Editing Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4

{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[Transformers: Armada (Dreamwave)|''Transformers Armada'']] #17
|prev=Worlds Collide, Part 3 of 4
|next=The End (Armada)
|title="Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4"
|image=DW Armada 17.jpg
|caption=[[Furmanism|Reap the whirlwind]], Optimus Prime!
|publisher=[[Dreamwave Productions]]
|date=[[November 12]], [[2003]]
|coverdate=November 2003
|writer=[[Simon Furman]]
|penciled by=[[Don Figueroa]]
|inks by=[[Elaine To]], [[Rob Armstrong]]
|colors by=[[David Cheung]]
|additional colors by=[[Eric Burns]], [[Rob Ruffolo]]
|letters by=[[Ben Lee]]
|editorinchief=[[Roger Lee]]
|continuity=[[Dreamwave Armada continuity]]
}}

'''Jetfire attempts to destroy the space bridge nexus on Cybertron, while Optimus Prime frantically tries to find a way to stop Unicron.'''

==Synopsis==
At [[Silver Ridge]], the [[Mini-Con]]s have found [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]]'s [[null-reality pod]]. Over-Run says that it requires the optimum combination of Mini-Con energy to power it and retrieve [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]: himself, [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]], and one other. [[Comettor (Armada)|Comettor]], eager to explore a new reality, volunteers, and they start waiting for the spatial coordinates from [[Autobase]]. On the alternate [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], [[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]] decides that the chaos of the end is as it should be, and willingly lets himself get sucked into [[Unicron]]. As Optimus Prime begins to lose hope, a bubble of energy surrounds him, and Unicron speaks to him through a spectral image of the late Spinister. He knows that Optimus Prime is from another reality. He says that this reality, too, [[Optimus Prime (G1)#Dreamwave Armada comic|had an Optimus Prime]], and that he took him to the brink of death and sent him on as a calling card to the next world. "This reality will be consumed", Unicron says. "Then another, and another. Already, the gateway is opening!"

Down in the [[Decepticon Command Headquarters]], [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]]'s team has found the [[space bridge nexus]], and he orders it shut down. Through the [[space bridge]] portals, he sees glimpses of other realities, including what he thinks is his own era's Optimus Prime. [[Blurr (Armada)|Blurr]] tells him that the controls are locked out, and it will take a long time to bypass them. Jetfire says to simply blow it up. On [[Earth]], [[Herald of Unicron|Unicron's Heralds]] have thoroughly trashed [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]], and learned nothing. Suddenly, [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] detects that the nexus on Cybertron has been compromised, and they prepare to return and defend it.

[[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]], meanwhile, is gloating over the remaining pieces of [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], who has been completely torn apart by the power of the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]]. Realizing that they can't let Megatron hang onto it, the [[Land Military Mini-Con Team]] fires on him, allowing the [[Air Defense Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Air Defense Mini-Con Team]] to separate and fly off.

In the Autobase, [[Payload (Armada)|Payload]] and [[Astroscope]] finally lock onto Optimus Prime, and send the coordinates to Over-Run, who immediately takes off in the pod. Up in the Decepticon Command Headquarters, Jetfire and his team are interrupted by the return of Bludgeon. As they start to fight him off, the other three heralds step through a portal behind them, and to top it all off, the timer on the self-destruct sequence is locked out. Jetfire says that he will stay behind and detonate it manually, and orders everyone out. As they leave, he catches another glimpse of Optimus Prime through a portal. Taking his chances, he arms the explosives and dives through, just as the entire base goes up in flames.

Jetfire hears his name being called, and looks up to see Optimus Prime, clinging for dear life to a piece of wreckage. He explains that it is the end of the world, and wishes he could do something. Suddenly Over-Run, Sparkplug, and Comettor appear. Over-Run gives him the device he's been carrying with him, explaining that it is the [[Mini-Con Matrix|Matrix]] of his universe: the combined essence of all the Mini-Cons. Its energy gives all five mechs a power surge, altering their forms. Optimus Prime and Jetfire combine into their super mode and blast Unicron. While the chaos bringer is hurt, he is not slowed. Optimus Prime remarks that it is too late for this universe, but perhaps he can save his own, and Over-Run transports them all back to their own Cybertron. There they contact Autobase: Earth. [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] explains that the Decepticons have withdrawn, but they're all in bad shape, and [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]] may not survive. If the Decepticons renew their attack, they'll never make it. Optimus Prime says that he's going down to deal with Megatron himself. He has to make him understand that their only hope for defeating Unicron is to work together.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Autobot]]s/[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] (8)
*[[Blurr (Armada)|Blurr]] (10)
*[[Side Swipe (Armada)|Side Swipe]] (11)
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (12)
*[[Rhinox (Armada)|Rhinox]] (13)
*[[Overload (Armada)|Overload]] (14)
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (15)
*[[Tigatron]] (16)
*[[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] (17)
*[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] (18)
*[[Big Convoy]] (20)
*[[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] (29)

|h2=[[Decepticon]]s/[[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicons]]|c2=
*[[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]] (7)
*[[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]] (19)
*[[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] (21)
*[[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] (22)
*[[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] (23)
*[[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] (24)
*[[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] (25)
*[[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] (26)
*[[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] (35)

|h4=[[Mini-Con]]s|c4=
*[[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]] (1)
*[[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]] (2)
*[[Comettor (Armada)|Comettor]] (3)
*[[Mirage (Armada)|Mirage]] (4)
*[[Astroscope]] (5)
*[[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] (6)
*[[Bonecrusher (Armada)|Bonecrusher]] (27)
*[[Knock Out (Armada)|Knockout]] (28)
*[[Wreckage (Armada)|Wreckage]] (29)
*[[Jetstorm (Armada)|Jetstorm]] (30)
*[[Sonar (Armada)|Sonar]] (31)
*[[Runway (Armada)|Runway]] (32)
*[[Sky Blast (Armada)|Sky Blast]] (33)
*[[Payload (Armada)|Payload]] (34)

|h5=Others|c5=
*[[Unicron]] (9)
}}

==Quotes==
"Sorry, Megatron- but this was '''never''' meant to be more than a '''one-battle''' stand..."<br>
"We're--"<br>
"--Not '''that''' type of Mini-Con!"
:—'''Runway''', '''Jetstorm''', and '''Sonar''' are freed from '''Megatron''''s grasp


"Old friend, now more than '''ever''' I could use your '''power'''."<br>
"Prime-- '''it's all yours!'''"
:—'''Optimus''' and '''Sparkplug''' Power-link

==Notes==

===Transformers references===
* In the space bridge nexus room, Jetfire sees portals connecting to corners of the Transformers continuum that include [[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]], [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]], [[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]], and [[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (cartoon)|Beast Wars Neo]].  

===Errors===
*Page 10: Jetstorm gets a word bubble meant for Runway.
*Page 13: Missing punctuation after the word "go" in Jetfire's order. 
*Comettor's name is continuously misspelled as "Commetor" in this issue.
*Page 12: In the [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] Omnibus reprint of this issue, the speech bubbles from page 17 are placed over the original art, instead of the correct ones, rendering the whole page incomprehensible. This error is not present in the original issue.

===Other trivia===
*Spinister has his name in Japanese writing, スピニスタ (''Supinisuta''), on his tail.
*The Mini-Con Matrix energy changes Prime, Sparkplug, Jetfire, and Comettor into their "[[Powerlinx]]" toys' colors (well, in Sparkplug's case, his "Corona" body.) 
*When Optimus Prime's internals are visible during his Powerlinx upgrade, [[Don Figueroa]] drew "robo-genitals" as a gag, hoping no one would notice. [[Matt Moylan]] did, and edited them out.<ref>[https://twitter.com/SketchyFig/status/1561443357800312832 Don Figueroa on Twitter]</ref> Years later, he joked that Don was "[[Devastator (ROTF)|ahead of [his] time]]."<ref>[https://twitter.com/LilFormers/status/1561445039468937217 Matt Moylan on Twitter]</ref>
*The [[Wavelengths]] page advertises the new ''[[Transformers: Energon (comic)|Energon]]'' series and contains an article from the desk of [[Pat Lee]].
*On the DW Letters page, mail is answered by Matt Moylan.

===Covers (1)===
*Optimus Prime on the disintegrating Cybertron, art by [[Don Figueroa]].

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===Reprints===
* '''''Transformers Armada: Volume 3: Worlds Collide''''' <small>([[April 28]], [[2004]]) ISBN 0973381744 / ISBN 978-0973381740</small>
:*Collects issues #12–18.
:*Bonus material includes a cover gallery and a preview of the ''[[Transformers: Energon (comic)|Energon]]'' comic.

* '''''Transformers Armada'' Vol. 3 (Japan ed.)''' <small>(December, 2004) ISBN 4861760631 / ISBN 978-4861760631</small>
:*Same content as Dreamwave's volume 3, translated to Japanese. 

* '''''[[The Transformers: The Best of Don Figueroa]]''''' <small>([[August 1]], [[2007]]) ISBN 1600100813 / ISBN 978-1600100819</small>
:* Reprints this issue and various Transformers stories from [[Dreamwave Productions]] and [[IDW Publishing]].

* '''''Transformers Armada'' Vol. 7 (Spain ed.)''' <small>(September, 2007) ISBN 978-8498472264</small>
:* Reprints issues 16–18, translated to Spanish.

* '''''Transformers Armada: Volume 3'' (IDW reprint)''' <small>([[April 15]], [[2009]]) ISBN 1600104029 / ISBN 978-1600104022</small>
:* Straight reprint of the Dreamwave trade with same contents.

* '''''Transformers Armada: Omnibus''''' <small>([[August 18]], [[2010]]) ISBN 160010715X / ISBN 978-1600107153</small>
:*Contains issues 1–18.
:*Bonus material includes the [[Armada Preview]] issue.
:*Reissued in 2016 with a new cover.

* '''''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection]] Volume 28: Worlds Collide Part 2''''' <small>([[October 3]], [[2018]])</small>
:* Collects issues #14–18 and Dreamwave's ''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye]]'' #8
:* Includes a brief overview of Dreamwave's ''[[Transformers: Energon (comic)|Energon]]'' comic, a bonus glossary section dedicated entirely to background material from the Dreamwave G1-verse, a cover gallery and an intro by Simon Furman.

<gallery>
File:DW Armada V3.jpg|'''''Transformers Armada:<br>Volume 3: Worlds Collide'''''
File:DW Armada V3-Japan.jpg|'''''Transformers Armada:''<br>Volume 3 (Japan ed.)'''
File:BestofDon.jpg|'''''The Best of Don Figueroa'''''
File:DW Armada V7-Spain.jpg|'''''Transformers Armada:''<br>Volume 7 (Spain ed.)'''
File:DW Armada V3-IDW.jpg|'''''Transformers Armada:''<br>Volume 3 (IDW reprint)'''
File:Armada Omnibus-2010.jpg|'''''Transformers Armada: Omnibus'''''
File:Armada Omnibus-2016.jpg|'''''Transformers Armada: Omnibus'' (reissue)'''
File:DefinitiveG1Collection v28.jpg|'''''Definitive G1 Collection Vol. 28: Worlds Collide Part 2'''''
</gallery>

==References==
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[[Category:Dreamwave Armada issues]]