Editing Armageddon Part 2

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{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[Transformers: Energon (comic)|''Transformers Energon'']] #33
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|next=Armageddon Part 3
|title="Armageddon Part 2"
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|publisher=[[Dreamwave Productions]]
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|coverdate=March [[2005]]
|writer=[[Simon Furman]]
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|continuity=[[Dreamwave Armada continuity]]
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'''Over-Run dies! And other stuff happens.'''

==Synopsis==
A flashback shows us [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]] in his native, alternate dimension, preparing to leave [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in the [[Null-reality pod]] with the [[Mini-Con Matrix]]. The planet has been almost entirely consumed by [[Unicron]], and Over-Run is reluctant to leave his fellow [[Mini-Con]]s to such a fate, but [[Zapmaster (Armada)|Zapmaster]] urges him to go, and to give meaning to their sacrifice by taking the Mini-Con Matrix to another Cybertron, in hopes of using it to stop Unicron there.

In the present on this universe's Cybertron, the ghostly [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] has apparently killed Over-Run and shattered the Mini-Con Matrix. The [[Omnicon]]s arrive and attack Starscream, but physical force is of no use against the spectral Decepticon, and when the Omnicons try to use their [[Energon weapon]]s, Starscream merely soaks up their energy. He seals the four Omnicons in Energon spheres, and all around the combatants, Energon ignites into a raging inferno.

Their job done on [[Nervissa]], [[Unicron's Four Horsemen]] prepare to return to Unicron in defiance of [[Alpha Quintesson]]'s orders, since their allegiance is to the chaos-bringer, not the alien. Anticipating this little rebellion, Alpha Quintesson promptly contacts them and gives them their next target: the Autobot/[[Alterenergy]] base on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]]. And he could not have picked a better time to stage such an assault, as the Mars base is presently distracted, all its sensors trained on [[Earth]] in search of the missing [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]], following his abduction by [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]]. [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]] tells [[Rad White|Rad]] as much, but Rad blames himself for Kicker's disappearance and is determined to find him, since [[Grimlock (Energon)|Grimlock]] and [[Swoop (Energon)|Swoop]] have proved fairly useless. They can at least be sure that Kicker is still on Earth since the [[energon grid|shield]] surrounding the planet inhibits [[space bridge]] transport, and [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]] calls in from the [[United Nations]] to let them know that a concerted effort is being made by the nations of the world to help locate Kicker.

On the [[Decepticon]]s' [[Decepticon Orbital Command HQ|cloaked satellite base]], [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] gives [[Shockblast]] the newest target for his assault team to attack: a small Energon processing facility in the Cayman Islands. Shockblast believes that they would be better served attacking a larger key Autobot installation, but Megatron simply dismisses him, prompting [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Mirage]] to quietly opine that Megatron is losing his edge. Shockblast rebukes him, but his words do not seem entirely genuine... yet the two Decepticons' are unaware of just how true to the mark their words are, as Megatron silently reflects on his imprisonment, vivisection and rebirth within Unicron's body. It become apparent just how badly shaken the experience has left him.

Back on Cybertron, [[Skyblast (Energon)|Skyblast]] manages to free the Omnicons from Starscream's Energon spheres with his Energon warheads, but the explosions only make the Energon fire worse, and Starscream even stronger. The team flees, and with Starscream in hot pursuit, [[Strongarm (Energon)|Strongarm]] comes up with a new plan on the fly: recalling how the Omnicons' minds merged when they were imprisoned by [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Snow Cat]], he leads the Omnicons in repeating the merge. Then, as Starscream begins to drain their Energon, they mentally fight back, turning it into a psychic tug-o-war. Starscream loses this battle of wills and reverts to both a solid form, and to his old cowardly self. He flees rather than face the Omnicons, but the victory is a pyrrhic one for our four heroes... because Over-Run is no more.

Having been monitoring the Omnicons' and Starscream's battle, High Councillor [[Avalon]] reports to Alpha Quintesson that Over-Run has been disposed of. He uses his council access codes to re-route one of [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]]'s [[seismic-shock warhead]]s to a new location...

And in the [[Solar System]], the Four Horsemen close in on Mars...

==Featured characters==
Characters are ordered as mentioned in Furman's outline.

{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Arcee (Energon)|Arcee]] (4)
* [[Skyblast (Energon)|Skyblast]] (5)
* [[Signal Flare (Energon)|Signal Flare]] (6)
* [[Strongarm (Energon)|Strongarm]] (7)
* [[Grimlock (Energon)|Grimlock]] (18)
* [[Swoop (Energon)|Swoop]] (19)
* [[Avalon]] (25)
* [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] (26)
|c2=
* [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] (4)
* [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] (17)
* [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] (21)
* [[Shockblast]] (22)
* [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Mirage]] (23)
* [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Snow Cat]] (24)
|c3=
* [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]] (14)
* [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]] (15)
* [[Rad White|Rad]] (16)
* [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]] (20)
|h4=[[Mini-Con]]s|c4=
* [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]] (1)
* [[Zapmaster (Armada)|Zapmaster]] (2)
|c5=
* [[Unicron]] (3)
* [[Airazor (Armada)|Death]] (8)
* [[Rhinox (Armada)|War]] (9)
* [[Terrorsaur (Armada)|Famine]] (10)
* [[Cheetor (Armada)|Pestilence]] (11)
* [[Alpha Quintesson]] (12)
}}

==Notes==
* This issue was never released. This article's summary is derived from a series of blog posts made by [[Simon Furman]] in late 2010.
* Despite this issue never being published, the plot thread of Over-Run's death at the hands of Starscream would later carry over into [[Fun Publications]]' 2006 ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'' comic, ''[[Transformers: Cybertron: Balancing Act|Revelations]]''. Here, it was revealed that Over-Run had survived, having downloaded his mind into Cybertron's planetary network before Starscream's ended his life.
* The [[Decepticon Orbital Command HQ|Decepticons' satellite base]] debuted in "[[Perspective]]", the ''Energon'' story in the ''[[20th Anniversary Transformers Summer Special]]''. That story promoted itself as taking place outside of the current continuity of the ''Energon'' comic; evidently, it took place a little bit further into the future than the comics were set at the time of its publication, and the satellite was established at some point during the six month intermezzo that followed "[[Multiplicity]]".
* The Omnicons merged their consciousnesses in [[Omni-Potent|issue #25]].
* Ironhide's seismic-shock warheads previously appeared in [[Aftershock (issue)|issue #24]].
* This issue, and the other unreleased issues of Dreamwave's Energon comic, were declared to be "[[Canon|true and accurate]]" to the Dreamwave Unicron Trilogy universe by a 2015 entry of [[Ask Vector Prime]].

===Covers (1)===
* Starscream vs the Omnicons; art by [[Alex Milne]], [[Elaine To]] and [[Jong-im Winterbell Lee|Jong-Im Lee]].

==External links==
*[http://simonfurman.wordpress.com/2010/12/02/energon-archive-5/ Part 1 of Simon Furman's "Armageddon Part 2" outline]
*[http://simonfurman.wordpress.com/2010/12/06/energon-archive-6/ Part 2 of Simon Furman's "Armageddon Part 2" outline]


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