Secrets (FOC)
| This article is about the IDW Fall of Cybertron story. For the Marvel UK story, see Secrets (G1). |
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| "Secrets" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | IDW Publishing | ||||||||||||
| First published | August 29, 2012 | ||||||||||||
| Cover date | August 2012 | ||||||||||||
| Story by | John Barber | ||||||||||||
| Art by | Dheeraj Verma | ||||||||||||
| Colors by | Priscilla Tramontano | ||||||||||||
| Letters by | Chris Mowry | ||||||||||||
| Editor | John Barber | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Aligned continuity family | ||||||||||||
| Chronology | Great War | ||||||||||||
Swoop stumbles upon Decepticon secrets.
Synopsis
Grimlock reminisces about how the Lightning Strike Coalition obtained the intel that lead to Swoop's mission to the Sea of Rust, in search of a Decepticon base with supposedly unlimited energon. With Swoop now missing in action, the Coalition leader is doubly glad the Decepticon they interrogated the information out of wound up dead...
- Swoop rolls up to the object of his search: a derelict tower, home to a secret Decepticon base. Climbing his way inside, the Autobot is able to overhear Starscream complaining to Shockwave, insisting that the Decepticon scientist should continue to focus on providing the troops with unlimited energon. Shockwave, however, is far more interested in the Insecticons he has discovered and brought under his control, claiming that they are the key to Decepticon victory, along with 'cosmic secrets' that he has learned. As the conversation concludes, Starscream threatening to report the scientist to Megatron, Swoop attempts to slip away, but inadvertently winds up in the middle of a horde of Insecticons. Drawing swords, he attempts to fight his way out, and, whilst under heavy fire, he transmits a message to Autobot Headquarters...
In the present, Grimlock and the rest of the Coalition arrive at the Decepticon base, knowing that even if Swoop is dead, he fell fulfilling his mission. With the coordinates from his message, his teammates have located where the Decepticon's energon is, and Grimlock knows what they have to do: save the world.
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Decepticons |
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Quotes
"We secured intel from a Decepticon - secured it the hard way. That's how it started. The Decepticon told us a tale of a secret base with unlimited energon reserves. It was a crazy story. It was the kind of story a Decepticon would tell you when you got him to the point where he'd tell you anything. I'm not the believing kind. But there was one piece of evidence in the story's favor... ...the Decepticons that were killing us every day sure looked like they had an endless supply of energon. And the Autobots? One look at us and you'd know we sure didn't. I knew what Optimus Prime would do with the intel: nothing. Prime would never send an Autobot on a mission this dangerous. Fortunately I'm made of sterner metal than Prime- -and I had a soldier up to the task. Swoop. I sent him through the sea of rust, searching for a Decepticon tower I didn't believe in, all because of a story told by a desperate Decepticon. Knowing what I know now... I'd thank the Decepticon for giving up the truth. But knowing what they did to Swoop, I'd have to kill that 'con. So it's just as well we took care of him when we did."
- —Grimlock, emphasizing randomly
