Armageddon Part 3
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| "Armageddon Part 3" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | Dreamwave Productions | ||||||||||||
| Cover date | April 2005 | ||||||||||||
| Writer | Simon Furman | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Dreamwave Armada continuity | ||||||||||||
Alpha Quintesson and Avalon put their endgame into motion!
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Synopsis
On Cybertron, Councillor Avalon launches the Initiator, which will open a portal through space and time to the Quintessa of a parallel universe, where a huge Quintesson invasion fleet waits to attack the Transformers' homeworld. But for this to happen, the mysterious, lost "Conduit" must be moved into position: an act which will, for unknown reasons, require the planetary defense shield protecting Earth to be lowered. To facilitate this, Avalon's co-conspirator Alpha Quintesson has Unicron's Four Horsemen attack the under-staffed Autobot/Alterenergy base on Mars. Automated sentries and robot guards cannot stand against the Horsemen's assault, and with Bulkhead, Quickstrike, Prowl and Checkpoint as the only Autobots on the planet, reinforcements from Earth are badly required.
In Earthspace, Megatron observes the battle from afar in his Decepticon Orbital Command HQ, while down on the planet itself, Jetfire agonizes over the situation. Kicker is still missing following his abduction by Demolishor, and the planetary shield is the only thing preventing the Decepticon from taking the boy off-planet, but the shield must be lowered to send the completed Omega Supreme to join the battle on Mars. With Rad closing in on Kicker's location thanks to information provided by the United Nations via Alexis, Jetfire tells the Autobots on Mars to hold out as long as they can, hoping to give Rad time to stage a rescue. Unfortunately, Prowl soon falls in battle.
Back on Cybertron, Councillor Levitacus becomes aware of Avalon's recent relocation of one of the seismic-shock warheads presently being decommissioned to an isolated spot elsewhere on the planet. Seeking to avoid potentially embarrassing Avalon (and by extension the entire council), Levitacus goes to question his fellow councillor in person, only to find him preparing to send the warhead through a space bridge of distinctly non-Cybertronian design. As the two elder bots battle, Wheeljack silently watches from the sidelines, reporting on the fight to Megatron. Levitacus struggles, having gone a long time without transforming, and Avalon emerges victorious, at which Wheeljack follows Megatron's instructions...and cuts Avalon down! Before collapsing, however, the wounded Avalon is able to send the warhead over the space bridge...
Meanwhile, within Unicron, Optimus Prime changes tactics. After witnessing the devastation of Nervissa and realizing that the attacks on Earth have been a distraction to facilitate some greater gambit, he decides to head for the surface of the chaos-bringer to send a transmission to Cybertron. During his ascent, Prime is shocked to see the seismic-shock warhead materialize in front of him, counting down to detonation!
And on Earth, Demolishor receives a transmission from Alpha Quintesson, telling him to stand by in anticipation of the planetary shield being lowered. When this occurs, Demolishor will be free to transport the Conduit... Kicker himself!
Featured characters
Characters are ordered as mentioned in Furman's outline.
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
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Notes
- This issue was never released. This article's summary is derived from a series of blog posts made by Simon Furman in late 2010.
- This issue, and the other unreleased issues of Dreamwave's Energon comic, were declared to be "true and accurate" to the Dreamwave Unicron Trilogy universe by a 2015 entry of Ask Vector Prime.
Transformers references
- The idea of an elderly Transformer who struggles in a fight because they have not transformed for a prolonged period of time is lifted wholesale from Furman's Marvel UK story, "Meltdown!", in which Emirate Xaaron faced just such a challenge.
Other trivia
- This was the first issue of the Energon comic that did not have any artwork produced for it prior to Dreamwave's dissolution. So we don't even have a cover to brighten this article up!
