Chaos Theory Part 1
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| "Chaos Theory Part 1" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | IDW Publishing | ||||||||||||
| First published | July 20, 2011 | ||||||||||||
| Cover date | July 2011 | ||||||||||||
| Written by | James Roberts | ||||||||||||
| Art by | Alex Milne | ||||||||||||
| Colors by | Joana Lafuente | ||||||||||||
| Letters by | Shawn Lee | ||||||||||||
| Editor | Andy Schmidt | ||||||||||||
| Assistant editor | Carlos Guzman | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | IDW continuity | ||||||||||||
| Chronology | Current era (2011) | ||||||||||||
Why did Megatron surrender...?
Synopsis
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
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Quotes
"They say he can use this weird inter-dimensional circuity to syphon from... from a black hole. You know, in space. So."
"With respect, Ratchet, that sounds—that just sounds stupid."
- —Ratchet and Perceptor
"So. How are we going to play this? Are we going to spend the next hour posturing, or are we going to rise to the occasion and actually have a civilised conversation?"
"'Rise to the occasion'? What is this, a summit meeting? I'm bolted to the wall, I'm riddled with inhibitor chips, and I'm precisely one rash gesture away from being electrocuted to death. It's hardly conductive to a frank exchange of views."
"Fair point. [unbolts] Take a seat."
- —Optimus and Megatron
"I look back over the last four million years and recognize that there have been only two constants: hate... and you."
- —Megatron
"Look me in the eye and say you want it ended, and it will end."
- —Optimus
"Do you even feel the slightest remorse?"
"No."
- —Optimus and Megatron
Notes
- JAMES ROBERTS!
- The flashbacks takes place before Megatron Origin and fill in a lot of details that the miniseries left out: namely, why Megatron is already so angry and willing to turn to violence.
- Ratchet and Perceptor are discussing a superpower that Megatron was given in his original bio... and which almost every single G1 story since has ignored. Probably because, as Perceptor notes, throwing a black hole around is a little too silly. Ratchet talking about it as "the thing with the eyes" is apparently a reference to the story "Resurrection!", in which Megatron used said power to channel antimatter through his eyes.
- Some graffiti in Megatron's cell reads "peace through tyranny", the motto from original bio.
- The free lab on Kimia that Xaaron mentions is Ironfist's old one.
- That's right, another IDW-created interim Prime! Nominus Prime comes before Sentinel Prime.
- The Transformers are established as a pariah race, shunned by the intergalactic community and Galactic Council.
- The montage of war scenes include: Stormbringer, Infiltration, Spotlight: Arcee, The Transformers: Drift, Escalation, Spotlight: Kup, Spotlight: Shockwave, The Transformers: Ironhide, Devastation, ...For All Mankind, Last Stand of the Wreckers, and Heart of Darkness.
- Sherma Bridge is a nod to the infamous Sherman Dam punchup.
- The variable voltage harness comes from the original Marvel comics. Also mentioned are Pathblasters, communicubes and Shanix from the Marvel UK comics.
- The Tremorcons mentioned are from Roberts' "Bullets", while Rung is from the "Last Stand of the Wreckers" Autopedia profiles.
- Based on his recollections of near-death experiences, Escalation apparently wasn't the first time Megatron had taken on a gun alternate mode.
Errors
- Both Megatron Origin and Spotlight: Blurr had a pre-Prime Optimus sporting a body clearly inspired by Orion Pax. Here, before either story, Optimus is already in his usual Cybertronian Optimus Prime form.
Covers (3)
- Cover A: Megatron's head; art by Marcelo Matere and colours by Josh Perez.
- Cover B: Megatron's head from Megatron Origin; art by Milne and colors by Perez.
- Cover RI: Both heads combined into one time-spanning super head; art by Milne.
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