"Autobot signal: detected. Identity: unknown," announced Omega Supreme as a ship came into their sights.

"Too small for a shuttle," commented Smokescreen. "Maybe a destroyer?"

"Hail them, Omega," suggested Tracks. A video feed came on the monitor. There was Powerglide, Beachcomber, Blaster, and Devcon.

"What's shakin on the ones and twos?" asked Blaster.

"We were looking for the Constructicons," answered Tracks.

"We gotta jive out of Monacus saying they were there," answered Blaster. "We pursued them near some planet and it looked like a torpedo got them. The captain has his doubts though."

"Sounds more exciting than some dumb Insecticons," muttered Smokescreen.

"Were you guys chasing Insecticons? Crazy, why were you doing that?" asked Blaster.

"Long story," answered Smokescreen.

"If the Constructicons survived, where would they go?" asked Tracks. He sensed Omega growing impatient underneath him.

"The only planet to find spare parts in this sector is Junkion. Not a place I would just up and go to myself," added Powerglide.

"Coordinates: entered. Rockets: firing. Assistance: not required," said Omega Supreme.

"You're nuts if you think that I'm going let that bounty go to waste," replied Devcon. "We're coming too."

The two ships travelled together toward the trashy target. Before long they began to encounter some transmissions coming not from Junkion, but from a smaller planet. On the charts it appeared as Bobfor and seemed to be of a similar consistency as Junkion. The transmission was decoded as an Autobot distress signal. Devcon diverted his ship. Omega, thinking that Devcon was trying to take his quarry from him also altered course.

As the ships descended on the planet they found a fire fight in progress. One side seemed to be Autobots. The other side appeared to be Decepticons, but what were they doing way out here?

The two ships landed and all Autobots got off. They hurried to the battlefield, including Omega Supreme who loomed large. It was hard to make out the Decepticons, but four of them were very familiar. They were the same Insecticons from the crazy female planet. The other four looked to be a green seeker, and three robots based off Cybertronian planes or spaceships. No Constructicons.

Omega Supreme frowned in disapproval. This was yet another distraction to his true goal. He shot down two of the Insecticons quickly, which caused the other Decepticons to retreat. While Acid Storm and Octane covered the remaining Insecticons, Astrotrain and Blitzwing hung back to find out what these new Autobots were up to.

Blaster and Smokescreen approached the Autobot position, which had been built out of a fallen spacecraft and any other debris that might serve as cover. They saw a fairly good number of Autobots. There was a crane, a tow truck, a Cybertronian fire vehicle, a Cybertronian infiltrator, a Cybertronian microscope, a saucer, a tank, and a Cybertronian hover craft. At first glance, Smokescreen wondered why such a large number of Autobots would out this far together.

"Thank you for your assistance," started Perceptor. "I thought those pirates were going to hang around forever."

"Not sweat, but what are all ya'll doing out here?" asked Blaster.

"We detected an Autobot ship in distress, one that we believed was carrying protoforms. We tracked it down and saved the protoforms, but we were shot down by Astrotrain and his space pirates," answered Red Alert.

"Cosmos had detected the location of Optimus Prime and we were trying to figure out how we would go there with no ship," added Inferno.

"Of course we had to WHAM defend the protoforms and ZOWIE that did not give us much time for construction," mentioned Warpath.

"Of course now with Omega Supreme among us, we could easily make the trip to 'Earth' to help Optimus Prime," suggested Seaspray.

"Earth: not goal. Constructicons: only goal," answered Omega Supreme.

"Oh, then you will be surprised to note that I passed the Constructicons on my way here. I avoided their ship of course, but it was headed to Earth as well, likely to join Megatron there," answered Cosmos.

"Omega: not convinced. Possibility: likely enough," rumbled Omega. He once more turned into a mighty rocket ship. Perceptor, Skids, and Hoist began loading the five protoforms.

"Well, I'm not going to Earth, I'm going to continue hunting Decepticons in space, starting with the four you let get away," announced Devcon. He dragged the two downed Decepticons to his ship where he loaded them into the storage bay. He found himself alone again. Perhaps that was how he preferred it.

With that handled, the other Autobots boarded Omega with the exception of Cosmos, who would lead the way. Omega's massive engines fired and he roared into the distance. He left behind two Decepticons who had their own decisions to make. They decided to join Megatron by following those Autobots to Earth at a safe distance. In the coming battles on Earth, these reinforcements added to the three Conehead seekers excavated from the remains of the Nemesis would increase the intensity of the struggle between Autobot and Decepticon.