Appearing in 1st story
Featured Characters:
- Optimus Prime (Main story and flashback)
- Sparky Witwicky (Main story and flashback)
Supporting Characters:
- Autobots
- Ratchet
- Wheeljack
- Arcee (First Appearance) (Reactivated)
- Jazz (Reactivated)
Villains:
- Decepticons
- Seekers (First Appearance)
- Starscream
- Thundercracker (Reactivated)
- Soundwave
- Frenzy (First Appearance) (Reactivated)
- Laserbeak
- Reflector (Reactivated) (Death)
- Constructicons (First Appearance)
- Devastator (First Appearance)
- Long Haul (First Appearance)
- Scavenger (First Appearance)
- Scrapper (First Appearance)
- Hook (First Appearance)
- Bonecrusher (First Appearance)
- Mixmaster (First Appearance)
- Devastator (First Appearance)
- Seekers (First Appearance)
Other Characters:
- Autobots
- Humans
- Jimmy Witwicky (Flashback) (Death)
- Decepticons
- Megatron (Arm)
- Seekers
- Skywarp (corpse)
- Ravage Template:Comatose
- Spike Witwicky (Mentioned)
- Davey (Referenced)
Locations:
- Earth
- North America
- United States of America
- Farmingham
- Hanger's Rock
- Farmingham
- United States of America
- Vietnam (First Appearance) (Flashback)
- North America
- Cybertron (Flashback)
Items:
- Optimus Prime's Energon Axe
- Megatron's Fusion Cannon
- Optimus Prime's Ion Blaster
- Matrix of Leadership
- Energon
Vehicles:
- Ark
Synopsis for 1st story
Both Sparky and Optimus Prime flashback to their respective wars in which their comrades died. Optimus asks how long Sparky's war lasted to which Sparky informs it it was a single tour, Sparky then asks the same of Optimus to which he responds that it's still ongoing. The two mutually agree that war is horrible and should be something to learn from rather than something that continues. Back the Ark, Starscream and Soundwave have finally fixed Teletraan I using Skywarp's corpse, Soundwave suggests reviving Ravage first but Starscream refuses. Starscream has Thundercracker revived and Thundercracker is horrified upon seeing the corpse of Skywarp and asks if the autobots did it. Starscream notes that Skywarp sacrificed himself so they could win, Soundwave then alerts Starscream that the autobots are using the same generator they used to get energon.
Starscream is shocked noting that it's supposedly theirs, causing a newly revived Reflector to suggest they go get it. Starscream is happy to see Frenzy and Thundercracker revived, Frenzy begins to ask where Megatron is but Starscream interrupts him and tells him to focus on the autobots. The decepticons then leave to go fight the autobots, back with the autobots they have begun to use a dam to get enough energon to revive their fallen warriors with Sparky's help. Ratchet suggests Optimus use it to heal himself but Optimus instead has Arcee revived, Arcee and Ratchet reunite when Arcee sees the decepticons and so pushes Ratchet out of the way. A battle begins, Carly attempts to help but nearly gets herself killed causing Arcee to save her, Starscream, Reflector, and Frenzy attempt to get the drop on Optimus but this results in Optimus obliterating Reflector.
Optimus then slams Frenzy into the ground face first, Starscream then confronts Optimus and accuses him of using a sacred weapon for "evil means". Referencing the fact Optimus now has Megatron's arm and fusion canon, Optimus calls Starscream out on his hypocrisy and remarks that last time he saw the arm Starscream was cowering before it. This enrages Starscream who charges at Optimus but manages to duck under the arm and shoot the generator destroying it, Starscream celebrates only to be shot through the chest by Optimus. Weakened, Starscream commands the decepticons to retreat which they do, though saddened they lost the generator Arcee and Jazz are now back online meaning they have doubled their numbers. They decide to head to the Ark to reclaim it, Carly wants to come with but both Optimus and Sparky refuse not wanting to put her in anymore danger.
However, Cliffjumper disobeys Optimus and secretly brings Carly with believing she has as much a stake in the war as he does. They arrive and just as they appear to get a drop on the decepticons suddenly they are ambushed by the Constructicons. Starscream reveals to Optimus it was a trap as he used his newly found energon to heal himself and to revive the Constructions. Starscream then commands the Constructicons to combine into Devastator which they do.
Notes
- In a flashback to the war on Cybertron, Optimus is seen cradling a bot with details that mark him as being Perceptor. However, he is miscolored white and red.
- In the same flashback, Bumblebee is shown alongside Optimus, but while he retains his yellow color scheme, his character model is Cliffjumper's.
- As the Decepticons attack the dam, an offline Trailbreaker lies ready to be reactivated, but he's colored like Beachcomber.