Ultra Magnus...to the Rescue?
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| "Ultra Magnus...to the Rescue?" | |||||||
| Publisher | Dreamwave Productions | ||||||
| First published | July 8, 2004 | ||||||
| Cover date | May, 2004 | ||||||
| Story | Adam Patyk with Brad Mick | ||||||
| Pencils | Rob Ruffolo | ||||||
| Inks | Erik Sander | ||||||
| Colors | David Cheung with Josh Perez | ||||||
| Letters | Shaun Linsao | ||||||
| Continuity | Robots in Disguise cartoon continuity | ||||||
Optimus Prime must prevent the theft of a nuclear generator, but will Ultra Magnus complicate matters?
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[edit] Synopsis
With resources running low, Megatron hatches a plan for himself and some of the Decepticons to distract the Autobots while Scourge and Sky-Byte lead the rest of the troops in stealing an experimental nuclear generator from a facility in Arizona, and Scourge quickly takes charge of the mission. When they arrive at their destination, Sky-Byte suddenly realises that he's been slighted and calls Scourge out for it, which only succeeds in causing bickering between the Predacons. Scourge urges all to "focus on the mission", and they attack the facility.
With Megatron handing the Autobot Brothers their skidplates in Oregon, and Rail Racer doing... something... somewhere else, the only 'Bot available to answer T-AI's call is Optimus Prime, who has just finished helping put out a fire in Wyoming. Prime drives off to face the Arizona posse, watched by two startled firemen and Ultra Magnus, who was apparently just hanging around stalking his brother.
Back in Arizona, the Preds and 'Cons are busy wrecking up the place, falling over each other in a bid to take out the security cameras before they really get to work. Optimus quickly arrives on the scene ready to kick some serious booty, but is beaten to the punch by Ultra Magnus, who seemingly followed him there. Magnus starts wailing on the bad guys, choosing to ignore Prime's pleas for him to lead the fight away from the facility where humans are at risk.
This gives Scourge an idea, and knowing that Ultra Magnus is still a good guy at heart, he directly threatens a human life to force the 'Bots to surrender. Sky-Byte points out that Scourge is deviating from the mission that was set for them by Megatron. Scourge dismisses this concern, and after being called "soft", Sky-Byte leaves him to it and sneaks off with his Predacon subordinates in tow.
For the sake of the humans, Prime and Magnus put down their weapons and surrender. Just as he is about to deliver the final blow to his enemies, Scourge is distracted by the Predacons walking past him carrying the nuclear generator, and the Autobots take the opportunity to both punch him in the face. More concerned about being upstaged in front of Megatron, Scourge orders the Decepticons to follow the Preds and they all escape having successfully completed their mission as Sky-Byte pens a Haiku inspired by Scourge's actions. Ultra Magnus, never willing to give up, goes after them.
Optimus instead chooses to stay behind and make sure none of the humans were harmed. Prowl, Side Burn and X-Brawn show up claiming that Megatron had suddenly retreated from their fight, and Side Burn congratulates Prime on defeating seven enemies, thus saving the day by himself. Prime freely admits that "it took two of us... two Autobots" as he looks off into the distance to watch his brother driving away into the sunset.
[edit] Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
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[edit] Quotes
"I suppose kissing and making up is out of the question for you two?"
- —Optimus observes Scourge and Sky-Byte bickering.
Scourge: You certainly talk tough for a poor man's Prime, Magnus. I think you're about to need all the help you can get.
Ultra Magnus: That's funny, coming from a spray-painted Optimus imitation.
- —Mmmm, satire!
"More time spent on work
Less time spent on insulting
Sky-Byte won the day."
- —Sky-Byte dishes out some constructive criticism.
Human: You saved my life! I don't know how to thank you!
Optimus Prime: Just wait until you get my bill.
- —Ever the altruist.
[edit] Errors
- Though Optimus claims the fire he's attending is "taken care of", the art shows the house well ablaze.
- Scourge's sword has the dullest blade you can possibly imagine. It's practically a plank.
- When Scourge says "You again?!" in response to Optimus showing up, his speech balloon is white instead of black (see note below).
- Given the fact that the Autobots outnumber the Decepticons in RiD by about 3 to 1, it seems rather hard to swallow that their forces could be stretched so thin--especially with most of the Decepticons all in one place.
[edit] Items of note
- According to the opening blurb, Autobots are a covert police force who are aiding many other worlds throughout the galaxy.
- The adventure starts in the "Decepticon base", which doesn't match the organic look of the interior of the Megastar used in the cartoon.
- Scourge's dialogue is presented in black speech bubbles, with a rather fetching red trim.
- After Rollbar accidentally steps on Slapper's tongue, the Predacon thportth a lithp for the retht of the thtory.
- The facility which the Predacons and Decepticons raid isn't named, but a partially obscured sign on one of the buildings has the initials "AERP" or "AERF", and "Arizona Energy" beneath.
