Editing Armageddon Part 1

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{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[Transformers: Energon (comic)|''Transformers Energon'']] #32
|prev=Doomsday Redux!
|next=Armageddon Part 2
|title="Armageddon pt1"
|image=Energon issue 32.jpg
|caption=They're aiming for his ''crotch!'' Hell, I'm with Demolishor on this one!
|publisher=[[Dreamwave Productions]]
|date=
|coverdate=February [[2005]]
|writer=[[Simon Furman]]
|pencils=
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|continuity=[[Dreamwave Armada continuity]]
}}

'''Alpha Quintesson collects game pieces and sets plans in motion.'''

==Synopsis==
Things are getting worse on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]: [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]'s return has emboldened the [[Decepticon]]s, and the previous truce between them and the [[Autobot]]s is slowly eroding. Hapless Autobot [[Dropshot (Armada)|Dropshot]] discovers this for himself when he is accosted by [[Wheeljack (Armada)|Wheeljack]], [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] and [[Skywarp (Armada)|Skywarp]] while on patrol, but before a fight can truly break out, the terrifying spectral form of [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]], reborn after his death as a "ghost" of pure [[Energon]], appears to send the three Decepticons fleeing. Dropshot is not so lucky, and finds himself drained entirely of Energon by the ethereal, unhinged Starscream.

High Councillor Avalon has become aware of Starscream's actions, and while reporting to [[Alpha Quintesson]] on [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]]'s recent investigations into their scheme, suggests manipulating the ghostly Decepticon into removing the nosy [[Mini-Con]] for them. The pieces are also falling into place on Alpha Quintesson's side, as Unicron grows close to full reactivation, leaving [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]], still trapped inside his body, few places to hide. Prime himself can tell that Unicron's resurrection is growing nearer, and fights his way through the chaos-bringer's many internal defenses in hopes of finding and shutting off the steady stream of Energon that is repairing him.

As the Autobots on Earth are preparing for Unicron's inevitable arrival, readying a [[space bridge]] that they hope to use to rescue Prime from the monster's body and putting the final touches to [[Omega Supreme (Energon)|Omega Supreme]], a distress call comes in from [[Alterenergy]]'s base in the Mojave Desert, reporting a [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcon]] attack. [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] dispatches [[Grimlock (Energon)|Grimlock]] and [[Swoop (Energon)|Swoop]] to help out, but they are unable to get there before [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] (recreated and powered up by Alpha Quintesson) absconds with [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]].

Back on Cybertron, Over-Run senses the approach of Starscream, and realizes that the Decepticon has sensed his own connection to the Energon-rich core of Cybertron, intending to feed on it through him. Over-Run summons the [[Omnicon]]s to defend both him and the planet, but Starscream attacks before they arrive.

Within Unicron, Optimus Prime finds his objective: a neural pathway of low-level importance which he hopes he can tap into and through it, disrupt Unicron's Energon flow. Unfortunately, upon doing so, Prime finds himself pulled into Unicron's consciousness, and discovers that the Energon is ''not'' coming from Earth, but from [[Nervissa]], another innocent world, devastated by [[Unicron's Four Horsemen]]!

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Dropshot (Armada)|Dropshot]] (4)
*[[Avalon (Energon)|Avalon]] (6)
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] (9)
*[[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]] (9)
*[[Landquake (Energon)|Landquake]] (11)
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (12)
*[[Prowl (Energon)|Prowl]] (13)
*[[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] (14)
*[[Beachcomber (Energon)|Beachcomber]] (15)
*[[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] (16)
*[[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (17)
*[[Omega Supreme (Energon)|Omega Supreme]] (18)
*[[Arcee (Energon)|Arcee]] (24)
*[[Skyblast (Energon)|Skyblast]] (25)
*[[Strongarm (Energon)|Strongarm]] (26)
*[[Signal Flare (Energon)|Signal Flare]] (27)

|c2=
*[[Skywarp (Armada)|Skywarp]] (1)
*[[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] (2)
*[[Wheeljack (Armada)|Wheeljack]] (3)
*[[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] (5)
*[[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] (21)

'''Terrorcons'''
*''[[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]]'' (23)
*[[Divebomb (Energon)|Divebomb]] (28)

|c3=
*[[Rad White|Rad]] (19)
*[[Kicker Jones|Kicker]] (20)

|h4=[[Mini-Con]]s|c4=
*[[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]] (10)
*[[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]] (22)

|c5=
*[[Alpha Quintesson]] (7)
*[[Unicron]] (8)
*[[Rhinox (Armada)|War]] (29)
*[[Airazor (Armada)|Death]] (30)
}}

==Notes==
* This issue was never released. What we know of it comes from writer [[Simon Furman]]'s blog posts.
* 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]].

===Continuity notes===
* With Dropshot showing up a third time and being trashed yet again, it's safe to say something unfortunate happening to him is intended as a running gag.  Indeed, it would [[Shattered Glass (issue)|carry on in other continuities]].

* Wheeljack and Skywarp were previously seen on Cybertron [[The End (Armada)|during and after the Unicron battles]].

===Covers (1)===
* Demolishor attacks Kicker; art by [[Alex Milne]], [[Ferd Poblete]], and [[Alan Wang]].
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==External links==
*[http://simonfurman.wordpress.com/2010/11/26/energon-archive-3/ Part 1 of Simon Furman's "Armageddon Part 1" outline]
*[http://simonfurman.wordpress.com/2010/11/28/energon-archive-4/ Part 2 of Simon Furman's "Armageddon Part 1" outline]


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