Omega's Conundrum

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"Omega's Conundrum"
Publisher IDW Publishing
First published December 12, 2012
Cover date December 2012
Written by James Roberts
Pencils by Steve Kurth
Inks by Juan Castro
Colors by Jesus Aburtov and Graphikslava
Letters by Shawn Lee
Editor John Barber
Continuity IDW continuity
Chronology Current era (2012)

On a mission to carry out a prisoner exchange, Orion Pax puts his new body to the test against Bludgeon.

Synopsis

Characters in italic text appear only in flashbacks.

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots Decepticons Others

Quotes

Notes

  • Orion Pax previously appeared with the new body he receives in this story in Spotlight: Blurr, published four years prior to this issue. A continuity error arose nearly three years later when Pax appeared in author James Roberts's "Chaos Theory", set earlier than Spotlight: Blurr, with an entirely different body that was not hugely different from his Cybertronian Optimus Prime form as seen in 2006's Stormbringer. This story, taking place between the two, patches that hole, explaining how Pax switching from his "Chaos Theory" body to his Spotlight: Blurr body, and notes his intent to switch back in the near future.
  • Kaput puts in his first pictoral appearance, having previously been mentioned in Roberts's prose stories "Bullets" and "Zero Point".
  • Kaput is the latest character to have trouble remembering Rung's name, something which has been a running gag since More than Meets the Eye #1.
  • Nightbeat appears in the same design as he did waaaay back in his original Spotlight issue. Ratchet and Acid Storm appear in their modern bodies, despite being seen in different bodies in stories set near this one. We'll probably need another Spotlight series to clear this up.
  • The Toxic Sludge Swamps originate with Snaptrap's bio. "Zero Point" was their first mention in IDW continuity, where they were noted to be the home of the Slicers, who get to appear in this story.
  • "Omega's Conundrum" is a Transformer variation on the "Schrödinger's cat" thought experiment, with both essentially stating that the contents of a closed box are unknowable. As the story's title, besides the direct use of the paradox to refer to the contents of Pax's trailer, it also appears to thematically allude to Pax's desire in the final scene to have a faceplate, which—surely not coincidentally—hides much of his face from view and makes his expressions as "unknowable" as a closed box.
  • Alpha Trion appears to transform into the "Tumbler", from Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy of films. The model sheet for him in the back of The Transformers: Ironhide depicted a different, flying altmode.
  • Trion refers to the Diaclona Tribe, named, of course, for the Transformers' progenitor toyline, Diaclone.
  • The G'th Semane spaceport was previously mentioned in "Zero Point", where the Biblical allegory of its name was more relevant.
  • Pax refers to Killmaster (with the wand), first heard of back in More than Meets the Eye #5.

Errors

  • On page 14, "bodyguards" is spelled "bodygaurds".

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