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[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] calls on [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] to analyze the mysterious blast, and the scientist is grateful to get out of his workshop and away from an argument over currency exchange between [[Tappet]] and another [[NAIL]]. As he goes about his work, political tensions are strained even harder: Prowl blames the Decepticons, [[Metalhawk]] blames ''everybody'', and Starscream uses the situation to raise issues pertinent to the Decepticons' quality of life. Miffed at Starscream's backhanded altruism, Wheeljack decides to question Dirge, who is recuperating in a medical facility, but the Seeker's fatalistic blame-throwing only serves to aggravate him. Wheeljack's irritation has nothing on [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]]'s, however: the Aerialbot leader comes storming into the med-bay, blaming Dirge for Barrel Roll's death and seeking revenge. Intent on studying the mystery from all angles before action is taken, Wheeljack is able to throw off Silverbolt's shot and save the Decepticon. | [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] calls on [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] to analyze the mysterious blast, and the scientist is grateful to get out of his workshop and away from an argument over currency exchange between [[Tappet]] and another [[NAIL]]. As he goes about his work, political tensions are strained even harder: Prowl blames the Decepticons, [[Metalhawk]] blames ''everybody'', and Starscream uses the situation to raise issues pertinent to the Decepticons' quality of life. Miffed at Starscream's backhanded altruism, Wheeljack decides to question Dirge, who is recuperating in a medical facility, but the Seeker's fatalistic blame-throwing only serves to aggravate him. Wheeljack's irritation has nothing on [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]]'s, however: the Aerialbot leader comes storming into the med-bay, blaming Dirge for Barrel Roll's death and seeking revenge. Intent on studying the mystery from all angles before action is taken, Wheeljack is able to throw off Silverbolt's shot and save the Decepticon. | ||
A second explosion occurs during the night just outside the space port, killing thirty-five more Transformers. Again studying the blast crater, Wheeljack is accused by Starscream of failing in his duties because he is only being reactionary, rather than getting ahead of the problem. Wheeljack scoffs when Starscream claims that he could do some real good if he could get the Seekers back together, and begins listing off the dead, arrested or MIA members of the squad... and has a brainstorm when he gets to [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]. Starscream struggles to follow his explanation: with Cybertron alive once more, the planet is now transmitting energy to its moon, reviving it in as well, but because the planet has returned to a prehistoric state, at a time when it had ''two'' moons, excess energy is being transmitted that has nowhere to go, coalescing over time and with increasing frequency as explosive bursts akin to ball lightning. With the realization that another explosion is coming within minutes, Starscream scrambles to gather the NAILS in the Decepticons barracks within the barrel of [[Kimia Facility|Kimia]]'s gun (which will be able to resist the temperatures of the blast), while Wheeljack jury-rigs a set of rockets that he launches into low orbit, giving the energy charge something to latch on to | A second explosion occurs during the night just outside the space port, killing thirty-five more Transformers. Again studying the blast crater, Wheeljack is accused by Starscream of failing in his duties because he is only being reactionary, rather than getting ahead of the problem. Wheeljack scoffs when Starscream claims that he could do some real good if he could get the Seekers back together, and begins listing off the dead, arrested or MIA members of the squad... and has a brainstorm when he gets to [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]. Starscream struggles to follow his explanation: with Cybertron alive once more, the planet is now transmitting energy to its moon, reviving it in as well, but because the planet has returned to a prehistoric state, at a time when it had ''two'' moons, excess energy is being transmitted that has nowhere to go, coalescing over time and with increasing frequency as explosive bursts akin to ball lightning. With the realization that another explosion is coming within minutes, Starscream scrambles to gather the NAILS in the Decepticons barracks within the barrel of [[Kimia Facility|Kimia]]'s gun (which will be able to resist the temperatures of the blast), while Wheeljack jury-rigs a set of rockets that he launches into low orbit with help from [[Ironhie (G1)|Ironhide]], giving the energy charge something to latch on to and allowing it to harmlessly erupt above Cybertron's surface. [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] watches the cold explosion overhead, and smiles. | ||
Bumblebee, Prowl, Metalhawk and the others arrive at Wheeljack's location just as everything is calming down. Starscream thanks Wheeljack for saving them, but Wheeljack is quick to point out to Bumblebee that even if he had failed to prevent the explsion, then Starscream's quick thinking would have saved the NAILs. On Wheeljack's recommendation, Bumblebee agrees to let Starscream join their government—which causes Silverbolt to blow a fuse and furiously strike the little yellow 'bot. Prowl tries to intervene, but is likewise slapped down by the Aerialbot leader, who gathers his men and announces that they are leaving. As all assembled watch them go, Starscream quietly remarks that fliers should stick together, and Bumblebee realizes that the Decepticon genuinely doesn't want them to go. He apologizes for zapping Starscream the previous day, and Starscream assures him he won't regret his decision. | Bumblebee, Prowl, Metalhawk and the others arrive at Wheeljack's location just as everything is calming down. Starscream thanks Wheeljack for saving them, but Wheeljack is quick to point out to Bumblebee that even if he had failed to prevent the explsion, then Starscream's quick thinking would have saved the NAILs. On Wheeljack's recommendation, Bumblebee agrees to let Starscream join their government—which causes Silverbolt to blow a fuse and furiously strike the little yellow 'bot. Prowl tries to intervene, but is likewise slapped down by the Aerialbot leader, who gathers his men and announces that they are leaving. As all assembled watch them go, Starscream quietly remarks that fliers should stick together, and Bumblebee realizes that the Decepticon genuinely doesn't want them to go. He apologizes for zapping Starscream the previous day, and Starscream assures him he won't regret his decision. | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
*Air Raid | *Unlike the other characters in this series who were in the game, Air Raid does not appear with his ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (franchise)|War for Cybertron]] design, instead using a different Cybertronian body based on his ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]'' [[Cyberjet]] stealth bomber form. | ||
*Dirge | *Dirge was last seen in a flashback in [[All Hail Megatron issue 7|''All Hail Megatron'' #7]], the events of which he recounts here. While he survived the [[Insecticon swarm]], it doesn't sound like we'll be seeing [[Deluge (G2)|Deluge]] again! | ||
* | *A [[sky-sled]] can be spotted mounted on the wall just behind Wheeljack's head in his workshop. This was a fixture of [[Ironfist (G1)|Ironfist]]'s workshop, indicating that Wheeljack accepted the offer to take it over [[Xaaron]] said he was going to make back in "[[Chaos Theory Part 1]]" (and, of course, that the workshop survived the crash of Kimia). | ||
*Among the assembled junk in Wheeljack's workshop is: a computer readout of the [[Kronosphere]] from "[[War Dawn]]", a model of Wheeljack's Cybertronian vehicle mode and a stack of [[conductor|energy conductors]] from "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]", the chunk of [[Meteorini Chipperoni|meteor]] from "[[War of the Dinobots]]", the [[hypno-chip]] nullifier from "[[The Ultimate Doom, Part 3]]", the two designs of the [[cosmitron]] from "[[Divide and Conquer]]", and one of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] and/or [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]'s eyes from "[[Ghost in the Machine]]". Also visible is the head of an R5-series droid from ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]''. | |||
*Fixit might seem odd to see amongst the Protectobots on first impression, given that the team has its own medic in [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]], but IDW continuity has yet to established them as even ''being'' a team, and in any case, the previous story "[[Bullets]]" has established that First Aid is stationed on the planet [[Delphi]]. | |||
*The mysterious loss of one of Cybertron's moons was previously mentioned in ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' [[Liars, A to D Part 1: How to Say Goodbye and Mean It|#1]]. | |||
===Covers (3)=== | ===Covers (3)=== | ||
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Revision as of 10:47, 28 March 2012
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| "Stick Together" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | IDW Publishing | ||||||||||||
| First published | March 28, 2012 | ||||||||||||
| Cover date | March 2012 | ||||||||||||
| Story by | John Barber | ||||||||||||
| Art by | Andrew Griffith | ||||||||||||
| Colors by | Josh Perez | ||||||||||||
| Letters by | Shawn Lee | ||||||||||||
| Editor | Carlos Guzman | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | IDW continuity | ||||||||||||
| Chronology | Current era (2012) | ||||||||||||
When mysterious explosions begin going off across Cybertron, Wheeljack and Starscream must put aside their differences to find their source and save Iacon.
Synopsis
The Aerialbots arrive at the Decepticon encampment to perform crowd control while Prowl's security forces remove Ratbat's deceased body. Things start to turn ugly when Prowl makes the infeasible claim that Ratbat committed suicide, and although Starscream backs up the lie, it does little to quell the rowdy Decepticons. Dirge stalks off, sick and tired of the lies and squabbles, but the idealistic Aerialbot Barrel Roll follows him, trying to get him to listen to reason and believing that fliers should stick together. Just as he appears to be getting through to Dirge, a gigantic spontaneous explosion destroys Barrel Roll and several others nearby.
Bumblebee calls on Wheeljack to analyze the mysterious blast, and the scientist is grateful to get out of his workshop and away from an argument over currency exchange between Tappet and another NAIL. As he goes about his work, political tensions are strained even harder: Prowl blames the Decepticons, Metalhawk blames everybody, and Starscream uses the situation to raise issues pertinent to the Decepticons' quality of life. Miffed at Starscream's backhanded altruism, Wheeljack decides to question Dirge, who is recuperating in a medical facility, but the Seeker's fatalistic blame-throwing only serves to aggravate him. Wheeljack's irritation has nothing on Silverbolt's, however: the Aerialbot leader comes storming into the med-bay, blaming Dirge for Barrel Roll's death and seeking revenge. Intent on studying the mystery from all angles before action is taken, Wheeljack is able to throw off Silverbolt's shot and save the Decepticon.
A second explosion occurs during the night just outside the space port, killing thirty-five more Transformers. Again studying the blast crater, Wheeljack is accused by Starscream of failing in his duties because he is only being reactionary, rather than getting ahead of the problem. Wheeljack scoffs when Starscream claims that he could do some real good if he could get the Seekers back together, and begins listing off the dead, arrested or MIA members of the squad... and has a brainstorm when he gets to Thundercracker. Starscream struggles to follow his explanation: with Cybertron alive once more, the planet is now transmitting energy to its moon, reviving it in as well, but because the planet has returned to a prehistoric state, at a time when it had two moons, excess energy is being transmitted that has nowhere to go, coalescing over time and with increasing frequency as explosive bursts akin to ball lightning. With the realization that another explosion is coming within minutes, Starscream scrambles to gather the NAILS in the Decepticons barracks within the barrel of Kimia's gun (which will be able to resist the temperatures of the blast), while Wheeljack jury-rigs a set of rockets that he launches into low orbit with help from Ironhide, giving the energy charge something to latch on to and allowing it to harmlessly erupt above Cybertron's surface. Arcee watches the cold explosion overhead, and smiles.
Bumblebee, Prowl, Metalhawk and the others arrive at Wheeljack's location just as everything is calming down. Starscream thanks Wheeljack for saving them, but Wheeljack is quick to point out to Bumblebee that even if he had failed to prevent the explsion, then Starscream's quick thinking would have saved the NAILs. On Wheeljack's recommendation, Bumblebee agrees to let Starscream join their government—which causes Silverbolt to blow a fuse and furiously strike the little yellow 'bot. Prowl tries to intervene, but is likewise slapped down by the Aerialbot leader, who gathers his men and announces that they are leaving. As all assembled watch them go, Starscream quietly remarks that fliers should stick together, and Bumblebee realizes that the Decepticon genuinely doesn't want them to go. He apologizes for zapping Starscream the previous day, and Starscream assures him he won't regret his decision.
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
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Quotes
Notes
- Unlike the other characters in this series who were in the game, Air Raid does not appear with his War for Cybertron design, instead using a different Cybertronian body based on his Generation 2 Cyberjet stealth bomber form.
- Dirge was last seen in a flashback in All Hail Megatron #7, the events of which he recounts here. While he survived the Insecticon swarm, it doesn't sound like we'll be seeing Deluge again!
- A sky-sled can be spotted mounted on the wall just behind Wheeljack's head in his workshop. This was a fixture of Ironfist's workshop, indicating that Wheeljack accepted the offer to take it over Xaaron said he was going to make back in "Chaos Theory Part 1" (and, of course, that the workshop survived the crash of Kimia).
- Among the assembled junk in Wheeljack's workshop is: a computer readout of the Kronosphere from "War Dawn", a model of Wheeljack's Cybertronian vehicle mode and a stack of energy conductors from "More than Meets the Eye, Part 1", the chunk of meteor from "War of the Dinobots", the hypno-chip nullifier from "The Ultimate Doom, Part 3", the two designs of the cosmitron from "Divide and Conquer", and one of Metroplex and/or Trypticon's eyes from "Ghost in the Machine". Also visible is the head of an R5-series droid from Star Wars.
- Fixit might seem odd to see amongst the Protectobots on first impression, given that the team has its own medic in First Aid, but IDW continuity has yet to established them as even being a team, and in any case, the previous story "Bullets" has established that First Aid is stationed on the planet Delphi.
- The mysterious loss of one of Cybertron's moons was previously mentioned in More than Meets the Eye #1.
Covers (3)
- Cover A: Wheeljack; art by Andrew Griffith and Josh Perez
- Cover B: Starscream; art by Casey Coller and Joana Lafuente
- Cover RI: Sketch version of Cover A by Andrew Griffith
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