Transformers : Book 3 :
The Devil's Gambit
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Death's Head - I do not own Transformers. Takara, Marvel, Marvel UK, Sunbow Entertainment, DW Comics and all the rest own them. I only own a couple of the figures. Also, I do not own the Freelance Peacekeeping Agent, Death's Head. Marvel UK does.
The following are my own creations. I made them, they're mine. If you'd like to use them in one of your stories, just send me an email asking for permission to use them, as I'll most likely say you can. I just want to know which story they're going to be placed in.
The New Autobots I created : Outlaw, Valkyrie and Seraphim. The New Decepticons I created : Alpha Destroyer, Acousia, Tremble, Carnage, Blaze, Thraka, Tempest, Darkshayde, Hydrina, Vette and Roadkill.
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Back on the Asteroid :
Jetfire and Outlaw looked at the derelict ship before them. Outlaw's gaze settled on the old and worn Autobot insignia on the side of the ship's hull.
Jetfire studied the ship.
"From out here, the ship looks pretty intact. The superstructure looks fine."
Outlaw nodded.
"True, but what's inside the ship? The occupants."
Jetfire walked over to the hatch of the ship and checked the access panel.
"Well, if we can open this hatch."
Jetfire pressed some buttons and got only a single beep from it. Outlaw walked up to him.
"Ships of this class, need a access code, usually the captain of the vessel has it, or the port authority the ship was last docked at, has a priority override code for every ship." Outlaw entered one of the port access codes he had from four of the major ports on Cybertron.
The first code failed, as did the other three codes. Outlaw frowned as Jetfire let a short laugh escape. The dark Autobot glanced at him.
"Jetfire."
Jetfire raised his hands and stepped backwards.
"Sorry, sorry."
Outlaw faced the panel again, and frowned. He pressed a button on his right wrist, and a cable snaked out and plugged into the access port. Outlaw then accessed the ship's own security protocols, and managed to override the security. The hatch slid open, as the cable retracted back into his wrist. He faced Jetfire and bowed to him.
"The door, is open Lord Jetfire."
Jetfire chuckled.
"No, after you, Lord Outlaw, I insist."
Outlaw smirked and entered the ship, Jetfire behind him. Both Autobots stepped over the edge of the airlock, their gaze going over the room.
"Doesn't look too bad. Not much damage here."
Outlaw nodded.
"Yeah, doesn't explain what happened to the ship though. Why don't you go and check out the engine room, while I go to the bridge and check things out."
Jetfire grunted, then headed down the darkened corridor. Outlaw made his way towards the bridge, and looked in every room, on his way. As the dark Autobot reached the bridge, he sighed as he saw the same as in every other room. Nothing, everything looked normal. But then again.
Outlaw walked over to one of the control consoles, and managed to access the ship's log. Jetfire, in the meantime, was looking over the engine room, anger glowing in his optics. The ship's main energon warp core, had been sabotaged, and with it, almost every other system on the ship. Only the barest amount of power remained, which was keeping not just the lower reserves of the computer core active, but also a chamber, several decks below his current position. He thumbed his communicator.
"Jetfire to Outlaw, you there dark one?"
Outlaw's response was quick.
"I'm here bonehead. I've just accessed the ship's log. Looks like just after they left Cybertron, and had the warp core active, Elita had herself and her troops enter suspended animation, on deck four. They didn't know what hit them, so to speak."
Jetfire nodded.
"I agree. Judging from the look of the warp core itself, I'd say it was sabotaged by a Decepticon. On my way here, I noticed an escape pod was missing. Probably a Decepticon spy was onboard and after Elita and her troops went under, this Decepticon sabotaged the engine and bailed."
Outlaw frowned.
"But according to the log, only Autobot femmes were onboard. Interesting." A pause "Jetfire, is the damage severe?"
"Heh, Outlaw old buddy of mine, give me a decacycle and I'll have this ship up and running, faster than you can say, Unicron's back!" Jetfire chuckled "I've already activated the ship's self repair function, so in a decacycle, the ship will be fully charged and ready to go."
"Fully charged? How?"
Jetfire turned and walked over to another console. He spoke as he pressed buttons.
"The saboteur did a good job, true, but not good enough. The ship's core is severely depleted, yes, but the back up core is still full with energon. And we've got enough barrels of energon to keep this ship running smoothly for another four million years!"
Outlaw let a smile spread across his face.
"Good. Can you imagine what the look on Optimus's and the other Autobots faces will be, when we fly this ship back for a landing near Iacon?"
Jetfire grinned.
"Priceless, just priceless. Anyway, I'm all done here. I'm about to head down to deck four and have a little look around. You coming?"
"On my way."
Jetfire smiled again as he looked over the console before him, a satisfied look on his face.
"Man, this ship is truly a work of art. Wish we had more like her."
The Air Guardian, turned and exited the engine room.
On deck four :
Outlaw and Jetfire looked around the chamber, Jetfire was angry, as was Outlaw. In the chamber were twenty suspended animation tubes, unfortunately, all but five of the tubes were deactive. In each one, was a femme, and judging from the screen next to the tubes, the femme inside was deceased. Jetfire snarled.
"I don't believe this! I don't care if it was a femme who did this! I swear, when we get back to Cybertron, I'm gonna track her down and."
Outlaw looked at a screen, optics wide.
"Jetfire! We've got a live one here!"
Jetfire whirled and hurried over to Outlaw.
"She's alive? Who is it?"
Outlaw looked at the screen, a smile spreading.
"Moonracer."
Jetfire chuckled.
"She's alive. Powerglide'll be happy."
Outlaw frowned.
"No he won't. Remember, he died on Earth, during the second battle." Outlaw then added "Amongst countless others."
Jetfire sighed.
"Damn. This is gonna be fun. We wake her, she asks us who we are? We tell her. She asks if the Autobots have won the war? We say no, not yet. She'll ask where's Powerglide? We say, sorry, he's dead. Killed when Abominus stomped on him!"
Outlaw's frown deepened. Powerglide had indeed been killed when Abominus attacked Fortress Maximus, alongside Pirannacon and Citadel Supreme. A lot of Autobots died due to Outlaw's stupidity when he was known as Raiden, and he had a lot of sins to pay for. But for now, he was going to try and pay back on them. He reached over and activated a panel on the side of the tube.
A soft blue light washed over Moonracer, as her systems were brought back online. Energon pumped through the cables behind the tube, flowing into her. As the lid opened, a cloud of moisture washed out, around Jetfire and Outlaw. Both Autobots studied the femme before them, looks of apprehension on Outlaw's face, and hope on Jetfire's.
The femme's systems were online, and her energy full. Her optics opened, and a soft blue glow existed in them. She groaned.
"Ohhh, my head. Whoever said being put in suspended animation, and then being woken up from it, is fun, obviously has never experienced it!"
Jetfire smiled.
"Alright Outlaw buddy! We did it! She's alive, ALIVE!!"
Outlaw chuckled as he replied.
"Jetfire, you have got to stop watching Earth TV with Wreck-Gar. It's poisoning your CPU."
Jetfire laughed and slapped Outlaw on the shoulder.
"So? It just seemed appropriate. Now, we just need to see how many others are in her condition and wake them."
Moonracer looked at the two mechs before her, a wary look on her face.
"Excuse me, but who are you two? I know that you're Autobots, from the insignia's on you, but I don't know you."
Outlaw nodded.
"Understandable. When last we met, I was very different than what I am now Moonracer. And as for Jetfire here, he was created about two million years after your departure from Cybertron."
Moonracer looked at Outlaw, then Jetfire.
"He's Jetfire. and who are you? If you say we met before."
Outlaw nodded.
"When last we met, I was known as Raiden. I helped design these S.A. tubes, alongside my sister, Seraphim, and partner, Valkyrie."
Moonracer's optics went wide.
"Raiden? You're Raiden? What happened to you? Why are you so different?"
Outlaw raised his hand.
"Firstly, I'm no longer designated Raiden. My current designation is Outlaw. As to the rest, we should wait until we wake up the others." He paused and said softly "If there are any others."
Before Moonracer could respond, Jetfire called out.
"Outlaw! I've found three others, who are in the same situation Moonracer was in. I've already activated the reawakening process!"
Outlaw nodded as he faced him.
"Who are they?"
Jetfire paused as he quickly checked their names.
"Let's see, Chromia, Firestar and Beta. They should be awake and moving around in a about ten astro seconds."
Outlaw turned and helped Moonracer out of the tube. The femme stumbled into Outlaw, as her motors got adjusted to being active after such a long sleep.
"Sorry kid." She looked at him "I guess I can't call you kid anymore, can I Outlaw?"
Outlaw smiled.
"Moonracer, how long have we known each other?"
She chuckled.
"Point taken." Moonracer looked at the other darknened tubes "Let me guess, the others didn't make it, right?"
Outlaw shook his head. Moonracer sighed.
"I told Elita that this technology was still experimental, but it was our only hope of survival."
A strong femme voice answered.
"Moonracer, Elita did what she did to save us. Remember that."
Moonracer and Outlaw faced the speaker. Standing in front of her own S.A. tube, Beta nodded her thanks to Jetfire, who had gone to help Chromia out of her tube. Chromia muttered under her breath.
"Where the heck is Ironhide? He's should be here, but knowing him, the pigheaded, stubborn old fool, has probably gone and got himself blasted, and is in Ratchet's repair bay."
Jetfire glanced at Outlaw, who helped Moonracer to a seat.
"Uhh, Outlaw. I've got a. question here for you."
Outlaw looked over at Jetfire and Chromia.
"I'll tell you whatever you want to know, after we check to see if anymore are alive."
Firestar gasped as she saw the other dark tubes.
"No! They're. all gone? How?"
Outlaw stalked towards the remaining active tube.
"Sabotage."
Beta looked at the dark Autobot.
"Sabotage? How?"
Jetfire spoke.
"I found evidence the warp core of the ship had been tampered with, which resulted in the ship going way off course, and crashing on this asteroid. Fortunately, the ship's superstructure is intact, and I have the ship's self repair system working at full power. The ship should be ready to launch in about three quarters of a decacycle."
Chromia chuckled.
"Sounds like your good with your hands. By the way, who are you?"
Jetfire grinned.
"Sorry. I'm Jetfire, and that's Outlaw. Although he was known as Raiden for a period of time."
Beta studied the dark Autobot.
"Raiden? You've changed."
Outlaw studied the screen.
"A lot's changed since you guys were last functional. A lot indeed." He frowned "Jetfire! Get over here!"
Jetfire hurried over to Outlaw, as the femmes gathered together.
"What is it?"
Outlaw frowned as he pointed at the status screen.
"Look. Her systems are damaged. Whoever sabotaged the core, tried to sabotage this femme themselves, and partially succeeded."
Jetfire looked at Outlaw.
"Meaning?"
Outlaw grasped the sides of the tube, and pulled. The lid snapped off in his hands, and a soft moisture cloud wafted onto the deck. He reached into the tube and gently retrieved it's occupant.
"Meaning, if we don't' do some quick repair work, Elita-1 will die."
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Death's Head - First things first, I apologise about the format of this upload. My PC crashed and I lost ALMOST everything. Fortunately, my stories and everything else I care about was backed up and stored on my secondary hard drive. Unfortunately, it was my primary hard drive which crashed, and I had to reinstall everything. Bad news gets worse, in that I did not have a copy of Microsoft Office, so this update, and subsequent ones, will be in this format (Having to use Wordpad, and I really don't like using it. Oh well.).
Well, now we all know what Outlaw and Jetfire have been doing. Awakening the lost Autobot femmes. Well, in Elita-1's case, they're gonna be busy. In response to a question raised by a reviewer, the Aerialbots, as well as the other gestalts (And one or two which haven't been mentioned in any fic yet, MWA HA HA HA!!) will be making an appearance later in this story (Or most assurdely in book 4, if I ever get around to writing it.). The Action Masters have already appeared, the Autobots were being led by Impactor in book 2, as the new Wreckers. The Decepticon Action Masters make up the Lost Decepticons, also mentioned and featured in Book 2. Valkyrie... I've got LOTS of plans for Outlaw's 'signifcant other', oh yes, lots of plans. BWA HA HA HA HA!!! R&R please.
P.S. BIG NEWS! For this story at least, Death's Head will have some competition. The Decepticon mercenary Double-Dealer will be making an appearance, as will the Autobot mercenary, Def-Con. Stay tuned!!
The Devil's Gambit
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Death's Head - I do not own Transformers. Takara, Marvel, Marvel UK, Sunbow Entertainment, DW Comics and all the rest own them. I only own a couple of the figures. Also, I do not own the Freelance Peacekeeping Agent, Death's Head. Marvel UK does.
The following are my own creations. I made them, they're mine. If you'd like to use them in one of your stories, just send me an email asking for permission to use them, as I'll most likely say you can. I just want to know which story they're going to be placed in.
The New Autobots I created : Outlaw, Valkyrie and Seraphim. The New Decepticons I created : Alpha Destroyer, Acousia, Tremble, Carnage, Blaze, Thraka, Tempest, Darkshayde, Hydrina, Vette and Roadkill.
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Back on the Asteroid :
Jetfire and Outlaw looked at the derelict ship before them. Outlaw's gaze settled on the old and worn Autobot insignia on the side of the ship's hull.
Jetfire studied the ship.
"From out here, the ship looks pretty intact. The superstructure looks fine."
Outlaw nodded.
"True, but what's inside the ship? The occupants."
Jetfire walked over to the hatch of the ship and checked the access panel.
"Well, if we can open this hatch."
Jetfire pressed some buttons and got only a single beep from it. Outlaw walked up to him.
"Ships of this class, need a access code, usually the captain of the vessel has it, or the port authority the ship was last docked at, has a priority override code for every ship." Outlaw entered one of the port access codes he had from four of the major ports on Cybertron.
The first code failed, as did the other three codes. Outlaw frowned as Jetfire let a short laugh escape. The dark Autobot glanced at him.
"Jetfire."
Jetfire raised his hands and stepped backwards.
"Sorry, sorry."
Outlaw faced the panel again, and frowned. He pressed a button on his right wrist, and a cable snaked out and plugged into the access port. Outlaw then accessed the ship's own security protocols, and managed to override the security. The hatch slid open, as the cable retracted back into his wrist. He faced Jetfire and bowed to him.
"The door, is open Lord Jetfire."
Jetfire chuckled.
"No, after you, Lord Outlaw, I insist."
Outlaw smirked and entered the ship, Jetfire behind him. Both Autobots stepped over the edge of the airlock, their gaze going over the room.
"Doesn't look too bad. Not much damage here."
Outlaw nodded.
"Yeah, doesn't explain what happened to the ship though. Why don't you go and check out the engine room, while I go to the bridge and check things out."
Jetfire grunted, then headed down the darkened corridor. Outlaw made his way towards the bridge, and looked in every room, on his way. As the dark Autobot reached the bridge, he sighed as he saw the same as in every other room. Nothing, everything looked normal. But then again.
Outlaw walked over to one of the control consoles, and managed to access the ship's log. Jetfire, in the meantime, was looking over the engine room, anger glowing in his optics. The ship's main energon warp core, had been sabotaged, and with it, almost every other system on the ship. Only the barest amount of power remained, which was keeping not just the lower reserves of the computer core active, but also a chamber, several decks below his current position. He thumbed his communicator.
"Jetfire to Outlaw, you there dark one?"
Outlaw's response was quick.
"I'm here bonehead. I've just accessed the ship's log. Looks like just after they left Cybertron, and had the warp core active, Elita had herself and her troops enter suspended animation, on deck four. They didn't know what hit them, so to speak."
Jetfire nodded.
"I agree. Judging from the look of the warp core itself, I'd say it was sabotaged by a Decepticon. On my way here, I noticed an escape pod was missing. Probably a Decepticon spy was onboard and after Elita and her troops went under, this Decepticon sabotaged the engine and bailed."
Outlaw frowned.
"But according to the log, only Autobot femmes were onboard. Interesting." A pause "Jetfire, is the damage severe?"
"Heh, Outlaw old buddy of mine, give me a decacycle and I'll have this ship up and running, faster than you can say, Unicron's back!" Jetfire chuckled "I've already activated the ship's self repair function, so in a decacycle, the ship will be fully charged and ready to go."
"Fully charged? How?"
Jetfire turned and walked over to another console. He spoke as he pressed buttons.
"The saboteur did a good job, true, but not good enough. The ship's core is severely depleted, yes, but the back up core is still full with energon. And we've got enough barrels of energon to keep this ship running smoothly for another four million years!"
Outlaw let a smile spread across his face.
"Good. Can you imagine what the look on Optimus's and the other Autobots faces will be, when we fly this ship back for a landing near Iacon?"
Jetfire grinned.
"Priceless, just priceless. Anyway, I'm all done here. I'm about to head down to deck four and have a little look around. You coming?"
"On my way."
Jetfire smiled again as he looked over the console before him, a satisfied look on his face.
"Man, this ship is truly a work of art. Wish we had more like her."
The Air Guardian, turned and exited the engine room.
On deck four :
Outlaw and Jetfire looked around the chamber, Jetfire was angry, as was Outlaw. In the chamber were twenty suspended animation tubes, unfortunately, all but five of the tubes were deactive. In each one, was a femme, and judging from the screen next to the tubes, the femme inside was deceased. Jetfire snarled.
"I don't believe this! I don't care if it was a femme who did this! I swear, when we get back to Cybertron, I'm gonna track her down and."
Outlaw looked at a screen, optics wide.
"Jetfire! We've got a live one here!"
Jetfire whirled and hurried over to Outlaw.
"She's alive? Who is it?"
Outlaw looked at the screen, a smile spreading.
"Moonracer."
Jetfire chuckled.
"She's alive. Powerglide'll be happy."
Outlaw frowned.
"No he won't. Remember, he died on Earth, during the second battle." Outlaw then added "Amongst countless others."
Jetfire sighed.
"Damn. This is gonna be fun. We wake her, she asks us who we are? We tell her. She asks if the Autobots have won the war? We say no, not yet. She'll ask where's Powerglide? We say, sorry, he's dead. Killed when Abominus stomped on him!"
Outlaw's frown deepened. Powerglide had indeed been killed when Abominus attacked Fortress Maximus, alongside Pirannacon and Citadel Supreme. A lot of Autobots died due to Outlaw's stupidity when he was known as Raiden, and he had a lot of sins to pay for. But for now, he was going to try and pay back on them. He reached over and activated a panel on the side of the tube.
A soft blue light washed over Moonracer, as her systems were brought back online. Energon pumped through the cables behind the tube, flowing into her. As the lid opened, a cloud of moisture washed out, around Jetfire and Outlaw. Both Autobots studied the femme before them, looks of apprehension on Outlaw's face, and hope on Jetfire's.
The femme's systems were online, and her energy full. Her optics opened, and a soft blue glow existed in them. She groaned.
"Ohhh, my head. Whoever said being put in suspended animation, and then being woken up from it, is fun, obviously has never experienced it!"
Jetfire smiled.
"Alright Outlaw buddy! We did it! She's alive, ALIVE!!"
Outlaw chuckled as he replied.
"Jetfire, you have got to stop watching Earth TV with Wreck-Gar. It's poisoning your CPU."
Jetfire laughed and slapped Outlaw on the shoulder.
"So? It just seemed appropriate. Now, we just need to see how many others are in her condition and wake them."
Moonracer looked at the two mechs before her, a wary look on her face.
"Excuse me, but who are you two? I know that you're Autobots, from the insignia's on you, but I don't know you."
Outlaw nodded.
"Understandable. When last we met, I was very different than what I am now Moonracer. And as for Jetfire here, he was created about two million years after your departure from Cybertron."
Moonracer looked at Outlaw, then Jetfire.
"He's Jetfire. and who are you? If you say we met before."
Outlaw nodded.
"When last we met, I was known as Raiden. I helped design these S.A. tubes, alongside my sister, Seraphim, and partner, Valkyrie."
Moonracer's optics went wide.
"Raiden? You're Raiden? What happened to you? Why are you so different?"
Outlaw raised his hand.
"Firstly, I'm no longer designated Raiden. My current designation is Outlaw. As to the rest, we should wait until we wake up the others." He paused and said softly "If there are any others."
Before Moonracer could respond, Jetfire called out.
"Outlaw! I've found three others, who are in the same situation Moonracer was in. I've already activated the reawakening process!"
Outlaw nodded as he faced him.
"Who are they?"
Jetfire paused as he quickly checked their names.
"Let's see, Chromia, Firestar and Beta. They should be awake and moving around in a about ten astro seconds."
Outlaw turned and helped Moonracer out of the tube. The femme stumbled into Outlaw, as her motors got adjusted to being active after such a long sleep.
"Sorry kid." She looked at him "I guess I can't call you kid anymore, can I Outlaw?"
Outlaw smiled.
"Moonracer, how long have we known each other?"
She chuckled.
"Point taken." Moonracer looked at the other darknened tubes "Let me guess, the others didn't make it, right?"
Outlaw shook his head. Moonracer sighed.
"I told Elita that this technology was still experimental, but it was our only hope of survival."
A strong femme voice answered.
"Moonracer, Elita did what she did to save us. Remember that."
Moonracer and Outlaw faced the speaker. Standing in front of her own S.A. tube, Beta nodded her thanks to Jetfire, who had gone to help Chromia out of her tube. Chromia muttered under her breath.
"Where the heck is Ironhide? He's should be here, but knowing him, the pigheaded, stubborn old fool, has probably gone and got himself blasted, and is in Ratchet's repair bay."
Jetfire glanced at Outlaw, who helped Moonracer to a seat.
"Uhh, Outlaw. I've got a. question here for you."
Outlaw looked over at Jetfire and Chromia.
"I'll tell you whatever you want to know, after we check to see if anymore are alive."
Firestar gasped as she saw the other dark tubes.
"No! They're. all gone? How?"
Outlaw stalked towards the remaining active tube.
"Sabotage."
Beta looked at the dark Autobot.
"Sabotage? How?"
Jetfire spoke.
"I found evidence the warp core of the ship had been tampered with, which resulted in the ship going way off course, and crashing on this asteroid. Fortunately, the ship's superstructure is intact, and I have the ship's self repair system working at full power. The ship should be ready to launch in about three quarters of a decacycle."
Chromia chuckled.
"Sounds like your good with your hands. By the way, who are you?"
Jetfire grinned.
"Sorry. I'm Jetfire, and that's Outlaw. Although he was known as Raiden for a period of time."
Beta studied the dark Autobot.
"Raiden? You've changed."
Outlaw studied the screen.
"A lot's changed since you guys were last functional. A lot indeed." He frowned "Jetfire! Get over here!"
Jetfire hurried over to Outlaw, as the femmes gathered together.
"What is it?"
Outlaw frowned as he pointed at the status screen.
"Look. Her systems are damaged. Whoever sabotaged the core, tried to sabotage this femme themselves, and partially succeeded."
Jetfire looked at Outlaw.
"Meaning?"
Outlaw grasped the sides of the tube, and pulled. The lid snapped off in his hands, and a soft moisture cloud wafted onto the deck. He reached into the tube and gently retrieved it's occupant.
"Meaning, if we don't' do some quick repair work, Elita-1 will die."
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Death's Head - First things first, I apologise about the format of this upload. My PC crashed and I lost ALMOST everything. Fortunately, my stories and everything else I care about was backed up and stored on my secondary hard drive. Unfortunately, it was my primary hard drive which crashed, and I had to reinstall everything. Bad news gets worse, in that I did not have a copy of Microsoft Office, so this update, and subsequent ones, will be in this format (Having to use Wordpad, and I really don't like using it. Oh well.).
Well, now we all know what Outlaw and Jetfire have been doing. Awakening the lost Autobot femmes. Well, in Elita-1's case, they're gonna be busy. In response to a question raised by a reviewer, the Aerialbots, as well as the other gestalts (And one or two which haven't been mentioned in any fic yet, MWA HA HA HA!!) will be making an appearance later in this story (Or most assurdely in book 4, if I ever get around to writing it.). The Action Masters have already appeared, the Autobots were being led by Impactor in book 2, as the new Wreckers. The Decepticon Action Masters make up the Lost Decepticons, also mentioned and featured in Book 2. Valkyrie... I've got LOTS of plans for Outlaw's 'signifcant other', oh yes, lots of plans. BWA HA HA HA HA!!! R&R please.
P.S. BIG NEWS! For this story at least, Death's Head will have some competition. The Decepticon mercenary Double-Dealer will be making an appearance, as will the Autobot mercenary, Def-Con. Stay tuned!!