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{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[Balancing Act|Balancing Act]]
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|title="Balancing Act, Part 3"
|title="Balancing Act, Part 3"
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|publisher=[[Fun Publications]]
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|published in=[[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 4|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club #4]]
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|writer=[[Forest Lee]]
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|story=[[Forest Lee]], [[Dan Khanna]]
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|inks=[[Terry Pallot|Terry Pallot]], [[Chuck Gibson|Chuck Gibson]]
|inks=[[Terry Pallot]], [[Chuck Gibson]]
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|colors=[[Espen Grundetjern]]
|letters=[[Junemoon Studio|Junemoon Studio]]
|letters=[[Junemoon Studio]]
|continuity=[[Cybertron (cartoon)|''Cybertron'' cartoon]]
|continuity=[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|''Cybertron'' cartoon]]
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'''Ramjet attempts to recruit both Dark Scorponok and Skyfall.'''


'''Sentinel Maximus battles Dark Scorponok, while Skyfall encounters Ramjet.'''


==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==
The [[Zombie|zombie]] Dark Scorponok tries to consume Skyfall's spark, but Skyfall's inpenetrable personal force field saves him. Enraged, Dark Scorponok blasts the buildings around Skyfall, and the rubble buries him. Ramjet's [[Mini-Con|Mini-Cons]], Thunderclash and Thunderwing, tell Dark Scorponok where he can quell his insatiable hunger.
Advancing on [[Skyfall (Cybertron)|Skyfall]], [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] shrugs off an [[Energon]] blast and smacks down on Skyfall—only to be stopped by the Velocitronian's force field. Getting angrier and angrier, the undead Terrorcon pummels him further and further down into the ground before blasting some of the surrounding towers, burying Skyfall under the rubble. Still hungry, Dark Scorponok's attention is caught by [[Thunderclash (Armada)|Thunderclash]], who promises to lead him the fuel he desires, while [[Thunderwing (Armada)|Thunderwing]] messages [[Ramjet (Universe)|Ramjet]] about the battle.


Later, Sentinel Maximus and Vector Prime arrive at the [[Kalis|Kalis]] Primary Energy Reserves control.  Though the building is abandoned, the automated defenses are switched off. The two enter and plan to switch the defense systems back on.  Thunderclash and Thunderwing lead Dark Scorponok to the entrance of the building where Safeguard stands watch.  He attacks the Mini-Con and Safeguard calls for backup.  Dark Scorponok and Sentinel Maximus battle.
2 mega cycles later, at the [[Kalis Primary Energon Reserves Control]], [[Sentinel Maximus]] and [[Vector Prime]] enter the abandoned facility, believing this to be Ramjet's primary target. Setting about to try and turn on the auto-cannons, they are watched by Thunderclash, who has led Dark Scorponok right to them. The outside has not been left unguarded, however, as [[Safeguard (Cybertron)|Safeguard]] bravely leaps down and attacks. Calling on Sentinel Maximus for backup, the two engage.
 
Ramjet tells the story of Dark Scorponok to a swarm of Scrapmetal which sit around him in a circle. Nearby, Skyfall blasts himself out of the rubble.  Skyfall is on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in search of answers to his past, and Ramjet claims to have them. Skyfall listens intently.


Meanwhile, Ramjet tells the [[Scrapmetal (race)|Scrapmetals]] of Dark Scorponok's affliction: forced by an insatiable desire to feed, feeling no pain, and spreading the infliction to others upon whom he feeds. Finishing his story, Skyfall finally rises up from under the rubble. Ramjet seemingly recognizes the traveller, although his systems recognize him as [[Nexus Prime|someone else]]. Questioning the herald, Skyfall is told a lot has changed on Cybertron since he was last here....


==Featured characters==
==Featured characters==
{{Featuredcharacters|c1=
{{Featuredcharacters|c1=
*[[Skyfall (Cybertron)|Skyfall]] (2)
*[[Sentinel Maximus]] (5)
*[[Sentinel Maximus|Sentinel Maximus]] (5)
*[[Vector Prime]] (6)
*[[Vector Prime|Vector Prime]] (6)


|c2=
|c2=
*[[Scorponok (Energon)|Dark Scorponok]] (1)
*[[Scorponok (Energon)|Dark Scorponok]] (1)
*[[Scrapmetal (type)|Scrapmetal]] (8)
*[[Scrapmetal (race)|Scrapmetal]] (8)
*[[Nemesis Prime (Universe 2003)|Nemesis Prime]] (9)
*[[Nemesis Prime (Universe)|Nemesis Prime]] (9)
*[[Ramjet (Universe)|Ramjet]] (10)
*[[Ramjet (Universe)|Ramjet]] (10)


|h3=[[Mini-Con|Mini-Cons]]|c3=
|h3=[[Mini-Con|Mini-Cons]]|c3=
*[[Thunderclash|Thunderclash]] (3)
*[[Thunderclash (Armada)|Thunderclash]] (3)
*[[Thunderwing (Armada)|Thunderwing]] (4)
*[[Thunderwing (Armada)|Thunderwing]] (4)
*[[Safeguard (Cybertron)|Safeguard]] (7)
*[[Safeguard (Cybertron)|Safeguard]] (7)
*[[Terradive (Armada)|Terradive]] (11)
*[[Terradive (Armada)|Terradive]] (11)
*[[Gunbarrel|Gunbarrel]] (12)
*[[Gunbarrel (Armada)|Gunbarrel]] (12)


|h4=Others|c4=
*[[Skyfall (Cybertron)|Skyfall]] (2)
}}


==Notes==
===Transformers references===
*Kalis is a city from the [[Marvel Comics|Marvel UK]] ''The Transformers'' comics.


===Other notes===
*The Mini-Cons are shown to be speaking normally. In Safeguard's case, it's likely the comic is just "translating" his speech, as he was always depicted in the ''Cybertron'' cartoon as speaking the standard Mini-Con language of [[R2-D2]]-esque bleeps and bloops.


}}
===Reprints===
==Items of note==
*2007 — ''[[Transformers: Cybertron: Balancing Act]]''
*The Mini-Cons can talk.
 


[[Category:Cybertron issues]]
[[Category:Cybertron issues]]
[[Category:Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issues]]
[[Category:Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issues]]

Latest revision as of 20:21, 9 March 2022

Balancing Act
Transformers: Cybertron
"Balancing Act, Part 3"
Publisher Fun Publications
Published in Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club #4
Story Forest Lee, Dan Khanna
Writer Forest Lee
Pencils Dan Khanna
Inks Terry Pallot, Chuck Gibson
Colors Espen Grundetjern
Letters Junemoon Studio
Continuity Cybertron cartoon

Sentinel Maximus battles Dark Scorponok, while Skyfall encounters Ramjet.

Synopsis

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Advancing on Skyfall, Scorponok shrugs off an Energon blast and smacks down on Skyfall—only to be stopped by the Velocitronian's force field. Getting angrier and angrier, the undead Terrorcon pummels him further and further down into the ground before blasting some of the surrounding towers, burying Skyfall under the rubble. Still hungry, Dark Scorponok's attention is caught by Thunderclash, who promises to lead him the fuel he desires, while Thunderwing messages Ramjet about the battle.

2 mega cycles later, at the Kalis Primary Energon Reserves Control, Sentinel Maximus and Vector Prime enter the abandoned facility, believing this to be Ramjet's primary target. Setting about to try and turn on the auto-cannons, they are watched by Thunderclash, who has led Dark Scorponok right to them. The outside has not been left unguarded, however, as Safeguard bravely leaps down and attacks. Calling on Sentinel Maximus for backup, the two engage.

Meanwhile, Ramjet tells the Scrapmetals of Dark Scorponok's affliction: forced by an insatiable desire to feed, feeling no pain, and spreading the infliction to others upon whom he feeds. Finishing his story, Skyfall finally rises up from under the rubble. Ramjet seemingly recognizes the traveller, although his systems recognize him as someone else. Questioning the herald, Skyfall is told a lot has changed on Cybertron since he was last here....

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(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Notes

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Transformers references

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  • Kalis is a city from the Marvel UK The Transformers comics.

Other notes

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  • The Mini-Cons are shown to be speaking normally. In Safeguard's case, it's likely the comic is just "translating" his speech, as he was always depicted in the Cybertron cartoon as speaking the standard Mini-Con language of R2-D2-esque bleeps and bloops.

Reprints

[edit]