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{{comicstory
|seriesissue=[[Transformers Annual 1987]]
|prev=Stylor's Story
|next=The Final Conflict
|title="Ark Duty"
|image=Hot rod ark duty.jpg
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
|date=[[August 1|1st August]] [[1987]]
|coverdate=[[1987]]
|script=[[Ian Rimmer]] (uncredited)
|pencils=[[Will Simpson]]
|chronology=[[Marvel Comics timeline#Original future|Original future (2003)]]
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]] ([[Primax 984.20 Gamma|Marvel UK]])
}}
'''Scramble City, comic book style.'''
'''Scramble City, comic book style.'''


=Marvel UK Annual 1987=
==Synopsis==
In [[2003]], [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] unveils plans for a transforming [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] on [[Earth]], capable of withstanding any [[Decepticon]] attack. Thanks to some generous donations by Earth's government, the [[Autobot]]s will have all the supplies they require to construct the city. While divvying up assignments for the Autobots to collect all the supplies, he also places [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] and [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] on monitor duty and gives [[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]] a copy of the Autobot City blueprints and projected simulation to bring to their human sponsors.


'''Writer:''' [[Simon Furman]] <br>
[[File:Ravage stunticons ark duty.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.8]]
'''Pencillers:''' [[Will Simpson]]<br>
Up in the rafters, however, the Decepticon spy [[Ravage (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ravage]] has observed all that went on. He sneaks away and informs the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] that all of Autobot City's secrets will be guarded by one lone Autobot in transport.


*''Characters:'' [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]], [[Hot Rod]], [[Kup]], [[Ravage]], [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]], [[Breakdown]], [[Wildrider]], [[Drag Strip]], [[Motormaster]]
As Kup prepares to leave the Ark, he makes it very, very clear that under no circumstances is Hot Rod to leave his post. No walk-y, no leave-y. NONE. So naturally when Hot Rod sees Kup being attacked by the Stunticons on his monitor screens, he quickly jumps up and leaves his post to go help, pushing past Blurr in the process.
*''Originally published:'' December 1987


==Synopsis==
Finding Kup on the side of the road after his beating, Hot Rod tells Kup not to worry and goes chasing after the Stunticons to retrieve the tape. Minutes later, it's Kup's turn to find Hot Rod battered and beaten on the side of the road, after the Stunticons got done working him over. He tells Hot Rod that the tape wasn't important—it was a ruse filled with false information to mislead the Decepticons into believing they had Autobot City's secrets. The real information was being sent by high-speed radio signal by Blurr as they spoke. Chagrined, Hot Rod promises to think before he acts next time. Kup tells him he doubts it.
 
==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] (1)
*[[Ratchet (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ratchet]] (2)
*[[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] (3)
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] (4)
*[[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]] (5)
*[[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] (7)
*[[Pipes (G1)|Pipes]] (8)
|c2=
*[[Ravage (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ravage]] (6)
*[[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] (9)
*[[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]] (10)
*[[Wildrider (G1)|Wildrider]] (11)
*[[Drag Strip (G1)|Drag Strip]] (12)
*[[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] (13)
}}


In 2003, Ultra Magnus unveils plans for a transforming [[Autobot City]] on Earth, capable of withstanding any Decepticon attack. Thanks to some generous donations by Earth's government, the Autobots will have all the supplies they require to construct the city. While divvying up assignments for the Autobots to collect all the supplies, he also places Blurr and Hot Rod on monitor duty and gives Kup a copy of the Autobot City blueprints and projected simulation to bring to their human sponsors.
==Quotes==


Up in the rafters, however, the Decepticon spy Ravage has observed all that went on. He sneaks away and informs the [[Stunticon]]s that all of Autobot City's secrets will be guarded by one lone Autobot in transport.
"This we will do in a mighty convoy"
:—'''Ultra Magnus''' taking advantage of the newly released [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#20th Anniversary.2FMasterpiece|MP-01 Convoy]]


As Kup prepares to leave the Ark, he makes it very, very clear that under no circumstances is Hot Rod to leave his post. No walk-y, no leave-y. NONE. So naturally when Hot Rod sees Kup being attacked by the Stunticons on his monitor screens, he quicky jumps up and leaves his post to go help, pushing past Blurr in the process.
==Notes==
*It's no wonder Hot Rod gets in trouble—no one tells him anything!
*In terms of story chronology, this is the second of many UK stories set in a future timeline and centering on the [[The Transformers: The Movie|movie]] cast. It is preceded by "[[Prime's Rib!]]", and followed by the [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] segment of "[[Aspects of Evil!]]".


Finding Kup on the side of the road after his beating, Hot Rod tells Kup not to worry and goes chasing after the Stunticons to retrieve the tape. Minutes later, it's Kup's turn to find Hot Rod battered and beaten on the side of the road, after the Stunticons got done working him over. He tells Hot Rod that the tape wasn't important -- it was a ruse filled with false information to mislead the Decepticons into believing they had Autobot City's secrets. The real information was being sent by high-speed radio signal by Blurr as they spoke. Chagrinned, Hot Rod promises to think before he acts next time. Kup tells him he doubts it.
===Cover===
* '''Transformers Annual 1987 cover:''' Ultra Magnus versus [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], by [[Robin Smith]].
<gallery>
File:Transformers annual 1988.jpg|'''Transformers Annual 1987'''
</gallery>


==Items of note==
===Reprints===
*It's no wonder Hot Rod gets in trouble -- no one tells him anything!
*'''''[[Transformers: Space Pirates]]'' cover:''' A Quintesson (most likely [[Kledji|Lord Kledji]]) oversees Hot Rod and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] injured while [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] is attacked by [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]] and [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] awakens on Earth, by [[Geoff Senior]] and [[Oliver Harud]].
*'''[[The Transformers Classics UK Volume 4|''The Transformers Classics UK'' Volume 4]] cover:''' Rodimus Prime and Galvatron fight while [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] squeezes [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]] rides Wreck-Gar, by [[Andrew Wildman]].
*'''''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection]], Volume 11: The Legacy of Unicron:''''' Wreck-Gar and Unicron by [[Don Figueroa]] and [[Dan Reed]].
<gallery>
File:SpacePiratesTitanTPB.jpg|'''''Transformers: Space Pirates''''' (Titan Books, 2003)
File:Classicuk4.jpg|'''''The Transformers Classics UK'' Volume 4''' (IDW Publishing, 2013)
File:DefinitiveG1Collection v11.jpg|'''''Definitive G1 Collection vol. 11: The Legacy of Unicron''''' (Hachette Partworks, Ltd., 2018)
</gallery>


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[[Category:Marvel UK Annual stories]]

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« Transformers Annual 1987 »
"Ark Duty"
Publisher Marvel Comics
First published 1st August 1987
Cover date 1987
Script Ian Rimmer (uncredited)
Pencils Will Simpson
Continuity Marvel Comics continuity (Marvel UK)
Chronology Original future (2003)

Scramble City, comic book style.

Synopsis

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In 2003, Ultra Magnus unveils plans for a transforming Autobot City on Earth, capable of withstanding any Decepticon attack. Thanks to some generous donations by Earth's government, the Autobots will have all the supplies they require to construct the city. While divvying up assignments for the Autobots to collect all the supplies, he also places Blurr and Hot Rod on monitor duty and gives Kup a copy of the Autobot City blueprints and projected simulation to bring to their human sponsors.

Up in the rafters, however, the Decepticon spy Ravage has observed all that went on. He sneaks away and informs the Stunticons that all of Autobot City's secrets will be guarded by one lone Autobot in transport.

As Kup prepares to leave the Ark, he makes it very, very clear that under no circumstances is Hot Rod to leave his post. No walk-y, no leave-y. NONE. So naturally when Hot Rod sees Kup being attacked by the Stunticons on his monitor screens, he quickly jumps up and leaves his post to go help, pushing past Blurr in the process.

Finding Kup on the side of the road after his beating, Hot Rod tells Kup not to worry and goes chasing after the Stunticons to retrieve the tape. Minutes later, it's Kup's turn to find Hot Rod battered and beaten on the side of the road, after the Stunticons got done working him over. He tells Hot Rod that the tape wasn't important—it was a ruse filled with false information to mislead the Decepticons into believing they had Autobot City's secrets. The real information was being sent by high-speed radio signal by Blurr as they spoke. Chagrined, Hot Rod promises to think before he acts next time. Kup tells him he doubts it.

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(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots Decepticons

Quotes

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"This we will do in a mighty convoy"

—Ultra Magnus taking advantage of the newly released MP-01 Convoy

Notes

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  • It's no wonder Hot Rod gets in trouble—no one tells him anything!
  • In terms of story chronology, this is the second of many UK stories set in a future timeline and centering on the movie cast. It is preceded by "Prime's Rib!", and followed by the Shockwave segment of "Aspects of Evil!".

Cover

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  • Transformers Annual 1987
    Transformers Annual 1987

Reprints

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  • Transformers: Space Pirates (Titan Books, 2003)
    Transformers: Space Pirates (Titan Books, 2003)
  • The Transformers Classics UK Volume 4 (IDW Publishing, 2013)
    The Transformers Classics UK Volume 4 (IDW Publishing, 2013)
  • Definitive G1 Collection vol. 11: The Legacy of Unicron (Hachette Partworks, Ltd., 2018)
    Definitive G1 Collection vol. 11: The Legacy of Unicron (Hachette Partworks, Ltd., 2018)
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