There were only a handful of Space Knights left, and even fewer belonging to the original planet Galador. Mankind had spread to the stars far sooner than most scholars believed, resulting in dozens of planets hosting human life to exist simultaneously before they would even be able to conceive of space travel. One of the planets to advance the fastest was mighty Galador, a metropolis amongst the stars.

War would arrive, as it always does, and would destroy the planet. No one could have seen the threat coming from the stars, and none would have expected it to inhabit the bodies of their friends. The Dire Wraiths were not the most intelligent of beings, but they were cunning and sinister, and knew how to play their roles well. By the time the first assault came, a fifth of the planet's population had already been body snatched. Galador was able to fend off the initial attack but were left exposed to an attack from their own people. The war waged for a single month, before most of the planet's population was wiped out, and all resistance was destroyed. Or so they thought.

A single scientist was able to hide in a military bunker after the invasion, with the hundreds of corpses of the soldiers stationed there. He began to work on their bodies, hoping to reanimate them as mindless zombies to combat the Dire Wraiths. He found mixed success in reanimating the deceased but found that some of their minds were more intact than what was possible for a human, for their DNA had partially bonded with the Dire Wraiths. These scarce soldiers lacked most of their memories, yet still maintained intelligence and personality, and were easily convinced to return to war.

A hundred men and women attacked the Dire Wraiths, their bodies bonded to the planet's strongest metal. They wielded blades sharper than anything our humans are capable of producing, shields that could absorb the impact of a tank shell without even cracking, and laser weaponry built into their hands that could burn the flesh from a Dire Wraith in a single second. Of these hundred, only six survived to drive the Dire Wraiths from their home, as ruined and lifeless as it may be. They were Rom, Moa, Seer, Lien, Roa, and Joan, and of them only Rom and Seer remain nearly thirty years later.

Rom would eventually find himself on Earth to aid its humans against their own Dire Wraith invasion, this time succeeding in the task before heavy casualties could be inflicted. They even succeeded in banishing the terrorist organization Cobra to the far reaches of space along with the Dire Wraiths, and momentarily the world was at peace. Rom claimed the Space Gem from the Dire Wraith general, having used it to cross the universe in a moment to quickly transport his troops. Rom could trust no human with something as powerful as it, not that they could be reliable enough to protect it and returned to the stars to safe guard the valuable Gem from any who would seek it.

He was joined by Seer, who viewed Rom's self-chosen duty as a noble one and introduced Rom to his new generation of Space Knights. Though their armor and weaponry were inferior than their predecessors, each was a combat experienced warrior of noble intent that would gladly lay down their lives to protect the universe. To them, the protection of the Space Gem was a more vital cause than their own self-preservation.

Rom sat in his quarters cross legged and sensors deactivated as he practiced the meditation technique taught to him by the human he came to know as Snake Eyes. His long history of war and combat had not left him scar-less, and these small periods of rest and peace allowed for him to heal in a small way. His sword laid in his lap while his shield rested upon his back, and the red lights that were typically illuminated to serve as his eyes were now black and lightless. Had it not been for the slow and steady rhythm breathing of the cyborg, he would have appeared to be a statue.

The door behind him opened and in entered Seer, with his sword and shield drawn. "Rom," he said, causing his ally's sensors to suddenly activate, "We're being boarded. They appear to be human."

"So," Rom said, rising to his feet, "G.I. Joe went back on its word. I knew the time would come, but I did not believe it to be so soon."

"I do not think these are the humans you fought beside. The ship they arrived on, it's a Decepticon."

Rom was taken back by this for just a moment before asking, "Cobra?"

"I do not know. Most likely. Come, old friend. we must battle once more."

As Rom and Seer made their way across the ship to the Space Gem's storage chamber, Cobra Commander stepped off the metal tube leading inside of the ship. Behind her were six Cobra soldiers, each wielding a laser rifle made by Destro after reverse engineering Cybertronian weaponry. The Commander herself limply held a hand cannon that was half the length of her arm yet carried little weight to it. Across from them stood three Space Knights, their shield raised to deflect Cobra's attacks.

The lead Space Knight loudly stated, "Halt! Why have you come here!?"

The Commander placed her hand over her visor and muttered, "My god, why did I think these ones would be smarter?" before quickly raising her gun and firing.

The Space Knight fell backwards, metal, wires, blood, and brains falling from her head as her hands lost their grip and her equipment fell alongside her. A moment later laser fire erupted from behind Cobra Commander as her soldiers moved into the space ship, the Space Knights blocking their fire while moving in for close range combat. The Commander walked past them, becoming invisible to the Space Knights as she clenched her fist and used the Mind Gem to make them forget of her existence.

When she reappeared most of her forces were dead, while only three of the Space Knights had been killed across the entire ship. Even with those odds, none truly stood a chance against the Commander, and Seer knew this. In the few moments before the Commander arrived he tore the Space Gem from its stasis chamber and turned to Rom, immune to the physical effects due to his cybernetic body.

He says to Rom, "Go my friend! Warn the humans!" then thought as hard as he could of where he wished Rom to go.

Had he not wasted these few words things would have gone much simpler, but the three seconds that passed were far too much. A laser bolt ripped through his back and out his chest, then tore through Rom's left shoulder, causing him to lose all control of his arm. As Seer fell to the ground holding the Space Gem tightly, his mind desperately switching between places Rom told him of where he had visited on Earth, his lifeforce and power draining simultaneously. Then Rom was gone, and Seer was dead. The Commander bent down and attempted to pull the Space Gem from his grasp, but his fingers were bound so tightly that a human could never pry them free.

So she clenched her fist and said, "Rise, Space Knight."

Seer slowly rose to his feet, still very much dead, yet his mind was forced back to life and his body was puppeted by a power he couldn't fathom. He turned to her and asked through a barely functioning radio, "What have you done to me?"

"Nothing that you can't resist," the Commander replied, "now give me the Gem."

Seer's arm moved out against his will and he opened his fingers, displaying the Gem for the Commander to take. She quickly pulled it from his hands and placed it onto her gauntlet as he let out his final words, "They're going to kill you."

"No," she says with utter certainty and no emotion, "I won't let them."

Then Seer was dead once more, as were the forces that accompanied her. She held out her hand and a blue rift in space appeared, leading back to Cybertron. She stepped through, and after a brief moment of consideration, clenched her fist. Suddenly the Decepticons she had left behind were floating above, a few still holding Cobra members such as the Baroness and Destro. Ahead of them was a walled off fortress. Beyond its walls a pack of Cybertronians that assumed the form of Earth's dinosaurs roared and wailed as they battled for the thrill of it, unaware of what waited.

She said to those accompanying her, "Attack."