IDW - Transformers Windblade #2

Title: Combiner Wars Part 3: Mistakes and Mayhem

Written by: Mairghread Scott

Story by: Mairghread Scott & John Barber

Art by: Livio Ramondelli

Letters by: Tom B. Long

Editor: Carlos Guzman

Plot

On Caminus, the natives, along with some Cybertronians, which includes a larger number of Decepticons are helping to fix the damage caused by Menasor's rampage. During the rebuilding Chromia discuss how Caminus would be better without Cybertron's involvement, but Ironhide brings up all the death that Chromia herself caused on Cybertron in the recent past, proving to her that even Camiens can make mistakes.

On Cybertron, the leaders of Caminus and Cybertron work on plans to build the planned Colony Council, but they are having problems deciding how to make it work, since Starscream knows that the Camiens will just follow whatever a Prime says.

Back on Caminus, Devastator comes through the Spacebridge, and orders all of the Cyberronians to return to Cybertron, as he doesn't want to have the world's mingling. When the Cybertronians refuse though, he opens fire on them.

The O Fortuna arrives on Cybertron, and Mirage rushes off the ship to warn Optimus about his vision of Cybertron burning. When he arrives at the meeting however, Chromia contacts Windblade and reports on Devastator's attack. The leaders head to the Spacebridge, along with the Protectobots.

Rattrap contacts Prowl back on Caminus and asks him what he's doing, and he says that he's had enough of this and wants the Cybertronians to stay on their own planet and leave the rest of the galaxy alone now. Superion joins the battle against Devastator, and despite Superion's greater combinational skills, Devastator manages to badly hurt him.

Optimus and the others reach the Spacebridge to find Devastator/Prowl dragging an unconscious Superion through the portal, and then starts to destroy the portal himself. The Cybertronians and Chromia on Caminus head through the portal and start attacking Devastator to stop him, since Optimus can't reach his old friend any more.

Starscream uses the Enigma of Combination to repair the Aerialbots again, and then drafts the Protectobots into joining together into Defensor. The two Autobot combiners attack Devastator as a team and manage to fairly quickly destroy him, forcing him back into his component parts.

Starscream intends to have Prowl and the Constructicons executed, but Windblade insists that they be tried under Camien law, as their crimes were against Caminus. Prowl and the others are taken away to prison, with Prowl screaming at Optimus as he's dragged away.

Optimus tries to rationalize Prowl's actions as the war having unhinged him, but Chromia corrects him that it's fear that's changed him, and that when you're afraid you do stupid things as you think you, alone are right, acting as her acknowledgement of her own mistakes in the past to Windblade, renewing their friendship.

Nearby, the Camien leaders ask Starscream if he can station one of his combiners on Caminus for it's defence, which Starscream is MORE than happy about....

Characters

Autobot

Optimus Prime - Truck Cab

Windblade - VTOL Fighter Jet

Chromia - Speedbike

Ironhide - Van

Prowl - Police Vehicle Arrested

Mirage - Race Car

Sunstreaker - Sports Car

Hot Spot - Fire Truck

First Aid - Ambulance

Groove - Motorcycle

Streetwise - Police Car

Blades - Helicopter

Rook - Armoured Van

Defensor - Protectobot Gestalt

Silverbolt - Jet

Air Raid - Jet

Skydive - Jet

Fireflight - Jet

Powerglide - Jet

Alpha Bravo - Helicopter

Superion - Aerialbot Gestalt

Nautica - Submarine (Mentioned)

Metroplex - City/Space Shuttle (Mentioned)

Decepticon

Waspinator - Wasp

Fat Tankor - Tank

Sparkstalker - Insect Monster

United Cybertronian

Starscream - Fighter Jet

Rattrap - Rat

The Badgeless/Secret Police

Scoop - Front End Loader (Mentioned)

Other Cybertronian

Devastator - Constructicon and Prowl Gestalt Destroyed by Defensor

Constructicons Arrested

Cybertronian Populace

Solus Prime (Mentioned)

Camien

Lightbright

Red Leader

Yellow Leader

Notes

• It's mentioned that more Decepticons than Autobots are helping with the rebuilding of Caminus...I seriously wonder why that is? Maybe they just have more time on their hands, or maybe they want to repopulate on Caminus instead of staying on Cybertron in the aftermath. That could actually be the case considering Sparkstalker's comment of "This world is our's".
• Sunstreaker is confirmed as having remained on Cybertron following Dark Cybertron.
• Rook randomly appears with the Protectobots here, despite never being mentioned etc. This is clearly to tie in with his toy, but is still a bit glaring.
• Fat Tankor thinks everyone calls him "Fast Tankor"
• Superion and Defensor seem to have better control of their gestalt forms than Devastator, in that they can reconfigure themselves whilst still combined.
• The Enigma of Combination can heal apparently. It's unclear if it only works on combiners, but the Matrix was shown to be able to heal in the past as well, so maybe all of the artefacts of the Thirteen can do this too?
• Prowl's eyes are back to blue when he separates from the Constructicons...maybe the red eyes were just to indicate the start of their combination?