Editing Lightning Strike Coalition

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:''The Lightning Strike Coalition is an [[Autobot]] [[subgroup]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Lightningstrikecoalition.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Calling all jerks!]]

The '''Lightning Strike Coalition''' is a sub-faction formed during the absence of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]].

The Lightning Strike Coalition includes:
*[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (leader)
*[[Kup (G1)|Kup]]
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]
*[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]]
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]]
*[[Slag (G1)|Slag]]
*[[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]]
*[[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]]
*[[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] 

==Fiction==
===Dreamwave comics continuity===
Following [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s disappearances at the beginning of "[[Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|The Dark Ages]]", the Autobots and [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] soon split into several sub-factions. The Lightning Strike Coalition (LSC), was formed out of Grimlock's old unit when Optimus received the title of [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] and the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. 

The LSC acted as a commando unit striking Predacon and Decepticon sites and convoys. {{storylink|Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|War Within: The Dark Ages}} When [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] stepped in charge, the LSC members largely disbanded, but Grimlock put together a new fighting force known as the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dynobots]] with several ex-LSC members. This new unit followed [[Insecticon (G1)|a Decepticon group]] to [[Earth]], sometime after the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'''s crash landing on that planet, but millions of years before the Earth-bound Transformers reactivated in early 1980s. {{Storylink|Transformers: War Within: The Age of Wrath|War Within: The Age of Wrath}}

{{note|This tale would have been told in a story entitled "Rules of Extinction", inserted in [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s "[[Unreleased Dreamwave issues|Generation One 2004 Datatracks Annual]]", which was never released due to Dreamwave's collapse in the same year.}}

===''Exodus''===
Hulking members of the Lightning Strike Coalition jostled for sightseeing space with [[Mini-Con|Minicons]] in the [[High Council Chamber]] during [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Orion Pax]] and [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]]'s hearing. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}} [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] rose to become leader during the war. After being captured by [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]], they were reformatted into the [[Dinobot (Prime)|Dinobot]]s. {{storylink|Transformers Hall of Fame}}

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