Foundation and Wreckage Part 1: Deadly Aim
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| "Deadly Aim" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | Transformers Collectors' Club (online exclusive) | ||||||||||||
| First published | May 27, 2016 | ||||||||||||
| By | Jesse Wittenrich | ||||||||||||
| Story | Jesse Wittenrich & Pete Sinclair | ||||||||||||
| Illustrations by | Tomoya Hosono | ||||||||||||
| Colors by | Josh Burcham | ||||||||||||
| Cover | Marcelo Matere and Josh Burcham | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Of Masters and Mayhem | ||||||||||||
| Page count | 24pp | ||||||||||||
The Wreckers recruit two more members in their attempt to get revenge against Thunder Mayhem...but they may have created an even greater monster in the process.
Synopsis
On the planet Abraxas, the Autobot Alpha Bravo has laid low on the planet, after the razing of Cybertron at the hands of Thunder Mayhem. Integrating himself as a helicopter in the emergency services, he believes himself to be the last Cybertronian left, and now spends his days as a seemingly ordinary vehicle, rescuing those in need. One day, however, changes all that: when reports of a meteorite blare across the Abraxan radio frequencies, Alpha Bravo's sensors are able to tell that the seemingly ordinary "rock" is actually a Cybertronian ship. Excited by the prospect of meeting another survivor, Alpha Bravo quickly activates a hologram of his pilot, Junior Lieutenant Jorrval, and heads out to the impact zone. Finding the crashed ship—more of an escape pod rather than a space-worthy vessel—Alpha Bravo lands and transforms, initially believing that it might have just been a derelict ship. However, inside the flames, he spots something he hasn't seen in years; a fellow Cybertronian.
Much later, in the present, Alpha Bravo and his friend, the Decepticon Offroad, are approached by Impactor and the Wreckers, who seek to take down Thunder Mayhem by making the ultimate combiner of their own. Offroad—pretending to be bored by the prospects of living on Abraxas forever as a lifeless machine—quickly accepts Impactor's offer. Alpha Bravo, having gotten used to his new life, is initially reluctant, but eventually accepts the offer as well, happy to be with the remnants of his own kind.
Featured characters
Characters in italics appear only in flashbacks or in visions.
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
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Quotes
Notes
- Characters mentioned but not seen include: the Mayhem Attack Squad, Thunder Mayhem, Superion, Defensor, Bruticus, Menasor, Wheeljack, Powerglide, the Aerialbots, Shockwave, an information thief, Optimus Prime, Jetfire, Thunderwing, Needlenose, Gnash, J'oh, and the Vespoids.
- In case you didn't pick up on it, there are serious romantic undertones to Alpha Bravo and Offroad's relationship – so much so that the subtext is practically text. However, they're only ever referred to as "friends" – this is, apparently, due to the Of Masters and Mayhem universe being a Marvel-style universe, where there are "no men, no women... no mates".[1] This doesn't account for the female Transformers present in the earlier OMAM stories, however.
- It is heavily implied that Impactor planted a kill-switch in Wreckage. This makes Alpha Bravo's actions all the more tragic, for being unnecessary. Of course, Impactor couldn't exactly have TOLD anyone about the kill-switch.
- Originally,[2] Rook was going to be in this story in place of Offroad; however, Fun Publications decided to make Wreckage 1.0 a Decepticon by majority.
Errors
- On page 22, the Agonizer Blade is misspelled "Angonizer Blade".
Continuity notes
- Impactor and Counterpunch picked up Fractyl and greenergon in "Life Finds a Way".
Transformers references
- Alpha Bravo and Offroad were introduced in the Combiner Wars toyline as new limbs for Superion and Menasor, respectively, both of whom are mentioned as deceased in this story.
- Alpha Bravo compares the whine of Cybertronian engines to the jingle of the Cosmic Carnival.
- To no one's surprise, it is explained that the all-powerful planet-devastating combiner Thunder Mayhem in some fashion houses the consciousness of Thunderwing, whose 2005 IDW counterpart devastated Cybertron, a story element which Of Masters and Mayhem homages.
- Abraxan Blue Lava Fireball was a drink featured, appropriately enough, in the story "Guess Who the Mecannibals Are Having for Dinner?".
- The planet of origin of the aforementioned drink was previously identified as Abrax, but is here called Abraxas. Oops.
- With Cybertron in ruins, Alpha Bravo and Offroad disguise themselves as civilian rescue vehicles on another planet, working covertly to help the natives while disguising their true nature. Coincidence...?
Real world references
- Fractyl at one point says "I'm a geochemist, not a medical doctor", paraphrasing Star Trek's Doctor McCoy's famous line of "I'm a doctor, not a...".
References
External links
- "Deadly Aim" at The Official Transformers Collectors' Club
