Editing Binal Time (preproduction)

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|seriesissue=''[[Story of Binaltech]]'' Chapter 14X
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|title="Binal Time"
|japanese=バイナル・タイム
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|date=[[2007]]
|packaged with=[[Ginrai (human)#Binaltech|BT-17 Ginrai]] (cancelled)
|story=[[Hirofumi Ichikawa]]
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]] (planned)
|chronology=[[2005]]
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'''A mysterious visitor from the future steps into the midst of the chaos the Autobots face as the Binaltech conflict reaches a crescendo. Hey, wait...'''

==Synopsis==
In the assault against [[Unicron]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] is badly damaged, and, fearing his own death, passes the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]]. Despite recognizing the fact that he is not the [[Chosen One]] of legend, Magnus bravely penetrates Unicron's body, and, shedding his outer armor, petitions the wisdom of the Matrix to allow him to wield its power. Magnus unleashes the energy of the Matrix, and Unicron is destroyed, but [[Prowl (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Prowl]] refuses to let the [[Autobot]]s relax even for a second, as he knows that the currently-in-hiding [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] will be poised to summon [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and the full might of the [[Decepticon]] army back from the limbo to which [[Ravage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ravage]] displaced them.

On [[Dinobot Island (G1)|Dinobot Island]], [[Skids (G1)|Skids]]'s team manages to hold off the attacking Decepticons, and Skids launches the probe containing [[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]]'s memory data back in time in hopes of undoing the changes wrought upon the timeline by Ravage. Alas, rather than restore their universe to the way it should originally have been, the plan causes the destabilization of the space-time continuum, and time warps begin appear all across Earth. But a mysterious figure resembling Optimus Prime teleports to Dinobot Island, where he uses his incredible powers over time and space to stop the chronal warps and repair the fabric of reality.

The stranger, who introduces himself as [[Ginrai (human)|Ginrai]], calmly informs the Autobots that their mission was a success: the probe sent into the past was successfully used by the Autobots of the past to prevent Ravage from changing the timeline. Skids questions why they're still around in this altered history, so Ginrai explains that he used the [[spacetime energy]] of the warp to preserve the altered version of the timeline as its own distinct parallel universe. This timeline is important, Ginrai claims, because it will eventually result in [[Alternity|great beings]]. Skids is apprehensive at the idea that they'll be replaced by said beings, but Ginrai reassures him—the [[Binaltech]] [[Transformer]]s are who will evolve into those beings.

==Featured characters==
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*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] (1)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (2)
*[[Prowl (TM2)|Prowl]] (4)
*[[Skids (G1)|Skids]] (5)
*[[Ginrai (human)|Ginrai]] (6)

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*[[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] (3)
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==Notes==
* This cancelled chapter of the ''Binaltech'' story was planned to go with a planned release of the ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Alternators|Optimus Prime]] mold as [[Ginrai (human)#Binaltech|Ginrai]]. However, this release was cancelled after [[Hirofumi Ichikawa]] had already written up this story and the accompanying profile for Ginrai. The basics of this story would eventually be recycled for [[Binal Time|a proper chapter of the same title]], going with the aforementioned mold's use as [[Nemesis Prime (G1)#Binaltech|BT-17 Black Convoy]]. That version of the story replaces Ginrai with the enigmatic "Protector" (later confirmed to be an offshoot [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]]) and incorporates more detail in general (thanks to Black Convoy's prose material having more space to work in).


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