Transformers: Retribution
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| Publisher | Del Rey Books | ||||||||||||
| First published | January 28, 2014 | ||||||||||||
| Writer | David J. Williams Mark S. Williams | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Aligned continuity family | ||||||||||||
| ISBN | ISBN 0345519876 ISBN 978-0345519870 | ||||||||||||
| Page count | 400 | ||||||||||||
The Autobots and Decepticons encounter the Quintessons, while Shockwave's experiments begin to get out of hand.
Characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
Quotes
"So good of you to join me."
- —Shockwave welcomes a strapped down Alpha Trion to his tower.
Rodimus: "I have a question."
Prowl: "Yes?"
Rodimus: "Who gets to fly the ship down?"
Ironhide: "Nobody, Teletraan-I will be handling the drop."
Rodimus: "Aw, where's the fun in that?"
- —Rodimus' question leads to disappointment.
"Hey, Kup, any of this look familiar to you?"
"Seems like I've seen it before. But not sure where."
"Any idea what those runes mean?"
"Not a clue, sonny. I just know they have to be old."
"I thought you were old."
"Old enough not to find you funny."
- —Rodimus and Kup talk about old ruins and old age.
"Glad you guys are okay. Want to give control back to Teletraan-I?"
"Not particularly."
- —Perceptor asks if Rodimus is ready for someone else to pilot the ship, which he's not.
Notes
- Rodimus' weapon of choice is the same as his Animated counterpart.
- Similar to how Kranix was fed to the Sharkticons in the 1986 film; Brawn, Ramjet, Blaster, Hotlink, and Thundercracker are fed to Piranhacons.
- The Autobot that died with Thundercracker is unknown.
- When Megatron places the Matrix replica into his chest, his new body is clearly based off the Beast Hunters Voyager Sharkticon Megatron figure.
Errors
- On page 19 a Seeker named Debris says he's picking up energy readings. This is clearly a typo for Dirge as Starscream, Thundercracker, Skywarp, Thrust, Dirge, and Ramjet are the only ones sent out.
- On page 64 Shockwave frowned.
- On page 206, Sunstreaker states that Bluestreak, Trailcutter, Mirage, and he could retrieve Optimus Prime using a combat shuttle, but Chapter 7: The Golden Age in The Covenant of Primus shows that Bluestreak was left on Archon when the Space Bridges were shutdown due to the Rust Plague.
- On page 327 Skywarp is flying beside the Ark when he was devoured by Gnaw.
- On page 328 Ramjet is helping Megatron when he was one of the first ripped apart by the Piranhacons.
- On page 328 Slipstream is also helping Megatron when she was previously abandoned over Junkion in Exiles.
- In Exiles, Silverbolt was said to be the only Autobot aboard the ship capable of independent flight. Here, all five of the Aerialbots appear as members of the Ark, with no explanation for the discrepancy.
Transformers references
- Kup and Rodimus are among the first members of the scouting party to encounter the Quintessons, as their G1 counterparts did in the 1986 film.
- As per the movie, the Quintessons find numerous Transformers "innocent" and sentence them to death by Sharkticon.
- Kup chews on cy-gars in a nod to his IDW counterpart.
- The Curator describes Aquatron as a world affiliated with the Quintesson Prosperity Sphere, a term first used in the Allspark Almanac II.
