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Anna

2023-10-04T03:56:40Z

UberGeek:

{{disambig3|Ann|Anna}}
:''Anna is a [[GT Sister]] from the [[Transformers GT: Mission GT-R (franchise)|Transformers GT]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:Anna GTstorypage.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|right|"I am an Automaton Nuclear Neo-human Android. You may call me ANNA."]]

'''Anna''' (アンナ) is [[Star Saber (G1)|GT-R Saber]]'s [[GT Sister]]. She favors aggressive tactics, believing that once victory lies within Saber's reach, it's better to risk it all in a bold dash for first place rather than settle for a safe runner-up spot. This behavior is not born out of recklessness on Anna's part, but out of her faith in her partner's abilities.

==Fiction==
===''Story of Transformers GT''===
Before the [[Transformers GT (race)|Transformers GT]] race began, Anna analyzed the starting situation and speculated that [[Optimus Prime (G1)|GT-R Prime]] in the pole position had grown careless from his recent victories. She suggested GT-R Saber prioritize him, which turned out to be sound advice that let Saber take the lead. {{storylink|First Fast Attack! –Whoever Strikes First Wins–}}

===''Transformers GT: Mission GT-R''===
As their respective GT partners raced before them, Anna overheard [[Misaki]] talking to [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] over her headset. Prime promised that he would be done the race in five minutes. Anna urged Saber to finish the race in four minutes instead, much to Misaki's annoyance. Anna then urged Saber further to finish the race quickly, so that she wouldn't get a sunburn (despite having an umbrella handy). Anna, Misaki and [[Hiiro]] then began bickering over whose partner was the fastest, only to be interrupted by the arrival of [[Noa]]. Anna was upset by [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] elbowing his way into the race, causing Saber to swerve. Her good spirits returned when Optimus was able to convince Megatron to continue with the race peacefully. {{storylink|Transformers GT: Mission GT-R (comic)|Transformers GT: Mission GT-R}}

===''Transformers GT: Mission GT-R'' story pages===
Alongside the other GT Sisters and their [[GT Transformer]] partners, Anna participated in promotional events such as photo shoots in order to promote coexistence between humans and Transformers. {{storylink|Transformers GT: Mission GT-R (story page)|The Work of the GT Sister Race Queens?}} When a reincarnated [[Unicron]] attacked the Transformers GT finals and absorbed the [[energon]] saved up for the final prize, Anna entered battle mode and used the "Matrix In" ability inherent to the GT Sisters to merge with GT-R Saber and restore his true strength. Joining forces with the other racers and GT Sisters, the two fought and defeated Unicron, and Anna joyfully hugged Misaki as they celebrated their victory. {{storylink|Transformers GT: Mission GT-R (story page)|The True TFGT}}

===''Kre-O'' comic===
[[File:Kre-O Anna and Ai.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.6]]
Caught up in a Decepticon attack on [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], Anna was glad to see the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] come to the rescue. {{storylink|Kre-O Micro-Changers Combiners comic}} She later bought a new music player, unaware that it was actually one of many [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] clones designed to brainwash humanity. {{storylink|Soundwave's Trap? Stop Operation Brainwash Humanity!}}
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==Toys==
===''GT''===
[[File:GT Anna.jpg|thumb|upright=1]]
*'''GT-R Saber''' ([[May 25]], [[2013]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''GT-02'''
{{toydesigner|[[DOGMASK]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:Packaged with [[Star Saber (G1)#GT|GT-R Saber]], Anna is a highly-poseable figurine redecoed and retooled from the 2005 ''[[Microman]]'' "[https://micromanforever.com/2005El.htm Micro Sister]" mold by ''Microman'' designer [[DOGMASK]] into a human (well, human-passing) {{w|race queen}}.<ref>Article on ''Transformers GT'' in [[Transformers Generations 2013]], p. 34</ref> She wears the real-life uniform of the race queens repping the {{w|Super GT}} team [http://www.impul.co.jp/ Team Impul], whose livery adorns Saber. The set also includes a few extra pairs of hands for Anna to facilitate various expressions.
{{--}}

==Notes==
*Anna's outfit, or "[[scanning]] motif" as it's called in her profile, is the outfit worn by real life race queen Hanna Katayama (片山花菜 ''Katayama Hanna'') during her time as one of the [http://www.calsonickansei.co.jp/race/team/2012/lady.html Calsonic race queens] around the time ''Transformers GT'' was released. The Calsonic duo are one of the race queen groups of [http://www.impul.co.jp/ Team Impul], whose car GT-R Saber transforms into, and represent one of their main sponsors, [[w:Calsonic Kansei|Calsonic Kansei]].

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:GT characters]]
[[Category:Kre-O humans]]
[[Category:Kreons]]

Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook issue 2

2017-08-03T02:19:20Z

UberGeek: /* Errors, omissions, and inconsistencies */

{{comicstory|seriesissue=''[[Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook]]'' #2
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|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[August 2]], [[2017]]
|coverdate=June 2017
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|art by=various
|edits by=[[David Mariotte]] and [[David Hedgecock]]
}}

'''Eclipse''' to '''Oziron Rael'''!

==Profiles==
*[[Brad Turner|Eclipse]] (written by [[Brandon M. Easton]]; art by [[Robert Atkins]] and [[Ander Zarate]])
*[[Marissa Faireborn]] (w. [[John Barber]]; a. [[Guido Guidi]])
*[[Grand Slam (G.I. Joe)|Grand Slam]] (w. [[Aubrey Sitterson]]; a. [[Giannis Milonogiannis]] and [[Lovern Kindzierski]])
*[[Grimlock (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Grimlock]] (w. John Barber; a. Guido Guidi)
*[[Julio Lopez|Gulliver]] (w. Brandon M. Easton; a. [[Sam Lofti]] and [[Jordi Escuin]])
*[[Gung-Ho]] (w. Aubrey Sitterson; a. [[Paolo Villanelli]] and [[John-Paul Bove]])
*[[Agent Helix|Helix]] (w. Aubrey Sitterson; a. Robert Atkins and [[Simon Gough]])
*[[Vanessa Warfield|Ice Queen]] (w. Brandon M. Easton; a. [[Marcelo Ferriera]] and Jordi Escuin)
*[[Jazz (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Jazz]] (w. John Barber; a. [[Casey Coller]] and John-Paul Bove)
*{{i|Klain}} (w. JimmyZ Johnston; a. Robert Atkins and Ander Zarate)
*[[Space Knight|Knights]] of the [[Solstar Order]] (w. [[Chris Ryall]] and [[David Mariotte]]; a. [[David Messina]], [[Michele Pasta]], and [[Alessandra Alexakis]])
*[[Garrison Kreiger]] (w. John Barber; a. [[Ron Joseph]] and [[Jay Fotos]])
*[[Kup (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Kup]] (w. John Barber; a. [[Fico Ossio]] and [[Sebastian Cheng]])
*[[Lady Jaye]] (w. Aubrey Sitterson; a. [[Steve Kurth]] and Simon Gough)
*[[Larissa]] (w. JimmyZ Johnston; a. [[Jed Dougherty]] and [[David Garcia Cruz]])
*[[Livia]] (w. Chris Ryall and David Mariotte; a. Paolo Villanelli and Alessandra Alexakis)
*[[Mainframe (G.I. Joe)|Mainframe]] (w. Aubrey Sitterson; a. Steve Kurth and Simon Gough)
*[[Major Bludd]] (w. John Barber; a. [[Igor Lima]] and Ander Zarate)
*{{i|Darby Mason}} (w. Chris Ryall and David Mariotte; a. David Messina, Michele Pasta, and Alessandra Alexakis)
*[[Ayana Jones|Mayday]] (w. John Barber; a. Igor Lima and Ander Zarate)
*[[Miles Mayhem]] (w. Brandon M. Easton; a. Marcelo Ferriera and Jordi Escuin)
*[[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] (w. John Barber; a. [[Alex Milne]] and [[Joana Lafuente]])
*[[Microtron]] (w. [[Cullen Bunn]] and JimmyZ Johnston; a. Jed Dougherty and David Garcia Cruz)
*[[Doctor Mindbender]] (w. Aubrey Sitterson; a. Marcelo Ferriera and Jordi Escuin)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] (w. John Barber; a. Guido Guidi)
*[[Oktober Guard]] (w. John Barber; a. Fico Ossio and Sebastian Cheng)
*[[Orphion]] (w. Chris Ryall and David Mariotte; a. David Messina)
*[[Oziron Rael]] (w. Cullen Bunn; a. [[Jack Lawrence]] and Ander Zarate)

==Other content==
*"[[Upgrade]]" comic strip
*Pin-up of the regular cover, by [[Fico Ossio]] and [[Jordi Escuin]]
*[[Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan]]/[[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] map by [[Guido Guidi]]
*Papercraft model of [[Scarlett]], by [[Kelly Blake]]

==Notes==
===Profile notes===
*Previously alluded to in [[New Cybertron Part 4: Dance Among the Shadows|''Optimus Prime'' #4]], Marissa's profile explicitly explains that her mother is [[Claire Austin]], an old college-age girlfiend of Flint's who he dated while he was still in his teens, introduced in 2013's {{i|The Boy Most Likely To..., Part 2|''The Cobra Files'' #6}}. Flint casually mentioned in that issue that he had heard Claire had a child with her later husband; unbeknownst to him, this profile explains, Claire had been pregnant when they broke up, and the child was his. By the time Marissa learned of her true parentage, from her second step-father (Claire having been noted in ''Cobra Files'' to have been divorced twice), Flint had faked his death, as was G.I. Joe standard protocol at the time; Marissa's profile reveals that she learned he was still alive from Mayday, who had worked with him on the Joe team.
*Established only in the letters page of [[G.I. Joe vol. 5 issue 3|''G.I. Joe'' vol. 5 #3]] prior to this issue, Grand Slam's profile notes that he ''is'' the same Grand Slam who appeared to die waaaay back in 2009's {{i|Origins issue 7|''G.I. Joe Origins'' #7}}, who had survived his injuries.
*Following hints about Grimlock's divided allegiance dropped in [[Liars, A to D Part 3: The Chaos of Warm Things|''More than Meets the Eye'' #3]], [[Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the DJD?|#8]], and [[Animals|#46]], his profile establishes that he was a Decepticon at one point. We still don't know any more than that, though!
*Garrison Kreiger's profile clarifies the unclear situation surrounding the Shletevan bunker where the [[Talisman (G1)|Talisman]] was found in [[Crisis Intervention|''Revolutionaries'' #1]], which was described as a British [[Secret Intelligence Service]] facility, but sported the logo of [[I.R.O.N. Army|I.R.O.N.]] on its walls. Here we learn that it was an I.R.O.N. facility ''operated'' by S.I.S., a situation arranged by [[Doctor X]] during her time as a double-agent.
*Kup's profile states that he was around in the time of [[Nova Prime]], and saw the formation of the [[Golden Age]] after the [[First Cybertronian Civil War]] between the [[Thirteen]] and their [[Thirteen Tribes|tribes]]. Though unsurprising, this is new information that hasn't yet been related in any comics.
*Mayday's profile gives her first historical appearance as the first episode of the ''G.I. Joe Extreme'' cartoon, "A Summoning of Heroes," establishing that she is the IDW version of that first, and otherwise very different, bearer of the "Mayday" codename. Her profile also namechecks [[Joshua Red]], head of the original version of [[Skywatch]] (of which she was a member), not seen since 2009's ''[[The Transformers: Maximum Dinobots|Maximum Dinobots]]''.
*Doctor Mindbender's profile corrects the error that's been running through ''{{i|M.A.S.K.: Mobile Armored Strike Kommand|M.A.S.K.}}'' that identifies the doctor's real name as "Verstal Bender," rather than "Armand Singh," his actual real name as provided in IDW's ''Joe'' titles. "Verstal Bender" is here established to be an alias.
*Major Bludd is noted to have had the arm he lost in [[Crisis Intervention|''Revolutionaries'' #1]] replaced with a [[Talisman (G1)|Talisman]]-tech prosthetic, which hasn't been shown to have happened on-panel. Spoiler for a future issue...?
*[[Dragonsky]], a traditional member of the Oktober Guard who was added to their IDW line-up for ''[[Revolutionaries]]'', is revealed to have been a colleague of Bludd's during his time operating the {{i|Section Ten}} gulag (as seen in {{i|G.I. Joe (comic)|''G.I. Joe'' vol. 1}}), recruited after the Major took control of the team.
*As in issue #1, most profiles get new art, but a few have recycled pieces from other sources, including Grand Slam (from [[G.I. Joe vol. 5 issue 1|''G.I. Joe'' vol. 5 #1]]), Jazz (from [[What It's Really Like|''Optimus Prime'' #8]]; this is art of Jazz in his earliest Cybertronian form, rather than his regular modern-day appearance), Kup (from [[Enter The Shadow|''Revolutionaries'' #2]]), and the Oktober Guard (from ''Revolutionaries'' #1).

===Errors, omissions, and inconsistencies===
*This issue includes the individual episodes for the "first appearances" of the ''M.A.S.K.'' characters that was missing from [[Gloria Baker]]'s profile last time. But where Gloria was credited as "AURA (GLORIA BAKER)," this issue just lists the characters by their codenames alone.
*Grimlock's birthplace is listed as "unknown," though in [[Some Of My Best Friends Are Autobots|issue 45]] of ''More than Meets the Eye'' he was referred to as "Grimlock of [[Iacon]]." Perhaps [[Misfire (G1)|Misfire]] was misinformed?
*Gung-Ho is listed as having no relatives, yet his profile mentions that he has eight siblings and a large extended family.
*Lady Jaye and Mainframe's profiles give their first appearances as issues #32 and #58 of Marvel's ''G.I. Joe'' comic, respectively. Though those are the correct issues of the comic in which they debuted, they actually ''first'' appeared in episodes of the ''G.I. Joe'' cartoon broadcast before those issue's releases; Lady Jaye in September 1984's "In the Cobra's Pit" (versus of #32's October 1984 publication date, cover-dated February '85), and Mainframe in September 1986's "Arise, Serpentor, Arise!" Part 1 (versus December '86 for #58, cover-dated April '87).
*Metrotitan is depicted with wheels in his starship mode, which is accurate to his original toy but not his prior fictional appearances in the IDW universe.
*Even accounting for the late publication of this issue (see "other notes," below), Megatron's profile is outdated, giving his base of operations as [[Necroworld]], which fails to account for his relocation to the [[Functionist Universe]] in May's [[Dissolution Part 6: This Machine Kills Fascists|''Lost Light'' #6]].

===Other trivia===
*Originally solicited for release in June, this issue arrived noticeably late, in the first week of August, two months after the already-month-late issue #1.

===Other printings===
Several of the profiles shown were previously published as backmatter in issues of ''Revolution'' and other [[Hasbro Universe]] comics:

*Helix in [[Valley Forge|''Revolution'' #5]]
*Mainframe in [[O Ship of State|''Revolution'' #3]]
*Microtron in ''{{i|Micronauts Annual 2017}}''
*Miles Mayhem in [[O Ship of State|''Revolution'' #3]] and ''{{i|M.A.S.K. Annual 2017}}''
*Optimus Prime in [[Valley Forge|''Revolution'' #5]]
*Oziron Rael in [[The New Colossus|''Revolution'' #4]]

Shortened versions of Marissa, Grimlock, Gulliver, Helix, Ice Queen, Lady Jaye, Mainframe, Miles Mayhem, Microtron, Optimus Prime, and Oziron Rael's profiles were also released as trading cards through a ''Revolution''-themed [http://humblebundle.com Humble Bundle].

===Covers (3)===
*'''Regular cover:''' Wraparound cover of the characters profiled in this issue, by [[Fico Ossio]] and [[Thomas Deer]]
*'''Subscription cover:''' Kup, along with the forces of M.A.S.K. and V.E.N.O.M., by [[Sam Lofti]] and [[Jordi Escuin]]
*'''Retailer incentive cover:''' Matt Trakker and G.I. Joe, by [[Marcelo Borstelmann]]

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==External links==
*[http://www.comiccrusaders.com/exclusive-preview-hasbro-heroes-sourcebook-2/ Preview]

[[Category: Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook issues]]

Gaea

2017-01-06T07:11:34Z

UberGeek:

{{disambig2|the robot mode of ''Classics'' Earth|the planet introduced in ''Beast Wars II''|Gaea (planet)}}

[[File:AnotherLight-Gaea.jpg|thumb|right|250px|All I wanna do is see you turn into a giant woman, A giant woman!]]

Kin to [[Primus]] and [[Unicron]], '''Gaea''' is a goddess contained within a [[Primax 207.0 Epsilon|specific universe]]'s [[Earth]]. [[Rarified Energon]] is her lifeblood.

Sometimes her name is spelled '''Gaia'''.

{{TOCclear}}

==Fiction==
===''Classics''===
In ancient times, the [[Thirteen]] predicted that Gaea would one day be needed to combat some threat, and she agreed to be hidden as the core of Earth.

When [[Ultra Magnus (SG)|Ultra Magnus]] used the power of the [[Terminus Blade]] to destroy the universe of [[Primax 207.0 Epsilon]], Earth was the only thing to survive, having been brought into Magnus's home dimension, along with the entire population, both [[human]] and [[Transformer|Cybertronian]]. It remained there when [[Nexus Prime]] [[Shroud|strengthened the boundaries]] of the multiverse, which brought a benevolent [[Unicron]] and evil [[Primus]] into being for the first time.

Upon the dark Primus's transformation into his robot mode and subsequent attack on the displaced Earth, in an attempt to eradicate his former children, the [[Rarified Energon]] located in the planet reacted, and Gaea awakened. Transporting the population of humans to another dimension's Earth, she transformed to her robot mode and fought Primus to prevent him from imposing his interpretation of order upon the universe. With the aid of the [[Knights of Unicron (SG)|Knights of Unicron]], Gaea defeated him. Reformatting her alternate mode into a new [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], she transformed back, giving a new home to the joint forces of the heroic [[Decepticon]]s and [[Autobot]]s. {{storylink|The Future Buried...}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Divination}}}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
Gaia was a deity of some import in late 24th century Cybertronian culture. As [[Dead End (BWN)|Dead-End]] maneuvered her way through the ''[[Dinosaur (ship)|Dinosaur]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s coolant systems, she sarcastically pondered what she had done in a previous life to merit her fate. A possiblity she considered was the theft of the spark of the lover of Gaia. {{storylink|Intersectionality}}

During the [[Vehicon Apocalypse]], an indignant Rook invoked Gaia's name when he tried to point out to [[Fever Dream]] the Vehicons were quite blatantly bad news. {{storylink|Derailment}}

==Notes==
*Gaea is appropriately named after {{w|Gaia (mythology)|Gaea}}, who was the personification of the Earth in Greek mythology. The same mythological reference was used for [[Gaea (planet)|future Earth]] in ''[[Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars II]]''.
*Gaea was first depicted on a t-shirt for the unofficial [[BotCon 2004]].

==See also==
* [[Atlas (G1)|Atlas]]

[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising characters]]
[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising Transformer culture]]
[[Category:Classics Transformers]]
[[Category:Dimension hoppers]]
[[Category:Fiction-only Transformers]]
[[Category:Fan Club-original characters]]
[[Category:Gods]]
[[Category:Shattered Glass characters]]

O Ship of State

2016-10-20T00:36:12Z

UberGeek: /* Covers (8) */

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|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
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'''The Transformers once again clash with Rom, and with fate of their home dimension hanging in the balance, the Micronauts must join the action.'''

==Synopsis==
In the subatomic dimension of [[Microspace]], the rag-tag gang of freebooters known as the [[Micronauts]] have ventured deep into the heart of the mysterious [[entropy cloud]] that is destroying their reality. They have been pursued by their enemy, the tyrant [[Baron Karza]], but the flow of time and space within the cloud is in flux, so when they cross paths again, it has been only days for the Micronauts, but ''years'' for the Baron. In those years, Karza has found what lies at the center of the cloud: the seemingly-lifeless form of [[Micronus Prime]], creator of Microspace itself. As the Micronauts' ship, the ''[[Heliopolis]]'', now comes within range of Micronus's planet-sized body, Karza explains to them via holographic communication that the robot is a gateway to another dimension, through which he is transporting the [[Ore-13]] that he has discovered is capable of counteracting the entropy cloud. But progress is slow, and to save Microspace, Karza says he will need the Micronauts' help.

At [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] headquarters, [[Matt Trakker]] angrily confronts [[Scarlett]], furious that she and [[Miles Mayhem|Miles Manheim]] hid the fact that the Transformers are living beings from him. Scarlett is a little disarmed to hear that [[M.A.S.K.]] have captured [[Kup (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Kup]] without her knowledge, but Manheim himself suddenly appears to redirect the conversation, and leads Matt away to talk to him in private. Elsewhere in the base, Kup tries to explain to [[M.A.S.K.]] operatives [[Vanessa Warfield]] and [[Sly Rax]] that he has friends in the [[Earth Defense Command]], and that he has important information on the Ore-13 situation. Warfield tells him she will relay the intel for him, so Kup tells her what he has learned, only to realize that the woman has tricked him and has no intentions of setting him free.

Meanwhile, having made peace with [[Rom]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] brings the space knight back to [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]], where they exchange notes on the [[Dire Wraith]]s and their interest in Earth's Ore-13, and Microspace, which [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] has, through her own investigations, discovered is somehow linked to the [[Titan (IDW)|Titan]] who makes up the city. Windblade believes that aiding the disintegrating Microspace should be their paramount concern, but Optimus Prime insists that, lacking the knowledge or resources to help Micronus's universe at present, they must remain focused on solving the Ore-13 situation on Earth. Just then, the damaged Aileron bursts into the room, with news of the humans' new identity-cloaking M.A.S.K. vehicle technology, and of Kup's discovery that the Ore-13 is being sent into another universe. [[Soundwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Soundwave]] draws the obvious connection to Microspace, and argues that Windblade's view is the correct one and that everything currently happening must be connected, but Optimus is firm, refusing to allow his team's attentions to be divided. But Rom's attentions are drifting towards Autobot City's [[space bridge]]...

Back at Joe headquarters, Scarlett is discussing her suspicion of Manheim's motives with [[Mainframe (G.I. Joe)|Mainframe]] when [[Doc (Carla Greer)|Doc]] comes rushing in. The medic has completed her examination of the remains of the Joes slain by Rom... and has discovered that they were not human! Realizing that the entire military command structure could be likewise compromised by alien infiltrators Scarlett puts in a call to an old friend for help.

In Microspace, it is revealed that Karza is not operating alone: he has unknown allies in the macro-verse and converses with one now via comm link, who urges him to pause his operations for fear of further danger to [[Earth]]. Once his co-conspirator has signed off, however, an enraged Karza refuses to heed his words, and activates Micronus's space bridge. Just as he does so, the Micronauts receive an unexpected visitor aboard the ''[[Heliopolis]]''—a "[[Time Traveler]]," a highly-evolved member of team leader [[Pharoid|Oziron Rael]]'s species, the Pharoids, with the power to walk across time and space. To save Microspace, the Time Traveler urges the team to travel ''through'' the bridge. Before they can reach a decision, however, huge chunks of Ore-13 suddenly start flying ''out'' of the bridge and detonating wildly in the space around them. This was not Karza's plan, and he interprets it as an attack by his Earth-based ally...

...unaware that it is really the work of Rom! Upon Karza's activation of Micronus's bridge, Autobot City's own bridge has also sprung to life, and though he does not understand how or why, Rom has found that his armor resonates with both the bridge and the Ore-13 crystals beneath the city. Using this link, Rom is hurling the crystals through the bridge to put them beyond the reach of the Dire Wraiths. Realizing the danger he is wantonly putting Microspace in, Optimus Prime, Windblade, and Soundwave attempt to stop him, but Rom holds them off, insisting that stopping the Wraiths' plans is the most important thing. Realizing how harshly he treated Windblade and Soundwave's concerns, Optimus tries to make the space knight understand that, while saving Earth from the aliens is their goal, it must never be accomplished at the expense of another world. Made to see the monomaniacal nature of his actions, the repentant Rom relents, and Optimus resolves that both Earth and Microspace will be saved. But as they talk, nobody notices a tiny spaceship come flying out of the space bridge...

Unaware of their diminutive size in this new universe, the Micronauts fly the ''Heliopolis'' through the corridors of Autobot City, thinking they have arrived on a world made entirely of metal. Suddenly, a colossal black figure appears in their flight path, and the crew believes that they have been betrayed by Baron Karza—for to them, the figure that now bars their way looks like a huge version of Karza himself... when in reality, it is Scarlett's "old friend," [[Snake-Eyes]]!

==Featured characters==
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*[[Kup (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Kup]] (12)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] (15)
*[[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] (17)
*[[Aileron]] (20)
*[[Victorion]] (24)
*[[Arcee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Arcee]] (25)
*[[Jazz (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Jazz]] (26)

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*[[Soundwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Soundwave]] (16)

|h3=[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]|c3=
*[[Scarlett]] (9)
*[[Mainframe (G.I. Joe)|Mainframe]] (21)
*[[Doc (Carla Greer)|Doc]] (22)
*[[Snake-Eyes]] (27)

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*[[Biotron]] (1)
*[[Acroyear (Micronaut)|Acroyear]] (2)
*[[Space Glider|Phenolo-Phi]] (3)
*[[Pharoid|Oziron Rael]] (4)
*[[Orbital Defender|Larissa]] (5)
*[[Microtron]] (6)
*[[Baron Karza]] (7)
*[[Micronus Prime]] (8)
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*[[Matt Trakker]] (10)
*[[Miles Mayhem]] (11)
*[[Sly Rax]] (13)
*[[Vanessa Warfield]] (14)
*[[Rom]] (18)
*[[Dire Wraith]] (projection, 19)
*[[Time Traveler]] (23)
{{!}}}
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==Quotes==
"You '''lied''' to me!" 
"You're gonna have to be '''specific'''. I lie a '''lot.'''"
:—'''Matt Trakker''' and '''Scarlett'''

"Scarlett, you '''okay?'''" 
"Why '''wouldn't''' I be?" 
"Well, we watched our friends '''die''' in front of us, and '''I'm''' not doing okay—so I '''extrapolated.'''"
:—'''Mainframe''' and '''Scarlett'''

"Stop, '''please'''—'''think''' about what you're doing!" 
"I think of '''nothing else!''' The '''Space Knights''' know what '''Cybertronians''' do when worlds '''stand''' in the '''way''' of victory. Your '''Primes''' have '''ended civilizations.''' You plant your '''flag''' on '''Earth''' and declare '''you''' know what is '''best''' for it. And now your '''hypocrisy''' leads you to stand before '''me''' and demand '''another reality''' is off-limits when it comes to saving '''this''' one?" 
"It's '''not''' hypocrisy, Rom. I just don't want you to become '''us.'''"
:—'''Windblade''' and '''Rom'''

"I have been where '''you''' are, Rom. We compromise our principles for '''expediency'''... we tells ourselves we do what is '''necessary'''... that '''we alone''' guard the '''precipice''' of ultimate destruction..." 
"But we are '''not''' alone, Rom. Not any '''longer.'''"
:—'''Soundwave''' and '''Optimus Prime'''

==Notes==
===IDW continuity notes===
*The beginning of this issue flows directly out of the end of the ''Micronauts: Revolution'' one-shot, which concluded with the team being contacted by Karza and coming across Micronus Prime's body.
*Kup remembers when he was locked by the [[Earth Defense Command]], from [[The Nothing Man|''The Transformers'' #45]]-[[Conquerors Part 4: Perihelion|#49]].
*A footnote points readers toward the ''Rom: Revolution'' one-shot to see how the Dire Wraiths use Ore-13 to enhance their powers. In that story, the Wraiths merge Ore-13-powered technology with their black magic to successfully disguise their true forms from Rom's analyzer.
*Windblade already has knowledge of [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan]]'s link to Microspace, which a footnote tells us she gained in the ''[[Til All Are One: Revolution]]'' one-shot. At the time of this issue's publication, that issue had not yet been released.
*Snake-Eyes is noted to have been out of contact with the Joes for some time. He was last seen in the final issue of his self-titled mini-series, ''Snake-Eyes: Agent of Cobra''—the last IDW-continuity ''G.I. Joe'' issue published, in fact—released about a year and a half prior to this issue, in which he was carrying out a mission for [[Destro]].
*The group name of the six components of Victorion has only been given as "the Torchbearers" in-story up to now, but as we learned in [[Conquerors Part 1: Aphelion|''The Transformers'' #46]], that was their ''job title'' on [[Caminus]], and a new group of Torchbearers has taken up their positions since they vacated them. The group has had no formal name since, but Victorion's bio in this issue finally uses the name featured on their toy packaging, the "Rust Renegades", noting it is a nickname for the "former Torchbearers."

===Other franchise references===
*As with ''M.A.S.K.'' last issue, all the ''Micronauts'' characters are based on toys from the original franchise, though with more liberal adaptation. Karza, Biotron, and Microtron are pretty straight imports; the rest of the characters' codenames—"Pharoid," "Space Glider," "Orbital Defender," "Acroyear," and "Time Traveler"—were all used in the original toyline as group names that referred to particular toy molds (humanoid action figures with interchangeable parts) representing "generic" characters which were all each available in a variety of different colors that buyers could [[army-building|army-build]]. Thus, in IDW continuity, Oziron is merely ''a'' Pharoid, Phenolo-Phi shares her "Space Glider technology" with several others, and Acroyear is just one of many identical genetically-engineered super-warriors. Larissa, meanwhile, simply wears armor styled after the "Galactic Defender" toys (but renamed "Orbital Defender," presumably for trademark reasons).
*Mayhem refers to the Transformers as "the ultimate weapon"—a fairly ordinary expression, but one whose use here seems intended to refer to the ''M.A.S.K.'' advertising slogan, "Illusion is the ultimate weapon."
*Matt Trakker and Miles Mayhem's profiles explain how Matt's physicist father Cornelius worked with Mayhem on the earliest version of the M.A.S.K. technopathic technology, only to be "mysteriously murdered." This little story nugget is based on the original ''M.A.S.K.'' franchise backstory, as told through the mini-comic packaged with the first wave of toys, in which it was Matt's ''brother'', Andy, who designed the M.A.S.K. tech and who perished (the ''M.A.S.K.'' cartoon would also later use "Andrew" as the name of Matt's father, which might also be influencing this reimagined version of the story). Mayhem was, of course, responsible for killing Andy—which serves as a very likely hint toward the identity of Cornelius Trakker's murderer in IDW continuity!

===Real-life references===
*Like all chapters of ''Revolution'', this issue takes its title from a poem: in this case, "O Ship of State" by {{w|Henry Wadsworth Longfellow}}.

===Errors===
*In the closing scene of ''Micronauts: Revolution'', Micronus's corpse had its forearms pointed forward, but in the opening scene of this issue, Micronus's arms are flat against his side.
*As in the previous issue, [[Gloria Baker]]'s image is incorrectly used to represent Vanessa Warfield on the cast page.

===Other trivia===
*Backmatter for this issue consists of more full-page character profiles, this time for Mainframe (written by [[Aubrey Sitterson]], art by [[Steve Kurth]] and [[Simon Gough]]), [[Roadblock (G.I. Joe)|Roadblock]] (written by Sitterson, art by [[Robert Atkins]] and Gough), Miles Mayhem and Matt Trakker (both written by [[Brandon M. Easton]] with art by [[Marcelo Ferreira]] and [[Jordi Escuin]]), and Victorion (written by [[John Barber]] with art by [[Guido Guidi]]). Victorion's bio was missing from digital versions of the issue upon release.

===Covers (8)===
*'''Regular cover:''' Optimus Prime peers over Rom's shoulder at Acroyear and Biotron, in the palm of Rom's hand, by [[Tradd Moore]] and [[Felipe Subreiro]].
*'''Subscription cover A:''' Optimus Prime and the Micronauts by [[Brandon Peterson]]
*'''Subscription cover B:''' Wraparound cover of [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], [[Victorion]], [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], [[Doc (Carla Greer)|Doc]], Sly Rax, [[Shazraella]], Baron Karza, [[Bryce Chan]], [[Destro]], [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], Acroyear, [[Quick Kick]] and... someone else (most like the G.I.Joe character [[http:www.myuselessknowledge.com/joe/characters/kwinn.html|Kwinn]])... charging into action, by [[John Byrne]] and [[Len O'Grady]]; part of a series of interlinking covers that homage Byrne's original covers to the ''{{w|Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe|Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Deluxe Edition}}'' from the late 1980s.
*'''Subscription cover C:''' Propaganda poster of Rom by [[James Biggie]]

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*'''Subscription cover D:''' Acroyear, Space Glider, and Matt Trakker action figures by [[Adam Riches]]; part of a series of "action figure" variant covers by Riches.
*'''Retailer incentive cover A:''' Micronus Prime, Optimus Prime, Baron Karza, and Autobot City, by [[Ken Christiansen]]
*'''Retailer incentive cover B:''' Rom and Acroyear by [[Guido Guidi]]; part of a series of "retro" covers by Guidi.
*'''Retailer incentive cover C:''' Biotron, Rom, and Microtron, by [[Art Baltazar]]; part of a series of interlinking covers.

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</gallery>

==External links==
*[http://www.flickeringmyth.com/2016/10/preview-of-idws-revolution-3/ Preview]

[[Category:Revolution issues]]

O Ship of State

2016-10-20T00:33:54Z

UberGeek: /* Covers (8) */

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|prev=The Divine Source of Liberty
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|caption=
|title=Revolution Chapter 3: "O Ship of State"
|caption=
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[October 12]], 2016
|coverdate=
|written by=[[John Barber]] and [[Cullen Bunn]]
|art by=[[Fico Ossio]]
|colors by=[[Sebastian Cheng]]
|letters by=[[Tom B. Long]]
|editor=[[David Hedgecock]]
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity]]
|chronology=[[IDW timeline|Current era]]
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'''The Transformers once again clash with Rom, and with fate of their home dimension hanging in the balance, the Micronauts must join the action.'''

==Synopsis==
In the subatomic dimension of [[Microspace]], the rag-tag gang of freebooters known as the [[Micronauts]] have ventured deep into the heart of the mysterious [[entropy cloud]] that is destroying their reality. They have been pursued by their enemy, the tyrant [[Baron Karza]], but the flow of time and space within the cloud is in flux, so when they cross paths again, it has been only days for the Micronauts, but ''years'' for the Baron. In those years, Karza has found what lies at the center of the cloud: the seemingly-lifeless form of [[Micronus Prime]], creator of Microspace itself. As the Micronauts' ship, the ''[[Heliopolis]]'', now comes within range of Micronus's planet-sized body, Karza explains to them via holographic communication that the robot is a gateway to another dimension, through which he is transporting the [[Ore-13]] that he has discovered is capable of counteracting the entropy cloud. But progress is slow, and to save Microspace, Karza says he will need the Micronauts' help.

At [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] headquarters, [[Matt Trakker]] angrily confronts [[Scarlett]], furious that she and [[Miles Mayhem|Miles Manheim]] hid the fact that the Transformers are living beings from him. Scarlett is a little disarmed to hear that [[M.A.S.K.]] have captured [[Kup (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Kup]] without her knowledge, but Manheim himself suddenly appears to redirect the conversation, and leads Matt away to talk to him in private. Elsewhere in the base, Kup tries to explain to [[M.A.S.K.]] operatives [[Vanessa Warfield]] and [[Sly Rax]] that he has friends in the [[Earth Defense Command]], and that he has important information on the Ore-13 situation. Warfield tells him she will relay the intel for him, so Kup tells her what he has learned, only to realize that the woman has tricked him and has no intentions of setting him free.

Meanwhile, having made peace with [[Rom]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] brings the space knight back to [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]], where they exchange notes on the [[Dire Wraith]]s and their interest in Earth's Ore-13, and Microspace, which [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] has, through her own investigations, discovered is somehow linked to the [[Titan (IDW)|Titan]] who makes up the city. Windblade believes that aiding the disintegrating Microspace should be their paramount concern, but Optimus Prime insists that, lacking the knowledge or resources to help Micronus's universe at present, they must remain focused on solving the Ore-13 situation on Earth. Just then, the damaged Aileron bursts into the room, with news of the humans' new identity-cloaking M.A.S.K. vehicle technology, and of Kup's discovery that the Ore-13 is being sent into another universe. [[Soundwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Soundwave]] draws the obvious connection to Microspace, and argues that Windblade's view is the correct one and that everything currently happening must be connected, but Optimus is firm, refusing to allow his team's attentions to be divided. But Rom's attentions are drifting towards Autobot City's [[space bridge]]...

Back at Joe headquarters, Scarlett is discussing her suspicion of Manheim's motives with [[Mainframe (G.I. Joe)|Mainframe]] when [[Doc (Carla Greer)|Doc]] comes rushing in. The medic has completed her examination of the remains of the Joes slain by Rom... and has discovered that they were not human! Realizing that the entire military command structure could be likewise compromised by alien infiltrators Scarlett puts in a call to an old friend for help.

In Microspace, it is revealed that Karza is not operating alone: he has unknown allies in the macro-verse and converses with one now via comm link, who urges him to pause his operations for fear of further danger to [[Earth]]. Once his co-conspirator has signed off, however, an enraged Karza refuses to heed his words, and activates Micronus's space bridge. Just as he does so, the Micronauts receive an unexpected visitor aboard the ''[[Heliopolis]]''—a "[[Time Traveler]]," a highly-evolved member of team leader [[Pharoid|Oziron Rael]]'s species, the Pharoids, with the power to walk across time and space. To save Microspace, the Time Traveler urges the team to travel ''through'' the bridge. Before they can reach a decision, however, huge chunks of Ore-13 suddenly start flying ''out'' of the bridge and detonating wildly in the space around them. This was not Karza's plan, and he interprets it as an attack by his Earth-based ally...

...unaware that it is really the work of Rom! Upon Karza's activation of Micronus's bridge, Autobot City's own bridge has also sprung to life, and though he does not understand how or why, Rom has found that his armor resonates with both the bridge and the Ore-13 crystals beneath the city. Using this link, Rom is hurling the crystals through the bridge to put them beyond the reach of the Dire Wraiths. Realizing the danger he is wantonly putting Microspace in, Optimus Prime, Windblade, and Soundwave attempt to stop him, but Rom holds them off, insisting that stopping the Wraiths' plans is the most important thing. Realizing how harshly he treated Windblade and Soundwave's concerns, Optimus tries to make the space knight understand that, while saving Earth from the aliens is their goal, it must never be accomplished at the expense of another world. Made to see the monomaniacal nature of his actions, the repentant Rom relents, and Optimus resolves that both Earth and Microspace will be saved. But as they talk, nobody notices a tiny spaceship come flying out of the space bridge...

Unaware of their diminutive size in this new universe, the Micronauts fly the ''Heliopolis'' through the corridors of Autobot City, thinking they have arrived on a world made entirely of metal. Suddenly, a colossal black figure appears in their flight path, and the crew believes that they have been betrayed by Baron Karza—for to them, the figure that now bars their way looks like a huge version of Karza himself... when in reality, it is Scarlett's "old friend," [[Snake-Eyes]]!

==Featured characters==
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*[[Kup (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Kup]] (12)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] (15)
*[[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] (17)
*[[Aileron]] (20)
*[[Victorion]] (24)
*[[Arcee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Arcee]] (25)
*[[Jazz (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Jazz]] (26)

|c2=
*[[Soundwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Soundwave]] (16)

|h3=[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]|c3=
*[[Scarlett]] (9)
*[[Mainframe (G.I. Joe)|Mainframe]] (21)
*[[Doc (Carla Greer)|Doc]] (22)
*[[Snake-Eyes]] (27)

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*[[Biotron]] (1)
*[[Acroyear (Micronaut)|Acroyear]] (2)
*[[Space Glider|Phenolo-Phi]] (3)
*[[Pharoid|Oziron Rael]] (4)
*[[Orbital Defender|Larissa]] (5)
*[[Microtron]] (6)
*[[Baron Karza]] (7)
*[[Micronus Prime]] (8)
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*[[Matt Trakker]] (10)
*[[Miles Mayhem]] (11)
*[[Sly Rax]] (13)
*[[Vanessa Warfield]] (14)
*[[Rom]] (18)
*[[Dire Wraith]] (projection, 19)
*[[Time Traveler]] (23)
{{!}}}
}}

==Quotes==
"You '''lied''' to me!" 
"You're gonna have to be '''specific'''. I lie a '''lot.'''"
:—'''Matt Trakker''' and '''Scarlett'''

"Scarlett, you '''okay?'''" 
"Why '''wouldn't''' I be?" 
"Well, we watched our friends '''die''' in front of us, and '''I'm''' not doing okay—so I '''extrapolated.'''"
:—'''Mainframe''' and '''Scarlett'''

"Stop, '''please'''—'''think''' about what you're doing!" 
"I think of '''nothing else!''' The '''Space Knights''' know what '''Cybertronians''' do when worlds '''stand''' in the '''way''' of victory. Your '''Primes''' have '''ended civilizations.''' You plant your '''flag''' on '''Earth''' and declare '''you''' know what is '''best''' for it. And now your '''hypocrisy''' leads you to stand before '''me''' and demand '''another reality''' is off-limits when it comes to saving '''this''' one?" 
"It's '''not''' hypocrisy, Rom. I just don't want you to become '''us.'''"
:—'''Windblade''' and '''Rom'''

"I have been where '''you''' are, Rom. We compromise our principles for '''expediency'''... we tells ourselves we do what is '''necessary'''... that '''we alone''' guard the '''precipice''' of ultimate destruction..." 
"But we are '''not''' alone, Rom. Not any '''longer.'''"
:—'''Soundwave''' and '''Optimus Prime'''

==Notes==
===IDW continuity notes===
*The beginning of this issue flows directly out of the end of the ''Micronauts: Revolution'' one-shot, which concluded with the team being contacted by Karza and coming across Micronus Prime's body.
*Kup remembers when he was locked by the [[Earth Defense Command]], from [[The Nothing Man|''The Transformers'' #45]]-[[Conquerors Part 4: Perihelion|#49]].
*A footnote points readers toward the ''Rom: Revolution'' one-shot to see how the Dire Wraiths use Ore-13 to enhance their powers. In that story, the Wraiths merge Ore-13-powered technology with their black magic to successfully disguise their true forms from Rom's analyzer.
*Windblade already has knowledge of [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan]]'s link to Microspace, which a footnote tells us she gained in the ''[[Til All Are One: Revolution]]'' one-shot. At the time of this issue's publication, that issue had not yet been released.
*Snake-Eyes is noted to have been out of contact with the Joes for some time. He was last seen in the final issue of his self-titled mini-series, ''Snake-Eyes: Agent of Cobra''—the last IDW-continuity ''G.I. Joe'' issue published, in fact—released about a year and a half prior to this issue, in which he was carrying out a mission for [[Destro]].
*The group name of the six components of Victorion has only been given as "the Torchbearers" in-story up to now, but as we learned in [[Conquerors Part 1: Aphelion|''The Transformers'' #46]], that was their ''job title'' on [[Caminus]], and a new group of Torchbearers has taken up their positions since they vacated them. The group has had no formal name since, but Victorion's bio in this issue finally uses the name featured on their toy packaging, the "Rust Renegades", noting it is a nickname for the "former Torchbearers."

===Other franchise references===
*As with ''M.A.S.K.'' last issue, all the ''Micronauts'' characters are based on toys from the original franchise, though with more liberal adaptation. Karza, Biotron, and Microtron are pretty straight imports; the rest of the characters' codenames—"Pharoid," "Space Glider," "Orbital Defender," "Acroyear," and "Time Traveler"—were all used in the original toyline as group names that referred to particular toy molds (humanoid action figures with interchangeable parts) representing "generic" characters which were all each available in a variety of different colors that buyers could [[army-building|army-build]]. Thus, in IDW continuity, Oziron is merely ''a'' Pharoid, Phenolo-Phi shares her "Space Glider technology" with several others, and Acroyear is just one of many identical genetically-engineered super-warriors. Larissa, meanwhile, simply wears armor styled after the "Galactic Defender" toys (but renamed "Orbital Defender," presumably for trademark reasons).
*Mayhem refers to the Transformers as "the ultimate weapon"—a fairly ordinary expression, but one whose use here seems intended to refer to the ''M.A.S.K.'' advertising slogan, "Illusion is the ultimate weapon."
*Matt Trakker and Miles Mayhem's profiles explain how Matt's physicist father Cornelius worked with Mayhem on the earliest version of the M.A.S.K. technopathic technology, only to be "mysteriously murdered." This little story nugget is based on the original ''M.A.S.K.'' franchise backstory, as told through the mini-comic packaged with the first wave of toys, in which it was Matt's ''brother'', Andy, who designed the M.A.S.K. tech and who perished (the ''M.A.S.K.'' cartoon would also later use "Andrew" as the name of Matt's father, which might also be influencing this reimagined version of the story). Mayhem was, of course, responsible for killing Andy—which serves as a very likely hint toward the identity of Cornelius Trakker's murderer in IDW continuity!

===Real-life references===
*Like all chapters of ''Revolution'', this issue takes its title from a poem: in this case, "O Ship of State" by {{w|Henry Wadsworth Longfellow}}.

===Errors===
*In the closing scene of ''Micronauts: Revolution'', Micronus's corpse had its forearms pointed forward, but in the opening scene of this issue, Micronus's arms are flat against his side.
*As in the previous issue, [[Gloria Baker]]'s image is incorrectly used to represent Vanessa Warfield on the cast page.

===Other trivia===
*Backmatter for this issue consists of more full-page character profiles, this time for Mainframe (written by [[Aubrey Sitterson]], art by [[Steve Kurth]] and [[Simon Gough]]), [[Roadblock (G.I. Joe)|Roadblock]] (written by Sitterson, art by [[Robert Atkins]] and Gough), Miles Mayhem and Matt Trakker (both written by [[Brandon M. Easton]] with art by [[Marcelo Ferreira]] and [[Jordi Escuin]]), and Victorion (written by [[John Barber]] with art by [[Guido Guidi]]). Victorion's bio was missing from digital versions of the issue upon release.

===Covers (8)===
*'''Regular cover:''' Optimus Prime peers over Rom's shoulder at Acroyear and Biotron, in the palm of Rom's hand, by [[Tradd Moore]] and [[Felipe Subreiro]].
*'''Subscription cover A:''' Optimus Prime and the Micronauts by [[Brandon Peterson]]
*'''Subscription cover B:''' Wraparound cover of [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], [[Victorion]], [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], [[Doc (Carla Greer)|Doc]], Sly Rax, [[Shazraella]], Baron Karza, [[Bryce Chan]], [[Destro]], [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], Acroyear, [[Quick Kick]] and... someone else (most like the G.I.Joe character [[Media:http://www.myuselessknowledge.com/joe/characters/kwinn.html|Kwinn]])... charging into action, by [[John Byrne]] and [[Len O'Grady]]; part of a series of interlinking covers that homage Byrne's original covers to the ''{{w|Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe|Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Deluxe Edition}}'' from the late 1980s.
*'''Subscription cover C:''' Propaganda poster of Rom by [[James Biggie]]

<gallery>
File:Revolution3 regcvr.jpg|
File:Revolution3 subcvrA.jpg|
File:Revolution3 subcvrB.jpg|
File:Revolution3 subcvrC.jpg|
</gallery>

*'''Subscription cover D:''' Acroyear, Space Glider, and Matt Trakker action figures by [[Adam Riches]]; part of a series of "action figure" variant covers by Riches.
*'''Retailer incentive cover A:''' Micronus Prime, Optimus Prime, Baron Karza, and Autobot City, by [[Ken Christiansen]]
*'''Retailer incentive cover B:''' Rom and Acroyear by [[Guido Guidi]]; part of a series of "retro" covers by Guidi.
*'''Retailer incentive cover C:''' Biotron, Rom, and Microtron, by [[Art Baltazar]]; part of a series of interlinking covers.

<gallery>
File:Revolution3 subcvrD.jpg|
File:Revolution3 cvrRIA.jpg|
File:Revolution3 cvrRIB.jpg|
File:Revolution3 cvrRIC.jpg|
</gallery>

==External links==
*[http://www.flickeringmyth.com/2016/10/preview-of-idws-revolution-3/ Preview]

[[Category:Revolution issues]]