Team Rodimus (G1)
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This article is about the Autobot subgroup from the2005 IDW comic continuity.For the Autobot subgroup from theEnergoncartoon, seeTeam Rodimus (Energon). |
- Team Rodimus is a group from theIDW portionof theGeneration 1continuity family.
Team Rodimusis the inner circle of friends of, you guessed it,Rodimusthat he'll summon when he's in a major jam aboard theLost Light.Perhaps the most emblematic of the crew's diverse collection of lonely misfits and weirdos, this small band of heroes started off as a one-time investigation crew, but ultimately, the members would come to see just how strong their bonds of family had become.
Fiction
2005 IDW continuity
Team Rodimus was first convened when a headless corpse of Rodimus was discovered in an adrift coffin. Rodimus had summonedNightbeatthe investigator,Nauticathe savant,Skidsthe theoretician,Chromedomethemnemosurgeon,andBrainstormthe genius (citation needed). The investigation was cut short, as theLost Lightbegan disappearing thanks to some temporal shenanigans.Words Hang in the Air
The group's next incarnation featured an expanded roster, including the addition ofMegatron,Ultra Magnus,Rewind,Cyclonus,Tailgate,Swerve,Whirl,Ten,Ravage,Rung,andVelocity.The group was unofficially convened becauseGetawayandAtomizerhad arranged for this certain band of crew members to be evicted from theLost LightontoNecroworld,staging a mutiny against Rodimus and Megatron. When theDecepticon Justice DivisionandDeathsaurus's army ofDecepticonsarrived to kill them all,How Bright Their Frail Deedsthe gang of outcasts weighed their options. Though Brainstorm tried to convince the crew to flee through theNecrobot's teleport booth, Megatron convinced everyone to stay to protect a newly discovered batch of organics. Team Rodimus got some reinforcements whenRatchetandDriftreturned,The Sun in Flightand everyone prepared to face the Decepticons as sunset neared.
When Megatron proved unwilling to join the battle and their defenses unable to protect them indefinitely, Rodimus rallied the team to make their last stand. After Skids volunteered to undergo trauma to give everyone a critical power boost,Rage, RageRodimus brought every member of the team in for a group hug to make it work, and thanked them for going on their adventures with him. Team Rodimus charged the waiting Decepticons,At Close of Dayproving to be a formidable match for the army outside. However, when Skids died, so too did their power boost. The crew was surrounded and seemingly doomed until Megatron personally entered the fray. The gang retreated into the fortress while Megatron held off the Decepticons, and watched as he was overwhelmed byTarnandOverlord,Rage, Rageand as the Decepticon army retreated when Rewind and Swerve fired a psychic attack at Deathsaurus. As the group watched Megatron wipe out the DJD, they found that the organics they thought they were protecting were actually long-lost Cybertronians likeRollerandTerminus.Megatron was retrieved by Rodimus, and after a big reunion, the gang reflected on their discoveries and their next move.Do Not Go Gentle