I Saw Three Ships - Revision history

BerylRoll at 11:20, 8 February 2026

2026-02-08T11:20:53Z

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	==Synopsis==		==Synopsis==
	While [[General Flagg]] attempts to coax the recalcitrant [[Snake-Eyes\|Snake Eyes]] out of his self-imposed seclusion from civilization, the [[G.I. Joe (team)\|G.I. Joe]] team launches an attack on [[Springfield (G.I. Joe)\|Springfield]], an unassuming all-American little town that is, in fact, an undercover [[Cobra]] operations base. The mission is the first taste of action for several new Joes, including [[Gung-Ho]], who grapples with Cobra head officers [[Tomax and Xamot]] and is nearly overcome by their synchronized acrobatic skills until a copter-load of Joes comes to the rescue. Watching from a hiding place nearby, Cobra munitions master [[Destro]] trains his wrist-rockets on the helicopter, but is stopped from firing by a shadow-shrouded figure—Cobra's ''true'' leader. This mysterious individual prefers to see Tomax and Xamot take the fall, leaving G.I. Joe to labor under the continued misconception that Cobra is still splintered and directionless following [[Cobra Commander]]'s death, unaware that the terrorist organization has set greater goals in motion...		While [[General Flagg]] attempts to coax the recalcitrant [[Snake-Eyes\|Snake Eyes]] out of his self-imposed seclusion from civilization, the [[G.I. Joe (team)\|G.I. Joe]] team launches an attack on [[Springfield (G.I. Joe)\|Springfield]], an unassuming all-American little town that is, in fact, an undercover [[Cobra]] operations base. The mission is the first taste of action for several new Joes, including [[Gung-Ho (G.I. Joe)\|Gung-Ho]], who grapples with Cobra head officers [[Tomax and Xamot]] and is nearly overcome by their synchronized acrobatic skills until a copter-load of Joes comes to the rescue. Watching from a hiding place nearby, Cobra munitions master [[Destro]] trains his wrist-rockets on the helicopter, but is stopped from firing by a shadow-shrouded figure—Cobra's ''true'' leader. This mysterious individual prefers to see Tomax and Xamot take the fall, leaving G.I. Joe to labor under the continued misconception that Cobra is still splintered and directionless following [[Cobra Commander]]'s death, unaware that the terrorist organization has set greater goals in motion...

	Some time later, in the classified city beneath which G.I. Joe's headquarters [[T.H.E. P.I.T.]] is located, [[Duke (G.I. Joe)\|Duke]] runs into [[Scarlett]] on the way to a briefing—though before they can attend, they have to shake off a street prophet handing out pamphlets about the "Face of Darkness", a large asteroid presently entering [[Earth]]'s [[Solar System]] that the prophet insists is actually a planet. This "asteroid" is actually the subject of the briefing: G.I. Joe has picked up transmissions emanating from the mysterious celestial body, which include the word "[[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]]" and glyphs that the Joes recognize from their prior encounter with robotic lifeforms during the battle for Koh-Buru-Lah. Those robots had previously been misidentified as Cobra automatons, but now the Joes realize they were alien lifeforms! Mention of that mission and the disfiguring repercussions it had upon Snake Eyes appears to unnerve Scarlett, and she excuses herself, but not without some whispered words to General Flagg.		Some time later, in the classified city beneath which G.I. Joe's headquarters [[T.H.E. P.I.T.]] is located, [[Duke (G.I. Joe)\|Duke]] runs into [[Scarlett]] on the way to a briefing—though before they can attend, they have to shake off a street prophet handing out pamphlets about the "Face of Darkness", a large asteroid presently entering [[Earth]]'s [[Solar System]] that the prophet insists is actually a planet. This "asteroid" is actually the subject of the briefing: G.I. Joe has picked up transmissions emanating from the mysterious celestial body, which include the word "[[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]]" and glyphs that the Joes recognize from their prior encounter with robotic lifeforms during the battle for Koh-Buru-Lah. Those robots had previously been misidentified as Cobra automatons, but now the Joes realize they were alien lifeforms! Mention of that mission and the disfiguring repercussions it had upon Snake Eyes appears to unnerve Scarlett, and she excuses herself, but not without some whispered words to General Flagg.

	In response to the transmissions, the Joes lay out the welcome mat at the top secret [[Area Zero]] facility, where top brass and grunts alike watch as three alien craft descend from the sky. Three small robots disembark the lead craft, and [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)\|General Hawk]] steps forward to address the [[Frenzy (G1)\|most humanoid]] of their number, only to have the feline-form [[Ravage (G1)\|Ravage]] respond; Hawk offers peace, and Ravage gladly accepts, but it soon becomes apparent that he has mistranslated the word peace as "surrender". Tensions are also growing in the skies above: unbeknownst to any present, Snake Eyes has arrived on a hang-glider, while Duke has recognized one of the other ships as [[Starscream (G1)\|Starscream]], the same robot from their previous encounter, just as it changes shape to emulate a Joe [[Skystriker (~~vehicle~~)\|Skystriker]]. Everything explodes when the unseen Snake Eyes shoots Hawk in the arm, triggering an outbreak of hostilities. The lead ship transforms, revealing itself to be [[Soundwave (G1)\|Soundwave]], who seizes Hawk, [[Lady Jaye]], and [[Flash (G.I. Joe)\|Flash]] and imprisons them within his chest compartment, while all the other Joes fight their way past the aliens in order to clear the area for the activation of countermeasure protocol [[Coltonbolt]]—a blast from an orbital laser satellite array developed by G.I. Joe's founder, [[Joe Colton]]. Flash is able to slice a hole in Soundwave's chest with his laser rifle, allowing the three Joes to escape; confronted by Ravage on the ground, Hawk is surprised to find that his dull-edged tomahawk somehow manages to slice right through the cat-bot's skull. Duke swoops in aboard a [[Sky Hawk]] to airlift his companions to safety, but Soundwave gives chase, prompting Hawk to consider bailing and leading him back into Coltonbolt's kill zone. Before he can do so, however, Snake Eyes appears; though shocked to realize it was their old ally who shot at Hawk, the Joes don't complain when the ninja flies past them and, in an act of misguided revenge, hurls a bandoleer of grenades directly into Starscream's face, ravaging it as his was during his last encounter with the aliens. The Coltonbolt fires, and Soundwave, Ravage, Starscream, and [[Shockwave (G1)\|Shockwave]] are caught in its blast radius as the Joes watch. Only [[Laserbeak (G1)\|Laserbeak]] and [[Frenzy (G1)\|Frenzy]] escape the ray, the latter airlifted to safety by the former, but the two small 'bots are soon swallowed up by a Cobra airship, and the new leader—the scarred [[Baroness]], having reinvented herself as the "Serpentress"—reveals herself and offers the aliens sanctuary.		In response to the transmissions, the Joes lay out the welcome mat at the top secret [[Area Zero]] facility, where top brass and grunts alike watch as three alien craft descend from the sky. Three small robots disembark the lead craft, and [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)\|General Hawk]] steps forward to address the [[Frenzy (G1)\|most humanoid]] of their number, only to have the feline-form [[Ravage (G1)\|Ravage]] respond; Hawk offers peace, and Ravage gladly accepts, but it soon becomes apparent that he has mistranslated the word peace as "surrender". Tensions are also growing in the skies above: unbeknownst to any present, Snake Eyes has arrived on a hang-glider, while Duke has recognized one of the other ships as [[Starscream (G1)\|Starscream]], the same robot from their previous encounter, just as it changes shape to emulate a Joe [[Skystriker (G.I. Joe)\|Skystriker]]. Everything explodes when the unseen Snake Eyes shoots Hawk in the arm, triggering an outbreak of hostilities. The lead ship transforms, revealing itself to be [[Soundwave (G1)\|Soundwave]], who seizes Hawk, [[Lady Jaye]], and [[Flash (G.I. Joe)\|Flash]] and imprisons them within his chest compartment, while all the other Joes fight their way past the aliens in order to clear the area for the activation of countermeasure protocol [[Coltonbolt]]—a blast from an orbital laser satellite array developed by G.I. Joe's founder, [[Joe Colton]]. Flash is able to slice a hole in Soundwave's chest with his laser rifle, allowing the three Joes to escape; confronted by Ravage on the ground, Hawk is surprised to find that his dull-edged tomahawk somehow manages to slice right through the cat-bot's skull. Duke swoops in aboard a [[Sky Hawk]] to airlift his companions to safety, but Soundwave gives chase, prompting Hawk to consider bailing and leading him back into Coltonbolt's kill zone. Before he can do so, however, Snake Eyes appears; though shocked to realize it was their old ally who shot at Hawk, the Joes don't complain when the ninja flies past them and, in an act of misguided revenge, hurls a bandoleer of grenades directly into Starscream's face, ravaging it as his was during his last encounter with the aliens. The Coltonbolt fires, and Soundwave, Ravage, Starscream, and [[Shockwave (G1)\|Shockwave]] are caught in its blast radius as the Joes watch. Only [[Laserbeak (G1)\|Laserbeak]] and [[Frenzy (G1)\|Frenzy]] escape the ray, the latter airlifted to safety by the former, but the two small 'bots are soon swallowed up by a Cobra airship, and the new leader—the scarred [[Baroness]], having reinvented herself as the "Serpentress"—reveals herself and offers the aliens sanctuary.

	Regrouping aboard the [[USS Flagg\|USS ''Flagg'']], the Joes are acutely aware of the fact that the Cybertronians are likely to soon retaliate in greater numbers, and that the Coltonbolt trick will not work again. General Flagg sends a message to Scarlett, who has, in fact, departed with a team on a secret away mission aboard the Joe space shuttle ''[[Defiant (G.I. Joe)\|Defiant]]'' to the mysterious approaching planetoid. They are no longer on a mission of exploration... now, their mission is the invasion of Cybertron!		Regrouping aboard the [[USS Flagg\|USS ''Flagg'']], the Joes are acutely aware of the fact that the Cybertronians are likely to soon retaliate in greater numbers, and that the Coltonbolt trick will not work again. General Flagg sends a message to Scarlett, who has, in fact, departed with a team on a secret away mission aboard the Joe space shuttle ''[[Defiant (G.I. Joe)\|Defiant]]'' to the mysterious approaching planetoid. They are no longer on a mission of exploration... now, their mission is the invasion of Cybertron!
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	*[[General Flagg]] (3)		*[[General Flagg]] (3)
	*[[Gung-Ho]] (5)		*[[Gung-Ho (G.I. Joe)\|Gung-Ho]] (5)
	*[[Stalker (G.I. Joe)\|Stalker]] (9)		*[[Stalker (G.I. Joe)\|Stalker]] (9)
	*[[Quick Kick]] (10)		*[[Quick Kick]] (10)

Smasher at 17:10, 2 June 2024

2024-06-02T17:10:08Z

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	==Synopsis==		==Synopsis==
	While [[General Flagg]] attempts to coax the recalcitrant [[Snake-Eyes\|Snake Eyes]] out of his self-imposed seclusion from civilization, the [[G.I. Joe (team)\|G.I. Joe]] team launches an attack on [[Springfield (~~Cobra~~)\|Springfield]], an unassuming all-American little town that is, in fact, an undercover [[Cobra]] operations base. The mission is the first taste of action for several new Joes, including [[Gung-Ho]], who grapples with Cobra head officers [[Tomax and Xamot]] and is nearly overcome by their synchronized acrobatic skills until a copter-load of Joes comes to the rescue. Watching from a hiding place nearby, Cobra munitions master [[Destro]] trains his wrist-rockets on the helicopter, but is stopped from firing by a shadow-shrouded figure—Cobra's ''true'' leader. This mysterious individual prefers to see Tomax and Xamot take the fall, leaving G.I. Joe to labor under the continued misconception that Cobra is still splintered and directionless following [[Cobra Commander]]'s death, unaware that the terrorist organization has set greater goals in motion...		While [[General Flagg]] attempts to coax the recalcitrant [[Snake-Eyes\|Snake Eyes]] out of his self-imposed seclusion from civilization, the [[G.I. Joe (team)\|G.I. Joe]] team launches an attack on [[Springfield (G.I. Joe)\|Springfield]], an unassuming all-American little town that is, in fact, an undercover [[Cobra]] operations base. The mission is the first taste of action for several new Joes, including [[Gung-Ho]], who grapples with Cobra head officers [[Tomax and Xamot]] and is nearly overcome by their synchronized acrobatic skills until a copter-load of Joes comes to the rescue. Watching from a hiding place nearby, Cobra munitions master [[Destro]] trains his wrist-rockets on the helicopter, but is stopped from firing by a shadow-shrouded figure—Cobra's ''true'' leader. This mysterious individual prefers to see Tomax and Xamot take the fall, leaving G.I. Joe to labor under the continued misconception that Cobra is still splintered and directionless following [[Cobra Commander]]'s death, unaware that the terrorist organization has set greater goals in motion...

	Some time later, in the classified city beneath which G.I. Joe's headquarters [[T.H.E. P.I.T.]] is located, [[Duke (G.I. Joe)\|Duke]] runs into [[Scarlett]] on the way to a briefing—though before they can attend, they have to shake off a street prophet handing out pamphlets about the "Face of Darkness", a large asteroid presently entering [[Earth]]'s [[Solar System]] that the prophet insists is actually a planet. This "asteroid" is actually the subject of the briefing: G.I. Joe has picked up transmissions emanating from the mysterious celestial body, which include the word "[[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]]" and glyphs that the Joes recognize from their prior encounter with robotic lifeforms during the battle for Koh-Buru-Lah. Those robots had previously been misidentified as Cobra automatons, but now the Joes realize they were alien lifeforms! Mention of that mission and the disfiguring repercussions it had upon Snake Eyes appears to unnerve Scarlett, and she excuses herself, but not without some whispered words to General Flagg.		Some time later, in the classified city beneath which G.I. Joe's headquarters [[T.H.E. P.I.T.]] is located, [[Duke (G.I. Joe)\|Duke]] runs into [[Scarlett]] on the way to a briefing—though before they can attend, they have to shake off a street prophet handing out pamphlets about the "Face of Darkness", a large asteroid presently entering [[Earth]]'s [[Solar System]] that the prophet insists is actually a planet. This "asteroid" is actually the subject of the briefing: G.I. Joe has picked up transmissions emanating from the mysterious celestial body, which include the word "[[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]]" and glyphs that the Joes recognize from their prior encounter with robotic lifeforms during the battle for Koh-Buru-Lah. Those robots had previously been misidentified as Cobra automatons, but now the Joes realize they were alien lifeforms! Mention of that mission and the disfiguring repercussions it had upon Snake Eyes appears to unnerve Scarlett, and she excuses herself, but not without some whispered words to General Flagg.
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	*[[Shipwreck]] (41)		*[[Shipwreck]] (41)
	*[[Mutt]] (42)		*[[Mutt (G.I. Joe)\|Mutt]] (42)
	*[[Junkyard (G.I. Joe)\|Junkyard]] (43)		*[[Junkyard (G.I. Joe)\|Junkyard]] (43)
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Ookalf: /* G.I. Joe references */

2024-01-27T05:28:15Z

G.I. Joe references

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	===G.I. Joe references===		===G.I. Joe references===
	*Cobra's manufactured town of Springfield was a fixture of the [[G.I. Joe (comic)\|Marvel ''G.I. Joe'' series]]. The sign seen here includes the town's motto from the Marvel series ("A nice little town"), and the image of one of ~~the~~ Cobra's identical "Fred" Crimson Guardsmen, red pinstripe suit and all.		*Cobra's manufactured town of Springfield was a fixture of the [[G.I. Joe (comic)\|Marvel ''G.I. Joe'' series]]. The sign seen here includes the town's motto from the Marvel series ("A nice little town"), and the image of one of Cobra's identical "Fred" Crimson Guardsmen, red pinstripe suit and all.
	*Buildings seen in the classified city include the [[Arbco]] Tower ("Arbco" was one of Cobra's legitimate business façades in the Marvel series, its name being an anagram, of course), and one labelled "[[M.A.R.S.]]", Destro's Military Armaments Research Syndicate.		*Buildings seen in the classified city include the [[Arbco]] Tower ("Arbco" was one of Cobra's legitimate business façades in the Marvel series, its name being an anagram, of course), and one labelled "[[M.A.R.S.]]", Destro's Military Armaments Research Syndicate.
	*The shape of Hawk's tomahawk is based on the logo for the [[Adventure Team]].		*The shape of Hawk's tomahawk is based on the logo for the [[Adventure Team]].

Daniel Adkins: /* Notes */

2024-01-07T20:25:06Z

Notes

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	*Cobra's manufactured town of Springfield was a fixture of the [[G.I. Joe (comic)\|Marvel ''G.I. Joe'' series]]. The sign seen here includes the town's motto from the Marvel series ("A nice little town"), and the image of one of the Cobra's identical "Fred" Crimson Guardsmen, red pinstripe suit and all.		*Cobra's manufactured town of Springfield was a fixture of the [[G.I. Joe (comic)\|Marvel ''G.I. Joe'' series]]. The sign seen here includes the town's motto from the Marvel series ("A nice little town"), and the image of one of the Cobra's identical "Fred" Crimson Guardsmen, red pinstripe suit and all.
	*Buildings seen in the classified city include the [[Arbco]] Tower ("Arbco" was one of Cobra's legitimate business façades in the Marvel series, its name being an anagram, of course), and one labelled "[[M.A.R.S.]]", Destro's Military Armaments Research Syndicate.		*Buildings seen in the classified city include the [[Arbco]] Tower ("Arbco" was one of Cobra's legitimate business façades in the Marvel series, its name being an anagram, of course), and one labelled "[[M.A.R.S.]]", Destro's Military Armaments Research Syndicate.
			*The shape of Hawk's tomahawk is based on the logo for the [[Adventure Team]].
	*Joe Colton also masterminded an orbital defense system in the original Marvel ''G.I. Joe'' series.		*Joe Colton also masterminded an orbital defense system in the original Marvel ''G.I. Joe'' series.
	*The injuries Snake Eyes inflicts to Starscream's face, leaving him with a bulging "eye" and damage across mostly one half of his face seem to deliberately mirror Snake Eyes's own scars as they appeared in issue #93 of the original Marvel series.		*The injuries Snake Eyes inflicts to Starscream's face, leaving him with a bulging "eye" and damage across mostly one half of his face seem to deliberately mirror Snake Eyes's own scars as they appeared in issue #93 of the original Marvel series.

Saix: clean up, replaced: Breaker → Breaker, typos fixed: mesage → message

2023-08-04T00:17:22Z

clean up, replaced: Breaker → Breaker, typos fixed: mesage → message

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	In response to the transmissions, the Joes lay out the welcome mat at the top secret [[Area Zero]] facility, where top brass and grunts alike watch as three alien craft descend from the sky. Three small robots disembark the lead craft, and [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)\|General Hawk]] steps forward to address the [[Frenzy (G1)\|most humanoid]] of their number, only to have the feline-form [[Ravage (G1)\|Ravage]] respond; Hawk offers peace, and Ravage gladly accepts, but it soon becomes apparent that he has mistranslated the word peace as "surrender". Tensions are also growing in the skies above: unbeknownst to any present, Snake Eyes has arrived on a hang-glider, while Duke has recognized one of the other ships as [[Starscream (G1)\|Starscream]], the same robot from their previous encounter, just as it changes shape to emulate a Joe [[Skystriker (vehicle)\|Skystriker]]. Everything explodes when the unseen Snake Eyes shoots Hawk in the arm, triggering an outbreak of hostilities. The lead ship transforms, revealing itself to be [[Soundwave (G1)\|Soundwave]], who seizes Hawk, [[Lady Jaye]], and [[Flash (G.I. Joe)\|Flash]] and imprisons them within his chest compartment, while all the other Joes fight their way past the aliens in order to clear the area for the activation of countermeasure protocol [[Coltonbolt]]—a blast from an orbital laser satellite array developed by G.I. Joe's founder, [[Joe Colton]]. Flash is able to slice a hole in Soundwave's chest with his laser rifle, allowing the three Joes to escape; confronted by Ravage on the ground, Hawk is surprised to find that his dull-edged tomahawk somehow manages to slice right through the cat-bot's skull. Duke swoops in aboard a [[Sky Hawk]] to airlift his companions to safety, but Soundwave gives chase, prompting Hawk to consider bailing and leading him back into Coltonbolt's kill zone. Before he can do so, however, Snake Eyes appears; though shocked to realize it was their old ally who shot at Hawk, the Joes don't complain when the ninja flies past them and, in an act of misguided revenge, hurls a bandoleer of grenades directly into Starscream's face, ravaging it as his was during his last encounter with the aliens. The Coltonbolt fires, and Soundwave, Ravage, Starscream, and [[Shockwave (G1)\|Shockwave]] are caught in its blast radius as the Joes watch. Only [[Laserbeak (G1)\|Laserbeak]] and [[Frenzy (G1)\|Frenzy]] escape the ray, the latter airlifted to safety by the former, but the two small 'bots are soon swallowed up by a Cobra airship, and the new leader—the scarred [[Baroness]], having reinvented herself as the "Serpentress"—reveals herself and offers the aliens sanctuary.		In response to the transmissions, the Joes lay out the welcome mat at the top secret [[Area Zero]] facility, where top brass and grunts alike watch as three alien craft descend from the sky. Three small robots disembark the lead craft, and [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)\|General Hawk]] steps forward to address the [[Frenzy (G1)\|most humanoid]] of their number, only to have the feline-form [[Ravage (G1)\|Ravage]] respond; Hawk offers peace, and Ravage gladly accepts, but it soon becomes apparent that he has mistranslated the word peace as "surrender". Tensions are also growing in the skies above: unbeknownst to any present, Snake Eyes has arrived on a hang-glider, while Duke has recognized one of the other ships as [[Starscream (G1)\|Starscream]], the same robot from their previous encounter, just as it changes shape to emulate a Joe [[Skystriker (vehicle)\|Skystriker]]. Everything explodes when the unseen Snake Eyes shoots Hawk in the arm, triggering an outbreak of hostilities. The lead ship transforms, revealing itself to be [[Soundwave (G1)\|Soundwave]], who seizes Hawk, [[Lady Jaye]], and [[Flash (G.I. Joe)\|Flash]] and imprisons them within his chest compartment, while all the other Joes fight their way past the aliens in order to clear the area for the activation of countermeasure protocol [[Coltonbolt]]—a blast from an orbital laser satellite array developed by G.I. Joe's founder, [[Joe Colton]]. Flash is able to slice a hole in Soundwave's chest with his laser rifle, allowing the three Joes to escape; confronted by Ravage on the ground, Hawk is surprised to find that his dull-edged tomahawk somehow manages to slice right through the cat-bot's skull. Duke swoops in aboard a [[Sky Hawk]] to airlift his companions to safety, but Soundwave gives chase, prompting Hawk to consider bailing and leading him back into Coltonbolt's kill zone. Before he can do so, however, Snake Eyes appears; though shocked to realize it was their old ally who shot at Hawk, the Joes don't complain when the ninja flies past them and, in an act of misguided revenge, hurls a bandoleer of grenades directly into Starscream's face, ravaging it as his was during his last encounter with the aliens. The Coltonbolt fires, and Soundwave, Ravage, Starscream, and [[Shockwave (G1)\|Shockwave]] are caught in its blast radius as the Joes watch. Only [[Laserbeak (G1)\|Laserbeak]] and [[Frenzy (G1)\|Frenzy]] escape the ray, the latter airlifted to safety by the former, but the two small 'bots are soon swallowed up by a Cobra airship, and the new leader—the scarred [[Baroness]], having reinvented herself as the "Serpentress"—reveals herself and offers the aliens sanctuary.

	Regrouping aboard the [[USS Flagg\|USS ''Flagg'']], the Joes are acutely aware of the fact that the Cybertronians are likely to soon retaliate in greater numbers, and that the Coltonbolt trick will not work again. General Flagg sends a ~~mesage~~ to Scarlett, who has, in fact, departed with a team on a secret away mission aboard the Joe space shuttle ''[[Defiant (G.I. Joe)\|Defiant]]'' to the mysterious approaching planetoid. They are no longer on a mission of exploration... now, their mission is the invasion of Cybertron!		Regrouping aboard the [[USS Flagg\|USS ''Flagg'']], the Joes are acutely aware of the fact that the Cybertronians are likely to soon retaliate in greater numbers, and that the Coltonbolt trick will not work again. General Flagg sends a message to Scarlett, who has, in fact, departed with a team on a secret away mission aboard the Joe space shuttle ''[[Defiant (G.I. Joe)\|Defiant]]'' to the mysterious approaching planetoid. They are no longer on a mission of exploration... now, their mission is the invasion of Cybertron!

	==Featured characters==		==Featured characters==
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	*[[Clutch (G.I. Joe)\|Clutch]] (48)		*[[Clutch (G.I. Joe)\|Clutch]] (48)
	*[[Breaker]]? (49)		*[[Breaker (G.I. Joe)\|Breaker]]? (49)
	*[[Deep Six]] (50)		*[[Deep Six]] (50)
	*[[Recondo]] (51)		*[[Recondo]] (51)

Prime Radiant: /* Synopsis */ "symbiotic" implies two different species

2023-02-24T13:33:54Z

Synopsis: "symbiotic" implies two different species

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	==Synopsis==		==Synopsis==
	While [[General Flagg]] attempts to coax the recalcitrant [[Snake-Eyes\|Snake Eyes]] out of his self-imposed seclusion from civilization, the [[G.I. Joe (team)\|G.I. Joe]] team launches an attack on [[Springfield (Cobra)\|Springfield]], an unassuming all-American little town that is, in fact, an undercover [[Cobra]] operations base. The mission is the first taste of action for several new Joes, including [[Gung-Ho]], who grapples with Cobra head officers [[Tomax and Xamot]] and is nearly overcome by their ~~symbiotic,~~ acrobatic skills until a copter-load of Joes ~~come~~ to the rescue. Watching from a hiding place nearby, Cobra munitions master [[Destro]] trains his wrist-rockets on the helicopter, but is stopped from firing by a shadow-shrouded figure—Cobra's ''true'' leader. This mysterious individual prefers to see Tomax and Xamot take the fall, leaving G.I. Joe to labor under the continued misconception that Cobra is still splintered and directionless following [[Cobra Commander]]'s death, unaware that the terrorist organization has greater goals in motion...		While [[General Flagg]] attempts to coax the recalcitrant [[Snake-Eyes\|Snake Eyes]] out of his self-imposed seclusion from civilization, the [[G.I. Joe (team)\|G.I. Joe]] team launches an attack on [[Springfield (Cobra)\|Springfield]], an unassuming all-American little town that is, in fact, an undercover [[Cobra]] operations base. The mission is the first taste of action for several new Joes, including [[Gung-Ho]], who grapples with Cobra head officers [[Tomax and Xamot]] and is nearly overcome by their synchronized acrobatic skills until a copter-load of Joes comes to the rescue. Watching from a hiding place nearby, Cobra munitions master [[Destro]] trains his wrist-rockets on the helicopter, but is stopped from firing by a shadow-shrouded figure—Cobra's ''true'' leader. This mysterious individual prefers to see Tomax and Xamot take the fall, leaving G.I. Joe to labor under the continued misconception that Cobra is still splintered and directionless following [[Cobra Commander]]'s death, unaware that the terrorist organization has set greater goals in motion...

	Some time later, in the classified city beneath which G.I. Joe's headquarters [[T.H.E. P.I.T.]] is located, [[Duke (G.I. Joe)\|Duke]] runs into [[Scarlett]] on the way to a briefing—though before they can attend, they have to shake off a street prophet handing out pamphlets about the "Face of Darkness", a large asteroid presently entering [[Earth]]'s [[Solar System]] that the prophet insists is actually a planet. This "asteroid" is actually the subject of the briefing: G.I. Joe has picked up transmissions emanating from the mysterious celestial body, which include the word "[[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]]" and glyphs that the Joes recognize from their prior encounter with robotic lifeforms during the battle for Koh-Buru-Lah. Those robots had previously been misidentified as Cobra automatons, but now the Joes realize they were alien lifeforms! Mention of that mission and the disfiguring repercussions it had upon Snake Eyes appears to unnerve Scarlett, and she excuses herself, but not without some whispered words to General Flagg.		Some time later, in the classified city beneath which G.I. Joe's headquarters [[T.H.E. P.I.T.]] is located, [[Duke (G.I. Joe)\|Duke]] runs into [[Scarlett]] on the way to a briefing—though before they can attend, they have to shake off a street prophet handing out pamphlets about the "Face of Darkness", a large asteroid presently entering [[Earth]]'s [[Solar System]] that the prophet insists is actually a planet. This "asteroid" is actually the subject of the briefing: G.I. Joe has picked up transmissions emanating from the mysterious celestial body, which include the word "[[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]]" and glyphs that the Joes recognize from their prior encounter with robotic lifeforms during the battle for Koh-Buru-Lah. Those robots had previously been misidentified as Cobra automatons, but now the Joes realize they were alien lifeforms! Mention of that mission and the disfiguring repercussions it had upon Snake Eyes appears to unnerve Scarlett, and she excuses herself, but not without some whispered words to General Flagg.

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	*The title of this issue comes from the English Christmas carol, "{{w\|I Saw Three Ships}}". In-story, Dial-Tone likens the titular three ships (Starscream, Soundwave, and Shockwave) to the three ships of {{w\|Christopher Columbus}}.		*The title of this issue comes from the English Christmas carol, "{{w\|I Saw Three Ships}}". In-story, Dial-Tone likens the titular three ships (Starscream, Soundwave, and Shockwave) to the three ships of {{w\|Christopher Columbus}}.
	*General Flagg paraphrases {{w\|Linji Yixuan\|Lin Chi}}'s principle of iconoclasm, "If you meet a buddha, kill the buddha".		*General Flagg paraphrases {{w\|Linji Yixuan\|Lin Chi}}'s principle of iconoclasm, "If you meet a buddha, kill the buddha".
			*Flagg also paraphrases the famous satirical line "We have met the enemy, and it is us" from Walt Kelly's {{w\|Pogo (comic strip)\|''Pogo''}}.

	===Other notes===		===Other notes===

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	*The planet entering Earth's solar system is noted in a news ticker to be named "Face of Darkness", after the [[The Transformers (cartoon)\|Generation 1 cartoon]] multi-parter, "[[Five Faces of Darkness]]".		*The planet entering Earth's solar system is noted in a news ticker to be named "Face of Darkness", after the [[The Transformers (cartoon)\|Generation 1 cartoon]] multi-parter, "[[Five Faces of Darkness]]".
	*Ravage is the first Transformer to speak in the series, in homage to his role as the first speaking Transformer in the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)\|original Marvel series]].		*Ravage is the first Transformer to speak in the series, in homage to his role as the first speaking Transformer in the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)\|original Marvel series]]. Soundwave also notes Ravage's "powers of [[Cat\|''pur''suasion]]".

	===G.I. Joe references===		===G.I. Joe references===

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G.I. Joe references

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	*Cobra's manufactured town of Springfield was a fixture of the [[G.I. Joe (comic)\|Marvel ''G.I. Joe'' series]]. The sign seen here includes the town's motto from the Marvel series ("A nice little town"), and the image of one of the Cobra's identical "Fred" Crimson Guardsmen, red pinstripe suit and all.		*Cobra's manufactured town of Springfield was a fixture of the [[G.I. Joe (comic)\|Marvel ''G.I. Joe'' series]]. The sign seen here includes the town's motto from the Marvel series ("A nice little town"), and the image of one of the Cobra's identical "Fred" Crimson Guardsmen, red pinstripe suit and all.
	*Buildings seen in the classified city include the Arbco Tower ("Arbco" was one of Cobra's legitimate business façades in the Marvel series, its name being an anagram, of course), and one labelled "[[M.A.R.S.]]", Destro's Military Armaments Research Syndicate.		*Buildings seen in the classified city include the [[Arbco]] Tower ("Arbco" was one of Cobra's legitimate business façades in the Marvel series, its name being an anagram, of course), and one labelled "[[M.A.R.S.]]", Destro's Military Armaments Research Syndicate.
	*Joe Colton also masterminded an orbital defense system in the original Marvel ''G.I. Joe'' series.		*Joe Colton also masterminded an orbital defense system in the original Marvel ''G.I. Joe'' series.
	*The injuries Snake Eyes inflicts to Starscream's face, leaving him with a bulging "eye" and damage across mostly one half of his face seem to deliberately mirror Snake Eyes's own scars as they appeared in issue #93 of the original Marvel series.		*The injuries Snake Eyes inflicts to Starscream's face, leaving him with a bulging "eye" and damage across mostly one half of his face seem to deliberately mirror Snake Eyes's own scars as they appeared in issue #93 of the original Marvel series.

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	==Reprints==		==Reprints==
			* '''''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''''' Volume 1 TPB
	* '''''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe Quintessential Collection''''' Hardcover		* '''''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe Quintessential Collection''''' Hardcover
	* '''''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection]]: Volume 73: Transformers vs. G.I. Joe, Part 1'''''		* '''''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection]]: Volume 73: Transformers vs. G.I. Joe, Part 1'''''

	<gallery>		<gallery>
			File:IDW-TFvsJoeV1.jpg\|'''Volume 1'''; cover art by [[Tom Scioli]]
	File:IDW-TFvsJoeQC.jpg\|'''''Quintessential Collection'''''; cover art by Scioli		File:IDW-TFvsJoeQC.jpg\|'''''Quintessential Collection'''''; cover art by Scioli
	File:DefinitiveG1Collection v73.jpg\|'''''Definitive G1 Collection: Vol. 73: Transformers vs. G.I. Joe, Pt. 1'''''; cover art by [[Don Figueroa]] and Scioli		File:DefinitiveG1Collection v73.jpg\|'''''Definitive G1 Collection: Vol. 73: Transformers vs. G.I. Joe, Pt. 1'''''; cover art by [[Don Figueroa]] and Scioli