Concealment
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| "Concealment" 潜伏
(Senpuku) | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | e-HOBBY, TakaraTomy Mall | ||||||||||||
| First published | October 9, 2014 | ||||||||||||
| Story by | Makoto Wakabayashi | ||||||||||||
| Illustrated by | Nagi Miyako | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Cloud, Beast Wars II cartoon continuity | ||||||||||||
In a world without humans, a ragtag band of Autobots try to survive while Megatron manipulates his counterpart.
Synopsis
Awakening, SARA finds herself in a dense jungle teeming with wilderness. She's greeted by the still-injured Hot Rodimus who, while thanking her for taking them out of danger, notes she was reckless to open a dimension gate in her weakened state. SARA turns to Dinobot and asks for his name. The confused Decepticon creation tilts his head at the question—since his birth, he's just been termed the "Slaughter Machine Dinobot" and had been attacking others based on instinct without thought to anything else. Recognizing his need for a name, SARA dubs him "Grimlock", the name of a formidable and brave warrior with many incarnations across the Spacetime World. The Dinobot takes delight in having a name to show his bravery and strength, delightfully repeating it over and over as he wags his tail. Brawn chimes in with a summary of their current situation: they're in the 10-BS Spacetime with no humans on the planet, but they're aware of local Transformers warring. The atmosphere is rusting their untreated bodies, but, more importantly, underneath them flows Angolmois Energy, a powerful force that can be used for justice's pursuit of life or for evil's destructive purposes. Rodimus thinks SARA can use this energy to recharge herself, but the demigod notes that the Angolmois Energy has recently become volatile and they're better off playing it safe. The energy does provide a benefit, though—while Megatron can likely track down the spacetime SARA is in, her exact location will be hard to discern with the interference from Angolmois Energy. Having conveyed their situation to the Autobots on Cloud World via spacetime communication, they just need to wait till SARA can recover...
Also with them is Roadbuster, member of the Autobot special combat team known as the Wreckers. Tasked with solving issues across spacetime, Roadbuster should be accustomated to the situation he's stuck in, but he despairs over losing Ironfist, his comrade on so many battlefields. He doesn't quite trust "Grimlock", but is nudged to relax his suspicion by Brawn. SARA introduces herself to Roadbuster, thanking him for defending her life. Moping, Roadbuster wishes to be alone, but SARA wants a word with him.
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Decepticons | Predacons | Others |
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Notes
Transformers references
- The spacetime in this story is noted as the "10-BS Spacetime" (第10BS時空, BS standing for "Beast Wars Second"). The presence of Dirgegun and Thrustor make the 32nd episode the earliest this story can be placed.
References
- "Concealment" at e-HOBBY
- "Concealment" at TakaraTomy Mall (archived)
- Machine translation of "Concealment"
