IDW - Transformers #38

Title: The Onyx Interface Conclusion: The Obliterati 

Written by: John Barber

Art by: Andrew Griffith

Colours by: Josh Perez

Letters by: Tom B. Long

Editor: Carlos Guzman

Plot

Galvatron, the Decepticons, Scoop and Arcee head out to attack Devastator, who is tearing apart the Wanmu facility trying to grab the Enigma of Combination. 

Meanwhile, Thundercraker tries to make the clones of Thrust and Ramjet stop their attack, but to no avail. Thundercracker heads down to Bikini Atoll where he leaves Buster with Sanjay and goes after the clones, before they attack Galvatron and the others, beginning a massive war in the process.

In Wanmu, Devastator breaks though Blackrock's defences and grabs the Enigma when suddenly Spike appears in the room (for some reason, rather than just escaping through the vents he entered in). Devastator focuses on Spike once again, and changes his primary mission to his death.

Thundercracker catches up to the speeding clones over the Pacific Ocean, and calls Soundwave asking for his help to disrupt the signal controlling the clones and prevent Galvatron from getting angry and taking it out on the humans.

In Wanmu, Arcee tries to reason with Prowl, but he just throws the Enigma right at her, knocking her out, having forgotten that's his whole mission. Galvatron begins gloating at Arcee's defeat, and goes to grabb the Enigma, before being grabbed by Devastator and flung away.

Devastator goes after Spike, but the Decepticons fight back to defend Spike (not sure why).

Sounwave agrees to Thundercracker's request, and disables the clones, making them fall harmlessly into the ocean, and Soundwave orders Thundercracker to never contact him again.

Galvatron heads back towards Devastator to rejoin the battle when Sky Lynx, Sideswipe and Kup appear and join the battle. During this, the two sides notice that the Decepticon shuttle has been stolen, and the Enigma is gone as well.

Putting 2 and 2 together, Arcee manages to convince Prowl that he's failed his mission since the Enigma is gone. He agrees to leave, but not without the Spacebridge from inside the Wanmu facility, Spike and Jimmy are captured by the Decepticons and the EDC.

On their way back to the Ark shuttle Arcee and Prowl have an argument about how both of them were out of line, and Prowl also blames the Constructicons for them losing the Enigma, despite the decision being a group one by the Gestalt mind.

Sounwave returns to the Decepticon's base under the Indian Ocean where he keeps quiet about the clones and Thundercracker. Galvatron tells Soundwave that they found the Enigma, but Scoop has stolen it for Starscream. He then comments that this will mean the end of Cybertronian society as they know it, and they may need to open the doors to their new commune sooner rather than later.

Characters

Autobot

Prowl - Police Vehicle

Arcee - Sports Car

Kup - Pick Up Truck

Sideswipe - Sports Car

Sky Lynx - Space Shuttle

Optimus Prime - Truck Cab (Mentioned)

Decepticon

Galvatron - Tank

Soundwave - Personnel Carrier

Rumble - Motorcycle

Frenzy - Motorcycle

Laserbeak - Cassette

Buzzsaw - Cassette

Blitzwing - Tank/Jet

Skywarp - Cybertronian Jet Hooked up to Decepticon HQ

Scrapper - Front End Loader (Mentioned) Dead

Thrust - Jet (Mentioned) Dead

Ramjet - Jet (Mentioned) Dead

Cybertronian

Thundercracker - Fighter Jet

Devastator - Gestalt

Hook - Crane

Long Haul - Dump Truck

Mixmaster - Mixing Truck

Scavenger - Excavator

Bonecrusher - Bulldozer

Scoop - Front End Loader

Starscream - Jet (Mentioned)

Human

Garrison Blackrock

Marissa Faireborn

Agent Jones

Sanjay Bharwaney 

Spike Witwicky

Jimmy Pink

EDC Staff

Wanmu Facility Staff

Other

Buster

Ramjet Drones - Jets Disabled by Soundwave

Thrust Drones - Jets Disabled by Soundwave

Notes

• Rumble and Frenzy are confirmed to still have their motorcycle modes here, and to also have holographic drivers, a first for Decepticons in IDW
• The Enigma is noted to change size depending on who is wielding it
• Huh, it's a good thing that Galvatron didn't turn around after Devastator threw him away, else he'd have seen the dead army of Transformer clones falling into the ocean!
• Galvatron is shown fllying with just his foot-thrusters, when before he seemed to need his cannon too.
• It's confirmed here that Scrapper's consciousness is somewhere inside Devastator's combined mind.
• It seems that Scoop's sole mission on Earth was to steal the Enigma of Combination for Starscream...was this a new order since it's rediscovery, or was this always somehow his mission?