Transformers Armada: The Energon Within
Transformers Armada: The Energon Within is a small flash game included on the Universe CD-ROM.
Plot
The Autobots have just opened their Energon Mine, and are preparing to transport the first cargo when the Decepticons attack, intent on stealing the energon!
Gameplay
Optimus Primefrime repels the Decepticon forces usign the missile launcher at their nearbue base. You can control its inclination and velocity of fire-- it's a ballistics game. Hit the demolished transport, and is explodes, destroying the mine. Hit the mine 3 times, and it explodes.
Adversaries
Decepticon Scouts
Decepticon Scouts fly up to the wrecker transport and lower grappeling claws to steal 5 energon cubes at a time. They are the first Decepticon adversay you face, and easiyl destroyed. If they encoutner no resistance, no other classes of troops will appear, and Scouts will continue to raid until they have stolen 100 energon cubes.
The Decepticon Scout the the only one of The Energon Within's enemies to be recieve a proper name. They are black-and-purple generics based on Cyclonus.
Miners
The drill-handed "miners" follow the Souts. Utilizing the Autobots' cargo elevator system, they drop below the mine and tunnel up into it, steaming 5 energon cubes at a time. Miners can only be destroyed while above ground, requiring you to lob the missiles over the energon mine to hit them outside of the cargo elevator.
'Miners' are green-and-maroon generics based on the Mini-Con Drillbit.
Raiders
The raiders are extremely difficult to hit. Breaking across the open ground in their high-speed gun-tank mode, they transform into robot mode and scramble over the top of the energon mine, making them very dangerous targets. They steal 5 energon cubes at a time from the damaged transport. Raiders will be destroyed by a direct missile stribe, but if you miss, you may destory the mine itself!
'Raiders' are green-and-maroon generics based on the Mini-Con Dualor.
Jets
Decepticon jets travel at very high speed, scouting the Autobot base from a distiance before performing a radical aerobrake maneuver to drop like a stone while transforming and snatch 5 energon cubes from the damaged transport before transforming and jettting away. They are extremely difficult to hit.
'Jets' are red-and-orange generics based on the Decepticon Starscream (UT).
