Editing Destiny, Part Two

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|series=rg1|issueno=92
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|title="Destiny" Part 2
|image=RG1 92 cvrA.jpg
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|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[June 12]], [[2013]]
|coverdate=June 2013
|writer=[[Simon Furman]]
|penciler=[[Andrew Wildman]]
|inker=[[Stephen Baskerville]]
|colorist=[[John-Paul Bove]]
|letterer=[[Chris Mowry]]
|editor=[[John Barber]]
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]
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'''While Optimus Prime tries to broker an alliance on Earth, Soundwave foments chaos on Cybertron, and when Blaster is forced to take matters into his own hands, he soon becomes a target for the new Mayhem Attack Squad.'''

==Synopsis==
In Wyoming, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] attempts to reason with [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Circuit Smasher]] about a solution to renew Earth, but the super-powered human will have none of it. He viciously attacks Prime, taunting him that the Autobot had to see this coming. He is stopped from killing Optimus by the arrival of the leadership of the surviving humans. The commanding officer orders Circuit Smasher to stand down, and Optimus is taken into custody. She warns Optimus that any deviation from their orders will be interpreted as a hostile act and they'll let Circuit Smasher finish what he started. As he is lead away, Optimus inquires if the woman is Circuit Smasher's commanding officer, but he replies that she is his wife!

Back on Cybertron, in [[The Garage]], [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]], [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]], [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]], and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] are being tested and re-tested by [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] to confirm that the new bodies they've received are free from Nucleon's effects. Blaster implores Prowl to let them help, replaying comm-line chatter about all the chaos that's been going on, and saying that they need every able-bodied 'Bot they can get. He says that he can sense something more going on then just the chaos that [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] caused with his [[Gene Key]], and angrily tells Prowl that he doesn't want to just sit on the sidelines. Prowl recounts the specific effects of Nucleon on each Autobot, and says they ''do'' need every pair of hands they can get, but when it comes to the four of them, they can't take the risk. He then leaves to take care of the latest batch of crises, while [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] urges the four to hang in there. Silverbolt wonders if maybe Blaster is just sensing some echo of his former state, but Blaster isn't sure..

Elsewhere in Iacon, [[Fang]] is leading a group blockading a main road, and [[Kup (G1)|Kup]], backed up by the other [[Wrecker|Wreckers]], is ordering him to stand down. [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] starts to suggest something, but is immediately shot down by Kup, who says that they need to stamp out little fires like this one before it all explodes. Roadbuster then suggests that maybe Kup is the one making a bigger problem than it needs to be, by giving the angry crowd something to get upset about. As the two argue, two bots trying to pass the blockade transform and attack Fang and the others. As a fight breaks out between the two sides, [[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]] hovers above, transmitting the fight to [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] who remarks that he can't get enough of the chaos. Noticing that their comm-line has been hacked into, Soundwave cuts off Spinister and activates the [[Mayhem Attack Squad]] to eliminate the intruder.

Back in Wyoming, Prime is brought to plead his case before the surviving humans there. He proposes uniting the humans with [[Nebulos]] in a joint effort to rebuild- the Nebulans' science and technology can help speed Earth's rebuilding, and the Earthlings' strength and tenacity could help the Nebulans recover from the mass mental trauma inflicted by Scorponok. Circuit Smasher immediately shoots down the idea, but the others, including [[G.B. Blackrock]] are more receptive to the idea, and agree to take a hard look at Prime's plan.

In The Garage, Blaster rips out the wires connecting him to the scanning equipment, and says that they all have to leave, and '''now'''. He says that he randomly just tapped into the old Decepticon comm-line subfrequencies, and overheard Soundwave tell Spinister that while everyone thinks the chaos is random, and a side effect of Scorponok's Gene Key, it's really all happening because Soundwave is transmitting an irritant, subsonic signal on a frequency that all Cybertronians share. The signal is fomenting the restlessness and causing the rebelliousness in Cybertron's population, so as to leave them defenseless. Huffer remarks that they're hardly battle-ready and ill-equipped to deal with the assassins sent after them. Blaster says they have no choice, as Soundwave has frozen the airwaves, so it's down to the four Autobots to survive the coming attack and get the information back to command.

Deep in the bowels of Cybertron, [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] is leading the remaining [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] on a search for the bottom of the [[Sonic Canyons]], on the chance that [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] may have survived his fall into them. Hot Rod is following a map in his head that was given to him via the [[Covenant of Primus]]. Though [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] is somewhat unsure about it all, [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] says that Grimlock risked everything to recover Slag from his primitive state, so they're going on, regardless. When asked about the [[Demons]], Hot Rod says that they don't need to look for them.....because the Demons will find them eventually. 

As the Mayhem Attack Squad busts into The Garage, they find Huffer, alone. When [[Snarler]] asks if he has any last words, and charges, Huffer says he's a 'bot of few words and knocks Snarler out cold with a single punch, surprising the other two Decepticons. [[Carnivac (G1)|Carnivac]] then attacks, but is taken out by a blast from a modified energy siphon wielded by Inferno and Silverbolt. Blaster uses his abilities to knock [[Roadblock (G1)|Roadblock]]'s internal sensors off, causing him to miss hitting Inferno and Silverbolt, then Huffer punches the Decepticon unconscious. Exiting his [[Pretender]] shell, Carnivac attacks and hits Silverbolt with a blast of napalm. Blaster sonically attacks Carnivac, who is incapacitated, and Inferno is able to contain Silverbolt's damage. 

Later, Blaster having informed Prowl of the Decepticons' plans, the intracomm is taken down "for essential maintenance" as a cover for disabling Soundwave's disruptive influence. Prowl thanks the four Autobots, especially Blaster, but notes that now that all communications are down, they'll have no way of knowing if an attack is coming until it's too late.

Deep in space, both the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' and the ''[[Warworld]]'' continue their approaches to Cybertron...

==Featured characters==
(Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks.)<br>
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*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] (4)
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] (5)
*[[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] (6)
*[[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] (7)
*[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (8)
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (9)
*''[[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]]'' (10)
*[[Kup (G1)|Kup]] (11)
*[[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] (13)
*[[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] (14)
*[[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] (15)
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*[[Rack'n'Ruin]] (16)
*[[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] (28)
*[[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] (29)
*[[Slag (G1)|Slag]] (30)
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] (31)
*[[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] (32)
*[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] (34)
*[[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] (35)
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*[[Fang]] (12)
*[[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]] (17)
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] (18)
*[[Needlenose]] (19)
*[[Battletrap]] (20)
*[[Ruckus (G1)|Ruckus]] (21)
*[[Windsweeper]] (22)
*[[Roadblock (G1)|Roadblock]] (23)
*[[Snarler]] (24)
*[[Carnivac (G1)|Carnivac]] (25)
*[[Galvatron II|Galvatron]] (36)
*[[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] (37)

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*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Circuit Smasher]] (2)
*[[Linda Chang]] (3)
*[[Gordon Kent]] (26)
*[[G.B. Blackrock]] (27)

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*[[Demon]]s (33)
}}

==Quotes==
"'Energy siphon to weapon in sixteen astro-seconds...Huffer...I will '''never''' doubt you again."<br>
:--'''Silverbolt''' is thoroughly impressed by '''Huffer's''' engineering prowess under pressure.

"Unfortunately, didn't Huffer say it takes twenty-''five'' astro-seconds to charge? Which we don't have." <br>
:--'''Inferno''' realizes that they still need to blast '''Roadblock''', who's standing right in front of them.

==Notes==

===Continuity notes===
*In this issue it is finally confirmed that the four Autobots in The Garage, as well as Slag, received new bodies sometime between issues #89 and #90. 
*Blaster's claim that he once "practically was the resistance on Cybertron" is a somewhat-exaggerated report of his days as part of [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor's]] [[Cybertron Seven|anti-Decepticon unit]], but an understandable one given his lone-wolf tendency.
*Kup and Roadbuster argue about what [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] would have done as leader of the Wreckers. Springer was killed by [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] in #85.

===Transformers references===
*Fang is a character introduced in the Marvel U.K. comics continuity in a brief scene in the story [[Target: 2006]]. He also makes an appearance in the IDW G1 continuity. Here, however, he vaguely resembles those appearances, having none of the spiky armor of previous versions of the character.

===Real world-references===
*The surviving humans of Spike/Circuit Smasher's group are gathered in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, which is in the southwest corner of the state.

===Errors===

===Trivia===
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'s attempt to subliminally influence the population of Cybertron to become more violent is a theme taken directly from [[Dreamwave]]'s G1 storyline in "[[Passive Aggression]]" where [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] attempted almost the exact same thing.

===Covers (3)===
*'''Cover A:'''  The new Mayhem Attack Squad charges into action, by Andrew Wildman and [[Jason Cardy]].
*'''Cover B:'''  Circuit Smasher blasting Optimus Prime, by [[Guido Guidi]].
*'''Cover RI:''' Huffer laying Snarler out flat, by [[Geoff Senior]] and [[Josh Burcham]].
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