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	*Originally solicited for release in January 2018, this issue arrives just a smidge late, in the first week of February. It's a noticeable speed-up, though, coming out only two weeks after the already-delayed previous issue.		*Originally solicited for release in January 2018, this issue arrives just a smidge late, in the first week of February. It's a noticeable speed-up, though, coming out only two weeks after the already-delayed previous issue.
	*Other members of Shockwave's crew include [[Skip]], the Decepticon currently being used as a transport by [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Rodimus]] and company, members of the [[Dinoforce]], who, like Skip, would go on to serve under Deathsaurus, and, named in dialogue but unseen on-panel, [[Howlback (G1)\|Howlback]], who has not otherwise appeared in IDW continuity.		*Other members of Shockwave's crew include [[Skip (IDW)\|Skip]], the Decepticon currently being used as a transport by [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Rodimus]] and company, members of the [[Dinoforce]], who, like Skip, would go on to serve under Deathsaurus, and, named in dialogue but unseen on-panel, [[Howlback (G1)\|Howlback]], who has not otherwise appeared in IDW continuity.
	*Shockwave picking out Flame to be part of his crew for being on The List indicates that he also used to be a Decepticon at one point.		*Shockwave picking out Flame to be part of his crew for being on The List indicates that he also used to be a Decepticon at one point.
	*James Roberts thinks "The Ties That Bind" is the worst title he ever used for a story, calling it "the most generic-y, 'season 3, episode 17' title imaginable." <ref>{{citesocial\|quote=Worst title I ever gave a story? (Braces himself for dozens of suggestions…) ‘The Ties That Bind'. Urgh. I'm sorry. It was late and I was tired and in desperation I reached for the most generic-y, ‘season 3, episode 17' title imaginable\|link=https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/1526606161243516929\|name=James Roberts\|site=Twitter\|year=2022\|month=05\|day=17\|(defunct=)}}</ref>		*James Roberts thinks "The Ties That Bind" is the worst title he ever used for a story, calling it "the most generic-y, 'season 3, episode 17' title imaginable." <ref>{{citesocial\|quote=Worst title I ever gave a story? (Braces himself for dozens of suggestions…) ‘The Ties That Bind'. Urgh. I'm sorry. It was late and I was tired and in desperation I reached for the most generic-y, ‘season 3, episode 17' title imaginable\|link=https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/1526606161243516929\|name=James Roberts\|site=Twitter\|year=2022\|month=05\|day=17\|(defunct=)}}</ref>

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	The Curator teleports the Scavengers to their target location on the planet [[Confluence]], where their concerns are immediately increased upon discovering that Flame's ship is a [[Worldsweeper]], like the one they found [[Grimlock (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Grimlock]] in on [[Clemency]]. Worse still, Confluence is supposed to be a desert planet, but instead, they find themselves in the middle of a lush forest... a forest that suddenly comes to life as the trees ''transform'' into robot modes and surround them, just like the wooden robot they also found on the Clemency Worldsweeper! Grimlock tears into the "[[Treecon]]s" as the rest of the Scavengers watch in awe, given cause by Grimlock's display of might to recall his brief time as a member of the Decepticons early in the war. This leads Nickel to absently comment on how Grimlock's return to the Autobots led to a rare instance of a 'bot being bumped up the DJD's list... revealing for the first time to the Scavengers that she was a member of that much-feared organization. The Scavengers all immediately turn on her, but with his opponents dispatched, Grimlock calmly comes to her defense, defusing the tension by coherently speaking a record eight words in a row. Unfortunately, a moment later, Scorponok bursts out of the ground and attacks the group—and when Grimlock charges at him, Scorponok simply waves his claw, orders the [[Dinobot (G1)\|Dinobot]] to "sleep," and Grimlock collapses.		The Curator teleports the Scavengers to their target location on the planet [[Confluence]], where their concerns are immediately increased upon discovering that Flame's ship is a [[Worldsweeper]], like the one they found [[Grimlock (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Grimlock]] in on [[Clemency]]. Worse still, Confluence is supposed to be a desert planet, but instead, they find themselves in the middle of a lush forest... a forest that suddenly comes to life as the trees ''transform'' into robot modes and surround them, just like the wooden robot they also found on the Clemency Worldsweeper! Grimlock tears into the "[[Treecon]]s" as the rest of the Scavengers watch in awe, given cause by Grimlock's display of might to recall his brief time as a member of the Decepticons early in the war. This leads Nickel to absently comment on how Grimlock's return to the Autobots led to a rare instance of a 'bot being bumped up the DJD's list... revealing for the first time to the Scavengers that she was a member of that much-feared organization. The Scavengers all immediately turn on her, but with his opponents dispatched, Grimlock calmly comes to her defense, defusing the tension by coherently speaking a record eight words in a row. Unfortunately, a moment later, Scorponok bursts out of the ground and attacks the group—and when Grimlock charges at him, Scorponok simply waves his claw, orders the [[Dinobot (G1)\|Dinobot]] to "sleep," and Grimlock collapses.

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	The Scavengers are thrown in a cell aboard the Worldsweeper, which blasts off into space. After they fill Nickel in on their previous adventure on Clemency and the connections they have now made between it and Scorponok, [[Krok (G1)\|Krok]] has [[Spinister (G1)\|Spinister]] open up the still-unconscious Grimlock's chest, to see if Scorponok has placed a control device in him. What they find instead is an empty spherical cavity, which Krok initially mistakes for a [[Matrix of Leadership\|Matrix]] chamber; a moment later, Scorponok and Flame appear on the other side of the cell bars to correct him, explaining that the cavity was the previous resting place of the Magnificence. After its recovery from Ki-Aleta by the Autobots, the Magnificence was taken to Garrus-9 and stored beneath the [[Aequitas]] computer before being transferred to "the one place in the universe harder to break into": Grimlock's chest. After their escape from the prison, Scorponok and Flame made use of the [[Warren]] to teleport Grimlock out of his cell, and proceeded to torture him until he lost control of his mind and body and released the Magnificence from its tamper-proof chamber, after which they dumped him on Clemency. Krok points out that that doesn't explain how he made Grimlock fall unconscious, but Scorponok doesn't reveal the secret of that particular trick; instead, having confirmed that the Scavengers are ''not'' the agents of an unidentified enemy whose arrival he is anticipating, he waves his claw a second time, and Grimlock awakens. Looking down to see Spinister rooting around inside his open chest, Grimlock flies into a rage and rips the surgeon's arm off. Scorponok and Flame turn and walk away as the Scavengers' screams echo down the halls...		The Scavengers are thrown in a cell aboard the Worldsweeper, which blasts off into space. After they fill Nickel in on their previous adventure on Clemency and the connections they have now made between it and Scorponok, [[Krok (G1)\|Krok]] has [[Spinister (G1)\|Spinister]] open up the still-unconscious Grimlock's chest, to see if Scorponok has placed a control device in him. What they find instead is an empty spherical cavity, which Krok initially mistakes for a [[Matrix of Leadership\|Matrix]] chamber; a moment later, Scorponok and Flame appear on the other side of the cell bars to correct him, explaining that the cavity was the previous resting place of the Magnificence. After its recovery from Ki-Aleta by the Autobots, the Magnificence was taken to Garrus-9 and stored beneath the [[Aequitas]] computer before being transferred to "the one place in the universe harder to break into": Grimlock's chest. After their escape from the prison, Scorponok and Flame made use of the [[Warren]] to teleport Grimlock out of his cell, and proceeded to torture him until he lost control of his mind and body and released the Magnificence from its tamper-proof chamber, after which they dumped him on Clemency. Krok points out that that doesn't explain how he made Grimlock fall unconscious, but Scorponok doesn't reveal the secret of that particular trick; instead, having confirmed that the Scavengers are ''not'' the agents of an unidentified enemy whose arrival he is anticipating, he waves his claw a second time, and Grimlock awakens. Looking down to see Spinister rooting around inside his open chest, Grimlock flies into a rage and rips the surgeon's arm off. Scorponok and Flame turn and walk away as the Scavengers' screams echo down the halls...

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	* '''Cover A:''' Grimlock goes berserk, by [[Jack Lawrence]] and [[Joana Lafuente]]		* '''Cover A:''' Grimlock goes berserk, by [[Jack Lawrence]] and [[Joana Lafuente]]
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	* Garrus-9 is identified as being in the [[Elba System]], which is the first time prison's location has been identified by name in IDW continuity. The name [[Elba]]—which is not that of the system's star, but of the planet on which Garrus-9 rests—comes from ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II]]'', which was making a reference to the ''[[GoBots\|Challenge of the GoBots]]'' cartoon episode "~~[[gbwiki:Escape from Elba~~\|Escape from Elba]]", in which the heroic [[Guardian (GoBots)\|Guardians]] were shown to maintain a prison colony of their own on the planet Elba (which was itself, of course, a reference to {{w\|Elba\|the real-life Mediterranean island}} that served as the exiled {{w\|Napoleon}}'s prison from 1814 to 1815).		* Garrus-9 is identified as being in the [[Elba System]], which is the first time prison's location has been identified by name in IDW continuity. The name [[Elba]]—which is not that of the system's star, but of the planet on which Garrus-9 rests—comes from ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II]]'', which was making a reference to the ''{{gb\|Challenge of the GoBots (cartoon)\|Challenge of the}} [[GoBots]]'' cartoon episode "{{gb\|Escape from Elba}}", in which the heroic [[Guardian (GoBots)\|Guardians]] were shown to maintain a prison colony of their own on the planet Elba (which was itself, of course, a reference to {{w\|Elba\|the real-life Mediterranean island}} that served as the exiled {{w\|Napoleon}}'s prison from 1814 to 1815).
	* In addition to gaining more dexterous claws in his robot mode, Scorponok's refurbished scorpion alt-mode is closer to his [[Scorponok (Movie)\|live-action counterpart]]. Not only does he favour ambushing enemies from beneath them, but the tip of his tail now features a spikey, clawed [[harpoon]] in place of its old blaster.		* In addition to gaining more dexterous claws in his robot mode, Scorponok's refurbished scorpion alt-mode is closer to his [[Scorponok (Movie)\|live-action counterpart]]. Not only does he favour ambushing enemies from beneath them, but the tip of his tail now features a spikey, clawed [[harpoon]] in place of its old blaster.

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	* The presence of a mysterious treasure hidden beneath Aequitas was previously alluded to by [[Overlord (G1)\|Overlord]] in [[Interiors\|''More than Meets the Eye'' #6]] (but that said, see "Errors"). This issue reveals that it was the Magnificence. It's unclear if Overlord ever discovered it had been moved from underneath Aequitas to Grimlock's chest; it's certainly possible that the mental torture he put Grimlock through (driving him to madness by forcing him to watch the pit fights he staged, as explained in ''Last Stand of the Wreckers'' #3) could have been an attempt to force him into relinquishing it.		* The presence of a mysterious treasure hidden beneath Aequitas was previously alluded to by [[Overlord (G1)\|Overlord]] in [[Interiors\|''More than Meets the Eye'' #6]] (but that said, see "Errors"). This issue reveals that it was the Magnificence. It's unclear if Overlord ever discovered it had been moved from underneath Aequitas to Grimlock's chest; it's certainly possible that the mental torture he put Grimlock through (driving him to madness by forcing him to watch the pit fights he staged, as explained in ''Last Stand of the Wreckers'' #3) could have been an attempt to force him into relinquishing it.
	* Scorponok is readying for the arrival of an unknown enemy. His process: "Prepare, confront, repel," the three-word refrain we've previously seen Grimlock write in ''More than Meets the Eye'' #46, and which appeared in Drift's nightmarish vision from [[Dissolution Part 1: Some Other Cybertron\|issue #1]].		* Scorponok is readying for the arrival of an unknown enemy. His process: "Prepare, confront, repel," the three-word refrain we've previously seen Grimlock write in ''More than Meets the Eye'' #46, and which appeared in Drift's nightmarish vision from [[Dissolution Part 1: Some Other Cybertron\|issue #1]].
			*Shockwave's theory on the Magnificence's origins is very nearly spot on - he was only wrong about who exactly became it.

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	''Several years ago, [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Shockwave]] departs [[Garrus-9]] aboard a small craft with an hand-picked crew of other prisoners, including [[Scorponok (G1)\|Scorponok]], [[Flame (Marvel)\|Flame]], and [[Flywheels]]. Scorponok comments on the strange selections Shockwave has made for his crew, but the reason for his choices soon becomes apparent when the [[Decepticon Justice Division]] hail the ship, having arrived to execute Shockwave. Flywheels and Flame listen in as Shockwave offers the lives of the rest of the crew—all of them on the DJD's [[The List\|list]] below him—in exchange for his own, only to be taken aback when [[Tarn (G1)\|Tarn]] turns down this "logical" option and instead activates his lethal ability to shut down Transformers with his voice. The two eavesdroppers alert Scorponok and together, the trio make themselves scarce, jettisoning themselves out an airlock and leaving Shockwave and the rest of the crew to their fate... a premature move, it turns out, as Shockwave is able to save his own life by blasting the radio and cutting Tarn off. Back-up then arrives in the form of Shockwave's agents [[Bludgeon (G1)\|Bludgeon]] and [[Monstructor (G1)\|Monstructor]] aboard their ship ''[[Torment]]'', and the DJD opt to retreat.''		''Several years ago, [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Shockwave]] departs [[Garrus-9]] aboard a small craft with an hand-picked crew of other prisoners, including [[Scorponok (G1)\|Scorponok]], [[Flame (Marvel)\|Flame]], and [[Flywheels]]. Scorponok comments on the strange selections Shockwave has made for his crew, but the reason for his choices soon becomes apparent when the [[Decepticon Justice Division]] hail the ship, having arrived to execute Shockwave. Flywheels and Flame listen in as Shockwave offers the lives of the rest of the crew—all of them on the DJD's [[The List\|list]] below him—in exchange for his own, only to be taken aback when [[Tarn (G1)\|Tarn]] turns down this "logical" option and instead activates his lethal ability to shut down Transformers with his voice. The two eavesdroppers alert Scorponok and together, the trio make themselves scarce, jettisoning themselves out an airlock and leaving Shockwave and the rest of the crew to their fate... a premature move, it turns out, as Shockwave is able to save his own life by blasting the radio and cutting Tarn off. Back-up then arrives in the form of Shockwave's agents [[Bludgeon (G1)\|Bludgeon]] and [[Monstructor (G1)\|Monstructor]] aboard their ship ''[[Torment]]'', and the DJD opt to retreat.''

	After stepping through a portal on the planet [[Frayus]], the [[~~Scavenger~~ (~~group~~)\|Scavengers]] find themselves on the world of [[Troja Major]], where their rescuer, [[Agonizer\|The Curator]], offers them a job: recover the [[Epistemus\|Magnificence]], recently stolen from his business rival [[Mengel]] by Flame. The Scavengers' unwilling companion [[Nickel]]—accidentally blasted through the portal a moment after them—wants to know what the Magnificence ''is'', so the Curator explains what he has learned of the mysterious, all-knowing artifact's history. It was formerly owned by the [[Omega Guardian]]s of [[Ki-Aleta]], but the fact they did not take it with them when they "ascended" to the "[[Higher Realms]]" led the young Senator Shockwave to conclude that this was because it was not of their race, but was, in fact, [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertronian]]. And not merely Cybertronian, but one of the [[Knights of Cybertron]] themselves, the oldest and wisest member of the order whose pursuit of knowledge, legend claims, became so all-consuming that he relinquished his body. The physical similarity of the Magnificence to one of the five heraldic symbols connected to the Knights has convinced the Curator of the possibility the legend may be true, and he wants the Magnificence for his [[Museum of Curios and Rumored Objects\|museum]]. Deciding the risk is worth the sizable financial reward, the Scavengers accept, and Nickel—unable to contact [[Deathsaurus (G1)\|Deathsaurus]] and the rest of her troops, and concerned with the rising levels of radioactivity and unstable weather conditions on Troja Major—agrees to accompany them in return for a cut of the profits.		After stepping through a portal on the planet [[Frayus]], the [[Scavengers (G1)\|Scavengers]] find themselves on the world of [[Troja Major]], where their rescuer, [[Agonizer\|The Curator]], offers them a job: recover the [[Epistemus\|Magnificence]], recently stolen from his business rival [[Mengel]] by Flame. The Scavengers' unwilling companion [[Nickel]]—accidentally blasted through the portal a moment after them—wants to know what the Magnificence ''is'', so the Curator explains what he has learned of the mysterious, all-knowing artifact's history. It was formerly owned by the [[Omega Guardian]]s of [[Ki-Aleta]], but the fact they did not take it with them when they "ascended" to the "[[Higher Realms]]" led the young Senator Shockwave to conclude that this was because it was not of their race, but was, in fact, [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertronian]]. And not merely Cybertronian, but one of the [[Knights of Cybertron]] themselves, the oldest and wisest member of the order whose pursuit of knowledge, legend claims, became so all-consuming that he relinquished his body. The physical similarity of the Magnificence to one of the five heraldic symbols connected to the Knights has convinced the Curator of the possibility the legend may be true, and he wants the Magnificence for his [[Museum of Curios and Rumored Objects\|museum]]. Deciding the risk is worth the sizable financial reward, the Scavengers accept, and Nickel—unable to contact [[Deathsaurus (G1)\|Deathsaurus]] and the rest of her troops, and concerned with the rising levels of radioactivity and unstable weather conditions on Troja Major—agrees to accompany them in return for a cut of the profits.

	The Curator teleports the Scavengers to their target location on the planet [[Confluence]], where their concerns are immediately increased upon discovering that Flame's ship is a [[Worldsweeper]], like the one they found [[Grimlock (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Grimlock]] in on [[Clemency]]. Worse still, Confluence is supposed to be a desert planet, but instead, they find themselves in the middle of a lush forest... a forest that suddenly comes to life as the trees ''transform'' into robot modes and surround them, just like the wooden robot they also found on the Clemency Worldsweeper! Grimlock tears into the "[[Treecon]]s" as the rest of the Scavengers watch in awe, given cause by Grimlock's display of might to recall his brief time as a member of the Decepticons early in the war. This leads Nickel to absently comment on how Grimlock's return to the Autobots led to a rare instance of a 'bot being bumped up the DJD's list... revealing for the first time to the Scavengers that she was a member of that much-feared organization. The Scavengers all immediately turn on her, but with his opponents dispatched, Grimlock calmly comes to her defense, defusing the tension by coherently speaking a record eight words in a row. Unfortunately, a moment later, Scorponok bursts out of the ground and attacks the group—and when Grimlock charges at him, Scorponok simply waves his claw, orders the [[Dinobot (G1)\|Dinobot]] to "sleep," and Grimlock collapses.		The Curator teleports the Scavengers to their target location on the planet [[Confluence]], where their concerns are immediately increased upon discovering that Flame's ship is a [[Worldsweeper]], like the one they found [[Grimlock (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Grimlock]] in on [[Clemency]]. Worse still, Confluence is supposed to be a desert planet, but instead, they find themselves in the middle of a lush forest... a forest that suddenly comes to life as the trees ''transform'' into robot modes and surround them, just like the wooden robot they also found on the Clemency Worldsweeper! Grimlock tears into the "[[Treecon]]s" as the rest of the Scavengers watch in awe, given cause by Grimlock's display of might to recall his brief time as a member of the Decepticons early in the war. This leads Nickel to absently comment on how Grimlock's return to the Autobots led to a rare instance of a 'bot being bumped up the DJD's list... revealing for the first time to the Scavengers that she was a member of that much-feared organization. The Scavengers all immediately turn on her, but with his opponents dispatched, Grimlock calmly comes to her defense, defusing the tension by coherently speaking a record eight words in a row. Unfortunately, a moment later, Scorponok bursts out of the ground and attacks the group—and when Grimlock charges at him, Scorponok simply waves his claw, orders the [[Dinobot (G1)\|Dinobot]] to "sleep," and Grimlock collapses.
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	* Shockwave's departure from Garrus-9 follows the events of [[Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 3\|''Last Stand of the Wreckers'' #3]], in which he was noted to be leaving with a "hand-picked crew."		* Shockwave's departure from Garrus-9 follows the events of [[Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 3\|''Last Stand of the Wreckers'' #3]], in which he was noted to be leaving with a "hand-picked crew."
	* Knowing that Flywheels was on The List (and knew it!) since before the [[~~Scavenger~~ (~~group~~)\|Scavengers]] were ever brought together puts his panic at facing the DJD in [[Rules of Disengagement (issue)\|issues #7]] and [[Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the DJD?\|#8]] of ''More Than Meets The Eye'' in a new light, especially the part where he doesn't say anything when everybody else is professing innocence. Remember how he had a form of "psychosomatic hyperreflexia" that made him transform whenever he lied, giving him an extremely obvious tell?		* Knowing that Flywheels was on The List (and knew it!) since before the [[Scavengers (G1)\|Scavengers]] were ever brought together puts his panic at facing the DJD in [[Rules of Disengagement (issue)\|issues #7]] and [[Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the DJD?\|#8]] of ''More Than Meets The Eye'' in a new light, especially the part where he doesn't say anything when everybody else is professing innocence. Remember how he had a form of "psychosomatic hyperreflexia" that made him transform whenever he lied, giving him an extremely obvious tell?
	* Shockwave and Tarn call each other "Damus" and "Senator," respectively, alluding to their shared past as master and student in their past lives, as seen in [[Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading\|''More than Meets the Eye'' #11]].		* Shockwave and Tarn call each other "Damus" and "Senator," respectively, alluding to their shared past as master and student in their past lives, as seen in [[Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading\|''More than Meets the Eye'' #11]].
	* The Vos who is part of the DJD when they cross paths with Shockwave's group has hooks for hands, indicating that he is meant to be the undercover [[Dominus Ambus]], who was first described to have this particular physical attribute in [[World, Shut Your Mouth Part 2: Words Hang in the Air\|''More than Meets the Eye'' #29]]. The notable absence of "The Pet" (the animal form Dominus would be reduced to when the DJD discovered his true identity) from the scene further validates the idea... but see "Errors."		* The Vos who is part of the DJD when they cross paths with Shockwave's group has hooks for hands, indicating that he is meant to be the undercover [[Dominus Ambus]], who was first described to have this particular physical attribute in [[World, Shut Your Mouth Part 2: Words Hang in the Air\|''More than Meets the Eye'' #29]]. The notable absence of "The Pet" (the animal form Dominus would be reduced to when the DJD discovered his true identity) from the scene further validates the idea... but see "Errors."

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	* Other members of Shockwave's crew include [[Skip]], the Decepticon currently being used as a transport by [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Rodimus]] and company, members of the [[Dinoforce]], who, like Skip, would go on to serve under Deathsaurus, and, named in dialogue but unseen on-panel, [[Howlback (G1)\|Howlback]], who has not otherwise appeared in IDW continuity.		* Other members of Shockwave's crew include [[Skip]], the Decepticon currently being used as a transport by [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Rodimus]] and company, members of the [[Dinoforce]], who, like Skip, would go on to serve under Deathsaurus, and, named in dialogue but unseen on-panel, [[Howlback (G1)\|Howlback]], who has not otherwise appeared in IDW continuity.
	* Shockwave picking out Flame to be part of his crew for being on The List indicates that he also used to be a Decepticon at one point.		* Shockwave picking out Flame to be part of his crew for being on The List indicates that he also used to be a Decepticon at one point.
	* James Roberts thinks "The Ties That Bind" is the worst title he ever used for a story, calling it "the most generic-y, 'season 3, episode 17' title imaginable." <ref>[https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/1526606161243516929 James Roberts on Twitter]</ref>		* James Roberts thinks "The Ties That Bind" is the worst title he ever used for a story, calling it "the most generic-y, 'season 3, episode 17' title imaginable." <ref>{{citesocial\|quote=Worst title I ever gave a story? (Braces himself for dozens of suggestions…) ‘The Ties That Bind'. Urgh. I'm sorry. It was late and I was tired and in desperation I reached for the most generic-y, ‘season 3, episode 17' title imaginable\|link=https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/1526606161243516929\|name=James Roberts\|site=Twitter\|year=2022\|month=05\|day=17\|(defunct=)}}</ref>

	===Soundtrack===		===Soundtrack===
	* "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oQ_N0hXttk Time For You]" by {{w\|Speedy (band)\|Speedy}}<ref>[https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/958122371222855687 James Roberts on Twitter]</ref>		* "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oQ_N0hXttk Time For You]" by {{w\|Speedy (band)\|Speedy}}<ref>{{citesocial\|quote=Okay, so sometimes a band have One Great Song. That's all you need. This as as Third Wave Britpop as it gets, but what the hell: LL#14's first (anthemic) song is 'Time For You' by Speedy. https://t.co/4cm29tfWbz\|link=https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/958122371222855687\|name=James Roberts\|site=Twitter\|year=2018\|month=01\|day=29\|(defunct=)}}</ref>
	* "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7hh1BegcOk Adios Amigo]" by {{w\|Mick Head\|Michael Head and the Red Elastic Band}}<ref>[https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/958124028526497794 James Roberts on Twitter]</ref>		* "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7hh1BegcOk Adios Amigo]" by {{w\|Mick Head\|Michael Head and the Red Elastic Band}}<ref>{{citesocial\|quote=Next up, Michael Head and the Red Elastic Band with - uh-oh! - 'Adios Amigo'. To accompany LL#14: https://t.co/6fg4pNwEkv\|link=https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/958124028526497794\|name=James Roberts\|site=Twitter\|year=2018\|month=01\|day=29\|(defunct=)}}</ref>
	* "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loF0bBPF-zY Let It Roll]" by {{w\|The Silent League}}<ref>[https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/958128510291365898 James Roberts on Twitter]</ref>		* "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loF0bBPF-zY Let It Roll]" by {{w\|The Silent League}}<ref>{{citesocial\|quote=Okay, last track for Lost Light #14 is by the hugely underrated (and now defunct?) Silent League: https://t.co/LQdttudeKG\|link=https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/958128510291365898\|name=James Roberts\|site=Twitter\|year=2018\|month=01\|day=30\|(defunct=)}}</ref>

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	The Curator teleports the Scavengers to their target location on the planet [[Confluence]], where their concerns are immediately increased upon discovering that Flame's ship is a [[Worldsweeper]], like the one they found [[Grimlock (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Grimlock]] in on [[Clemency]]. Worse still, Confluence is supposed to be a desert planet, but instead, they find themselves in the middle of a lush forest... a forest that suddenly comes to life as the trees ''transform'' into robot modes and surround them, just like the wooden robot they also found on the Clemency Worldsweeper! Grimlock tears into the "[[Treecon]]s" as the rest of the Scavengers watch in awe, given cause by Grimlock's display of might to recall his brief time as a member of the Decepticons early in the war. This leads Nickel to absently comment on how Grimlock's return to the Autobots led to a rare instance of a 'bot being bumped up the DJD's list... revealing for the first time to the Scavengers that she was a member of that much-feared organization. The Scavengers all immediately turn on her, but with his opponents dispatched, Grimlock calmly comes to her defense, defusing the tension by coherently speaking a record eight words in a row. Unfortunately, a moment later, Scorponok bursts out of the ground and attacks the group—and when Grimlock charges at him, Scorponok simply waves his claw, orders the [[Dinobot (G1)\|Dinobot]] to "sleep," and Grimlock collapses.		The Curator teleports the Scavengers to their target location on the planet [[Confluence]], where their concerns are immediately increased upon discovering that Flame's ship is a [[Worldsweeper]], like the one they found [[Grimlock (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Grimlock]] in on [[Clemency]]. Worse still, Confluence is supposed to be a desert planet, but instead, they find themselves in the middle of a lush forest... a forest that suddenly comes to life as the trees ''transform'' into robot modes and surround them, just like the wooden robot they also found on the Clemency Worldsweeper! Grimlock tears into the "[[Treecon]]s" as the rest of the Scavengers watch in awe, given cause by Grimlock's display of might to recall his brief time as a member of the Decepticons early in the war. This leads Nickel to absently comment on how Grimlock's return to the Autobots led to a rare instance of a 'bot being bumped up the DJD's list... revealing for the first time to the Scavengers that she was a member of that much-feared organization. The Scavengers all immediately turn on her, but with his opponents dispatched, Grimlock calmly comes to her defense, defusing the tension by coherently speaking a record eight words in a row. Unfortunately, a moment later, Scorponok bursts out of the ground and attacks the group—and when Grimlock charges at him, Scorponok simply waves his claw, orders the [[Dinobot (G1)\|Dinobot]] to "sleep," and Grimlock collapses.

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	The Scavengers are thrown in a cell aboard the Worldsweeper, which blasts off into space. After they fill Nickel in on their previous adventure on Clemency and the connections they have now made between it and Scorponok, [[Krok (G1)\|Krok]] has [[Spinister (G1)\|Spinister]] open up the still-unconscious Grimlock's chest, to see if Scorponok has placed a control device in him. What they find instead is an empty spherical cavity, which Krok initially mistakes for a [[Matrix of Leadership\|Matrix]] chamber; a moment later, Scorponok and Flame appear on the other side of the cell bars to correct him, explaining that the cavity was the previous resting place of the Magnificence. After its recovery from Ki-Aleta by the Autobots, the Magnificence was taken to Garrus-9 and stored beneath the [[Aequitas]] computer before being transferred to "the one place in the universe harder to break into": Grimlock's chest. After their escape from the prison, Scorponok and Flame made use of the [[Warren]] to teleport Grimlock out of his cell, and proceeded to torture him until he lost control of his mind and body and released the Magnificence from its tamper-proof chamber, after which they dumped him on Clemency. Krok points out that that doesn't explain how he made Grimlock fall unconscious, but Scorponok doesn't reveal the secret of that particular trick; instead, having confirmed that the Scavengers are ''not'' the agents of an unidentified enemy whose arrival he is anticipating, he waves his claw a second time, and Grimlock awakens. Looking down to see Spinister rooting around inside his open chest, Grimlock flies into a rage and rips the surgeon's arm off. Scorponok and Flame turn and walk away as the Scavengers' screams echo down the halls...		The Scavengers are thrown in a cell aboard the Worldsweeper, which blasts off into space. After they fill Nickel in on their previous adventure on Clemency and the connections they have now made between it and Scorponok, [[Krok (G1)\|Krok]] has [[Spinister (G1)\|Spinister]] open up the still-unconscious Grimlock's chest, to see if Scorponok has placed a control device in him. What they find instead is an empty spherical cavity, which Krok initially mistakes for a [[Matrix of Leadership\|Matrix]] chamber; a moment later, Scorponok and Flame appear on the other side of the cell bars to correct him, explaining that the cavity was the previous resting place of the Magnificence. After its recovery from Ki-Aleta by the Autobots, the Magnificence was taken to Garrus-9 and stored beneath the [[Aequitas]] computer before being transferred to "the one place in the universe harder to break into": Grimlock's chest. After their escape from the prison, Scorponok and Flame made use of the [[Warren]] to teleport Grimlock out of his cell, and proceeded to torture him until he lost control of his mind and body and released the Magnificence from its tamper-proof chamber, after which they dumped him on Clemency. Krok points out that that doesn't explain how he made Grimlock fall unconscious, but Scorponok doesn't reveal the secret of that particular trick; instead, having confirmed that the Scavengers are ''not'' the agents of an unidentified enemy whose arrival he is anticipating, he waves his claw a second time, and Grimlock awakens. Looking down to see Spinister rooting around inside his open chest, Grimlock flies into a rage and rips the surgeon's arm off. Scorponok and Flame turn and walk away as the Scavengers' screams echo down the halls...

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	* ''[[First Strike]]'' TPB		* ''[[First Strike]]'' TPB
	* ''[[The Transformers: Windblade\|Windblade: The Last City]]'' hardcover		* ''[[The Transformers: Windblade\|Windblade: The Last City]]'' hardcover
	* ''[[Stretch Armstrong]] and the Flex Fighters''		* ''Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters''
	* IDW ''[[Hanazuki\|Hana Zuki]]'' comic		* IDW ''[[Hanazuki\|Hana Zuki]]'' comic
	* ''{{i\|Jem: Infinite}}''		* ''{{i\|Jem: Infinite}}''

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	''Several years ago, [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Shockwave]] departs [[Garrus-9]] aboard a small craft with an hand-picked crew of other prisoners, including [[Scorponok (G1)\|Scorponok]], [[Flame (Marvel)\|Flame]], and [[Flywheels]]. Scorponok comments on the strange selections Shockwave has made for his crew, but the reason for his choices soon becomes apparent when the [[Decepticon Justice Division]] hail the ship, having arrived to execute Shockwave. Flywheels and Flame listen in as Shockwave offers the lives of the rest of the crew—all of them on the DJD's [[The List\|list]] below him—in exchange for his own, only to be taken aback when [[Tarn (G1)\|Tarn]] turns down this "logical" option and instead activates his lethal ability to shut down Transformers with his voice. The two eavesdroppers alert Scorponok and together, the trio make themselves scarce, jettisoning themselves out an airlock and leaving Shockwave and the rest of the crew to their fate... a premature move, it turns out, as Shockwave is able to save his own life by blasting the radio and cutting Tarn off. Back-up then arrives in the form of Shockwave's agents [[Bludgeon (G1)\|Bludgeon]] and [[Monstructor (G1)\|Monstructor]] aboard their ship ''[[Torment]]'', and the DJD opt to retreat.''		''Several years ago, [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Shockwave]] departs [[Garrus-9]] aboard a small craft with an hand-picked crew of other prisoners, including [[Scorponok (G1)\|Scorponok]], [[Flame (Marvel)\|Flame]], and [[Flywheels]]. Scorponok comments on the strange selections Shockwave has made for his crew, but the reason for his choices soon becomes apparent when the [[Decepticon Justice Division]] hail the ship, having arrived to execute Shockwave. Flywheels and Flame listen in as Shockwave offers the lives of the rest of the crew—all of them on the DJD's [[The List\|list]] below him—in exchange for his own, only to be taken aback when [[Tarn (G1)\|Tarn]] turns down this "logical" option and instead activates his lethal ability to shut down Transformers with his voice. The two eavesdroppers alert Scorponok and together, the trio make themselves scarce, jettisoning themselves out an airlock and leaving Shockwave and the rest of the crew to their fate... a premature move, it turns out, as Shockwave is able to save his own life by blasting the radio and cutting Tarn off. Back-up then arrives in the form of Shockwave's agents [[Bludgeon (G1)\|Bludgeon]] and [[Monstructor (G1)\|Monstructor]] aboard their ship ''[[Torment]]'', and the DJD opt to retreat.''

	After stepping through a portal on the planet [[Frayus]], the [[~~Scavenger~~ (~~group~~)\|Scavengers]] find themselves on the world of [[Troja Major]], where their rescuer, [[Agonizer\|The Curator]], offers them a job: recover the [[Epistemus\|Magnificence]], recently stolen from his business rival [[Mengel]] by Flame. The Scavengers' unwilling companion [[Nickel]]—accidentally blasted through the portal a moment after them—wants to know what the Magnificence ''is'', so the Curator explains what he has learned of the mysterious, all-knowing artifact's history. It was formerly owned by the [[Omega Guardian]]s of [[Ki-Aleta]], but the fact they did not take it with them when they "ascended" to the "[[Higher Realms]]" led the young Senator Shockwave to conclude that this was because it was not of their race, but was, in fact, [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertronian]]. And not merely Cybertronian, but one of the [[Knights of Cybertron]] themselves, the oldest and wisest member of the order whose pursuit of knowledge, legend claims, became so all-consuming that he relinquished his body. The physical similarity of the Magnificence to one of the five heraldic symbols connected to the Knights has convinced the Curator of the possibility the legend may be true, and he wants the Magnificence for his [[Museum of Curios and Rumored Objects\|museum]]. Deciding the risk is worth the sizable financial reward, the Scavengers accept, and Nickel—unable to contact [[Deathsaurus (G1)\|Deathsaurus]] and the rest of her troops, and concerned with the rising levels of radioactivity and unstable weather conditions on Troja Major—agrees to accompany them in return for a cut of the profits.		After stepping through a portal on the planet [[Frayus]], the [[Scavengers (G1)\|Scavengers]] find themselves on the world of [[Troja Major]], where their rescuer, [[Agonizer\|The Curator]], offers them a job: recover the [[Epistemus\|Magnificence]], recently stolen from his business rival [[Mengel]] by Flame. The Scavengers' unwilling companion [[Nickel]]—accidentally blasted through the portal a moment after them—wants to know what the Magnificence ''is'', so the Curator explains what he has learned of the mysterious, all-knowing artifact's history. It was formerly owned by the [[Omega Guardian]]s of [[Ki-Aleta]], but the fact they did not take it with them when they "ascended" to the "[[Higher Realms]]" led the young Senator Shockwave to conclude that this was because it was not of their race, but was, in fact, [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertronian]]. And not merely Cybertronian, but one of the [[Knights of Cybertron]] themselves, the oldest and wisest member of the order whose pursuit of knowledge, legend claims, became so all-consuming that he relinquished his body. The physical similarity of the Magnificence to one of the five heraldic symbols connected to the Knights has convinced the Curator of the possibility the legend may be true, and he wants the Magnificence for his [[Museum of Curios and Rumored Objects\|museum]]. Deciding the risk is worth the sizable financial reward, the Scavengers accept, and Nickel—unable to contact [[Deathsaurus (G1)\|Deathsaurus]] and the rest of her troops, and concerned with the rising levels of radioactivity and unstable weather conditions on Troja Major—agrees to accompany them in return for a cut of the profits.

	The Curator teleports the Scavengers to their target location on the planet [[Confluence]], where their concerns are immediately increased upon discovering that Flame's ship is a [[Worldsweeper]], like the one they found [[Grimlock (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Grimlock]] in on [[Clemency]]. Worse still, Confluence is supposed to be a desert planet, but instead, they find themselves in the middle of a lush forest... a forest that suddenly comes to life as the trees ''transform'' into robot modes and surround them, just like the wooden robot they also found on the Clemency Worldsweeper! Grimlock tears into the "[[Treecon]]s" as the rest of the Scavengers watch in awe, given cause by Grimlock's display of might to recall his brief time as a member of the Decepticons early in the war. This leads Nickel to absently comment on how Grimlock's return to the Autobots led to a rare instance of a 'bot being bumped up the DJD's list... revealing for the first time to the Scavengers that she was a member of that much-feared organization. The Scavengers all immediately turn on her, but with his opponents dispatched, Grimlock calmly comes to her defense, defusing the tension by coherently speaking a record eight words in a row. Unfortunately, a moment later, Scorponok bursts out of the ground and attacks the group—and when Grimlock charges at him, Scorponok simply waves his claw, orders the [[Dinobot (G1)\|Dinobot]] to "sleep," and Grimlock collapses.		The Curator teleports the Scavengers to their target location on the planet [[Confluence]], where their concerns are immediately increased upon discovering that Flame's ship is a [[Worldsweeper]], like the one they found [[Grimlock (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Grimlock]] in on [[Clemency]]. Worse still, Confluence is supposed to be a desert planet, but instead, they find themselves in the middle of a lush forest... a forest that suddenly comes to life as the trees ''transform'' into robot modes and surround them, just like the wooden robot they also found on the Clemency Worldsweeper! Grimlock tears into the "[[Treecon]]s" as the rest of the Scavengers watch in awe, given cause by Grimlock's display of might to recall his brief time as a member of the Decepticons early in the war. This leads Nickel to absently comment on how Grimlock's return to the Autobots led to a rare instance of a 'bot being bumped up the DJD's list... revealing for the first time to the Scavengers that she was a member of that much-feared organization. The Scavengers all immediately turn on her, but with his opponents dispatched, Grimlock calmly comes to her defense, defusing the tension by coherently speaking a record eight words in a row. Unfortunately, a moment later, Scorponok bursts out of the ground and attacks the group—and when Grimlock charges at him, Scorponok simply waves his claw, orders the [[Dinobot (G1)\|Dinobot]] to "sleep," and Grimlock collapses.
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	* Shockwave's departure from Garrus-9 follows the events of [[Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 3\|''Last Stand of the Wreckers'' #3]], in which he was noted to be leaving with a "hand-picked crew."		* Shockwave's departure from Garrus-9 follows the events of [[Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 3\|''Last Stand of the Wreckers'' #3]], in which he was noted to be leaving with a "hand-picked crew."
	* Knowing that Flywheels was on The List (and knew it!) since before the [[~~Scavenger~~ (~~group~~)\|Scavengers]] were ever brought together puts his panic at facing the DJD in [[Rules of Disengagement (issue)\|issues #7]] and [[Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the DJD?\|#8]] of ''More Than Meets The Eye'' in a new light, especially the part where he doesn't say anything when everybody else is professing innocence. Remember how he had a form of "psychosomatic hyperreflexia" that made him transform whenever he lied, giving him an extremely obvious tell?		* Knowing that Flywheels was on The List (and knew it!) since before the [[Scavengers (G1)\|Scavengers]] were ever brought together puts his panic at facing the DJD in [[Rules of Disengagement (issue)\|issues #7]] and [[Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the DJD?\|#8]] of ''More Than Meets The Eye'' in a new light, especially the part where he doesn't say anything when everybody else is professing innocence. Remember how he had a form of "psychosomatic hyperreflexia" that made him transform whenever he lied, giving him an extremely obvious tell?
	* Shockwave and Tarn call each other "Damus" and "Senator," respectively, alluding to their shared past as master and student in their past lives, as seen in [[Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading\|''More than Meets the Eye'' #11]].		* Shockwave and Tarn call each other "Damus" and "Senator," respectively, alluding to their shared past as master and student in their past lives, as seen in [[Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading\|''More than Meets the Eye'' #11]].
	* The Vos who is part of the DJD when they cross paths with Shockwave's group has hooks for hands, indicating that he is meant to be the undercover [[Dominus Ambus]], who was first described to have this particular physical attribute in [[World, Shut Your Mouth Part 2: Words Hang in the Air\|''More than Meets the Eye'' #29]]. The notable absence of "The Pet" (the animal form Dominus would be reduced to when the DJD discovered his true identity) from the scene further validates the idea... but see "Errors."		* The Vos who is part of the DJD when they cross paths with Shockwave's group has hooks for hands, indicating that he is meant to be the undercover [[Dominus Ambus]], who was first described to have this particular physical attribute in [[World, Shut Your Mouth Part 2: Words Hang in the Air\|''More than Meets the Eye'' #29]]. The notable absence of "The Pet" (the animal form Dominus would be reduced to when the DJD discovered his true identity) from the scene further validates the idea... but see "Errors."