Shattered Hope
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| "Shattered Hope" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | Fun Publications | ||||||||||||
| Published in | Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club #52 | ||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||
The Maximals hunt for the Origin Matrix and their lost energy purifier.
Synopsis
Inside the mysterious bunker the Predacons have found, Scylla grows impatient. Snaptrap hushes her, telling the new Seacon that whatever Megatron has planned, it's gonna be big. All the while, Megatron operates the alien machinery, designing blueprints...
At the Graviton, Depth Charge explains that by hooking up the monitors and sensors to his probes, they'll be able to find the Origin Matrix much easier. When he re-entered Earth's atmosphere, he was withing 40 miles of the Matrix's energy signature, and with the ship's sensors, they'll be able to pinpoint that signature. Prowl, however, brings up another problem; their limited energon reserves are beginning to be contaminated by the impure energon outside, and by tomorrow, they'll have no usable fuel. Silverbolt notes that the ship's energy purifier was lost during re-entry. Ultra Mammoth decides that the probes can also look for the purifer's electronic tags, but has Prowl plan an alternative fuel source in case they cannot recover the purifier. The Maximal's all take watch, and after several hours, Ironhide is woken up when the probes find the purifier.
Unfortunately, the Seacons have already found the purifier, which Megatron plans to use for his big push. Upon the Maximal's arrival, the Seacons combine into their new gestalt form, God Neptune! The Predacon's aren't the only ones with a trick up their sleeves, however; Prowl initiates his "contingency plan," and combines with Ironhide and Silverbolt into Magnaboss! As the two combiners engange, Mammoth and Grimlock go to recover the purifier, only to be blasted back by Autojetter and Autolauncher. The two recover the purifier, and God Neptune unleashes his Typhoon Attack, knocking all the Maximals back.
Not all has gone wrong, however, as back at the Graviton, Depth Charge's probes have found the Origin Matrix...
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Maximals | Predacons |
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Quotes
"Five of us, three of you- I like those odds!"
"Very clever. With five brains, you can actually count!"
- —God Neptune and Magnaboss exchange smack talk.
"That...could have gone much better."
- —Ultra Magnus, face-trunking.
Notes
Transformers references
- Depth Charge refers to the Maximals' current endeavor as a "Matrix Quest".
Trivia
- Visible on the monitors Megatron is working on are images which look suspiciously like Gigastorm, the upgraded form of Megastorm. Gee, we wonder...
- That three of the Maximals can combine into Magnaboss should not be a surprise, though Piranacon's name change to match his Beast Wars II counterpart might be. It's not unjustified as he has a new component, so he's not purely Piranacon any more, plus it fits with the whole Beast Wars II vibe.
