Shattered Time
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| "Shattered Time" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | Fun Publications | ||||||||||||
| Published in | Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club #49 | ||||||||||||
| Writers | Benson Yee & Pete Sinclair with Matt Frank | ||||||||||||
| Pencils | Matt Frank | ||||||||||||
| Inks | Matt Frank | ||||||||||||
| Colors | Thomas Deer | ||||||||||||
| Letters | Jesse Wittenrich | ||||||||||||
| Managing editor | Pete Sinclair | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Shattered Glass | ||||||||||||
| Chronology | Earth prehistory | ||||||||||||
Two ships, flung through time and space, crash on prehistoric Earth.
Synopsis
The mad warrior Ultra Magnus has succeeded. Using the Terminus Blade, he has sent the Earth of Primax 207.0 Epsilon into his home mirrorverse, destroying everything left in the former "Classicsverse". Now, his actions have spread across the multiverse, causing chaos across tine and space. And now, from the remains of the "Classicsverse", two ships are propelled into the deep past of this mirror world, on a course that could decide the fate of the multiverse...
In space, a portal disgorges the Autobot ship the Graviton, followed closely behind by the Decepticon warship the Talon, blasting the Autobot ship apart. Onboard the Graviton, Ultra Magnus receives status reports from Grimlock, Prowl, Ironhide, and Silverbolt; with their ship too heavily damaged to prevent a crash, Magnus orders them to take out the Decepticon's guns and engines. Onboard the Talon, Megatron, along with Dirge and the Seacons, push forward their assault, but the gravitational pull of the planet below proves too much for their damaged ship as well, and the two ship begin re-entry, crashing into the primitive world.
Onboard the Graviton, Prowl reports that the engines are destroyed, but they still have their guns, sensors, and shields. Picking up a strange radiation reading, Prowl advises everyone to stay put, but the impatient Grimlock refuses, wanting to stop the Decepticons. As soon as he steps foot outside, however, Grimlock's systems are overloaded with the energon radiation Prowl detected, sending him offline. Meanwhile, at the Talon, an angered Megatron orders Nautilator and Tentakil to scout the perimeter. Outside, the two find a small herd of buffaloes, and decided to let off a bit of steam by ripping them apart. Before they can do so, however, the energon radiation overtakes them as well, and the immobilized pair can do nothing as the buffaloes tear them apart.
Placing Grimlock in the CR chamber, Prowl explains to Magnus that the energon on this planet is raw, and that exposure for more than two breems will send anyone into stasis lock. Although their shields protect them inside the ship, Magnus is unwilling to wait for the Decepticons to attack, and Prowl, ever resourceful, has come up with a plan. Combining Pretender and Powermaster technology, the Autobots can scan the local lifeforms, reformatting to take on beast modes with organic skins to protect themselves from the radiation. And soon enough, the reformatted Autobots transform and move out!
Back at the Talon, Megatron has come up with an alternative plan, disgusted by Dirge's idea to place themselves in organic skins. Using energon armor, Megatron has reformatted himself into a powerful, energon-resistant new form. As his troops undergo the same process, he declares that this primitive world will know the true meaning of war!
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
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Quotes
"If I were him, I'd wanna blast the closest thing I could find... Those would do in a pinch. Organics make the most wonderful popping noises!"
"A delightful idea! Let's have at-"
- —Tentakil and Nautilator shortly before getting their comeuppance.
"So, let us wipe across this untamed planet, and tear it asunder to its very screaming molecules. Their seas will run red, their mountains crumble, their forests burn, and all will know, beast or Autobot, the true meaning of war!"
- —Megatron has a few ideas for improving the environment.
