TFCC - A Common Foe

Writer: Jesse Wittenrich

Layouts: David Reynolds

Art: Josh Burcham

Letters: Jesse Wittenrich

Plot

Following Jhiaxus' ultimatum for the Autobots and Decepticons to surrender to him, or die, the combined forces continue their attacks on the Clone army. The team focus on Sandstorm, who was betraying them from the inside as a clone, however Obsidian reveals that Pyro reported to him that he real Sandstorm was on Earth just 5 days ago, meaning that he knew this Sandstorm was a fake all along! As a result he was able to plant a Mekarach (a spider bot thingie) onto him, to use his Spark energy to send a signal to Earth.

Pyro receives the Mekarach pulse on Earth and begins to send more troops to Cybertron, including several Earth-born ones. The troops arrive and immediately start tearing through the Cybertronian Clones, including the Soundwave clone.

Megaplex, who has been released from the Clone army due to his similarities to Megatron, is plagued by images of the former Decepticon leader, saying that he will use Megaplex to reclaim the Decepticons. However Megaplex fights back and "kills" Megatron, deciding to go after Jhiaxus himself anyway.

Eagle Eye manages to spy Jhiaxus from far away, so they start to head towards him. They manage to break into the facility he's hiding in using Krok's partner Gatoraider to eat through the walls, and starts fighting the Clones inside

Elsewhere, Mirage and Electro fight with Skywarp and his drones, but are saved from certain death by Blue Bacchus and his newly arrived team of Decepticons. Next Octane is pinned down by some Thundercracker Drones and is rescued by Strika, who in turn is rescued by Octane from another attacker.

Serpentor and the others reach Jhiaxus, where Jhiaxus is impressed by Serpentor being made fully by humans, rather than being tainted by Cybertronians, but Serpentor doesn't care, and skewers the Cybertronian with his Serpent Sceptre. Next, Nacelle turns up and the Clone Hubcap prepares to execute him, but Jhiaxus stops him, telling him that this is what he wanted, a united Cybertron against a common foe, and as such he surrenders to Serpentor.

However before he can be officially taken away Megaplex turns up and kills Jhaixus. The other Decepticons knock out their would-be leader, telling him they don't need another Megatron.

One week later, on Earth the war has ended, and all the factions sign the Pax Cybertronia, bringing all hostilities to an end. However, elsewhere Sky-Byte has joined forces with the other Predacons and have stolen many of Jhiaxus' clone pods, planning to use them to make their own Predacon army. But they do question by four of them are coloured differently to the others, just as Tarantulas steps out of his tube....

Characters

Autobot

Pyro - Fire Truck

Strika - Tank

Obsidian - Twin Propeller Plane

Electro - Pick Up Truck

Mirage - F1 Race Car

Hoist - Pick Up Truck

Override - Motorcycle

Turbofire - Pick Up Truck

Carzap - Muscle Car

Rapido - Sports Car

Backstreet - Race Car

Gunrunner - Fighter Jet

Sandstorm - Helicopter/Buggy

Rotorstorm - Helicopter

Hubcap - Sports Car

Nightracer - Sports Car

Side Burn - Race Car

Ultra Magnus - Vehicle Transport

Clampdown - Police Car

Blastcharge Drones - Tanks

Optimus Prime - Truck (Mentioned) In Coma

Springer (Mentioned)

Decepticon

Serpentor - Stealth Bomber

Gob - Chainsaw

Zad - Axe

Acid Storm - Fighter Jet

Octane - Oil Tanker/Cargo Plane

Hotlink - Fighter Jet

Nacelle - Fighter Jet

Eagle Eye - Fighter Jet

Bitstream - Fighter Jet

Sunstorm - Fighter Jet

Krok - Stealth Bomber

Gatoraider - Rocket Launcher

Magnificus - Van

Oilmaster

Blue Bacchus - Helicopter

Scourge - Stealth Bomber

Megatron (In Megaplex's Mind) "Killed" by Megaplex

Galvatron - Tank (Mentioned) In Coma

Cyclonus - Space Jet (Mentioned)

Cybertronian

Jhiaxus - Stealth Jet Killed by Megaplex

Megaplex - Fighter Jet

Sandstorm - Helicopter

Hubcap - Tow Truck

Prowl - F1 Race Car

Starscream - Fighter Jet

Skywarp - Fighter Jet

Soundwave - Personnel Carrier Killed by Krok

Sandstorm Drones - Helicopters

Thundercracker Drones - Fighter Jets

Skywarp Drones - Fighter Jets

Prowl Drones - F1 Race Cars

Predacon

Sky-Byte - Shark

Dark Scream - Flying Squirrel

Slapper - Toad

Rampage - Tiger 

Tantrum - Buffalo 

Tarantulas - Motorcycle

Cicadacon

Sea Clamp

Ram Horn

Notes

• This comic is set immediately after Termination, but before Hoist the Flag. It was released online (only) after Hoist the Flag was released though
• Despite being heavily outnumbered and overpowered at the end of Termination, the Autobots and Decepticons easily defeat the Clones here! Yay for quick resolutions!
• The real Autobot Sandstorm is shown using his new Thrilling Thirty toy mold
• This comic essentially acts as both a quick resolution for the unpopular Machine Wars storyline, and as an advert for the upcoming 3rd series of the Fan Subscription Series.
• Several of the new characers here also use new bodies based on newer toys too, giving us some potential new exclusives for the future.
• Serpentor uses a Serpent Sceptre made from the Arms Micron figures Gob 2 and Zad 2 (you could also make a black version using their black repaints I guess)
• According to Jhiaxus, his whole plan was to unite the Autobots and Decepticons together as a single force to bring peace to Cybertron....I'd say that's just Jhiaxus being a sore loser!
• The new Decepticons are shown to be fed up of the old ways and war as well, and immediately take down Megaplex despite his plans to reforge the Decepticons as an evil force.
• Side Burn and Night Racer are still hanging out it seems....Oooooooh!!
• Scourge is shown in his Wings of Honour toy character model, this seems very out of place due to his Generations toy having been released since then (and it being used for Serpentor's body model too)
• This story shows Sky Byte joining forces with the existing Decepticon Predacons, and forging their new faction. It also shows the births of Slapper and Night Scream (but no Gas Skunk) and also shows the births of Tarantulas and the Tripredacus Council, from strange differently coloured stasis tubes.
• We're shown here that Hubcap and Sandstorm are both still alive...WHY THE HELL DID JHIAXUS CLONE THEM?!?!