Title: The Last Autobot
Written by: Mairghread Scott, James Roberts and John Barber
Art by: Livio Ramondelli
Letters by: Tom B. Long
Editor: John Barber and Carlos Guzman
Publisher: Ted Adams
Plot
Someone on Cybertron, a shadowy figure wakes up to the voice of the Earth Titan singing the praises of Optimus Prime. The figure is unhappy with what he sees of his planet and wanders into the Decepticon ghetto, and takes out a gun...
A few weeks earlier, on the Lost Light, Rewind and Chromedome have moved Movie Night to a new theatre and are watching a documentary on how Sentinel Prime was slain by Megatron in Kaon. Megatron is invited to the screening by Whirl, and Megatron is feeling uneasy from the content of the film, but Whirl just claims to have chosen it because he likes to see Sentinel Prime, a corrupt Senate-crony, get hurt.
A discussion starts amongst the audience, where they discuss Sentinel's false-Primehood, and it's revealed that Sentinel's head went missing whilst in internment, however, Megatron reveals that the Decepticons had nothing to do with that, as decapitating a "war hero" would just make his revolution look back.
Back in the present day, on Earth, Optimus, Arcee and Soundwave return to Monument Valley, where they see the newly risen Titan transform into the Autobot City for them to reside in safely on Earth. The team are greeted by Aileron, Alpha Trion and the pets when suddenly the Titan sends out a message to the galaxy praising Optimus for his achievements, making Optimus feel a bit nervous about what this will bring from it.
On Cybertron, Windblade and Starscream fly to the old location of Kaon to investigate an energy discharge, but despite Starscream's denial that anything could be there, they do find the throught-to-be destroyed city intact. Windblade questions if Kaon was a Titan, but Starscream denies it. Before they can continue their investigation though, they are summoned back to the Ghetto by Ironhide, who is fighting off the newly returned Sentinel Prime with his security force.
Sentinel tries to get Ironhide to join him in eradicating the race traitors (Decepticon, Colonists and "false" Autobots), but Ironhide refuses and everyone continues the assault on the long-dead tyrant.
Starscream and Windblade soon arrive and join the battle, but Sentinel merely throws a spark disruptor at Starscream's chest and escapes midst the panic. Windblade sends Ironhide and his team after Sentinel, whilst she saves Starscream.
Windblade manages to remove the spark disruptor and makes it detonate, but is able to survive since her spark has a vastly different frequency to Starscream, since she was born on Caminus. The two jets fly off to join Ironhide in fighting Sentinel.
At the Spacebridge chamber, Sentinel is tearing through the Badgeless officers and manages to distract Ironhide and his team long enough to go through the portal to Earth, but before they can follow him, they learn that he's destroyed the portal on the other side.
Sentinel Prime exits the portal and immediately shoots Aileron, causing massive damage to her, whilst destroying the Spacebridge portal as well. He approaches Autobot City, and is impressed that Optimus has done something this big to an "inferior" organic planet, but he still plans to destroy it all!
Characters
Autobot
Optimus Prime - Truck Cab
Alpha Trion - Tumbler
Sentinel Prime - Truck
Megatron - Tank
Windblade - VTOL Fighter Jet
Ironhide - Van
Arcee - Sports Car
Wheeljack - Race Car
Chromia - Speedbike
Chromedome - Car
Rewind - Data Slug
Whirl - Osprey Helicopter
Swerve - Van
Tailgate - Car
Brainstorm - Jet
Slamdance (Footage Only)
Prowl - Police Vehicle (Footage Only)
Drift - Car (Image Only)
Rodimus - Car (Mentioned)
Decepticon
Soundwave - Personnel Carrier
Ravage - Cassette
Fat Tankor - Tank
Tall Tankor - Jet/Truck
Ghetto Residents Attacked by Sentinel Prime
Galvatron - Tank (Mentioned)
United Cybertron
Starscream - Fighter Jet
Circuit (Mentioned)
Longtooth (Mentioned)
Colonist
Aileron - Space Shuttle Blasted badly by Galvatron
Knock Out - Car
Other Cybertronian
Cyclonus - Jet
Earth Metrotitan - Autobot City
Bob the Insecticon
D.O.C.
Badgeless Officers Many killed by Sentinel Prime
Prima (Statue Only)
Knights of Cybertron (Mentioned)
The (Corrupt) Senate (Mentioned)
Other
Buster the Dog
Notes
- The Lost Light scenes are set before the Dying of the Light event, whilst the present day events occur after the next issue of the Ongoing series (55) which was due out the same day as this issue, but was delayed by about a week.
- The snacks that Megatron brought to movie night are in the shape of little Decepticon insignias.
- Megatron was apparently unaware that Sentinel's head went missing during his internment, up until the present day....do the Decepticons not get the news?!
- The Metrotitan that Optimus rose from Monument Valley has now taken the form of Autobot City, used here as an embassy for the Humans and Transformers to interact
- The Metrotitan's speech takes the form of a beam of light and holographic images of several Transformers, whilst seemingly sending the words of the message to the recipients. Maybe Metrotitan thinks everyone is a City Speaker?
- The message from the Metrotitan is later revealed to have called other aliens to Earth, like the Micronauts for the Revolution crossover event.
- Considering what toys are going to be made available in the Titans Return line, it's likely that "Kaon" is actually Trypticon in city-mode.
- Despite having a new toy out for the toyline, Sentinel more closely resembles his existing character model, but in his mourning colours (shown at Fastback and Bumper's funeral). The revelation that most of what we see of his is just an armour body and the real Sentinel is inside it, mostly forming the head, is a modified version of what the actual card can do with the Headmaster gimmick.
- Sentinel's smaller appearance and body armour may mean that he is actually a Loadbearing Point One Percenter like Minimus Ambus.
- It's revealed that the reason why Windblade and other Camiens "bleed" different colours to other Cybertronians is because Camiens have evolved to have more energy-efficient Energon.
- I don't think Aileron will die from her injuries, as the part of Optimus' vision with her as the new Mistress of Flame hasn't happened yet.
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