Lively Pursuit

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"Lively Pursuit"
Publisher	Transformers Collectors' Club (online exclusive)
First published	October 4, 2016
By	Jesse Wittenrich
Illustrations	AK Cyrway
Colors	Erika L. Galán
Continuity	Of Masters and Mayhem
Page count	32pp

Wreckage gets a second lease on life after Impactor discovers an unexpected survivor.

Synopsis

Fun Publications is going out with a bang,
SO WE'RE GONNA WRECK AND RULE!

Featured characters

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots	Decepticons/Predacons	Others
Bluestreak (1) Impactor (3)	Counterpunch (2) Fractyl (4) Toxitron (5)	Cergo (6) Wreckage (7)

Notes

• "Foundation and Wreckage Part 2" was accidentally left off of the title page.
• Characters name-dropped in the story but not seen include *dramatic inhale*: Sonder, Adronitia, Anecdoche, Exulancus, a bot named Wrecker Hook or Tow-Line, Pipes, Alpha Bravo, Offroad, Thunder Mayhem, Optimus Prime, Hound, Mirage, Hoist, Brawn, Gears, Starscream, Boltax/Cybaxx, Megatron, Sideswipe, Thundercracker, Sunstorm, Grimlock, Noumenon, Aporia, Consumma Compersia, Master Aware, Fisitron, Fatale, Blurr, Fabulcon, Ironclad, Rook, Afterburner, Strafe, Scrounge, Computron, Lightspeed, Ratchet, Inferno, Superion, Defensor, Victorion, Medix, Cliffjumper, and Bludgeon.
• Impactor describes what sure sounds like, in an out-of-universe sense, an earlier Hasbro plan for a Combiner Wars Computron. This "Ironclad" figure is described as a "mustard tan and gray" redeco of Rook, using the alternate Brawl head we previously glimpsed in Another Light with a red faceplate. It combines with an "energy-efficient" Afterburner for arm mode, presumably the Legends Class Groove mold.
• This story also posits a hypothetical "Project: Firestormer" combiner comprising Bluestreak, Ratchet, Hoist, Sideswipe, and Inferno. Given the nature of the "prototype Computron" description, this can probably be taken as tacit confirmation that the Combiner Wars Hot Spot toy's alternate head is Inferno's, whilst the hypothetical Hoist would obviously be the alternate head for Offroad/Trailbreaker seen in "Another Light". Sideswipe is more of a question mark, considering that both heads are known for the Combiner Wars Lamborghini mold; it's possible that if this "Firestormer combiner" were ever to have existed as a real product, he might have simply shared Breakdown's head (something their Animated counterparts previously did).

Errors

• On Page 3, "The Wrecker commander strode over to blue and black robot who had just unleashed the scathing rant," is missing a "the" between "to" and "blue".
• On Page 11, the word "Fractyl's" is at one point misspelled as "Fracty’ls".
• On Page 28, "if" should be "it" in the line "in his deep bellow if came across as nothing other than threatening."

Continuity notes

• The Wreckers picked up Bluestreak's distress signal in the previous prose story, "Deadly Aim".
• Thunder Mayhem arrived on Earth in the magazine comic story "Divination".

Transformers references

• Bluestreak states that Adronitia had a 65356-9292-346 body-type, at least in her vehicle mode.
• Bluestreak makes mention of Corrodia Gravis, the Reverse Evolution virus, and the Rust Plague as diseases which could possibly be brought back by the Teklaans.

Real world references

• Cergo name-drops two planets called Eska and Desna, named after the creepy twins from The Legend of Korra.
• The Teklaans are an alternate version of Marvel's Mekkans, a race of servant robots used to terraform the planet Maarin (referred to by name in this story) before their creators perished from a virus. Additionally, Cergo seems to be based upon Torgo, the first Mekkan, although decidedly more evil.

External links

• "Lively Pursuit" at The Official Transformers Collectors' Club