IDW - Bots of Science

Plot

The Decepticons attack the Hydrax Plateau and the Autobots send in reinforcements to deal with them, shortly afterwards the Autobots lose contact with the troops stationed there, so Magnus sends Ratchet in to see if anyone is injured.

Ratchet arrives and finds everyone dead from Cosmic Rust exposure, but finds a Decepticon, Oil Slick alive amongst the bodies, Ratchet ignores Ultra Magnus' orders to leave him, as he's a Decepticon, but Ratchet doesn't listen, justifying it that the soldiers wouldn't have known the effects of cosmic rust.

Oil Slick reveals that he knows of a cure to Cosmic Rust, that he and Ratchet can create together to save him. The two of them work together to create the anti-virus and Ratchet uses it to cure his new friend, but after being cured Oil Slick attacks Ratchet and infects him, as he leaves however, Ratchet uses his magnets to steal the gun with the anti-virus in it and cures himself, then drives off back home, with the anti-virus in tow.

Characters

Autobot

Ultra Magnus - Truck

Ratchet - Treaded Vehicle

Brawn - Van

Hubcap - Car

Warpath - Sonic Tank

Wideload

Lightspeed

Strafe

Vroom

Nosecone

Whirl

Powerglide - Treaded Vehicle

Scattershot

Rapier - Car Killed by Cosmic Rust

Override Killed by Cosmic Rust

Scorch Killed by Cosmic Rust

Boss Killed by Cosmic Rust

Fire Convoy Killed by Cosmic Rust

Swerve Killed by Cosmic Rust

Slamdance Killed by Cosmic Rust

Slapdash Killed by Cosmic Rust

Sizzle Killed by Cosmic Rust

Red Scientist

Blue Scientist

Other Soldiers Killed by Cosmic Rust

Decepticon

Oil Slick - Motorcycle

Tarantulas Killed by Cosmic Rust

Snap Dragon Killed by Cosmic Rust

Motor Master Killed by Cosmic Rust - Later revived in Stunti-Con Job

Gigatron Killed by Cosmic Rust

Sentinel Supreme Killed by Cosmic Rust

Other Soldiers Killed by Cosmic Rust

Notes

• This story is mostly identical to the regular IDW Animated comic release of this same story, except that this version had a few extra pages as a prologue and has lots of narrative added (as this is an adventures in reading book)
• Wow! Lookit all those cameo characters! I look forward to seeing them all later in other med-Oh they're all dead....
• Some of the cameo characters (RID Optimus, Cybertron Megatron) already have existing counterparts in TFA, so I'll just use their Japanese names for the character lists instead
• Saying that though, Motormaster is later seen in the Botcon 2011 toyline and comic, and it was explained that following his "death" here he was repaired and placed in a new body
• The cosmic rust cure is later used off-screen on Rodimus after Oil Slick infected him in Season 3
• The Red scientist looks a bit like an altered Blurr, also one of the fighters looks like a yellow Blurr's vehicle mode.