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Guión: | Bob Budiansky |
| Dibujo: | Jose Delbo | |
| Entintado: | Dave Hunt | |
| Letra: | Manny Maos | |
| Color: | Nel Yomtov | |
| 21 páginas |
Resumen:
On the Grand Central Space Station, Landmine and Cloudburst -- disguised in their Pretender shells -- find themselves at the center of a bar brawl, which started when Landmine stood up for the rights of a mechanoid Chromite to have a drink. During the scuffle, the Chromite is tossed out of an airlock, and the Autobots are "invited" to leave the bar as well. Landmine is reluctant to leave, but in an attempt to learn restraint from Cloudburst, cooperates.
In flashback, we learn that the Autobots were sent here by Optimus Prime. The station is a reknown black market, whose run-down low-life scene is overtly hostile to robots of all sorts. Safely disguised in their Pretender shells, Cloudburst and Landmine must find replacement microchips for the Autobots who were damaged in the battle against Starscream (issue #50).
After leaving the bar, the Autobots are approached by two humanoid beings, who offer to sell them the chips in exchange for Energon cubes. They split up after an initial deal is negotiated; the Autobots are then laughed at by a half-drunk human named Berko, who warns that his partner Sky Lynx disappeared after dealing with the humanoids. Meanwhile, out of sight, the two humanoids -- Hi-Test and Throttle -- return to their "ship," Dreadwing (the combination of Darkwing and Dreadwind).
Sending their Pretender shells ahead, Landmine and Cloudburst attend the final meeting to close the deal, and Landmine insists that they give their energon directly to the chips' provider. They are led to a strange ship, where they meet the Mechannibals, a group of giant spider-like mechanoids. As the Autobots watch, the Chromite from the bar is brought out and quickly eaten alive. Then Sky Lynx is brought out, to serve as the main course. Landmine's robot form bursts into the room; he quickly fights through the Mechannibals and frees Sky Lynx, who escapes. Landmine then detonates the energon payment, and the flash blinds the Mechannibals. During the confusion, he and Cloudburst escape with the chips.
Back at the station, the Autobots reveal their identities to Berko and tell him that Sky Lynx is free, unaware that Hi-Test and Throttle are eavesdropping. As a gesture of friendship, the Pretenders try to settle Berko's bill at the bar. But the bartender, paid off by the Decepticons, ejects them out of the airlock instead. Floating helplessly in space, the Autobots are ambushed by Dreadwing, and black out.
When Landmine and Cloudburst finally awaken, they find themselves back in the Mechannibals' lair...
Landmine y Cloudburst se hacen pasar por humanos, y aunque son mucho más grandes que un humano normal, consiguen pasar totalmente inadvertidos. Parece que los extraterrestres no han visto a muchos humanos.
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