Crossfire (Prime)

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"Crossfire"
Production company	Hasbro Studios
Airdate	March 31, 2012
Animation studio	Polygon Pictures

Airachnid and Starscream struggle to control an Insecticon warrior.

Synopsis

Airachnid muses to Megatron about Soundwave's inevitable decryption of the Iacon files, and requests for her tracking abilities to be enlisted in the search for the resulting coordinates. Megatron dismisses her, and Soundwave replays the audio of her suggestion to leave Megatron earlier. He contacts Dreadwing, who replies with an oath of loyalty. The leader orders him to perform a task he normally performs himself, but now leaves to his first officer. The Seeker is confused, as Airachnid holds that position, but his mission becomes clear—he is to dispose of the treacherous spider.

Featured characters

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots	Decepticons	Humans	Others
Optimus Prime Ratchet Bulkhead Bumblebee Arcee	Dreadwing Breakdown Megatron Soundwave Vehicons	Mech soilders	Airachnid Starscream Insecticon

Notes

Continuity notes

• Arcee reminds the team yet again of how Airachnid took Tailgate away from her.
• Starscream hasn't forgotten how Arcee let him live after their last encounter from "Partners".
• Airachnid wanting to leave Megatron behind during "One Shall Rise, Part 3" has caught up to her.
• MECH comes across the dismembered remains of Breakdown, and sites it as a "familiar face".
• Starscream contacts Ratchet the same way he did back in "Orion Pax, Part 2", and meets him and Bulkhead in what appears to be the same place.
• Evidently, Breakdown forgot about the missile launcher mounted on his shoulder when his arm was strung up.
• The "task" Megatron normally performs himself—the disposal of treacherous soldiers—previously occurred in Rock Bottom, where Starscream was the recipient.

Transformers references

• Megatron refers to his skills and training as a Kaon gladiator.