Third Armada (Part 2)
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| "Third Armada" | ||||||
| Production code | Cyber Pass 47, 48, 49 | |||||
| Airdate | November 7, 2025–December 22, 2025 | |||||
| Written by | Simon Furman | |||||
| Packaged with | Standard gameplay: Solus Prime The Forge of Solus Prime (Artifact) Cyber Pass skins: Draconic Sky Lynx and Vampire Bomb-Burst Machine Wars Prowl and Siege Barricade Holiday 2025 Laser Optimus and Holiday 2025 Armada Megatron | |||||
As the Earth Wars enter an Artifact-infused arms race, the Autobots, Decepticons, and Terrorcons scramble to find the Forge of Solus Prime.
Events
Part 1: "Lines of Communication"
Melody Keen is having no luck finding the Forge of Solus Prime, but she puts forth the idea to also look for Solus herself, as she will know where it regenerates and when it happens. To do that, however, they first need to get in touch with Vector Prime again, Meanwhile, Megatron orders Soundwave to call in the Combaticons, who he sends on a mission to test-fire the Requiem Blaster and have Quake bring Luca to them.
Part 2: "Battle Lines Are Drawn"
The Aerialbots and Terrorcons spot the Combaticons and Stunticons carrying the Requiem Blaster through the Decepticon Badlands. The Autobots send reinforcements to back their comrades up, while Armada and BW Megatron send out combat and stealth teams in preparation for a battle to seize the weapon.
Part 3: "Poles Apart"
Finally, Vector and Nova Prime contact Melody and Luca (respectively) again. While Optimus Prime begs and ultimately convinces a reluctant Vector to help them find Solus Prime, Luca convinces Nova to help him force her to get involved in current events.
Part 4: "Solus Arising"
Appearing simultaneously to the bots in the Autobot and Decepticon Primal Basilicas, Solus Prime is caught up by her fellow Primes on the developments regarding a second Age of Primes. She then reveals that she knows nothing about when and where her Forge will appear, only that it will choose these things for itself along with who is worthy of wielding it. After she leaves, Quake abducts Luca.
Part 5: "Damage Limitation"
The Aerialbots and Protectobots watch over Onslaught's team, waiting for them to make a move. Silverbolt detects the presence of the Terrorcons, who are also watching and discover their presence through a scan of the area. BW Megatron comes up with a plan to use them as a diversion so they can steal the Requiem Blaster.
Part 6: "Target Acquired"
Part 7: "Forged By Fire"
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
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Character stories
Solus Prime (Autobot)
Solus Prime (Decepticon)
Solus Prime reacts with surprise at Megatronus' answer to her summons, as he didn't attend the last meeting of the Thirteen. He tells her that he will always answer her call, even though, as she reminds him, he and his new master oppose the Grand Plan. She asks why he really came, and he explains that he believes that she's having her own doubts about the plan since their race descended into the chaos of the Earth Wars. He adds that, while he will hear her out, he does not trust her, hence why he brought a companion—Bomb-Burst! She tells him of her disappointment in him, and he tells her that he sees her true self now: a "player of games" who supplies everyone with ultra-powerful weapons and then wonders why they always fight, and now she will reap what she has sown.
Forge of Solus Prime
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Notes
- This arc's story content was subject to an enormous hiatus of nearly three months before being dumped all in a lump in a pseudo-recap (in actuality backfilling 7 of 8 installments for the first time) partway through the next saga. It is this recap which is also the reason for this arc's separation from the previous one, as it treats Solus Prime's saga as a different one from Megatronus' (even though the game files label them with the same name).
- The "recap" only labels the parts of the saga as numbered chapters, without the names of the events they were intended to be released during, but by referencing past sagas and events, a rough idea of how things were supposed to be released can be deduced. Between "Lines of Communication" and "The Heat Is On!" (the first event of the next saga) are nine events, several of which can be ruled out:
- "Ways and Means was a Christmas event, which, like other holiday events, could have received a dialogue disconnected from the concurrently-running saga, or no dialogue at all (not that we would know, assuming the issue with this saga carried over to the events after it).
- "Back to Basics... Again?" was a New Year's event, which is usually either the start of a new saga or a dialogue-less break between two of them.
- "Prime Time" was a relatively new event, only created because "The Heat Is On!" had to be pushed back.
- This leaves "Battle Lines Are Drawn" through "Forged By Fire" to be the events that chapters 2-8 of the "recap" were meant to be attached to (with an additional piece of evidence being that some of the titles are namedropped in their respective dialogues). This leaves chapter 8 without a corresponding event, but it's reasonable to assume that "Forged By Fire" could have been accompanied by a double-length story to coincide with Solus' debut that weekend. Though all of this is somewhat speculative, the wiki has opted to run with this "intended broadcast order" for the sake of making the organization of the synopses easier.
- The "recap" only labels the parts of the saga as numbered chapters, without the names of the events they were intended to be released during, but by referencing past sagas and events, a rough idea of how things were supposed to be released can be deduced. Between "Lines of Communication" and "The Heat Is On!" (the first event of the next saga) are nine events, several of which can be ruled out:
