Editing Interplanetary Personnel Exchange Program

:''The Interplanetary Personnel Exchange Program'' is an [[Autobot]]/[[human]] endeavour from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

The '''Interplanetary Personnel Exchange Program''' was a joint effort between the [[Autobot]]s and [[human]]ity to promote cooperation between the two races on [[Earth]]. Initiated at some point in the early 21st Century, the Exchange Program sees humans from all walks of life, be they police officers, news reporters or super models, paired with like-minded Autobots, displaying unity and friendship between the races to a cynical humanity.  Incidentally, their purpose is not to join forces and battle [[Decepticon]]s, but to solve various daily human dilemmas, no matter how mundane they might be.

Known members include:

*[[Clamp Down]]
*[[Deep Cover]]
*[[Blaster (G1)|Broadblast]]/[[Lumina Hoshi]]
*[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]]/[[Ai Kuruma]]
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]/[[Junko Shiragami]]

==Fiction==

===Background===

Autobot police officer Clamp Down came to Earth as part of the Interplanetary Personnel Exchange Program, and worked with local law enforcement representatives to fight human crime on the planet. {{storylink|Clamp Down|Clamp Down's bio}} Clamp Down's excellent performance generated a lot of positive response to the program, and so in [[2005]], it was expanded to incorporate several Transformers who had been outfitted with Earth-made [[Binaltech]] bodies. {{storylink|Generation 1 cartoon timeline (Japan)|2007 Takara timeline}}

===''Asterisk Story''===

Despite the ''point'' of the Interplanetary Personnel Exchange Program being to publicly promote cooperation between Autobots and Humans, [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] chose to keep his position as partner to Japanese police Officer [[Ai Kuruma]] a secret to all but her. Together, they helped find a lost little boy and pull a cat out of a tree. {{storylink|The Cat and the Medal}}

While going for a luxurious drive with his partner, [[Junko Shiragami]], [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] was egged into a race with a passing sportscar. He lost the race after taking too sharp a turn, demolishing a road sign, and was forced to stop at Junko's insistance. {{storylink|I'll Show You Some Great Scenery}}

While covering an auto show, [[TV Bureau]] announcer [[Lumina Hoshi]] was helpless to stop a lighting fixture from falling from the roof upon a crowd of people. Luckily, her partner [[Blaster (G1)|Broadblast]] transformed and sprang into action, catching the fixture. {{storylink|The World's First Disaster Relief Car!?}}

==Notes==

*The Interplanetary Personnel Exchange Program was first mentioned in the [[bio]] of [[Clamp Down]] in 2003. The time-frame involved, the reasons for the program, and the characters of 2005's ''Binaltech Asterisk'' being part of it were all retconned in later, by the [[Generation 1 cartoon timeline (Japan)|2007 timeline]] published during the ''[[Kiss Players (franchise)|Kiss Players]]'' series.

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