What Lies Beneath

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"What Lies Beneath"
Publisher	Dreamwave Productions
First published	February 25,2004
Cover date	February, 2004
Writer	Simon Furman
Pencils	Guido Guidi
Inks	Elaine To,Ferd Poblete
Colors	David Cheung,Elliot Kravchik,Jong-Im Lee
Letters	Ben Lee
Continuity	Dreamwave Armada continuity

Rad and Carlos attempt to fight off the Terrorcons on Earth. Meanwhile, Unicron's four horsemen begin their attack on Cybertron.

Contents 1Synopsis 2Featured characters 3Quotes 4Notes 4.1Transformers references 4.2Errors 4.3Other trivia 4.4Covers (1) 4.5Advertisements

Synopsis

Kicker flees on a motorcycle from Battle Ravage as theTerrorconsdevastate theAlterenergy excavation/drilling operation siteinAustralia.Carlos reports all of this to Rad via satellite, and Rad reveals to Kicker's father that they have some past experience with theTransformers.As the Australian Air Force flies in to put a stop to them, a group of environmental protesters, led by Alexis, mistakes them for troops sent to disperse them and gets belligerent. That is, until she sees Kicker, with Battle Ravage still hot on his heels. As Rad gets into a hovercraft and heads off to try and rescue Kicker, Alexis shoots a flare directly into Battle Ravage's face, blinding him long enough for the pair to escape as the rest of the Terrorcons shoot down the jets.

OnCybertron,Optimus Prime is trying to convince the Council thatUnicronis still alive. Unfortunately, they believe in neither his survival nor Optimus Prime's meeting withAlpha Trion,and refuse to act. They authorize Optimus Prime's request to go to Earth, but only on the condition that Prime goes there alone. The other Autobots grumble about this, but their complaints are cut short asUnicron's Four Horsemenbegin their assault!

Featured characters

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Quotes

"Transformers?"
"Ye-eh. Transformers. It's...awildstory. Been what, Carlos,ten years?"
"Ten years, two months, three days, and some odd hours and minutes.Notthat I've been counting... "

—RadandCarlostellDr. Jonesabout their totally normal childhood

"Direct hit on target. Attempting to confirmkill... "
"The killing...STARTS NOW!"

—Scorponokis not amused by the humans' presumption

Notes

Transformers references

• The vehicles used by Alexis and her fellow protesters are pretty clearly inspired by Generation 1BrawnandGears.

Errors

• The Australian Air Force uses "F-19 Viper"fighters, while in reality theF-19designation has never actually been used for a fighter plane, the "F-19s" here looking like real-world F-22s.

Other trivia

• Readers' mail is answered byRoger Leeand includes fan art.
• TheWavelengthspage advertises "More Than Meets The Eye: Armada"and contains an article from the desk ofJohn Ney Rieber.

Covers (1)

• Battle Ravage, art byGuido Guidi.

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