The Battle Begins! The United Troops of Earth and Space

Ginrai has formally become the Autobot Supreme Commander, but the mixed Decepticon combiner team shows up.

Japanese title: "戦闘開始！　地球・宇宙連合軍"

Synopsis
During summer vacation, Ginrai takes the train to the Planet Athenia with the Headmaster Juniors and the Godmasters in order to take over the position of Autobot Supreme Commander from Fortress. After handing over the duty to Ginrai, Fortress head back to the Planet Master, leaving Chromedome to take in charge of Planet Athenia.

However, the Decepticons raid the Planet Athenia by that night, forcing Autobots to scramble. It is reveal that the Decepticons on Earth have teamed up with those in space.

Lightfoot tasks the Headmaster Jrs and Sixknight with the rescue operation. He then joins the battle to back Ginrai up.

Then there comes Turtler with the chosen Decepticons from various Scramble City-type combiner teams, including Dead End, Brawl, Blast Off, Cutthroat, Tentakil, and Lobclaw. They soon combine into Scramble 7, the strongest Decepticon combiner. He immediately defeats Chromedome and Raiden with ease by his overwhelming power. Ginrai then combines with the Battle Station to form Super Ginrai and teams up with Ranger and Road King, who pilot the Cannon Crafters. By using their Jinchōkon Power, Scramble 7 is immediately smashed and screaming.

After defeating Scramble 7, the Decepticon United Troops of Earth and Space show up with Black Zarak in the air. They tell the Autobots that they have been united under the command of Devil Z and they are heading back to Earth to wait the Autobots.

Fortress then shows up and tells Ginrai that the Autobot on Earth must team up with those in space in order to initiate the Project: Bomber.

Credits

 * Script: Masumi Kaneda
 * Art: Ban Magami
 * Originally published on TV Magazine September, 1988

Featured characters
(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Errors

 * TBA

Items of note

 * Bunches of the Transformers show up in this episode.


 * Optimus Prime's statue is carved with a tilte "Commander Convoy"...... in Japanese. Well, it's somehow weird in some way.


 * Turtlar appears in his humanoid form for the first time in Masterforce fictions.


 * Ranger and Road King only show up in their Master Suits, piloting the Cannon Crafters in this episode.


 * According to the words "You guys don't have the soul of human within after all!" said by Ginrai, the Jinchōkon Power seem to be far more powerful than any Transformer. Hey, what about the power of the spark? Oh, never mind.


 * Fortress has gone back to the Planet Master. But he show up again after the battle with Scramble 7. Maybe his ship is equip with a pretty good engine, well.


 * Special move in this episode:
 * Super-Soul Magma Vulcan (Super Ginrai with Ranger and Road King)