Spotlight: Ramjet

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Template:Comicnav Ramjet schemes to overthrow Megatron. Who knew the guy had it in him?

Synopsis

Skywarp diverts from his mission to meet with Ramjet in mid-flight. While speeding across the skies, Ramjet and Skywarp discuss the failings of Megatron and Starscream. Ramjet boasts that he has the smarts to overthrow Megatron, and tries to enlist Skywarp. Skywarp gives him 24 hours to come up with a good plan, reminding him of the old Cybertronian saying, "Always bet on the leader." Ramjet checks in with his Mini-Constructicons, who inform him that the Universal Cybertronic Tracker will be ready in 18 hours. Ramjet next contacts his Pentagon-employed facsimile Harrison (who, due to inferior construction, appears dimwitted) and tells him to be prepared to deliver missile codes. Ramjet will use the missiles to devastate the United States.

As Megatron and his Decepticons begin their war in Brasnya (as seen in Escalation, issue 4), Ramjet flies to the European Union Alternative Energy Research Center and drops fliers for an unspecified contest. A money symbol on the flier is actually a spy device which jumps off the paper and attaches itself to the computers of the Center's employees. Ramjet believes that someone at the Center will eventually develop a useful Energon substitute. Megatron, meanwhile delivers to Optimus Prime the beating of his life (as seen in Escalation, issue 5).

Ramjet later returns to his Mini-Constructicons, and they have his device ready. When two of them ask for a taste of his power once he overthrows Megatron, Ramjet destroys them for their insolence. Harrison meets with Ramjet and delivers the codes, but his face is melting off due to his inferior creation. Ramjet boasts of his plans to his liquefying lackey, which include tracking all Cybertronians, acquiring his Energon substitute, blowing up the U.S., enslaving the Decepticons and humans of Earth, and using a superstring space bridge to dominate the galaxy.

Unfortunately for Ramjet, Megatron arrives and beats him mercilessly, ripping out his spark. He scatters Ramjet's parts at Ramjet's base, Harrison's office at the Pentagon, and the Energy Research Center, indicating that he knew about Ramjet's plans in detail. Megatron keeps Ramjet's head as a trophy and an object lesson for his other troops. Skywarp echoes his earlier statement, "Always bet on the leader."

Credits

Script: Stuart Moore
Art: Robby Musso
Colors: Josh Burcham
Lettering: Chris Mowry
Editors: Chris Ryall and Andrew Steven Harris

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots Decepticons Others

Errors

  • On page 17, in the first speech bubble, the sentence is unfinished.

Notes

  • This issue takes place after the New Avengers / Transformers miniseries, and is written by the same author.
  • This is the second Spotlight not written by Simon Furman.
  • The timeframe of the issue corresponds with the events in the Escalation series.
  • Apparently, IDW Transformers can fart (page 7). In general terms, this is not a new development.
  • As Harrison collapses to the ground, it can also be seen that his car is wrecked and smoking. This is not adequately explained, though some possibilities are that A) it was, like Harrison, constructed with inferior facsimile technology (why not use a regular car?), B) it was destroyed by Megatron as he snuck up on Ramjet (why?), or C) it's just general symbolism for how everything around Ramjet was about to turn to crap. Or D) Harrison is a brainless shell barely able to go "guh" and driving means he crashes a lot.
  • IDW's first mention of a space bridge is in this issue.
  • Following the story are two pages of sketches by Robby Musso.
  • This is the only Spotlight issue that does not appear to be part of a larger storyline. While other Spotlights have answered questions raised in previous issues, brought up mysteries that created new questions, or introduced future plot developments, this one seems to be relatively self-contained. The only references to the rest of the storyline exist merely for chronological placement. However, Simon Furman mentioned on his blog that Ramjet may show up again. It's also possible that some of Ramjet's plans may be co-opted by Megatron.
  • The "Always bet on the leader" moto could come from the gladiators times of Megatron. After all, when the organizer of a ruthless, illegal sport himself is in the fighting pit, it's not hard to guess who is going to win.

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And he would have gotten away with it if it weren't for Megatron's head hovering behind him the whole time.

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