Transcendent: Part 4
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| "Transcendent: Part 4" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | Fun Publications | ||||||||||||
| Published in | Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club #22 | ||||||||||||
| Writer | Forest Lee | ||||||||||||
| Pencils by | Evan Gauntt | ||||||||||||
| Inks by | Jake Isenberg | ||||||||||||
| Colors by | Josh Perez | ||||||||||||
| Letters by | Jesse Wittenrich | ||||||||||||
| Editor | Pete Sinclair | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | TransTech | ||||||||||||
As Skyfall and Landquake discuss their situation, Alpha Trion plans an assault on their TransTech overlords.
Synopsis
Skyfall and Landquake take to the streets to discuss the events of the past day. Both are convinced Alpha Trion is insane, but Landquake feels as though he is their best chance to retrieve Breakaway. Landquake knows that Alpha Trion is at least lying about them being diverted, believing Topspin to be the bot they were sent to find. Unfortunately, with Topspin's fanatical devotion to Alpha Trion, they cannot force him to come with them. Landquake their best opportunity is to use Alpha Trion's plan to find Breakaway, and when Alpha Trion's delusions are shattered, Topspin and his other followers will abandon him. Landquake shifts the conversation to a far more personal one; he is disturbed by the implications of the Caretaker's statement that their purpose as individuals have been concluded. Skyfall has come to the conclusion, based on what he's seen, that he and the others are part of a combiner. With his memory in holes, Skyfall isn't sure what to do, but Landquake assures his friend that this journey has given him a purpose, and he will die for it if need be. Skyfall smiles at his friend's straightforwardness, and the two return to Alpha Trion's workshop.
Senator Ratbat meets with Optimus Prime, Prowl, Starscream, and Cheetor to discuss Megatron request to vivisect Breakaway. Optimus Prime refuses to murder the offworlder, and asks Starscream for an intelligence update. Starscream reports that Breakaway's companions have fallen in with Alpha Trion, and his agents in Alpha Trion's faction say that they are currently immobile. Prowl doubts this report, his analysis showing Alpha Trion's violence increasing in likeliness. Starscream dismisses Alpha Trion as a crackpot, and claims half of the old bot's faction are his agents. Optimus Prime tells Starscream to not fail him again.
At Alpha Trion's workshop, Nightscream reports that they have found Breakaway's location, and that it is only a few meters away from the Bleed transit facility. Alpha Trion tells his subordinates to be ready for the attack tonight...
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
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Quotes
"Look, we only have his word that the TransTech are bad guys. And he's a nutbar."
- — Skyfall on Alpha Trion
"Whatever it is, it is what we were created for. It is our duty, and if duty calls for our deaths, then they will be deaths worth dying."
"Guy, that is the least encouraging pep talk I've ever been given."
- — Landquake and Skyfall
Notes
- Mentioned characters include: Breakaway, the Caretaker, Megatron, Megatron, and Sentinel Prime.
Continuity notes
- The carving seen in "Revelations Part 4" is brought up by Skyfall.
- Skyfall notes that the Spark of Combination from Energon has "only been active for a few decades" as he and Landquake discuss their purported ability to combine.
Transformers references
- There are a lot of cameos in this issue, including:
- South American exclusives Salt-Man Z and Pick-Up
- Generation 1 Waverider, Skullcruncher, Pipes, and Pointblank.
- Beast Wars Neo Colada.
- Generation 1 European exclusives Hydradread and Powerflash.
- Playskool Go-Bots Buzzer-Bot in his car body.
- Cybertron show-only character Signal Lancer.
- Generation 2 Soundwave (in his Laser Cycle body), Breakdown, and Jolt.
- Beamer and Nightviper, fan characters of Will Mangin and Jesse Wittenrich (the latter being a "virtual redeco" of Robots in Disguise Side Burn).
- Of the new TransTech seen this issue, Optimus Prime and Starscream use the designs made by Draxhall Jump as their bodies; these designs were originally meant for Generation 1 Optimus and Starscream. Prowl's design is all new. Nightscream, too, is based on a Draxhall Jump design, but he actually is the Beast Machines character in the body of his TransTech counterpart.
