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|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]] | |publisher=[[IDW Publishing]] | ||
|date=[[November 29]], [[2006]] | |date=[[November 29]], [[2006]] | ||
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|edits by=[[Chris Ryall]] & [[Dan Taylor (IDW)|Dan Taylor]] | |edits by=[[Chris Ryall]] & [[Dan Taylor (IDW)|Dan Taylor]] | ||
|continuity=[[2005 IDW continuity]] | |continuity=[[2005 IDW continuity]] | ||
|chronology=[[IDW timeline|Escalation]] | |chronology=[[2005 IDW timeline|Escalation]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''As Optimus Prime settles on Earth, the Decepticons prepare to destabilize the planet as the Machination makes its move.''' | '''As Optimus Prime settles on Earth, the Decepticons prepare to destabilize the planet as the Machination makes its move.''' | ||
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The [[Machination]] team, led by [[Drake (G1)|Drake]], use a sophisticated VR simulator to train on different scenarios on how to destroy a [[Transformer]]. This setup turns out to be in the back of a large camper van parked near [[Lake Michigan]], where the humans are monitoring the lake shore for [[Autobot]] activity. | The [[Machination]] team, led by [[Drake (G1)|Drake]], use a sophisticated VR simulator to train on different scenarios on how to destroy a [[Transformer]]. This setup turns out to be in the back of a large camper van parked near [[Lake Michigan]], where the humans are monitoring the lake shore for [[Autobot]] activity. | ||
At the bottom of said lake, aboard ''[[Ark-19]]'', [[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]] is informing the [[human]]s that [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] has decided to send them back to their normal lives. [[Hunter O'Nion]] and [[Jimmy Pink]] express their desire to stay, while [[Verity Carlo]] shrugs it off, saying that this is just one more rejection in her angst-prone life. | At the bottom of said lake, aboard ''[[Ark-19]]'', [[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]] is informing the [[human]]s that [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] has decided to send them back to their normal lives. [[Hunter O'Nion]] and [[Jimmy Pink]] express their desire to stay, while [[Verity Carlo]] shrugs it off, saying that this is just one more rejection in her angst-prone life. | ||
At the [[Decepticon Command Bunker]] in [[Oregon]], [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] briefs [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] on the potency and proliferation of [[Ore-13]] on [[Earth]]. Megatron marvels that it appears to be naturally occurring on this planet, but has suspicions that its existence isn't [[Regenesis|completely natural]]. | At the [[Decepticon Command Bunker]] in [[Oregon]], [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] briefs [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] on the potency and proliferation of [[Ore-13]] on [[Earth]]. Megatron marvels that it appears to be naturally occurring on this planet, but has suspicions that its existence isn't [[Regenesis|completely natural]]. | ||
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{{featuredcharacters | {{featuredcharacters | ||
|c1= | |c1= | ||
*[[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]] (7) | * [[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]] (7) | ||
*[[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]] (10) | * [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]] (10) | ||
*[[Jazz (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Jazz]] (11) | * [[Jazz (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Jazz]] (11) | ||
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Sunstreaker]] (17) | * [[Sunstreaker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Sunstreaker]] (17) | ||
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] (18) | * [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] (18) | ||
*[[Jetfire (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Jetfire]] (19) | * [[Jetfire (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Jetfire]] (19) | ||
*[[Springer (G1)|Springer]] (20) | * [[Springer (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Springer]] (20) | ||
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]] (21) | * [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]] (21) | ||
*[[ | * [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] (22) | ||
*[[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] (23) | * [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] (23) | ||
|c2= | |c2= | ||
*[[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] (13) | * [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] (13) | ||
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] (14) | * [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] (14) | ||
*[[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]] (15) | * [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]] (15) | ||
*[[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] (16) | * [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] (16) | ||
*[[Thundercracker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Thundercracker]] (24) | * [[Thundercracker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Thundercracker]] (24) | ||
*[[Skywarp (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Skywarp]] (25) | * [[Skywarp (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Skywarp]] (25) | ||
*[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] (26) | * [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] (26) | ||
|c3= | |c3= | ||
*[[Drake (G1)|Drake]] (1) | * [[Drake (G1)|Drake]] (1) | ||
*[[Goss]] | * [[Goss]] (2) | ||
*[[Kamen]] (3) | * [[Kamen]] (3) | ||
*[[Schmidt]] (4) | * [[Schmidt]] (4) | ||
*[[Creel]] (5) | * [[Creel]] (5) | ||
*[[Weiss]] (6) | * [[Weiss]] (6) | ||
*[[Hunter O'Nion]] (8) | * [[Hunter O'Nion]] (8) | ||
*[[Jimmy Pink]] (9) | * [[Jimmy Pink]] (9) | ||
*[[Verity Carlo]] (12) | * [[Verity Carlo]] (12) | ||
}} | }} | ||
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===Continuity notes=== | ===Continuity notes=== | ||
*Among the reports that Prime monitors in the issue's opening pages are: | * Among the reports that Prime monitors in the issue's opening pages are: | ||
** [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]], [[Spotlight: Ultra Magnus|bringing in Swindle]]. | |||
** [[Jetfire (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Jetfire]] (with his battle helmet), reporting on a finding, presumably at the site of [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s lab. | |||
** [[Springer (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Springer]], reporting on an unknown battle. | |||
** [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]], reporting that a Decepticon infiltration unit is laying low. | |||
*The same cross-story technique is later used in ''[[Spotlight: Optimus Prime]]''. | * The same cross-story technique is later used in ''[[Spotlight: Optimus Prime]]''. | ||
*The Machination have little regard for human life, blowing up cars on the highway to get at the [[Transformer]]s. | * The Machination have little regard for human life, blowing up cars on the highway to get at the [[Transformer]]s. | ||
*The crossover series ''[[New Avengers/Transformers]]'' most likely takes place during the last part of this issue, after Megatron reinstates [[infiltration protocol]] and while Ironhide and Sunstreaker are driving the humans home (accounting for their absence in that series). | * The crossover series ''[[New Avengers/Transformers]]'' most likely takes place during the last part of this issue, after Megatron reinstates [[infiltration protocol]] and while Ironhide and Sunstreaker are driving the humans home (accounting for their absence in that series). | ||
* '''First appearances:''' Ultra Magnus, | * '''First appearances:''' Ultra Magnus, Silverbolt (both seen as holographic heads only) | ||
===Transformers references=== | ===Transformers references=== | ||
* | * | ||
===Real-life references=== | ===Real-life references=== | ||
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===Errors=== | ===Errors=== | ||
*On page 5, Weiss's line, "Standing by", is missing punctuation. | * On page 5, Weiss's line, "Standing by", is missing punctuation. | ||
*The VR room in the rear of Drake's van shows no evidence of the windows or external door seen from the outside of the vehicle. If you squint, the VR room, the computer room, and the driver's space can ''conceivably'' fit in the van, but one has to wonder where the team sleeps. | * The VR room in the rear of Drake's van shows no evidence of the windows or external door seen from the outside of the vehicle. If you squint, the VR room, the computer room, and the driver's space can ''conceivably'' fit in the van, but one has to wonder where the team sleeps. | ||
*Geography in this issue does not quite add up: | * Geography in this issue does not quite add up: | ||
**[[Infiltration issue 3|''Infiltration'' #3]] places ''Ark-19'' in "Lake Michigan, about ten miles northeast of Chicago", a text box here originates the Machination's field unit in southwest Michigan, and Sunstreaker and Ironhide are shown driving south on an undeveloped stretch of I-94. This means either (a) Sunstreaker and Ironhide traveled forty miles underwater to the Michigan side even though none of the humans live east of the lake, or (b) they came ashore on the Illinois side, greater Chicago looks strangely empty, and the Machination are on the wrong side of the lake. | ** [[Infiltration issue 3|''Infiltration'' #3]] places ''Ark-19'' in "Lake Michigan, about ten miles northeast of Chicago", a text box here originates the Machination's field unit in southwest Michigan, and Sunstreaker and Ironhide are shown driving south on an undeveloped stretch of I-94. This means either (a) Sunstreaker and Ironhide traveled forty miles underwater to the Michigan side even though none of the humans live east of the lake, or (b) they came ashore on the Illinois side, greater Chicago looks strangely empty, and the Machination are on the wrong side of the lake. | ||
**Then again, the stretch of I-94 depicted on Drake's street map shows a location in Wisconsin, not Michigan. | ** Then again, the stretch of I-94 depicted on Drake's street map shows a location in Wisconsin, not Michigan. | ||
**The narration boxes describe the Machination attack as occurring near "Lebanon, MI", which would be in Michigan, yet this is in central Michigan in the wrong direction from Tulsa. Next issue we learn that this is in Missouri (postal abbreviation MO), a far more logical location, but this also means that the Machination pursued Sunstreaker for over 500 miles along several interstate highways before attacking. | ** The narration boxes describe the Machination attack as occurring near "Lebanon, MI", which would be in Michigan, yet this is in central Michigan in the wrong direction from Tulsa. Next issue we learn that this is in Missouri (postal abbreviation MO), a far more logical location, but this also means that the Machination pursued Sunstreaker for over 500 miles along several interstate highways before attacking. | ||
*Keeping with the theme of errors in geography, St. Louis, Missouri is spelled "St. Luis" on Machination's digital map of Illinois and surrounding states. | * Keeping with the theme of errors in geography, [[St. Louis]], Missouri is spelled "St. Luis" on Machination's digital map of Illinois and surrounding states. | ||
===Other trivia=== | ===Other trivia=== | ||
*The "Decepticomments" page has readers' mail answered by [[Chris Ryall]] and ads for ''[[Transformers: The Animated Movie]]'' #2 and ''[[Spotlight: Hot Rod]]''. | * The "Decepticomments" page has readers' mail answered by [[Chris Ryall]] and ads for ''[[Transformers: The Animated Movie]]'' #2 and ''[[Spotlight: Hot Rod]]''. | ||
===Covers (4)=== | ===Covers (4)=== | ||
*'''Cover A:''' Sunstreaker targeted for destruction; art by [[E. J. Su]]. | * '''Cover A:''' Sunstreaker targeted for destruction; art by [[E. J. Su]]. | ||
*'''Cover B:''' Ironhide, Jimmy and Verity mourning over the fate of Sunstreaker and Hunter; art by [[Klaus Scherwinski]]. | * '''Cover B:''' Ironhide, Jimmy and Verity mourning over the fate of Sunstreaker and Hunter; art by [[Klaus Scherwinski]]. | ||
*'''Cover RI-A:''' cover A uncolored | * '''Cover RI-A:''' cover A uncolored | ||
*'''Cover RI-B:''' cover B uncolored | * '''Cover RI-B:''' cover B uncolored | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:Escalation 1a.jpg|'''Not''' ''Spotlight: Sunstreaker''. | File:Escalation 1a.jpg|'''Not''' ''Spotlight: Sunstreaker''. | ||
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===Advertisements=== | ===Advertisements=== | ||
*''[[The Transformers: Infiltration|Infiltration]]'' TPB | * ''[[The Transformers: Infiltration|Infiltration]]'' TPB | ||
*''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' 20th Anniversary Special Edition DVD | * ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' 20th Anniversary Special Edition DVD | ||
*''[[Transformers: The Animated Movie]]'' #1 | * ''[[Transformers: The Animated Movie]]'' #1 | ||
*Transformers posters | * Transformers posters | ||
*IDW trade paperbacks (''[[The Transformers: Infiltration|Infiltration]]'', ''[[The Transformers: Stormbringer|Stormbringer]]'', ''[[Transformers, Beast Wars: The Gathering|The Gathering]]'', [[Prime Directive|''Transformers: Generation 1'' vol. 1: Prime Directive]], [[War and Peace|''Transformers: Generation 1'' vol. 2: War and Peace]], ''[[The Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'') | * IDW trade paperbacks (''[[The Transformers: Infiltration|Infiltration]]'', ''[[The Transformers: Stormbringer|Stormbringer]]'', ''[[Transformers, Beast Wars: The Gathering|The Gathering]]'', [[Prime Directive|''Transformers: Generation 1'' vol. 1: Prime Directive]], [[War and Peace|''Transformers: Generation 1'' vol. 2: War and Peace]], ''[[The Transformers: Generations (comic)|Generations]]'') | ||
*Manga editions of ''Stormbringer'' and ''The Gathering'' | * Manga editions of ''Stormbringer'' and ''The Gathering'' | ||
*''Generations'' series | * ''Generations'' series | ||
*''[[The Transformers: Spotlight|Spotlight]]'' (first 5 issues) | * ''[[The Transformers: Spotlight|Spotlight]]'' (first 5 issues) | ||
*[[Escalation issue 2|''Escalation'' #2]] | * [[Escalation issue 2|''Escalation'' #2]] | ||
*[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] with Kung Fu Grip (back cover) | * [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] with Kung Fu Grip (back cover) | ||
===Reprints=== | ===Reprints=== | ||
<small>In addition to [[The Transformers: Escalation#Collections|collections of the full series]].</small> | <small>In addition to [[The Transformers: Escalation#Collections|collections of the full series]].</small> | ||
* N/A | * N/A | ||
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| Publisher | IDW Publishing | ||||||||||||
| First published | November 29, 2006 | ||||||||||||
| Cover date | November 2006 | ||||||||||||
| Written by | Simon Furman | ||||||||||||
| Art by | E. J. Su | ||||||||||||
| Colors by | John Rauch | ||||||||||||
| Color assist by | Zac Atkinson & Aaron Myers | ||||||||||||
| Letters by | Chris Mowry | ||||||||||||
| Edits by | Chris Ryall & Dan Taylor | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | 2005 IDW continuity | ||||||||||||
| Chronology | Escalation | ||||||||||||
As Optimus Prime settles on Earth, the Decepticons prepare to destabilize the planet as the Machination makes its move.
Synopsis
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The Machination team, led by Drake, use a sophisticated VR simulator to train on different scenarios on how to destroy a Transformer. This setup turns out to be in the back of a large camper van parked near Lake Michigan, where the humans are monitoring the lake shore for Autobot activity.
At the bottom of said lake, aboard Ark-19, Ratchet is informing the humans that Prowl has decided to send them back to their normal lives. Hunter O'Nion and Jimmy Pink express their desire to stay, while Verity Carlo shrugs it off, saying that this is just one more rejection in her angst-prone life.
At the Decepticon Command Bunker in Oregon, Astrotrain briefs Megatron on the potency and proliferation of Ore-13 on Earth. Megatron marvels that it appears to be naturally occurring on this planet, but has suspicions that its existence isn't completely natural.
As the three humans pack up to leave, Jazz's holomatter avatar stops in to say goodbye. He and Ratchet have both grown fond of their human charges, but it is Sunstreaker and Ironhide who are tasked with ferrying the humans back home. Although Ratchet and the humans blame Prowl, it seems the Autobot lieutenant was acting on Optimus Prime's orders. Prime informs Prowl that they aren't the first Transformers to visit Earth; evidence has been uncovered that both Shockwave and Soundwave have been to the planet... but where are they now?
As Ironhide and Sunstreaker surface from the bottom of Lake Michigan, they are detected by Drake and his team. Other vehicles are deployed by the humans to track the Autobots. Unaware that they are being pursued, Ironhide chides Sunstreaker to drive the speed limit.
In the meantime, Megatron brings his wayward unit to heel and offers to overlook their traitorous actions under Starscream just this once. The Decepticons agree to this reprieve. Megatron then orders Astrotrain to begin Phase Two by activating the facsimiles.
Outside of Lebanon, Missouri, the humans tailing the Autobots make their move. While Ironhide and Sunstreaker are separated in traffic, Drake's team causes a jam, deploys a smokescreen, then temporarily immobilizes Ironhide while moving in on Sunstreaker with a disabling electrical charge.
Ironhide, with Verity and Jimmy aboard, frantically smashes and weaves through the other cars caught in the jam, but the humans deploy a bazooka. By the time Ironhide catches up with Sunstreaker, the yellow Autobot, with Hunter inside, is nothing more than a burning wreck.
Featured characters
[edit](Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
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Notes
[edit]Continuity notes
[edit]- Among the reports that Prime monitors in the issue's opening pages are:
- Ultra Magnus, bringing in Swindle.
- Jetfire (with his battle helmet), reporting on a finding, presumably at the site of Bludgeon's lab.
- Springer, reporting on an unknown battle.
- Silverbolt, reporting that a Decepticon infiltration unit is laying low.
- The same cross-story technique is later used in Spotlight: Optimus Prime.
- The Machination have little regard for human life, blowing up cars on the highway to get at the Transformers.
- The crossover series New Avengers/Transformers most likely takes place during the last part of this issue, after Megatron reinstates infiltration protocol and while Ironhide and Sunstreaker are driving the humans home (accounting for their absence in that series).
- First appearances: Ultra Magnus, Silverbolt (both seen as holographic heads only)
Transformers references
[edit]Real-life references
[edit]- The action occurs near Lebanon, Missouri (misabbreviated as MI, Michigan), with a variety of other locations mentioned—see Errors, below.
Errors
[edit]- On page 5, Weiss's line, "Standing by", is missing punctuation.
- The VR room in the rear of Drake's van shows no evidence of the windows or external door seen from the outside of the vehicle. If you squint, the VR room, the computer room, and the driver's space can conceivably fit in the van, but one has to wonder where the team sleeps.
- Geography in this issue does not quite add up:
- Infiltration #3 places Ark-19 in "Lake Michigan, about ten miles northeast of Chicago", a text box here originates the Machination's field unit in southwest Michigan, and Sunstreaker and Ironhide are shown driving south on an undeveloped stretch of I-94. This means either (a) Sunstreaker and Ironhide traveled forty miles underwater to the Michigan side even though none of the humans live east of the lake, or (b) they came ashore on the Illinois side, greater Chicago looks strangely empty, and the Machination are on the wrong side of the lake.
- Then again, the stretch of I-94 depicted on Drake's street map shows a location in Wisconsin, not Michigan.
- The narration boxes describe the Machination attack as occurring near "Lebanon, MI", which would be in Michigan, yet this is in central Michigan in the wrong direction from Tulsa. Next issue we learn that this is in Missouri (postal abbreviation MO), a far more logical location, but this also means that the Machination pursued Sunstreaker for over 500 miles along several interstate highways before attacking.
- Keeping with the theme of errors in geography, St. Louis, Missouri is spelled "St. Luis" on Machination's digital map of Illinois and surrounding states.
Other trivia
[edit]- The "Decepticomments" page has readers' mail answered by Chris Ryall and ads for Transformers: The Animated Movie #2 and Spotlight: Hot Rod.
Covers (4)
[edit]- Cover A: Sunstreaker targeted for destruction; art by E. J. Su.
- Cover B: Ironhide, Jimmy and Verity mourning over the fate of Sunstreaker and Hunter; art by Klaus Scherwinski.
- Cover RI-A: cover A uncolored
- Cover RI-B: cover B uncolored
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Not Spotlight: Sunstreaker. -
Have a little Captain in you? -
Cover RI-A -
Cover RI-B
Advertisements
[edit]- Infiltration TPB
- The Transformers: The Movie 20th Anniversary Special Edition DVD
- Transformers: The Animated Movie #1
- Transformers posters
- IDW trade paperbacks (Infiltration, Stormbringer, The Gathering, Transformers: Generation 1 vol. 1: Prime Directive, Transformers: Generation 1 vol. 2: War and Peace, Generations)
- Manga editions of Stormbringer and The Gathering
- Generations series
- Spotlight (first 5 issues)
- Escalation #2
- G.I. Joe with Kung Fu Grip (back cover)
Reprints
[edit]In addition to collections of the full series.
- N/A
