Life Finds a Way

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"I don't control the raptors. It's a relationship. It's based on mutual respect."
"Life Finds a Way"
Publisher	Transformers Collectors' Club (online exclusive)
First published	May 13, 2016
By	Matt Frank
Illustrations by	Matt Frank
Colors by	Gonçalo Lopez
Continuity	Of Masters and Mayhem
Page count	27pp

Marooned on a bizarre planet, Fractyl discovers a strange group of Transformers.

Featured characters

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots	Decepticons	Raptoricons	Others
Impactor (7)	Fractyl (1) Counterpunch (8)	Gnash (3) Slice (4) Thrashclaw (5) Shred (6)	Vespoids (2)

Notes

• Characters mentioned but who do not appear include: Thunder Mayhem, Vice Grip, and Primus.

Transformers references

• The usage of organic beast modes to protect against Energon radiation is taken directly from the first season of Beast Wars.
• Thrashclaw mentions a mentor, a brown and blue sort with a fondness for bravery who went off with some "purple lunatic". Now who could that possibly be...?
• Fractyl briefly reformats himself into a pterosaur form, referencing his original Beast Wars toy.

Real world references

• The story's title, is, of course, a reference to the Jurassic Park franchise. Fractyl compares the presence of dinosaurs on the planet, and the theory that the planet was once some kind of nature preserve, to "a zoo that got overrun".
• The fact the team consists of 4 female Velociraptors is a probable reference to the "Raptor Squad" of Jurassic World.

External links

• "Life Finds A Way" at The Official Transformers Collectors' Club