Editing Reality Check

{{comicstory|
|seriesissue=''[[Story of Binaltech]]'' Chapter 9
|prev=Ghosts of the Past
|next=Changing Lanes
|title="Reality Check"
|japanese=リアリティ・チェック 
|romaji=
|published in=March 2005
|packaged with=[[Overdrive#Alternators|Overdrive]]
|story=[[Hirofumi Ichikawa]]
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''A threat from the future returns from the past!'''

==Synopsis==

The [[Omnibot (G1)|Omnibot]] [[Overdrive]] had been so badly injured in the [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Cosmic Rust]] attack that his revival in a [[Binaltech]] body is taking a notably longer amount of time than his fellow [[Autobot]]s. While Override's central processor is steadily being repaired, Honda's Wako Fundamental Technical Research Center continues working on his new body, moving through a significant number of prototypes before the final model is completed. When [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] arrives from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to implant [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]'s brain casing in a Binaltech body, the Override prototypes are donated to him for use in his experimental "Project: Bodyshop". Override himself, meanwhile, is successfully restored, albeit at the cost of the vehicle-mode weaponry he enjoyed in his old body.

Overdrive goes to work as a strategist for [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]'s Autobots on [[Earth]] helping to co-ordinate the supply runs to [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s forces, currently battling [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Override's strategies began to suffer numerous setbacks as the result of strange coincidences, culminating in the catastrophic explosion of a supply shop loaded with [[energon cube]]s on the launchpad. These disasters are, in actuality, the work of the time-tossed [[Decepticon]], [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], who is secretly working to try and alter the flow of history. Naturally, no-one but Ravage is aware of his involvement, but Override, an old hand at cross-dimensional travel, detects a fluctuation in reality with his [[Quantum Dial]], and comes to suspect that someone is attempting to disrupt the timeline and change the future.

==Notes==

*This chapter of the ''Binaltech'' story was printed in the [[pack-in material|pack-in booklet]] included with the [[Overdrive#Toys|Overdrive]] ''Binaltech'' toy. The story of his transformation into a Binaltech warrior is covered in his [[bio]] and [[Tech Spec]]s also published in the booklet, rather than in the story chapter itself.
*The Honda Wako Fundamental Technical Research Center were responsible for creating the real-life robot, [[wikipedia:ASIMO|ASIMO]]. In the ''Binaltech'' story, it is this expertise with robotics that allows them to complete the construction of Override's body so fast.
*Wheeljack came to Earth in the earlier ''Binaltech'' story chapter, "[[Beast in the Machine]]". Project: Bodyshop will become important in future installments; it is named for Wheeljack's lab, referred to as his "bodyshop", from the [[The_Transformers_(Marvel_comic)#Marvel_UK|Marvel UK]] [[Earthforce]] stories.
*The existence of multiple copies of Override's body serves as an explanation for the fact his toy was released in [[Hasbro]]'s ''Alternators'' toyline as [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]].
*Override's loss of vehicle-mode weaponry as a result of "humanitarian concerns" on the part of Honda is apparently a sidelong reference to the real-life company's USA branch insisting that the Windcharger version of the mold have it's gun's barrel be removed to appear less weapon-like.
*Override's experience in travel between realities is a geek-tastic expansion of a single line of information from the [[You Have Been Chosen.|final mail-order catalog]] to offer the Omnibots for sale, which warned the buyer that the trio would be leaving to "fight a war in another universe". Override's "Quantum Dial", though, is an Ichikawa original.

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