Silent Strike
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| "Silent Strike" | ||||||
| Production company | Allspark Animation | |||||
| Airdate | February 26, 2020 (UK) | |||||
| Animation studio | Boulder Media Studio | |||||
Optimus Prime leads a strike team of Autobots on a mission deep into Decepticon territory to destroy a dangerous artifact.
Synopsis
In an unknown patch of Cybertron, Astrotrain waits in the rain, closing the doors in Dead End's face as a source of amusement. As another way to drive the grumpy con to amuse him, Astrotrain manipulates his seats just as Dead End tries to sit, drawing threats until they get a call from Megatron, who comes towards them with a Matrix of Leadership in hand while being chased by a volley of missiles. The Decepticon leader gets hit before he makes it onboard, taking out one of his optics. Undeterred, Megatron and several Insecticons retreat in Astrotrain, departing for universes unknown.
Adressing his troops, Megatron makes one statement very clear: The time of their reckoning is nearing inch by inch.
At the border, Lockdown and a trooper notice a cloud of dust from the Autobot side, and upon realizing it to be a stampede, they retreat in fear. It turns out to be a distraction ordered by Optimus, who leads a strike team into Croaton city with the goal of destroying Megatron's matrix. Sneaking past the border with the help of Wheeljack, they set off to stop Megatron and retrieve Windblade's mind shard from his matrix.
In his Matrix, Megatron finds that the primes inside are refusing to help him fight off the threat he is facing. He leaves frustrated, but as he does, a manifestation of Windblade generates...
Following his failure to round up the help of the primes, he sends Sky-Byte to work on the shields and finds Astrotrain has completed his dimensional ray, now in a smaller hand-held version sizable for standard Cybertronians. Not much can be said for the Insecticons, however, and the Decepticon Warlord storms off with Wild Wheel to find them, all while Laserbeak observes from afar...
As the Autobots continue their infiltration, Soundwave and Shadow Striker observe Laserbeak's footage, and still struggling to grasp his strategies, they search for answers, while Megatron finds that the Insecticons have bailed out on his plans. Furious, the tyrant could do nothing more as the Insecticons flee Cybertron in their makeshift craft, distracting some guards long enough for Whirl to get the drop on them. The other Autobots then proceed to muscle their way through, while Soundwave and Shadow Striker threaten Dead End for answers. Refusing, the con makes a break for it with his peers in hot pursuit, straight into the Aubtobot infiltration team and ingesting a corridor battle.
In the cityspeaker chamber, Sky-Byte manages to get the shields at 86%, but as beams start to come through the roof, Megatron pushes him to raise it to mask their location. This cuts Prime's team off from the other Autobots, and fighting their way through Soundwave, Dead End and Shadow Striker, they make it to the next section... only to be barraged by Alphastrike and 2 more goons. Another battle begins, and the Autobots end up surrounded. As Prime's group makes a break for Megatron, Whirl and Grimlock deal with the cons trying to stop them. He finds Megatron requesting assistance, and as they argue, new troopers teleport around both parties... and surround the group at gunpoint.
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Decepticons | Others |
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Continuity notes
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Transformers references
- The army of Decepticons teleported in at the end of the episode are of course instantly recognizable as being based off of Tarn, the zealous leader of the Decepticon Justice Division. Considering what we learn of where they come from next episode, he'd probably appreciate the compliment.
- Two Insecticons are identified as "Bombshell" and "Kickback". The fact that they share the same body-type as Shrapnel could be a reference to Transformers: Prime, where all the Insecticons in that show shared the same model.
- When the Insecticons cut their losses and fly off, it is a reference to the original cartoon where the Insecticons often acted as a rogue splinter faction.
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