Train Wars
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| "Train Wars" 電車大戦
(Densha Taisen) | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | Million Publishing | ||||||||||||
| Published in | Transformers Generations 2014 Vol. 1 | ||||||||||||
| First published | May 16, 2014 | ||||||||||||
| Story & art by | Yuki Ohshima | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Japanese Generation 1 continuity | ||||||||||||
Can Shouki overcome his teamwork issues to fight off an attack by The Fallen?
Synopsis
Having successfully reacquired the data on Metroplex that Metrobomb previously lost, Kickback returns to the Thunder Arrow... or rather, what he thinks is the Thunder Arrow. In actuality, the shuttle is the disguised Autobot Shouki, who suddenly transforms to robot mode, and uses his partner Daniel Witwicky's "electrical bow" weapon mode to blast the Insecticon and incinerate the data. It turns out Shouki isn't very big into teamwork, though—he urges Daniel to keep out of harm's way and return to planet Zone, but before he can press the issue, a distress call summons them both back to Cybertron.
Returning to his homeworld, Shouki is quick to fall to the enemy force that is attacking the planet: The Fallen! The flaming demigod has decimated Autobot resistance and captured Vector Sigma. When The Fallen mockingly thanks Overdrive for leading him to Cybertron, Shouki misinterprets the villain's words and turns on Overdrive, but is suddenly stopped when Alpha Trion materializes between the pair. The ancient Autobot has emerged from the Allspark, having sensed Vector Sigma's peril, and urges Shouki to calm down, directing everyone's attention the mega-computer even as it begins to glow brighter. Surging with power, Vector Sigma melts its way out of The Fallen's grasp, and transforms into its "Oracle" robot mode. Overdrive offers himself up to the Oracle, petitioning it to lend him its power so that The Fallen can be defeated. Infused with the Oracle's power, Overdrive leaps across space and time, summoning from across the multiverse an army of Transformers. In response, The Fallen calls up minions of his own, and combines with them!
Featured Characters
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Notes
Continuity notes
- This story follows on from "Metrowars 2," in which Kickback attempted to exfiltrate Metrobomb after he stole Metroplex's data, using the same shuttle he has here. The data was lost at the climax of that story, so it's not clear exactly how much time has passed between then and now.
- Vector Sigma's alternate "identity" as the "Oracle" was previously established by the Kiss Players radio drama and 15 Go! Go! manga, which also revealed that they were alternate names/forms for Primus himself. Those stories also established Vector Sigma's ability to physically transform into a robot mode, but he had a different design there (see below).
Transformers references
- This story was produced as a tie-in to Million Publishing's exclusive Shouki toy, a redeco of Classics Astrotrain. The idea of him using his shuttle mode to impersonate the Thunder Arrow was mentioned in the toy's bio.
- Most of the other characters appearing in this story are hypothetical redecoes that were created for a poll published in the same volume of Generations, so that readers could vote for one that would actually be produced as Million's next exclusive. The winner was Goshooter (a redeco of Generations Nightbeat); the others are:
- Alpha Trion from Generations Scourge.
- The Fallen from Generations Onslaught.
- Generations Sunstreaker redecoed in the "police" color scheme of the original Diaclone version of the Sunstreaker toy.
- A redeco of Universe Smokscreen based on the Generation 2 Decepticon of the same name; it's not clear which of the two characters this is supposed to be, but presumably it's the Autobot since everyone else in the story is an Autobot.
- Generations Drift redecoed in the colors of Age of Extinction Drift.
- Overdrive from Generations Smokescreen. In-story, he apes the original Override toys's "attack vehicle" mode with a makeshift configuration it's possible to finagle the toy into.
- Camshaft from Generations Wheeljack.
- Downshift from Universe Ironhide.
- Silverbolt from Prime Grimwing.
- The Oracle's robot mode is a golden version of the "Eggbot" mold.
