(Marvel UK issues #182 - #187)
Death and destruction reign supreme as the Quintessons embark on their master plan to eliminate the Transformers species.
| Generation 1 (Marvel UK) > Issue # 182-187 | |
| Previous Issue | Next Issue |
Synopsis
The Quintessons are not having a good year. Space-time itself has been seriously ruptured due to the continuing presence of Galvatron, Cyclonus and Scourge in Earth's past, the feedback from the disruption altering the orbit of the Quintessons' homeworld Quintessa such that it is in imminent danger of falling into its sun.
The Quintessons' original plan of response to this crisis was to find an alternative homeworld to move to; to that end Quintesson spies/explorers surveyed a number of machine worlds (including Cybertron) and recorded their findings in the Quintesson Journal. Unfortunately, the journal fell into the hands of Wreck-Gar, who withstood all attempts to wring its location from him. The Big Broadcast of 2006!
Um, Mr. Ghyrik, the capture of the hero comes before the "Villain's Exposition"...
As such the Quintessons are moving to Plan B -- direct conquest of Cybertron and elimination of the Transformers. Fear of the Matrix of Leadership has made them hold off to this point, but without any other option, they proceed.
The plan they execute is two-pronged: simultaneously, a Quintesson fleet commanded by General Ghyrik assaults and occupies Autobot City on Earth, killing many Autobots, while the remainder of the Quintesson army ambushes the massed forces of the Decepticons on Cybertron, commanded by Soundwave.
Rodimus Prime and a contingent of Autobot warriors are ambushed at Autobot City when they arrive to investigate why the facility has gone silent; the Matrix is stolen by General Ghyrik.
I'm here to kick ass and chew bubble gum. And I'm all out of bubble gum.
Then the plan begins to fall apart. In his juvenile form of Hot Rod, Prime manages to reactivate Metroplex, the giant Autobot sleeping within Autobot City, who unloads a can of whoopass on the occupying Quintessons.
Meanwhile, on Cybertron, acting commander Soundwave sends a distress call to the remaining Autobots there, commanded by Ultra Magnus, who reluctantly come to the aid of their ancient foes.
Their combined forces overwhelm the Quintessons on Cybertron, and Soundwave even briely considers the notion of a truce -- but the two factions have been through too much to ever resolve their differences.
On Earth, Hot Rod manages to recover the Matrix by using a child's trick, and throws Ghyrik off a rooftop, thus winning the battle there.
Meanwhile, Wreck-Gar manages to escape Quintesson with the help of Wheelie, and makes his way to the Quintesson Journal's hiding place, where he transmitts its contents to the galaxy at large. A large number of robotic species discover their worlds had been slated for potential colonisation. As a the result those Quintessons who managed to escape the death of their world will be galactic fugitives, hated and hunted by the machine races of the galaxy.