Megatron has plans for Breakaway, while Alpha Trion explains his plans to Skyfall and Landquake.
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Synopsis[]
At Shockwave's lab, Megatron presents the captured Breakaway to Senator Ratbat. Ratbat is incensed at Megatron's casual language, reminding the Decepticon that council guidelines prevent killing of offworlders. Megatron argues that this is a special case, and has Shockwave present what he's learned. Shockwave explains that with most offworlders, their technology has very little to teach the advanced TransTech. Breakaway, however, is one of the most advanced non-TransTech Cybertronians Shockwave has ever seen, with an unusual energon distribution system and several unique components. Breakaway can teach TransTech more than what they've learned in the past 10,000 stellar cycles, but Shockwave cannot continue without an invasive scan that Breakaway cannot survive. Ratbat considers, and tells Megatron and Shockwave that the Intelligence Committee will pass his recommendation to Optimus Prime.
At Alpha Trion's workshop, Skyfall pulls out his weapon and accuses the old bot of killing multiple TransTech. Skyfall is interrupted by Topspin, Alpha Trion's assistant, who tells Skyfall that none of the TransTech are dead, as he carries a object containing a spark. Alpha Trion explains that Topspin has unique abilities, like Skyfall and his friends, and these talents will allow him to escape from Axiom Nexus. The old bot explains that the object Topspin is holding is a magnetic cage, able to hold and support a spark on his own, and points to a rack containing TransTech sparks. When Landquake asks about the sparks of normal Transformers, Alpha Trion explains that they are in the bodies of TransTech as agents within the system. Topspin shows his abilities to manipulate sparks off to Landquake, and proclaims that Alpha Trion will lead them to glory. Landquake simply agrees, and asks Topspin to show him how the magnetic cages work. Alpha Trion pulls Skyfall to the side, explaining that he intercepted scans of Skyfall and his friends when they arrived, finding similar systems as he did when Topspin arrived, and promises that he will help retrieve Breakaway. Skyfall demands he stop toying with Transformer' sparks, but the old bot brushes his concerns aside, telling him he has the codes for his home dimension, and that with Skyfall and his friends at his side, he will succeed. Alpha Trion shows Skyfall his sword, which originally belonged to a Decepticon named Slaughter. The sword contained engrams of Slaughter's personality, and its bearer is under constant assault by evil thoughts. Alpha Trion has had to bear the mental assault for years, and tells Skyfall that he wants him to take his sword if he dies in the upcoming battle...
Featured characters[]
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
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Quotes[]
"The sword was not originally mine. It belonged to a Decepticon leader named 'Slaughter.' It contains much of his original programming, encrypted so deeply that it is impossible to change or remove. The bearer of the sword is under constant assault by the thoughts of an ancient and evil mind."
"You're kidding."
- —Alpha Trion and Skyfall have a heart-to-heart.
Notes[]
- Mentioned characters include: Optimus Prime and Slaughter.
- The 1-page preview comic for "I, Lowtech" which follows this story begins with 'meanwhile', indicating that this story occurs concurrently with that one.
Transformers References=[]
- Senator Ratbat's design is by Alex Milne, unlike the other TransTech who have appeared thus far, all based off of the original Draxhall Jump designs. Him being a Senator might seem like a reference to the version of his Generation 1 counterpart in IDW Publishing's Megatron Origin, but with these stories being released roughly concurrently, it seems to be mostly coincidence.
Errors[]
- The caption containing Ratbat's dialogue on page one is missing a period at the end.