Orion Pax, Part 2
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| "Orion Pax, Part 2" | ||||||
| Production company | Hasbro Studios | |||||
| Airdate | February 25, 2012 | |||||
| Animation studio | Polygon Pictures | |||||
Jack learns how to restore Optimus's memory.
Synopsis
On the Nemesis, Starscream points his missiles at Orion Pax. Accidentally adressing him as Optimus Prime, the Seeker realizes something is wrong. Through a brief conversation, Starscream learns of Orion's deception at Megatron's hands, and posits that the archivist has much to learn. He begins to speak, but is interrupted by a team of apprehending Vehicons. Starscream leaps into action and makes a quick escape, and Pax is ordered to stay in his quarters, his curiosity spiked.
Back at base, Ratchet finishes adjustments on the GroundBridge's power level, hoping to increase its range. Raf pilots a test subject in the form of a toy car into the bridge, but upon reaching the end, it is destroyed. He consoles Ratchet on the failure, saying it was only the first try, but Ratchet thinks it was a doomed idea from the start. In an effort to cheer him up, Raf tells a story of his slow triumph over the rope climb in gym class, but it falls on oblivious ears, Ratchet loudly asking what anything has to do with gym class.
In the halls of the Nemesis, Starscream deftly maneuvers his way past many guards, blasting a door out in his bid for freedom. Seconds away from escape, a laser blast catches his tail, and he spins to the ground.
Bulkhead arrives at base, and reports no leads on the location of the Decepticons' space bridge. About to send Bulkhead on his way to the next search quadrant, Ratchet recieves a high-frequency message of peculiar nature: it is adressed to him, and is from—Starscream? The plane tells him that he must come alone with a medical kit to repair him, in exchange for valuable intel about Optimus.
In a forest, the GroundBridge portal opens, to the surprise an dismay of the wounded Starscream, for both Ratchet and Bulkhead step out. Ratchet plays no games with his help, refusing to repair him until he gets some information. Realizing his compromised position, Starscream tells all, but succumbs to horror when he finds the Autobots already know it as well. As Ratchet and Bulkhead depart, the medic responds to Starscream's pleading with the ultimatum that unless he knows anything about the space bridge, he's going to rot. The jet is amazed that his troops finished his project when he was gone, then realizes that this is the information Ratchet is looking for. He smugly shows the Autobot where it hurts.
The group convenes at base to discuss the plan of action in seizing the space bridge. June voices her concern at the prospect of Jack travelling to another planet, but is reassured by Arcee and Fowler, and realizes the necessity of his mission. Ratchet works out a plan, where all four Autobots storm the space bridge chamber, jamming communications to block the deployment of Decepticon reinforcements.
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
Quotes
"You really have been kept in the dark, haven't you?"
- —Starscream, upon learning of "Orion's" deception
"It hurts most right here...Doctor."
- —Starscream is one smug bastard.
"Command, this is Space Bridge Control! We are under attack! Command, do you read me?"
- commlink static*
- Bulkhead smashes the Vehicon's face*
"Shhhh."
- —A Vehicon and Ratchet
Notes
Animation and technical errors
Continuity notes
- Raf has undergone a rapid recovery; the braces on his legs from last episode are gone.
Transformers references
Real-world references
- The scene of Fowler talking to Breakdown is a reference to Star Wars A New Hope
- Though it makes fictional sense, it is ironic that Kevin Micheal Richardson, who has played a Vehicon in the series, did not make the call.
Trivia
- Aww, Breakdown cares about the little guy.
