Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News Reporter
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Andromeda brings you all of the hot news in Axiom Nexus!
Synopsis
- April 29 — Thanks to decreased production of the advancement level Beta Cores, smog levels are down, allowing aspiring astronomers to see the Restonian Cluster near the Zed Nebula.
- April 30 — Andromeda interviews Garara about a recently discovered fuel on Cybertron. Garara theorizes that it is due to the long decay of an ancient group of Offworlders and their civilization, who all decomposed into a blue substance that they could refine into fuel.
- May 1 — The mecha-soccer draft has started, and all eyes are on two potential picks: Kickstart and Heavyfoot. Andromeda turns over the mic to Rook, who is interviewing Krok.
- May 4 — The last deca-cycle of sports has been exciting and punctuated by several events. The first is an Offworlder-attended fight between Punch... and his other self, Counterpunch. The TransTech were treated to a fight of their own, with Star-Upper fighting Ironclad. The final event was equinicon racing, which Rook reports on.
- May 6 — Andromeda introduces a special series of reports Rook will make on various Axiom Nexus establishments.
- May 9 — In business news, the D. Manus Industrial average has gone up. Cybertronian Galactic Services's stock has also gone up, which CEO Speed Dial credits to their upgrade of transdimensional radiowave scramblers with voltronic galaxers. However, critics worry that the company will violate the Non Admiscearis Principium in the interest of more profits. Galactic Express's stock, on the other hand, has dropped, due to a tragic incident involving Uniend 610.23 Zeta and trans-spatial cylinders. The situation hits close to home for Galactic Express's spokesperson, Guardian Speed of Aurex 503.21 Gamma. The Supreme Multi-Circuit Court struck down the Vraz-Halogen Act, allowing Hydradread/Highbrow Hybrid Technologies a wealth of profit. Environmental critics were not fond of the idea of HHHT having unfettered access to the Iocus universal cluster.
- May 10 — The origins of Motherboard Day are revealed with an interview of Kitte Shūshū, Stampy's mother from Primax 798.0 Gamma.
- May 13 — Andromeda reports on Transwarp Dominion Initiative leader Leadfoot speaking to the Ministry of Higher Dimensional Sciences about the unmanned sentry outpost monitoring the Skriix, the aggressive species from Skriixos V who could potentially threaten TransTech monopoly on transdimensional travel. One of the primary electro-cell banks is no longer online after a Recyclon incursion into Skriix space resulted in a brief conflict that breached the protective Filtrek-K cloaking shield. The remaining cell is at 78% capacity, meaning that failure is not expected to occur for a long time but continued monitoring worthwhile.
- May 14 — Tonight is the finale of Cybertron's Got Talent, the interpretive transforming competition, and Andromeda has the lowdown on the finalists Stakeout, Sideways, Quickswitch, and Backfire, and judges Tarn, Rosanna, Escargon and Greasepit.
- May 19 — Andromeda interviews fashionista Needlenose.
- May 28 — Andromeda interviews Fixit and another Fixit from the Mighty Mechanics, winners of the Sub-Metro Amateur League Lobbing Championship. Fixit aspires to play in the Combiner Leagues next season, but his teammate isn't looking forward to potentially having just a leg as an alt-mode.
Mentioned characters
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Notes
Transformers references
- Garara is a TransTech version of one of the Jaki from the Go! franchise—specifically, the redeco of Beast Hunters Twinstrike.
- Leatherhide is a TransTech version of a cancelled redeco of Beast Wars Mutant Soundwave for the 2003 Universe toyline.
- Punch/Counterpunch fighting himself seems to be a callback to his split-personality nature.
- Star Upper was introduced in the Beast Wars II manga.
- Dillesol and Boltaneon were Cybertronian days and months, respectively, mentioned in the the second AllSpark Almanac. The D. Manus Industrial average (short for Dirk Manus) was also introduced there.
- The Voltronic Galaxer is from "Blaster Blues".
- The transdimensional radiowave scrambler was seen in issue 10 of the Marvel U.S. comic.
- Speed Dial was the cell phone AllSpark Mutation from the "Real Gear Robots" subline of the first live action movie toyline.
- Galactic Express was mentioned in "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1".
- Guardian Speed is a redeco of Cybertron Six-Speed, released as part of a promotion for the Revenge of the Fallen toyline.
- Trans-spatial cylinders were technology introduced in the Transformers Classified series of young adult novels.
- Uniend 610.23 Zeta is the universe of Exodus, while Guardian Speed's home universe is Aurex 503.21 Gamma, the Panini series of exclusive UK Armada comics.
- The Vraz-Halogen Act takes its name from two Autobot High Council members, one from The War Within, and the other from Exodus, respectively.
- The Hydradread/Highbrow Hybrid Technologies is named after the Generation 2 Stormtrooper and the Generation 1 Headmaster.
- Beachcomber protests over the possible abuse of the resources of the Iocus stream and the combinations they could make out of its inhabitants is a reference to the Hero Mashers toyline of mix-and-match figures.
- Kitte Shūshū is Stampy's mother mentioned offhandedly in the Beast Wars Neo manga.
- The Cybertronian day Gerbesol appears to be a reference to Steve Gerber, a story editor on the G1 cartoon.
- The Skriix are from the PlayStation Beast Wars video game while the Recyclons are from a G1-based Legends anthology book.
- The Filtrek-K cloaking shield is probably of the Filtrek shield technology from the Dreamwave Armada comic.
- The Cybertronian day Maleksol appears to be a reference to Bryce Malek, an episode writer on the G1 cartoon.
- Tarn became a judge on Cybertron's Got Talent after the unexpected death of Ego, which occurred in "I, Lowtech".
- The Cybertronian day Glutsol appears to be a reference to Donald F. Glut, another G1 cartoon episode writer.
- Needlenose having a Mini-Con assistant named Sunbeam and a Cyberdroid assistant named Zigzag is a reference to his G1 Nebulan Targetmaster partners.
- This Facebook page gives a name to the previously unnamed combined form of the Sky Terror Mini-Con Team, the Chaos Saber.
- Ghoulon's home reality was destroyed by the Swarm.
- The X-Dimension is mentioned. Apparently, no one ever returns from it.
- Meanwhile, the Japan-exclusive X-Dimension redeco of the Air Defense Mini-Con Team is given the name Zephyr Blade Mini-Con Team. Their combined form, having been nicknamed the "Fire Saber" by fans, is dubbed the Pyro Saber here.
- The Cybertronian day Wisesol appaers to be a reference to David Wise, yet another G1 cartoon episode writer.
- Alternity member Black Convoy has become a member of the Convoy.
- Wings Universe Primal Prime's presence in the Convoy may indicate that he and his Wreckers ended up in Axiom Nexus after encountering a spatial anomaly, as depicted in his BotCon 2014 booklet and Tornado's Personal Journal.
- Convoy member Sentinel Maximus is noted as a native of Primax 797.18 Epsilon, confirming that he is the same Sentinel Maximus who appeared in the Universe and Cybertron comics.
