Infiltration issue 5
Script: Simon Furman
Art: EJ Su
Lettering: Tom B. Long
Colors: John Rauch
Editor: Chris Ryall & Dan Taylor
- Major characters (in order of appearance): Ratchet, Bumblebee, Blitzwing, Skywarp, Hunter O'Nion, Jimmy Pink, Verity Carlo, Megatron, Starscream, Astrotrain, Prowl, Ironhide
- Originally published: May, 2006
Synopsis
Skywarp and Blitzwing begin to level the Nebraska bunker. Jimmy and Hunter escape, but Verity is still below, paralysed by fear at the sight of Megatron - who ignores her as irrelevant. As the bunker collapses in on itself, the Autobots and humans risk themselves to pull Verity to safety.
Meanwhile, Starscream and Astrotrain refine the Ore-13 yield at the Oregon base, as Starscream plans to to ingest the energy...
Blitzwing and Skywarp survey the new crater, with Blitzwing believing the base and what they did there made them stop being Decepticons and it "deserves to be buried". At which point an enraged Megatron smashes his way out and destroys Skywarp with one shot. Blitzwing engages him and is smashed to pieces. The Autobots flee back to the Ark, knowing Megatron is out of their league.
The Autobots report the data they gained to Prowl - Starscream's cell found a new variant of Energon they could directly apply to their systems. Quickly exhausted the seam, they abandoned the bunker for a new one in Oregon (which had a richer seam) and engaged Siege Mode to protect what they had. Megatron is here to "put his house in order", and nobody can tell how powerful Starscream's cell may have become...
Errors
- None identified yet.
Items of note
- First specific mention of Ore-13, which will be an important part of the entire IDW series.
