IDW - Regeneration One #97

Title: The War To End All Wars Part 2

Writer: Simon Furman

Breakdowns: Guido Guidi

Finishes: Stephen Baskerville

Colourist: John-Paul Bove

Letterer: Chris Mowry

Editor: John Barber

Editor-in-Chief: Chris Ryall

Plot

The Dinobots are watching as the Demons are placed in a resettlement camp by the Autobots, which disgusts Grimlock, however the Demons don't seem to care, and seem to be calm, and are worshipping an engraving of Primus, as if waiting for something to happen.

Elsewhere at the Presidium Jetfire and Rodimus rush to Nightbeat, Perceptor and Bumblebee to find out anything they learned about Jhiaxus, and they suggest that he has a meeting with the long long Cybertronian. Later on, Rodimus arranges a meetup but it causes a massive crowd to gather. Everyone is shocked when a spacebridge starts to materialize from nowhere and out come Jhiaxus and some of his forces. Rodimus welcomes him back to Cybertron, and Jhiaxus comments on how he's noticed the snipers in the towers nearby, just in case, and mentions that Optimus probably wouldn't have done that. Rodimus goes off with Jhiaxus for their talk in private, whilst Jhiaxus signals for his troops to leave them.

Back on Earth, Optimus is overseeing the construction of the spacebridge to Nebulos with some other Autobots both on Earth and Nebulos. Quickmix, on Nebulos tells Optimus about Fort Max almost being revived, and he seems glad.

At the Technodrome, the Nebulans are replanting Fortress Maximus' original head onto his new body, unaware that the dark Matrix spawn infested his head last issue. Upon connection Maximus starts screaming in pain, but suddenly calms down.

Rodimus takes Jhiaxus to Nova Point, as it's the most secluded area (though Nightbeat and the others are spying on them). Rodimus asks him why Primus believes him to be a loose thread and a danger to the grand plan, and Jhiaxus laughs at Primus' name, and mission. He then explains that he left Cybertron to build his own empire and destiny rather than await the destiny that Primus left for them (to fight Unicron) and shows him a massive hologram of the Hub Network.

The Primum Fugae fly over to the resettlement camp and find the Demons, they mention that they were told not to kill the Transformers, but these creatures don't count. They begin the slaughter. The Dinobots intervene and start to fight the Fugae as well.

Back at Nova Point, Jhiaxus offers Rodimus a change to add Cybertron to the Hub as well. Rodimus asks how many lives he killed to create the Hub, as the worlds he's used must have been cyberformed. Jhiaxus replies that it depends on what he considers life. Rodimus attacks Jhiaxus for that, but is quickly overpowered. Jetfire and Bumblebee come to his rescue, but aare easily taken out by Jhiaxus, all whilst the Dinobots are defeated. Magnus and his team arrive to try and save the day, but before they can do anything the Primum Fugae are called away by Jhiaxus. Jhiaxus also leaves, but causes major damage to Nova Point as he goes.

In the aftermath Rodimus and the others are tended to, but it's mentioned that the Dinobots are probably going to be out of commission for some time. Rodimus declares that they need to take the fight to Jhiaxus and his troops.

It's revealed that earlier on, Starscream recognized Jhiaxus and his troops due to him retaining some of the Underbase's power and knowledge, and he declares that a reckoning will be coming to him for his actions in the past (killing the other creators)

Characters

Autobot

Rodimus Prime - Caravan

Optimus Prime - Truck

Grimlock - Tyrannosaurus Rex Injured by Primum Fugae

Swoop - Pteranodon Injured by Primum Fugae

Snarl - Stegosaurus Injured by Primum Fugae

Sludge - Apatosaurus Injured by Primum Fugae

Slag - Triceratops Injured by Primum Fugae

Jetfire - Jet Injured by Jhiaxus

Bumblebee - VW Beetle Injured by Jhiaxus

Perceptor - Microscope

Nightbeat - Sports Car

Ultra Magnus - Car Carrier

Tracks - Muscle Car

Sideswipe - Sports Car

Sureshot - Baja Buggy

Crosshairs - Off Road Vehicle

Skids - Van

Blurr - Race Car

Huffer - Truck Cab

First Aid - Ambulance

Fortress Maximus - Battle Platform Possessed by Matrix Spawn

Scoop - Front End Loader

Landfill - Dump Truck

Quickmix - Mixing Truck

Resettlement Camp Workers

Autobot Population

Hot Rod - Sports Car (Mentioned)

Decepticon

Starscream - Fighter Jet

Shockwave Connected of Ark

Cybertronian Empire

Jhiaxus - Jet

Firecrest - Bird-Jet

Hawk - Bird-Jet

Rook - Bird-Jet

Nightjar - Bird-Jet

Wryneck - Bird-Jet

Other Cybertronians - Bird-Jets

Nebulan

Senior Scientist Borx

Other Nebulans

Other

Demons Mostly killed by Primum Fugae

Matrix Spawn Creature Possessing Fortress Maximus

Primus (Engraved Image Only)

Notes

• The multiple versions of Rook shown last issue are shown here to have different head designs and names, showing it's not just a mass-produced body like it was in G2
• Jhiaxus has developed a Spacebridge without a physical construct needed. This is commonplace in modern fiction, but not so in the 80's G1 series'
• The Primum Fugae consider the Dinobots to be only JUST above the level of evolution as the Demons.
• Jhiaxus is shown to be unbelievably strong here, due to his exposure to the Underbase during it's construction
• Starscream is revealed to still have some Underbase powers as he seems to channel the ones who built it, and recognizes Jhiaxus on sight.