Editing Lively Pursuit

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|seriesissue=[[Transformers Timelines (fiction)|''Transformers Timelines'']]<br>text story
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|next=Not All Megatrons
|seriesissue2=''[[Of Masters and Mayhem]]''
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|image=OMAM-LivelyPursuittitle.jpg
|caption=[[Misconceptions and urban legends about Transformers|The legend]] exists.
|title="Lively Pursuit"
|publisher=[[Transformers Collectors' Club]] (online exclusive)
|date=[[October 4]], [[2016]]
|by=[[Jesse Wittenrich]]
|illustrations=[[AK Cyrway]]
|colors=[[Erika L. Galán]]
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|pagecount=32pp
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|continuity=''Of Masters and Mayhem''
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'''Wreckage gets a second lease on life after Impactor discovers an unexpected survivor.'''

==Synopsis==
Amid the ruins of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], six figures sitting in the darkness listen to one of their number tell a scintillating tale of a time he helped out the famous Princess [[Adronitia]] of [[Kaon]]. His story is cut short, however, by the arrival of a spacecraft—the [[Wrecker|Wreckers]] have returned to the planet they once called home.

''In the aftermath of [[Alpha Bravo]]'s betrayal and the deaths of him and [[Offroad]], the Wreckers debate whether to return to Cybertron in hopes of recruiting a newly detected survivor to join their ranks. [[Impactor]] feels the trip would be pointless, believing that Alpha Bravo was right and [[Wreckage (G1)|Wreckage]] would simply become an even more devastating menace once they have defeated [[Thunder Mayhem]]. [[Counterpunch]], however, refuses to allow their leader to give up so easily, angrily stating that Impactor has no right to give up now after so many sacrifices have been made, by 'bots both living and dead. After a moment of tension, Impactor silently activates their ship's engines before storming off, while Counterpunch admits to [[Fractyl]] that his passion was faked; his false memories of life before the war, as Punch, have made him an excellent actor.''

''Impactor heads down into the ship's cargo hold to inform [[Toxitron (G1)|Toxitron]] of the crew's new destination. The Toxic Transformer finds it amusing that Thunder Mayhem left ''two'' Cybertronians alive, claiming it's something he wouldn't have done. Though Impactor claims that his goal upon meeting the new survivor will be to work to build a better future for what is left of their species, Toxitron ominously reminds him that his only reason for joining the Wreckers was to battle the [[Mayhem Attack Squad]]... and that no one will stand in his way.''

The Wreckers arrive at what's left of Cybertron, greeted by the one who sent the message they received: [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]]. 
[[File:LivelyPursuit Wreckage.jpg|left|thumb|250px|[[Fun Publications]] is going out with a bang, <br> SO WE'RE GONNA WRECK AND RULE!]]
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==Featured characters==
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c1=
*[[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] (1)
*[[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]] (3)

|h2=[[Decepticon]]s/[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
*[[Punch (G1)|Counterpunch]] (2)
*[[Fractyl]] (4)
*[[Toxitron (G1)|Toxitron]] (5)

|h3=Others
|c3=
*[[Cergo]] (6)
*[[Wreckage (G1)|Wreckage]] (7)
}}

==Quotes==

==Notes==
*"Foundation and Wreckage Part 2" was accidentally left off of the title page.
* Characters name-dropped in the story but not seen include *dramatic inhale*: [[Sonder]], [[Adronitia]], [[Anecdoche]], [[Exulancus]], a bot named [[Tow-Line (RID)|Wrecker Hook or Tow-Line]], [[Pipes (G1)|Pipes]], [[Alpha Bravo]], [[Offroad]], [[Thunder Mayhem]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]], [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]], [[Gears (G1)|Gears]], [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], [[Boltax (G1)|Boltax/Cybaxx]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]], [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], Noumenon, Aporia, Consumma Compersia, Master Aware, [[Ironfist (G1)|Fisitron]], [[Fatale]], [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]], Fabulcon, [[Ironclad]], [[Rook (Generations)|Rook]], [[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]], [[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]], [[Scrounge (G1)|Scrounge]], [[Computron (G1)|Computron]], [[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]], [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]], [[Superion (G1)|Superion]], [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]], [[Victorion]], [[Medix (G1)|Medix]], [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]], and [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]].
*Impactor describes what sure sounds like, in an out-of-universe sense, an earlier [[Hasbro]] plan for a ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' [[Computron (G1)#Generations|Computron]]. This "Ironclad" figure is described as a "mustard tan and gray" redeco of [[Rook (Generations)#Generations|Rook]], using the alternate [[Brawl (G1)#CombinerWars|Brawl]] head we [[Brawn (SG)|previously glimpsed]] in ''[[Another Light]]'' with a red faceplate. It combines with an "energy-efficient" Afterburner for arm mode, presumably the Legends Class [[Groove (G1)#Generations|Groove]] mold.
*This story also posits a hypothetical "[[Firestormer|Project: Firestormer]]" combiner comprising Bluestreak, Ratchet, Hoist, Sideswipe, and Inferno. Given the nature of the "prototype Computron" description, this can ''probably'' be taken as tacit confirmation that the ''Combiner Wars'' [[Hot Spot (G1)#CombinerWars|Hot Spot]] toy's alternate head is Inferno's, whilst the hypothetical Hoist would obviously be the alternate head for [[Offroad]]/[[Trailbreaker (G1)/toys#CombinerWars|Trailbreaker]] [[Autotrooper (SG Knights of Unicron)|seen]] in "Another Light". Sideswipe is more of a question mark, considering that [[Breakdown (G1)#Generations|both]] [[Sunstreaker (G1)/toys#Generations|heads]] are known for the ''Combiner Wars'' Lamborghini mold; it's possible that if this "Firestormer combiner" were ever to have existed as a real product, he might have simply shared Breakdown's head (something their ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]'' counterparts previously did).

===Errors===
*On Page 3, "The Wrecker commander strode over to blue and black robot who had just unleashed the scathing rant," is missing a "the" between "to" and "blue".
*On Page 11, the word "Fractyl's" is at one point misspelled as "Fracty’ls".
*On Page 28, "if" should be "it" in the line "in his deep bellow if came across as nothing other than threatening."

===Continuity notes===
*The Wreckers picked up Bluestreak's distress signal in the previous prose story, "[[Foundation and Wreckage Part 1: Deadly Aim|Deadly Aim]]".
*Thunder Mayhem arrived on Earth in the magazine comic story "[[Divination]]".

===Transformers references===
*Bluestreak states that Adronitia had a [[65356-9292-346]] body-type, at least in her vehicle mode.
*Bluestreak makes mention of [[Corrodia Gravis]], the [[mind changer virus|Reverse Evolution virus]], and the [[Rust Plague]] as diseases which could possibly be brought back by the Teklaans.

===Real world references===
* Cergo name-drops two planets called [[Eska]] and [[Desna]], named after the creepy twins from ''[[W:The Legend of Korra|The Legend of Korra]]''.
*The Teklaans are an alternate version of [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]]'s [http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix6/mekkanrace.htm Mekkans], a race of servant robots used to terraform the planet Maarin (referred to by name in this story) before their creators perished from a virus. Additionally, Cergo seems to be based upon [http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/torgomekka.htm Torgo], the first Mekkan, although decidedly more evil. Jesse Wittenrich would later reveal that he was meant to be a successor to Torgo, as there was no Fantastic Four to free him from the Skrull gladiator pits.<ref>https://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/140167-ama-bish-jesse-jim/?p=3512108</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.transformersclub.com/prose/bluestreak.pdf "Lively Pursuit"] at The Official Transformers Collectors' Club

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