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''On the [[White Planet]], several hours before [[Halfshell]]'s attack, [[White Gallant Convoy]] drives through the town greeting the denizens before arriving at the [[White Order]]'s base. There, he's alerted to the battle between [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Super Megatron]] and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Star Convoy]] on the [[Blue Planet (Generations)|Blue Planet]], but decides that the [[Blue Order]] can handle it—the White Order's duty belongs on their planet. Nevertheless, Gallant is engrossed in Star Convoy's heroism. When Star Convoy takes an attack meant for a pair of [[Beastformers|Beast People]], he | ''On the [[White Planet]], several hours before [[Halfshell]]'s attack, [[White Gallant Convoy]] drives through the town greeting the denizens before arriving at the [[White Order]]'s base. There, he's alerted to the battle between [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Super Megatron]] and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#Generations Selects Special Comic (2)|Star Convoy]] on the [[Blue Planet (Generations)|Blue Planet]], but decides that the [[Blue Order]] can handle it—the White Order's duty belongs on their planet. Nevertheless, Gallant is engrossed in Star Convoy's heroism. When Star Convoy takes an attack meant for a pair of [[Beastformers|Beast People]], he realizes that he lives according to White's motto: that freedom is the right of all sentient beings. Knowing from comments made by [[Primus#The old universe|Primus]] that this visitor is a "Convoy from the [[G1 World|next world]]", Gallant comes to the conclusion that Star Convoy is his future reincarnation, and that he must die so that Star Convoy can live...'' | ||
Having gathered five of the [[Primus Vanguard]]'s Matrices, [[God Neptune]] sets out to use their power to take the [[Purple Matrix]] and the [[Silver Matrix]] (carrying the blue [[Star Power]] of the [[α Matrix]] beside its own) from Megatron Omega and [[Purple Wicked Convoy]]. Megatron attempts to blast the [[Seacon (BWII)|Seacon]] combiner, but God Neptune is unfazed. [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] takes a swipe with the [[Matrix Sword]], but is disarmed by God Neptune retaliating with the [[Matrix Saber]]. The Matrix Sword isn't without surprises, and [[Blue Big Convoy]]'s spirit emanates from it, revealing that he put a portion of his [[spark]] into the sword when he committed suicide. Big links to the [[Matrix Buster]] to give God Neptune a good blast, and [[Optimus Prime (Universe)|Splendid]], [[Green Tender Convoy|Tender]], and [[Go Prime|Go]] arrive to restrain God Neptune. Gallant leaps into action in his "White Convoy Grand Prime" mode, but the entire endeavor ends in Gallant being bisected by God Neptune's [[Neptune Sword]]. | Having gathered five of the [[Primus Vanguard]]'s Matrices, [[God Neptune]] sets out to use their power to take the [[Purple Matrix]] and the [[Silver Matrix]] (carrying the blue [[Star Power]] of the [[α Matrix]] beside its own) from Megatron Omega and [[Purple Wicked Convoy]]. Megatron attempts to blast the [[Seacon (BWII)|Seacon]] combiner, but God Neptune is unfazed. [[Straxus (G1)#Precursor World|Straxus]] takes a swipe with the [[Matrix Sword]], but is disarmed by God Neptune retaliating with the [[Matrix Saber]]. The Matrix Sword isn't without surprises, and [[Blue Big Convoy]]'s spirit emanates from it, revealing that he put a portion of his [[spark]] into the sword when he committed suicide. Big links to the [[Matrix Buster]] to give God Neptune a good blast, and [[Optimus Prime (Universe)|Splendid]], [[Green Tender Convoy|Tender]], and [[Go Prime|Go]] arrive to restrain God Neptune. Gallant leaps into action in his "White Convoy Grand Prime" mode, but the entire endeavor ends in Gallant being bisected by God Neptune's [[Neptune Sword]]. | ||
Grabbing the opportunity, Megatron Omega converts into a new mode that combines with Wicked's trailer and ruthlessly shoots the combiner with [[Angolmois Energy]], breaking him apart. Desperate, Halfshell calls [[Turtler]] for help, but his plea is interrupted when Megatron Omega broadcasts Halfshell's unkind words about his "brother" [[Seacons comic 5|from earlier]] in the [[photon sailer]]. Having watched [[Halfshell]]'s insults toward him, [[Turtler]] turns his back on his "brother", disappointed that his comrade turned out to be as disdainful as everyone else. Now alone, the miserable Halfshell cries and laughs at his despair; looking at his felled crew, Halfshell thinks back to a similar scenario... | Grabbing the opportunity, Megatron Omega converts into a new mode that combines with Wicked's trailer and ruthlessly shoots the combiner with [[Angolmois Energy]], breaking him apart. Desperate, Halfshell calls [[Turtler]] for help, but his plea is interrupted when Megatron Omega broadcasts Halfshell's unkind words about his "brother" [[Seacons comic 5|from earlier]] in the [[photon sailer]]. Having watched [[Halfshell]]'s insults toward him, [[Turtler]] turns his back on his "brother", disappointed that his comrade turned out to be as disdainful as everyone else. Now alone, the miserable Halfshell cries and laughs at his despair; looking at his felled crew, Halfshell thinks back to a similar scenario... | ||
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''Before and elsewhere, the [[Seacon (BWII)|Seacons]], betrayed by [[Duncan (Legends)|Duncan]], have been left for dead in space. Halfshell mourns new member [[Lawbhammer]] in particular when [[Starscream (G1)#Precursor World|a mysterious, shadowed robot]] arrives. Introducing himself as "the envoy to [[Primus|another]]",<ref>Written in Japanese as あの方の使い (''ano kata no tsukai'').</ref> he offers to revive the Seacons... but only if they do as he says. The mysterious benefactor takes Lawbhammer as collateral and sends Halfshell to [[2020]] to pick up Turtler.'' | ''Before and elsewhere, the [[Seacon (BWII)|Seacons]], betrayed by [[Duncan (Legends)|Duncan]], have been left for dead in space. Halfshell mourns new member [[Lawbhammer]] in particular when [[Starscream (G1)#Precursor World|a mysterious, shadowed robot]] arrives. Introducing himself as "the envoy to [[Primus|another]]",<ref>Written in Japanese as あの方の使い (''ano kata no tsukai'').</ref> he offers to revive the Seacons... but only if they do as he says. The mysterious benefactor takes Lawbhammer as collateral and sends Halfshell to [[2020]] to pick up Turtler.'' | ||
Halfshell moans at what he's been brought down to—a crewmember being a hostage, violating pirate code, and deceiving his brother. In response, a voice emanates from the | Halfshell moans at what he's been brought down to—a crewmember being a hostage, violating pirate code, and deceiving his brother. In response, a voice emanates from the Neptune Sword... White Gallant Convoy! Gallant explains that he placed his [[spark|soul]] within the sword and gives the Seacon captain words of encouragement. Nearby, Megatron Omega attempts to absorb the Star Power of the five Matrices God Neptune brought, but he finds his head smashed in with the Neptune Sword. Halfshell takes the Star Power for himself, reforming God Neptune and cleaving Megatron in half. The Straxuses worry about their bisected master, but their concern is unnecessary as Megatron absorbs their energies to reform himself. With an inhuman voice, Megatron Omega declares that this is the form that will banish the [[human]]s from [[Earth]] in the future... Megatron Omega: Perfect Form. | ||
On the [[Blue Planet (Generations)|Blue Planet]], [[Primus]] explains that he's out to foil [[Primacron]]'s plans and calls [[Primitive]] warriors to him! | On the [[Blue Planet (Generations)|Blue Planet]], [[Primus#The old universe|Primus]] explains that he's out to foil [[Primacron]]'s plans and calls [[Primitive]] warriors to him! | ||
==Featured characters== | ==Featured characters== | ||
{{featuredcharacters | {{featuredcharacters | ||
|c1= | |c1= | ||
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime/Star Convoy]] (16) | *[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#Generations Selects Special Comic (2)|Optimus Prime/Star Convoy]] (16) | ||
*[[Dinobot (G1)|Primitives]] (45-49) | *[[Dinobot (G1)|Primitives]] (45-49) | ||
|c2= | |c2= | ||
*[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Super Megatron/Megatron Omega]] (17) | *[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#Generations Selects Special Comic (1)|Super Megatron/Megatron Omega]] (17) | ||
*[[Rollermaster Corps|Rollermaster]] (19) | *[[Rollermaster Corps|Rollermaster]] (19) | ||
*[[Straxus (G1)|''Generations'' Straxus]] (20) | *[[Straxus (G1)#Precursor World|''Generations'' Straxus]] (20) | ||
*[[Straxus (G1)|''United'' Straxus]] (21) | *[[Straxus (G1)#Precursor World|''United'' Straxus]] (21) | ||
|h3=[[Seacon (BWII)|Seacons]]|c3= | |h3=[[Seacon (BWII)|Seacons]]|c3= | ||
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*[[Green Tender Convoy]] (26) | *[[Green Tender Convoy]] (26) | ||
*[[Optimus Prime (Universe)|Yellow Splendid Convoy]] (27) | *[[Optimus Prime (Universe)|Yellow Splendid Convoy]] (27) | ||
*[[Gari Robo-kun]] (42) | *[[Gari Robo-kun#Precursor World|Gari Robo-Kun Grape]] (42) | ||
'''[[White Order]]''' | '''[[White Order]]''' | ||
*[[Alpha Bravo]] (1) | *[[Alpha Bravo#Precursor World|Alpha Bravo]] (1) | ||
*[[Icepick (PCC)|''Power Core Combiners'' Icepick]] (2) | *[[Icepick (PCC)#Precursor World|''Power Core Combiners'' Icepick]] (2) | ||
*[[Cyclonus (Armada)|Snow Cat]] (3) | *[[Cyclonus (Armada)#Precursor World|Snow Cat]] (3) | ||
*[[Icebird]] (4) | *[[Icebird#Precursor World|Icebird]] (4) | ||
*[[Meltz Down]] (6) | *[[Meltz Down#Precursor World|Meltz Down]] (6) | ||
*[[Waddlepop]] (7) | *[[Waddlepop#Precursor World|Waddlepop]] (7) | ||
*[[White Gallant Convoy]] (8) | *[[White Gallant Convoy]] (8) | ||
*[[Autotrooper (Animated)|Autotroopers]] (9) | *[[Autotrooper (Animated)#Precursor World|Autotroopers]] (9) | ||
*[[Cordon]] (10) | *[[Cordon#Precursor World|Cordon]] (10) | ||
*[[Clampdown (G1)|Clampdown]] (11) | *[[Clampdown (G1)#Precursor World|Clampdown]] (11) | ||
*[[Glit (KP)|Glit]] (12) | *[[Glit (KP)#Precursor World|Glit]] (12) | ||
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] (13) | *[[Bumblebee (Animated)#Precursor World|Bumblebee]] (13) | ||
*[[Prowl (Animated)|''Animated'' Prowl]] (14) | *[[Prowl (Animated)#Precursor World|''Animated'' Prowl]] (14) | ||
*[[Phantomjaw]] (15) | *[[Phantomjaw#Precursor World|Phantomjaw]] (15) | ||
*[[Groove (G1)|Groove]] (28) | *[[Groove (G1)#Precursor World|Groove]] (28) | ||
*[[Prowl (G1)|Generation 1 Prowl]] (29) | *[[Prowl (G1)#Precursor World|Generation 1 Prowl]] (29) | ||
*[[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] (30) | *[[Streetwise (G1)#Precursor World|Streetwise]] (30) | ||
*[[Rook (Generations)|Rook]] (31) | *[[Rook (Generations)#Precursor World|Rook]] (31) | ||
|h5=Others|c5= | |h5=Others|c5= | ||
*White Planet natives (5) | *[[White Planet]] natives (5) | ||
*[[Icepick (G1)|Generation 1 Icepick]] (23) | *[[Icepick (G1)|Generation 1 Icepick]] (23) | ||
*[[Starscream (G1)#Precursor World|Mysterious benefactor]] (41) | *[[Starscream (G1)#Precursor World|Mysterious benefactor]] (41) | ||
*[[Primus]] (43) | *[[Primus#The old universe|Primus]] (43) | ||
*[[Primacron]] (44) | *[[Primacron]] (44) | ||
'''[[Beastformer|Beast People]]''' | '''[[Beastformer|Beast People]]''' | ||
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| Publisher | TakaraTomy Mall | ||||||||||||
| First published | June 1, 2020 | ||||||||||||
| Manga | Hayato Sakamoto | ||||||||||||
| Additional art by | Casey W. Coller (p 4, panel 1) | ||||||||||||
| Colors | Josh Perez (p1, 4, 8), Gufu Kandagawa (p2, 3, 5) | ||||||||||||
| Editor | Kouji Nimura | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity | ||||||||||||
With the might of five Matrices, God Neptune makes his move on Megatron Omega's alliance.
Synopsis
On the White Planet, several hours before Halfshell's attack, White Gallant Convoy drives through the town greeting the denizens before arriving at the White Order's base. There, he's alerted to the battle between Super Megatron and Star Convoy on the Blue Planet, but decides that the Blue Order can handle it—the White Order's duty belongs on their planet. Nevertheless, Gallant is engrossed in Star Convoy's heroism. When Star Convoy takes an attack meant for a pair of Beast People, he realizes that he lives according to White's motto: that freedom is the right of all sentient beings. Knowing from comments made by Primus that this visitor is a "Convoy from the next world", Gallant comes to the conclusion that Star Convoy is his future reincarnation, and that he must die so that Star Convoy can live...
Having gathered five of the Primus Vanguard's Matrices, God Neptune sets out to use their power to take the Purple Matrix and the Silver Matrix (carrying the blue Star Power of the α Matrix beside its own) from Megatron Omega and Purple Wicked Convoy. Megatron attempts to blast the Seacon combiner, but God Neptune is unfazed. Straxus takes a swipe with the Matrix Sword, but is disarmed by God Neptune retaliating with the Matrix Saber. The Matrix Sword isn't without surprises, and Blue Big Convoy's spirit emanates from it, revealing that he put a portion of his spark into the sword when he committed suicide. Big links to the Matrix Buster to give God Neptune a good blast, and Splendid, Tender, and Go arrive to restrain God Neptune. Gallant leaps into action in his "White Convoy Grand Prime" mode, but the entire endeavor ends in Gallant being bisected by God Neptune's Neptune Sword.
Grabbing the opportunity, Megatron Omega converts into a new mode that combines with Wicked's trailer and ruthlessly shoots the combiner with Angolmois Energy, breaking him apart. Desperate, Halfshell calls Turtler for help, but his plea is interrupted when Megatron Omega broadcasts Halfshell's unkind words about his "brother" from earlier in the photon sailer. Having watched Halfshell's insults toward him, Turtler turns his back on his "brother", disappointed that his comrade turned out to be as disdainful as everyone else. Now alone, the miserable Halfshell cries and laughs at his despair; looking at his felled crew, Halfshell thinks back to a similar scenario...
Before and elsewhere, the Seacons, betrayed by Duncan, have been left for dead in space. Halfshell mourns new member Lawbhammer in particular when a mysterious, shadowed robot arrives. Introducing himself as "the envoy to another",[1] he offers to revive the Seacons... but only if they do as he says. The mysterious benefactor takes Lawbhammer as collateral and sends Halfshell to 2020 to pick up Turtler.
Halfshell moans at what he's been brought down to—a crewmember being a hostage, violating pirate code, and deceiving his brother. In response, a voice emanates from the Neptune Sword... White Gallant Convoy! Gallant explains that he placed his soul within the sword and gives the Seacon captain words of encouragement. Nearby, Megatron Omega attempts to absorb the Star Power of the five Matrices God Neptune brought, but he finds his head smashed in with the Neptune Sword. Halfshell takes the Star Power for himself, reforming God Neptune and cleaving Megatron in half. The Straxuses worry about their bisected master, but their concern is unnecessary as Megatron absorbs their energies to reform himself. With an inhuman voice, Megatron Omega declares that this is the form that will banish the humans from Earth in the future... Megatron Omega: Perfect Form.
On the Blue Planet, Primus explains that he's out to foil Primacron's plans and calls Primitive warriors to him!
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
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Notes
Continuity notes
- The innards of White seen when he's bisected (most notably an "organic" brain) are based on Predaking's as seen in "Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!".
- White Gallant Convoy acts in the belief that he will be reincarnated as Star Convoy, but at the moment it's ambiguous as to whether this is just conjecture on his part. The story so far gives little evidence that this reincarnation is so direct. That said, the Battle Core Optimus Prime toy, of which White is a repurposing, does sport a headsculpt based on Star Convoy.
- Duncan is a still-unseen character created for the Legends manga. Bonus Edition Vol. 61 established him to be the leader of the Space Pirates from The Headmasters episode "Mystery of the Space Pirate Ship".
- In flashbacks, Halfshell is dispatched to meet Turtler, as seen in the fifth Seacon comic.
- The summoning effect Primus uses is the same one used by the Oracle (another incarnation of Primus in this continuity) in "Call of the Primitives".
Transformers references
- In the first couple of panels, Gallant can be seen pulling Energon Optimus Prime's trailer.
- Although his components go unnamed, Gallant's Combiner limbs are Prowl, Groove, Rook, and Streetwise. With the exception of Gallant and Rook, the components are based on the TakaraTomy releases, complete with white combiner hands and feet from Unite Warriors Superion.
- When the Vanguard leaders restrain God Neptune, Yellow Splendid Convoy says "Atsuki kokoro ni fukanō wa arimasenwa" (roughly "With a passionate heart nothing is impossible!"), a rendition of Fire Convoy's catchphrase "Atsui kokoro ni fukanō wa nai" spoken in a more feminine and polite register.
- The Generation 1 Lobclaw/Nautilator mold was never released as part of the Beast Wars II Seacon team, and thus 22 years on this story creates a virtual recolour character to fulfill that role, Lawbhammer.
Real-world references
- Hidden among the Beast People in this issue is a very particular raccoon: Michiru Kagemori, protagonist of the film BNA: Brand New Animal, in another Studio Trigger homage.
Other notes
- Megatron Omega's dialogue is written with katakana in place of hiragana, indicating an abnormal, robotic voice.
References
- ↑ Written in Japanese as あの方の使い (ano kata no tsukai).
