The Mighty Bolt
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| "The Mighty Bolt" 稲妻の強さで
(Inazuma no Tsuyoi de) | |||||||||||||
| First published | September 22, 2012 | ||||||||||||
| Written by | Andrew Hall | ||||||||||||
| Art by | Hidetsugu Yoshioka | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity | ||||||||||||
| Packaged with | Jetmaster Prime Mode | ||||||||||||
The Autobots and humankind unite once more to develop new ways to fight the Decepticons, and Power Core Combination is born!
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Synopsis
In the 21st century, at a time when the Transformers' never-ending war has again shifted away from Earth and back to outer space, humanity has chosen not to rest on its laurels, and has worked with the Autobots to develop a new system known as Power Core Combination to protect their planet from a potential return of the Decepticons. Powered by a new prototype energy source known as an Energon Matrix, this new technology allows Autobots to combine with teams of four drones, creating extra-powerful "Prime Modes" for them. The first Autobot chosen to become part of this new "Master Class" sub-group is a stealth expert from planet Zone, who is codenamed "Jetmaster" after successfully accomplishing the combination process. Experimenting with his new powers in a field test against some Novabots, Jetmaster is amazed by his new strength, but masks it with cocky banter about how his power level is now akin to Optimus Prime's, and how he plans to take down all the Decepticons himself. Project head Professor Chase is wary, however, fearing that the power of Power Core Combination is sure to draw the Decepticons' attention...
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Notes
- While later chapters will make the United EX story's place in continuity explicit, this first installment contains enough clues to get us started. As planet Micro has already become planet Zone, it's obviously taking place after the Zone series. Further, as tentacled spheres with single optics, the Novabots that Jetmaster trains against are an obvious variation of Dark Nova's Novaroids, suggesting that Return of Convoy has also happened, and that humanity and the Autobots have reverse engineered their own fleet of drones from Dark Nova's technology.
- As with all Power Core Combiner characters, Jetmaster's original name is not revealed in the story, but it (along with his bio) contains enough hints for him to be fairly easily identified as Micromaster Air Patrol member Tread Bolt.
- Professor Chase is, obviously enough, the Autobots' old ally Chip Chase, who had a hand in their last few technological quantum leaps in Japanese cartoon continuity, like Scramble City and Binaltech. Later chapters of the story will establish that these events are occurring around the year 2035, which would put Chip in his late 60s by this point; writer Andrew Hall credits the time Chip's body spent in stasis during the events of the Binaltech storyline with keeping him a bit spryer and more active than he might normally be at his age.
- Energon Matrices are an element of Japanese continuity introduced during their version of the Beast Era. They have never had an explained origin until now!
