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Meanwhile, in [[Wicksburg]], [[Alabama]], [[Ratchet (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ratchet]] activates the self-destruct mechanism of the escape pod from which he has just emerged. Though [[Verity Carlo]] is injured, Ratchet urges her and [[Jimmy Pink]] to board his [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]], as they have to leave quickly. His [[holomatter]] avatar proves more than capable of treating her (albeit lacking in bedside manner) as they travel. He explains to the [[human]]s that their attacker was [[Sixshot]], who is a living weapon usually deployed no earlier than [[Infiltration protocol|phase five]], but impossible to assess regarding the threat he poses due to there being no surviving witnesses of his firepower. As if on cue, Sixshot swoops down and opens fire. | Meanwhile, in [[Wicksburg]], [[Alabama]], [[Ratchet (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ratchet]] activates the self-destruct mechanism of the escape pod from which he has just emerged. Though [[Verity Carlo]] is injured, Ratchet urges her and [[Jimmy Pink]] to board his [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]], as they have to leave quickly. His [[holomatter]] avatar proves more than capable of treating her (albeit lacking in bedside manner) as they travel. He explains to the [[human]]s that their attacker was [[Sixshot]], who is a living weapon usually deployed no earlier than [[Infiltration protocol|phase five]], but impossible to assess regarding the threat he poses due to there being no surviving witnesses of his firepower. As if on cue, Sixshot swoops down and opens fire. | ||
In [[Indiana]], the [[Machination]] [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] fails to impress the brash [[Hot Rod/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Hot Rod]], who claims that he's no [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]. The Headmaster boasts in return that he has all of Sunstreaker's capabilities and more. Beyond this, he reveals that the Machination knows everything about the [[Autobot]]s due to having downloaded their captive's data banks. Hot Rod counters this by saying that [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] is constantly developing new inventions and that Sunstreaker never paid much attention to their development. This proves useful, as the Headmaster is unable to counter a [[gyro-inhibitor shell]] from Wheeljack. The threat neutralized, the two Autobots escape. Time is running out, and they need to reach [[Ironhide (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ironhide]] before he is demolished. | In [[Indiana]], the [[Machination]] [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] fails to impress the brash [[Hot Rod/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Hot Rod]], who claims that he's no [[Sunstreaker (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Sunstreaker]]. The Headmaster boasts in return that he has all of Sunstreaker's capabilities and more. Beyond this, he reveals that the Machination knows everything about the [[Autobot]]s due to having downloaded their captive's data banks. Hot Rod counters this by saying that [[Wheeljack (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Wheeljack]] is constantly developing new inventions and that Sunstreaker never paid much attention to their development. This proves useful, as the Headmaster is unable to counter a [[gyro-inhibitor shell]] from Wheeljack. The threat neutralized, the two Autobots escape. Time is running out, and they need to reach [[Ironhide (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ironhide]] before he is demolished. | ||
In the Machination facility in [[Tampa]], [[Florida]], the detached head of Sunstreaker explains to [[Hunter O'Nion]] that he is the center node of the network that controls and coordinates the Headmaster units. He further reveals that Hunter himself has been made a Headmaster and again begs for death as an end to his pain. He says that the way they are using him to hunt and kill Autobots is torture. Hunter instead replies that there are more [[Sunstreaker clone|cloned bodies]] within the city, and he asks Sunstreaker to help him learn to use his Headmaster abilities. | In the Machination facility in [[Tampa]], [[Florida]], the detached head of Sunstreaker explains to [[Hunter O'Nion]] that he is the center node of the network that controls and coordinates the Headmaster units. He further reveals that Hunter himself has been made a Headmaster and again begs for death as an end to his pain. He says that the way they are using him to hunt and kill Autobots is torture. Hunter instead replies that there are more [[Sunstreaker clone|cloned bodies]] within the city, and he asks Sunstreaker to help him learn to use his Headmaster abilities. | ||
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* [[Ratchet (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ratchet]] (3) | *[[Ratchet (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ratchet]] (3) | ||
* [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (7) | *[[Wheeljack (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Wheeljack]] (7) | ||
* [[Hot Rod/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Hot Rod]] (8) | *[[Hot Rod/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Hot Rod]] (8) | ||
* [[Ironhide (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ironhide]] (10) | *[[Ironhide (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ironhide]] (10) | ||
* [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] (12) | *[[Sunstreaker (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Sunstreaker]] (12) | ||
* [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] (14) | *[[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] (14) | ||
* [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]] (15) | *[[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]] (15) | ||
* [[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]] (16) | *[[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]] (16) | ||
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] (17) | *[[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] (17) | ||
* [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (18) | *[[Jazz (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Jazz]] (18) | ||
* [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] (19) | *[[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] (19) | ||
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* [[Sixshot]] (6) | *[[Sixshot]] (6) | ||
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* [[Jimmy Pink]] (4) | *[[Jimmy Pink]] (4) | ||
* [[Verity Carlo]] (5) | *[[Verity Carlo]] (5) | ||
* [[Hunter O'Nion]] (11) | *[[Hunter O'Nion]] (11) | ||
* [[Lindy Simmons]] (13) | *[[Lindy Simmons]] (13) | ||
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* [[Sunstreaker clone]]s (9) | *[[Sunstreaker clone]]s (9) | ||
* [[Ravenous]] [[Reaper]] (20) | *[[Ravenous]] [[Reaper]] (20) | ||
* [[Dreadlocked alien species]] Reaper | *[[Dreadlocked alien species]] Reaper | ||
* [[Deathbringer (IDW)|Deathbringer]] (21) | *[[Deathbringer (IDW)|Deathbringer]] (21) | ||
* [[Klaxa]] (22) | *[[Klaxa]] (22) | ||
* Other Reapers (23) | *Other Reapers (23) | ||
* [[Nova Prime|Nemesis Prime]] (24) | *[[Nova Prime|Nemesis Prime]] (24) | ||
* [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]] (25) | *[[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]] (25) | ||
|h5=[[Facsimile construct|Facsimilies]] | |||
* [[Deacon]] (1) | |c5= | ||
* [[Alexander Holt]] (2) | *[[Deacon]] (1) | ||
*[[Alexander Holt]] (2) | |||
}} | }} | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
* On the final page of the cover, a ''[[Transformers: Mosaic]]'' issue ("Reason") is featured. | *On the final page of the cover, a ''[[Transformers: Mosaic]]'' issue ("Reason") is featured. | ||
* Ratchet finds cover at a wrecked gas station that uses the brand name "Dark Stone". [[Blackrock Enterprises|Hmmm...]] | *Ratchet finds cover at a wrecked gas station that uses the brand name "Dark Stone". [[Blackrock Enterprises|Hmmm...]] | ||
* The news team covering the Florida destruction works for station K-IDW, a reference to [[IDW Publishing]]. They're the same crew that just missed getting footage of [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], way back in [[Infiltration issue 3|''Infiltration'' #3]]. That incident happened in Riverside, California, on the opposite end of the country. As a K* station, KIDW's home town must be located west of the Mississippi (stations east of the Mississippi start with a W.) | *The news team covering the Florida destruction works for station K-IDW, a reference to [[IDW Publishing]]. They're the same crew that just missed getting footage of [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], way back in [[Infiltration issue 3|''Infiltration'' #3]]. That incident happened in Riverside, California, on the opposite end of the country. As a K* station, KIDW's home town must be located west of the Mississippi (stations east of the Mississippi start with a W.) | ||
* Two cars below Ironhide at the junk yard is a Porsche with a license plate reading [[Pat Lee|"DREAM"]]. | *Two cars below Ironhide at the junk yard is a Porsche with a license plate reading [[Pat Lee|"DREAM"]]. | ||
*McTackle's, the Pensacola, Florida bait shop Ratchet parks in front of ''could'' be an incredibly bizarre reference to the Autobot [[Machtackle]] from the Japanese ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (franchise)|Victory]]'' franchise. | *McTackle's, the Pensacola, Florida bait shop Ratchet parks in front of ''could'' be an incredibly bizarre reference to the Autobot [[Machtackle]] from the Japanese ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (franchise)|Victory]]'' franchise. | ||
* Sixshot's [[alternate mode]]s are huge, although in [[robot mode]] he was about the same size as [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]]. This may indicate he has some form of [[Size changing|mass displacement]]. | *Sixshot's [[alternate mode]]s are huge, although in [[robot mode]] he was about the same size as [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]]. This may indicate he has some form of [[Size changing|mass displacement]]. | ||
* The Roche cover (at top) is a reference to an ad poster for the Alfred Hitchcock film ''[[Wikipedia:North by Northwest|North by Northwest]]''. | *The Roche cover (at top) is a reference to an ad poster for the Alfred Hitchcock film ''[[Wikipedia:North by Northwest|North by Northwest]]''. | ||
* The gag of Ratchet's passengers having their faces buffeted by his rocket speed returns, having previously appeared in [[Infiltration issue 2|''Infiltration'' #2]]... | *The gag of Ratchet's passengers having their faces buffeted by his rocket speed returns, having previously appeared in [[Infiltration issue 2|''Infiltration'' #2]]... | ||
===Errors=== | ===Errors=== | ||
* ...and, Rule-of-Cool aside, is still impossible because Ratchet's cab is still enclosed. | *...and, Rule-of-Cool aside, is still impossible because Ratchet's cab is still enclosed. | ||
* Nemesis Prime's text bubble comes from Galvatron and vice versa. This is corrected in the trade. | *Nemesis Prime's text bubble comes from Galvatron and vice versa. This is corrected in the trade. | ||
* Ratchet's head is white and his visor is red, reversed of what they should be (see cover image). This is corrected in the trade. | *Ratchet's head is white and his visor is red, reversed of what they should be (see cover image). This is corrected in the trade. | ||
===Covers (3)=== | ===Covers (3)=== | ||
* '''Cover A''': Wheeljack and Hot Rod by [[E. J. Su]] | *'''Cover A''': Wheeljack and Hot Rod by [[E. J. Su]] | ||
* '''Cover B''': Sixshot and Ratchet by [[Nick Roche]] | *'''Cover B''': Sixshot and Ratchet by [[Nick Roche]] | ||
* '''RI''': Sketch cover (black and white of cover B) | *'''RI''': Sketch cover (black and white of cover B) | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:Devastation 3a.jpg|Hot Rod likes Tae Bo | File:Devastation 3a.jpg|Hot Rod likes Tae Bo | ||
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| Publisher | IDW Publishing | ||||||||||||
| First published | November 28, 2007 | ||||||||||||
| Cover date | November 2007 | ||||||||||||
| Written by | Simon Furman | ||||||||||||
| Art by | Nick Roche | ||||||||||||
| Colors by | Zac Atkinson | ||||||||||||
| Letters by | Neil Uyetake | ||||||||||||
| Edits by | Andrew Steven Harris | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | IDW continuity | ||||||||||||
| Chronology | Devastation | ||||||||||||
Sixshot goes Autobot hunting.
Synopsis
Within the Pentagon, military staff discuss the lockdown of all air traffic after the crash of Ark-19. During the meeting, Deacon takes a call from Senator Alexander Holt and both plot.
Meanwhile, in Wicksburg, Alabama, Ratchet activates the self-destruct mechanism of the escape pod from which he has just emerged. Though Verity Carlo is injured, Ratchet urges her and Jimmy Pink to board his vehicle mode, as they have to leave quickly. His holomatter avatar proves more than capable of treating her (albeit lacking in bedside manner) as they travel. He explains to the humans that their attacker was Sixshot, who is a living weapon usually deployed no earlier than phase five, but impossible to assess regarding the threat he poses due to there being no surviving witnesses of his firepower. As if on cue, Sixshot swoops down and opens fire.
In Indiana, the Machination Headmaster fails to impress the brash Hot Rod, who claims that he's no Sunstreaker. The Headmaster boasts in return that he has all of Sunstreaker's capabilities and more. Beyond this, he reveals that the Machination knows everything about the Autobots due to having downloaded their captive's data banks. Hot Rod counters this by saying that Wheeljack is constantly developing new inventions and that Sunstreaker never paid much attention to their development. This proves useful, as the Headmaster is unable to counter a gyro-inhibitor shell from Wheeljack. The threat neutralized, the two Autobots escape. Time is running out, and they need to reach Ironhide before he is demolished.
In the Machination facility in Tampa, Florida, the detached head of Sunstreaker explains to Hunter O'Nion that he is the center node of the network that controls and coordinates the Headmaster units. He further reveals that Hunter himself has been made a Headmaster and again begs for death as an end to his pain. He says that the way they are using him to hunt and kill Autobots is torture. Hunter instead replies that there are more cloned bodies within the city, and he asks Sunstreaker to help him learn to use his Headmaster abilities.
In Alabama, Ratchet and the humans gain a reprieve as the United States Air Force locks on to Sixshot. Though Jimmy expresses concern for the pilots, Ratchet grimly states that it's their only chance to escape. While Sixshot is distracted, they cross the state line into Florida. Ratchet hides amongst the ambulances of a local hospital, but Sixshot soon arrives in tank mode and starts blasting them one by one until Ratchet is forced to flee. In transit, Ratchet lets Jimmy and Verity out and tells them to hide, as he can no longer protect them. He speeds off, but is quickly cornered as he runs out of road. Transforming, he prepares to meet Sixshot head-on. However, he finds he doesn't have to, as the remainder of the Ark-19 crew emerge from the nearby water to back him up, blasting Sixshot.
In Earth's orbit, the Reapers agree that Earth is too valuable a strategic resource and vow to destroy it to keep it out of the hands of either faction.
Meanwhile, in the Dead Universe, Nemesis Prime orders Galvatron to travel to Earth at once.
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
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Notes
- On the final page of the cover, a Transformers: Mosaic issue ("Reason") is featured.
- Ratchet finds cover at a wrecked gas station that uses the brand name "Dark Stone". Hmmm...
- The news team covering the Florida destruction works for station K-IDW, a reference to IDW Publishing. They're the same crew that just missed getting footage of Blitzwing, way back in Infiltration #3. That incident happened in Riverside, California, on the opposite end of the country. As a K* station, KIDW's home town must be located west of the Mississippi (stations east of the Mississippi start with a W.)
- Two cars below Ironhide at the junk yard is a Porsche with a license plate reading "DREAM".
- McTackle's, the Pensacola, Florida bait shop Ratchet parks in front of could be an incredibly bizarre reference to the Autobot Machtackle from the Japanese Victory franchise.
- Sixshot's alternate modes are huge, although in robot mode he was about the same size as Megatron. This may indicate he has some form of mass displacement.
- The Roche cover (at top) is a reference to an ad poster for the Alfred Hitchcock film North by Northwest.
- The gag of Ratchet's passengers having their faces buffeted by his rocket speed returns, having previously appeared in Infiltration #2...
Errors
- ...and, Rule-of-Cool aside, is still impossible because Ratchet's cab is still enclosed.
- Nemesis Prime's text bubble comes from Galvatron and vice versa. This is corrected in the trade.
- Ratchet's head is white and his visor is red, reversed of what they should be (see cover image). This is corrected in the trade.
Covers (3)
- Cover A: Wheeljack and Hot Rod by E. J. Su
- Cover B: Sixshot and Ratchet by Nick Roche
- RI: Sketch cover (black and white of cover B)
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Hot Rod likes Tae Bo -
I'm a doctor, not a target!
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RI Cover
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- Devastation #4
- CGC Grading, feat. Grimlock
- Transformers movie toys (3 pages)
- The Art of IDW's Transformers
- Beast Wars: The Ascending
- Spotlight: Ramjet and Spotlight: Blaster
Reprints
- The Transformers: Devastation TPB (May 14, 2008) ISBN 1600101682 / ISBN 978-1600101687
- The Transformers: The Premiere Collection Volume 2 HC (June 17, 2009) ISBN 1600104371 / ISBN 978-1600104374
- The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume Three HC (March 2, 2011) ISBN 1600108563 / ISBN 978-1600108563
- The Transformers: Phase One Omnibus (September 10, 2014) ISBN 1631401130 / ISBN 978-1631401138
