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Cy-Kill (Armada)

2020-03-23T01:20:16Z

StopMockingGobotsCM: THIS IS NO VENDETTA HE WONT REMOVE STUFF ABOUT DEATH ETC THE MEGATRON ORIGIN STORY WRITER IS GETTING PUNISHED FOR THIS. You banned someone else so why you lying

{{faction|decepticon}}
{{noname-unconfirmed}}
{{disambig3|Cy-Kill}}
:''"Cy-Kill" is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Dreamwave Armada continuity|Dreamwave portion]] of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Cykillcopturworldscollide.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Bludgeon has a weird knack for interior design.]]
"'''Cy-Kill'''" is a Decepticon.

==Fiction==
===Dreamwave ''Armada'' continuity===
Cy-Kill was stationed at [[Decepticon Command Headquarters]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. He and [[Cop-Tur (Armada)|Cop-Tur]] were among the victims of the [[Herald of Unicron|Heralds of Unicron]].

==Notes==

[[Category:Armada Decepticons]]
[[Category:Comic-only Decepticons]]

Cy-Kill (Armada)

2020-03-23T01:18:10Z

StopMockingGobotsCM: Delete every mocking thing about gobots. you have no right to laugh about death

Cy-Kill (Armada)

2020-03-23T01:16:32Z

StopMockingGobotsCM: Removing Chris Mcfeely or others offensive comments about a franchise, death and mockery.

{{faction|decepticon}}
{{noname-unconfirmed}}
{{disambig3|Cy-Kill}}
:''"Cy-Kill" is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Dreamwave Armada continuity|Dreamwave portion]] of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Cykillcopturworldscollide.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Bludgeon has a weird knack for interior design.]]
"'''Cy-Kill'''" is a Decepticon.

==Fiction==
===Dreamwave ''Armada'' continuity===
Cy-Kill was stationed at [[Decepticon Command Headquarters]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. He and [[Cop-Tur (Armada)|Cop-Tur]] were among the victims of the [[Herald of Unicron|Heralds of Unicron]]. Specifically, they were decapitated by [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] and hung up like racks of meat. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 3 of 4}}

==Notes==
There are none.
[[Category:Armada Decepticons]]
[[Category:Comic-only Decepticons]]

Rise of the Decepticons: All Fall Down

2020-03-23T01:12:29Z

StopMockingGobotsCM: You are known for laughing about peoples death the writer of Megatron Origin story is getting the boor for killing Cykill HE WAS A HERO. HIS DEATH IS NOT FUNNY NOR YOU ACT CHILDISH AND IMMATURE BY USING YOUR PLATFORM TO BULLY AND HARASS GOBOTS.

{{disambig3|All Fall Down}}
{{Comicstory
|seriesissue=''[[Transformers (2019 comic)|Transformers]]'' #19
|prev=Arcee/Greenlight: Run
|next=Rise of the Decepticons Part Two
|caption=
|image=TF2019 19 cvrA.jpg
|title="Rise of the Decepticons: All Fall Down"
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[March 19]], 2020
|coverdate=March 2020
|written by=[[Brian Ruckley]]
|art by=[[Anna Malkova]]
|colors by=[[Joana Lafuente]]
|letters by=[[Jake M. Wood]]
|editor=[[David Mariotte]], [[Tom Waltz]] and [[Riley Farmer]]
|continuity=[[2019 IDW continuity]]
|chronology=
}}

'''The Ascenticons step up to help with relief efforts—but as Megatron tightens his grip on the Ascenticon Guard, Bumblebee begins to suspect that something is amiss.'''

==Synopsis==
After a long convalescence at [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]'s medical center, [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] cheerfully reports to [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] that she's finally been cleared for active duty, but stops dead when confronted by the sight of a grim-faced Ratchet tending to the greviously wounded [[Javelin]], and the comatose [[Ruckus (G1)|Ruckus]] and [[Kaskade]]. Ratchet warns her that this grisly sight is the least of his worries; in her absence, the [[Tether]] has fallen, levelling vast swathes of Iacon with it. Horrified, Windblade takes in the sight from above while [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and his innermost [[Decepticon|Ascenticon]]s regard the devastation from a nearby balcony. The Ascenticon leader bitterly muses that he ''never'' wanted things to turn out this way, but the drastic actions of his followers have left him no choice but to continue down this road. Ignoring [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s protests, Megatron orders his followers into action: Jhiaxus will rally his followers in [[Tarn (polity)|Tarn]], [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] will contact the infiltration troopers under his command, and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] will be placed under the protection of the [[Ascenticon Guard]]. Indeed, Megatron has already enlisted some new Guard recruits directly from [[The Rise]], but this extra muscle comes at a cost: the Ascenticon leader decrees that [[Elita One (G1)|Elita-1]] has outlived her purpose as the Guard's honest, idealistic figurehead... and makes it clear that [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] must meet with an "accident" on his next mission.

Elita is indeed confused and outraged when Soundwave goes over her head to bring in these new recruits, and warns Soundwave that the presence of dangerous 'bots like [[Ion Storm]] and [[Nova Storm (G1)|Nova Storm]] will undermine the goodwill she's worked to cultivate with the people of Cybertron. Soundwave doesn't care: Elita is relieved of command, confined to quarters, and [[Flywheels|Skytread]] is installed as the new leader of the Ascenticon Guard.
Predictably, Bumblebee isn't much pleased by the shakeup, and says as much during his next deployment as part of a search-and-rescue mission to help victims of the recent disaster. With no need to conceal his thinly veiled hatred of Bumblebee, Skytread orders him to check out a nearby storage building, smirking at the prospect of finally getting even with his rival. The moment Bumblebee's out of earshot, however, he puts in a call to [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] to try and tell her what's happened, only to find that she's apparently busy with her own problems. In the meantime, Bumblebee gets to work; spying a hand amidst the debris, he frantically tries to dig out the stranded Cybertronian—but discovers that it belongs to a 'bot who's already dead. The sight brings back terrible memories for Bumblebee as he collapses onto a nearby rock... unaware of the glowing eyes watching his every move.

Elsewhere, [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] and [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Orion Pax]] watch as [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] escorts the [[Voin]] asserter through the streets while [[Nautica (G1)|Nautica]] does her best to try and talk down the alien. Orion tries to keep Sentinel abreast of the crisis, but his news is not heartening: [[Vigilem]] has disappeared, [[Lodestar]] is gravely injured, the other [[Titan (group)|Titan]]s remain offline, and the [[Winged Moon]] has spun into an unstable orbit. But while the bullish Sentinel wants to arrest Soundwave and break The Rise as hard and fast as possible, Orion advocates restraint: better to focus on rebuilding what they already have while leaving the Ascenticons to a general capable of handling a surgical strike. However, there's only one [[Great General]] available; on hearing [[Pyra Magna]]'s name, Sentinel immediately shuts down his deputy, and storms off, shouting that he'll pass the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], ''not'' Orion, and that he'll expose the Ascenticons as the traitors and liars he knows they are.

In the ruins, Bumblebee tries to fend off [[Catgut]], and although he's able to shake off the Ascenticon long enough to transform and speed off, a barrage of laser fire from above rains down upon him, courtesy of Catgut's partner [[Treadshot (G1)|Treadshot]], intent on finishing the job!

Meanwhile, Windblade and a team of other security veterans—[[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]], [[Blades (G1)|Blades]], [[Springer (G1)|Springer]], and [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]]—assemble under the auspices of [[Firestar (G1)|Novastar]], who's sought them out to join a security team modelled after Novastar's [[Colonial Security]] division. This new recon and rapid response team will operate in conjunction with [[Hound (G1)|Hound]]'s heavies; security, Novastar explains, will no longer just ''react'' to trouble... for the first time, they'll be getting proactive, organizing counterstrikes, and fighting back against those which would seek to bring down the planet from within.

Bumblebee doesn't go down easy, holding off Catgut long enough to leap to safety through a crack in the ceiling... but Catgut bounds after him, latches onto his leg, and drags him back down to the ground in time for Treadshot to charge his chest cannon and unleash a blast so powerful that it blows Bumblebee straight through the nearest wall. Treadshot moves in for the kill, but is taken aback by another high-powered blaster volley and backs off. The blaster belongs to Chromia, and as she helps Bumblebee up she gives him everything they know: Catgut and Treadshot are confirmed members of [[The Rise]], and Bumblebee realizes that someone wanted him out of the picture. Chromia tries to console him by telling him that he did everything he could, but it's no use to Bumblebee: nothing on Cybertron has improved and [[Rubble]] is still dead.

At Rise headquarters, a furious [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] interrogates [[Skystalker (G1)|Skystalker]], demanding to know what's happened to Vigilem. Skystalker, still traumatized, can't answer, but the session is cut short when an irate [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] barges in, demanding an explanation. Not only have dozens of Risers left to join the Ascenticon Guard, [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] has sent [[Whisper (G1)|Visper]] and [[Storm Cloud (G1)|Storm Cloud]] on a secret mission to continue his "research"—and ''this'' news prompts a horrified Shockwave to rise from his refueling chair...

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Orion Pax]] (28)
* [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] (29)

|h2=[[Decepticon|Ascenticon]]s|c2=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent;border:0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] (6)
* [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (7)
* [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] (8)
* [[Strika (BM)|Strika]] (9)
* [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (10)
* [[Flywheels|Skytread]] (11)
* [[Elita One (G1)|Elita-1]] (12)
* [[Swift (G1)|Swift]] (13)
* [[Roadtrap]] (14)
* [[Battleslash]] (15)
* [[Crasher (G1)|Crasher]] (16)
* [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] (17)
* [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]] (18)
* [[Ion Storm|Ion Storm]] (19)
{{!}}style="background:transparent;border:0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Nova Storm (G1)|Nova Storm]] (20)
* [[Acid Storm (G1)|Acid Storm]] (21)
* [[Reflector (G1)|Refraktor]] (22)
* [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (23)
* [[Catgut]] (25)
* [[Treadshot (G1)|Treadshot]] (37)
* [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (38)
* [[Flatline (G1)|Flatline]] (39)
* [[Skystalker (G1)|Skystalker]] (40)
* [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] (41)

{{!}}}

|h4=Cybertronians|c4=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
* [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] (1)
* [[Javelin]] (2)
* [[Kaskade]] (3)
* [[Ruckus (G1)|Ruckus]] (4)
* [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (5)
* [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] (24)
* [[Nautica (G1)|Nautica]] (26)
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (30)
* [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (31)
* [[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]] (32)
* [[Blades (G1)|Blades]] (33)
* [[Firestar (G1)|Novastar]] (34)
* [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] (35)
* [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] (36)
{{!}}style="background:transparent;border:0px" valign="top"{{!}}

{{!}}}

|h5=Others|c5=
* [[Voin]] asserter (27)
}}

==Quotes==
"Cybertron is becoming such a dangerous place, even for those trying to do the right thing."
:—'''Megatron'''

"You have '''got''' to be kidding." 
"Joke's on you. I run the Guard now. I can run '''you''' into the ground if I feel like it."
:—'''Bumblebee''' and '''Skytread'''

"I say the Ascenticons are '''traitors''' and '''liars''', and we '''will''' tell that truth! We '''will''' name them what they are!"
:—'''Sentinel Prime'''

"Windblade and Blades are air recon." 
"This'll be good. Singular versus plural to see who's best, right?"
:—'''Novastar''' and '''Blades'''

"You've done '''all''' you possibly can." 
"I guess. But it's not enough, is it? It hasn't changed anything. He's still dead."
:—'''Chromia''' and '''Bumblebee'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] was injured back in [[The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Three|issue #9]] during a raid on a Rise bunker and subsequently confined to a stasis tube for the next ten issues.
* Ratchet's other patients include [[Javelin]], [[Kaskade]], and [[Ruckus (G1)|Ruckus]], who were all injured in [[The Change In Your Nature Part Two|issue #14]]: Javelin was shot in the head by Ruckus's team, while Ruckus and Kaskade were themselves badly wounded when Soundwave detonated the abandoned [[Titan (group)|Titan]] they were using as a temporary base.
* The [[Voin]] asserter arrived on Cybertron in [[The Change In Your Nature Part Four|issue #16]], seeking retribution for the Voin scavenger that [[Quake (G1)|Quake]] killed in [[The World In Your Eyes Part Five|issue #5]].
* [[Pyra Magna]] had been referenced several times before as some kind of political prisoner, and this issue reveals that she was previously one of the [[Great Generals]] of Cybertron alongside [[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]], [[Strika (BM)|Strika]], and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]—presumably, as per Megatron's flashback in [[The Change In Your Nature Part Three|issue #15]], they served in the [[War of the Threefold Spark]]. Orion specifically notes that Ultra Magnus is "absent" from Cybertron, in what's presumably foreshadowing for his upcoming ''[[Transformers: Galaxies|Galaxies]]'' story arc.
* Skytread has disliked Bumblebee since [[The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part One|issue #7]], where Bumblebee took down both him and [[Reflector (G1)|Refraktor]] in a sparring match; their rivalry continued into [[The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Five|#11]], where Skytread knocked Bumblebee unconscious, but 'Bee got his own back in [[The Change In Your Nature Part One|#13]] when he beat the tar out of Skytread.
* Following her uncertain fate in [[The Change In Your Nature Part Five|issue #17]], this issue clarifies that [[Lodestar]] survived her encounter with [[Vigilem]], but is badly injured and unable to fly.
* Chromia mentions that Treadshot is a confirmed member of [[The Rise]]; his name appeared among the list of Rise members Windblade and Chromia recovered from the Rise bunker in [[The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Three|issue #9]].

===Transformers references===
* In addition to the toyetic [[Battleslash]], [[Roadtrap]], and [[Acid Storm (G1)|Acid Storm]]'s [[Rainmaker]] compatriots, [[Swift (G1)|Swift]] joins the Ascenticon Guard, having previously appeared in the [[2005 IDW continuity]] as a post-war [[Decepticon]] recruit during a 2015 ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|The Transformers]]'' storyline...
* ...but the really unexpected cameo this time round is ''[[Crasher (G1)|Crasher]]'', who last showed up in 2007's ''[[The Transformers: Megatron Origin|Megatron Origin]]'' miniseries, a reference to the ''[[GoBots]]'' [[Crasher (GoBots)|character of the same name]]. Perhaps for trademark reasons, she's drawn with the visored face that she sported in her first IDW appearance, itself based on Crasher's original toy, rather than her more humanoid cartoon visage.
* Orion namedrops Dai Atlas as one of Cybertron's Great Generals, noting that he's since gone immersant in what seems to be a reference to the character's depiction in the [[2005 IDW continuity]] as an ancient Cybertronian from [[Nova Prime]]'s era.
* Treadshot and Catgut are mentioned to have survived the wreck of the ''[[Iron Hope (Cybertron)|Iron Hope]]'', a starship from the ''[[Transformers Timelines (fiction)|Timelines]]'' story "[[Force of Habit]]," and Chromia notes that subsisting on [[Nucleon (substance)|nucleon]] while stranded left the remaining crew permanently mode-locked. In the original [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel ''Transformers'' comics]] and toy bios, nucleon was the substance responsible for changing ordinary Transformers into non-transforming [[Action Master]]s; presumably, [[Gutcruncher (G1)|Gutcruncher]] in [[Arcee/Greenlight: Run|the previous issue]] is also one of the "''Iron Hope'' Hundred."

===Other notes===
* Originally solicited for March 11th, this comic arrives just one week late.

===Covers (3)===
* '''Cover A''': Bumblebee in the crosshairs, by [[Thomas Deer]]
* '''Cover B''': Chromia's friends and foes, by [[Priscilla Tramontano]]
* '''Retailer incentive cover''': Elita-1 imprisoned, by [[Freddie E. Williams]] and [[Jeremy Colwell]]

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==External links==
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Rise of the Decepticons: All Fall Down

2020-03-23T01:08:39Z

StopMockingGobotsCM: A fan suggested to writer for Gobots to appear in the comic. Stop hating on them Chris Mcfeely, grow up. transformers were INSPIRED BY THE GOBOTS

{{disambig3|All Fall Down}}
{{Comicstory
|seriesissue=''[[Transformers (2019 comic)|Transformers]]'' #19
|prev=Arcee/Greenlight: Run
|next=Rise of the Decepticons Part Two
|caption=
|image=TF2019 19 cvrA.jpg
|title="Rise of the Decepticons: All Fall Down"
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[March 19]], 2020
|coverdate=March 2020
|written by=[[Brian Ruckley]]
|art by=[[Anna Malkova]]
|colors by=[[Joana Lafuente]]
|letters by=[[Jake M. Wood]]
|editor=[[David Mariotte]], [[Tom Waltz]] and [[Riley Farmer]]
|continuity=[[2019 IDW continuity]]
|chronology=
}}

'''The Ascenticons step up to help with relief efforts—but as Megatron tightens his grip on the Ascenticon Guard, Bumblebee begins to suspect that something is amiss.'''

==Synopsis==
After a long convalescence at [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]'s medical center, [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] cheerfully reports to [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] that she's finally been cleared for active duty, but stops dead when confronted by the sight of a grim-faced Ratchet tending to the greviously wounded [[Javelin]], and the comatose [[Ruckus (G1)|Ruckus]] and [[Kaskade]]. Ratchet warns her that this grisly sight is the least of his worries; in her absence, the [[Tether]] has fallen, levelling vast swathes of Iacon with it. Horrified, Windblade takes in the sight from above while [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and his innermost [[Decepticon|Ascenticon]]s regard the devastation from a nearby balcony. The Ascenticon leader bitterly muses that he ''never'' wanted things to turn out this way, but the drastic actions of his followers have left him no choice but to continue down this road. Ignoring [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s protests, Megatron orders his followers into action: Jhiaxus will rally his followers in [[Tarn (polity)|Tarn]], [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] will contact the infiltration troopers under his command, and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] will be placed under the protection of the [[Ascenticon Guard]]. Indeed, Megatron has already enlisted some new Guard recruits directly from [[The Rise]], but this extra muscle comes at a cost: the Ascenticon leader decrees that [[Elita One (G1)|Elita-1]] has outlived her purpose as the Guard's honest, idealistic figurehead... and makes it clear that [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] must meet with an "accident" on his next mission.

Elita is indeed confused and outraged when Soundwave goes over her head to bring in these new recruits, and warns Soundwave that the presence of dangerous 'bots like [[Ion Storm]] and [[Nova Storm (G1)|Nova Storm]] will undermine the goodwill she's worked to cultivate with the people of Cybertron. Soundwave doesn't care: Elita is relieved of command, confined to quarters, and [[Flywheels|Skytread]] is installed as the new leader of the Ascenticon Guard.
Predictably, Bumblebee isn't much pleased by the shakeup, and says as much during his next deployment as part of a search-and-rescue mission to help victims of the recent disaster. With no need to conceal his thinly veiled hatred of Bumblebee, Skytread orders him to check out a nearby storage building, smirking at the prospect of finally getting even with his rival. The moment Bumblebee's out of earshot, however, he puts in a call to [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] to try and tell her what's happened, only to find that she's apparently busy with her own problems. In the meantime, Bumblebee gets to work; spying a hand amidst the debris, he frantically tries to dig out the stranded Cybertronian—but discovers that it belongs to a 'bot who's already dead. The sight brings back terrible memories for Bumblebee as he collapses onto a nearby rock... unaware of the glowing eyes watching his every move.

Elsewhere, [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] and [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Orion Pax]] watch as [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] escorts the [[Voin]] asserter through the streets while [[Nautica (G1)|Nautica]] does her best to try and talk down the alien. Orion tries to keep Sentinel abreast of the crisis, but his news is not heartening: [[Vigilem]] has disappeared, [[Lodestar]] is gravely injured, the other [[Titan (group)|Titan]]s remain offline, and the [[Winged Moon]] has spun into an unstable orbit. But while the bullish Sentinel wants to arrest Soundwave and break The Rise as hard and fast as possible, Orion advocates restraint: better to focus on rebuilding what they already have while leaving the Ascenticons to a general capable of handling a surgical strike. However, there's only one [[Great General]] available; on hearing [[Pyra Magna]]'s name, Sentinel immediately shuts down his deputy, and storms off, shouting that he'll pass the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], ''not'' Orion, and that he'll expose the Ascenticons as the traitors and liars he knows they are.

In the ruins, Bumblebee tries to fend off [[Catgut]], and although he's able to shake off the Ascenticon long enough to transform and speed off, a barrage of laser fire from above rains down upon him, courtesy of Catgut's partner [[Treadshot (G1)|Treadshot]], intent on finishing the job!

Meanwhile, Windblade and a team of other security veterans—[[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]], [[Blades (G1)|Blades]], [[Springer (G1)|Springer]], and [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]]—assemble under the auspices of [[Firestar (G1)|Novastar]], who's sought them out to join a security team modelled after Novastar's [[Colonial Security]] division. This new recon and rapid response team will operate in conjunction with [[Hound (G1)|Hound]]'s heavies; security, Novastar explains, will no longer just ''react'' to trouble... for the first time, they'll be getting proactive, organizing counterstrikes, and fighting back against those which would seek to bring down the planet from within.

Bumblebee doesn't go down easy, holding off Catgut long enough to leap to safety through a crack in the ceiling... but Catgut bounds after him, latches onto his leg, and drags him back down to the ground in time for Treadshot to charge his chest cannon and unleash a blast so powerful that it blows Bumblebee straight through the nearest wall. Treadshot moves in for the kill, but is taken aback by another high-powered blaster volley and backs off. The blaster belongs to Chromia, and as she helps Bumblebee up she gives him everything they know: Catgut and Treadshot are confirmed members of [[The Rise]], and Bumblebee realizes that someone wanted him out of the picture. Chromia tries to console him by telling him that he did everything he could, but it's no use to Bumblebee: nothing on Cybertron has improved and [[Rubble]] is still dead.

At Rise headquarters, a furious [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] interrogates [[Skystalker (G1)|Skystalker]], demanding to know what's happened to Vigilem. Skystalker, still traumatized, can't answer, but the session is cut short when an irate [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] barges in, demanding an explanation. Not only have dozens of Risers left to join the Ascenticon Guard, [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] has sent [[Whisper (G1)|Visper]] and [[Storm Cloud (G1)|Storm Cloud]] on a secret mission to continue his "research"—and ''this'' news prompts a horrified Shockwave to rise from his refueling chair...

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Orion Pax]] (28)
* [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] (29)

|h2=[[Decepticon|Ascenticon]]s|c2=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent;border:0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] (6)
* [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (7)
* [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] (8)
* [[Strika (BM)|Strika]] (9)
* [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (10)
* [[Flywheels|Skytread]] (11)
* [[Elita One (G1)|Elita-1]] (12)
* [[Swift (G1)|Swift]] (13)
* [[Roadtrap]] (14)
* [[Battleslash]] (15)
* [[Crasher (G1)|Crasher]] (16)
* [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] (17)
* [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]] (18)
* [[Ion Storm|Ion Storm]] (19)
{{!}}style="background:transparent;border:0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Nova Storm (G1)|Nova Storm]] (20)
* [[Acid Storm (G1)|Acid Storm]] (21)
* [[Reflector (G1)|Refraktor]] (22)
* [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (23)
* [[Catgut]] (25)
* [[Treadshot (G1)|Treadshot]] (37)
* [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (38)
* [[Flatline (G1)|Flatline]] (39)
* [[Skystalker (G1)|Skystalker]] (40)
* [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] (41)

{{!}}}

|h4=Cybertronians|c4=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
* [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] (1)
* [[Javelin]] (2)
* [[Kaskade]] (3)
* [[Ruckus (G1)|Ruckus]] (4)
* [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (5)
* [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] (24)
* [[Nautica (G1)|Nautica]] (26)
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (30)
* [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (31)
* [[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]] (32)
* [[Blades (G1)|Blades]] (33)
* [[Firestar (G1)|Novastar]] (34)
* [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] (35)
* [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] (36)
{{!}}style="background:transparent;border:0px" valign="top"{{!}}

{{!}}}

|h5=Others|c5=
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==Quotes==
"Cybertron is becoming such a dangerous place, even for those trying to do the right thing."
:—'''Megatron'''

"You have '''got''' to be kidding." 
"Joke's on you. I run the Guard now. I can run '''you''' into the ground if I feel like it."
:—'''Bumblebee''' and '''Skytread'''

"I say the Ascenticons are '''traitors''' and '''liars''', and we '''will''' tell that truth! We '''will''' name them what they are!"
:—'''Sentinel Prime'''

"Windblade and Blades are air recon." 
"This'll be good. Singular versus plural to see who's best, right?"
:—'''Novastar''' and '''Blades'''

"You've done '''all''' you possibly can." 
"I guess. But it's not enough, is it? It hasn't changed anything. He's still dead."
:—'''Chromia''' and '''Bumblebee'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] was injured back in [[The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Three|issue #9]] during a raid on a Rise bunker and subsequently confined to a stasis tube for the next ten issues.
* Ratchet's other patients include [[Javelin]], [[Kaskade]], and [[Ruckus (G1)|Ruckus]], who were all injured in [[The Change In Your Nature Part Two|issue #14]]: Javelin was shot in the head by Ruckus's team, while Ruckus and Kaskade were themselves badly wounded when Soundwave detonated the abandoned [[Titan (group)|Titan]] they were using as a temporary base.
* The [[Voin]] asserter arrived on Cybertron in [[The Change In Your Nature Part Four|issue #16]], seeking retribution for the Voin scavenger that [[Quake (G1)|Quake]] killed in [[The World In Your Eyes Part Five|issue #5]].
* [[Pyra Magna]] had been referenced several times before as some kind of political prisoner, and this issue reveals that she was previously one of the [[Great Generals]] of Cybertron alongside [[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]], [[Strika (BM)|Strika]], and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]—presumably, as per Megatron's flashback in [[The Change In Your Nature Part Three|issue #15]], they served in the [[War of the Threefold Spark]]. Orion specifically notes that Ultra Magnus is "absent" from Cybertron, in what's presumably foreshadowing for his upcoming ''[[Transformers: Galaxies|Galaxies]]'' story arc.
* Skytread has disliked Bumblebee since [[The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part One|issue #7]], where Bumblebee took down both him and [[Reflector (G1)|Refraktor]] in a sparring match; their rivalry continued into [[The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Five|#11]], where Skytread knocked Bumblebee unconscious, but 'Bee got his own back in [[The Change In Your Nature Part One|#13]] when he beat the tar out of Skytread.
* Following her uncertain fate in [[The Change In Your Nature Part Five|issue #17]], this issue clarifies that [[Lodestar]] survived her encounter with [[Vigilem]], but is badly injured and unable to fly.
* Chromia mentions that Treadshot is a confirmed member of [[The Rise]]; his name appeared among the list of Rise members Windblade and Chromia recovered from the Rise bunker in [[The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Three|issue #9]].

===Transformers references===
* In addition to the toyetic [[Battleslash]], [[Roadtrap]], and [[Acid Storm (G1)|Acid Storm]]'s [[Rainmaker]] compatriots, [[Swift (G1)|Swift]] joins the Ascenticon Guard, having previously appeared in the [[2005 IDW continuity]] as a post-war [[Decepticon]] recruit during a 2015 ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|The Transformers]]'' storyline...
* ...but the ''really'' unexpected cameo this time round is ' ''[[Crasher (G1)|Crasher]]'', who last showed up in 2007's ''[[The Transformers: Megatron Origin|Megatron Origin]]'' miniseries, a reference to the ''[[GoBots]]'' [[Crasher (GoBots)|character of the same name]] (Brian Ruckley, man). Perhaps for trademark reasons, she's drawn with the visored face that she sported in her first IDW appearance, itself based on Crasher's original toy, rather than her more humanoid cartoon visage.
* Orion namedrops Dai Atlas as one of Cybertron's Great Generals, noting that he's since gone immersant in what seems to be a reference to the character's depiction in the [[2005 IDW continuity]] as an ancient Cybertronian from [[Nova Prime]]'s era.
* Treadshot and Catgut are mentioned to have survived the wreck of the ''[[Iron Hope (Cybertron)|Iron Hope]]'', a starship from the ''[[Transformers Timelines (fiction)|Timelines]]'' story "[[Force of Habit]]," and Chromia notes that subsisting on [[Nucleon (substance)|nucleon]] while stranded left the remaining crew permanently mode-locked. In the original [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel ''Transformers'' comics]] and toy bios, nucleon was the substance responsible for changing ordinary Transformers into non-transforming [[Action Master]]s; presumably, [[Gutcruncher (G1)|Gutcruncher]] in [[Arcee/Greenlight: Run|the previous issue]] is also one of the "''Iron Hope'' Hundred."

===Other notes===
* Originally solicited for March 11th, this comic arrives just one week late.

===Covers (3)===
* '''Cover A''': Bumblebee in the crosshairs, by [[Thomas Deer]]
* '''Cover B''': Chromia's friends and foes, by [[Priscilla Tramontano]]
* '''Retailer incentive cover''': Elita-1 imprisoned, by [[Freddie E. Williams]] and [[Jeremy Colwell]]

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==External links==
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