subcvr.jpg|Orion Pax does his best [[Batman]].
File:MTMTE36 cvrRI.jpg|This is madness!
File:MTMTE36 cvrRE.jpg|Over the Top!
</gallery>

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===Reprints===
* '''''The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye Volume 7''''' ([[May 13]], [[2015]]) ISBN 1631403273 / ISBN 978-1631403279
** Collects ''More than Meets the Eye'' issues #34–38.
** Bonus material includes covers of each issue.
** Trade paperback format.

* '''''[[The Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 8]]''''' ([[December 5]], [[2018]]) ISBN 1684053722 / ISBN 978-1684053728
** Collects ''More than Meets the Eye'' issues #35–38 & #39–40, [[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|''The Transformers'' (2012)]] issues [[Onyx Interface Part One: Signals, Calls, and Marches|#35]]–[[The Onyx Interface Conclusion: The Obliterati|38]], ''[[The Transformers: Punishment|Punishment]]'' issues [[City of Steel (issue)|#1]]–[[Forever Is a Long Time Coming (issue)|5]], and ''[[The Transformers: Drift - Empire of Stone|Drift - Empire of Stone]]'' issues [[Drift - Empire of Stone issue 1|#1]]–[[Drift - Empire of Stone issue 4|4]].
** Hardcover format.

* '''''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection]]: Volume 63: Elegant Chaos''''' ([[June 12]], [[2019]])
** Collects ''More than Meets the Eye'' issues #35–42.
** Bonus material includes a cover gallery and a forward by [[Simon Furman]].
** Hardcover format.

* '''''Transformers: Du sköna nya värld''''' ([[November]], [[2022]])
** Collects ''More than Meets the Eye'' issues #28–38 & #40.
** Swedish reprint. Hardcover format.

<gallery>
File:MTMTE vol7.jpg|'''''More Than Meets the Eye Volume 7''''' – cover art by [[Alex Milne]] and [[Josh Perez]]
File:IDWCollectionP2V8.jpg|'''''The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 8''''' – cover art by [[Marcelo Matere]] and [[Tom B. Long]]
File:DefinitiveG1Collection v63.jpg|'''''The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 63: Elegant Chaos''''' – cover art by [[Don Figueroa]] (Trailbreaker) and Alex Milne (retro)
File:MTMTE SWE 04.jpg|'''''Du sköna nya värld''''' – cover art by [[Casey Coller]] and [[Joana Lafuente]]
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://tformers.com/idw-comics-preview-transformers-more-than-meets-the-eye-36-elegant-chaos-part-1/25409/news.html Preview]

Hot spot (phenomenon)

2024-06-01T20:30:06Z

Prime Radiant: /* 2005 IDW continuity */ fissile misspelled as "fessile"

{{disambig3|Hot Spot}}
:''Hot spots are a phenomenon from the [[2005 IDW continuity|2005 IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:TheFecundMoon-Luna1HotSpot.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|It's a good spot.]]
A '''hot spot''' is a location in which [[spark]]s are naturally known to ignite. Known hot spots have been recorded on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and its moons, though the vast majority have gone dormant over time. They are also known as '''sparkfields'''.

==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity===
According to [[Adaptus]], the [[Guiding Hand]] had been born before the initial ignition of the hot spots, an event the quintet bore witness to. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 5): The Unremembering|The Unremembering}}

Cybertronian history records twelve known hot spots across Cybertron, which appear to have ignited and cooled multiple times throughout the planet's existence: [[Rivets Field]], [[Vespertine Blue]], [[Port Residua]] — all three located in or near [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] — {{storylink|Black Planet: Dark Cybertron Chapter 11|Black Planet}} the [[Pious Pools]], [[Vauvaire]], [[Sansaw Sanserre]], [[Automica]], [[Warrior's Gate]], [[Eugenesis]], [[Alyon]], [[Mesmerica]], and [[Nova Point]]. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 6): A Spark Among Embers|A Spark Among Embers}} These were ignited by pulses from [[Vector Sigma]]—a race to find the new hot spot often occurred after each pulse. {{storylink|Remain in Light 3 of 5: The Divided Self|The Divided Self}} A hot spot would usually be consecrated before any sparks were harvested from it. {{storylink|Remain in Light 1 of 5: The Fecund Moon|The Fecund Moon}} One of the [[Signs of Affinity]] was becoming giddy when standing atop a hot spot. {{storylink|The Plotters' Club (Part 3): Journey's End|Journey's End}}

At least six of the [[Titan (group)|Titan]]s carried hot spots, which they engaged upon finding a suitable world to colonize. {{storylink|A 'Bot and Her City}}

During Cybertron's Golden Age, some six million years ago, [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]] was one of the 'bots who emerged from the [[Rivets Field]] hot spot in [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] that ignited two weeks before the launch of the first ''[[Ark (G1)#2005 IDW continuity|Ark]]''. {{storylink|Remain in Light 5 of 5: This Calamitous Life|This Calamitous Life}}

Eventually, the hot spots stopped appearing, prompting [[Nova Prime]] to commission a team to see if it was possible to extract a new supply of [[spark]]s from the [[Matrix of Leadership]] as an alternative means of reproduction. {{storylink|Remain in Light 3 of 5: The Divided Self|The Divided Self}}

In the era shortly before the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], however, one hot spot appeared in [[Alyon]], which from the skies looked like the shape of a hand. The Senate, knowing society and the Functionist Council would take this as an excuse to reintroduce hardline functionism, kept it a secret from the general population. Orion Pax and some other refugees from the Senate found out about it, and took up watch, believing the Senate wished to destroy them. In truth, the Senate had been wanting to create their own Outliers, and were bombarding the site with fissile radiation, unaware it was more likely to kill the sparks. Once they realized the jig was up, the Senate moved to plan B: blow the hot spot up. Fortunately Pax was able to take out their weapon platform, and the sparks were safely harvested. {{storylink|Elegant Chaos Part 1: All Our Parlous Yesterdays|All Our Parlous Yesterdays}}

[[File:Redemption-AlyonHotSpot.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]

The lost moon [[Moonbase One|Luna 1]] was discovered to have a hot spot of unprecedented size, springing back to life when [[Rung (G1)|Rung]] set foot on it. {{storylink|Remain in Light 1 of 5: The Fecund Moon|The Fecund Moon}} {{storylink|Crucible (Part 6): A Spark Among Embers|A Spark Among Embers}} However the hot spot went dark not long after it was discovered. {{storylink|The Sound of Breaking Glass}}

A few years after the Chaos event reset Cybertron to a primal state, the Dinobots found a massive hot spot in what had once been Alyon, which Bludgeon had been using to commit twisted experiments. {{storylink|The Transformers: Redemption|Redemption}} While the hot spot was brought to [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]]'s attention, he opted not to harvest the sparks yet and kept its existence a secret. All the sparks were eventually stolen by Bludgeon as part of a plan to corrupt them into soldiers using [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]'s lifeblood. {{storylink|The Transformers: Salvation|Salvation}}

When the Cybertron of the [[Functionist Universe]] threatened the main reality, [[Team Rodimus]] hatched a plan to defeat the [[Functionist Council]] by exploiting Vector Sigma's connection to the hot spots. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 5): The Unremembering|The Unremembering}} When a duplicate of the Matrix was opened at each hot spot, Cybertron shunted the energy surge to the orbiting Luna 1, reigniting the hot spot. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 6): A Spark Among Embers|A Spark Among Embers}}

Though it was initially questioned whether Cybertron had enough [[energon]] to support the reignited billion sparks, by the time of [[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]]'s funeral, half of the "[[Lunarian]]s" had been brought to term and successfully integrated into society. {{storylink|How To Say Goodbye And Mean It: Part 2}}

{{--}}

==Notes==
*In "[[Remembrance Day]]", we see [[Frak]] and [[Rushcut]] uncover the [[Point One Percenter|rare spark]] that will become [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]] in the [[Thymesis Energon mining facility]] on [[Moonbase Two|Luna 2]]. As the mine is then subsequently closed as their [[Momus|supervisor]] sends for an [[Three-of-Twelve|authenticator]] from the [[Functionist Council]] it's evident that they were not expecting to find a spark there, so it seems that while it is rare for sparks to be found outside hot spots, they do sometimes occur naturally in [[Energon]] seams, at least.
*[[Fortress Maximus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Fortress Maximus]] and [[Fulcrum]]'s status as "warborn" forged Cybertronians has raised questions in the years since it was first mentioned as hot spots from ''during'' the war therefore are implied to be all-but impossible. James Roberts suggested the existence of minor random hot spots as the source of "warborn" forgings.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/james-roberts-ama-mtmte-ll-questions-answered-transcript.1164603/ Transcription of 30 November 2018 James Roberts Q&A on Instagram]</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Hot Spot''' (ホットスポット ''Hotto Supotto'')

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Cybertron]]
[[Category:Hot spots| ]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) locations]]

Nemesis Part 2

2024-05-28T13:49:15Z

Prime Radiant: /* Animation and technical errors */ Scott McNeil's name misspelled in credits here too

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=52
|series2=Metals
|ep2=25
|next=The Reformatting
|prev2=Nemesis Part 1
|next2=Remix: I Forgot the Banana!
|image=Nemesis2 shuttle crash.jpg
|caption=It had a good run, but ''Beast Wars'' [[Furmanism|never did want to live forever]].
|title="''Nemesis'' Part 2"
|season=3
|season ep=13
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[May 7]], 1999
|written by=[[Simon Furman]]
|directed by=[[Cal Shumiatcher]], [[Steve Sacks]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity= [[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}

'''Megatron has possession of the ''Nemesis'', and the Maximals need a last-minute miracle to defeat him as the Beast Wars come to an end.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Nemesis2 Primal and Tigerhawk charge.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Optimus and Tigerhawk conclude that it is better to fight and die than run.]]
[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] has raised the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' from its watery grave and has begun a random attack on everything in sight, all the while quoting the [[Covenant of Primus]]. After telling Rhinox to "deploy [[Operation Eternity]]", [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] and [[Tigerhawk]] attempt to fight it off, but their weapons don't even scratch the hull. Tigerhawk tells Primal to rally the Maximals and that he will remain to fight. On the ''Nemesis'', [[Dinobot II|Dinobot]] is commenting that his [[spark]] has changed and feels complete. Aspects of [[Dinobot (BW)|the original Dinobot]] begin to emerge. He admires Tigerhawk's defense. Tigerhawk is able to damage power on several decks, limiting Megatron's offensive options to using the fusion cannon, which he uses to destroy Tigerhawk. Going to the [[anthropoid]] settlement, Megatron prepares to destroy it. Dinobot objects, asking where the honor is in such an act, but Megatron fires anyway, killing [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] and [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] in the process.

[[File:Nemesis2 Nemesis over Mount St. Hilary.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|The Nemesis hovering like some vast, predatory bird over Mount St. Hilary.]]
At [[Mount St. Hilary]], the Maximals are preparing a last-ditch strategy—bring the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] online and fight the ''Nemesis''. However, the ship has been offline too long, and [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] are having trouble restoring power. The ''Nemesis'' arrives, but Tigerhawk's attack, as well as the wasted attack on the anthropoids, has depleted its [[energon]] reserves, and the fusion cannon requires time to recharge. Megatron activates its [[tractor beam]], and Primal enters the ''Nemesis''. He and Megatron duke it out, but the Predacon clearly has the advantage. On the Ark, the Maximals manage to get the engines on line, but they burn out almost instantly. [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] proclaims that they are all going to die, and for once, no one tells him to shut up. Instead, the characteristically stoic Rhinox simply responds with "Yup".

[[File:Megatron Primal Nemesis 2.JPG|left|upright=1.1|thumb|If Optimus can't beat Megatron, what chance do we have?]]
However, Dinobot, disapproving of Megatron's actions, sends a message to the Maximals of an [[Autobot Shuttle Omega Delta|Autobot shuttle]] stored in the Ark. Megatron orders Dinobot to fire, but he refuses, stating that he has his honor. In a last bid to save them all, Rhinox pilots the shuttle on a collision course with the ''Nemesis''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s bridge, crashing through the viewport and going out the other side, dragging Megatron along. Optimus urges Dinobot to save himself, but he simply bids farewell to Primal and remains as the bridge explodes around him. As the ''Nemesis'' crashes, Primal rejoins the other Maximals.

[[File:Nemesis2 Autobot shuttle Earth.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|The Beast Wars are over—finished. But [[The Reformatting|it never ends]]!]]
Sometime later, after repairing the shuttle and rigging a [[transwarp cell]] to it, the Maximals leave [[Earth]] for [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Optimus, piloting the ship, declares that the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] are over, and memorializes the Maximals who fell during the war. Rattrap, however, is more happy to be going home and points out that they won't have to see Megatron 'til they get there, as the Predacon is tied to the hull of their shuttle. As the shuttle enters [[unspace|transwarp]], the scene shifts to the anthropoids, who have built a village and are using parts of Inferno and Quickstrike in a ritual to celebrate their new leader...[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]].

Waspinator declares that he is "happy at last".

[['Til all are one|'Til all are—]] [[The Reformatting|waaaaait a cycle...]]
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in video footage. 
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (1)
*[[Tigerhawk]] (2)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (3)
*[[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] (4)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (5)
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (6)
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (7)
*''[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]]'' (15)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
*[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (8)
*[[Dinobot II|Dinobot]] (9)
*[[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (11)
*[[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] (12)
*[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (16)

|h3=[[Anthropoid]]s|c3=
*Anthropoid (10)
*[[Blix|Neanderthal Leader]] (13)
*[[Una]] (14)
}}

==Quotes==
"'I am that which is, which was, and is yet to come! And you will know my name is [[Megatron (myth)|Megatron]] when I lay my vengeance upon you!'" 
"You have already read the Covenant of Primus?" 
"Just the good parts."
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Dinobot'''

"I'll say one thing for my namesake, he liked his artillery big and plentiful. Now, where was I? Ah yes, mindless destruction! Good for the spark, I always say." 
:-'''Megatron''', commenting on the Nemesis' firepower.

"Quickly, go to your fellow Maximals. Prepare them! If Megatron destroys the ''Ark'' and its occupants, history as we know it will unravel." 
"You can't stop that thing alone." 
"Perhaps, but it is my destiny to try. I will hold the line here. Go!"
:—'''Tigerhawk''' and '''Optimus Primal'''

"Hmm, I suppose, given my imminent godhood, these primitives should really be beneath my intention. Ah, still, no score is too small to settle, I always say." 
[''stops Megatron from activating the weapons''] "You would turn the full fury of this mighty warship on a lone anthropoid?! Tell me, Megatron, where's the honor in that?!" 
[''growls''] "You dare use the h-word to me?!" 
"I…I apologize. I merely felt our power should be conserved for…the larger battle." 
"Duly noted...and ignored!"
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Dinobot'''

"Well, come on, let's have it. The usual 'destiny and honor' speech." 
"Speech ''this''!"
:—'''Megatron''' gets decked by '''Optimus Primal'''

"'And there came a hero who said, "Hurt not the earth, nor the seas, nor the trees, nor the very fabric of time." But the hero would not prevail'". 
"Finish the quote, Megatron. 'Nor would he surrender!'"
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Optimus Primal'''

"Destroy them!" 
"...Negative." 
"''What?!'' What possible reason could you have to disobey me?! I am your master! I am your creator!" 
"And I...have my HONOR!"
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Dinobot'''

"Waspinator happy at last."
:—The most well known ending of all. [[Thrust (BM)|Until he gets chased away.]]

==Notes==
===Script timeline===
* First script: 16th November 1998
* Second draft: 22nd November 1998
* Finalised: 22nd November 1998
* As Air: 27th March 1999

===Animation and technical errors===
*As Tigerhawk is about to be overwhelmed by the fusion cannon, it cuts to a reaction shot by Dinobot, whose "monocle" is on the wrong eye.
*In the same scene, Tigerhawk is shown being stripped apart to a skeletal structure by the beam, but is shown fully intact before the beam finally destroys him.
*When Optimus returns to the Maximal base and tries to communicate with Tigerhawk, his right wing is missing.
*At one point, Optimus tears his wing off and tosses it to jam the giant grinder mechanisms on the bottom of the ''Nemesis''. However, in the next scene in which he appears, his wing has been replaced with no explanation.
*The conduit Blackarachnia splices with Rattrap's tail can be seen in an earlier scene with the tail already installed.
*As the Maximals await their doom inside the Ark and Rattrap comments on how they're "all gonna die", he's missing his [[robot mode]] "backpack".
*Megatron apparently transforms to dragon mode off-screen, transforms back to robot mode on-screen before the scene cuts away, then when next we see him, he is in dragon mode again!
*For most of the episode, Optimus is missing the "blast shields" that he usually wears on either his forearms or shoulders. He tends to have them when he's in vehicle mode, but not consistently.
*When Megatron grabs Optimus Primal by the head during the battle on the Nemesis' bridge, Primal's suddenly got his missing blast shields back. They go missing again in the very next scene.
*In the final battle scene, Dinobot is flipped horizontally. (See first glitch.)
*Bringing us full circle with how the planet tended to look in season one, the shots of Earth from space look nothing like the planet should. (See picture above.)
* As in the previous episode, [[Scott McNeil]]'s name is misspelled as "Scott McNiel" in the credits.

===Continuity errors===
[[File:G1Megs Nemesis part2 deletedclip.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Ploink!]]
*Although it was cut from the final episode for time, the script called for Generation 1 Megatron's spark to be removed from Megatron and placed back in its proper body before the Maximals leave Earth. This very brief scene was animated and can be seen on the ''Beast Wars'' Season 3 box sets produced by [[Rhino Entertainment|Kid Rhino]] and [[Madman Entertainment]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYS71y5Z3zs Deleted scene on YouTube]</ref> It should be noted, however, that despite the cut, Optimus's lines from that segment were still included in the episode, albeit used in a different context.
**Furman later wrote the short story "[[A Meeting of Minds]]", which is mostly set between "[[Master Blaster]]" and "[[Other Victories]]" but includes a short epilogue effectively recounting the events of this deleted scene. Almost two decades later, [[Ask Vector Prime]] claimed that the deleted scene was "canon".

===Continuity notes===
*Was Dinobot's spirit influencing Dinobot II, or was something else going on? After Dinobot flashes between himself and the original Dinobot, his voice no longer has the electronic effect. The 2010 [[Transformers Hall of Fame]] competition would eventually say that Dinobot's "consciousness" was influencing him. "[[Dark Glass]]" provides a more direct explanation but it was ultimately not produced.
*There are echoes of musical cues from "[[Code of Hero]]" playing as Dinobot starts to recall the life of the original Dinobot.
*As they leave Earth, Optimus Primal asks the survivors to reflect on the Maximals who lost their lives in the conflict, implicitly referring to [[Tigatron]], [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]], [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]], and [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]].

===Transformers references===
*There is the ''Nemesis'' itself, carrying over from the previous episode. Among its arsenal is a tractor beam, which it used to snag the ''Ark'' in Generation 1 media.
*The Ark's engines ignite one after another, not simultaneously; this matches how they were shown to ignite in ''[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]''.
*"In the darkest hour, there will be a light," a line from the Covenant of Primus most likely derived from "Light our [[darkest hour]]" in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
*Speaking of that movie, Primal's declaration of "This has to stop! At any cost" mirrors Optimus Prime's declaration of "Megatron must be stopped! No matter the cost".
*Though possibly coincidence, Megatron's line "Duly noted... and ignored!" rings similar to a quote by [[Masquerade#Quotes|the original Megatron]].

===Real-world references===
*Megatron targeting grid 3H was a shout-out to [[3H Productions|3H Enterprises]], then-organizers of [[BotCon]].
*The lines Megatron reads from the Covenant of Primus bear some similarities to lines from English translations of the {{w|Bible}} of [[Earth]]'s [[human]]s.
*One of Megatron's Covenant of Primus quotes bears stronger resemblance to the paraphrase of {{w|Book of Ezekiel|Ezekiel 25:17}} in the film ''{{w|Pulp Fiction}}'' than it does to the original Bible quote.
*The anthropoid celebration, with the jubilant primitives happily using the parts of their defeated enemies as musical instruments, is reminiscent of the Ewok celebration in ''[[Star Wars|Return of the Jedi]]''.

===Trivia===
[[File:Transwarpcellanimaticnem2.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Yoink!]]
*In an interview, Furman stated he was approached at BotCon 1998 to write a "G1-centric" episode, and worked closely with Bob Forward on what would become "''Nemesis''" (they originally weren't sure who'd write which part). Various ideas were pitched, but for reasons of budget and a lack of a fourth season meant everything needed to be wrapped up here; one key decision was to ensure the core cast "got a good send off, one that didn't leave them in limbo". Bob would do most of the Dinobot writing. [http://www.bwint.net/interviewsimonfurman.htm] Despite the rewrite to turn this into a series finale, Forward and Larry DiTillo learnt "too late" that they were being replaced after Season 3 "to tie up all the threads".<ref>[http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/beast-wars-creative-team-to-change-after-season-3/18271/ Beast Wars Creative Team to change after Season 3]</ref>
*[[Rhino Entertainment|Kid Rhino's]] Season 3 box set contains an animatic with additional footage cut out from the final episode (presumably to save time). One of the edits shows Optimus Primal tearing a [[transwarp cell]] from the ''Nemesis''<nowiki>'</nowiki> control deck prior to telling [[Dinobot II|Dinobot]] to save himself. The transwarp cell is visible in the (finished) episode in Primal's hand as he escapes the exploding ''Nemesis'', and is later seen installed on the controls of the Autobot shuttle, explaining how the Maximals were able to travel through both space and time and return home.
*In the early plot of the episode, the Maximals successfully launch the ''Ark'' itself, instead of an Autobot shuttle. Also, [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] and [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] would have reactivated, ramming into the ''Nemesis'' instead of the Autobot shuttle.
*This episode addresses the Teletron vs Teletraan pronunciation debate. When Blackarachnia refers to it as "Teletron-1", Rattrap annoyedly corrects her with "Teletraan". Blackarachnia dismisses him presumably because she's got more important things to worry about than how to pronounce the computer's name.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''''Némésis'' 2'''" (Canada)

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Destini - Parte 2''' ("Fates - Part 2")
::*The recap off-screen voice says: «In the previous episode of the ''Beast Wars''...», titling the series by its English name instead of the Italian one, and saying "'''the''' ''Beast Wars''" like if "Beast Wars" was the name of a group of characters.
::*Unlike in English, the Italian dub always managed to get the correct pronunciation of Teletraan's name, instead of "Teletron". Still, the dialog between Rattrap and Blackarachnia about the misnaming is kept the same as in English, making Blackarachnia the only character who ever pronounced the name wrongly in this dub.

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Happy? Kore de ii no da'''" (ハッピー?これでいいのだ, "Happy? This Should Do It")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 22]] [[2000]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''''Nemesis'' Parte 2'''" ("''Nemesis'' Part 2")

'''Spanish'''
:''Title:'' "'''''Nemesis'' Segunda Parte'''" (America, "''Nemesis'' Second Part")

'''Mandarin'''
:''Title:'' "'''Zhèngyì de Jiéjú'''" (正义的结局, "End of Justice")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers: Metals'' — Happy? This Should Do It ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 4 ([[Universal]])
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers: Metals'' — DVD Box 2 (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Third Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Seasons 2 & 3 ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 3 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]

Nemesis Part 1

2024-05-28T13:23:02Z

Prime Radiant: /* Animation and technical errors */ Scott McNeil's name misspelled in credits

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|ep=51
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|ep2=24
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|next2=Nemesis Part 2
|image=BWNemesisPt1 rises.jpg
|caption="The most powerful warship ever built! ...and I just had it washed."
|title="''Nemesis'' Part 1"
|season=3
|season ep=12
|production company= [[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate= [[May 6]], 1999
|written by= [[Bob Forward]]
|directed by= [[Ezekiel Norton]]
|animation studio= [[Mainframe Entertainment]]
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'''Down but not out, Megatron discovers Tarantulas's secret tunnel network that leads to the Decepticon warship, the ''Nemesis''.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Nemesis Part 1 Optimus book.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"And the Bay said 'Let there be light', and there was a sunset."]]
The [[Maximal]]s, secure for the first time since they moved into [[Mount St. Hilary]], begin searching for the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]], who have been vulnerable since [[Tigerhawk]] destroyed the [[Darksyde (BW)|Predacon base]]. [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] quotes a verse from the [[Covenant of Primus]], believing Tigerhawk's arrival to be divine prophecy.

[[File:Nemesis Part 1 Dinobot hatch.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Dinobot discovers why no one can get down Bugs Bunny's rabbit hole.]]
Meanwhile, the Predacons are growing disaffected with [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]]. (Even [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] is mouthing off.) [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]], ever loyal to his "queen", declares that a new "colony" will resecure them. Megatron orders him to take Waspinator and [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]], while he, [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]], and [[Dinobot II|Dinobot]] search the remains of [[Tarantulas's lair]]. Dinobot finds a hatch which leads to an underwater tunnel and a computer. Accessing the computer, Megatron becomes quite excited by what he discovers, and takes the rail car with Dinobot, while Rampage follows in tank mode.

[[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] and [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] spot Inferno, Waspinator, and Quickstrike leaving. Optimus orders them to fall back, but Depth Charge heads in. Optimus leaves with [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]], [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]], and Tigerhawk to support them. As Primal arrives, Depth Charge finds the hatch—and a bomb. The explosion fails to kill any of the Maximals, but Silverbolt is damaged, and Blackarachnia and Cheetor escort his parts back to base.

At the anthropoids' cave dwellings, Inferno declares that the caves will be their new "colony". He orders Quickstrike and Waspinator to engage, but Waspinator angrily refuses. Something has finally snapped in Waspy's central processor, and he declares that he is out of the Beast Wars. After a tirade against Megatron, the Predacons, life in general, and always being blown up, Waspinator tells them that they can kiss his stinger. Inferno and Quickstrike blast him, and proceed to attack the anthropoids (who have become much tougher, having learned from the example of [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] and the Maximals).

[[File:Nemesis Part 1 Megatron nemesis.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Where is all the furniture?]]
In the tunnels, Primal, Tigerhawk, and Depth Charge continue searching. After locating a data terminal, Primal accesses it and discovers what Tarantulas found and Megatron desires—the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'', the flagship of the [[Decepticon fleet]] and the vessel which [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] used to shoot down the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. Realizing the threat the Decepticon warship holds, Depth Charge heads out to locate it. Optimus sends out an emergency warning to the Maximals, and he and Tigerhawk head out to the ''Nemesis''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s location through the air.

Meanwhile, Megatron and Dinobot are able to board the ship, where they discover that Tarantulas had been a busy spider: not only did he repair the vessel, he added a [[transwarp cell]] and installed a Predacon control console. Best of all, in Megatron's optics, Tarantulas left behind a copy of the Covenant of Primus to boot: the tome from which he [[Megatron (myth)|took his name]]! Megatron and Dinobot begin powering up the vessel for an attack.

[[File:Nemesis Part 1 Depthcharge blade.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Why so serious?]]
Reaching the sunken behemoth, Depth Charge informs Optimus of his discovery, and Optimus in turn authorizes Depth Charge to neutralize the ''Nemesis'' by any means necessary. Before Depth Charge can start, he is engaged by Rampage. The two enemies fight and Depth Charge grabs an [[energon crystal]]. He drives it into Rampage's [[spark]], and the explosion destroys both Transformers and also causes Dinobot to cry out in pain. Optimus, though mourning Depth Charge's loss, is relieved to know the threat of the ''Nemesis'' has been dealt with.

That is until the ''Nemesis'' rises from the ocean, fully operational. [[Nemesis Part 2|To be continued...]]
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Tigerhawk]] (1)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (2)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (3)
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (4)
*[[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (5)
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (6)
*[[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] (7)
*[[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] (8)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
*[[Dinobot II|Dinobot]] (9)
*[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (10)
*[[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] (11)
*[[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] (12)
*[[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (13)
*[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (14)

|h3=[[Anthropoid]]s|c3=
*[[Una]] (15)
*Anthropoids (16)
*[[Blix|Neanderthal Leader]] (17)
}}

==Quotes==
[''Silverbolt has been injured in an explosion''] 
'''Silverbolt''': "Worry not, my love. It's just a...scratch." 
[''Silverbolt's arm falls off''] 
'''Optimus''': "Maybe. But I think you're due some time in the CR chamber." 
'''Silverbolt''': "Sir, I'm fine. I —" 
'''Blackarachnia''': "Shut up and obey your commander, bone-brain." 
[''Silverbolt's head falls off''] 
'''Silverbolt''': "Yes, dear."
:—Silverbolt is pretty whipped.

"There! That will be our new colony!" 
"Eww, I don't wanna move in there. It got all them hairy critters in it. Unless... unless you mean, we's gonna slag 'em! Oh, oh, ''please'' tell me that's what yer plannin'!" 
"The royalty demands a new colony, and we shall take it, by force." 
"YA-HOO! Now yer talkin', haha!"
:—'''Inferno''' and '''Quickstrike''' discuss a possible new home.

"I said '''no!''' [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Dragon-Bot]] command ''you,'' [[Second-in-command|Sub-Commander]] [[Inferno (BW)|Kiss-Butt]]! Dragon-Bot not command Waspinator! Not any more! Waspinator sick of being evil. Sick of being Predacon! ''And'', Waspinator especially sick of getting blown to '''scrap''' all the time! Sooo, Waspinator ''quit!'' As of ''now'', which means [[Inferno (BW)|Ant-Bot]] and [[Quickstrike (BW)|Two-Head]] can just pucker their mandibles and plant [[Kiss|big, wet, juicy one]] right here on Waspinator's big...fat...stripy...a..." 
[''BAM!!!'']
:—'''Waspinator''' finally stands up for himself...and gets blown to scrap by Inferno and Quickstrike.

"I've no time for you, X." 
"Like you had no time for Starbase Rugby? You had friends there, as I recall. Tasty ones too!"
:—'''Depth Charge''' and '''Rampage'''.

"I was [[Depth Charge (BW)|your]] assignment, and you failed!"
:—'''Rampage'''

"Raw energon! Right through your twisted spark! Take it! Take it straight to the Pit, you SICKENING PIECE OF SLAG!"
:—'''Depth Charge''''s final words before killing Rampage.

==Notes==
===Script timeline===
* First draft: 16th November 1998
* Finalised: 22nd November 1998
* As Air: 24th March 1999

===Animation and technical errors===
[[File:Nemesis Part 1 Optimus book.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]
* When Dinobot squeezes the piece of Rampage's spark he possesses to pacify his "half-brother", his shoulder pads are missing. Also, the spark seems to float freely when it is released, in contrast to previous episodes where it was held in place by Dinobot's spark chamber.
* At the very beginning when Optimus is reciting, Cheetor is visible in the background in his normal Transmetal body, walking with Blackarachnia.
*Megatron must have had a tight fit climbing down the hatch that Dinobot found.
*After saying that he quits, Waspinator rips the Predacon icon off his head, but when he tells Inferno and Quickstrike to kiss his stinger, it's still on.
* Optimus tells Depth Charge "Warheads armed, full speed to maximum" when ordering him to intercept Megatron. Apparently he's so worried he can't form a coherent sentence.
* [[Scott McNeil]]'s name is misspelled as "Scott McNiel" in the credits.

===Continuity errors===
* The bomb Megatron leaves behind as a trap for the Maximals manages to severely damage Silverbolt and cause a large shockwave, yet leaves Optimus Primal and Depth Charge—the closest to the bomb—relatively undamaged.
* When Depth Charge first calls in the Predacons' location, Inferno can be seen flying off with Waspinator and Quickstrike. This would place their arrival a good thirty seconds or so before Megatron, Dinobot, and Rampage use the secret hatch, which is supported by Depth Charge spotting Rampage and refusing to wait. However, after Optimus arrives, Silverbolt lands with him and Depth Charge has completely lost sight of Rampage. How did neither notice them use the hatch if they could clearly make out individual Predacons from their distance?
*Rampage is suddenly vulnerable to energon being jammed into his spark, despite it happening to no permanent effect previously.

===Continuity notes===
*The anthropoids are well on their way to civilization since we last saw them, developing fire, spears, musical instruments, and sophisticated anti-Transformer strategies.
*Quickstrike mentions that the anthropoids have become much tougher after their last encounter; presumably, he's referring to "[[Code of Hero]]", where he took part in the attack on the anthropoid valley.
*We get more hints about the sordid history between Rampage and Depth Charge; notably, Rampage boasts that he attacked [[Starbase Rugby]], solely because Depth Charge had friends aboard. Ouch.
*It's not quite clear why Rampage allowed himself to be stabbed in the spark. Did he simply want to end his tortured existence? Was he gleeful in the knowledge that Depth Charge had followed through on his threat, becoming the true monster? A mix of both? The world may never know...
*When [[Dinobot II|Dinobot]] cries out in pain after the death of Rampage, brief flashes of the [[Dinobot (BW)|original Dinobot]]'s animation model can be seen as he looks upward. This possibly alludes to the plot of the unproduced episode "[[Dark Glass]]", where Rattrap would have uploaded the original Dinobot's datatrax into the clone. For more information on that plotline, please refer to [[Dinobot II|these]] [[Dark Glass|articles]].
*Depth Charge addresses his leader as "Optimal" at one point, making him the only character other than Megatron to call Primal by the name of his big and fancy new toy.
* Gadgets and powers:
** Tigerhawk pulls off some cool kung-fu moves in the air, accompanied by some supernatural glowing stuff.
** Flying, flying, everywhere! Apparently Cheetor can now fly outright in his Transmetal 2 form's [[beast mode]], rather than merely being restricted to his previous rocket-boosted running. Furthermore, Depth Charge has developed the ability to fly in both his regular stingray and [[robot mode]]s, and Optimus (although shown hovering and such in robot mode beforehand) now demonstrates the capability to fly at high speeds in this form as well. This does rather raise the question of what point their respective flight modes actually serve anymore.

===Transformers references===
*Well, first off, there's the ''Nemesis'' itself, the ship that attacked the ''Ark'' in the original Transformers lore. Optimus Primal retells the story for the benefit of new viewers. His account doesn't precisely match the circumstances of the G1 cartoon or the Marvel comic,<ref>In the original cartoon, the Decepticons used the ''Nemesis''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s tractor beam to lock onto the ''Ark'', and it was the Autobot/Decepticon fight inside the ''Ark'' that caused it to crash. (As elaborated in "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]" and "[[Microbots]]".) In the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel comics]], the Decepticons boarded the ship, and Prime ''deliberately'' crashed the ''Ark'' onto Earth, in "[[The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers]]", with the ''Nemesis'' being left abandoned.</ref> presumably to avoid ''Beast Wars'' from tying too closely into one continuity or the other.
** The flashback to the battle between the ''Ark'' and the ''Nemesis'', as recounted by Optimus Primal, neglects to mention that the Decepticons boarded the ''Ark'' before the crash. This was likely seen as an unnecessary inclusion, as previous episodes, "[[The Agenda (Part III)]]" and "[[Master Blaster]]", depict the Decepticons aboard the ''Ark''.
** The ''Nemesis'' went unnamed in original Generation 1 media; this is the first work of fiction to actually name the ship.
** The ''Nemesis'' uses a very different design than it had in "The Agenda (Part III)", now appearing more bulky and triangular.
*The [[Covenant of Primus]] is introduced in this episode as a sacred Cybertronian tome. Prior to this episode's release, the term "Covenant", in direct association with [[Primus]], had originally been applied to a [[Covenant (group)|group]] of twelve original Transformers created by Primus in the [[BotCon 1999]] prose story aptly titled "[[Covenant (story)|Covenant]]". Said story was written by [[Simon Furman]], who would write [[Nemesis Part 2|the very next episode]] of this two-parter. While no connection is made between either the tome or the group in either this or the next episode, one would later be given in [[2001]] in the [[Witness to the Covenant|19th entry]] of the BotCon Online feature ''[[Apelinq's War Journals]]''.
*Megatron refers to Tarantulas as "[[Unicron]]'s spawn". Writer Bob Forward intended this as a generic insult in the vein of a human casting aspersions on someone's parentage (e.g. "bastard" or "son of a bitch"), but it came ''right'' on the heels of the previous episode's revelation that Tarantulas was not descended from either Autobot or Decepticon, prompting a large portion of the audience to take the invective literally. Ancillary fiction like ''[[Primeval Dawn]]'' and "[[Yokohama Decepticon Secret Base]]" ran with it, and depicted Tarantulas as a literal creation of Unicron. [[Ask Vector Prime]] had "[[Vector Prime]]" lampshade this in 2015 with "I suppose some cycle "spawn of Unicron" will be the sort of invective hurled with nary a second thought."
*This is the first time we hear that Megatron's name is ''not'' a reference to [[Megatron (G1)|that other Megatron]], but a [[Megatron (myth)|figure from the Covenant]].

===Real-world references===
*When Depth Charge spots Predacon activity in [[Grid Scylla]], he's referencing a fan of the time.
*When contacting the Maximals, Optimus encodes transmission "M Sipher", a reference to [[Greg Sepelak]].
*Silverbolt's remark "It's just a scratch" followed by the dismemberment of his arm could be a reference to the immortal line of the Black Knight in ''Monty Python and the Holy Grail''.
*Inferno utilizes the classic cartoon method of hiding, appearing from behind an impossibly skinny tree.
*When Megatron powers up the ''Nemesis'', external ship lights illuminate [[Cybertronix]] text in the Predacon variant, which spells out "{{w|Red Dwarf}}", a reference to the British sci-fi comedy show.

===Trivia===
* The death of Rampage is the only time in the series that a Maximal actually kills a Predacon (not for lack of trying).
* "Nemesis" was originally going to be a three-part episode, but was later compressed to two. {{fact}}
* Bob Forward and Simon Furman both worked together on the "Nemesis" outline, to the extent that it wasn't decided for a while who would be writing which part. Originally they'd had bigger, grander plans, but many of them got dropped when it was clear a fourth season wouldn't be coming. [http://www.bwint.net/interviewsimonfurman.htm]
* At the beginning of the episode, when Rattrap holds up the Covenant of Primus, the Maximal variant of [[Cybertronix]] text can be seen. It reads "7 613 were cast out with him a cork one fork and a bowl of beans between them". This presumably follows the portion of the Covenant read by Primal, Datatrack 7.613: "And a mighty warrior came down from the sky, and a rainbow was upon his head, and his feet as pillars of fire. And the great dragon was cast out onto the earth, and his followers were cast out with him."
* The copy of the Covenent of Primus on the Nemesis has the Autobot symbol on the cover.
* This is clearly the only time Waspinator refers to himself as "I." This is also (regrettably) the last time Waspinator is slagged as a participant of the Beast Wars.
*Since dragon Megatron has his beast mode head as a robot mode arm as his original ''T. rex'' body did, Megatron's... odd relationship with his hand has returned. In this two-parter, he can not only be seen petting the dragon-head, but at one point, he turns from a monitor he's watching, and his head-hand turns toward it, and actually moves back and forth as it observes the on-screen events.
*Depth Charge's death cry, heard over Optimus' communicator, is bloodcurdling.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''''Némésis'' 1'''" (Canada)

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Destini - Parte 1'''" ("Fates - Part 1")
::*Megatron calls Tarantulas "Unicron's spark" instead of "Unicron's spawn".
::*When Nemesis starts moving, in a moment of voice silence in English, in Italian Optimus is heard saying: «Something extraordinary is happening!». A few moments later, another line is added by having him saying: «The great prophecy is coming true!».

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Dokkān'''" (ドッカーン, "Ka-Boom")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 15]] [[2000]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''''Nemesis'' Parte 1'''" ("''Nemesis'' Part 1")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''''Nemesis'' Primera Parte'''" ("''Nemesis'' First Part")

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Gōngzhèng de Chéngfá'''" (公正的惩罚, "Fair Punishment")

==References==
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==Home video releases==
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[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers: Metals'' — We Have Returned ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 4 ([[Universal]])
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[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers: Metals'' — DVD Box 2 (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Third Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Seasons 2 & 3 ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 3 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]

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Prime Radiant:

''Prime Radiant is a block-colored background generic from the G1 continuity family.''

Forged in the frozen snow-strewn ice-scape that we shall know as the northeast US—is a man! He writes a profile: ''this one!''

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==Transformers Fiction I've Written==
Our TFWiki Discord (where I'm a mod) has a fun #writing channel. A lot of talented people write great things there and inspired me to start writing again. [https://discord.com/channels/656241088826441729/674056181224046614 Come visit us!]

*[https://archiveofourown.org/works/26397883/chapters/64305151 Showdown at Sherman Dam], a [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Sunbow cartoon]]-inspired story involving [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] and [[Muzzle]].
*[https://archiveofourown.org/works/29258037/chapters/71846583 Stages of Prime], about a young, conflicted Orion Pax before becoming Prime.
*[https://archiveofourown.org/works/32531425 Action/Reaction], starring [[Punch (G1)|Punch/Counterpunch]] and a new iteration of the [[Primus Vanguard]].
*[https://archiveofourown.org/works/31486634 Gaslighting], a story taking place in the [[Beast Wars: Uprising]] continuity.
*[https://archiveofourown.org/works/25570975/chapters/62053960 Primeless], an alternate universe story focusing on [[Glyph (Universe)|Glyph]] and [[Tap-Out (Universe)|Tap-Out]], both members of [[Special Operations|Autobot Special Operations]] after both [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] vanish.
*[https://archiveofourown.org/works/34090486 False Positive] and [https://archiveofourown.org/works/34232128 The Immortal], two stories taking place on pre-war Cybertrons involving Ratchet and Minerva running a hospital.

==Swipe Emporium==

While going through the old Marvel comics, I keep on noticing swipes. They'd probably clutter up the appropriate pages, but I feel like this ultra-minutiae should be here ''somewhere'', so here they go!

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File:UK30 vs US2 Prime hurling.jpeg|John Stokes used two swipes in this panel!
File:US2 vs UK30 Bumblebee scream horror.jpeg|Master Luke?! R2-D2, where are you!?
File:US4 vs UK30 Ratchet mends Gears Hound.jpeg
File:US4 vs UK44 Autobots firing at birdbots.jpeg|Skeet shooting takes an odd turn.
File:BattleForCybertron vs UK44 Prime Shot.jpg|Prime practices his Matrix dodging.
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File:US31vsUS50RatBatCrumples.jpg
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==External links==
*[https://twitter.com/flawlessvoid2 A Twitter I rarely use!].

Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity

2024-04-25T20:15:15Z

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[[File:Tud3 starscream smirkiest.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Why do they call me Star''Scream''? I'm Star''Smile'', you see...]]

10: Try to overthrow Megatron 
20: Fail 
30: GOTO 10 

{{bigquote|Where is your courage, Megatron?|Starscream|"[[Quest for Survival]]"}}

==''The Transformers'' cartoon==
{{voiceactor|[[Chris Latta]] (English), [[Hirotaka Suzuoki]] (Japanese)|[[Li Danqing]] (Chinese), [[Jean-Louis Millette]] (Canadian French), [[Jacques Ferrière]] (European French, 1st season and part of 2nd season), [[Albert Augier]] (European French, "The Autobot Run", "The Core" & "Microbots", then regular voice from "Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1" onwards), [[François Leccia]] (European French, "Hoist Goes Hollywood"), [[Georges Atlas]] (European French, "A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court", "The God Gambit", "Cosmic Rust" & "Starscream's Ghost"), [[Frédéric Cerdal]] (European French, "Child's Play"), [[Marie Vergracht]] (French, ''The Movie''), [[José Sant'anna]] (Portuguese), [[Alfredo Martins]] (Portuguese, "Changing Gears"), [[César Marchetti]] (Portuguese, DVD dub), [[Luiz Carlos de Moraes]] (Portuguese, "The Movie" Fox Kids dub), [[Bernd Simon]] (German), [[Claus Brockmeyer]] (German, Generation 2 Part of Season 2), [[Vadim Gushchin]] (Russian), [[Claudio De Davide]] (Italian, first dub, season 1 and part of season 2), [[Leo Valeriano]] (Italian, first dub, remainder of season 2 and season 3), [[Massimo Corizza]] (Italian, first dub, ''The Movie'' and "Ghost in the Machine"), [[Marco Mori]] (Italian, second dub, ''The Movie''), [[Alberto Bognanni]] (Italian, second dub, seasons 1-2), [[Mirko Rizzi]] (Italian, second dub, season 3), [[Lucas Cisneros]] (Spain-Spanish, TV series), [[Dani Albiac]] (Spain-Spanish, ''The Movie''), [[Carlos Nieto]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Ljubiša Bačić]] (Serbian), [[Dick Eriksson]] (Swedish, Generation 2), [[Gyula Szersén]] (Hungarian, "The Movie" 1st dub (most lines)), [[Ladislav Běhůnek]] (Czech)}}

[[File:G1toon starscream bawled out.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|"Look at me when I'm threatening you!"]]
Shortly before the outbreak of the Autobot-Decepticon war nine million years ago, Starscream was not a warrior, but rather a scientist. He and his colleague and friend [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]] were exploring an unnamed planet—the ancient [[Earth]]—when severe atmospheric conditions separated the two friends. Starscream circled the globe looking for Skyfire, but never found him. Upon his return to Cybertron, Starscream mostly abandoned his scientific pursuits, deciding that a career as a warrior would be much more exciting, {{storylink|Fire in the Sky}} and instead enrolled in the [[Cybertron War Academy]], of which he would later profess to be the pride. {{storylink|A Prime Problem}}

Starscream rose through the ranks of [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s Decepticons until he reached the position of [[second-in-command]], but even this was not enough: Starscream saw Megatron as old and soft, and after five million years of war drained Cybertron of all its energy, Starscream came to believe that the Decepticons would have won the conflict eons beforehand if he had been in charge. Starscream was never afraid to let Megatron know this, but Megatron was always ready with a disparaging comeback, and the constant belief that while Starscream had the ambition, he did not have the ability to lead.

{{quote|My time will come, Megatron.|Not in ''this'' universe, Starscream. "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]"}}

Starscream was among Megatron's forces aboard the [[Nemesis (G1)|space cruiser]] that pursued the Autobots' [[Ark (G1)|ship]] when it departed Cybertron to search for new energy sources on other planets. The Decepticons boarded the Autobot craft, and it subsequently crashed on Earth, entombing its occupants in stasis for four million years. When a volcanic eruption reawakened the ship's computer, [[Teletraan I]], in 1984, it indiscriminately brought the Decepticons back online, rebuilding their bodies to transform into contemporary Earth machines. Now outfitted with an F-15 [[alternate mode]], Starscream's first act on Earth was one of spitefulness, as he delivered a parting laser blast to the buried Autobot ship. The blast caused a tremor that inadvertently knocked [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] into the path of Teletraan I's restoration beam, and before long, all the Autobots were operational once more and ready to continue the war on Earth. Four million years of sleep hadn't improved Starscream's disposition any, as his thoughts immediately turned to leadership once more, and he discussed them with [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] when he and [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] accompanied him on a mission to find materials to construct a temporary base. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 1}}

[[File:G1toon starscream laser turret.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|"Umm, Megatron? I think there's something wrong with my leg."]]
The Decepticons quickly began gathering energy to build and fuel a [[Victory (G1)|new space cruiser]] that could return them to Cybertron. The work proceeded apace with the Autobots unable to do much to stop the villains, but Starscream wound up costing them time when he decided to test a clutch of [[energon cube]]s by powering a laser turret with them, thereby using them up and necessitating another energy raid. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 2}} A little later, when Megatron subjected Starscream to another bout of berating, the [[Air Commander]] decided he had had enough, and tried to shoot Megatron in the back. At Soundwave's warning, Megatron blocked the beam and returned fire with his [[fusion cannon]], bringing Starscream to his knees, quite literally begging for mercy. Luckily for him, he got it, but he didn't learn his lesson, since the first thing he did once the space cruiser was completed and airborne was to try for another coup. As it turned out, he only wound up distracting all the other Decepticons, allowing Autobot stowaway [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] to cripple the cruiser and send it crashing back to Earth. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 3}}

{{quote|Megatron is dead! I'm the leader now. Follow me!|Starscream, "[[Transport to Oblivion (episode)|Transport to Oblivion]]"}}

[[File:DivideandConquer Starscreampowerfist.jpg|thumb|200px|left]]
Now stranded on Earth and using the crashed hulk of their spaceship as [[Decepticon Headquarters (G1 Earth)|headquarters]], the Decepticons created a [[space bridge]] to transport energy back to Cybertron. When Megatron was apparently lost in an early test of the device, {{storylink|Transport to Oblivion (episode)|Transport to Oblivion}} Starscream leapt at the chance to take leadership, and led [[Thundercracker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Thundercracker]] and Soundwave in an attack on a munitions plant. Unfortunately for Starscream, it soon transpired that Megatron had survived the space bridge journey, when he contacted Starscream from Cybertron and re-established his leadership. {{storylink|Roll for It}} Starscream was demoted to grunt work for his next mission, shipping energon cubes over the space bridge, but his merciless selection of a hapless warrior to pilot the craft on the dangerous journey proved to be a good one. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer}}

[[File:G1toon starscream and skyfire.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|The fire is in the sky... but the heat is down here, baby.]]

{{quote|Megatron has fallen! I, Starscream, am now your leader. Decepticons, follow me!|Starscream, "[[S.O.S. Dinobots]]"}}

When the Decepticons began drilling in the North Pole in order to tap the energy of the [[Earth's core]], the excavation wound up unearthing the frozen body of Starscream's old friend, Skyfire. Starscream talked his friend into joining the Decepticons, but Skyfire could not put aside his peaceful scientific ways aside like Starscream had, and their friendship ended when he defected to the Autobots. {{storylink|Fire in the Sky}} After a battle with the Autobots' newest warriors, the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]], including yet another failed attempt and taking leadership when Megatron fell (fell ''down'', that is). {{storylink|S.O.S. Dinobots}}

[[File:G1 FireontheMountain SS chestmissiles.jpg|thumb|left|200px|My nipples explode with delight!]]
Starscream met up with Skyfire again when the Autobot returned to stop a Decepticon plot in Peru. In the process, Starscream found himself on the other side of treachery, when he overheard Thundercracker contemplating letting Skyfire destroy the Decepticons' new weapon, in the hope that Megatron would blame Starscream himself. Starscream tried to shoot Thundercracker but missed and took out Skyfire, then blackmailed Thundercracker into obeying his every command with the threat of revealing his treachery to Megatron. Unsurprisingly, the whole scheme didn't really work. {{storylink|Fire on the Mountain (episode)|Fire on the Mountain}}

[[File:UltimateDoom2 Strangling Starscream.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|right|Be careful not to ''choke'' on your aspirations, Starscream.]]

Not long after that Starscream proved he ''did'' still have some scientific leanings, as he was the only Decepticon who urged caution when Megatron pillaged energy from an unstable meteor. Starscream was ultimately correct about the volatile nature of the energy, and the resulting explosion nearly killed a number of Transformers, including Optimus Prime and [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]]. {{storylink|War of the Dinobots}}

[[File:G1toon starscream and arkeville.jpg|upright=1.2|left|thumb|"Look at me when I'm threatening -- Oh God! I learned it at home! I learned it at hooome!"]]

{{quote|Megatron IS no more! I now lead the Decepticons.|Including those you left to die on Earth, Starscream? "[[Countdown to Extinction (episode)|Countdown to Extinction]]"}}

After the Decepticons used a colossal space bridge to pull Cybertron into Earth's orbit in order to generate vast amounts of energy, {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 1}} Starscream took every opportunity he could to try and make it seem like the plan wasn't working. {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 2}} When the Decepticons' human ally [[Doctor Arkeville]] was abandoned by Megatron, Starscream abducted the scientist and made the rather outlandish attempt to create energon cubes by drawing on his mental energy. When Megatron caught him in the act, Starscream fled with Arkeville {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 3}} back to the human's secret laboratory. There, Starscream discovered an [[Exponential Generator]] and destabilized it with the intent of creating an explosion powerful enough to destroy the Earth. Starscream withdrew to Cybertron to watch the cosmic fireworks, but unbeknownst to him, Megatron and Optimus Prime had joined forces to launch the exponential generator into space. When the Earth failed to explode on schedule, Starscream headed back to the planet to investigate, but was knocked out of the sky by the passage of the exponential generator and crashed, right at the feet of a vengeful Megatron. [[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]] then wagered the Autobots had seen the last of Starscream for a while, {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (episode)|Countdown to Extinction}} and he was right: Starscream was indeed nowhere to be seen during the Decepticons' next villainous escapade. {{storylink|A Plague of Insecticons}}

[[File:Heavy Metal War Decepticons beat.JPG|upright=1.2|thumb|right]]

Whatever revenge Megatron may have reaped on Starscream, the Air Commander survived the experience, and was seen again when he and the other Decepticons bestowed their [[power chip rectifier]]s upon Megatron. This process gave Megatron access to all the Decepticons' special powers, including Starscream's [[null-ray]]s and [[cluster bomb]]s, so he could easily defeat Optimus Prime in a one-on-one battle. Starscream pointed out the sheer illegality of this scheme, but Megatron was above caring. As it turned out, Starscream was right again: although Megatron defeated Prime, when the Autobots discovered his breach of the rules, their revenge was swift. {{storylink|Heavy Metal War}}

[[File:G1toon screamer megs invisible.jpg|left|upright=1.2|thumb|Apparently, the invisibility spray doesn't get into those hard-to-reach cracks and crevices.]]

Starscream eagerly took to action in the Decepticons' next battle, {{storylink|Autobot Spike}} but was somewhat more reserved in regards to Megatron' new [[Solar Needle]] weapon, fearing that it would destabilize the Earth. Told by Megatron not to concern himself with matters he did not understand, he instead passed the time threatening and bossing around the captive [[Gears (G1)|Gears]]. {{storylink|Changing Gears}} Later, when Megatron had the Decepticons transform New York into [[New Cybertron]], Starscream had to admit that he was impressed by the scheme despite himself. {{storylink|City of Steel (episode)|City of Steel}}

{{quote|Never! Now I, Starscream, lead. And I say attack!|Starscream|"[[The Immobilizer]]"}}

Starscream helped Megatron implant a [[Personality destabilizer device]] in the Autobots' [[recharging chamber]]s by using [[invisibility spray]], {{storylink|Attack of the Autobots (episode)|Attack of the Autobots}} and then joined in the theft of [[electro-cell]]s from a human laboratory, only to wind up embarrassing himself by rushing to use them to create energon cubes, which exploded due to the cells' instability. {{storylink|Traitor (episode)|Traitor}} Starscream was later part of the Decepticon team that stole the Autobots' [[Wheeljack Instant Immobilizer|Immobilizer]] weapon, and briefly tried to seize leadership when Megatron was felled by Optimus Prime during the Autobots' attempt to reclaim the device. {{storylink|The Immobilizer}}

[[File:G1toon starscream and nergill.jpg|thumb|"So....I'm guessing you DIDN'T have fun on your vacation in [[Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant|Chernobyl]]..."]]
After serving as Megatron's unwilling guinea pig in the first test of the transformation-freezing [[Transfixatron]], {{storylink|The Autobot Run}} Starscream's cautious side came to the fore again when the Decepticons allied themselves with the fish-people of [[Sub-Atlantica]]. Starscream did not trust the sub-aquatic kingdom's boastful leader [[Nergill]], and his suspicions were proven correct when Nergill shot him with an [[Magnetic dysfunction ray|anti-Transformer disruptor ray]]. Starscream recovered in time to save Megatron from a blast of the ray, but Megatron did not believe Starscream's accusation of treachery until the fish-king went off the deep end and tried to destroy the Transformers, Sub-Atlantica and himself by detonating the city's energy stockpile. {{storylink|Atlantis, Arise!}}

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Starscream was less than impressed with Megatron's decision to steal the Earth-made robot ninja [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbird]], but when Megatron threatened to replace the Air Commander with the femme-bot, Starscream helped the Autobots take her down with a blast of his null ray. {{storylink|Enter the Nightbird}} Soon after, when Megatron sought to dupe the Autobots with a [[Optimus Prime clone|clone of Optimus Prime]], his plan necessitated the creation of a [[Starscream clone (G1)|Starscream clone]], so that the Prime copy could convince the Autobots that it was the genuine article by destroying it. {{storylink|A Prime Problem}}

The scientist in Starscream saw danger in Megatron's plan to drill to the Earth's core, but Megatron placated him by revealing an emergency space bridge that could whisk them off to Cybertron if things went wrong. They never got the chance, though, as the Autobots destroyed the bridge, forcing the Decepticons to work with them to halt the drill and save the planet. {{storylink|The Core}}

[[File:InsecticonSyndrome Seekers cerebroshells.jpg|200px|thumb]]
Following a brief stint as a mind-controlled minion of [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]], {{storylink|The Insecticon Syndrome}} Starscream accompanied the Decepticons to the mysterious [[Dinobot Island (G1)|Dinobot Island]], where the strange waves of chronal energy surrounding the prehistoric paradise gave him cause for concern. {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 1}} Starscream theorized that draining the delicate energies of the island could disrupt the fabric of time, and he was right: time warps began appearing all across the world, and the Autobots sprang into action to stop the Decepticons' scheme. {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 2}}

[[File:G1toon starscream and redalert.jpg|left|upright=1.2|thumb|"Uh, what's with the eyeliner?" "Inferno says it brings out my eyes." "...uh huh...just press the button".]]
After shooting down [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] and accusing the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] of treachery, {{storylink|The Master Builders (episode)|The Master Builders}} Starscream proved just how much of a case of the pot calling the kettle black that was when he tricked the mentally-addled Autobot [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] into giving him access to the Autobots' new [[Negavator]] tank. Starscream planned to use the weapon to take control of the Decepticons, but when Megatron rumbled his scheme, he claimed that he had only been stealing the weapon for his leader. Realizing that Starscream meant to take the Negavator from him, Red Alert turned on him, and Starscream shot him with his null rays, which wound up stabilizing his logic circuits. {{storylink|Auto Berserk}}

[[File:G1toon snakes on a plane.jpg|thumb|Starscream has had it with this motherf@!king snake on him.]]
Starscream had a nasty encounter with a snake in the jungles of [[South America]] when the Decepticons were searching for their lost original space cruiser and its power core, the [[Heart of Cybertron]], but his spirits were put right by a good bout of over-energizing with the other Decepticons that evening. {{storylink|Microbots}}

[[File:G1toon starscream prime cosplay.jpg|thumb|left|Starscream learned the true meaning of Halloween that night - sweets, and plenty of them.]]
Later, Starscream donned an Optimus Prime costume as part of a plan to frame the Autobots for energy theft, which successfully resulted in the heroic robots being forced off Earth by humankind. {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1}} In the Autobots' absence, the Decepticons conquered [[Central City (Earth)|Central City]], and Starscream led the Decepticon jets in easily fending off attempted human military intervention, before the Autobots returned to clear their names and put things right. {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2}}

{{quote|Too bad! He's blown his vocal components. I guess that makes me the new leader!|Starscream never gives up on his dreams, "[[Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1]]"}}
[[File:G1toon Starscream Attack.jpg|thumb|200px]]
Seeking to sabotage the creation of [[Greene|Professor Greene]]'s [[Ultra Plane]], Starscream suggested blasting the new device out of the sky. Megatron advocated discretion, and instead had Starscream perform a fly-over and surreptitiously drop a small explosive on the Ultra Plane. Starscream, Megatron and Soundwave then attempted to steal the plans for the Ultra Plane, but Starscream and Soundwave were tricked into retreating when [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] projected a hologram of Megatron fleeing. Soon after, [[cybertonium]] degradation began to impair the Decepticons' functionality, and before he succumbed to it, Starscream took another grab for leadership when Megatron's vocal circuits were scrambled by the condition. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1}} After the Decepticons recovered, Starscream helped steal the [[Voltronic Galaxer]]. {{storylink|Blaster Blues}}

[[File:G1toon starscream king of the castle.jpg|upright=1.3|left|thumb|"Who put that caption down there?!"]]
While on a mission in [[United Kingdom|Great Britain]], Starscream found himself low on energy and with Autobots on all sides. Retreating into a cave with Rumble, Ravage and [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] at his side, Starscream discovered that the cave was, in fact, a mystical time travel device, which thrust them back through the ages to 543 AD, with Autobots [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] and [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] hot on their heels. Seeing a primitive world that he could easily conquer laid out before him, Starscream allied himself with local ne'er-do-well Sir [[Wigend of Blackthorn]], but soon double-crossed him and took control of his castle and army. Starscream dismissed the chivalry of the age and abducted [[Nimue]], daughter of neighboring ruler Sir [[Aetheling the Red]], demanding that he surrender his kingdom in return for his progeny's safety. All the Transformers were low on energy, so Starscream put his scientific skills to use creating gunpowder and primitive electric dynamo, giving the Decepticons the ability to fight back against the Autobots and Sir Aetheling's armies when they marshalled against him. With aid from the wizard [[Beorht]], Hoist and Warpath overpowered Starscream and hauled him back to the present, where Starscream gleefully greeted Megatron by pouncing on top of him, ruining the shot he had lined up. {{storylink|A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court (episode)|A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court}}

[[File:G1toon starscream electrum.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|Sadly, Starscream had never heard of [[Gold Plastic Syndrome]]...]]
Starscream was the first Decepticon to test out a mysterious golden lagoon of [[electrum]] discovered on Earth, and was made invulnerable by the powerful alloy. The Decepticons were easily able to defeat the Autobots in battle thanks to their new invincible coating, but Megatron was not impressed when Starscream had captives [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]] and [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] fight gladiator-style. As punishment, he had Starscream lead an attack on the giant Autobot Omega Supreme—a task Starscream was terrified at the prospect of, even with his newfound invulnerability. The attack succeeded, but when Starscream was left in charge of the prisoners, they escaped, and in the battle that resulted, the electrum effect wore off the Decepticons, and they were defeated. {{storylink|The Golden Lagoon (episode)|The Golden Lagoon}}

[[File:Gambitastrotrain&scream.jpg|thumb|200px|left]]
When Starscream, [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] and [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] pursued [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] to [[Saturn]]'s moon of [[Titan (moon)|Titan]], Starscream was less than impressed when [[Titan (species)|the natives]] began worshipping Astrotrain as their supreme god. {{storylink|The God Gambit}} Starscream later encountered Cosmos again, along with Powerglide, in New York, inadvertently revealing the location of the Decepticons' new base in the New Jersey Pine Barrens to the Autobots. {{storylink|Make Tracks}}

[[File:G1toon starscream and aron.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|Aron always wanted a Revoltech...but this one won't shut its mouth.]]
Starscream was among a small group of Autobots and Decepticons who were transported to an alien world of giants by a malfunctioning space bridge. Starscream was nearly dissected for study by the authorities of this planet, and when Autobot scientist [[Perceptor (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Perceptor]] cobbled together a makeshift space bridge to send them home, he and the Decepticons were only too happy to make the trip back to Earth. {{storylink|Child's Play (episode)|Child's Play}} After returning, Starscream was caught up in the menace of the [[morphobot]]s {{storylink|Quest for Survival}}, a plot to mine energy rich ore from an asteroid (which accidentally unleashed [[Asteroid bird alien|a monster]]) {{storylink|The Secret of Omega Supreme (episode)|The Secret of Omega Supreme}}, then helped operate the Decepticons' new "[[energy magnet]]". {{storylink|Kremzeek!}}

Conspiring with Astrotrain and Blitzwing to overthrow Megatron by freezing him in a subterranean chamber full of absolute zero degree molecules, Starscream found himself betrayed by the two [[Triple Changer]]s and frozen in the chamber along with Megatron. Blitzwing and Astrotrain's subsequent rampage caused a tidal wave (among many other things) that freed the two frozen Decepticons, and Starscream pleaded ignorance of the betrayal. {{storylink|Triple Takeover}} Later, when eccentric big game hunter [[Chumley|Lord Chumley]] began targeting the Autobots, Starscream smirkingly pointed out that he had achieved more in two days than Megatron had in two years. {{storylink|Prime Target (episode)|Prime Target}}

[[File:G1toon starscream dancitron.jpg|left|upright=1.2|thumb|The name's Mix Master Festus, fool!]]
Using the [[Dancitron]] dance club, Starscream and Soundwave used hypnotic music signals to brainwash human beings into helping them build a new Decepticon headquarters in the heart of New York, but they were stopped by [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] and the [[Bop Crew]]. {{storylink|Auto-Bop}} Later, he returned to Cybertron to aid Shockwave in the capture of Autobot resistance leader [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]], holding her to ransom to lure Optimus Prime into Decepticon clutches. The plan succeeded, but when Starscream attempted to melt Optimus Prime down, Elita used her time-freezing powers to save the Autobot leader. When time unfroze, Starscream believed that Prime had been destroyed, so when the Autobot leader return to aid his troops in battle, Starscream was badly thrown and called retreat right away. {{storylink|The Search for Alpha Trion}}

[[File:G1toon starscream thrashed.jpg|thumb|Hands! HANDS!!!]]
When Dirge crashed in a movie studio back lot while returning to the Decepticon base with a [[Wheeljack's unnamed invention|secret cargo]], Starscream was charged with recovering footage of the secret cargo that the filmmakers on-site had captured. Unfortunately for Starscream, Megatron was not in a forgiving mood that day, so when he neglected to steal the negatives as well, the Decepticon leader seized him, held him above his head, slammed him off a wall and tore a handful of wires out of his chest, knocking Starscream offline. {{storylink|Hoist Goes Hollywood (episode)|Hoist Goes Hollywood}}

When Starscream, [[Skywarp (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Skywarp]] and Thundercracker's aerial skills wowed the impressionable new Autobots, the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], Starscream used their naivete to lure them into a trap set by Megatron that temporarily sent them nine million years back in time. {{storylink|War Dawn (episode)|War Dawn}} Later, Starscream accompanied Megatron, Astrotrain and Rumble on a mission to the planet [[Antilla]], during which Megatron was struck by a small asteroid that lodged itself in his armor. Starscream yanked the asteroid out of Megatron's shoulder, but too late: the Decepticon leader was already infected by [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Cosmic Rust]], necessitating the capture of Perceptor to find a cure. {{storylink|Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust}}

[[File:Starscreams brigade 5 letsgo.jpg|left|upright=2.2|thumb|To infinity... and beyond!]]

{{quote|I am now the leader of all Decepticons!|Starscream is actually right... for about five seconds. "[[Starscream's Brigade]]"}}

Starscream's next attempt at a coup was the last straw for Megatron. After Starscream attempted to shoot him in the back yet again, Megatron downed the Air Commander with a blast of his fusion cannon and banished him from the Decepticons, instructing [[Laserbeak (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Laserbeak]] to drop him on the island of [[Guadalcanal]]. Discovering the ruined hulks of several [[World War II]] vehicles on the island, Starscream was struck with the idea to create troops for himself. Overpowering Thundercracker and Skywarp, he hijacked the space bridge and liberated the [[personality component]]s of a group of dissident "[[Renegade Decepticon]]s" from the [[Decepticon Detention Center|detention center]] on Cybertron, which he placed into the war vehicles, creating the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]]. Starscream ensured the loyalty of the Combaticons by neglecting to install [[energy absorber]]s in their new bodies, meaning that they had to help him capture several Transformers so they could take theirs for their own. In a showdown with the Decepticon forces, Starscream's Combaticons combined into [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] to overpower [[Devastator (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Devastator]], and the giant robot then seized Megatron, as Starscream forced him to hand leadership over to him. Suddenly, Bruticus was ambushed by [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and defeated, leaving Starscream without troops and at Megatron's mercy. Megatron had Astrotrain dump Starscream and the Combaticons on an asteroid, declaring them exiled from Earth forever. {{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}}

[[File:G1toon starscream asteroid.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|What did I do to deserve this?!... Oh yeah, the whole "kill leader to take his place" thing.]]
Unable to stand his imprisonment, Starscream eventually transformed to jet mode and flew off into space, despite not having enough power to make it back to Earth. The Combaticons, meanwhile, towed the asteroid to Cybertron, where they promptly overthrew Shockwave and took control of the planet. Shockwave was sent tumbling off into space and collided with Starscream, tipping the Seeker off to the fact that he was close to Cybertron. The pair returned to Cybertron, where they attempted to fool the Combaticons with holograms, but were ultimately captured and imprisoned. It took the team-up of Megatron and Optimus Prime's forces to save them and stop Bruticus. Starscream used the hologram projector to deceive the Autobots into thinking that Megatron had destroyed Bruticus, but in reality, the combiner survived and was reprogrammed by Megatron to serve him. For supplying him with this mighty new soldier, Megatron welcomed Starscream back into the Decepticon ranks. {{storylink|The Revenge of Bruticus}}

In his last recorded adventures in the 1980s, Starscream was his old snarky self, pouring doubt and scorn on Megatron's plans to have the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] steal the components to create a powerful laser weapon, {{storylink|Masquerade}} and to use a gravity-alerting device to blast the moon out of orbit. {{storylink|B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.}}

[[File:TFTM Starscream Jet.jpg|left|upright=1.2|thumb|"I look expensive!"]]
Over the next twenty years, the Decepticons focused their efforts on conquering Cybertron entirely, driving the Autobots off the planet. In 2005, learning that the Autobots were readying for a major strike to take back the planet, Starscream accompanied Megatron and the Decepticons on a raid on [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] on Earth (although Starscream himself advocated hitting the Autobots' bases on Cybertron's moons first). During the [[Battle of Autobot City|battle]], Starscream narrowly avoided being crushed by the transforming city, and was the one to call retreat when Optimus Prime grievously wounded Megatron in a one-on-one duel. On the return flight to Cybertron, the Decepticons found it necessary to reduce their mass so that Astrotrain could successfully make it back to the planet, and they chose to jettison the damaged passengers. Starscream, of course, wasted no time in setting Megatron adrift, grinning victoriously as his former leader screamed his name as he was swept off on the solar winds.

{{quote|Well. As Megatron has, how shall we say, ''departed'', I nominate ''myself'' as the new leader!|Starscream, ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''}}
[[File:G1toon starscream coronation.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|My fellow Decepticons, it is with a heavy heart that I must declare that you are all idiots!]]
Fighting immediately broke out amongst the Decepticons over who would become leader now, but Starscream eventually won out. Upon reaching Cybertron, he quickly arranged for a prodigious coronation ceremony complete with [[Constructicon (G1)|trumpeters]] and a [[Transformer clothing|crown]]. Starscream could not have known, of course, that Megatron would be found and reshaped by the godlike planet Transformer [[Unicron]], who recreated him as [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]].

[[File:SSBQ.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|left|And then he died, and Megatron lived happily ever after. '''OR DID HE?''']]

The reborn Megatron arrived on Cybertron in the midst of Starscream's coronation, declaring the whole affair "bad comedy". Starscream had barely a moment to realize that the being in front of him was Megatron before Galvatron transformed to cannon mode and killed him with a single blast. Frozen for a moment as his body crackled, blackened and fractured, Starscream crumbled to ash, and was seemingly no more. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
{{note|Starscream’s involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the comic mini-series "[[Transformers: The Animated Movie]]" and the storybook "[[Transformers the Movie (Ladybird adaptation)|Transformers the Movie]]."}}

[[File:G1toon starscreams ghost.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|"Starscream?! I thought Megatron killed you?"
"Me? No, that was my....twin brother, Screamstar. Yeah. The sparkles are because I'm super-powerful now."]]
In truth, however, this was not the end for Starscream. When the turncoat Decepticon [[Octane]] was pursued by the revenge-seeking [[Cyclonus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Cyclonus]], [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and the [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]]s, he took refuge in the [[Decepticon Crypt]] in the lower levels of Cybertron, where Starscream was apparently honored by [[:File:StarscreamCryptMarker1.jpg|a statue that was only a set of legs]]. In the Crypt, Octane was confronted by the spectral form of Starscream, who had transcended death as a shimmering, ethereal "ghost". Starscream's ghost possessed Cyclonus, and he and Octane conspired to hand Galvatron over to Autobot leader [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]]. Galvatron was able to escape the trap, and returned to the Decepticon base on [[Chaar]] in a state of unadulterated fury. He shot his second-in-command, not realizing Cyclonus had not been himself, but Starscream silently leapt into the body of a nearby Sweep, and began planning for the future. {{storylink|Starscream's Ghost}}

[[File:G1toon starscreams last appearance.jpg|upright=1.2|left|thumb|In space, no one can hear you, 'scream.]]
Seeking to reactivate Unicron in the hope that the omnipotent being could restore his body, Starscream possessed Scourge and had him open fire on Galvatron, so that he would be branded a traitor and would have no option but to help him. Scourge was successfully able to bring Unicron's disembodied head back online, and the chaos-bringer gave Starscream three tasks he would have to complete in order to obtain his desire. Starscream was ordered by Unicron to steal the eyes of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] and the [[transformation cog]] of [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. Due to a mishap with one of Metroplex's eyes he ended up having to substitute one of Trypticon's eyes in its place. After he completed the task with the aid of Scourge, Scourge fled and Starscream was directed to connect Unicron's head to Cybertron itself so the planet could become his new body. Left without any hosts to possess, Starscream demanded that Unicron give him back his body so that he could complete the necessary connections... but as soon as the dark god complied, Starscream double-crossed him and tossed the cables to the ground, telling Unicron to do it himself! Just then, a payload of explosives planted by the Autobots went off, hurling both Starscream and Unicron's head off into space. Starscream was last seen soaring off through the cosmic void, out of control, as Galvatron fired upon him, and Cyclonus wondered how a ghost could tumble through space like that. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine (G1)|Ghost in the Machine}}
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==Japanese cartoon continuity==
{{note|The events of the American animated series occur in Japanese continuity as noted above, except that the events of Season 3, which took place in 2006 in America, were moved back to 2010. Japanese animated continuity inserts a large number of additional storylines, told through various different media, into the timeline, as detailed below.}}

===''Beast Wars Metals'' cartoon===
{{main|Starscream (G1)#Beast Wars cartoon}}

===''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' story pages===
Starscream was one of the Decepticons who attacked New York City early in their conflict with the Autobots on Earth. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (story page)#Part 1|Broadcasting on TV! Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers}}

===Scramble City: Mobilization===
{{voiceactor|[[Hirotaka Suzuoki]] (Japanese)}}

[[File:Scramble city seekers.jpg|left|thumb|Somehow I feel like we've seen this before...]]
When the Decepticons succeeded in locating the construction site of the Autobots' [[Metroplex (G1)|Scramble City]] project, Starscream stepped forward to lead Thundercracker, Skywarp and the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] in an attack on the hidden facility. They were met by an Autobot contingent led by Optimus Prime and a firefight ensued, at which point Starscream instructed the Constructicons to combine. The [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] soon arrived to back up Prime's team, and a barrage of fire from them sent Starscream tumbling from his perch atop a cliff. Although Starscream tried to continue the fight, the Decepticons were badly outnumbered, and he eventually called retreat. {{storylink|Scramble City: Mobilization}}

===''Legends'' comic===
At some point in the early days of the Transformers' war on Earth, Starscream was alongside Megatron and Soundwave taking part in a battle against the Autobots. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 6|Bonus Edition Vol. 6}} During an attack on the Autobot base, Starscream was annoyed that Megatron considered appointing [[Slugslinger (G1)|Slugslinger]] the new [[Air Commander]] and protested that he was superior, but this only got him blasted in the back by Slugslinger. Following a failed attempt by Slugslinger at overthrowing Megatron, Starscream took his revenge by ordering the Decepticons to hunt down and punish the traitor. {{storylink|Slugslinger's Ambition}} He was part of a group of Decepticons who fell in a pitfall trap prepared by [[Twin Twist (G1)|Twin Twist]], but being Decepticons, they simply flew back out. {{storylink|Jumpstarter Chapter#Operation: Destroy the Decepticons|Operation: Destroy the Decepticons}}

===''The Battle of the Star Gate''===
[[File:Stargatebattles starscream and his ghost.jpg|left|upright=1.2|thumb|Me and my shadow.]]
In the late 1990s, Starscream was among the Decepticons who attacked the human-built interstellar teleport system known as the ''[[Trigger]]''. The sole survivor of their attack on the space station, [[Makoto (Star Gate)|Makoto]], was able to activate the teleport system and send the Decepticons hurtling towards the portal, but Megatron blasted the portal and knocked it offline just as Starscream was about to fly through it. The Autobots soon arrived to stop the Decepticons, {{storylink|First Contact (Star Gate)|First Contact}} but Megatron still had his sights set on the ''Trigger'', and was content to wait until it was repaired so that he could make another play for it. Starscream advocated destroying the ''Trigger'' completely to stop the Autobots from using it, but Megatron dismissed the idea, mockingly suggesting that Starscream's passage through the ''Trigger'' had devolved him to its primitive level. Starscream stalked away, infuriated, and stared angrily at his own reflection... but while Megatron's assessment may not have been accurate, something clearly ''had'' happened, since Starscream's reflection was ''talking'' to him... {{storylink|Divided Views}}

Soon after, Starscream concocted a plan of his own to gather more energy, establishing a protection-racket style scam with the [[Prime Minister of Japan]], promising no attacks against his country in return for free reign to gather energy. Of course, Starscream had a double-cross in play, as [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] were secretly creating earthquakes in Japan that the Decepticon could tap for energy, while the Japanese government was left to believe they were simply natural disasters. The Autobots soon got wise to the villain's schemes and headed for Japan to stop the Decepticons, but when a team of flying Autobots pursued the fleeing Starscream out over the ocean, none of them could have suspected that the ''Trigger''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s warp gate would suddenly burst out of the sea below them, accompanied by a mysterious ''second'' Starscream! {{storylink|Activation}}

[[File:Stargatebattles starscream trigger.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|Starscream auditions for the final boss of ''Final Fantasy XIII''.]]
This second Starscream spirited the original, along with the energy he had gathered from Japan, back to the ''Trigger'' out in space, where the original Starscream demanded to know the identity of the strange, phantasmal doppelganger. The second Starscream revealed that he was, in fact, the ghost of Starscream's own future self, who had inadvertently been transported back in time by the ''Trigger'' after he was destroyed in the future. Both the Decepticons and Autobots soon tracked down the Starscreams to the ''Trigger'', but before they could act, Starscream's ghost, determined to alter history and ensure his own survival, used the purloined energy to fuse both present and future Starscreams together with the ''Trigger''. The space station transformed into a monstrous, misshapen robot of mammoth proportions, which tore through the Autobot and Decepticon ranks, until the ''Trigger''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s human staff—including Makoto—activated a system purge, disconnecting most of the armored hull from Starscream's new ''Trigger''-body. Megatron exploited this vulnerability to cripple Starscream with a point-blank cannon blast, but Starscream had one last trick up his sleeve, twisting the remains of his body into a giant warp gate and threatening to suck all the Transformers into a [[black hole]] in the depths of space. It took the combination of Optimus Prime and Megatron's power to finally destroy Starscream. The ''Trigger'' was obliterated, and the fate of Starscream's ghost was unrevealed, but the present-day Starscream survived. {{storylink|The Battle of the Star Gate}}

===''Story of Binaltech''===
In 2004, while the majority of the Decepticon forces under Megatron's command were focusing their attention on finally taking over all of Cybertron, Starscream was appointed leader of the small remaining Decepticon force operating within Earth's solar system. Exploiting the Autobots' lowered guard, the Decepticons struck with a plague of Cosmic Rust, disabling many of their foes and leaving Earth open to attack. However, with the aid of the [[Earth Defense Command]] and many of Earth's automotive companies, the Autobots were saved and rebuilt with powerful new "[[Binaltech (technology)|Binaltech]]" bodies. {{storylink|Binaltech Is... (Chapter 1)|Binaltech Is...}} With the strength of these new forms, the Autobots forced Starscream's Decepticons off Earth, {{storylink|Binaltech Is... (Chapter 2)|Binaltech Is...}} but Starscream did not take the defeat lying down, and got back in touch with his old ally, Doctor Arkeville. Bribing Arkeville with the offer of access to [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]]'s mind-controlling [[cerebro-shell]] technology, Starscream had the doctor combine his old [[hypno-chip]] designs with the shells, which were then used to take control of several of the Binaltech Project's human workers. With these humans under their sway, Starscream and Arkeville began co-opting Binaltech technology to rebuild the Decepticons into Binaltech forms. {{storylink|Arise! Evil Binaltechs}}

====BT World====
Now fighting the Autobots on more even footing, the Decepticons were nonetheless thrown into disarray when the time-tossed Decepticon [[Ravage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ravage]] used the [[Kronosphere]] time machine to alter the flow of history by teleporting Megatron and most of the Decepticons outside of time. {{storylink|Changing Lanes}} Spared of this fate, Starscream initiated a rebellion against [[Shockwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Shockwave]]'s Earthbound forces. The fighting, however, was quelled by the two Autobot Binaltech units hijacked by [[Unicron]] for [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] and [[Decepticharge]]. The servants of Unicron informed the Decepticons that Unicron was displeased with their infighting and commanded the Decepticons to destroy Optimus Prime and the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. {{storylink|Widow's Edge}}

The Decepticons were mostly defeated when the Autobots activated the [[Quintesson]]s' [[large switch|kill switch]], and [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]] took leadership of those that remained. {{storylink|Kill Switch}} However, Starscream was able to avoid the deactivation effect of the switch, and was among the Decepticons present when Nemesis Prime tried to create a synthetic Matrix using the human population of an Australian town. When the Autobots stopped Nemesis Prime's plan and destroyed him, Starscream led the retreat as he and all the remaining flying Decepticons made good their escape. {{storylink|Unfinished Business, Part 4}}

===''Robotmasters'' comic===
[[File:Robotmasters starscream arsenalforce.jpg|left|upright=1.5|thumb|Double, double, toil and trouble...]]

In the year [[2004]], Megatron had vanished and the Autobots joined with the [[United Nations]] to initiate the [[Autobot City (G1)|Scramble City]] project. In the confusion, [[Megatron (BW)|Beast Megatron]] traveled back in time via the [[Blastizone]] and seized command of the Decepticons. {{storylink|The New Battle Begins!}} When Starscream dared to challenge Beast Megatron's bid for leadership, he was promptly blasted through a wall. {{storylink|Change in Command: The Usurper Decepticon}}

Seeking a means to dethrone this new leader, Starscream turned his attention to manipulating solitarium, and forged four weapons from the new mineral, which could be combined to create the "[[Arsenal Force]]" super-weapon. Starscream combined the weapons and unleashed the power of the Arsenal Force on Megatron... which, despite some impressive pyrotechnics, completely failed to injure him. Starscream had his right arm blown off in retribution. {{storylink|Starscream Grins 3 Times...}}

During a later battle, when [[Ginrai (robot)|Victory Leo]] was attempting to go to the aid of [[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]], Starscream appeared with [[Air Hunter]] and [[Wingstun]] to block his way. Fortunately, [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] and [[Bound Rogue]] leapt into the fray to keep the Decepticons busy while Leo carried on with his mission. {{storylink|Bonds Stronger than Steel}}

From his secret base in darkest [[Idaho]], Starscream used [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] to spy on the Autobots as they developed the new [[Black body (technology)|black body]] technology. Using is scientific skills, Starscream replaced their data with a flawed formula of his own design. With the data switched, Optimus Prime became infected and was forced to go into quarantine in a remote cave.

At Decepticon HQ, Starscream tried to repeat his success on his new leader, Beast Megatron, only for his plan to backfire. Beast Megatron's Predacon physiology accepted the tainted data and gave him a true black body. Frustrated, Starscream returned to his base and applied the complete black body data to himself. He launched an attack on Optimus Prime, but an earthquake buried him in the canyon where Prime was quarantined. Meanwhile, Beast Megatron attacked the Ark all while mumbling that Starscream finally did something useful. Hearing this, and realizing Starscream would never willingly help a Megatron, Optimus Primal applied the tainted black body data to himself. He then located Prime with a [[Sky Spy]] and used his complete black body data to "cure" Prime. The two then returned to the Ark and defeated Beast Megatron, damaging his black body chip and returning their enemy to normal.

Infuriated, and having built up a tolerance to the black body data leaving him unable to assume it a second time, Beast Megatron tracked down Starscream's secret base and destroyed his black body data. Starscream dug himself out (his black body upgrade having worn off) and returned to his base to only find one black body chip left. He inserted the chip, unaware that it was actually the tainted black body data of his own design... {{storylink|Black Body (prose)|Black Body}}

Starscream, Wingstun, and new recruit [[X-Gunner]] later approached Optimus Primal, [[R-Blade]] and [[Delta Seeker]] while they were on patrol, and challenged them to a test of air-speed. The Decepticons took the lead, but R-Blade soon got ahead and blinded them with a smokescreen, allowing Delta Seeker to knock Starscream and the others out of the sky. {{storylink|Through Sea and Sky: The World's Fastest Race}}

The original Megatron returned soon after, in the guise of "[[Reverse Convoy]]", {{storylink|Strategic Meeting: The Mysterious New Warrior}} and joined back up with the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Dark Emperor of Destruction, Reborn}} Starscream, Skywarp, Thundercracker, and the two Megatrons then engaged Optimus Prime, Optimus Primal, Victory Saber, and [[Lio Convoy]] in a mighty battle, but the heroes ultimately prevailed. {{storylink|And Then}}
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===e-HOBBY comics===
[[File:Ehobby dead starscreams.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|These ''Marvel Zombies'' variant covers are getting out of hand.]]

Immediately after being killed by Galvatron at his own coronation in 2005, Starscream's spark found its way to the twilight realm of [[Limbo]], somewhere on the edge of life and death. He soon discovered that he was not alone: the sparks of many deceased Starscreams from all across the multiverse were also there. Sharing the stories of their deaths with one another, they formulated a plan to restore themselves to life, each one all the while secretly willing to sacrifice the others if it would benefit him. The scientific skills of several of the Starscreams were used to create a kind of crystal they termed a "[[flip-soul]]" that would enable their spirits to retake physical form in the real world—but predictably enough, all the Starscreams then began fighting for possession of the crystal. The primary Starscream was able to triumph over the others and took off with the crystal in hand, but was then seized about the legs by the other Starscreams before he could get away.

The victorious Starscream ingested the crystal, and in a flash, all the Starscreams disappeared from Limbo, and he reappeared in the material realm. However, he now found himself in the future, somewhere beyond the year [[2025]], floating in space near Earth. But where there had once been many Starscreams, now there was only one, giant Starscream, a fusion of all the different versions of the duplicitous Air Commander from throughout time and space. The fusion was not a complete one, however; each Starscream had left small fragments of themselves in Limbo, resulting in a giant Starscream who was not quite "complete", but more of a towering transparent "ghost". As Starscream ruminated on this, he spotted a team of Autobot warriors cruising the ocean waves nearby, and promptly launched an attack. {{storylink|MP-3G Destron Air Commander / Starscream Ghost Ver.}}

{{note|This story is also related through the bio of the toy the comic was included with, Masterpiece Starscream Ghost Ver. In the bio's telling of events, there is not one crystal, but many, which the Starscreams argue over portions of, and the giant ghost Starscream appears in a city on Earth, rather than in space. In either version, it seems to be attempting to explain why Starscream became a ghost after his death in ''The Transformers: The Movie'', expanding on the "mutant spark" explanation from ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]''.}}

How that battle wound up going, we may never know. Starscream's ghost eventually returned to the present or thereabouts and became aware of the dark thoughts forming in the mind of the new Autobot [[Supreme Commander]] [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]]. Starscream's ghost influenced Rodimus into finding an old Decepticon base on Earth and activating the [[clone synthesizer]] within. The darkness within Rodimus Prime gave life to the clone now known as [[Black Rodimus Convoy]]. {{storylink|Destron Doppelgänger Black Rodimus Convoy}}

===''Beast Wars'' cartoon===
{{main|Starscream (G1)#Beast Wars cartoon}}

===''15 Go! Go!''===
[[File:Starscream teletraan15.jpg|thumb|left|"I'm Starscream's girlfriend. Seriously." [[Lunaclub|I'll kill 'er!]]]]
Dispatched on a mission through time and space to discover the identity of a mysterious saboteur who damaged [[Teletraan I]], the humanoid robot [[Teletraan 15]] was possessed by Starscream's ghost when the spectral Decepticon invaded her [[Transwarp cruiser]] in 2006. Starscream crashed the cruiser into the artificial satellite [[Nana]], where 15's superiors [[Teletraan 10]] and [[Ravage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Black Panther Man]] were stationed, and emerged from the wreckage to seize 10 around the throat. He introduced himself as the Decepticon Air Commander, prompting a shocked Black Panther Man to realize the true identity of the force possessing Teletraan 15. {{storylink|Starscream? Volume}} Teletraan 10 tried fighting back in true slapstick anime style, but Starscream just blasted her with eyebeams. As it happened, Starscream didn't hang around for long; learning of the super-powered [[Kiss Player]]s that were currently operating on Earth, Starscream left Teletraan 15's body, and departed for [[Earth Defense Command]] Headquarters on Earth. {{storylink|Starscream? Volume 2}}

[[File:Atariscream2.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Not his finest moment, but possibly his most fabulous.]]
The first Kiss Player Starscream discovered in the EDC headquarters was the young [[Atari Hitotonari]], who was using the ladies' room at the time. Starscream promptly possessed the girl, turning her EDC uniform black, but he couldn't understand why the giggling Kiss Players wouldn't take "Atari-scream"'s demands and threats seriously, even after he pulled a gun on them and fired into the air. The reason soon became apparent: unfortunately for the Air Commander, he had neglected to pull Atari's underwear back up when leaving the bathroom. {{storylink|Starscream? Volume 3}}

===''Kiss Players'' radio drama===
Still possessing Atari, Starscream found himself unable to possess other Transformers that possessed [[spark]]s, and forced her to seek out his old ally, the cybernetic scientist Doctor Arkeville. Arkeville built a [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|new body]] for Starscream converted from a stolen fighter jet, into which Atari transferred his spirit with a kiss. Starscream was reborn... for a couple of minutes, until a squad of [[Autorooper]]s arrived to blow up his new body and send his ghost flying back into space. {{storylink|Transformers: Kiss Players (radio drama)|Kiss Players radio drama #27}}
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===''Henkei! Henkei! Generations'' comic===
[[File:Henkei starscreams ghost.jpg|left|thumb| I think I'll possess that [[Drift (G1)|sword guy]] next...]]

His errant spark still wandering throughout time and space, Starscream's ghost found his way into a [[Primax 209.20 Gamma|parallel universe]], where he immediately began sowing his usual brand of terror. Possessing this new world's native Octane, he attacked [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]], but was taken down by [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]]. Undeterred, Starscream's ghost simply departed the fallen Decepticon's body and contemplated which Autobot to possess next. {{storylink|Mirage's Activity}}

After defeating Mirage, however, Starscream discarded the notion of possessing an Autobot, and decided to turn his attention to taking out this world's Megatron instead. Pulling his old coronation cape and [[Transformer clothing|crown]] out of nowhere, he took off for the Decepticon base, but was immediately blasted through the chest by Megatron as soon as he arrived. Naturally, the blast had no effect on his ghostly form, greatly intriguing Megatron. {{storylink|Starscream's Ambition}}

Megatron quickly deduced that this was not his world's Starscream, and sent Astrotrain and Onslaught against him, but Starscream's ghost simply possessed Onslaught and began rampaging. Mirage and Ironhide arrived in the middle of the battle to try and help take out Starscream, but then, while Starscream was in the midst of ranting about possessing the body of this world's Starscream, a portal opened above the combatants and disgorged [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] and [[Screech (Generations)|Screech]], a pair of dimension-hopping "Quantum Operatives" from Starscream's home universe, who had come to take him back there. While these two newcomers were keeping Starscream distracted, Mirage used his illusion-casting powers to create a hologram of Galvatron, terrifying the spectral Decepticon and causing him to flee the universe. {{storylink|Starscream's New Body}}

===''The Headmasters'' cartoon===
In a flashback to the good ol' days of Megatron, Starscream joined the other Decepticons in an assault on the Ark and the Autobots defending it. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}}
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===''Legends''/''Unite Warriors''===
[[File:Legends EX StarWasp.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7]]
Upon meeting [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Armada Starscream]] in the [[Legends World]], G1 Megatron was shocked at his presence, explaining to [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Armada Megatron]] about how his Starscream was a devious traitor. {{storylink|LG14 Ultra Magnus Prologue#The Autumn Megatron Festival Chapter|The Autumn Megatron Festival Chapter}}

After a long series of adventures as a ghost, Starscream concluded that the best body he'd ever possessed was Waspinator's. He followed the Predacon to the Legends World and possessed him again, using his body to try to take over [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Waspinator)|Bonus Edition EX Waspinator}} Starscream defeated [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] and the two [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattraps]] defending the city-bot, but was in turn exorcised and defeated by the similarly ghostly [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]]. Reduced to the form of a spark, Starscream fled, swearing revenge. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Rhinox)|Bonus Edition EX Rhinox}}

[[File:StarscreamNewBody-GrandGalvatronChapter.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.8]]
In [[2021]], Starscream's ghost stumbled upon Cyclonus and [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]] striking a deal with the crippled Unicron within the [[Triple Z Point]]. Unicron had agreed to summon Transformers from throughout the multiverse to combine them into a new "[[Grand Galvatron]]" body for the Decepticon leader. In exchange, the Decepticons would leave Unicron's own body untouched. After [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]], [[Roller (G1)|Roller]], and [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] had been summoned forth to combine with Cyclonus, Starscream made his presence known, and asked for a new body to join them in their gestalt form. Unicron partially granted his wish, bestowing onto Starscream a semi-corporeal body. Starscream was miffed, but Unicron explained that he knew that Starscream was too treacherous to be given any more in the way of a body. Unicron further stated that Starscream should be grateful, as his new form allowed him to retain all of the abilities he had access to as a ghost. The Transformers then combined into Grand Galvatron, who took off towards Cybertron while plotting to conquer it for himself. {{storylink|Grand Galvatron Chapter}}

Cyclonus had the group undergo training by exposing them to the lava pools of [[Thrull]], which Starscream didn't enjoy one bit. He tried to sneak away, only to be caught in the attempt by Doctor Arkeville, who'd been charged with keeping an eye on him. {{storylink|Special Training in the Lava Baths of Planet Thrull!}}

[[File:LunacloverStarscream MegatroniaChapter.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.6]]
When Grand Galvatron attacked Cybertron, Starscream and the other limb components were removed from Cyclonus by [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]]. As they continued the battle on foot, Starscream was confident that [[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]]'s [[Wheeljack Instant Immobilizer|Immobilizer V2]] wouldn't affect his semi-corporeal body, only to be quickly proven wrong when the weapon froze him regardless. After he'd recovered, the team re-combined into Grand Galvatron to fight [[Sky Reign]]. {{storylink|Sky Reign Chapter}} Upon the arrival of [[Megaempress]] and her [[4 Guards]], Grand Galvatron's components quickly scrambled in fear of the powerful Decepticon empress. Starscream was tackled by his old fan Lunaclub, who immediately begged him to possess her body and become the new Decepticon leader. Irritated, Starscream explained that in his current half-ghost body, he could only jump dimensions and not possess people, which prompted Lunaclub to strangle him in an attempt to make him dead again. {{storylink|Megatronia Chapter}} He was still stuck in Lunaclub's embrace when Unicron himself showed up to make Cybertron his new body. {{storylink|Ruination Chapter, Part One}} Though Galvatron's spirit had left his body, Cyclonus convinced Starscream and the others to combine with him one last time for the sake of defeating Unicron. Once the battle was won, Starscream flew into space to get far, far away from Lunaclub. {{storylink|Ruination Chapter, Part Two}}

[[File:Legends 57 Headmaster Starscream.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.7]]
Lunaclub would catch up with Starscream in [[2022]], decapitating the half-ghost and letting the body be destroyed by a meteoroid. Uninterested in Lunaclub's affection, Starscream sought to get back to the Legends World so that he could become a [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]], a desire which [[Moonheart]] offered her assistance for. Once there, Moonheart and Lunaclub attacked [[Octane]]'s [[transtector]], while the now-Headmaster Starscream snuck aboard and took control. With the transtector, Starscream boasted that he would take over from [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Mayor Megatron]], but it turned out that Octane had built a device within the transtector for situations such as this and activated it, shocking and expelling Starscream from the body. True to self, the defeated Starscream begged Megatron for mercy; he was punished by being forced to appear in one of Octane's videos with Lunaclub, but its sales proved to be dismal. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 57|Bonus Edition Vol. 57}}

Starscream then began working under Megatron at his mayor's office. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 59|Bonus Edition Vol. 59}} When [[Megatron (BW)|Beast Megatron]] attacked them, he was shocked by Megatron's insistence on settling things peacefully rather than just killing the intruder. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 63|Bonus Edition Vol. 63}} Starscream was allowed to borrow Octane's transtector to help defend the city from [[Majin Zarak]]'s attack, {{storylink|Targetmaster Chapter Finale: Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part One|Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part One}} and was hugged by Lunaclub during the victory celebrations. He then returned to his own dimension alongside everyone else when the Legends World was destroyed. {{storylink|Targetmaster Chapter Finale: Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part Two|Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part Two}} He reemerged as a ghost in [[2035]], prompting the [[Powered Master]]s to discuss any possible relation between him and [[Violengiguar]]'s ghostly origins. {{storylink|The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 2}}
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===Hero Set===
[[File:Legends Hero Set Starscream box art.jpg|thumb|It's all fun and games until Starscream screws everything up.]]

In the year 2025, Starscream, in his new corporeal body, battled [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]], [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]], and [[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]] in the far reaches of space.<ref>Packaging blurb for the Japanese-exclusive "Hero Set" release of the [[Classic Pretender|Pretender Classic]] versions of Bumblebee, Jazz, Grimlock, and Starscream, confirmed to be part of cartoon continuity by Takara's [[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon timeline|2007 timeline]].</ref> {{storylink|Source:Generation 1 cartoon timeline (Japan)#After 2025|Kiss Players timeline}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
Starscream's [[Pretender]] battles against Jazz, Grimlock, and Bumblebee went very poorly and continued to soil his image in the eyes of the revived (and now peace-hungry) Megatron. Hoping to shatter the [[Cybertron Alliance]], Starscream tricked one of Megatron's oldest friends, the peaceful [[Kiloton]], into visiting the unfriendly territory of [[Moscow]] on [[Earth]]. Kiloton, who thought he would be anticipated as a diplomat, was instead seen as an invader and killed by [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] soldiers. Enraged, Megatron dissolved the Alliance in retaliation; all according to Starscream's plans. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/29}}

===e-HOBBY toy bios===
Starscream adopted [[Starscream (G1)/toys#BlackStarscream|a new black chassis]] in the wake of the [[Machine Wars (event)|Machine Wars]]. {{storylink|Starscream (G1)/toys#BlackStarscream|Starscream Black Version bio}}

===''Generations Selects Special Comic''===
In the [[Precursor World]], [[Primus]] remarked upon the power of [[Angolmois Energy]] and how it could even resurrect the dead, such as Starscream. {{storylink|God Neptune comic 1}}

==''TV Magazine'' comic continuity==
===''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' comic===
[[File:Starscream smokescreen manga.jpg|upright=1.4|left|thumb|Ow, don't punch a man in the chest!]]
In the late 1980s, Megatron began focusing the Decepticons' attacks on [[Japan]], rather than America. Starscream led the Decepticon jets' first attack on the country, although he wasn't happy about the fact that Megatron was commanding from afar while they did all the actual work. When the Autobots arrived to confront them, Starscream summoned up the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]], who combined into [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]. With the aid of a local boy named [[Kenji]], the Autobots were able to use a broken freeway ramp to launch themselves into the air and take the Decepticon down. [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] scored the hit that brought down Starscream. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 1|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #1}}

Starscream later joined in an attack on [[Ark (G1)|Autobot Headquarters]], {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 2|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #2}} then teamed up with Megatron and [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] to terrorize [[Tokyo]], only to be defeated by a "Prime-Magnus Double Cross Kick" from Optimus Prime and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]]. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 4|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #4}}

Starscream was among the Decepticons who witnessed the test launch of [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] on a peaceful island. When the Autobots arrived and defeated Trypticon with a [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] hologram, Starscream was first to retreat, suggesting the other Decepticons follow his lead. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 6|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #6}}

When Megatron instructed the Combaticons to hunt down a seemingly harmless [[Battle Dog|dog]], Starscream inquired why the animal was so important. Megatron explained that the dog had been augmented through Decepticon experimentation, and they couldn't allow its power to be used against them. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 8|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #8}}

===''The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers''===
[[File:StarscreamGhost.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Th-That's obvious!]]
In 2010, Starscream's ghost teamed up with the [[Quintesson]]s, who built him a powerful new body. This new body, equipped with attacks such as "Right Arm Decepticon Gun" and the "Revolver Laser", was created using a combination of Optimus Prime's and Megatron's designs. The result was [[Gilthor]].

Gilthor joined the Decepticons and quickly became Galvatron's right-hand man (literally—in, like, 5 seconds). Galvatron tricked Rodimus Prime into engaging him in a one-on-one battle in which Gilthor faked defeat. When Rodimus least suspected it, Gilthor attacked and laid the smackdown. Galvatron complimented Gilthor on his power and loyalty, and instinctively, Gilthor beat the crap out of Galvatron and declared his ambition to take over the Decepticons. Rodimus Prime and Galvatron called a truce and joined forces to defeat Gilthor. They wrecked him something fierce, destroying his body and forcing out Starscream's ghost. They then ended the truce and went about their business. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 4|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #4}}

===''Super-God Masterforce'' comic===
Out of the blue, Starscream appeared alongside numerous "legendary Decepticons" (including Galvatron) to menace [[Ginrai (human)|Ginrai]] and the Autobots! In the end, it turned out that it wasn't the real Starscream at all, but a hologram projected by [[Turtler]] to confuse and intimidate the Autobots. {{storylink|Burn, Chokon! New Commander Super Ginrai!}}
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==Full Throttle Scramble Power!==
[[File:StarscreamMangaHugs1.jpg|upright=1.7|thumb|One wouldn't normally assume solid metal to be suitable for cuddling, but what do we know?]]
To counter [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s latest evil scheme, a giant death-ray called the [[Omega Wave Cannon]], the Autobots dispatched [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], [[Tōru]] and [[Jenny (G1)|Jenny]] to search for the Decepticons' hidden base. They found it, but were immediately captured by Starscream. Trapped within an energy cage, they were forced to watch as Megatron prepared to send his Decepticons out to plunder Earth's energy... some more.

Jenny hatched a clever plan and disassembled her communicator. This caught Starscream's attention and he plucked her out of the cage, violently threatening her. Turning on her feminine charms, Jenny begged for Starscream's mercy, giving him a big snuggly hug. As Starscream gleefully accepted, Jenny slyly slapped a device she had fashioned from her communicator onto Starscream's back. Content with a good hug, Starscream returned Jenny to her cage.

Jenny immediately activated the device, an override machine which she used to control Starscream's motor functions. Unloading Starscream's chest missiles, Jenny destroyed the Omega Wave Cannon and most of the Decepticon base. Starscream quickly recovered, unaware of what he'd just done, and was yelled at by Megatron. Almost immediately afterward, Starscream and all the other Decepticons fled when [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] arrived alongside the entire Autobot army. {{storylink|Full Throttle Scramble Power!}}
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==''Robotmasters'' cartoon==
{{voiceactor|[[Kunihiro Kawamoto]] (Japanese)}}

[[File:Starscream robotmasterscartoon.jpg|thumb|How Galaxy Force-esque.]]
Starscream attacked Star Saber when the Autobot ventured out on a solo mission to investigate a mysterious explosion, striking him with a sneak attack from behind and easily avoiding his return fire. Even when Star Saber summoned Victory Leo and the pair combined into Victory Saber, Starscream reigned supreme in the fight, until Optimus Prime arrived and blasted him out of the sky. As Starscream plummeted towards the ground, he was snatched out of the air by Megatron, who arrived riding atop [[Gigant Bomb]]. Megatron dismissed Starscream as useless, and tossed him away before turning his attention to Prime. {{storylink|Fight! The Group of the Strongest Commanders!}}

Later, Beast Megatron discovered a large deposit of solitarium beneath a human city and ordered the Decepticons to tear the place apart. Starscream, [[Smokesniper]], [[Gigant Bomb]], and [[Wingstun]] did just that, blowing up buildings and razing a good portion of the city. Starscream was then shot out of the sky by another time-displaced Autobot, Reverse Convoy. Reverse Convoy quickly gained the trust of the other Autobots after being seen blasting Starscream, only to reveal that he was, in fact, the original Megatron in disguise. {{storylink|Lio Convoy Storms In (episode)|Lio Convoy Storms In}}
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==''Robotmasters'' 3D diorama manga==
Starscream was building a Decepticon base in the [[Congo]], but was foiled by [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]]. {{storylink|Robotmasters Vol. 2}}

Later, Starscream chased after [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Reverse Convoy]], who had intelligence on a secret Decepticon base. The Autobots came to Reverse Convoy's rescue, and it was Reverse Convoy himself who got the last shot in, sending Starscream fleeing. {{storylink|Robotmasters Vol. 9}} This turned out to be a pretense to get the Autobots to trust Reverse Convoy, who was in actuality the original Megatron reborn. The secret base turned out to be a trap that drained the Autobots of energy, and Starscream gloated along with Reverse Convoy and other Decepticons. But the Autobots were rescued by [[Lio Convoy]] and a new [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]. Starscream found himself blasted away along with the other Decepticons by the combined energies of the Autobot commanders. {{storylink|Robotmasters Vol. 11}}

==''Transformers Legends'' anthology==
After a particularly harrowing fight with Megatron, Starscream went mountain climbing, and accidentally fell on his head. In this injured state, he was found by [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]], who took him back to the Ark. [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] made repairs, having persuaded Prime to let them fiddle with Starscream's logic circuits if they found anything wrong. Starscream woke with amnesia.

As he slowly learned about the war and experienced the welcoming and forgiving nature of the Autobots, he found himself siding with his former foes. When Megatron turned up to reclaim his former lieutenant, Starscream refused to go, and was surprised when Optimus and [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] moved to protect him. Despite all this, the sight of [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] finally restored his memory, and he returned to the Decepticons, claiming that he had been faking amnesia as a ruse to gain access to the Autobot base. He later reflected that he had learned something from the Autobots—that a leader like Prime who could pull together the Decepticons as a team could lead more effectively than Megatron had, and Starscream could be that leader. {{storylink|Redemption Center}}

==''Wings Universe''==
Starscream originally studied at Cybertron's [[Science and Exploration Academy]]. There, he rose at the top of his class by sabotaging his colleagues' works and conspiring against them. Upon graduating, he became friends with [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]] and traveled off-world, finding adventure on their scientific investigations. Starscream's career as a scientist was promptly abandoned when the war broke out on Cybertron. He enlisted in [[Deathsaurus (G1)|Deathsaurus]]'s army hoping to attain fame and recognition. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 37|Starscream's ''Wings of Honor'' profile}}

Starscream was the captain of Deathsaurus's Skyraider-Seeker Brigade until Deathsaurus used [[Falcon (G1)|Falcon]] to assassinate most of the other Warlords by suicide bomb. With the new opening, Starscream was promoted to the rank of lieutenant. {{storylink|A Team Effort}} He led Deathsaurus's forces in a strike against the Elite Guard, along with the newly recruited Combaticons. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 5}}

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Starscream was happy to report the success of the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]]s' success against the [[Elite Guard]] with their new form of [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]. He warned Deathsaurus that the five ex-Autobots were likely stab him in the back, but Deathsaurus told Starscream that it was ambition that made them the perfect Decepticons, and instructed him to tell [[Lyzack (G1)|Lyzack]] to ready the medibay for their return. Starscream passed on the message, and noted that Lyzack seemed overly formal, suggesting he would be able to get her out of her timid shell. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 1}}

As that repairs on the Combaticons proceeded, Starscream admired Deathsaurus's foresight in adding an override control to Bruticus, but admitted he bore bad news: Elite Guard forces were closing in on their base. Deathsaurus instructed him to deploy the troops. ''All'' of the troops. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 2}} Starscream led the initial wave of defenders, shooting [[Ricochet (Timelines)|Ricochet]] out of the sky. While he was still ranting at the barrage of missiles unleashed by [[Flak (G1)|Flak]], he was cut off mid-sentence by a missile strike which struck him square on. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 3}} When more Autobot reinforcements showed up, one of Starscream's subordinates asked if they should retreat, and Starscream's response was an emphatic order to counterattack. After belting [[Ironfist (G1)|Ironfist]], he was distracted by the sight of Lyzack savagely dealing to Magnum with a huge sword and could only stare open-mouthed. Starscream came to his senses after she was belted by [[Thunder Clash|Thunderclash]], but he was too late to avoid being blasted by [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]]. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 4}}

When Starscream arrived back at base to find [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] had taken over, he readily switched allegiances, though he vowed under his breath that he would someday take his place as rightful heir to Deathsaurus. Megatron sent him with [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] to retrieve the data on the [[Combiner]] process that Deathsaurus had perfected. A week later, Starscream was part of the Decepticon forces who broke through [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]'s outer walls, thanks to [[Devastator (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Devastator]]. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 5}} He was still by Megatron's side when Devastator fell and took part in the subsequent retreat. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 6}}

Circa [[2013]], [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian]] leader [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] cloned Starscream to create [[Starscream (MW)|a clone commander]] and [[Starscream drone|clone drone]]s of him. {{storylink|Termination}}

[[File:StarscreampossessesCannonball-TPJ.jpg|thumb|upright=1.75|I'm just going to hijack your body and you can't do anything about it. That alright with you? ''Great''!]]
Some time before [[2984]], Starscream's immortal disembodied spark ended up in a prison on a [[Shut-Up-Tornado-I'm-Trying-To-Think|planetoid]] surrounded by black holes near former [[Quintesson]] space. Also with Starscream's immortal spark was a Quintesson who Starscream apparently had dealings with and had died by 2984. Breaking out of custody after their capture by the [[Cybertronian Knight]]s, the pirate crew known as the [[Star Seeker]]s sought Starscream's immortal spark as their next prize, following a map drawn by [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]]. When Captain [[Cannonball (G1)|Cannonball]]'s crew got inside Starscream's prison, they only found the Quintesson, whose corpse Starscream possessed to use as a Trojan horse. The apparent Quintesson negotiated passage off the planetoid in exchange for supposedly telling all that he knew of Starscream's last location. Once aboard the ''[[Tidal Wave (G1)|Tidal Wave]]'', Starscream abandoned the Quintesson body and went around possessing various crew members, searching for a suitable host. While in [[Lockpick]]'s body, Starscream forged an alliance with the female Decepticon [[Flamewar (G1)|Flamewar]], whose life goal was to restore the [[Decepticon Empire]]. Together, they entered the ''Tidal Wave''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s bridge and executed a coup. Starscream's spark knocked out all of the bridge crew members except [[Tornado]] and after Flamewar threw a vial of [[forestonite]] at Cannonball, Starscream's spark entered the pirate captain's chassis. With the added edge of the forestonite, Starscream expelled Cannonball's spark and then [[reformatting|remade]] the captain's chassis into a body resembling his old one. Flamewar and Starscream then gathered the remaining Star Seekers and gave them three choices: join Flamewar's Decepticon cause, remain marooned with Cannonball's spark on the planetoid, or die. A third of the crew remained loyal to Cannonball to the end. Afterwards, the ''Tidal Wave'', its engines supercharged with forestonite by [[Ferak]], escaped the planetoid. {{storylink|Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur}} After entreating Captain Flamewar to his presence for a short time, {{storylink|Legacy (issue)|Legacy}} Starscream flew off the parts unknown, promising to repay his debt to her. {{storylink|Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur}}

==''Mars Attacks: The Transformers''==
[[File:Mars Attacks The Transformers - Not the face!.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|'''*girly scream*''' ''NOT THE FACE, NOT THE FACE!'']]
After a particularly harrowing defeat at the hands of the Autobots, the Decepticons found themselves in the middle of a [[Martian]] invasion. They attempted to team up with the invaders, only to be double crossed and trapped in a force field with the Autobots. After the Martians shrunk Megatron to the size of a toy, Starscream saw his opportunity to become the new Decepticon leader, however Megatron launched himself at Starscream's face and Starscream could only run around in panic. Things went back to normal once the Martians were repelled. {{storylink|Mars Attacks: The Transformers}}
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==''Cloud''==
Starscream and his fellow Decepticons were reluctantly forced to side with the Autobots in a battle against "[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Cloud Megatron]]". This alternate reality Megatron proved too powerful to overcome, but luckily [[SARA]] was able to teleport him away, leaving Starscream and his teammates dazed and confused. {{storylink|Rampage (Cloud)|Rampage}}

==Ask Vector Prime==
[[File:StarscreamMW Genesis.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|right]]

In [[Primax 1185.04 Alpha]], Starscream was part of Megatron's forces who awoke in 1984 on a [[Cobra]]-controlled Earth. After repeatedly being foiled by Cobra in plundering Earth, Megatron was defeated and captured. Starscream took this opportunity to seize control of the Decepticons. Realizing that Cobra completely outmatched them, Starscream gathered what little energon Megatron's schemes had produced and withdrew his forces to Cybertron, self-destructing the space bridge behind them. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/13}}

In [[Primax 903.0-M Lambda]], the ghost of Starscream possessed the corpse of [[Skyquake (G1)|Skyquake]] to get revenge on [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] during the [[Golden Age|New Golden Age]], initiating the [[Machine Wars (event)|Machine Wars]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/27}}

In one particularly weird universe that incorporated the [[GoBot]]s, Starscream killed [[Ace (GoBots)|Ace]], [[Royal-T]], and [[Spy-Eye (GoBots)|Spy-Eye]] when the Decepticons besieged [[Autobot City (G1)|Guardian City]], retreating after Megatron suffered critical injuries. After history blipped again, Starscream was replaced by [[Zero]] as the usurper lieutenant of Megatron. {{storylink|Echoes and Fragments}}
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==''Deviations''==
[[File:TF-Deviations-Megascream-Combiner.jpg|thumb|left|200px|"and tell him, 'Who's laughing now?'"]]
In an alternate timeline where [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] survived the [[Battle of Autobot City]] and killed [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]], Starscream recovered his former leader's fusion cannon as proof that Megatron had finally fallen. Predictably, Starscream nominated himself as leader, and after returning to Cybertron Starscream held a coronation for himself. Unfortunately, Unicron crashed the ceremony. Soundwave suggested that Starscream make first contact with the entity; Starscream agreed to serve Unicron and destroy the Matrix in exchange for his own life. In return, however, the Air Commander requested an upgrade for himself and his cohorts.

Now calling himself '''Megascream''', the Decepticon leader took [[Thundercracker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Thundercracker]], [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]], and [[Acid Storm (G1)|Acid Storm]] to Earth, where he led the Decepticons in an attack on Optimus Prime's convoy of shuttles. Although the Seekers succeeded in crippling the ships, they had to abandon the assault early after [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] reported that Unicron had attacked Moonbase One. Megascream confronted Unicron over this apparent betrayal, but Unicron, tired of his whiny underling, ignored Megascream and began his final assault on Cybertron. Optimus spearheaded the attack on Unicron's surface... only to be met by Megascream, who demanded that Prime turn over the Matrix so that Megascream could destroy Unicron himself. Another battle ensued; Megascream revealed the full extent of his upgrades by [[combiner|combining]] with Soundwave, [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], and [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] to form a gigantic warrior. Megascream easily crushed and injured Optimus beneath his fist before seizing the Matrix. At the last moment, the stowaway Hot Rod intervened, snatching the Matrix away from the Decepticon leader and opening it. The ensuing explosion destroyed Unicron, with Megascream, his underlings, and Hot Rod all lost in the blast. {{storylink|Transformers: Deviations}}
{{--}}

==Notes==
*In the French dub of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', Starscream (along with [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]]) inexplicably became a female. This change, however, was only for the movie, as it used a different dubbing team from the television show. Most likely, the movie's French dubbing team mistook Starscream's rather high-pitched voice for a woman's voice.
*The Generation 1 executive script consultant, [[Flint Dille]], has claimed in personal interviews that [[Chris Latta]] frequently had to be bailed out of "the Hollywood jail" by members of the production staff. This apparently caused so much annoyance that it was a major factor in phasing Starscream out of the series.
*In the Japanese dub of ''Transformers'', Starscream's voice (originally provided by [[Hirotaka Suzuoki]]) lacks [[Chris Latta]]'s raspy, outrageous tone. Rather, he has a smoother, foppish pretty-boy demeanor. All subsequent performances of the character in those territories borrow from these respective portrayals.

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Alternators Decepticons]]
[[Category:Alternity Decepticons]]
[[Category:Beast Wars Decepticons]]
[[Category:Cloud Decepticons]]
[[Category:Combiners]]
[[Category:Decepticon leaders]]
[[Category:Female Transformers]]
[[Category:Generation 1 cartoon Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Seekers]]
[[Category:Ghosts]]
[[Category:Henkei! Henkei! Decepticons]]
[[Category:Kiss Players Decepticons]]
[[Category:Legends Decepticons]]
[[Category:Machine Wars Decepticons]]
[[Category:Robotmasters Decepticons]]
[[Category:Unite Warriors Decepticons]]
[[Category:Variable gender characters]]
[[Category:Wings Universe Decepticons]]

Black Metal: Dark Cybertron Chapter 2

2024-04-07T20:04:10Z

Prime Radiant: /* Trivia */ Carina Nebula background

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|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[November 20]], [[2013]]
|coverdate=November 2013
|story by=[[James Roberts]] and [[John Barber]]
|art by=[[Atilio Rojo]], [[James Raiz]], and [[Livio Ramondelli]]
|colors by=[[Josh Perez]] and Livio Ramondelli
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'''Starscream's search for more information on the Titan unearths a haunting prophecy, while Orion Pax and the crew of the ''Lost Light'' join forces to penetrate the Dead Universe.'''

==Synopsis==
On [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]] gets his [[Autobot]]s organized in response to the sudden emergence of the undead "[[Quintessa (IDW)|Necrotitan]]"; [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]] is raring to go, [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]] is quietly sardonic, and the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] are characteristically less than responsive to Bumblebee's commands. A verbal smackdown from Bumblebee leaves even [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] at a loss for words, and he begrudgingly falls into line. Unsure of exactly what to do, the team wonders if the Titan is the same one which proclaimed [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] ruler of the planet...

On the ''[[Lost Light]]'', [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rodimus]] brings [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Orion Pax]] to [[Brainstorm (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Brainstorm]]'s workshop, where they call upon him to put the data he has gathered studying the [[Dead Universe]] to use devising a means for them to enter it without it sensing their presence.

In [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], Starscream is in the process of loading up with advanced weapons in preparation for the attack he presumes the Titan will soon initiate. [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]], on the other hand, considers the notion of using conventional weapons on the Titan a mistake, and suggests Starscream try to get some information from the incarcerated [[Scoop (G1)|Scoop]], whose firm belief in the divine nature of the Titans can offer another perspective.

Orion and Rodimus meet [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]] for a drink in [[Swerve's]], where he immediately questions the public nature of their meeting. Orion defers to Rodimus, and Magnus acquiesces, instead choosing to focus his ire on [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] for taking pictures of the trio. Orion and Rodimus agree they can both feel a sense of foreboding and discussing the events that have led them to this point, including Starscream's election and [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]]'s brief return. Presently, Brainstorm pages them down to his lab to present his latest invention: generators that project forcefields laced with the venom of the [[cyberwraith]], a parasite from the Dead Universe, which will prevent the universe from recognizing them as outsiders. The pair recruit [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] and a momentarily-hesitant [[Cyclonus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Cyclonus]] to join them on their mission, and after [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] tries and fails to start a fight over the matter, everyone says their goodbyes. Rodimus charges Magnus and the ''Lost Light'' with finding [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]], reassuring the larger 'bot by showing him his palm, which contains something extra he will be bringing on the mission with him. The team then proceeds to depart the ship and travel through the portal created by the collapse of [[Gorlam Prime]].

After managing to convince the reluctant [[Jazz (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Jazz]] to give him a few minutes alone with Scoop, Starscream is bewildered to discover that the construction 'bot still believes in him as his leader despite his orchestration of his unwarranted arrest. His patience wearying due to Scoop's religious dogma, Starscream is about to leave until the ex-Autobot begins reciting an [[Dark Cybertron (prophecy)|ancient prophecy]] he discovered in the [[Covenant of Primes]]: a prophecy of an "uncreator" who will arrive with a Titan, and who will unmake the world. Holding up his datapad, Scoop shows Starscream the symbol of this "false prophet"... a hieroglyph of [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]]'s face.

In [[Crystal City]], Shockwave calmly voices his surprise at seeing [[Nova Prime]] and [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]] together, given their past disputes. Via communication from within the Dead Universe, the pair proclaim that those experiences have only strengthened their bond, though Nova is quick to lose patience with both his comrades when Shockwave informs him that the Titan's [[space bridge]] vanished upon its transformation, leaving him unable to open a portal to bring Nova through. But naturally, Shockwave has a plan...

Arriving in the Dead Universe, Orion's team observe that the whole universe is breaking up and contracting toward a specific point. Noticing Cyclonus has disappeared, they assume he has been accosted by a swarm of fully-grown cyberwraiths, which now descend on the group, believing them to be young cyberwraiths because of the venom in their forcefields and intending to eat them. When Cyclonus suddenly reappears, however, the beasts immediately flee—and when Cyclonus then vomits up a stream of black [[energon]], it becomes apparent that something is very wrong. Cyclonus refuses to acknowledge the issue, though, so the team can only stick to the plan and head for the universe's contraction point... but once they have departed, a fifth figure emerges to examine the puddle of black energon Cyclonus left: [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]]!

Back on Cybertron, Bumblebee insists that he cannot make any moves without knowing what's happening, but [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] contests that that slow-to-action attitude was the downfall of his leadership. Punctuating his words, the Decepticons suddenly crest a nearby ridge and charge forward, weapons blasting, with [[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Soundwave]] at the fore, announcing the beginning of "Operation: Salvation"!

==Featured characters==
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* [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] (1)
* [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] (2)
* [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] (3)
* [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]] (4)
* [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]] (5)
* [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]] (6)
* [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] (8)
* [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] (9)
* [[Brainstorm (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Brainstorm]] (10)
* [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rodimus]] (11)
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* [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]] (15)
* [[Rung (G1)|Rung]] (16)
* [[Chromedome (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Chromedome]] (17)
* [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] (18)
* [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] (19)
* [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] (20)
* [[Atomizer]] (21)
* [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] (22)
* [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] (23)
* [[Mainframe (G1)|Mainframe]] (25)
* [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] (33)
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* [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]] (29)
* [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] (32, hologram)
* [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] (34)
* [[Ravage (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ravage]] (35)
* [[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Soundwave]] (36)
* [[Needlenose (G1)|Needlenose]] (37)
* [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] (38)
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* [[Quintessa (IDW)|Necrotitan]] (7)
* [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (13)
* [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] (14)
* [[Cyclonus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Cyclonus]] (24)
* [[Garnak]] (26)
* [[Jazz (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Jazz]] (27)
* [[Scoop (G1)|Scoop]] (28)
* [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]] (30)
* [[Nova Prime]] (31)
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==Quotes==
"Nobody orders '''Dinobots''' but '''Dinobots''', Goldenrod. Anyway... not gonna make much difference '''what''' we do." 
"'''No.''' What you do is the only thing that makes a difference. Take '''point''' and get your troops in a perimeter around that giant—if you want to be an '''Autobot'''. And if you '''don't''' want that—then get the hell off my '''battlefield'''."
:—'''Slag''' finally causes '''Bumblebee''' to grow some bearings

"The Dead Universe is a '''parallel reality'''—a rival reality—one that operates on '''competing theoretical principles.''' Bit more than that, it's '''sentient'''. Not just sentient—omnicognizant. And hypermalevolent. And other words I haven't even made up yet."
:—'''Brainstorm'''

"That apprehension... that sense of—of '''death deferred?''' That's Megatron. Back of the neck, tops of the fingers, edge of my spark. That's him. That's '''always''' him. Is he behind this? Only inasmuch as he's behind '''everything.'''"
:—'''Orion Pax'''

'''Hardhead:''' "Hands up if you're a '''coward''', right, Cyclonus?" 
'''Whirl:''' "Ooooh! '''Fight! Fight! Fight!'''" 
'''Cyclonus:''' "No one's—" 
'''Whirl:''' "Fight!" 
'''Cyclonus:''' "—no one's fighting anyone, Whirl." 
'''Whirl:''' "Fight?"

"Not going with them, Brainstorm?" 
"Can't. I'm allergic to hostile environments."
:—'''Chromedome''' and '''Brainstorm'''

"At least '''you''' believed in me." 
"'''Believed''' in you? '''Seriously?''' You don't understand me at '''all.''' I '''still''' believe in you." 
"Well, you're '''right''' about that. I absolutely do '''not''' understand you." 
"That's only because you don't believe in '''anything.'''"
:—'''Starscream''' and '''Scoop'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Various characters wonder if the Necrotitan is the same Metrotitan that appears in the 2012 ''[[Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|More than Meets the Eye]]'' and ''[[Primus: All Good Things|Robots in Disguise]]'' annuals. ''We'' know it's not, though it ''is'' colored like that Titan as a result of confusion on the part of the artists.
* Brainstorm recalls [[Cloudburst]] and [[Waverider]]'s trip into the Dead Universe from ''[[Spotlight: Sideswipe]]'', and name-checks the [[Pretender|polydermal armor]] they used to make the journey.
* The cyberwraith could previously be spotted in Brainstorm's lab aaaaall the way back in [[Rules of Disengagement (issue)|issue #7]]. A small round object that ''might'' be the forcefield generator is also visible in this issue; something similar can also be glimpsed in [[Remembrance Day|issue #14]], but of course, those are a lot harder to identify definitively.
* The banner in Swerve's reads: "Welcome Aboard, Thunderclash", having obviously been meant to celebrate the visit of that 'bot [[Little Victories|last issue]]. "Thunderclash" has been crossed out and replaced with "Orion Pax", but not before Swerve started writing "Optimu" and had to cross that out too!
* Starscream had Scoop locked up in [[Three Monologues|''Robots in Disguise'' #20]].
* Nightbeat was last seen five years ago in ''[[Spotlight: Hardhead]]'', in which he was killed by Hardhead himself and collapsed at the edge of a portal to the Dead Universe.
* Whirl suggests Cyclonus at the very least promise to kill Hardhead when he least expects it, nodding to their old, now resolved feud that began in "[[Liars, A to D Part 2: Hangers On|Hangers On]]" with the same promise.

===Transformers references===
* The two massive guns that Starscream tools up with are colored in homage to ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]'s rifle and the [[Requiem Blaster (Armada)|Requiem Blaster]].
* The "Covenant of Primes" evokes memories of the [[Covenant of Primus]]. The change was probably a pre-emptive move by the writers given the introduction of the [[Thirteen|Thirteen Primes]] to IDW continuity the following year.

===Real-life references===
* "{{w|Black metal}}" is a sub-genre of heavy metal music.

===Errors===
* On the pages by James Raiz, Hardhead is still being drawn in the almost-totally-made-up model that first appeared in [[Homecoming (IDW)|issue #19]] of ''Robots in Disguise''. He's drawn correctly on the pages by Livio Ramondelli.
* On panel 1 of page 12, Wheelie has been miscolored as Swerve.
* On page 21, all the speech bubbles in panel 3 are semi-transparent, with the artwork behind them being partially visible. This was not fixed for the ''Dark Cybertron'' vol. 1 trade paperback collection or the version of the comic included with the ''Generations'' Deluxe Class Autobot Scoop toy.
* Also on page 21, the line begun by Hardhead in panel 3 is attributed to Cyclonus in panel 4. This might ''not'' be an error, but rather Cyclonus finishing his sentence, but it's unclear either way.
* Not an error within the actual issue itself, but the subscription cover drawn by [[E. J. Su]] depicts Bumblebee in the body he had during the [[The Transformers (IDW)|previous ongoing]] instead of the "Goldfire shielding" based on it he's been sporting since [[Second Exodus|''Robots in Disguise'' #18]].

===Edits===
* Similar to the [[pack-in material|pack-in]] versions of various other existing IDW comics, the version of this issue available with the ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' Deluxe Class [[Scoop (G1)#Generations|Autobot Scoop]] toy was also subject to some changes, most of them being instances of censorship:
** Bumblebee's very first speech bubble on page 1, panel 1 is changed from "Guns up, everybody" to "Weapons ready, everybody".
** On page 2, panel 1, Bumblebee's speech bubble "And if you don't want that—then get the hell off my battlefield" is shortened by the two words "the hell".
** On page 5, panel 3, the last portion of Brainstorm's description of the Dead Universe's effects, "If you go into the Dead Universe, it will sense you and it will kill you", is changed to "it will destroy you".
** A rather bizarre change: On page 10, panel 4, Rodimus's third speech bubble is enlarged, as is the size of the text except for the last word ("scheme-y"), resulting in it only taking up six instead of seven lines. The text itself is unaltered.
** On page 11, panel 3, Brainstorm states that he found the Cyberwraith inside a "downed" rather than a "dead" [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]].
** On page 12, panel 1, the word "kill" in Whirl's last speech bubble is changed to "destroy".

===Trivia===
* Artist breakdown: Rojo illustrates the scenes set on Cybertron; Raiz covers the ''Lost Light''; and Ramondelli handles the Dead Universe pages.
* Note how all of the Dinobots get their names rattled off in a big roll-call... except for Slag. Is this the story's way of getting around Hasbro's need to have the character labelled "Slug" in the cast page, without contradicting IDW continuity up until now?
* In the Dead Universe panels, the backgrounds were taken from Hubble Space Telescope images of the {{w|Mystic Mountain}} region in the Carina Nebula.

===Covers (4)===
* '''Cover A:''' Orion Pax and Rodimus leap from the ''Lost Light'', by [[Casey Coller]] and [[Thomas Deer]] (miscredited to [[Joana Lafuente]][http://teyowisonte.deviantart.com/art/Dark-Cybertron-2-Cover-415070542]).
* '''Sub cover:''' Soundwave fires on Bumblebee, by [[E. J. Su]]
* '''Cover RI:''' Scoop and his Targetmasters, by [[Phil Jimenez]] and [[Romulo Fajardo Jr.]]
* '''Hasbro exclusive cover''': Cropped version of cover RI, exclusively available with ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' Deluxe Class [[Scoop (G1)#Generations|Autobot Scoop]].

<gallery>
File:MTMTE23 cvr.jpg|Jump around! Jump around!
File:MTMTE23 subcvr.jpg|"Bumblebee: Overused. Operation: Elimination."
File:MTMTE23 cvrRI.jpg|Why the heck does Scoop get a cover?
File:MTMTE23 cvrHAS.jpg|Oh yeah, he has a new toy out.
</gallery>

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===Reprints===
* '''''[[Dark Cybertron (IDW)|The Transformers: Dark Cybertron]] Volume 1''''' ([[April 16]], [[2014]]) ISBN 1613778910 / ISBN 978-1613778913
** Collects [[Dark Dawn: Dark Cybertron Chapter 1|''Dark Cybertron'' #1]], ''More than Meets the Eye'' issues #23–25, and ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise]]'' issues [[Winners & Losers: Dark Cybertron Chapter 3|#23]]–[[Finest Hour: Dark Cybertron Chapter 5|24]].
** Bonus material includes art from most covers.
** Trade paperback format.

* '''''The Transformers: Dark Cybertron''''' ([[February 11]], [[2015]]) ISBN 163140072X / ISBN 978-1631400728
** Collects ''Dark Cybertron'' #1, ''More than Meets the Eye'' issues #23–27, and ''Robots in Disguise'' issues #23–27, and ''[[...And the Damage Done: Dark Cybertron Finale|Dark Cybertron Finale]]''.
** Bonus material unknown at this time.
** Hardcover format.

* '''''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection]]: Volume 59: Dark Cybertron, Part 1''''' ([[June 14]], [[2017]])
** Collects ''Dark Cybertron'' #1, ''More than Meets the Eye'' issues #23–25, and ''Robots in Disguise'' issues #23–24.
** Bonus material includes a bio on the [[Titan (group)|Titans]], the making of ''Dark Cybertron'' with [[John Barber]] and [[James Roberts]], a cover gallery and a forward by [[Simon Furman]].
** Hardcover format.

* '''''[[The Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 6]]''''' ([[October 18]], 2017) ISBN 1684050855 / ISBN 978-1684050857
** Collects ''Dark Cybertron'' #1, ''More than Meets the Eye'' issues #23–27, and ''Robots in Disguise'' issues #23–27, ''Dark Cybertron Finale'', and [[The Transformers: Windblade|''Windblade'' (2014)]] issues [[A 'Bot and Her City|#1]]–[[Windblade issue 4|4]].
** Hardcover format.

<gallery>
File:DC vol1.jpg|'''''Dark Cybertron Volume 1''''' – cover art by [[Phil Jimenez]] and [[Romulo Fajardo Jr.]]
File:DC HC.jpg|'''''Dark Cybertron''''' – cover art by [[Casey Coller]] and [[Joana Lafuente]]
File:DefinitiveG1Collection v59.jpg|'''''The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 59: Dark Cybertron, Part 1''''' – cover art by [[Guido Guidi]] (Ratchet) and Phil Jimenez/[[Andrew Griffith]] (retro)
File:IDWCollectionP2V6.jpg|'''''The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 6''''' – cover art by [[Marcelo Matere]] and [[Tom B. Long]]
</gallery>

==External links==
* [http://tformers.com/transformers-more-than-meets-the/21781/news.html Preview]
[[Category:Dark Cybertron issues]]

Delta Pavonis IV

2024-02-14T04:51:47Z

Prime Radiant: Delta Pavonis reference in Dune

[[File:CatAliens.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|"Daylight / I must wait for the sunrise / I must think of a new life / And I musn't give in"]]
'''Delta Pavonis IV''' is a planet where the local sapient life forms include anthropomorphic cats and dogs. By 2006 they had achieved a level of technology on par with 20th century Earth, with such amenities as cars and restaurants.

Delta Pavonis IV should not be mistaken for the planet [[Beast (planet)|Beast]], whose local sapient life forms include rather different anthropomorphic cats and dogs.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
[[File:DogAliens.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|Delta Pavonis planet's perfectly pleasant Pound Puppy population]]
In 2006, the cat-like aliens on Delta Pavonis IV were incited by the [[Quintesson]]s' hostile subliminal messages—unwittingly broadcast across the galaxy by the brainwashed [[Junkion (species)|Junkions]]—to attack their dog-like neighbors. Many of the dog aliens yelped in fear as the violent uprising began, possibly 151 of them. {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (episode)|The Big Broadcast of 2006}}

====''Wings Universe''====
{{Wingsnote}}
[[Squadron X]] dealt with Pavonisians. {{storylink|Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur|Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur, 2014/06/03}}

===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
{{NoteMarvelBB2006}}
In an alternate future of 2006, the cat-like aliens on Delta Pavonis IV were incited by the [[Quintesson]]s' hostile subliminal messages—unwittingly broadcast across the galaxy by the brainwashed [[Junkion (species)|Junkions]]—to attack their dog-like neighbors, who were on a neighboring planet. {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (issue)|The Big Broadcast of 2006}}

===''Animated'' cartoon===
Delta Pavonis IV was a member planet of the [[Nebulon Republic]], an interplanetary alliance between various organic species. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

==Notes==
* In an appendix to the 1965 novel {{w|Dune (novel)|''Dune''}}, a "III Delta Pavonis" is mentioned, which surely must have inspired the name of this planet. Whether or not it has anything to do with anthropomorphic cats and dogs remains a mystery for the ages.

[[Category:Animated planets]]
[[Category:Generation 1 cartoon planets]]
[[Category:Marvel Generation 1 planets]]
[[Category:Wings Universe planets]]

Transformers (2023) issue 4

2024-01-11T02:57:43Z

Prime Radiant: /* Notes */ 2-5-1 progression reference

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'''The Autobots put everything on the line to fend off a Decepticon onslaught and save Spike.'''

==Synopsis==
With the smoke from the battle in [[Farmingham]] still fresh, [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] arrives to confront the severely-damaged [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] about the whereabouts of the [[Autobots]]. Skywarp directs Starscream east, after which the [[Decepticon]] leader departs, promising to return for Skywarp.

At the quarry, [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] is working on [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] when he receives a call for aid from [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], who is driving [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]] and the mortally-wounded [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] through the woods with Starscream hot on his tail. A blast from Starscream damages Optimus and cuts off the transmission, and Ratchet bemoans that his buddy's gonna have to wait... the Autobots need firepower. Back with the chase, Starscream lands in front of Optimus, only for [[Carly]] and [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] to emerge from hiding and knock the Decepticon off his feet, allowing Optimus to run over Starscream and escape with Cliff. Enraged, Starscream calls [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] for backup.

Our heroes soon arrive at the Farmingham Hospital, only for [[Laserbeak (G1)| Laserbeak]] to swoop in and barrage the group. Optimus and Cliff cover Sparkplug, Carly, and the medical staff as they rush Spike inside, but the Autobots are quickly caught off-guard by [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] and Soundwave. The latter prepares to execute Optimus, only for the arriving Starscream to tell him to wait — he's just realized, to his amusement, that this place is where the "squishy ones" go to get fixed, and has decided to make Optimus' death even more painful by blasting his precious humans' only hope of survival to smithereens. Inside, the doctors barely get Spike intubated before Starscream's assault begins, knocking the power offline. As Starscream relishes in the destruction he's causing, Soundwave alerts him to the impending approach of Ratchet and the "firepower" he's managed to bring back online — [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]]! The Decepticons focus their firepower on the new arrival as he drifts into action, but Jazz proves too slippery for them, and he quickly takes them down. Now outnumbered, Starscream orders Soundwave and the cassettes to retreat. Carly returns as the battle concludes, and Optimus asks her about Spike...

The Autobots look on through a hole in the hospital as the doctors inform Sparkplug that although Spike has been stabilized, the hospital's backup generator was evidently a casualty of the battle, and without power, Spike — along with the hospital's other life support patients — are all but guaranteed to die. Just as Sparkplug begins to mourn the loss of another son, however, a bright blue glow begins emanating from Optimus' opened chest compartment. Ratchet attempts to dissuade Optimus, but he won't have any of it — he's determined to prevent more deaths at any cost, removing the [[Matrix of Leadership]] from his chest and opening it up, the energy within re-powering the hospital. Relieved and in awe, the doctors hurry to get Spike to the I.C.U..

Meanwhile, the Decepticons, including Skywarp, return to the ''Ark''. Soundwave berates Starscream for another failure, criticizing his shortsightedness and lust for destruction, and Starscream swiftly snaps back, upset that Soundwave hasn't been able to repair [[Teletraan One]] so they can finally bring their brothers back online and facilitate repairs. Soundwave reiterates that they don't have the materials they need to do so, as they only exist in Cybertronian technology. As he says this, the two turn to Skywarp... and then, despite his protests, begin tearing him apart.

Back at the hospital, Sparkplug talks to the comatose Spike about his desire to restart the family's lives and protect Spike from a world that he's lost the ability to see the good in. His attention soon turns outside to Optimus, who's obliging a young patient's interest in his ability to transform. Sparkplug then talks with Optimus about the Matrix: it was a gift Optimus had recieved many years ago, and he had used every last bit of its energy to re-power the hospital, leaving Spike's fate in the hands of the Great Spark. Sparkplug is confused at the idea of Optimus having a "god", since Optimus seems to fit the bill himself, a notion that amuses Optimus — Sparkplug is underestimating his own might.

In the generator room, Optimus reunites with Jazz and Ratchet, who's finished fixing the hospital's generators. Ratchet berates his leader for his dangerous use of the Matrix, suggesting that he should've instead used it to fix himself — an idea Optimus finds abhorrent, given that the alternative would be letting the innocent humans die. Ratchet fires back that the humans aren't innocent; they're prone to anger and destruction... which, as Optimus muses, makes them just like Cybertronians. Just then, Jazz collapses — Ratchet had used up all the [[energon]] from the rest of their Autobot comrades' bodies to bring Jazz back online, but it was only ''just'' enough. Ratchet tells Optimus that they need to start thinking about themselves, as without a way to get more energon, the Autobots may as well be on death's door. However, Ratchet has something stashed in Optimus' trailer that might help the Autobots regain the initiative... which Optimus finds too disgusting to consider using. As Ratchet claims that they don't have much of a choice, Sparkplug interrupts them: he might have an idea regarding their energy problem...

Meanwhile, in a wrecked hospital room, Cliffjumper attempts to comfort the grief-stricken Carly, as he can relate to how she's feeling: long before the Autobots and Decepticons arrived on Earth, Starscream killed his entire clan (i.e. "family"), and he joined the war the very next day. Optimus then approaches, now equipped with a new arm that has a [[fusion cannon|large cannon]] mounted on the side, and asks Cliff if he's interested in going on the offensive. At the ''Ark'', Starscream's work of salvaging the still-living Skywarp for materials continues, as he triumphantly proclaims that he will forever be Decepticon leader... while in an Arctic region, an offline [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], badly damaged and conspicuously missing his right arm, remains partially embedded in ice.

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==Featured Characters==
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks. 
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* [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (2)
* [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (2)
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (3)
* [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] (4)
* [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (9)

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* [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (2)
* [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (2)
* [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (6)
* [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (7)
* [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (7)
* [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]] (22)
* [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (23)

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* [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] (3)
* [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] (3)
* [[Carly]] (4)
* Hospital staff (6)
* Bed-ridden patient (7)
* Kid patient (16)
}}

==Quotes==
"'''Optimus: inferior.'''"
:-'''Soundwave''' insults the Autobot leader as he kicks him in the face.

"This... this is where they... '''fix''' the squishy ones. Is that right? You're so pathetic I can't even '''believe it!''' You bring these ants to a place to get '''repaired?'''
:-'''Starscream''' has a sudden realization.

"You mean... gods? Don't '''you''' fall into that category?" 
"Ha! Because of my size? I could say the same of you, human." 
"What, me? I'm nothing like--come on, look at me, compared to you!" 
"True. Small. But still mighty."
:-'''Sparky''' and '''Optimus Prime''' discuss the notion of humans vs Transformers.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Both Wheeljack and Jazz were revealed to be among the Autobots brought to Earth back in issue 1. Likewise, Reflector was nearly brought back online before Optimus destroyed Teletraan One in the same issue... and it seems that Starscream and Soundwave were able to finish what Teletraan started, if the end of this issue is any indication.
* Though we got a ''very'' brief look at him in cassette form in issue 2, we finally get to see Rumble's full robot mode in action this issue, equipped with cartoon-style piledrivers. He still only shows up briefly, continuing his trend of being a one-panel wonder.
* DWJ continues to place importance on Prime's trailer: it was left behind at the quarry when Optimus left to combat the Decepticons in issue 2, so Ratchet has to tow it to the hospital in this issue.
* After a couple teases in issues 1 and 2, Optimus uses the Matrix of Leadership for the first time this issue. Ratchet's berating of Optimus later on reiterates what we already know: that the Matrix is directly connected to Optimus' lifeforce, and that using it could risk him killing himself.
* Optimus mentions some sort of God-like entity referred to as the "Great Spark". It's ''possible'' he's talking about [[Primus]], with "Great Spark" essentially being a title, but it's unclear at this point if Primus as either a concept or an actual, physical entity exists in the Energon Universe continuity or not.
* The theme of families pops up again this issue, as Cliffjumper equates his now-deceased "clan" to humans' concept of "family".
* Megatron's current status is finally revealed: he's offline somewhere in an Arctic-esque region, partially trapped in ice and missing his fusion cannon arm... because the Autobots have it and have grafted it to Optimus, replacing the one he tore off last issue. While we don't know ''how'' he got there, it's worth noting that the preview pages for ''[[Cobra Commander (comic)|Cobra Commander]]'' seem to indicate it takes place in an area with lots of snow. ''Hmm...''

===Transformers references===
* Rumble's iconic piledrivers, shared with his brother [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]], first debuted in the premiere episode of the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]], "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]".
* Soundwave insults Optimus with the line "'''Optimus: inferior.'''" He may not have said "Soundwave: superior," but we all know what [[The Transformers: The Movie|he's quoting]].
* Megatron being stuck offline and trapped in ice recalls the [[Megatron (Movie)|live-action movie version]], who was similarly frozen in ice before the events of the [[Transformers (film)|first live-action movie]].

===Real-world references===
* During Jazz's attack on the Decepticons, he shouts "Two! Five! One!", which is a reference to the {{w|ii–V–I progression|2-5-1 chord progression}}, appropriately common in jazz music.

===Storytelling notes===

===Errors===

===Other trivia===
* This issue contains the same four-page preview for ''[[Cobra Commander (comic)|Cobra Commander]]'' [[Cobra Commander issue 1|#1]] that was printed last issue.
* At the end of the letters section, Daniel Warren Johnson officially plugs the "director's commentary" livestreams he's been doing on his YouTube channel.

===Covers===
* '''Cover A:''' Optimus, Cliffjumper, and Wheeljack stand ready for battle, by Daniel Warren Johnson and Mike Spicer.
* '''Cover B:''' Optimus leaps out of the frying pan and into the fire, by [[Jonboy Meyers]].
* '''Cover C (1:10 Copy Incentive):''' Connecting cover by [[Orlando Arocena]].
* '''Cover D (1:25 Copy Incentive):''' Soundwave fires on a group of airborne Autobots, by [[Sanford Greene]].
* '''Cover E (1:50 Copy Incentive):''' Megatron's damaged, deactivated body partially trapped in ice, by [[Andrea Milana]] and [[Annalisa Leoni]].

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===Advertisements===
* The [[Cobra]] threat begins in ''Cobra Commander'' #1!

===Reprints===
* '''''Transformers Volume 1''''' ([[May 8]], [[2024]]) ISBN 1534398171 / ISBN 978-1534398177 
** Collects issues #1–6.
** Trade paperback format.

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File:Transformers 2023 V1.jpg|'''''Volume 1''''' – cover art by [[Daniel Warren Johnson]] and [[Mike Spicer]]
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==External links==
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==References==
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[[Category:Transformers (2023) issues]]

Zero Point

2023-12-09T21:15:43Z

Prime Radiant: /* Notes */ Zero point physics reference

{{disambig2|the comic story|the eponymous injury|Zero point}}
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'''Roadbuster cares for a comatose Springer.'''

==Synopsis==
In the abandoned ''[[Debris]]'', [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] spends his every day caring for the dying [[Springer (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Springer]], cleaning his optics and reading him excerpts from [[Ironfist (G1)|Fisitron's]] ''[[Wreckers: Declassified]]''. The medics can't bring the [[Autobot]] back from his slow death because they can't find the "[[zero point]]", the tiny, near-invisible gap between two energy conductors that keeps the [[Spark]] going. [[Rung (G1)|Rung]] had suggested that the Spark may respond to emotional triggers, and so Roadbuster taught himself how to read so he could recount old war stories to his friend. He's read through 331 of the logs though, struggling through the "Fisitronisms" and the repetitions and the discomfort about himself being described in the logs as a one-dimensional gun nut, and nothing has yet happened.

''Springer had always tried to be a black-and-white, Heroic Autobots vs. Evil [[Decepticon]]s type of guy, but as the [[Great War (G1)|war]] dragged on he decided being a decent 'bot was holding him back. A chance encounter with [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]] and the [[Wreckers]] at the Battle of [[Sherma Bridge]] was a jolt to the system and he eagerly signed up as a reservist. He was made a member of the 17th line-up and grew to see Impactor as an older brother... but the Wreckers soon became uncomfortably violent and dirty, just as the war did. There were too many abuses of prisoners, too many battlefield atrocities, and Springer found himself saying that it wasn't'' his ''problem.'' He ''wasn't doing any of it, and sometimes he helped calm them down (less and less as time went on).''

''Then the Wreckers became obsessed with [[Squadron X]], ignoring all other threats in favour of tracking down their opposite numbers. It came to a head on [[Pova]], where Impactor murdered eight helpless prisoners. Springer immediately contacted [[Autobot High Command|High Command]], where [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] been waiting for just such a whistleblower, and testified against his leader. Roadbuster, [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]], [[Rack'n'Ruin (G1)|Rack'n'Ruin]], all of them then came to Springer (each thinking he was the only one) to beg him to become the new leader, admitting their horror at what happened and afraid that Prowl would use this as an excuse to end them. Roadbuster was shaken by the fact his gun had been used, thinking Impactor only wanted it for self-defence in case the Squadron broke free. Springer promised he'd become their leader if they got through this, and testified that the others had nothing to do with the murders.''

Roadbuster tries to read the ''Declassified'' account of Pova but can't: he knows it's a lie. He finally confesses to Springer: that they all knew Springer was making Impactor's hatred worse, pumping up all the Wreckers with atrocity propaganda against Squadron X, and all because Springer needed them to be doing something foul to give himself an excuse to cut loose. And Roadbuster had known that Impactor was going to murder them and so had the others, and they were glad he was doing it, Roadbuster was even proud of him; their concern had been that Springer would stop him. And because they knew Springer felt he was leadership material and could 'correct' the Wreckers, they lied to him and played him to avoid being arrested as well.

After his confession, Roadbuster apologises because he now knows Springer was a great leader: their best leader.

Then, the life-support machines register a resurgent Spark, and when Roadbuster checks a small tear in Springer's optic, he sees a touch of its old [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] blue is coming back.

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* [[Springer (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Springer]] (2)
* [[Topspin (G1)|Top Spin]] (3)
* [[Twin Twist (G1)|Twin Twist]] (4)
* [[Rotorstorm (G1)|Rotorstorm]] (5)
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* [[Kup (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Kup]] (9)
* [[Kaput]] (10)
* [[Rung (G1)|Rung]] (11)
* [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] (14)
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* [[Macabre]] (13)
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==Notes==
* This story was first printed in the hardcover of ''Last Stand''. Like ''[[Escape (G1)|Escape]]'' and ''[[In Word and Deed]],'' it was also re-released with ''[[Transformers: The Wreckers Saga]].''

===Continuity notes===
* Roadbuster name-drops the [[Nanocon]]s, which would later appear in the [[Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|''More than Meets the Eye'' Annual]].
* The [[Heliobot]]s were first name-dropped in the original printing of the text-only story [[Bullets]] in the ''Last Stand of the Wreckers'' trade paperback version. However, there Kup mentioned them as part of a story he told to Springer as if the latter hadn't been there himself; yet here, Springer ''himself'' is stated to have been a member of the Heliobots! For the reprint of "Bullets" in the hardcover edition of ''Last Stand of the Wreckers'' alongside this story, Kup's mention of the Heliobots was thus changed to refer to only "a dozen other" Autobots in order to avoid the contradiction. However, the ''[[Transformers: The Wreckers Saga|Wreckers Saga]]'' trade paperback, which also contains reprints of both "Bullets" and "Zero Point", again features the original version of the line in question with the Heliobots as part of the raid. Huh.
* [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]] is stated to have been the subject of a "freak recovery" of a Cybertronian suffering from a [[zero point]] injury. However, as we [[Remain in Light 3 of 5: The Divided Self|would learn later]], that's merely a cover story.
* Kup and Rung are old friends.
* In one battle, Impactor used the words "not more poetry", a line he originally said to Megatron in "[[Chaos Theory Part 1]]", back when the two were still coworkers and friends, before Megatron turned evil. Ironfist/Fisitron included the line in his datalog, but was seemingly unaware of what it actually meant.
* In slight contrast to ''Last Stand of the Wreckers'' itself, which appeared to use the Pova log as just one example of Fisitron's hagiography, Roadbuster here internally declares that ''only'' Datalog 113 is fully untruthful; the rest just take artistic license in the telling of events, but are broadly correct.
* Among the threats that the Wreckers ignored on their X quest were the [[Black Epoch]], the [[Simanzi Massacre]] and the [[Crucible]], and the "Rise of the [[Dethroner]]".
* Squadron X were merely refueling on Pova. The hardcover's ''Squadron X'' profiles reveals more: they were only transporting munitions in the Redan Quadrant, and two members were not long for the team anyway.
* Transformers' optics glow because the Spark is healthy, and act as a genuine 'window' into the soul. Springer's optics hint that he might actually be Matrix compatible.
* Ironfist's memorial statue on [[Kimia Facility|Kimia]], briefly seen in [[Chaos Part One: Lamentations|''The Transformers'' (2009) #24]], is mentioned. All of Ironfist's "Fisitron" writings were released in a collected format when the statue was unveiled, and Prowl wrote the foreword. (Roadbuster thinks the foreword is rubbish)
* Curiously, [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] is the only member of the Wreckers at the time of the Pova incident who does ''not'' approach Springer about absolving the team. Remember that little tidbit; [[Forever Is a Long Time Coming (issue)|it becomes important later]].

===Transformers references===
* The collection of all 332 of Fisitron's ''Wreckers: Declassified'' datalogs is called "The Complete Works of Fisitron". The title alludes to two collections of previously published issues by [[Marvel Comics|Marvel UK]] named ''[[The Transformers: The Complete Works Part 1|The Complete Works Part 1]]'' and ''[[The Transformers: The Complete Works Part 2|The Complete Works Part 2]]''.
* In "Bullets", we learned that Ironfist aka "Fisitron" had the habit of inserting odd recurring phrases into his ''Wreckers: Declassified'' datalogs, which readers would go on to call "[[Fisitronism]]s", inspired by the real-world fan term of "[[Furmanism]]s" for similar recurring phrases that writer [[Simon Furman]] would insert into his ''Transformers'' stories—in fact, the in-story Fisitronisms are ''literally'' the same phrases as the real-world Furmanisms. In this story, Roadbuster skims through several of them ("never did want to live forever", "reap the whirlwind", "all the dirty jobs", power beyond measure") before arriving back at the point where he had previously left off. Later, when he reads datalog 113, another one pops up: "Pova, and the Wreckers were in a whole world of pain.", which was also the opening line of "Bullets".

===Real-world references===
* Springer's call to Autobot High Command to inform them of Impactor's misdeeds took place at the [[G'th Semane]] spaceport, named for the Biblical garden of Gethsemane, where Judas betrayed [[Jesus]]. A bit on the nose, that one.

===Other trivia===
* The title of the story comes from the concept of {{w|Zero-point_energy|zero-point energy}} in quantum physics. In particular, the zero point in this story being a small cavity between two circuits is similar to the {{w|Casimir effect}}, a small force between two closely-placed objects.

===Foreign localization===
'''Japanese'''
* ''Title:'' "'''Zero Point'''" (ゼロ・ポイント ''Zero Pointo'')

'''Swedish'''
* ''Title:'' "'''Nollpunkten'''" ("The Zero Point")

[[Category:Last Stand of the Wreckers issues]]

Darak

2023-11-25T01:10:14Z

Prime Radiant: /* Energon Universe */ VR #6

:''Darak is an [[Agorrian]] from the [[Energon Universe]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:Darak.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Solila|Bass]]! Why must I fight you! We are not enemies!]]

'''Darak''' is the son of [[Agorrian]] Minister [[Dulin]], and one of the planet's top pilots. A pragmatic survivor with a knack for thinking outside of the box, he'll do whatever it takes to get out of a tight situation—even break his civilization's longest-standing traditions by daring to work with their hated enemies, the [[Zertonian]]s.

==Fiction==
===Energon Universe===
When Darak was younger, he worked as an "edgewalker" as a means of inarticulate rebellion against his distant father.

Many years later, Darak had become a pilot for the Agorrians. When a comet containing four thousand tons of ice passed by the [[Sacred Ring]], Director [[Elander]] ordered Darak to retrieve the comet and tow it into Agorrian space; not only would this bolster [[Agorra]]'s own water supplies, but doing so would also keep the comet out of the hands of the Zertonians, who were currently experiencing a water shortage. However, when Darak's ship cleared the orbit of the Sacred Ring, the vessel's autonomous systems failed to revive its pilot. While unconscious, Darak had a mysterious vision explaining the distant origins of his people—how the two races had come together once before to build the Sacred Ring, and would have to come together again once more—before he awoke, moments before a Zertonian starship intercepted his craft. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 2|Void Rivals #2}}

In the ensuing dogfight, both ships missed the comet, wound up in a distant quadrant, and crash-landed on a barren planet. Darak's [[handroid]] was able to revive its wearer; moments after regaining consciousness, however, Darak discovered that the Zertonian pilot, [[Solila]], had also survived the crash. After a brief struggle, the Zertonian convinced him that, despite their long history of conflict, it would be better to work together to repair her mostly-intact vessel. The pair set to work repairing the ship, but when Solila attached a cable the wrong way, the power surge overloaded the ship's energy core and caused a devastating explosion. All was not lost, however, as Solila returned moments later, with news that she'd found an abandoned but mostly intact starship in a nearby valley. The pair attempted to jumpstart the ship's power cells—when they did so, however, the ship revealed itself to be the [[Transformer|Cybertronian]] [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], who promptly transformed and flew away.

Despite this latest setback, seeing Jetfire transform gave Darak the idea of stripping their armor for parts and using them to repair the ship, ignoring their race's shared taboos against removing their helmets in the presence of an enemy. The pair did so, and realized that Agorrians and Zertonians were members of the same species. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 1|Void Rivals #1}}

After returning to Darak's wrecked vessel, the pair spent weeks cobbling together whatever they could find into a ramshackle, semi-pressurized spacecraft—enough to get them off the planet and broadcast a long-distance distress signal. While floating through an asteroid field, their ship drifted into the path of [[Rockeroid|a massive starship]] built into the hull of a hollowed-out meteor; when the vessel pulled them in, the two ran afoul of its owner, a fearsome [[Skuxxoid]]. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 2|Void Rivals #2}}

The pair engaged in combat with the Skuxxoid, with Darak becoming stunned by a shot to the chest. Solila helped him escape the skirmish as they journeyed deep into the Rockeroid. Darak remarked upon her battle prowess, which suited a warrior more than a pilot. He had no time to absorb this knowledge, as they were besieged by a [[Quintesson Scorpia]]. Solila distracted the creature long enough for Darak to shut a door on it from overhead, destroying a claw and damaging it beyond repair. They immediately came across another Quintesson-this time a [[Quintesson Prosecutor|Prosecutor]], who proposed an alliance to dispose of the Skuxxoid and escape the Rockeroid. However, the Skuxxoid realized Darak and Solila had no bounties and were thus worthless to him, and offered them a [[Nebulan|Nebulos]] spacecraft in exchange for the metals on their ramshackle craft. Darak was intrigued and they took the deal, leaving the Prosecutor furious.

Aboard the Nebulan ship and en route to the Sacred Ring, Solila expressed concern about what would happen when they returned home. Darak was more relaxed and optimistic, hoping to appeal to his father, and expecting that the Agorrians and Zertonians alike would detest being set against each other by the conspiracy they uncovered. He suggested that they part ways via escape pods to their respective worlds upon arrival, and she agreed. Solila thanked him for suggesting that they work together, and he let his guard down-and Solila knocked him unconscious with her spear. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 3|Void Rivals #3}}

Even while Darak was unconscious, Handroid attempted to prevent Solila from taking the craft to Zertonia, but she reached the upper hand and forced it to surrender. On Zertonia, Darak was disappointed in himself for believing that they were friends. Solila rebuked him, saying that they were at best rivals, which he found wryly amusing. Even after she apologized for her attack, he still managed to display optimism towards her. He glibly assessed their situation thus far, but again Solila was upon him, suggesting that if he wanted to survive, he would keep quiet about removing their helmets, and everything else they discussed about their worlds in private. He was marched out in front of Zertonian society, and his masked appearance was revolting to the populace as he was led away to a detention cell. While he tried to escape the cell, he was surprised when later, Solila was tossed inside with him. He learned that she had inadvertently admitted to caring for him and was incarcerated as a result. He grimly noted how she was locked up despite her double-cross, laughing both at her and at their grim situation. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 4|Void Rivals #4}}

Darak tried to understand what would happen next, and Solila told him that the situation had changed: since [[Zalilak]] had already been aware of their secret, they would not only both be killed, but Darak himself would be tortured for more information. Right on cue, Zertonian guards entered the cell, sedated him, and dragged him away for interrogation. He managed to be flippant in the face of torture for three days, never revealing more than his name and that he was a pilot. When his interrogator took a reprieve, he asked Handroid to find a flaw in his restraints only to realize Handroid had been removed. All alone, he laughed in deep despair.

From within the darkness, a mysterious Zertonian child named [[Ultum]] approached him and freed him. Through a tortuous path, Ultum led Darak away from the interrogation chamber and they snuck around just out of sight until they arrived at a secret meeting place of [[Unifier]]s, a group of Zertonian underground resistance members. The Unifier [[Kanela]] wanted Darak's help in reuniting the Agorrians and Zertonians, but Darak refused to even listen to her proposal unless they also agreed to rescue Solila. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 5|Void Rivals #5}}
{{spoiler|Void Rivals issue 6|December 22, 2023}}
Kanela agreed to these terms, and shortly returned with a surprised Solila. Darak kept things light, but he was unaware of the large distrust between Solila and Kanela. Since Solila was rescued, Darak agreed to uphold his end of the deal: reach the Unifiers' counterpart in the Agorrian resistance and deliver data to them so that communications could be reestablished between their camps. Solila joined him again, with nothing but death remaining for her on Zertonia. Darak embarked on the journey unmasked, tying a cloth around the gem on his forehead as a disguise.

The group moved out onto the streets of Zertonia, heading towards a [[Blastwing]] that has been prepared for them. Solila told Darak that everything she had done—including her betrayal of him—had been done to alleviate the poverty and destitution around them. Darak sadly reflected that conditions were not this dire on Agorra. Upon reaching the Blastwing, the group was besieged. The junior Unifier Ultum, whose mother was missing, had betrayed the group under the promises that she would be found. Solila teamed up with Darak again and quickly commandeered a [[Slip Rider]], escaping further into the north. After another sighting, they were forced to reach the [[Wasteland (EU)|Wasteland]] that separated Zertonia and Agorra. Darak asked if she trusted him, and she said yes. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 6|Void Rivals #6}}
{{ongoing}}

[[Category:Agorrians]]
[[Category:Pilots]]

Solila

2023-11-25T00:25:34Z

Prime Radiant: /* Energon Universe */

:''Solila is a [[Zertonian]] from the [[Energon Universe]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:Solila.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Shut up. Don't run away, [[Darak|coward]]. You'll pay for this insult. I'll be back.]]

'''Solila''' is a [[Zertonian]] warrior and pilot. A fierce and capable combatant, she holds herself responsible for the preservation of her people against their enemies, the [[Agorrian]]s. However, she will break with tradition when she sees fit to, whether in allying herself with [[Darak|an Agorrian under dire circumstances]] or abandoning her role as a [[Keeper of the Light]].

==Fiction==
===Energon Universe===
Solila was once a member of the Keepers of the Light, a group at odds with the Zertonian Premier [[Zalilak]]. Later, she disavowed them despite once describing herself as its "First Chosen". {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 5|Void Rivals #5}}

Much later, a comet containing four thousand tons of ice approached the [[Sacred Ring]]. [[Zertonia]] was experiencing a water shortage, and thus Solila was dispatched to intercept the comet in her spacecraft, a [[Star Wing]]. However, the Agorrians had also launched a [[Jump Jet]] to capture the comet, and both ships were caught in the comet's gravity and thrown off course to an unknown planet. Solila explored the planet and found that the Agorrian, Darak, had survived as well and attacked him with her spear.

After Darak got the upper hand in a skirmish, she asked for clemency before he would deliver a fatal blow. They both tentatively formed an alliance, intending to use parts of each other's spacecraft to escape the unknown planet together. However, their first attempt failed, and Solila ran away in despair, not wanting to die next to a mortal enemy. She soon discovered the remains of yet another spacecraft, and she successfully powered it up. However, this was actually the [[Transformer|Cybertronian]] [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], who informed them both that he had to return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], leaving them behind. Solila once again despaired and Darak suggested they could employ the technology in their flight armor and helmets to modifying Darak's ship. They each ignored the taboo about removing their helmets in front of their enemies-only to discover that they were of the same species. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 1|Void Rivals #1}}

Solila listened to Darak tell her about a vision he had, about the origins of the Zertonians, Agorrians, and the Sacred Ring itself, and was convinced that it was [[Zerta]] herself speaking to him. The vision of their shared origins made her reflect on how their war was perhaps a conspiracy, and she was committed to returning to the Sacred Ring with Darak's help. As they assembled their escape craft, Solila became angry with herself for failing to obtain resources for her people and colluding with the enemy, but Darak's pragmatic demeanor gave her some temporary relief. Their makeshift spacecraft escaped the unknown planet, but was soon captured by the [[Skuxxoid]] and his [[Rockeroid]]. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 2|Void Rivals #2}}

Solila took point in the brief battle against the Skuxxoid, holding her own by remote controlling her spear. Darak was surprised by her battle prowess, well beyond what he expected for a pilot. She helped the wounded Darak escape deep into the Rockeroid, where they teamed up against a [[Quintesson Scorpia|mechanical scorpion-like machine]] and ultimately destroyed it. As if that weren't enough, they came across a [[Quintesson Prosecutor|Quintesson]] who offered them a way off the Rockeroid if they worked together against the Skuxxoid. However, the Skuxxoid later found that Solila and Darak had no bounties and thus no longer had any interest in them. To the Quintesson's chagrin, they made a deal with the Skuxxoid, trading the rare metals in their makeshift ship for a [[Nebulan|Nebulos]] transport ship, and they escaped together.

Solila and Darak made a deal to each go to their respective peoples and share their revelations, though Solila had her private doubts in the face of Darak's optimism that it would go over well. When they reached the Sacred Ring, Solila thanked Darak for choosing cooperation instead of aggression—and immediately delivered an electric shock to him, rendering him unconscious. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 3|Void Rivals #3}}

After convincing Darak's [[Handroid]] to stop resisting, Solila landed on Zertonia. Darak regained consciousness, and was more disappointed than surprised by Solila's betrayal. She confessed that she considered him neither friend nor enemy-but at best, a rival. She warned Darak to not divulge any details of their revelation if he valued his life.

Prostrating before Premier Zalilak, she begged forgiveness for failing to capture the comet, but Zalilak assured her that capturing an Agorrian was a worthy substitute, since he could be ransomed for resources. She expressed relief that Darak would be unharmed, and that was enough to pique Zalilak's curiosity. She confessed that she and Darak had seen each other's faces, and was immediately incarcerated with Darak himself. Enduring Darak's taunts, she revealed that Zalilak already had been aware of the secret of their species. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 4|Void Rivals #4}}

Solila was bleak about their shared fate: she was confident that they would both be killed in order to preserve the secret that they uncovered. She could only apologize and watch helplessly as Darak was drugged and dragged from their cell for interrogation. Solila barely had time to react to this when Mistress [[Vill]] and two other members of the Keepers of the Light arrived in secret. Vill expressed disappointment in Solila's naivete and her abandonment of the order. Solila only had harsh words in reply, calling her a witch and zealot. Vill expressed disdain that Solila espoused Zalilak's path, but revealed that she came not to admonish, but to save her from death: she gives Solila a key, containing both the circular Agorrian symbol and the triangular Zertonian symbol. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 5|Void Rivals #5}}

{{spoiler|Void Rivals issue 6|December 22, 2023}}
As Solila pondered the key she's been given, Kanela entered her cell wearing [[Blast Trooper]] armor, offering her freedom. Despite being skeptical of Kanela's support, Solila donned Kanela's extra set of armor and they escaped the cell in disguise. Upon reaching the [[Unifier]] underground, Solila was surprised to see that Darak has orchestrated her escape, even if she would not have reciprocated had their positions been swapped. Having rescued Solila, Kanela required Darak to uphold his end of the deal: reach their counterparts in the Agorran resistance and deliver data to them so that communications could be reestablished between their camps. Solila reasoned that only death awaited her if she stayed, so she joined Darak and the Unifiers, despite Kanela's distrust of her.

The group moved out onto the streets of Zertonia, heading towards a [[Blastwing]] that has been prepared for them, which increased Solila's skepticism. Solila told Darak that everything she had done—including her betrayal of him—had been done to alleviate the poverty and destitution around them. Upon reaching the Blastwing, the group was besieged. The junior Unifier [[Ultum]], whose mother was missing, had betrayed the group under the promises that she would be found. Solila teamed up with Darak again and quickly commandeered a [[Slip Rider]], escaping further into the north. After another sighting, they are forced to reach the [[Wasteland (EU)|Wasteland]] that separated Zertonia and Agorra. Darak asked if she trusted him, and she said yes. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 6|Void Rivals #6}}
{{ongoing}}

[[Category:Zertonians]]
[[Category:Pilots]]

Solila

2023-11-25T00:08:50Z

Prime Radiant: /* Energon Universe */ VR #6

:''Solila is a [[Zertonian]] from the [[Energon Universe]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:Solila.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Shut up. Don't run away, [[Darak|coward]]. You'll pay for this insult. I'll be back.]]

'''Solila''' is a [[Zertonian]] warrior and pilot. A fierce and capable combatant, she holds herself responsible for the preservation of her people against their enemies, the [[Agorrian]]s. However, she will break with tradition when she sees fit to, whether in allying herself with [[Darak|an Agorrian under dire circumstances]] or abandoning her role as a [[Keeper of the Light]].

==Fiction==
===Energon Universe===
Solila was once a member of the Keepers of the Light, a group at odds with the Zertonian Premier [[Zalilak]]. Later, she disavowed them despite once describing herself as its "First Chosen". {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 5|Void Rivals #5}}

Much later, a comet containing four thousand tons of ice approached the [[Sacred Ring]]. [[Zertonia]] was experiencing a water shortage, and thus Solila was dispatched to intercept the comet in her spacecraft, a [[Star Wing]]. However, the Agorrians had also launched a [[Jump Jet]] to capture the comet, and both ships were caught in the comet's gravity and thrown off course to an unknown planet. Solila explored the planet and found that the Agorrian, Darak, had survived as well and attacked him with her spear.

After Darak got the upper hand in a skirmish, she asked for clemency before he would deliver a fatal blow. They both tentatively formed an alliance, intending to use parts of each other's spacecraft to escape the unknown planet together. However, their first attempt failed, and Solila ran away in despair, not wanting to die next to a mortal enemy. She soon discovered the remains of yet another spacecraft, and she successfully powered it up. However, this was actually the [[Transformer|Cybertronian]] [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], who informed them both that he had to return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], leaving them behind. Solila once again despaired and Darak suggested they could employ the technology in their flight armor and helmets to modifying Darak's ship. They each ignored the taboo about removing their helmets in front of their enemies-only to discover that they were of the same species. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 1|Void Rivals #1}}

Solila listened to Darak tell her about a vision he had, about the origins of the Zertonians, Agorrians, and the Sacred Ring itself, and was convinced that it was [[Zerta]] herself speaking to him. The vision of their shared origins made her reflect on how their war was perhaps a conspiracy, and she was committed to returning to the Sacred Ring with Darak's help. As they assembled their escape craft, Solila became angry with herself for failing to obtain resources for her people and colluding with the enemy, but Darak's pragmatic demeanor gave her some temporary relief. Their makeshift spacecraft escaped the unknown planet, but was soon captured by the [[Skuxxoid]] and his [[Rockeroid]]. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 2|Void Rivals #2}}

Solila took point in the brief battle against the Skuxxoid, holding her own by remote controlling her spear. Darak was surprised by her battle prowess, well beyond what he expected for a pilot. She helped the wounded Darak escape deep into the Rockeroid, where they teamed up against a [[Quintesson Scorpia|mechanical scorpion-like machine]] and ultimately destroyed it. As if that weren't enough, they came across a [[Quintesson Prosecutor|Quintesson]] who offered them a way off the Rockeroid if they worked together against the Skuxxoid. However, the Skuxxoid later found that Solila and Darak had no bounties and thus no longer had any interest in them. To the Quintesson's chagrin, they made a deal with the Skuxxoid, trading the rare metals in their makeshift ship for a [[Nebulan|Nebulos]] transport ship, and they escaped together.

Solila and Darak made a deal to each go to their respective peoples and share their revelations, though Solila had her private doubts in the face of Darak's optimism that it would go over well. When they reached the Sacred Ring, Solila thanked Darak for choosing cooperation instead of aggression—and immediately delivered an electric shock to him, rendering him unconscious. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 3|Void Rivals #3}}

After convincing Darak's [[Handroid]] to stop resisting, Solila landed on Zertonia. Darak regained consciousness, and was more disappointed than surprised by Solila's betrayal. She confessed that she considered him neither friend nor enemy-but at best, a rival. She warned Darak to not divulge any details of their revelation if he valued his life.

Prostrating before Premier Zalilak, she begged forgiveness for failing to capture the comet, but Zalilak assured her that capturing an Agorrian was a worthy substitute, since he could be ransomed for resources. She expressed relief that Darak would be unharmed, and that was enough to pique Zalilak's curiosity. She confessed that she and Darak had seen each other's faces, and was immediately incarcerated with Darak himself. Enduring Darak's taunts, she revealed that Zalilak already had been aware of the secret of their species. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 4|Void Rivals #4}}

Solila was bleak about their shared fate: she was confident that they would both be killed in order to preserve the secret that they uncovered. She could only apologize and watch helplessly as Darak was drugged and dragged from their cell for interrogation. Solila barely had time to react to this when Mistress [[Vill]] and two other members of the Keepers of the Light arrived in secret. Vill expressed disappointment in Solila's naivete and her abandonment of the order. Solila only had harsh words in reply, calling her a witch and zealot. Vill expressed disdain that Solila espoused Zalilak's path, but revealed that she came not to admonish, but to save her from death: she gives Solila a key, containing both the circular Agorrian symbol and the triangular Zertonian symbol. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 5|Void Rivals #5}}

{{spoiler|Void Rivals issue 6|December 22, 2023}}
As Solila pondered the key she's been given, Kanela entered her cell wearing [[Blast Trooper]] armor, offering her freedom. Despite being skeptical of Kanela's support, Solila donned Kanela's extra set of armor and they escaped the cell in disguise. Upon reaching the [[Unifier]] underground, Solila was surprised to see that Darak has orchestrated her escape, even if she would not have reciprocated had their positions been swapped. Having rescued Solila, Kanela required Darak to uphold his end of the deal: reach their counterparts in the Agorran resistance and deliver data to them so that communications could be reestablished between their camps. Solila reasoned that only death awaited her if she stayed, so she joined Darak and the Unifiers, despite Kanela's distrust of her.

The group moved out onto the streets of Zertonia, heading towards a [[Blastwing]] that has been prepared for them, which increased Solila's skepticism. Solila told Darak that everything she had done—including her betrayal of him—had been done to alleviate the poverty and destitution around them. Upon reaching the Blastwing, the group was besieged. The junior Unifier [[Ultum]], whose mother was missing, had betrayed the group under the promises that she would be found. Solila teamed up with Darak again and quickly commandeered a [[Slip Rider]], escaping further into the north. After another sighting, they are forced to reach the [[Wasteland (EU)|Wasteland]] that separated Zertonia and Agorra. Darak asked if she trusted him, and she said yes. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 6|Void Rivals #6}}

{{ongoing}}

[[Category:Zertonians]]
[[Category:Pilots]]

Transformers (2023) issue 2

2023-11-09T03:34:28Z

Prime Radiant: /* Synopsis */ lower cased to match the rest of the text

{{Comicstory
|seriesissue=''[[Transformers (2023 comic)|Transformers]]'' #2
|prev=Transformers (2023) issue 1
|next=Transformers (2023) issue 3
|next2=Duke issue 1
|image=Transformers02A_Cover.jpg
|caption=Once you pop, you can’t stop.
|title=
|publisher=[[Image Comics]] [[Skybound Entertainment]]
|date=[[November 7]], [[2023]]
|coverdate=November 2023
|written by=[[Daniel Warren Johnson]]
|art by=Daniel Warren Johnson
|colors by=[[Mike Spicer]]
|letters by=[[Rus Wooton]]
|editors=[[Sean Mackiewicz]] & [[Jonathan Manning]]
|continuity=[[Energon Universe]]
|chronology=
}}

'''The Autobots must learn to adapt to Earth with scant resources, while the Decepticons gather more energon to rebuild their army.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] walks through a wood, marveling at the natural beauty of Earth. The plants, the animals, the scenery; he finds it all breathtaking. However, his serenity is interrupted upon hearing a crunch underneath his foot: he's stepped on a small deer, killing it. Optimus leans down, cradling the creature with remorse. [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] emerges from the woods and reassures Optimus that it was an accident. Optimus tells Spike that this world is so fragile compared to his own. Seeing the Autobot leader's despair, Spike decides to change the subject of the conversation and asks Optimus about his name. Optimus tells him that the Prime title denotes him as leader of the Autobots and was passed to him by the previous leader of their kind. Optimus in turn inquires about Spike's name, who reveals that his mom used to call him "Spikey" before she passed away due to his hair always sticking up as a child. Optimus is confused; he’s never heard the terms "mom" or "dad" before, though he does know the concept of "family." Spike then asks Optimus about where he comes from, prompting Optimus to tell him about [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and the war between the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s that has raged for the past two centuries. The Autobots' forces eventually dwindled from the Deepticons' relentless onslaught to the point where they were forced to flee the planet aboard the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]''. However, their escape was attacked by [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and the Decepticons. The last thing Optimus saw before they crashed into the mountain was Earth. Optimus thanks Spike for assisting him during the battle, saying that he's not sure they would have escaped without him. Spike in turn offers condolences for [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]].

Their somber heart-to-heart is soon interrupted by the newly reactivated [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]], whom [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] was able to successfully repair. Optimus warmly greets his old friend, but Cliffjumper is not nearly as taken with Earth as his commander, freaking out upon seeing Spike and [[Carly]] and bumping into the trees. Carly tells him to calm down. After all, if anyone should be freaking out about the giant robots from space, it's her. This gets Cliffjumper to calm down and the two shake hands. Inside the quarry, Ratchet has set about trying to revive the other Autobots, but has used up the last of their energon reserves fixing Cliffjumper. Optimus considers using the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to replenish their energon, but Ratchet says they can't. The Matrix is connected to Prime's own life force and if they lose him, they lose everything. Cliffjumper remarks that if they're running out of energon, the Decepticons will hopefully have the same problem.

Meanwhile, at the power plant [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]] and [[Davey]] work at, a police officer is surveying the damage caused by [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s attack and taking statements, not believing [[Jordie|the plant manager]]'s story about a giant robot. The officer says they'll get some detectives out here to investigate, but a panicked Sparkplug insists they need to call in the Army. As the officer tries to reassure Sparkplug, [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] drops from the sky, destroying his patrol car. Behind him descend Starscream and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] carrying an energy transfer module stolen from the ''Ark'', which will allow them to more efficiently convert energon from the plant. The police officer tries to shoot at Starscream, much to Sparkplug's protests, only for Starscream to step on him. As the Decepticons begin to drain the plant of its energy, Soundwave intercepts a transmission from the U.S. military asking a nearby pilot under the callsign "[[Frosting]]" to intercept their attack. Amused at the idea of the "squishies" trying to fight them, Starscream goes to intercept the fighter. He dogfights with them for a bit before transforming and smacking the jet down. The pilot and his ride-along eject, but Starscream catches up to Frosting and squashes him between his hands. The other soldier activates a button on his parachute, converting it into a winged jetpack. As Starscream advances, he pulls out his gun and fires at the Decepticon, getting a lucky shot at his eye before retreating. Starscream opts to give up on the minor annoyance and [[Duke (G.I. Joe)|Duke]] flies away to fight another day.

Back at the plant, Sparkplug takes one of the patrol cars as he is chased down by Skywarp. Before he can catch the human, however, Frosting's F-15 comes crashing down on top of him and Soundwave, allowing Sparkplug to slip away. The resulting explosion is seen by the Autobots and Carly and Spike realize that the plant is under attack. Feeling responsible for bringing their war to this planet, Optimus opts to face the Decepticons, despite Ratchet's protest about their need to find their own energy sources. Optimus assigns Cliffjumper to stay with Ratchet and protect their sleeping comrades. Spike decides to come along to help his dad, which Optimus reluctantly allows. Carly tries to stop him, saying they need to get back home to their parents, but Spike inists. She decides to leave for home alone. As she drives back towards town, she is spotted by [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], who identifies the image of Optimus Prime Carly drew on her van earlier that day. She arrives home to find Sparkplug already there, dressed in his old Army fatigues and carrying several guns. Carly asks where her dad is, and Sparkplug answers that "they" killed him. Davey is dead.

{{--}}

==Featured characters==
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks. 
{{Featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
* ''[[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]]'' (4)
* [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] (6)
* [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (8)
* [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (9)
* [[Roller (G1)|Roller]] (10)
* [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (11)
* [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (12)
* [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] or [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] (13) (See "Errors" below)
* [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (14)
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (15) (See "Errors" below)

|c2=
* [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (2)
* [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (3)
* ''[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'' (5)
* [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (19)
* [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (20)
* [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (23)

|c3=
* [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] (2)
* [[Carly]] (7)
* Police officer (16)
* [[Jordie]] (17)
* [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] (18)
* [[Frosting]] (21)
* [[Duke (G.I. Joe)|Duke]] (22)
}}

==Quotes==
'''Spike:''' "Um... Hi... Nice to meet y--" 
'''Cliffjumper:''' "Ah, we're not there yet, my man. Yeeesh... You're like a [[turborat]]-- creepy, little--" 
'''Carly:''' "Oh, please." 
'''Cliffjumper:''' Yeow! How many of you '''are''' there?" 

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Having been merely hinted at in the last issue, the flashback to the war on Cybertron gives us our first look at Megatron, though his whereabouts are still unknown. ([[Cobra Commander (comic)|#WhereIsMegatron]])
* While mentioned but not seen last issue, this issue gives us our first appearance of Laserbeak, still out scouting for new sources of energy.

===Transformers references===
* Cliffjumper compares Spike to a [[turborat]], a form of Cybertronian wildlife that first appeared in [[Form Follows Function|the fourth issue]] of [[Tom Scioli]] and [[John Barber]]'s ''[[Transformers vs. G.I. Joe]]''.
* The police cars of the FPD are quite clearly based on [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], retaining his Japanese police car color layout, twin red siren lights (as opposed to red and blue) and the “highway patrol” markings on the back (none of which really make sense on an American city patrol car, but we'll let that slide.)

===G.I. Joe references===
* First Sergeant Conrad S. Hauser, codename '''DUKE''', makes his debut in the [[Energon Universe]] in this issue ahead of [[Duke (comic)|his own title]] debuting next month.
* While [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] doesn’t exist yet in this continuity, it seems the U.S. military has been developing some hi-tech tools, such as the jetpack Duke uses. This could be a new take on Jet Mobile Propulsion Unit (J.U.M.P.) jetpack from the ''G.I. Joe'' toyline, which Duke famously used in the opening sequence of ''G.I. Joe: The Movie''.

===Real-world references===
* Frosting’s name is painted on the side of his jet’s cockpit, a real practice common on United States fighter aircraft. It’s worth noting, however, that the formatting is slightly off. His rank and full name should be on one line, with his callsign printed below. Instead, it lists simply his rank, first name, and callsign on the same line.

===Errors===
* Amongst the deactivated Autobots in the quarry is Sideswipe who appears to be miscolored as [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], and a bot who appears to be either Inferno or Grapple (with their wheels on the side of their legs rather than their foot) in the colors of [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]].

===Other trivia===
* This issue contains a three page preview for Duke #1.

===Covers===
* '''Cover A:''' Starscream attacks Frosting, by Daniel Warren Johnson and Mike Spicer.
* '''Cover B:''' Optimus Prime transforms as he drives off a cliff, by [[Afu Chan]].
* '''Cover C (1:10 Copy Incentive):''' Connecting cover by [[Orlando Aroecena]].
* '''Cover D (1:25 Copy Incentive):''' Autobots wage their battles to destroy the evil forces of the Decepticons, by [[Bryan Hitch]].
* '''Cover E (1:50 Copy Incentive):''' Duke uses his jetpack against Starscream, by [[Tom Reilly]].

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File:Transformers02E_Cover.jpg|
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===Advertisements===
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* A new era for G.I. Joe starts in ''[[G.I. Joe (comic)|G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero]]'' #301.
* ''Universal Monsters [[Dracula]]''

==External links==

==References==
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[[Category:Transformers (2023) issues]]

Solila

2023-11-06T11:20:06Z

Prime Radiant: /* Energon Universe */

Solila

2023-11-05T14:49:31Z

Prime Radiant:

:''Solila is a [[Zertonian]] from the [[Energon Universe]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:Solila.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Shut up. Don't run away, [[Darak|coward]]. You'll pay for this insult. I'll be back.]]

'''Solila''' is a [[Zertonian]] warrior and pilot. A fierce and capable combatant, she holds herself responsible for the preservation of her people against their enemies, the [[Agorrian]]s. However, she will break with tradition when she sees fit to, whether in allying herself with [[Darak|an Agorrian under dire circumstances]] or abandoning her role as a [[Keeper of the Light]].

==Fiction==
===Energon Universe===
Solila was once a member of the Keepers of the Light, a group at odds with the Zertonian Premier [[Zalilak]]. Later, she disavowed them despite once describing herself as its "First Chosen". {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 5|Void Rivals #5}}

Much later, a comet containing four thousand tons of ice approached the [[Sacred Ring]]. [[Zertonia]] was experiencing a water shortage, and thus Solila was dispatched to intercept the comet in her spacecraft, a [[Star Wing]]. However, the Agorrians had also launched a [[Jump Jet]] to capture the comet, and both ships were caught in the comet's gravity and thrown off course to an unknown planet. Solila explored the planet and found that the Agorrian, Darak, had survived as well and attacked him with her spear.

After Darak got the upper hand in a skirmish, she asked for clemency before he would deliver a fatal blow. They both tentatively formed an alliance, intending to use parts of each other's spacecraft to escape the unknown planet together. However, their first attempt failed, and Solila ran away in despair, not wanting to die next to a mortal enemy. She soon discovered the remains of yet another spacecraft, and she successfully powered it up. However, this was actually the [[Transformer|Cybertronian]] [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], who informed them both that he had to return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], leaving them behind. Solila once again despaired and Darak suggested they could employ the technology in their flight armor and helmets to modifying Darak's ship. They each ignored the taboo about removing their helmets in front of their enemies-only to discover that they were of the same species. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 1|Void Rivals #1}}

Solila listened to Darak tell her about a vision he had, about the origins of the Zertonians, Agorrians, and the Sacred Ring itself, and was convinced that it was [[Zerta]] herself speaking to him. The vision of their shared origins made her reflect on how their war was perhaps a conspiracy, and she was committed to returning to the Sacred Ring with Darak's help. As they assembled their escape craft, Solila became angry with herself for failing to obtain resources for her people and colluding with the enemy, but Darak's pragmatic demeanor gave her some temporary relief. Their makeshift spacecraft escaped the unknown planet, but was soon captured by the [[Skuxxoid]] and his [[Rockeroid]]. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 2|Void Rivals #2}}

Solila took point in the brief battle against the Skuxxoid, holding her own by remote controlling her spear. Darak was surprised by her battle prowess, well beyond what he expected for a pilot. She helped the wounded Darak escape deep into the Rockeroid, where they teamed up against a [[Quintesson Scorpia|mechanical scorpion-like machine]] and ultimately destroyed it. As if that weren't enough, they came across a [[Quintesson Prosecutor|Quintesson]] who offered them a way off the Rockeroid if they worked together against the Skuxxoid. However, the Skuxxoid later found that Solila and Darak had no bounties and thus no longer had any interest in them. To the Quintesson's chagrin, they made a deal with the Skuxxoid, trading the rare metals in their makeshift ship for a [[Nebulan|Nebulos]] transport ship, and they escaped together.

Solila and Darak made a deal to each go to their respective peoples and share their revelations, though Solila had her private doubts in the face of Darak's optimism that it would go over well. When they reached the Sacred Ring, Solila thanked Darak for choosing cooperation instead of aggression—and immediately delivered an electric shock to him, rendering him unconscious. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 3|Void Rivals #3}}

After convincing Darak's [[Handroid]] to stop resisting, Solila landed on Zertonia. Darak regained consciousness, and was more disappointed than surprised by Solila's betrayal. She confessed that she considered him neither friend nor enemy-but at best, a rival. She warned Darak to not divulge any details of their revelation if he valued his life.

Prostrating before Premier Zalilak, she begged forgiveness for failing to capture the comet, but Zalilak assured her that capturing an Agorrian was a worthy substitute, since he could be ransomed for resources. She expressed relief that Darak would be unharmed, and that was enough to pique Zalilak's curiosity. She confessed that she and Darak had seen each other's faces, and was immediately incarcerated with Darak himself. Enduring Darak's taunts, she revealed that Zalilak already had been aware of the secret of their species. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 4|Void Rivals #4}}

Solila was bleak about their shared fate: she was confident that they would both be killed in order to preserve the secret that they uncovered. She could only apologize and watch helplessly as Darak was drugged and dragged from their cell for interrogation. Solila barely had time to react to this when Mistress [[Vill]] and two other members of the Keepers of the Light arrived in secret. Vill expressed disappointment in Solila's naivete and her abandonment of the order. Solila only had harsh words in reply, calling her a witch and zealot. Vill expressed disdain that Solila espoused Zalilak's path, but revealed that she came not to admonish, but to save her from death: she gives Solila a key, containing both the circular Agorrian symbol and the Zertonian triangular symbol. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 5|Void Rivals #5}}
{{ongoing}}
[[Category:Zertonians]]

Darak

2023-11-05T14:41:02Z

Prime Radiant: /* Energon Universe */ VR #3-5

:''Darak is an [[Agorrian]] from the [[Energon Universe]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:Darak.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Solila|Bass]]! Why must I fight you! We are not enemies!]]

'''Darak''' is a top [[Agorrian]] pilot. A pragmatic survivor with a knack for thinking outside of the box, he'll do whatever it takes to get out of a tight situation—even break his civilization's longest-standing traditions by daring to work with their hated enemies, the [[Zertonian]]s.

==Fiction==
===Energon Universe===
When Darak was younger, he worked as an "edgewalker" as a means of inarticulate rebellion against his distant father, Minister [[Dulin]].

Many years later, Darak had become a pilot for the Agorrians. When a comet containing four thousand tons of ice passed by the [[Sacred Ring]], Director [[Elander]] ordered Darak to retrieve the comet and tow it into Agorrian space; not only would this bolster [[Agorra]]'s own water supplies, but doing so would also keep the comet out of the hands of the Zertonians, who were currently experiencing a water shortage. However, when Darak's ship cleared the orbit of the Sacred Ring, the vessel's autonomous systems failed to revive its pilot. While unconscious, Darak had a mysterious vision explaining the distant origins of his people—how the two races had come together once before to build the Sacred Ring, and would have to come together again once more—before he awoke, moments before a Zertonian starship intercepted his craft. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 2|Void Rivals #2}}

In the ensuing dogfight, both ships missed the comet, wound up in a distant quadrant, and crash-landed on a barren planet. Darak's [[handroid]] was able to revive its wearer; moments after regaining consciousness, however, Darak discovered that the Zertonian pilot, [[Solila]], had also survived the crash. After a brief struggle, the Zertonian convinced him that, despite their long history of conflict, it would be better to work together to repair her mostly-intact vessel. The pair set to work repairing the ship, but when Solila attached a cable the wrong way, the power surge overloaded the ship's energy core and caused a devastating explosion. All was not lost, however, as Solila returned moments later, with news that she'd found an abandoned but mostly intact starship in a nearby valley. The pair attempted to jumpstart the ship's power cells—when they did so, however, the ship revealed itself to be the [[Transformer|Cybertronian]] [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], who promptly transformed and flew away.

Despite this latest setback, seeing Jetfire transform gave Darak the idea of stripping their armor for parts and using them to repair the ship, ignoring their race's shared taboos against removing their helmets in the presence of an enemy. The pair did so, and realized that Agorrians and Zertonians were members of the same species. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 1|Void Rivals #1}}

After returning to Darak's wrecked vessel, the pair spent weeks cobbling together whatever they could find into a ramshackle, semi-pressurized spacecraft—enough to get them off the planet and broadcast a long-distance distress signal. While floating through an asteroid field, their ship drifted into the path of [[Rockeroid|a massive starship]] built into the hull of a hollowed-out meteor; when the vessel pulled them in, the two ran afoul of its owner, a fearsome [[Skuxxoid]]. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 2|Void Rivals #2}}

The pair engaged in combat with the Skuxxoid, with Darak becoming stunned by a shot to the chest. Solila helped him escape the skirmish as they journeyed deep into the Rockeroid. Darak remarked upon her battle prowess, which suited a warrior more than a pilot. He had no time to absorb this knowledge, as they were besieged by a [[Quintesson Scorpia]]. Solila distracted the creature long enough for Darak to shut a door on it from overhead, destroying a claw and damaging it beyond repair. They immediately came across another Quintesson-this time a [[Quintesson Prosecutor|Prosecutor]], who proposed an alliance to dispose of the Skuxxoid and escape the Rockeroid. However, the Skuxxoid realized Darak and Solila had no bounties and were thus worthless to him, and offered them a [[Nebulan|Nebulos]] spacecraft in exchange for the metals on their ramshackle craft. Darak was intrigued and they took the deal, leaving the Prosecutor furious.

Aboard the Nebulan ship and en route to the Sacred Ring, Solila expressed concern about what would happen when they returned home. Darak was more relaxed and optimistic, hoping to appeal to his father, and expecting that the Agorrians and Zertonians alike would detest being set against each other by the conspiracy they uncovered. He suggested that they part ways via escape pods to their respective worlds upon arrival, and she agreed. Solila thanked him for suggesting that they work together, and he let his guard down-and Solila knocked him unconscious with her spear. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 3|Void Rivals #3}}

Even while Darak was unconscious, Handroid attempted to prevent Solila from taking the craft to Zertonia, but she reached the upper hand and forced it to surrender. On Zertonia, Darak was disappointed in himself for believing that they were friends. Solila rebuked him, saying that they were at best rivals, which he found wryly amusing. Even after she apologized for her attack, he still managed to display optimism towards her. He glibly assessed their situation thus far, but again Solila was upon him, suggesting that if he wanted to survive, he would keep quiet about removing their helmets, and everything else they discussed about their worlds in private. He was marched out in front of Zertonian society, and his masked appearance was revolting to the populace as he was led away to a detention cell. While he tried to escape the cell, he was surprised when later, Solila was tossed inside with him. He learned that she had inadvertently admitted to caring for him and was incarcerated as a result. He grimly noted how she was locked up despite her double-cross, laughing both at her and at their grim situation. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 4|Void Rivals #4}}

Darak tried to understand what would happen next, and Solila told him that the situation had changed: since [[Zalilak]] had already been aware of their secret, they would not only both be killed, but Darak himself would be tortured for more information. Right on cue, Zertonian guards entered the cell, sedated him, and dragged him away for interrogation. He managed to be flippant in the face of torture for three days, never revealing more than his name and that he was a pilot. When his interrogator took a reprieve, he asked Handroid to find a flaw in his restraints only to realize Handroid had been removed. All alone, he laughed in deep despair.

From within the darkness, a mysterious Zertonian child named [[Ultum]] approached him and freed him. Through a tortuous path, Ultum led Darak away from the interrogation chamber and they snuck around just out of sight until they arrived at a secret meeting place of [[Unifier]]s, a group of Zertonian underground resistance members. The Unifier [[Kanela]] wanted Darak's help in reuniting the Agorrians and Zertonians, but Darak refused to even listen to her proposal unless they also agreed to rescue Solila. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 5|Void Rivals #5}}
{{ongoing}}

[[Category:Agorrians]]

Solila

2023-11-05T01:32:30Z

Prime Radiant: /* Energon Universe */

:''Solila is a [[Zertonian]] from the [[Energon Universe]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:Solila.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Don't run away, [[Darak|coward]]. You'll pay for this insult. I'll be back.]]

'''Solila''' is a [[Zertonian]] warrior and pilot. A fierce and capable combatant, she holds herself responsible for the preservation of her people against their enemies, the [[Agorrian]]s. However, she will break with tradition when she sees fit to, whether in allying herself with [[Darak|an Agorrian under dire circumstances]] or abandoning her role as a [[Keeper of the Light]].

==Fiction==
===Energon Universe===
Solila was once a member of the Keepers of the Light, a group at odds with the Zertonian Premier [[Zalilak]]. Later, she disavowed them despite once describing herself as its "First Chosen". {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 5|Void Rivals #5}}

Much later, a comet containing four thousand tons of ice approached the [[Sacred Ring]]. [[Zertonia]] was experiencing a water shortage, and thus Solila was dispatched to intercept the comet in her spacecraft, a [[Star Wing]]. However, the Agorrians had also launched a [[Jump Jet]] to capture the comet, and both ships were caught in the comet's gravity and thrown off course to an unknown planet. Solila explored the planet and found that the Agorrian, Darak, had survived as well and attacked him with her spear.

After Darak got the upper hand in a skirmish, she asked for clemency before he would deliver a fatal blow. They both tentatively formed an alliance, intending to use parts of each other's spacecraft to escape the unknown planet together. However, their first attempt failed, and Solila ran away in despair, not wanting to die next to a mortal enemy. She soon discovered the remains of yet another spacecraft, and she successfully powered it up. However, this was actually the [[Transformer|Cybertronian]] [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], who informed them both that he had to return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], leaving them behind. Solila once again despaired and Darak suggested they could employ the technology in their flight armor and helmets to modifying Darak's ship. They each ignored the taboo about removing their helmets in front of their enemies-only to discover that they were of the same species. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 1|Void Rivals #1}}

Solila listened to Darak tell her about a vision he had, about the origins of the Zertonians, Agorrians, and the Sacred Ring itself, and was convinced that it was [[Zerta]] herself speaking to him. The vision of their shared origins made her reflect on how their war was perhaps a conspiracy, and she was committed to returning to the Sacred Ring with Darak's help. As they assembled their escape craft, Solila became angry with herself for failing to obtain resources for her people and colluding with the enemy, but Darak's pragmatic demeanor gave her some temporary relief. Their makeshift spacecraft escaped the unknown planet, but was soon captured by the [[Skuxxoid]] and his [[Rockeroid]]. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 2|Void Rivals #2}}

Solila took point in the brief battle against the Skuxxoid, holding her own by remote controlling her spear. Darak was surprised by her battle prowess, well beyond what he expected for a pilot. She helped the wounded Darak escape deep into the Rockeroid, where they teamed up against a [[Quintesson Scorpia|mechanical scorpion-like machine]] and ultimately destroyed it. As if that weren't enough, they came across a [[Quintesson Prosecutor|Quintesson]] who offered them a way off the Rockeroid if they worked together against the Skuxxoid. However, the Skuxxoid later found that Solila and Darak had no bounties and thus no longer had any interest in them. To the Quintesson's chagrin, they made a deal with the Skuxxoid, trading the rare metals in their makeshift ship for a [[Nebulan|Nebulos]] transport ship, and they escaped together.

Solila and Darak made a deal to each go to their respective peoples and share their revelations, though Solila had her private doubts in the face of Darak's optimism that it would go over well. When they reached the Sacred Ring, Solila thanked Darak for choosing cooperation instead of aggression—and immediately delivered an electric shock to him, rendering him unconscious. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 3|Void Rivals #3}}

After convincing Darak's [[Handroid]] to stop resisting, Solila landed on Zertonia. Darak regained consciousness, and was more disappointed than surprised by Solila's betrayal. She confessed that she considered him neither friend nor enemy-but at best, a rival. She warned Darak to not divulge any details of their revelation if he valued his life.

Prostrating before Premier Zalilak, she begged forgiveness for failing to capture the comet, but Zalilak assured her that capturing an Agorrian was a worthy substitute, since he could be ransomed for resources. She expressed relief that Darak would be unharmed, and that was enough to pique Zalilak's curiosity. She confessed that she and Darak had seen each other's faces, and was immediately incarcerated with Darak himself. Enduring Darak's taunts, she revealed that Zalilak already had been aware of the secret of their species. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 4|Void Rivals #4}}

Solila was bleak about their shared fate: she was confident that they would both be killed in order to preserve the secret that they uncovered. She could only apologize and watch helplessly as Darak was drugged and dragged from their cell for interrogation. Solila barely had time to react to this when Mistress [[Vill]] and two other members of the Keepers of the Light arrived in secret. Vill expressed disappointment in Solila's naivete and her abandonment of the order. Solila only had harsh words in reply, calling her a witch and zealot. Vill expressed disdain that Solila espoused Zalilak's path, but revealed that she came not to admonish, but to save her from death: she gives Solila a key, containing both the circular Agorrian symbol and the Zertonian triangular symbol. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 5|Void Rivals #5}}
{{ongoing}}
[[Category:Zertonians]]

Solila

2023-11-05T01:26:34Z

Prime Radiant: /* Energon Universe */

:''Solila is a [[Zertonian]] from the [[Energon Universe]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:Solila.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Don't run away, [[Darak|coward]]. You'll pay for this insult. I'll be back.]]

'''Solila''' is a [[Zertonian]] warrior and pilot. A fierce and capable combatant, she holds herself responsible for the preservation of her people against their enemies, the [[Agorrian]]s. However, she will break with tradition when she sees fit to, whether in allying herself with [[Darak|an Agorrian under dire circumstances]] or abandoning her role as a [[Keeper of the Light]].

==Fiction==
===Energon Universe===
Solila was once a member of the Keepers of the Light, a group at odds with the Zertonian Premier [[Zalilak]]. Later, she disavowed them despite once describing herself as its "First Chosen". {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 5|Void Rivals #5}}

Much later, a comet containing four thousand tons of ice approached the [[Sacred Ring]]. [[Zertonia]] was experiencing a water shortage, and thus Solila was dispatched to intercept the comet in her spacecraft, a [[Star Wing]]. However, the Agorrians had also launched a [[Jump Jet]] to capture the comet, and both ships were caught in the comet's gravity and thrown off course to an unknown planet. Solila explored the planet and found that the Agorrian, Darak, had survived as well and attacked him with her bladed-staff weapon.

After Darak got the upper hand in a skirmish, she asked for clemency before he would deliver a fatal blow. They both tentatively formed an alliance, intending to use parts of each other's spacecraft to escape the unknown planet together. However, their first attempt failed, and Solila ran away in despair, not wanting to die next to a mortal enemy. She soon discovered the remains of yet another spacecraft, and she successfully powered it up. However, this was actually the [[Transformer|Cybertronian]] [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], who informed them both that he had to return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Solila once again despaired and Darak suggested they could employ the technology in their flight armor and helmets to modifying Darak's ship. They each ignored the taboo about removing their helmets to each other's race-only to discover that they were of the same species. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 1|Void Rivals #1}}

Solila listened to Darak tell her about a vision he had, about the origins of the Zertonians, Agorrians, and the Sacred Ring itself,
and was convinced that it was [[Zerta]] herself speaking to him. The vision of their shared origins made her reflect on how their war was perhaps a conspiracy, and she was committed to returning to the Sacred Ring with Darak's help. As they assembled their escape craft, Solila became angry with herself for failing to obtain resources for her people and colluding with the enemy, but Darak's pragmatic demeanor gave her some temporary relief. Their makeshift spacecraft escaped the unknown planet, but was soon captured by the [[Skuxxoid]] and his [[Rockeroid]]. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 2|Void Rivals #2}}

Solila took point in the brief battle against the Skuxxoid, holding her own by remote controlling her spear. Darak was suprised by her battle prowess, well beyond what he expected for a pilot. She helped the wounded Darak escape deep into the Rockeroid, where they teamed up against a mechanical scorpion-like machine and ultimately crushed it. As if that weren't enough, they came across a [[Quintesson Prosecutor|Quintesson]] who offered them a way off the Rockeroid if they worked together against the Skuxxoid. However, the
Skuxxoid later found that Solila and Darak had no bounties and thus no longer had any interest in them. To the Quintesson's chagrin, they made a deal with the Skuxxoid, trading the rare metals in their makeshift ship for a [[Nebulan|Nebulos]] transport ship, and they escaped together.

Solila and Darak made a deal to each go to their respective peoples and share their revelations, though Solila had her private doubts in the face of Darak's optimism that it would go over well. When they reached the Sacred Ring, Solila thanked Darak for choosing cooperation instead of aggression—and immediately delivered an electric shock to him, rendering him unconscious. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 3|Void Rivals #3}}

After convincing Darak's [[Handroid]] to stop resisting, Solila landed on Zertonia. Darak regained consciousness, and was more disappointed than surprised by Solila's betrayal. She confessed that she considered him neither friend nor enemy-but at best, a rival. She warned Darak to not divulge any details of their revelation if he valued his life.

Prostrating before Premier Zalilak, she begged forgiveness for failing to capture the comet, but Zalilak assured her that capturing an Agorrian was a worthy substitute, since he could be ransomed for resources. She expressed relief that Darak would be unharmed, and that was enough to pique Zalilak's curiosity. She confessed that she and Darak had seen each other's faces, and was immediately incarcerated with Darak himself. Enduring Darak's taunts, she revealed that Zalilak already had been aware of the secret of their species. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 4|Void Rivals #4}}

Solila was bleak about their shared fates: she was confident that they would both be killed in order to preserve the secret that they uncovered. She could only apologize and watch helplessly as Darak was drugged and dragged from their cell for interrogation. Solila barely had time to react to this when Mistress [[Vill]] and two other members of the Keepers of the Light arrived in secret. Vill expressed disappointment in Solila's naivete and her abandonment of the order. Solila only had harsh words in reply, calling her a witch and zealot. Vill expressed disdain that Solila espoused Zalilak's path, but revealed that she came not to admonish, but to save her from death: she gives Solila a key, containing both the circular Agorrian symbol and the Zertonian triangular symbol. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 5|Void Rivals #5}}

{{ongoing}}

[[Category:Zertonians]]

Solila

2023-11-05T01:25:19Z

Prime Radiant: VR #4 and #5

:''Solila is a [[Zertonian]] from the [[Energon Universe]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:Solila.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Don't run away, [[Darak|coward]]. You'll pay for this insult. I'll be back.]]

'''Solila''' is a [[Zertonian]] warrior and pilot. A fierce and capable combatant, she holds herself responsible for the preservation of her people against their enemies, the [[Agorrian]]s. However, she will break with tradition when she sees fit to, whether in allying herself with [[Darak|an Agorrian under dire circumstances]] or abandoning her role as a [[Keeper of the Light]].

==Fiction==
===Energon Universe===
Solila was once a member of the Keepers of the Light, a group at odds with the Zertonian Premier [[Zalilak]]. Later, she disavowed them despite once describing herself as its "First Chosen". {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 5|Void Rivals #5}}

Much later, a comet containing four thousand tons of ice approached the [[Sacred Ring]]. [[Zertonia]] was experiencing a water shortage, and thus Solila was dispatched to intercept the comet in a [[Star Wing]] craft. However, the Agorrans had also launched a [[Jump Jet]] to capture the comet, and both ships were caught in the comet's gravity and thrown off course to an unknown planet. Solila explored the planet and found that the Agorrian, Darak, had survived as well and attacked him with her bladed-staff weapon.

After Darak got the upper hand in a skirmish, she asked for clemency before he would deliver a fatal blow. They both tentatively formed an alliance, intending to use parts of each other's spacecraft to escape the unknown planet together. However, their first attempt failed, and Solila ran away in despair, not wanting to die next to a mortal enemy. She soon discovered the remains of yet another spacecraft, and she successfully powered it up. However, this was actually the [[Transformer|Cybertronian]] [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], who informed them both that he had to return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Solila once again despaired and Darak suggested they could employ the technology in their flight armor and helmets to modifying Darak's ship. They each ignored the taboo about removing their helmets to each other's race-only to discover that they were of the same species. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 1|Void Rivals #1}}

Solila listened to Darak tell her about a vision he had, about the origins of the Zertonians, Agorrians, and the Sacred Ring itself,
and was convinced that it was [[Zerta]] herself speaking to him. The vision of their shared origins made her reflect on how their war was perhaps a conspiracy, and she was committed to returning to the Sacred Ring with Darak's help. As they assembled their escape craft, Solila became angry with herself for failing to obtain resources for her people and colluding with the enemy, but Darak's pragmatic demeanor gave her some temporary relief. Their makeshift spacecraft escaped the unknown planet, but was soon captured by the [[Skuxxoid]] and his [[Rockeroid]]. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 2|Void Rivals #2}}

Solila took point in the brief battle against the Skuxxoid, holding her own by remote controlling her spear. Darak was suprised by her battle prowess, well beyond what he expected for a pilot. She helped the wounded Darak escape deep into the Rockeroid, where they teamed up against a mechanical scorpion-like machine and ultimately crushed it. As if that weren't enough, they came across a [[Quintesson Prosecutor|Quintesson]] who offered them a way off the Rockeroid if they worked together against the Skuxxoid. However, the
Skuxxoid later found that Solila and Darak had no bounties and thus no longer had any interest in them. To the Quintesson's chagrin, they made a deal with the Skuxxoid, trading the rare metals in their makeshift ship for a [[Nebulan|Nebulos]] transport ship, and they escaped together.

Solila and Darak made a deal to each go to their respective peoples and share their revelations, though Solila had her private doubts in the face of Darak's optimism that it would go over well. When they reached the Sacred Ring, Solila thanked Darak for choosing cooperation instead of aggression—and immediately delivered an electric shock to him, rendering him unconscious. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 3|Void Rivals #3}}

After convincing Darak's [[Handroid]] to stop resisting, Solila landed on Zertonia. Darak regained consciousness, and was more disappointed than surprised by Solila's betrayal. She confessed that she considered him neither friend nor enemy-but at best, a rival. She warned Darak to not divulge any details of their revelation if he valued his life.

Prostrating before Premier Zalilak, she begged forgiveness for failing to capture the comet, but Zalilak assured her that capturing an Agorrian was a worthy substitute, since he could be ransomed for resources. She expressed relief that Darak would be unharmed, and that was enough to pique Zalilak's curiosity. She confessed that she and Darak had seen each other's faces, and was immediately incarcerated with Darak himself. Enduring Darak's taunts, she revealed that Zalilak already had been aware of the secret of their species. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 4|Void Rivals #4}}

Solila was bleak about their shared fates: she was confident that they would both be killed in order to preserve the secret that they uncovered. She could only apologize and watch helplessly as Darak was drugged and dragged from their cell for interrogation. Solila barely had time to react to this when Mistress [[Vill]] and two other members of the Keepers of the Light arrived in secret. Vill expressed disappointment in Solila's naivete and her abandonment of the order. Solila only had harsh words in reply, calling her a witch and zealot. Vill expressed disdain that Solila espoused Zalilak's path, but revealed that she came not to admonish, but to save her from death: she gives Solila a key, containing both the circular Agorrian symbol and the Zertonian triangular symbol. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 5|Void Rivals #5}}

{{ongoing}}

[[Category:Zertonians]]

Solila

2023-11-05T00:22:01Z

Prime Radiant: VR #3

:''Solila is a [[Zertonian]] from the [[Energon Universe]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
{{inprogress}}

[[File:Solila.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Don't run away, [[Darak|coward]]. You'll pay for this insult. I'll be back.]]

'''Solila''' is a [[Zertonian]] warrior and pilot. A fierce and capable combatant, she holds herself responsible for the preservation of her people against their enemies, the [[Agorrian]]s. However, she will break with tradition when she sees fit to, whether in allying herself with [[Darak|an Agorrian under dire circumstances]] or abandoning her role as a [[Keeper of the Light]].

==Fiction==
===Energon Universe===
Solila was once a member of the Keepers of the Light, a group at odds with the Zertonian leader [[Zalilak]]. Later, she considered them to be zealots and disavowed them despite once describing herself as its "First Chosen". {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 5|Void Rivals #5}}

Much later, a comet containing four thousand tons of ice approached the [[Sacred Ring]]. [[Zertonia]] was experiencing a water shortage, and thus Solila was dispatched to intercept the comet in a [[Star Wing]] craft. However, the Agorrans had also launched a [[Jump Jet]] to capture the comet, and both ships were caught in the comet's gravity and thrown off course to an unknown planet. Solila explored the planet and found that the Agorrian, Darak, had survived as well and attacked him with her bladed-staff weapon.

After Darak got the upper hand in a skirmish, she asked for clemency before he would deliver a fatal blow. They both tentatively formed an alliance, intending to use parts of each other's spacecraft to escape the unknown planet together. However, their first attempt failed, and Solila ran away in despair, not wanting to die next to a mortal enemy. She soon discovered the remains of yet another spacecraft, and she successfully powered it up. However, this was actually the [[Transformer|Cybertronian]] [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], who informed them both that he had to return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Solila once again despaired and Darak suggested they could employ the technology in their flight armor and helmets to modifying Darak's ship. They each ignored the taboo about removing their helmets to each other's race-only to discover that they were of the same species. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 1|Void Rivals #1}}

Solila listened to Darak tell her about a vision he had, about the origins of the Zertonians, Agorrians, and the Sacred Ring itself,
and was convinced that it was [[Zerta]] herself speaking to him. The vision of their shared origins made her reflect on how their war was perhaps a conspiracy, and she was committed to returning to the Sacred Ring with Darak's help. As they assembled their escape craft, Solila became angry with herself for failing to obtain resources for her people and colluding with the enemy, but Darak's pragmatic demeanor gave her some temporary relief. Their makeshift spacecraft escaped the unknown planet, but was soon captured by the [[Skuxxoid]] and his [[Rockeroid]]. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 2|Void Rivals #2}}

Solila took point in the brief battle against the Skuxxoid, holding her own by remote controlling her spear. Darak was suprised by her battle prowess, well beyond what he expected for a pilot. She helped the wounded Darak escape deep into the Rockeroid, where they teamed up against a mechanical scorpion-like machine and ultimately crushed it. As if that weren't enough, they came across a [[Quintesson Prosecutor|Quintesson]] who offered them a way off the Rockeroid if they worked together against the Skuxxoid. However, the
Skuxxoid later found that Solila and Darak had no bounties and thus no longer had any interest in them. To the Quintesson's chagrin, they made a deal with the Skuxxoid, trading the rare metals in their makeshift ship for a [[Nebulan|Nebulos]] transport ship, and they escaped together.

Solila and Darak made a deal to each go to their respective peoples and share their revelations, though Solila had her private doubts in the face of Darak's optimism that it would go over well. When they reached the Sacred Ring, Solila thanked Darak for choosing cooperation instead of aggression—and immediately delivered an electric shock to him, rendering him unconscious. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 3|Void Rivals #3}}

{{charstubfiction|Issues 4-5}}
{{ongoing}}

[[Category:Zertonians]]

Solila

2023-11-04T22:57:13Z

Prime Radiant:

:''Solila is a [[Zertonian]] from the [[Energon Universe]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
{{inprogress}}

[[File:Solila.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Don't run away, coward. You'll pay for this insult. I'll be back.]]

'''Solila''' is a [[Zertonian]] warrior and pilot. A fierce and capable combatant, she holds herself responsible for the preservation of her people against their enemies, the [[Agorrian]]s. However, she will break with tradition when she sees fit to, whether in allying herself with [[Darak|an Agorrian]] or abandoning her role as a [[Keeper of the Light]].

==Fiction==
===Energon Universe===
Solila was once a member of the Keepers of the Light, a group at odds with the Zertonian leader [[Zalilak]]. Later, she considered them to be zealots and disavowed them despite once describing herself as its "First Chosen". {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 5|Void Rivals #5}}

Much later, a comet containing four thousand tons of ice approached the [[Sacred Ring]]. [[Zertonia]] was experiencing a water shortage, and thus Solila was dispatched to intercept the comet in a [[Star Wing]] craft. However, the Agorrans had also launched a [[Jump Jet]] to capture the comet, and both ships were caught in the comet's gravity and thrown off course to an unknown planet. Solila explored the planet and found that the Agorrian, Darak, had survived as well and attacked him with her bladed-staff weapon.

After Darak got the upper hand in a skirmish, she asked for clemency before he would deliver a fatal blow. They both tentatively formed an alliance, intending to use parts of each other's spacecraft to escape the unknown planet together. However, their first attempt failed, and Solila ran away in despair, not wanting to die next to a mortal enemy. She soon discovered the remains of yet another spacecraft, and she successfully powered it up. However, this was actually the [[Transformer|Cybertronian]] [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], who informed them both that he had to return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Solila once again despaired and Darak suggested they could employ the technology in their flight armor and helmets to modifying Darak's ship. They each ignored the taboo about removing their helmets to each other's race-only to discover that they were of the same species. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 1|Void Rivals #1}}

Solila listened to Darak tell her about a vision he had, about the origins of the Zertonians, Agorrians, and the Sacred Ring itself,
and was convinced that it was [[Zerta]] herself speaking to him. The vision of their shared origins made her reflect on how their war was perhaps a conspiracy, and she was committed to returning to the Sacred Ring with Darak's help. As they assembled their escape craft, Solila became angry with herself for failing to obtain resources for her people and colluding with the enemy, but Darak's pragmatic demeanor gave her some temporary relief. Their makeshift spacecraft escaped the unknown planet, but was soon captured by the [[Skuxxoid]] and his [[Rockeroid]]. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 2|Void Rivals #2}}

[[Category:Zertonians]]

Solila

2023-11-04T22:55:01Z

Prime Radiant: caption (thanks CyberLink)

:''Solila is a [[Zertonian]] from the [[Energon Universe]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
{{inprogress}}

[[File:Solila.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Don't run away, coward. You'll pay for this insult. I'll be back.]]

'''Solila''' is a [[Zertonian]] warrior and pilot. A fierce and capable combatant, she holds herself responsible for the preservation of her people against their enemies, the [[Agorrian]]s. However, she will break with tradition when she sees fit to, whether in allying herself with [[an Agorrian|Darak]] or abandoning her role as a [[Keeper of the Light]].

==Fiction==
===Energon Universe===
Solila was once a member of the Keepers of the Light, a group at odds with the Zertonian leader [[Zalilak]]. Later, she considered them to be zealots and disavowed them despite once describing herself as its "First Chosen". {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 5|Void Rivals #5}}

Much later, a comet containing four thousand tons of ice approached the [[Sacred Ring]]. [[Zertonia]] was experiencing a water shortage, and thus Solila was dispatched to intercept the comet in a [[Star Wing]] craft. However, the Agorrans had also launched a [[Jump Jet]] to capture the comet, and both ships were caught in the comet's gravity and thrown off course to an unknown planet. Solila explored the planet and found that the Agorrian, Darak, had survived as well and attacked him with her bladed-staff weapon.

After Darak got the upper hand in a skirmish, she asked for clemency before he would deliver a fatal blow. They both tentatively formed an alliance, intending to use parts of each other's spacecraft to escape the unknown planet together. However, their first attempt failed, and Solila ran away in despair, not wanting to die next to a mortal enemy. She soon discovered the remains of yet another spacecraft, and she successfully powered it up. However, this was actually the [[Transformer|Cybertronian]] [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], who informed them both that he had to return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Solila once again despaired and Darak suggested they could employ the technology in their flight armor and helmets to modifying Darak's ship. They each ignored the taboo about removing their helmets to each other's race-only to discover that they were of the same species. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 1|Void Rivals #1}}

Solila listened to Darak tell her about a vision he had, about the origins of the Zertonians, Agorrians, and the Sacred Ring itself,
and was convinced that it was [[Zerta]] herself speaking to him. The vision of their shared origins made her reflect on how their war was perhaps a conspiracy, and she was committed to returning to the Sacred Ring with Darak's help. As they assembled their escape craft, Solila became angry with herself for failing to obtain resources for her people and colluding with the enemy, but Darak's pragmatic demeanor gave her some temporary relief. Their makeshift spacecraft escaped the unknown planet, but was soon captured by the [[Skuxxoid]] and his [[Rockeroid]]. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 2|Void Rivals #2}}

[[Category:Zertonians]]

Solila

2023-11-04T22:50:53Z

Prime Radiant: add continuity family

:''Solila is a [[Zertonian]] from the [[Energon Universe]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
{{inprogress}}

[[File:Solila.jpg|thumb|right|150px]]

'''Solila''' is a [[Zertonian]] warrior and pilot. A fierce and capable combatant, she holds herself responsible for the preservation of her people against their enemies, the [[Agorrian]]s. However, she will break with tradition when she sees fit to, whether in allying herself with [[an Agorrian|Darak]] or abandoning her role as a [[Keeper of the Light]].

==Fiction==
===Energon Universe===
Solila was once a member of the Keepers of the Light, a group at odds with the Zertonian leader [[Zalilak]]. Later, she considered them to be zealots and disavowed them despite once describing herself as its "First Chosen". {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 5|Void Rivals #5}}

Much later, a comet containing four thousand tons of ice approached the [[Sacred Ring]]. [[Zertonia]] was experiencing a water shortage, and thus Solila was dispatched to intercept the comet in a [[Star Wing]] craft. However, the Agorrans had also launched a [[Jump Jet]] to capture the comet, and both ships were caught in the comet's gravity and thrown off course to an unknown planet. Solila explored the planet and found that the Agorrian, Darak, had survived as well and attacked him with her bladed-staff weapon.

After Darak got the upper hand in a skirmish, she asked for clemency before he would deliver a fatal blow. They both tentatively formed an alliance, intending to use parts of each other's spacecraft to escape the unknown planet together. However, their first attempt failed, and Solila ran away in despair, not wanting to die next to a mortal enemy. She soon discovered the remains of yet another spacecraft, and she successfully powered it up. However, this was actually the [[Transformer|Cybertronian]] [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], who informed them both that he had to return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Solila once again despaired and Darak suggested they could employ the technology in their flight armor and helmets to modifying Darak's ship. They each ignored the taboo about removing their helmets to each other's race-only to discover that they were of the same species. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 1|Void Rivals #1}}

Solila listened to Darak tell her about a vision he had, about the origins of the Zertonians, Agorrians, and the Sacred Ring itself,
and was convinced that it was [[Zerta]] herself speaking to him. The vision of their shared origins made her reflect on how their war was perhaps a conspiracy, and she was committed to returning to the Sacred Ring with Darak's help. As they assembled their escape craft, Solila became angry with herself for failing to obtain resources for her people and colluding with the enemy, but Darak's pragmatic demeanor gave her some temporary relief. Their makeshift spacecraft escaped the unknown planet, but was soon captured by the [[Skuxxoid]] and his [[Rockeroid]]. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 2|Void Rivals #2}}

[[Category:Zertonians]]

Solila

2023-11-04T22:43:10Z

Prime Radiant:

{{inprogress}}
[[File:Solila.jpg|thumb|right|150px]]

'''Solila''' is a [[Zertonian]] warrior and pilot. A fierce and capable combatant, she holds herself responsible for the preservation of her people against their enemies, the [[Agorrian]]s. However, she will break with tradition when she sees fit to, whether in allying herself with [[an Agorrian|Darak]] or abandoning her role as a [[Keeper of the Light]].

==Fiction==
===Energon Universe===
Solila was once a member of the Keepers of the Light, a group at odds with the Zertonian leader [[Zalilak]]. Later, she considered them to be zealots and disavowed them despite once describing herself as its "First Chosen". {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 5|Void Rivals #5}}

Much later, a comet containing four thousand tons of ice approached the [[Sacred Ring]]. [[Zertonia]] was experiencing a water shortage, and thus Solila was dispatched to intercept the comet in a [[Star Wing]] craft. However, the Agorrans had also launched a [[Jump Jet]] to capture the comet, and both ships were caught in the comet's gravity and thrown off course to an unknown planet. Solila explored the planet and found that the Agorrian, Darak, had survived as well and attacked him with her bladed-staff weapon.

After Darak got the upper hand in a skirmish, she asked for clemency before he would deliver a fatal blow. They both tentatively formed an alliance, intending to use parts of each other's spacecraft to escape the unknown planet together. However, their first attempt failed, and Solila ran away in despair, not wanting to die next to a mortal enemy. She soon discovered the remains of yet another spacecraft, and she successfully powered it up. However, this was actually the [[Transformer|Cybertronian]] [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], who informed them both that he had to return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Solila once again despaired and Darak suggested they could employ the technology in their flight armor and helmets to modifying Darak's ship. They each ignored the taboo about removing their helmets to each other's race-only to discover that they were of the same species. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 1|Void Rivals #1}}

Solila listened to Darak tell her about a vision he had, about the origins of the Zertonians, Agorrians, and the Sacred Ring itself,
and was convinced that it was [[Zerta]] herself speaking to him. The vision of their shared origins made her reflect on how their war was perhaps a conspiracy, and she was committed to returning to the Sacred Ring with Darak's help. As they assembled their escape craft, Solila became angry with herself for failing to obtain resources for her people and colluding with the enemy, but Darak's pragmatic demeanor gave her some temporary relief. Their makeshift spacecraft escaped the unknown planet, but was soon captured by the [[Skuxxoid]] and his [[Rockeroid]]. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 2|Void Rivals #2}}

[[Category:Zertonians]]

Solila

2023-11-04T22:39:50Z

Prime Radiant: VR #1 and #2 draft

{{inprogress}}
[[File:Solila.jpg|thumb|right|150px]]

'''Solila''' is a [[Zertonian]] warrior and pilot. A fierce and capable combatant, she holds herself responsible for the preservation of her people against their enemies, the [[Agorran]]s. However, she will break with tradition when she sees fit to, whether in allying herself with [[an Agorran|Darak]] or abandoning her role as a [[Keeper of the Light]].

==Fiction==
===Energon Universe===
Solila was once a member of the Keepers of the Light, a group at odds with the Zertonian leader [[Zalilak]]. Later, she considered them to be zealots and disavowed them despite once describing herself as its "First Chosen". {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 5|Void Rivals #5}}

Much later, a comet containing four thousand tons of ice approached the [[Sacred Ring]]. [[Zertonia]] was experiencing a water shortage, and thus Solila was dispatched to intercept the comet in a [[Star Wing]] craft. However, the Agorrans had also launched a [[Jump Jet]] to capture the comet, and both ships were caught in the comet's gravity and thrown off course to an unknown planet. Solila explored the planet and found that the Agorran, Darak, had survived as well and attacked him with her bladed-staff weapon.

After Darak got the upper hand in a skirmish, she asked for clemency before he would deliver a fatal blow. They both tentatively formed an alliance, intending to use parts of each other's spacecraft to escape the unknown planet together. However, their first attempt failed, and Solila ran away in despair, not wanting to die next to a mortal enemy. She soon discovered the remains of yet another spacecraft, and she successfully powered it up. However, this was actually the [[Transformer|Cybertronian]] [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], who informed them both that he had to return to Cybertron. Solila once again despaired and Darak suggested they could employ the technology in their flight armor and helmets to modifying Darak's ship. They each ignored the taboo about removing their helmets to each other's race-only to discover that they were of the same species. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 1|Void Rivals #1}}

Solila listened to Darak tell her about a vision he had, about the origins of the Zertonians, Agorrans, and the Sacred Ring itself,
and was convinced that it was [[Zerta]] herself speaking to him. The vision of their shared origins made her reflect on how their war was perhaps a conspiracy, and she was committed to returning to the Sacred Ring with Darak's help. As they assembled their escape craft, Solila became angry with herself for failing to obtain resources for her people and colluding with the enemy, but Darak's pragmatic demeanor gave her some temporary relief. Their makeshift spacecraft escaped the unknown planet, but was soon captured by the [[Skuxxoid]] and his [[Rockeroid]]. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 2|Void Rivals #2}}

[[Category:Zertonians]]

File:Solila.jpg

2023-11-04T22:26:29Z

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Transformers (2023) issue 1

2023-10-04T20:27:00Z

Prime Radiant: /* Errors */ Starscream speech bubble error

{{Comicstory
|seriesissue=''[[Transformers (2023 comic)|Transformers]]'' #1
|prev=Void Rivals issue 1
|next=Transformers (2023) issue 2
|prev2=
|image=Transformers 2023 1 cvr.jpg
|caption=Alright, let’s do this one more time.
|title=
|publisher=[[Image Comics]] [[Skybound Entertainment]]
|date=[[October 4]], [[2023]]
|coverdate=October 2023
|written by=[[Daniel Warren Johnson]]
|art by=Daniel Warren Johnson
|colors by=[[Mike Spicer]]
|letters by=[[Rus Wooton]]
|editor=[[Sean Mackiewicz]]
|continuity=[[Energon Universe]]
|chronology=
}}

'''After centuries of slumber, the Autobots and Decepticons awaken on a strange new world.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] finds his father, [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]], asleep in a bar. Spike asks his father how long he’s been there, to which [[Danny]] the bartender answers since noon. Sparkplug notices that Spike has his brother [[Jimmy Witwicky|Jimmy]]'s telescope with him. Spike tells him that he and [[Carly]] were planning to go up to [[Hanger's Rock]] to look at the full moon. He says it helps him remember Jimmy, to which Sparkplug grouses that it's better to just forget. Spike fires back at his father, telling him he won't end up like Jimmy. Meanwhile, [[Jerry (G1)|another patron]] is drunkenly ranting about how he saw a giant boxy jet fly down from space. Their conversation is interrupted by the arrival of Sparkplug's co-worker, [[Davey]], here to pick him up for their shifts. Sparkplug tells Spike that he has to grow up eventually, to which Spike angrily asks if he means being like him. As the adults drive off, Carly arrives to pick Spike up in her van. Carly consoles a dejected Spike by suggesting they go "pretend they're on another planet."

At Hanger's Rock, the pair climb the mountain in search of a better view and discuss their future ambitions. Spike has recently been accepted to the University of California, Berkeley, where he wishes to follow in Jimmy's footsteps and become an astronaut, though he's reluctant to actually tell his father about it since Jimmy's death. Carly, meanwhile, has been looking at art schools, but she and her father are struggling to make it work financially. Carly takes Spike's hand in hers, telling him how sorry she is about what’s going on with his family. As the two teenagers lean in closer, an earthquake shakes the ground, causing the mountain to split open and sending the two plummeting into the depths below. Recovering, they find themselves inside a giant circular structure — the booster of [[Ark (G1)|a giant spacecraft]]. Spike ventures further inside the spacecraft and finds the main control room, littered with the mangled bodies of what appears to be some sort of giant robots.

[[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] flies into the ''Ark'' and transforms, grateful to have found his fallen friends. He activates [[Teletraan I|Teletraan One]] to repair and reconstruct his fellow Cybertronians, granting them new forms he found on [[Earth]]. The first to be reactivated is [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. Jetfire warmly greets his old friend, having not seen him in centuries. Starscream thanks Jetfire for waking him and says that he's glad he "picked the right side" before immediately turning to the nearby [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and blasting his head off. The stunned Jetfire, unaware that their people have been at war for the past hundred years, tries to stop him, but Starscream turns his weapons on his old friend for showing weakness. Starscream aims his weapon at [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] next, but he is stopped by a reconstructed [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]!

As the [[Autobot]] leader and [[Decepticon]] warrior fight, Prime notices the humans and instinctively dives to protect them from Starscream’s fire. Starscream's attack is halted by the intervention of [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], right as Teletraan One reconstructs [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]. Realizing the computer is reconstructing them randomly, Starscream tells Skywarp to bring their fellow Decepticons closer. Optimus realizes that the Decepticons will outnumber them and orders a retreat, telling Ratchet to load their fellow Autobots into his new form's trailer while he fends off their opponents. He reaches for his [[ion blaster]] but is intercepted by cannon fire from a revived [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]. As he recovers, he sees Bumblebee's remains, cradling him in despair before being beset by Starscream and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]. Seeing this, Spike and Carly run out and push Prime's blaster to him, allowing him to fight back.

Left with no choice, Optimus fires at Teletraan One, destroying the computer and preventing the remaining Decepticons from being reconstructed. As Teletraan explodes, Optimus grabs Carly and Spike. He and Ratchet transform and drive out of the ''Ark'' into the mountains below, Starscream and Skywarp in hot pursuit despite their low [[energon]] levels. Jetfire regains consciousness and follows after them, firing on Starscream much to his regret. Starscream volleys back, critically wounding Jetfire. Fortunately for the Autobots, Skywarp begins to run out of energy and the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] are forced to retreat.

Needing to recuperate, Spike leads the Autobots to an abandoned quarry. As he succumbs to his injuries, Jetfire apologizes to Optimus; so much has changed since he left Cybertron in hopes of saving it. Optimus tries to use the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to heal Jetfire, but Ratchet tells him that his injuries are too great. Optimus grips his old friend's hand as he passes, still lamenting his failure. Back in the ''Ark'', Soundwave reports to Starscream that he is unable to fix Teletraan One, as they lack both the energon and the raw materials necessary. Until it is repaired, they are the only Decepticons left. Soundwave has already sent [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] to scout for possible energon sources, but the job of harvesting it falls to Starscream since he has the most energon reserved. Begrudgingly, Starscream accepts. After all, he is leader of the Decepticons now.

As Davey and Sparkplug end their shift at the nearby power plant, Davey tries to talk to Sparkplug about his recent troubles, but they are interrupted by the arrival of Starscream, irritated he has to be the one doing all the work. The pair try to escape, but Starscream notices them. Sparkplug hides inside the plant, while Davey is snatched up by the giant alien. Starscream smiles to himself as he crushes Davey in his hand, amused at how fragile, squishy, and pathetic the humans are.

{{--}}

==Featured characters==
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks. 
{{Featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (2)
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (11)
* [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (12)
* [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (13)
* [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] (14)
* [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (15)
* [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (17)
* [[Hound (G1)|Hound]]’s arm (18)

|c2=
* [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (8)
* [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (9)
* [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (10)
* [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (19)
* [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]] (20)
* [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (21)

|c3=
* [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] (1)
* [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] (3)
* [[Danny]] (4)
* [[Jerry (G1)|Jerry]] (5)
* [[Davey]] (6)
* [[Carly]] (7)

|c4=
* [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] (16)
}}

==Quotes==
"You must forgive me. I have been away for centuries. I did not know about the war. I did not know you were the new Prime..." 
"I remember the day you left our home to find a way to save it." 
"And you... were so young then." 
"Much has changed since you left our planet. All for the worse." 
:—'''Jetfire''' and '''Optimus Prime'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Jetfire's arrival on Earth follows from his awakening in [[Void Rivals issue 1|the first issue]] of ''[[Void Rivals]]''. How long he was asleep exactly is a little unclear. In ''Void Rivals'', he mentions being stranded for millions of years, but here he says he was away for merely centuries.
* Cybertron's energon shortage was hinted at by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] in ''Void Rivals'' [[Void Rivals issue 4|#4]].
* Soundwave and Starscream allude to the absence of the usual Decepticon leader, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. Hmm... Where could he be?

===Transformers references===
* Like with ''Void Rivals'', this new series draws heavy influence from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]]:
** The character designs all pull directly from Generation 1.
** The ''Ark'' crashing into a mountain and the Autobots and Decepticons being repaired and awoken by Teletraan One is lifted from the premiere episode, "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]", right down to one of the Decepticons being reactivated first.
** Spike, Sparkplug, and Carly all originate from the Generation 1 cartoon, though Carly has been heavily reimagined.
* This [[Darkness Rising, Part 1|isn't the]] [[Infiltration issue 1|first time]] a new ''Transformers'' series launched with Starscream in command in lieu of Megatron.

===Real-world references===
* Page 1 suggests the book is a 1980s period piece, with images of the ''Ark'' crashing interspersed with Sparkplug's memories of the [[Vietnam War]] and what may have been the {{w|Space Shuttle Challenger disaster|Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' disaster}}; based on the context, it seems likely that Jimmy was one of the victims in the latter.
* Carly's van art features several staples of van murals, such as a wizard inspired by {{w|Gandalf}} from ''{{w|The Lord of the Rings}}'', a barbarian resembling {{w|Conan the Barbarian|Conan}}, and a fantasy castle and dragon.

===Errors===
* Bumblebee's body is seen near Optimus Prime’s trailer, despite him being across the ship near Teletraan One when Starscream blew his head off.
* When Starscream is forced to break off his pursuit of the Autobots, his speech bubble is pointing to Skywarp.

===Other trivia===
* Prior to its official release, an ashcan copy of this issue was available exclusively at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2023. The ashcan had certain pages taken out to prevent spoilers, as well as featuring concept art and designs for various characters.
* In early solicitations for this issue, the cover had an original logo with blue text broken over two lines;<ref>[https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/AUG230407 ''Transformers'' #1 CVR A JOHNSON on PREVIEWSworld]</ref> the final cover uses the standard modern logo, leaving some unsightly negative space above Prime's head.
* This issue sold out at the distributor level before it was even officially released, prompting Skybound to announce a second printing the day before it hit retailer shelves.

===Covers===
* '''Cover A:''' Optimus Prime emerges from an explosion, by Daniel Warren Johnson and Mike Spicer.
* '''Cover B:''' The Autobots, by Daniel Warren Johnson and Mike Spicer.
* '''Cover C:''' The Decepticons, by Daniel Warren Johnson and Mike Spicer.
* '''Cover D:''' Optimus Prime destroys Starscream, by [[Ryan Ottley]].
* '''Cover E (1:10 Copy Incentive):''' Connecting cover, by Orlando Arocena.
* '''Cover F (1:25 Copy Incentive):''' Optimus leaps on Starscream to save Carly's van as Laserbeak and Ravage attack, by [[Cliff Chiang]].
* '''Cover G (1:50 Copy Incentive):''' Optimus Prime, by [[Francis Manapul]].
* '''Cover H (1:100 Copy Incentive):''' Starscream holds Bumblebee’s head, by [[Ian Bertram]].
* '''Cover I:''' Blank sketch cover.

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Infestation (Dreamwave)

2023-09-28T13:09:38Z

Prime Radiant: /* Notes */ Uh, I don't see any evidence for this being a "Transformer S.T.D."

{{disambig3|Infestation}}
{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[Transformers: Generation 1 (Dreamwave)|''Transformers: Generation One'']] #7
|prev=Atonement
|next=Extermination
|image=G1 Vol.3 Issue7 1.jpg
|title="Infestation"
|date=[[August 25]], [[2004]]
|coverdate=August 2004
|publisher=[[Dreamwave Productions]]
|story=[[James McDonough|James "Brad Mick" McDonough]] and [[Adam Patyk]]
|pencils=[[Don Figueroa]]
|inks=[[Elaine To]]
|colors=[[Espen Grundetjern]] and [[Jong-im Winterbell Lee|Jong-Im Lee]]
|letters=[[Ben Lee]]
|chronology=[[Dreamwave timeline|Modern era]]
|continuity=[[Dreamwave Generation One continuity|Dreamwave continuity]]
}}
'''Something is afoot in San Desto, so the EDC and their robot pals go to get to the bottom of things.'''

==Synopsis==
In a [[San Desto]] [[Aztec Theatres|theater]], two soldiers casually joke with each other while watching the airing of some [[Enter the Nightbird (film)|legitimate cinema]] (while they're supposed to be investigating why the rest of the town is mysteriously abandoned). From the shadows, one soldier is stung on the back of the neck by some kind of [[Cerebro-shell|metallic bug]]. The [[Colligan|other soldier]] inquires as to why his partner has suddenly gone silent, but is ambushed by something frightening. Halfway through sending out a radio message for help, he too is silenced.

[[Image:Marissafairebornedw2.jpg|left|180px|thumb|It was either join the EDC, or join G.I. Joe and get hit on by [[Shipwreck|sailors]].]]
At the [[Earth Defense Command|EDC]] HQ located in [[Area 51]], Marissa Faireborn replays the unfinished radio message to a repaired Jazz, Sunstreaker, and Sideswipe. Jazz understands that the three [[Autobot]]s have been recruited to help investigate the potentially [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian]] urban anomaly. Before Jazz complies, Marissa takes Jazz and the other two Autobots on a tour of the facility. After a security scan, the group meets up with Warpath and Bumper, while Wheeljack and Windcharger are undergoing repairs from EDC personnel. After some friction between Warpath and Sunstreaker, Warpath agrees to stay behind while the rest of the Autobots go along with Marissa to San Desto.

Starscream, [[Atonement|after surviving Sunstorm's insanity]], returns to the [[Decepticon]] base, where Rumble and Frenzy were wasting time shooting fish in a barrel.

In Area 51, the Autobots are being briefed for the mission to San Desto, which suddenly went into a communication blackout. As Marissa explains how human reconnaissance has failed, Sideswipe notices on a monitor a brief flicker of an image of [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] held in captivity.

Later, on the flight to San Desto, Marissa hits on Jazz, Bumper acts insecure, and Sunstreaker is jerky. Everybody parachutes out of the helicopter and lands softly, but Bumper earns Sunstreaker's disdain when the amateur gets tangled in his own parachute lines. Sunstreaker and Sideswipe head in one direction, while Bumper and [[EDC Night Force Unit|the human soldiers]] head in another, leaving Jazz teamed with Marissa. Although everybody feels something is off about the town, none of them know that they're being watched.

The humans exploring the town with Bumper aren't ready to put their lives in the hands of an alien so quickly, while Marissa and Jazz grow closer to each other.

The screams of Bumper bring the entire infiltration team back together outside of the theater, where the human soldiers recover from being ambushed by something that leaves a green residue on them. Sideswipe heads into the theater to back up Bumper, his size causing considerable damage to the theater. After Sunstreaker heads inside after his brother, Jazz and the soldiers are surrounded by hundreds of [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]]!

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters|c1=
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (3)
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] (4)
*[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (5)
*[[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] (7)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (8)
*[[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]] (9)
*[[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] (10)

|c2=
*[[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] (2)
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (11)
*[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (12)
*[[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] (13)
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (14)
*[[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] (15)

|c3=
*[[Colligan]] (1)
*[[Marissa Faireborn]] (6)
*[[Cruz]] (16)
*[[Dorry]] (17)
}}

==Quotes==
"Now you're talking, Ms. Firecracker!"
:—'''Jazz'''

"I didn't know giant robots '''had''' testosterone."
:—'''Marissa'''

==Notes==
* [[Aztec Theatres|The movie]] one soldier is watching stars [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbird]], a plot device from [[The Transformers (cartoon)|''The Transformers'' cartoon]] episode "[[Enter the Nightbird]]", which shares its name with the movie.
* ''Enter the Nightbird'' is a double feature with a film called ''[[Aztec Theatres|Demon Swamp]]'', which was [[Demon Swamp|the location]] where the Insecticons first appeared in ''The Transformers'' cartoon episode, "[[A Plague of Insecticons]]".
* One of the soldiers calls the other a "real American hero", which was a tagline for the related toy line, [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]. The toy line is alluded to later when Jazz tosses out the name G. I. Jane.
* "At the movies, no one can hear you scream," is a variation of the tagline used by the film ''{{w|Alien (film)|Alien}}''.
* A soldier discovers a [[Tako Tank]] and mistakes it for a [[GoBots|GoBot]].
* Marissa makes a reference her grandfather encountering the Transformers 20 years ago, prompting the establishment of the EDC. Jazz later compares Marissa to [[Nathaniel Faireborn]].
* The theater which Bumper's team explores has a poster with art from ''Duel Masters'', a separate [[Hasbro]] property which also briefly had a Dreamwave comic.
* On the "Prime Transmissions" page, reader mail is answered by copy editor [[Matthew Hansen|Matt Hansen]]. There's also fan art of [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] and Marissa Faireborn submitted by Silas Zee.
* The "[[Wavelengths]]" page has a letter from the desk of [[Rob Armstrong]].

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[[Category:Dreamwave Generation 1 issues]]

Lucas Huarancca

2023-08-02T01:28:03Z

Prime Radiant: /* Notes */

'''Lucas Huarancca''' is a retired Peruvian art teacher and actor. He has studied Peruvian indigenous traditions and the {{w|Southern Quechua}} language from a young age.
==Roles==
===''[[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|Transformers: Rise of the Beasts]]''===
*[[Amaru]]

==Notes==
*Huarancca came across the role when a casting agent searched for a Quechua speaker at a festival, and he just happened to be there visiting a sanctuary. He learned he had been selected for the role without knowing he was going to be starring in a big budget film.<ref>[https://trome.com/espectaculos/cine/transformers-el-despertar-de-las-bestias-quien-es-lucas-huarancca-el-profesor-cusqueno-que-habla-quechua-e-interpreta-al-curaca-amaru-en-la-pelicula-entrevista-exclusiva-trpm-noticia/]</ref> In his role as Amaru, he and [[Optimus Primal (ROTB)|Optimus Primal]] exchange warm greetings in Quechua.
*To his delight, many of his former students call him "Professor Amaru" when they see him in the street.<ref>[https://andina.pe/agencia/noticia-historia-maestra-amaru-docente-enseno-al-mundo-nuestra-cultura-transformers-946542.aspx]</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm14922572/ Lucas Huarancca on IMDB]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Huarancca, Lucas}}
[[Category:On-camera actors]]

Lucas Huarancca

2023-08-02T01:25:41Z

Prime Radiant: Creating his page

'''Lucas Huarancca''' is a retired Peruvian art teacher and actor. He has studied Peruvian indigenous traditions and the {{w|Southern Quechua}} language from a young age.
==Roles==
===''[[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|Transformers: Rise of the Beasts]]''===
*[[Amaru]]

==Notes==
*Huarancca came across the role when a casting agent searched for a Quechua speaker at a festival, and he just happened to be there visiting a sanctuary. He learned he had been selected for the role without knowing he was going to be starring in a big budget film.<ref>[https://trome.com/espectaculos/cine/transformers-el-despertar-de-las-bestias-quien-es-lucas-huarancca-el-profesor-cusqueno-que-habla-quechua-e-interpreta-al-curaca-amaru-en-la-pelicula-entrevista-exclusiva-trpm-noticia/]</ref> In his role as Amaru, he and Optimus Primal exchange warm greetings in Quechua.
*To his delight, many of his former students call him "Professor Amaru" when they see him in the street.<ref>[https://andina.pe/agencia/noticia-historia-maestra-amaru-docente-enseno-al-mundo-nuestra-cultura-transformers-946542.aspx]</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm14922572/ Lucas Huarancca on IMDB]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Huarancca, Lucas}}
[[Category:On-camera actors]]

Michael Kelly (actor)

2023-08-02T00:44:22Z

Prime Radiant:

'''Michael Kelly''' (born [[May 22]], [[1969]]) is an American actor. He is best known for his television-related roles as Chief of Staff Doug Stamper on ''House of Cards'', Agent Ron Goddard in ''The Sopranos'', Andrew McCabe in ''the Comney Rule'', Mike November in ''Jack Ryan'', FBI Special Agent Jonathan "Prophet" Sims in ''Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior'', and Byron Westfield in ''Special Ops: Lioness''. He has also appeared in a plethora of films including ''Unbreakable'', ''Dawn of the Dead'', ''Law Abiding Citizen'', ''The Adjustment Bureau'', ''Chronicle'', ''Now You See Me'', and ''[[Superman|Man of Steel]]''.

==Roles==
===''[[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|Transformers: Rise of the Beasts]]''===
*[[Agent Burke]]

==Notes==
*To make sure the big twist with Agent Burke remained secret, Kelly wasn't cast in the role until after principal photography for ''Rise of the Beasts'' was finished, and was not told that his character would be a member of [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] until he was handed the final script on the day of filming, at which point he started freaking out and had to call his agent to make sure it wasn't a joke.<ref name=CapleJr>[https://ew.com/movies/transformers-g-i-joe-crossover-plans/ Inside the top-secret plans for Transformers and G.I. Joe — Entertainment Weekly]</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0446672/ Michael Kelly on IMDB]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kelly, Michael}}
[[Category:DreamWorks]]
[[Category:On-camera actors]]

Amaru

2023-08-01T18:27:23Z

Prime Radiant: /* Notes */

:''Amaru is a [[Maximal]]-allied [[human]] from the [[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (franchise)|Rise of the Beasts]] portion of the [[movie continuity family]].''
[[File:ROTB Amaru.jpg‎|thumb|right|upright=1.5]]

'''Amaru''' is a descendant and current leader of [[Andes Mountains|Andean]] highlanders in [[Peru]] who have protected bestial [[Transformer]]s on their land for centuries.

==Fiction==
===''Rise of the Beasts'' film===
:''Actor:'' [[Lucas Huarancca]]
Amaru was the latest chief of a tribe of Andeans who had watched over the [[Maximal]]s for centuries. [[Optimus Primal (ROTB)|Optimus Primal]] led the [[Autobot]]s, Maximals, [[Noah Díaz]], and [[Elena Wallace]] to Amaru's village, where half of the [[Transwarp Key]] had been kept safe.

Amaru later observed [[Unicron]]'s ominous attempt to traverse the portal to [[Earth]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|Rise of the Beasts}}
{{-}}
==Notes==
*Amaru and Optimus Primal speak {{w|Southern Quechua}} to each other when the Autobots are led to the Andean village. During their greeting, Amaru says "Kusikuni hamusqaykimanta, machu kawsaq masillay." ("I'm happy that you've come, my old friend.") Primal replies with "Allillanchu wayqiy?" ("How are you, my brother?")
*Amaru was presumably named by the filmmakers after the 18th century Andean rebel {{w|Túpac Amaru II}}, who is best known in the United States for being the namesake of the 20th century rapper {{w|Tupac Shakur}}.

[[Category:Rise of the Beasts humans]]

Amaru

2023-08-01T17:55:05Z

Prime Radiant: add mainpic

:''Amaru is a [[Maximal]]-allied [[human]] from the [[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (franchise)|Rise of the Beasts]] portion of the [[movie continuity family]].''

'''Amaru''' is a descendant and current leader of [[Andes Mountains|Andean]] highlanders in [[Peru]] who have protected bestial [[Transformer]]s on their land for centuries.

==Fiction==
===''Rise of the Beasts'' film===
:''Actor:'' [[Lucas Huarancca]]
[[File:ROTB Amaru.jpg‎|thumb|right|upright=1.5]]

Amaru was the latest chief of a tribe of Andeans who had watched over the [[Maximal]]s for centuries. [[Optimus Primal (ROTB)|Optimus Primal]] led the [[Autobot]]s, Maximals, [[Noah Díaz]], and [[Elena Wallace]] to Amaru's village, where half of the [[Transwarp Key]] had been kept safe.

Amaru later observed [[Unicron]]'s ominous attempt to traverse the portal to [[Earth]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|Rise of the Beasts}}

{{-}}
==Notes==
*Amaru and Optimus Primal speak {{w|Southern Quechua}} to each other when the Autobots are led to the Andean village. During their greeting, Amaru says "Kusikuna hamusqaykimanta, machu kawsaq masillay." ("I'm happy that you've come, my old friend.") Primal replies with "Allillanchu wayqiy?" ("How are you, my brother?")
*Amaru was presumably named by the filmmakers after the 18th century Andean rebel {{w|Túpac Amaru II}}, who is best known in the United States for being the namesake of the 20th century rapper {{w|Tupac Shakur}}.

[[Category:Rise of the Beasts humans]]

File:ROTB Amaru.jpg

2023-08-01T17:49:22Z

Prime Radiant: add ROTBcap

{{ROTBcap|[[Amaru]] greets [[Optimus Primal (ROTB)|Optimus Primal]] and the [[Autobot|Autobots]].}}

File:ROTB Amaru.jpg

2023-08-01T17:48:22Z

Prime Radiant: Amaru greets Optimus Primal and the Autobots.

[[Amaru]] greets [[Optimus Primal (ROTB)|Optimus Primal]] and the [[Autobot|Autobots]].

Amaru

2023-08-01T17:32:18Z

Prime Radiant: /* Notes */

:''Amaru is a [[Maximal]]-allied [[human]] from the [[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (franchise)|Rise of the Beasts]] portion of the [[movie continuity family]].''

'''Amaru''' is a descendant and current leader of Andean highlanders who have protected bestial Transformers on their land for centuries.

==Fiction==
===''Rise of the Beasts'' film===
:''Actor:'' [[Lucas Huarancca]]
Amaru was the latest chief of a tribe of Andeans who had watched over the Maximals for centuries. [[Optimus Primal (ROTB)|Optimus Primal]] led the [[Autobot|Autobots]], [[Maximal|Maximals]], and their [[Noah Díaz|human]] [[Elena Wallace|allies]] to Amaru's village, where half of the [[Transwarp Key]] had been kept safe.

Later, he observed [[Unicron|Unicron's]] ominous attempt to traverse the portal to [[Earth]].
{{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|Rise of the Beasts}}

==Notes==
*Amaru and Optimus Primal speak {{w|Southern Quechua}} to each other when the Autobots are led to the Andean village. During their greeting, Amaru says Kusikuna hamusqaykimanta, machu kawsaq masillay ("I'm happy that you've come, my old friend." Primal replies with Allillanchu wayqiy? ("How are you, my brother?")
*Amaru was presumably named by the filmmakers after the 18th century Andean rebel {{w|Túpac Amaru II}}, who is best known in the United States for being the namesake of the 20th century rapper {{w|Tupac Shakur}}.

[[Category:Rise of the Beasts humans]]

Amaru

2023-08-01T17:22:49Z

Prime Radiant: Added translation of Primal and Amaru's Quechua dialogue, details of his scene

:''Amaru is a [[Maximal]]-allied [[human]] from the [[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (franchise)|Rise of the Beasts]] portion of the [[movie continuity family]].''

'''Amaru''' is a descendant and current leader of Andean highlanders who have protected bestial Transformers on their land for centuries.

==Fiction==
===''Rise of the Beasts'' film===
:''Actor:'' [[Lucas Huarancca]]
Amaru was the latest chief of a tribe of Andeans who had watched over the Maximals for centuries. [[Optimus Primal (ROTB)|Optimus Primal]] led the [[Autobot|Autobots]], [[Maximal|Maximals]], and their [[Noah Díaz|human]] [[Elena Wallace|allies]] to Amaru's village, where half of the [[Transwarp Key]] had been kept safe.

Later, he observed [[Unicron|Unicron's]] ominous attempt to traverse the portal to [[Earth]].
{{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|Rise of the Beasts}}

==Notes==
*Amaru and Optimus Primal speak {{w|Southern Quechua}} to each other when the Autobots are led to the Andean village. During their greeting, Amaru says Kusikuna hamusqaykimanta, machu kawsaq masillay ("I'm happy that you've come, my old still-living friend." Primal replies with Allillanchu wayqiy? ("How are you, my brother?")
*Amaru was presumably named by the filmmakers after the 18th century Andean rebel {{w|Túpac Amaru II}}, who is best known in the United States for being the namesake of the 20th century rapper {{w|Tupac Shakur}}.

[[Category:Rise of the Beasts humans]]

The Trick to a Healthy Autobot Warrior

2023-07-10T02:39:58Z

Prime Radiant: /* Featured characters */ Jazz was partying down

{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=''[[Transformers Go! Go!]]'' print issue 18
|prev=Autobot Police Dispatched!
|next=
|caption=
|image=Go!Go! print18.jpg
|title="The Secret of the Autobots' Spirit"
|japanese=
|romaji=
|publisher=[[Kodansha]]
|published in=''[[TV Magazine]]''
|date=July/August/September 2023
|manga=[[Haruka Oda]]
|editor=[[Minoko]]
}}

==Synopsis==
[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] sees [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] zap [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] in the head, and the fatigued little [[Autobot]] wants to know how she can maintain such vigor and high spirits even after a long day of fighting [[Decepticon|Decepticons]]. Arcee transforms into her bike mode and says that she'll show him how she does it. He hops on and they ride off into a day of adventures, including having a pool party, getting clean by walking through a car wash, and stuffing themselves with tasty treats. As it gets late, Bumblebee wonders about heading back home, but then Arcee shows him that she's been texting friends and planning the most important adventure of all: singing and dancing your heart out like a star in karaoke! Bumblebee has an absolute blast.

However, the next morning, while Arcee is up and raring to do it all again, Bumblebee is about to collapse from exhaustion due to partying all night, and concludes that the secret of keeping such high spirits must be different for everyone.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] (1)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (3)
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (4)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (5)
*[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (8)

|c2=
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (2)

|c3=
*Party boy (6)
*Party girl (7)
}}

==Notes==
* This comic was published in the July/August/September 2023 issue of ''TV Magazine'' and advertised the [[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (toyline)#Beast Kakusei|''Rise of the Beasts'']] [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Beast Alliance|Battle Changer Optimus Prime]] and [[Cheetor (ROTB)#Beast Alliance|Battle Master Cheetor]] figures.

===Transformers references===
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] debuts this issue with notably the comic's first ground-up all new character design! As part of the comic's ongoing initiative to promote the contemporaneous film ''[[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|Rise of the Beasts]]'', author [[Haruka Oda]] breaks with her usual [[Show-accuracy|toy-accurate]] style to produce a Generation 1 Arcee informed by her growth over the past fortyish years: heavily influenced by her [[Arcee (Movie)|''Rise of the Beasts'' incarnation]], with additional robot-mode flourishes pulled from her ''[[Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee]]'' [[:File:BB-Arcee-model.jpg|design]] and a characterization informed by ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (franchise)|Cyberverse]]'' [[Arcee (Cyberverse)|Arcee]].<ref>{{citesocial|quote=アーシーのデザインを、色々なところからぎゅっとしました。
全体的なバランスはG1だけど、映画もあることだからビークルはバイクで、末端のパーツ等は「バンブルビー」の方のアーシーを参考にしています。性格はちょっとサイバーバースっぽいですね笑|link=https://twitter.com/aries_bug/status/1672891858740183040?s=20|site=Twitter|name=Haruka Oda|year=2023|month=06|day=25}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Go! Go! issues]]

The Trick to a Healthy Autobot Warrior

2023-07-10T02:37:52Z

Prime Radiant: /* Synopsis */

{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=''[[Transformers Go! Go!]]'' print issue 18
|prev=Autobot Police Dispatched!
|next=
|caption=
|image=Go!Go! print18.jpg
|title="The Secret of the Autobots' Spirit"
|japanese=
|romaji=
|publisher=[[Kodansha]]
|published in=''[[TV Magazine]]''
|date=July/August/September 2023
|manga=[[Haruka Oda]]
|editor=[[Minoko]]
}}

==Synopsis==
[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] sees [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] zap [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] in the head, and the fatigued little [[Autobot]] wants to know how she can maintain such vigor and high spirits even after a long day of fighting [[Decepticon|Decepticons]]. Arcee transforms into her bike mode and says that she'll show him how she does it. He hops on and they ride off into a day of adventures, including having a pool party, getting clean by walking through a car wash, and stuffing themselves with tasty treats. As it gets late, Bumblebee wonders about heading back home, but then Arcee shows him that she's been texting friends and planning the most important adventure of all: singing and dancing your heart out like a star in karaoke! Bumblebee has an absolute blast.

However, the next morning, while Arcee is up and raring to do it all again, Bumblebee is about to collapse from exhaustion due to partying all night, and concludes that the secret of keeping such high spirits must be different for everyone.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] (1)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (3)
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (4)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (5)

|c2=
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (2)

|c3=
*Party boy (6)
*Party girl (7)
}}

==Notes==
* This comic was published in the July/August/September 2023 issue of ''TV Magazine'' and advertised the [[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (toyline)#Beast Kakusei|''Rise of the Beasts'']] [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Beast Alliance|Battle Changer Optimus Prime]] and [[Cheetor (ROTB)#Beast Alliance|Battle Master Cheetor]] figures.

===Transformers references===
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] debuts this issue with notably the comic's first ground-up all new character design! As part of the comic's ongoing initiative to promote the contemporaneous film ''[[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|Rise of the Beasts]]'', author [[Haruka Oda]] breaks with her usual [[Show-accuracy|toy-accurate]] style to produce a Generation 1 Arcee informed by her growth over the past fortyish years: heavily influenced by her [[Arcee (Movie)|''Rise of the Beasts'' incarnation]], with additional robot-mode flourishes pulled from her ''[[Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee]]'' [[:File:BB-Arcee-model.jpg|design]] and a characterization informed by ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (franchise)|Cyberverse]]'' [[Arcee (Cyberverse)|Arcee]].<ref>{{citesocial|quote=アーシーのデザインを、色々なところからぎゅっとしました。
全体的なバランスはG1だけど、映画もあることだからビークルはバイクで、末端のパーツ等は「バンブルビー」の方のアーシーを参考にしています。性格はちょっとサイバーバースっぽいですね笑|link=https://twitter.com/aries_bug/status/1672891858740183040?s=20|site=Twitter|name=Haruka Oda|year=2023|month=06|day=25}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Go! Go! issues]]

The Trick to a Healthy Autobot Warrior

2023-07-09T17:04:18Z

Prime Radiant: /* Synopsis */

{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=''[[Transformers Go! Go!]]'' print issue 18
|prev=Autobot Police Dispatched!
|next=
|caption=
|image=Go!Go! print18.jpg
|title="The Secret of the Autobots' Spirit"
|japanese=
|romaji=
|publisher=[[Kodansha]]
|published in=''[[TV Magazine]]''
|date=July/August/September 2023
|manga=[[Haruka Oda]]
|editor=[[Minoko]]
}}

==Synopsis==
[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] sees [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] zap [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] in the head, and the fatigued little [[Autobot]] wants to know how she can maintain such vigor and high spirits even after a long day of fighting [[Decepticon|Decepticons]]. Arcee transforms into her bike mode and says that she'll show him how she does it. He hops on and they ride off into a day of adventures, including having a pool party, getting a car wash, and stuffing themselves with tasty treats. As it gets late, Bumblebee wonders about heading back home, but then Arcee shows him that she's been texting and planning the most important adventure of all: singing and dancing your heart out like a star in karaoke! Bumblebee has an absolute blast.

However, the next morning, while Arcee is up and raring to do it all again, Bumblebee is about to collapse from exhaustion, and concludes that the secret of keeping such high spirits must be different for everyone.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] (1)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (3)
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (4)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (5)

|c2=
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (2)

|c3=
*Party boy (6)
*Party girl (7)
}}

==Notes==
* This comic was published in the July/August/September 2023 issue of ''TV Magazine'' and advertised the [[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (toyline)#Beast Kakusei|''Rise of the Beasts'']] [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Beast Alliance|Battle Changer Optimus Prime]] and [[Cheetor (ROTB)#Beast Alliance|Battle Master Cheetor]] figures.

===Transformers references===
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] debuts this issue with notably the comic's first ground-up all new character design! As part of the comic's ongoing initiative to promote the contemporaneous film ''[[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|Rise of the Beasts]]'', author [[Haruka Oda]] breaks with her usual [[Show-accuracy|toy-accurate]] style to produce a Generation 1 Arcee informed by her growth over the past fortyish years: heavily influenced by her [[Arcee (Movie)|''Rise of the Beasts'' incarnation]], with additional robot-mode flourishes pulled from her ''[[Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee]]'' [[:File:BB-Arcee-model.jpg|design]] and a characterization informed by ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (franchise)|Cyberverse]]'' [[Arcee (Cyberverse)|Arcee]].<ref>{{citesocial|quote=アーシーのデザインを、色々なところからぎゅっとしました。
全体的なバランスはG1だけど、映画もあることだからビークルはバイクで、末端のパーツ等は「バンブルビー」の方のアーシーを参考にしています。性格はちょっとサイバーバースっぽいですね笑|link=https://twitter.com/aries_bug/status/1672891858740183040?s=20|site=Twitter|name=Haruka Oda|year=2023|month=06|day=25}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Go! Go! issues]]

Void Rivals issue 1

2023-06-14T16:47:28Z

Prime Radiant: /* Synopsis */

{{Comicstory
|seriesissue=''[[Void Rivals]]'' #1
|prev=
|next=Void Rivals issue 2
|prev2=
|image=VoidRivals01A_Cover.jpg
|caption=Toy surprise inside!
|title=
|publisher=[[Skybound Entertainment]]
|date=[[June 14]], [[2023]]
|coverdate=June 2023
|written by=[[Robert Kirkman]]
|art by=[[Lorenzo De Felici]]
|colors by=[[Matheus Lopes]]
|letters by=[[Rus Wooton]]
|editor=[[Bixie Mathieu]]
|continuity=[[Energon Universe]]
|chronology=
}}

'''Two enemies from opposite sides of a galactic war find themselves stranded together on a desolate world and discover a shocking secret that changes everything they know.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:VoidRivals1 Jetfire leaves.jpeg|thumb|left|I have to go now. My planet needs me.]]
The [[Agorrian]] [[Darak]] crash lands on a remote planetoid. Unconscious, his [[Handroid]] glove takes control of his body, dragging him to a nearby medpack and using a reviver to awaken him. When Darak asks where they are, the Handroid reports that, following the battle with a [[Zertonian]] ship that shot down his, each ship was caught in the gravitational pull of a comet and Darak was slingshotted into an uncharted region of space, far away from the [[Sacred Ring]]. Darak examines the wreckage, deeming it unlikely he'll be able to get it flying again, only to be attacked by the aforementioned Zertonian, [[Solila]]. The two enemy combatants fight, with Darak gaining the upper hand. He ultimately decides to spare her, reasoning that if the two work together, they can repair one of their ships and return to the Sacred Ring.

The pair begin to make repairs to Solila's cruiser, stripping the remains of Darak's for spare parts. Solila notes how little modification is needed for the parts to be integrated, something Darak attributes to Zertonian spies stealing Agorrian tech. However, during the process, Solila attaches the wrong cable to their [[Energon|energy source]], causing the ship to explode. Darak saves her life, and she returns the favor by putting out the fire on his jacket. Believing their situation hopeless, Solila leaves, refusing to die with an Agorrian.

After several hours of sulking, Darak decides to once again try salvaging the Zertonian craft, only for Solila to return, having found what appears to be a crashed spaceship buried in a nearby valley. Handroid confirms that it is neither Agorrian nor Zertonian in origin, and Darak speculates it may have been buried for thousands of years. The two use their energy cores to try and activate the ship; as soon as they do, parts of the ship begin to move and shift. The two stare in awe as it converts before their eyes into a giant robot—the [[Transformer|Cybertronian]] scientist [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]! Jetfire tells the two that he means them no harm, and inquires as to how long he's been offline, which neither of the soldiers can answer. Upon examining himself, Jetfire concludes that he must have been buried for millions of years and must return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. He apologizes to the two as he transforms back to jet mode and flies into space, leaving them behind.

With their one hope of getting off the planet gone, Solila begins to sulk, but Darak has an idea: using components of each of their [[flight armor]]s to convert the wreckage into a spacecraft. Solila refuses, as taking off their helmets violates each of their people's sacred decrees, but Darak counters that it's better than dying. The pair remove their helmets... revealing them to be of the same race.

Darak is stunned. This is just like his vision.

==Featured characters==
{{Featuredcharacters
|h4=[[Agorrian]]s|c4=
* [[Darak]] (1)

|h5=[[Zertonian]]s|c5=
* [[Solila]] (3)

|h6=Others||c6=
* [[Handroid]] (2)
* [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] (4)
}}

==Quotes==
"'''''Please?!''''' Are you begging me to spare you? Would any of '''your''' people '''ever''' spare my kind? Well?! '''Would you?!'''" 
"... Probably not." 
"''Huh.'' An honest Zertonian... What are the odds of '''that?'''"
:—'''Darak''' and '''Solila'''

"'''Cybertron...''' After all these years... I'm sorry. I have to get home."
:—'''Jetfire'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* ''Void Rivals'' gives us our first glimpse at the brand new [[Energon Universe]] from Skybound. However, much of the status quo of this new universe is left in the dark, so as to not give away the surprise.

===Transformers references===
* Hey kids, it's '''JETFIRE!''' The Cybertronian scientist makes a quick cameo in this issue as part of the surprise reveal of the Energon Universe. His being woken up after millions of years asleep and with no visible faction logo echoes the character's introduction in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]] episode, "[[Fire in the Sky]]". His design is also that of his Generation 1 cartoon counterpart.
* While it's never outright stated, the implication is that the fuel used for the Zertonian ship and to revive Jetfire is [[energon]]. However, it is notably colored yellow, as opposed to the more common pink or blue.

===Other trivia===
* ''Void Rivals''{{'}} status as the launch for the Energon Universe was kept secret for almost the entirety of the comic's promotion, with Skybound only revealing its existence to retailers just before the first issue's FOC date. It would ultimately be leaked by Bleeding Cool five days before this issue's publication.
*The legal indicia for the series reads "VOID RIVALS and all related characters are trademarks of Hasbro and are used with permission."

===Covers (6)===
* '''Cover A:''' Darak and Solila in parallel, with the Sacred Ring looming ominously, by [[Lorenzo De Felici]].
* '''Cover B:''' Darak attacking Solila, by [[Ethan Young]].
* '''Cover C (1:10 Copy Incentive):''' Darak's wrecked ship, with the giant heads of Dark and Solila, by [[Matteo Scalera]].
* '''Cover D (1:25 Copy Incentive):''' Solila plugged into some sort of machinery, by [[Karen S. Darboe]].
* '''Cover E (1:50 Copy Incentive):''' Darak emerges from the wreckage, with the giant head of Solila and the Sacred RIng still looming ominously, by [[Jim Cheung]] & [[Jay David Ramos]].
* '''Cover F (Blank Sketch Cover):''' Get your favorite artist to actually make this thing seem Transformers-relevant!
* '''Cover G (1:100 Copy Incentive):''' Jetfire towers over Darak, by [[Daniel Warren Johnson]].

<gallery>
File:VoidRivals01A_Cover.jpg|
File:VoidRivals01B_Cover.jpg|
File:VoidRivals01C_Cover.jpg|
File:VoidRivals01D_Cover.jpg|
File:VoidRivals01E_Cover.jpg|
File:VoidRivals01F_Cover.jpg|
File:VoidRivals01G_Cover.jpg|
</gallery>

===Advertisements===
* The Energon Universe is here!
* ''[[Transformers (2023 comic)|Transformers]]'' #1, ''[[Duke (G.I. Joe)|Duke]]'' #1, ''[[Cobra Commander]]'' #1

==External links==

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Void Rivals issues]]

Void Rivals issue 1

2023-06-14T16:46:06Z

Prime Radiant: better alignment

{{Comicstory
|seriesissue=''[[Void Rivals]]'' #1
|prev=
|next=Void Rivals issue 2
|prev2=
|image=VoidRivals01A_Cover.jpg
|caption=Toy surprise inside!
|title=
|publisher=[[Skybound Entertainment]]
|date=[[June 14]], [[2023]]
|coverdate=June 2023
|written by=[[Robert Kirkman]]
|art by=[[Lorenzo De Felici]]
|colors by=[[Matheus Lopes]]
|letters by=[[Rus Wooton]]
|editor=[[Bixie Mathieu]]
|continuity=[[Energon Universe]]
|chronology=
}}

'''Two enemies from opposite sides of a galactic war find themselves stranded together on a desolate world and discover a shocking secret that changes everything they know.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:VoidRivals1 Jetfire leaves.jpeg|thumb|left|I have to go. My planet needs me.]]
The [[Agorrian]] [[Darak]] crash lands on a remote planetoid. Unconscious, his [[Handroid]] glove takes control of his body, dragging him to a nearby medpack and using a reviver to awaken him. When Darak asks where they are, the Handroid reports that, following the battle with a [[Zertonian]] ship that shot down his, each ship was caught in the gravitational pull of a comet and Darak was slingshotted into an uncharted region of space, far away from the [[Sacred Ring]]. Darak examines the wreckage, deeming it unlikely he'll be able to get it flying again, only to be attacked by the aforementioned Zertonian, [[Solila]]. The two enemy combatants fight, with Darak gaining the upper hand. He ultimately decides to spare her, reasoning that if the two work together, they can repair one of their ships and return to the Sacred Ring.

The pair begin to make repairs to Solila's cruiser, stripping the remains of Darak's for spare parts. Solila notes how little modification is needed for the parts to be integrated, something Darak attributes to Zertonian spies stealing Agorrian tech. However, during the process, Solila attaches the wrong cable to their [[Energon|energy source]], causing the ship to explode. Darak saves her life, and she returns the favor by putting out the fire on his jacket. Believing their situation hopeless, Solila leaves, refusing to die with an Agorrian.

After several hours of sulking, Darak decides to once again try salvaging the Zertonian craft, only for Solila to return, having found what appears to be a crashed spaceship buried in a nearby valley. Handroid confirms that it is neither Agorrian nor Zertonian in origin, and Darak speculates it may have been buried for thousands of years. The two use their energy cores to try and activate the ship; as soon as they do, parts of the ship begin to move and shift. The two stare in awe as it converts before their eyes into a giant robot—the [[Transformer|Cybertronian]] scientist [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]! Jetfire tells the two that he means them no harm, and inquires as to how long he's been offline, which neither of the soldiers can answer. Upon examining himself, Jetfire concludes that he must have been buried for millions of years and must return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. He apologizes to the two as he transforms back to jet mode and flies into space, leaving them behind.

With their one hope of getting off the planet gone, Solila begins to sulk, but Darak has an idea: using components of each of their [[flight armor]]s to convert the wreckage into a spacecraft. Solila refuses, as taking off their helmets violates each of their people's sacred decrees, but Darak counters that it's better than dying. The pair remove their helmets... revealing them to be of the same race.

Darak is stunned. This is just like his vision.

==Featured characters==
{{Featuredcharacters
|h4=[[Agorrian]]s|c4=
* [[Darak]] (1)

|h5=[[Zertonian]]s|c5=
* [[Solila]] (3)

|h6=Others||c6=
* [[Handroid]] (2)
* [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] (4)
}}

==Quotes==
"'''''Please?!''''' Are you begging me to spare you? Would any of '''your''' people '''ever''' spare my kind? Well?! '''Would you?!'''" 
"... Probably not." 
"''Huh.'' An honest Zertonian... What are the odds of '''that?'''"
:—'''Darak''' and '''Solila'''

"'''Cybertron...''' After all these years... I'm sorry. I have to get home."
:—'''Jetfire'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* ''Void Rivals'' gives us our first glimpse at the brand new [[Energon Universe]] from Skybound. However, much of the status quo of this new universe is left in the dark, so as to not give away the surprise.

===Transformers references===
* Hey kids, it's '''JETFIRE!''' The Cybertronian scientist makes a quick cameo in this issue as part of the surprise reveal of the Energon Universe. His being woken up after millions of years asleep and with no visible faction logo echoes the character's introduction in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]] episode, "[[Fire in the Sky]]". His design is also that of his Generation 1 cartoon counterpart.
* While it's never outright stated, the implication is that the fuel used for the Zertonian ship and to revive Jetfire is [[energon]]. However, it is notably colored yellow, as opposed to the more common pink or blue.

===Other trivia===
* ''Void Rivals''{{'}} status as the launch for the Energon Universe was kept secret for almost the entirety of the comic's promotion, with Skybound only revealing its existence to retailers just before the first issue's FOC date. It would ultimately be leaked by Bleeding Cool five days before this issue's publication.
*The legal indicia for the series reads "VOID RIVALS and all related characters are trademarks of Hasbro and are used with permission."

===Covers (6)===
* '''Cover A:''' Darak and Solila in parallel, with the Sacred Ring looming ominously, by [[Lorenzo De Felici]].
* '''Cover B:''' Darak attacking Solila, by [[Ethan Young]].
* '''Cover C (1:10 Copy Incentive):''' Darak's wrecked ship, with the giant heads of Dark and Solila, by [[Matteo Scalera]].
* '''Cover D (1:25 Copy Incentive):''' Solila plugged into some sort of machinery, by [[Karen S. Darboe]].
* '''Cover E (1:50 Copy Incentive):''' Darak emerges from the wreckage, with the giant head of Solila and the Sacred RIng still looming ominously, by [[Jim Cheung]] & [[Jay David Ramos]].
* '''Cover F (Blank Sketch Cover):''' Get your favorite artist to actually make this thing seem Transformers-relevant!
* '''Cover G (1:100 Copy Incentive):''' Jetfire towers over Darak, by [[Daniel Warren Johnson]].

<gallery>
File:VoidRivals01A_Cover.jpg|
File:VoidRivals01B_Cover.jpg|
File:VoidRivals01C_Cover.jpg|
File:VoidRivals01D_Cover.jpg|
File:VoidRivals01E_Cover.jpg|
File:VoidRivals01F_Cover.jpg|
File:VoidRivals01G_Cover.jpg|
</gallery>

===Advertisements===
* The Energon Universe is here!
* ''[[Transformers (2023 comic)|Transformers]]'' #1, ''[[Duke (G.I. Joe)|Duke]]'' #1, ''[[Cobra Commander]]'' #1

==External links==

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Void Rivals issues]]

Void Rivals issue 1

2023-06-14T16:44:32Z

Prime Radiant: /* Synopsis */ Jetfire, you look like you have something to say. Do you?

{{Comicstory
|seriesissue=''[[Void Rivals]]'' #1
|prev=
|next=Void Rivals issue 2
|prev2=
|image=VoidRivals01A_Cover.jpg
|caption=Toy surprise inside!
|title=
|publisher=[[Skybound Entertainment]]
|date=[[June 14]], [[2023]]
|coverdate=June 2023
|written by=[[Robert Kirkman]]
|art by=[[Lorenzo De Felici]]
|colors by=[[Matheus Lopes]]
|letters by=[[Rus Wooton]]
|editor=[[Bixie Mathieu]]
|continuity=[[Energon Universe]]
|chronology=
}}

'''Two enemies from opposite sides of a galactic war find themselves stranded together on a desolate world and discover a shocking secret that changes everything they know.'''

==Synopsis==
The [[Agorrian]] [[Darak]] crash lands on a remote planetoid. Unconscious, his [[Handroid]] glove takes control of his body, dragging him to a nearby medpack and using a reviver to awaken him. When Darak asks where they are, the Handroid reports that, following the battle with a [[Zertonian]] ship that shot down his, each ship was caught in the gravitational pull of a comet and Darak was slingshotted into an uncharted region of space, far away from the [[Sacred Ring]]. Darak examines the wreckage, deeming it unlikely he'll be able to get it flying again, only to be attacked by the aforementioned Zertonian, [[Solila]]. The two enemy combatants fight, with Darak gaining the upper hand. He ultimately decides to spare her, reasoning that if the two work together, they can repair one of their ships and return to the Sacred Ring.

[[File:VoidRivals1 Jetfire leaves.jpeg|thumb|I have to go. My planet needs me.]]
The pair begin to make repairs to Solila's cruiser, stripping the remains of Darak's for spare parts. Solila notes how little modification is needed for the parts to be integrated, something Darak attributes to Zertonian spies stealing Agorrian tech. However, during the process, Solila attaches the wrong cable to their [[Energon|energy source]], causing the ship to explode. Darak saves her life, and she returns the favor by putting out the fire on his jacket. Believing their situation hopeless, Solila leaves, refusing to die with an Agorrian.

After several hours of sulking, Darak decides to once again try salvaging the Zertonian craft, only for Solila to return, having found what appears to be a crashed spaceship buried in a nearby valley. Handroid confirms that it is neither Agorrian nor Zertonian in origin, and Darak speculates it may have been buried for thousands of years. The two use their energy cores to try and activate the ship; as soon as they do, parts of the ship begin to move and shift. The two stare in awe as it converts before their eyes into a giant robot—the [[Transformer|Cybertronian]] scientist [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]! Jetfire tells the two that he means them no harm, and inquires as to how long he's been offline, which neither of the soldiers can answer. Upon examining himself, Jetfire concludes that he must have been buried for millions of years and must return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. He apologizes to the two as he transforms back to jet mode and flies into space, leaving them behind.

With their one hope of getting off the planet gone, Solila begins to sulk, but Darak has an idea: using components of each of their [[flight armor]]s to convert the wreckage into a spacecraft. Solila refuses, as taking off their helmets violates each of their people's sacred decrees, but Darak counters that it's better than dying. The pair remove their helmets... revealing them to be of the same race.

Darak is stunned. This is just like his vision.

==Featured characters==
{{Featuredcharacters
|h4=[[Agorrian]]s|c4=
* [[Darak]] (1)

|h5=[[Zertonian]]s|c5=
* [[Solila]] (3)

|h6=Others||c6=
* [[Handroid]] (2)
* [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] (4)
}}

==Quotes==
"'''''Please?!''''' Are you begging me to spare you? Would any of '''your''' people '''ever''' spare my kind? Well?! '''Would you?!'''" 
"... Probably not." 
"''Huh.'' An honest Zertonian... What are the odds of '''that?'''"
:—'''Darak''' and '''Solila'''

"'''Cybertron...''' After all these years... I'm sorry. I have to get home."
:—'''Jetfire'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* ''Void Rivals'' gives us our first glimpse at the brand new [[Energon Universe]] from Skybound. However, much of the status quo of this new universe is left in the dark, so as to not give away the surprise.

===Transformers references===
* Hey kids, it's '''JETFIRE!''' The Cybertronian scientist makes a quick cameo in this issue as part of the surprise reveal of the Energon Universe. His being woken up after millions of years asleep and with no visible faction logo echoes the character's introduction in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]] episode, "[[Fire in the Sky]]". His design is also that of his Generation 1 cartoon counterpart.
* While it's never outright stated, the implication is that the fuel used for the Zertonian ship and to revive Jetfire is [[energon]]. However, it is notably colored yellow, as opposed to the more common pink or blue.

===Other trivia===
* ''Void Rivals''{{'}} status as the launch for the Energon Universe was kept secret for almost the entirety of the comic's promotion, with Skybound only revealing its existence to retailers just before the first issue's FOC date. It would ultimately be leaked by Bleeding Cool five days before this issue's publication.
*The legal indicia for the series reads "VOID RIVALS and all related characters are trademarks of Hasbro and are used with permission."

===Covers (6)===
* '''Cover A:''' Darak and Solila in parallel, with the Sacred Ring looming ominously, by [[Lorenzo De Felici]].
* '''Cover B:''' Darak attacking Solila, by [[Ethan Young]].
* '''Cover C (1:10 Copy Incentive):''' Darak's wrecked ship, with the giant heads of Dark and Solila, by [[Matteo Scalera]].
* '''Cover D (1:25 Copy Incentive):''' Solila plugged into some sort of machinery, by [[Karen S. Darboe]].
* '''Cover E (1:50 Copy Incentive):''' Darak emerges from the wreckage, with the giant head of Solila and the Sacred RIng still looming ominously, by [[Jim Cheung]] & [[Jay David Ramos]].
* '''Cover F (Blank Sketch Cover):''' Get your favorite artist to actually make this thing seem Transformers-relevant!
* '''Cover G (1:100 Copy Incentive):''' Jetfire towers over Darak, by [[Daniel Warren Johnson]].

<gallery>
File:VoidRivals01A_Cover.jpg|
File:VoidRivals01B_Cover.jpg|
File:VoidRivals01C_Cover.jpg|
File:VoidRivals01D_Cover.jpg|
File:VoidRivals01E_Cover.jpg|
File:VoidRivals01F_Cover.jpg|
File:VoidRivals01G_Cover.jpg|
</gallery>

===Advertisements===
* The Energon Universe is here!
* ''[[Transformers (2023 comic)|Transformers]]'' #1, ''[[Duke (G.I. Joe)|Duke]]'' #1, ''[[Cobra Commander]]'' #1

==External links==

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Void Rivals issues]]

File:VoidRivals1 Jetfire leaves.jpeg

2023-06-14T16:40:25Z

Prime Radiant: {{SkyboundEU |description=Jetfire transforms, leaving Darak and Solila behind. {{art|pencils=Lorenzo De Felici|inks=|lineart=|colors=Matheus Lopes|script=Robert Kirkman|letters=Rus Wooton}} |series=voidrivals |i...

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