The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 4: LG-EX Big Powered Prologue Part One
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| "The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 4: LG-EX Big Powered Prologue Part One" レジェンズ復活への道編4 LG-EXビッグパワード前日談前編
(Legends Fukkatsu e no Michi Hen 4: LG-EX Big Powered Zenjitsudan Zenpen) | |||||||||||||
| First published | 2019 March 29 | ||||||||||||
| Manga | Hayato Sakamoto | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | G1 World | ||||||||||||
| Chronology | 2035, 2038 | ||||||||||||
Violengiguar revives his true master and invades Planet Zone.
Synopsis
[edit]Shortly after hijacking the bodies of the Powered Masters, the Violengiguar trio conquer a remote planet and put the Powered Masters' abilities as space pioneers to work in reviving "him" by remaking it into a powerful mechanical world to rival the Planet Zone—Unicron Neo!
In the 2030s, Smokescreen is cheering The Fallen on during his attack on Cybertron, having gone insane and become a Decepticon after use of the Genetronic Translink System left him with several different minds occupying his body. He is defeated by Goshooter and Shūta while distracted by voices in his head telling him to stop, but is saved and restored in a new jet body by Dreadwing. Dreadwing explains the rise and fall of the Cybertron Alliance that occurred during Smokescreen's slumber and that the inability to end their conflict has made him give up on the future of the Transformer race: he now intends to bring about lasting peace by destroying all Transformers, a goal that Smokescreen sees as his chance for atonement.
In 2038, the two have joined Galvatron II's army, but Smokescreen is defeated again when Unicron Neo attacks them on Chaar. Demanding to know why Unicron has turned on him, being the one to bring him to this world to begin with, Galvatron is told that he serves no purpose given his defeat at the hands of the Monsterbots—his discovery of Beast Power will suffice and Unicron will now acquire that power himself. Galvatron escapes destruction by biting into a piece of solitarium on his person and traveling to the 20th century Earth, where he joins Megatron's army. Unicron Neo turns his attention toward Smokescreen and Dreadwing, reformatting them into new bodies and demanding their loyalty, which they gladly provide in accordance with their goal.
Elsewhere, Optimus Prime has been informed of the Legends World happenings and contacts Megatron, applauding him for his role in creating a world where Autobots and Decepticons built enough trust in each other that they kept it secret for 15 years. Megatron in turn offers to reestablish the Cybertron Alliance so the two factions can rebuild the Legends World, but the conversation is interrupted when the Decepticons are attacked by Unicron Neo. Informed that Violengiguar has attacked Planet Zone and that Unicron is heading there as well, Optimus Prime departs to Z with Star Saber, Fortress Maximus, Grand Maximus, and Ginrai to support the Powered Masters already on their way.
In search of Energon Z, Violengiguar wreaks havoc on Planet Zone together with Metrotitan and the Metrosquad, revived and powered up from resting on Titan, but the Micromasters are hardly defenseless: not only is Galaxy Shuttle similarly revived and stronger than ever, but Sky Garry, Grandus, and Metrobase are all present. Dai Atlas arrives and leads the Micromasters in a counterattack, with the small bots swarming over Vion while the Mini-Cons, Micromasters who attained weapon modes in a plasma energy accident, form weapons for Sonic Bomber and Roadfire. The Micromasters have since mastered plasma energy in order to create Schaeffer Energy, which allows them to combine into new weapon modes for their larger comrades on the Air Patrol. A former member of the team, the traitor Hawking, taunts them and announces the arrival of Unicron Neo, who has acquired Beast Power and now looms over the planet.
Unicron Neo tears into Planet Zone together with his Decepticon loyalists while also spawning new beast warrior minions, though they are dealt with by the handy arrival of Optimus Prime's reinforcements. Fortress gets ready to transform into Fortress Maximus, causing much concern about his health issues, but he reveals that he's solved them thanks to Cog, his new butler who serves as a life support system by connecting to the Maximus alongside him. The new "Weaponizer Fortress Maximus" takes on Unicron Neo while Optimus Prime prepares to open the Matrix, only to be stopped by the sentient toy Transformers of the Legends World who warn him that the Matrix is a last resort and that they have their own power to bring to the fore. They combine with the Mini-Cons into what Armada Thrust identifies as the Unicron of Light, a green Unicron that goes toe-to-toe with Unicron Neo and blasts a hole through him with his Cosmos Bringer cannon. However, while Unicron Neo seems defeated, a smirk emerges his face...
Featured characters
[edit](Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
Notes
[edit]Continuity notes
[edit]- The Fallen's assault on Cybertron took place in "Train Wars" and "Train Wars 2".
- Dreadwing and Smokescreen's new bodies are their Tokyo Toy Show 2010 exclusive toys, previously not used in any fiction.
- Optimus reiterates that Unicron was previously (and is still supposed to be) sealed away in the Triple Z Point.
- Metrotitan was returned to Titan to recover in Metroplex's pack-in story. Metroplex had hoped this would restore his heroic personality, but apparently not! Metrotitan appears here as a virtual recolor of Generations Thrilling 30 Metroplex; Metroshot is a virtual redeco of War for Cybertron: Siege Sixgun; Metrodash is a virtual redeco of Thrilling 30 Scamper; and Metrotank is a virtual redeco of Siege Brunt.
- Galaxy Shuttle was said to have died in the Zone story pages, thus the mention of his revival here. He wields a shield, based on an abandoned accessory seen in Transformers Generations Deluxe, which also showcased the base mode seen here.
- The G1 Mini-Cons were previously explained in Legends Vol. 19, and this issue expounds further by explaining that their powers came from an accident with plasma energy while in the process of developing Energon Z.
- Hawking/Eagle Eye previously appeared as a traitor in "Badlands", though a difference is that there he went by the alias of "Hawk"—G2 Eagle Eye's European market name—which also doubled as a subtle nod to the Japanese "Hawking" name without actually using that name (since he was working undercover in that story).
- The new beast warriors were seen in the opening credits of the Zone OVA.
Transformers notes
[edit]- Unicron Neo is based on (and named after) the prototype for an unmade Beast Wars Neo Unicron toy, right down to being colored entirely gray.
- Screenshot is based on concept art seen in Transformers Generations Deluxe for a Transformer who turned into a computer station.
- Shaoshao Li's Firebolt armor is now repurposed from Siege Firebolt's toy.
- Whisper and Star Cloud's new bodies are accordingly the Siege Visper and Storm Cloud toys.
